MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2004
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Volleyball skid at three after Baylor trip
BY BILL CROSS
bcross@kansan.com
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The Kansas volleyball team lost its third straight Big 12 Conference match Saturday. The Baylor Bears upset the No. 24 Jayhawks 3-1.
"It was a disappointing loss, but we're going to keep moving forward." coach Ray Bechard said.
Their conference record of 1-4 places the Jayhawks at 10th in the conference standings.
The Kansas offense was more consistent in the second game, hitting .343, the team's best onegame percentage in its last 20 sets dating back to Sept. 19 against North Dakota State. The Iawhawks won 30-22.
Game three featured poor offense and solid defense, as neither squad's hitting percentage was more than 150. Baylor won 34-32 on an attack error on the last point.
Kansas led game one 20-17 after trading five and six-point scoring rallies with Baylor. Baylor outside hitter Stella Odion and middle blocker Adeline Meira fueled the game's final rally, giving their team a 30-25 victory.
In game four Baylor libero Maggie Chlebana led an early sixp口 rally with two service aces
When Kansas regained service, it trailed 9-7 and would never be closer. The Bears won 30-17.
Both teams had 66 digs on the night. Kansas senior libero Jill Dorsey led senior with 22.
Neither team had an impressive hitting percentage on the night. Kansas finished at .139 and Baylor at .214. It was the third straight match that Kansas hit below .150.
"Baylor had all the intensity." Bechard said.
Junior middle blocker Josi Lima led Kansas with 14 kills, while senior middle blocker Ashley Michaels added 12 and freshman opposite hitter Emily Brown had 11.
Sophomore outside hitter Jana Correa returned after a three-match injury absence to score 13 kills.
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While the Jayhawks' had four players with double-digit kills, the Bears matched that total with Meira, Odion, middle blocker Nicole LeBlanc and outside hitter Kelly Spriggs.
GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 TEAM RECORDS Kansas 25 30 32 17 10-4,1-4 Baylor 30 22 34 30 8-7,2-4 B
Kansas
Name Attack Percent Solo Blocks Block Assists Block Errors
4 Correa, Jana .143 0 0 0
6 Mathewson, Jamie .000 0 0 0
7 Brown, Emily .233 0 1 0
8 Caten, Paula .032 0 1 0
9 Rozum, Andi .100 0 8 0
10 Lima, Josi .091 0 3 1
1 Dorsey, Jill 1.000 0 0 0
2 Michaels, Ashley .276 0 7 0
12 Wittman, Dani .000 0 0 0
Totals .139 0 20 1
Baylor
Name Attack Percent Solo Blocks Block Assists Block Errors
1 Ruston, Emily .222 0 1 0
11 Odion, Stella .191 1 2 0
12 Meira, Adaline .500 4 6 0
21 LeBlanc, Nicole .263 1 4 1
22 Chlebana, Maggie .000 0 0 0
49 Guilliard-Young, Des .310 0 1 0
15 Spriggs, Kelly .056 0 0 1
18 Schramek, Kristen .000 0 0 0
Totals .214 6 14 2
start this season. Kansas has been out-blocked for three straight matches.
Kansas will host No. 15
Kansas State at 7 p.m.
Wednesday at the Horesji Family
Athletics Center.
- Edited by Ryan Greene
Former Tampa Bay star has interesting return
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA, Fla. — John Lynch will remember it as the touchdown-saving hit he was too much of a gentleman to make. Fortunately for Denver, the mistake didn't ruin the safety's emotional return to Tampa Bay.
Instead, Lynch merely touched Michael Clayton on the back, thinking the rookie was down. Clayton, whose helmet was knocked off when his head was brushed by Lynch's knee, stood and took off for the end zone to complete a 51-yard pass play.
Jake Plummer threw a five-yard TD pass to Patrick Hape and Jason Elam kicked three field goals yesterday to give the Broncos a 16-13 victory over the winless Buccaneers, whose only touchdown came on a play in which Lynch failed to knock down a receiver who was getting up off the ground.
Plummer completed 13 of 31 passes for 138 yards, saving his best for the fourth quarter when he took advantage of a 37-yard pass interference penalty to set up Elam's 24-yard field goal that snapped a 13-13 tie with 9:03 to go.
The Denver quarterback also put together a long drive that
burned all but three seconds of the final 7:26 off the clock. Tampa Bay inserted Chris Simms, the inactive third quarterback, for the last play, and Lynch nearly intercepted his desperation pass near midfield.
The loss was the sixth straight over two seasons for the Bucs (0-4), who have dropped 10 of their last 13 games.
then last 19 games. Lynch was presented with a key to the city after the Bucs, a little more than a year removed from winning the Super Bowl, released the five-time Pro Bowl selection in a cost-cutting move that was very unpopular with fans.
Many in the crowd of 65,341 wore No. 47 Broncos jerseys and greeted Lynch, who played 11 seasons in Tampa Bay, with a loud ovation when he ran onto the field for pregame warmups and again when the starting line-ups were introduced.
ups were mere
It was another frustrating day for the Bucs offense, which had some success moving the ball but had to settle for field goals by Martin Gramatica of 28 and 30 yards on two possessions deep in Broncos territory.
Michael Pittman returned from a three-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy and rushed for
Brad Johnson completed 15 of 23 passes for 162 yards, including the second-quarter touchdown throw to Clayton.
Denver moved 43 yards in seven plays after recovering a fumble to take a 7-0 lead on Plummer's 5-yard TD pass to Hape, a former Bucs tight end who was wide open heading into the right side of the end zone.
zone.
Elam's 49-yard field goal made it 10-0 and his 50-yard put the Broncos up 13-7 after Clayton scored his first NFL touchdown after Lynch's mistake at about the 25-yard line.
Royals set season record for losses
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jose Contreras took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox ended a disappointing season with a 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.
Chicago, slowed by injuries to Frank Thomas and Magglio Ordonez, finished 83-79, second to Minnesota in the AL Central.
After going 83-79 and finishing second to the Twins last year, Kansas City set a team record for losses by going 58-104, breaking the mark set when the Royals went 62-100 in 2000. The Royals, also hurt by injuries, lost eight of their last nine games.
Contraceras (13-9) did not allow a hit until Ruben Gotay singled to right leading off the seventh, ending a streak of 16 straight batters retired.
Acquired from the New York Yankees on July 31, Contretras went 5-4 in 14 starts with the White Sox and his 9.21 ERA in September was the highest in the American League. After going 0-3 in his previous six starts, he allowed two hits in eight innings, struck out four and walked two.
warned two.
Shingo Takatsu pitched the ninth to complete a three-hitter. Kansas City was shut out 13 times, matching Tampa Bay for the most in the American League.
Joe Randa, the popular third baseman who was probably playing his last game for Kansas City, went 0-for-3 with a walk and received a standing ovation every time he batted.
Zack Greinke (8-11) allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. He went 0-2 in his last four starts.