SWIMMING The Kansas swimming and diving teams opened their seasons with three home meets this weekend. PAGE 3B SPORTS are still fire on of the damage THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN www.kansan.com MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2004 Coach says practice a must Chris Miller/KANSAN Matt Kleinmann, freshman forward, goes up for dunk during the men's basketball scrimmage at Late Night in the Phog Friday night. Kleinman is a walk-on this semester from Blue Valley West in Overland Park. Late Night scrimmage unimpressive BY JESSE NEWELL jnnewel@kansan.com KANSAN SPORTSWITER Kansas coach Bill Self thought the dancing was great. The basketball needs a little work. After complimenting his players on their various dance moves and grooves from the annual Late Night in the Phog celebration Friday night, Self glanced down at his box score when asked about the highlight of the practice game. "That was bad basketball there in the scrimmage," Self said. "We'll do a lot better than that." In the end, the white squad finished with an 8-0 run to defeat the blue squad 27-24 in the 20-minute scrimmage. Offensively, freshman forward Alex Galindo and senior guard Keith Langford stood out for their respective teams. Galindo led all scorers with 10 points, connecting on his first three shots including two three-pointers, while Langford showed no ill effects of his injured knee, scoring nine points on 4-of-7 shooting. "I thought Keith, considering he hasn't done anything, moved pretty good. He's just out of shape," Self said. "I thought Alex made shots. Those two, as far as scoring the ball, played better." The game, dominated by missed RELATED NEWS For the first time since Late Night in the Phog began the women's basketball team scrimmaged. See page 5B. shots and turnovers, did feature a few standout plays for the estimated 15,500 fans in attendance. The most impressive of which came at the 10:02 mark, when freshman guard Russell Robinson lobbed a high-arching, half-court pass to a streaking J.R. Giddens, who finished with a two-handed slam for the blue suquid. Not to be outdone, guard Aaron Miles showed his passing skills with 4 minutes remaining. After grabbing a rebound, Miles bounced a behind-the-back pass between defenders to Galindo, who fed it to Mike Lee for an easy lay-in. Lee added six points for the white team, while Giddens had a game-high five rebounds for the blue squad. Self also used Late Night to showcase the basketball program to eight recruits. Micah Downs, Mario Chalmer and Julian Wright, who have all committed to Kansas for next season, were in attendance. Also in attendance were high school seniors Martynas Pocius, C.J. Henry, juniors Matt Bouldin and Jerry Smith, and sophomore Cole Aldrich. Pocius, a 6-foot-5-inch guard originally from Lithuania, has narrowed his choices down to Kansas and Duke. Self will likely offer him the lavhawks' final scholarship for next "I thought Keith, considering he hasn't done anything, moved pretty good. He's just out of shape.I thought Alex made shots.Those two, as far as scoring the ball, played better." Bill Self Coach season if C.J. Miles, a 6-foot-5-inch guard from Dallas, chooses another school. Miles is expected to decide between Kansas, Georgia Tech and Texas at a press conference tomorrow. Henry, a 6-foot-3-inch guard from Oklahoma City, Okla., is a highlyranked baseball player. He is expected to be taken in the 2005 MLB Draft. He has yet to decide whether he will play basketball, minor-league baseball or both during college. Bouldin, a 6-foot-5-inch forward, ranks 53rd in the class of 2006 according to Rivals.com, while Smith, a 6-foot-2-inch point guard, is 27th overall. Aldrich, a 6-foot-10-inch sophomore center, is the sixth-best player in the class of 2007. The year's Jayhawk team had its first official practice of the season Saturday. The team will work out five straight days before taking Thursday off. — Edited by Johanna M. Maska Soccer wins pair in Oklahoma BY JASON ELMQUIST jelmquist@kansan.com KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER SOCCER BREAKDOWN The No. 9 Jayhawks started a busy weekend on Friday, when they took on faced Oklahoma State, a team that came into the match undefeated at home Combine two road wins in Oklahoma with an upset of Texas A&M by Missouri, and the Kansas women's soccer team is moving up to the top of the Big 12 standings.
Conference SchoolOverall
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Texas A&M7101240
Kansas6101420
Nebraska5201150
Texas431951
Iowa State430780
Oklahoma State3311132
Colorado3311042
Missouri350691
Baylor251582
Oklahoma250663
Texas Tech0803130
The Cowgirls held a 11-3-2 overall mark heading into the game. KU came out showing glimpses of offensive power, outshooting Oklahoma State 16-3 in the first period. At the 42:19 mark senior Rachel Gilfillan redirected a corner kick from sophomore Nicole Cauzillo that made Source: www.big12sports.com its way past goalkeeper Breanna Truelove for Gilfillan's sixth goal of the season. Cauzillo and Gilfillan led the team with four shots each. Kansas senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller made three saves in the match and recorded her Big 12-leading ninth shutout. Kansas brought their record to 13-2 for the season and are now 5-2 in one goal games. In the second half the Cowgirls outshot KU 7-6, but still came up short. "We had 22 shots and 12 of them were on goal, so we created a lot of chances," said coach Mark Francis. "Their goalkeeper played very well, she had 10 saves and three or four of them were unbelievable." In the second game of the trip, the Jayhawks played in Norman against an Oklahoma team looking to rebound from their recent 1-2 loss against Iowa State. It was easy to see that the KU team did not take the 2-4 Sooners lightly. The team left with a 3-0 victory. SEE SOCCER ON PAGE 4B CROSS COUNTRY One player highlight of NCAA meet BY FRANK TANKKAR ftankkAR@kansan.com KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER Benson Chesang placed third of 256 runners and was one of few bright spots for the Kansas men's and women's cross country teams Saturday at the NCAA Pre-National meet in Terre Haute, Ind. Chesang, Eldama Ravine, Kenya, freshman, clocked an 8-kilometer time of 23:54.6 as the Jayhawks placed 22nd out of 37 teams in the men's blue race. The competition was divided into two equally seeded races, a white race and a blue race, for both the men and the women. Chesang, competing in just his second meet of the year, said he felt confident going into the race despite the 50-degree weather. "It was kind of chilly," he said. "But I felt really good." The Jayhawks' other runners finished far behind Chesang. The top five, who finished within 30 seconds of each other were: junior Matt French, 100th, senior Chris Jones, 107th, freshman Colby Wissel, 100th, freshman "Benson had an outstanding race." coach Stanley Redwine said. "I wish everyone else had run to their potential as Benson did." Cameron Schwehr. 149th. Colorado won the race, which included 13 teams ranked in the top 30 nationally in the latest United States Cross Country Coaches Association poll. The women's team finished last of 36 teams in the women's white race. They were without No.1 runner Megan CHESANG Manthe, senior, who sat out to rest an ailing foot. Freshman Connie Abbott stepped up to finish first on the team, just as she did when Manthe missed the Kansas State Wildcat Invitational on Sept. 11. Abbott completed the six-kilometer course in 22:25.7, placing 128th out of 246 cometitors. "This race gave me a lot more confidence," Abbott said. "I wasn't too far behind some girls that will be in the conference meet." Colorado also won the women's race, which included nine teams ranked in the top 30 nationally by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Following Abbott were junior Angela Pichardo, 176th, freshman Mallory Richardson, 201st, sophomore Dena Seibel, 212th, and sophomore Jessie Violand. 235th. SEE NCAA ON PAGE 4B KANSAS MEN Blue Race Benson Chesang 23:54.6 Matt French 25:13.7 Chris Jones 25:17.3 Open Race Open Race Paul Hefferon 25:25.1 Joshy Mathadil 26:04.5 KANSAS WOMEN Connie Abbott 22:25.7 Angela Pichardo 23:09.7 Mallory Richardson 23:25.3 Dena Seibel 23:34.8 Jessie Violand 24:02.1 Open Race Lisa Morrisey 23:09.7 Alicia McGregor 23:36.2 Volleyball struggles for ground in Big 12 Before Wednesday's match against Iowa State, Kansas coach Ray Bechard said one victory could give his team the confidence to ascend from tenth place in the Big 12 Conference to a NCAA tournament birth. BY BILL CROSS bcross@kansan.com KANSAN.COM SWITWIRTER "We lost our momentum," he said. "That's what we've got to try to get back." The losing streak is gone, but the momentum was short-lived. Kansas defeated Iowa State 3-2, but lost at home against Missouri Saturday by the same count. In Wednesday's match, the Jayhawks started fast, and looked as though they would easily extend their five-year winning streak against the Cyclones, after taking the first game, 30-23. Looking to snap a five-match losing streak. The Kansas volleyball team played two five-game matches during fall break. In the middle of the second set, Kansas scored six consecutive points to take a 20-18 lead, but three attack errors doomed the Jayhawks to a 29 - 31 loss. The third game was tied at 25, but poor passing led to easy kills for the Cyclones, who defeated the Jayhawks 30-28. In the deciding game, Kansas hit 400, jumping out to a 7-3 lead and winning 15-5. The Jayhawks pulled away late in game four to win 30-24 and force their second five-game match of the season. "Game four really won this match for us tonight, and we showed good signs in game five," Bechard said. "It was nice to get a hard-fought win." SEE VOLLEYBALL ON PAGE 4B ---