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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
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'Hawks cap weekend with win
BY JASON ELMQUIST
jelmquist@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
The Kansas women's soccer team kicked off Big 12 Conference play over the weekend with a split against Nebraska and Colorado.
Kansas
KANSAS-COLORADO BOX SCORE
In Friday's game, it only took Nebraska's leading scorer, Brittany Timko, 57 seconds to get the Cornhuskers out to an early 1-0 lead. Timko, who was also the Big 12 leader in goals going into the match, was able to elude two defenders and get a shot past senior goalkeeper Meghan Miller.
The Jayhawks had a rough outing Friday in their conference opener against the Cornhuskers, falling 1-0. But they rebounded yesterday with a 2-1 victory over the defending Big 12 Conference champion Colorado Buffaloes.
Colorado Pos # Player Sh G A Pos# Player Sh G A
GK 1 Keller, Jessica 0 0 0 GK 1 Miller, Meghan 0 0 0
D 2 Regan, Tricia 0 0 0 MF 2 Cauzillo, Nicole 1 0 1
D 3 Smerchek, Darci 0 0 0 D 3 Sauer, Afton 1 0 0
F 4 Grandinetti, Kathryn 1 0 0 F 7 Gillian, Rachel 3 1 0
F 7 True, Allie 0 0 0 D 8 Gault, Holly 2 1 0
MF 8 Milhalcin, Ashlie 1 1 0 F 13 Kilpatrick, Jessica 1 0 1
F 9 Griffin, Katie 1 0 0 F 16 Geha, Amy 0 0 1
D 12 Munnelly, Laura 0 0 0 D 17 Alvarez, Nikki 0 0 0
MF 13 Munnelly, Fran 2 0 1 D 18 Leeper, Stacy 0 0 0
MF 19 Thais, Jen 0 0 0 MF 19 Williams, Lauren 1 0 0
D 30 Falender, Ellen 0 0 0 F 21 Smith, Caroline 4 0 1
Totals 6 1 1 Totals 13 2 3
"The problem today was that we made mental mistakes," said coach Mark Francis after the game. "We knew that (Timko) was their best player; we talked about it all week and how we had to watch her. But she gets off a shot with two players on her. That's unacceptable."
Note: Shannon Kellogg had one shot on goal for Colorado Source: kuathletics.com
Nate Shannon Kellogg had one shot on goal for Colorado
The goal scored on Miller was one of two shots Nebraska got on goal throughout the entire game. Kansas was able to outshoot Nebraska 16-7, and had more shots on goal than Nebraska with six.
Sophomore midfielder Nicole Cauzillo led the Jayhawks with five
shots, while junior forward Caroline Smith had four shots.
"I wish we could have got one in," Smith said. "We had some good chances, and we couldn't get it in."
The Jayhawks responded to Friday's
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Rachel Gillifan, senior forward, falls over the ball as Ashleie Mihalcin, Colorado junior defender, attempts to take it away. Gillifan scored her team-high fourth goal of the season during the Jayhawks' 2-1 victory against the Buffalooes Sunday at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
Jayhawks 'turnover' victory
Kansas blows first half lead in 31-30 loss to Texas Tech
BY JONATHAN KEALING
jkealing@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTS WORDER
Kansas' back-to-back losses have shown how important it is for a team to play an entire game.
In Saturday's 31-30 loss to the Red Raiders the Jayhawks came out early, built a strong lead and then seemed to take the rest of the game off.
The Jayhawks will need a full-game effort to beat the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb. next week. They didn't get that effort against Texas Tech.
Going into the locker room at half time, the Jayhawks had a 30-11 lead over the Red Raiders.
During the second half, Kansas' offense stalled. The defense created several stops and intercepted a pass, but it was unable to completely shut down the quick-paced Texas Tech offense.
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The defensive unit, a strength for Kansas throughout the first four games of the season, gave up 538 yards of total offense. Even when the offense went scoreless, five turnovers and timely defensive stops kept the Jayhawks alive.
Adam Bermann, sophomore quarterback, dodges Brock Stratton, Texas Tech sophomore linebacker, while Matt Thompson, junior offensive lineman, blocks. KU managed only 86 yards on the ground against the Texas Tech defense. The Jayhawks lost the game 31-30 Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
If it had done a few things differently, Kansas would likely have posted a
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Running game clenches Tech's victory
BY RYAN COLAIanni
rcolaianni@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
Third and six from the Texas Tech 30-yard line, Red Raider coach Mike Leach called a run up the middle, rather than trying to throw the football. When running back Taurean Henderson heard the call in the huddle he thought of one thing: touchdown.
That's exactly what Henderson did, taking the carry up the middle, virtually untouched 70 yards for the game-winning touchdown.
The call came as a slight surprise to Henderson and quarterback Sonny Cumbie, but they did not second guess the call.
"You have to think big on those plays," Henderson said. "The entire time I was thinking about scoring."
The touchdown capped the secondstraight come-from-behind victory for the Red Raiders.
"I knew if he would call a run play that I would run my hardest to get the
Against Texas Christian, Texas Tech was down 21-0, then scored 56 answered points to win 70-35.
job done," Henderson said.
It was how the Red Raiders won the game that was surprising. They had thrown 47 passes going into the fourth quarter, but it was the running game that got them the victory in the game's
This week, they were down 25 points yet overcame the deficit again and won 31-30.
"We are losing by 25 points and we feel like we are in the game," Cumbie said. "It's funny how that is, we always feel like we are in the game."
HENDERSON
last quarter.
"Everybody thinks we are going to throw the ball and finally we ran the ball and we were able to convert," Henderson said.
Cumbie did not complete a pass in the fourth quarter and the Red Raiders relied on the running attack
to get the victory.
Running back Taurean Henderson ran the ball four times in the fourth quarter for nearly 100 yards, including the 70 yard scamper with less than three minutes to go to give the Red Raiders the permanent lead.
Henderson had a career day as he ran for 169 yards on just 17 carries with the majority of the yards coming on the game winning carry.
12, and in this offense he doesn't get the ball probably as much as he would like to," wide receiver Trey Haverty said. "He comes up clutch when we need him and obviously he had the biggest play of the game.
"He's one of the best backs in the Big — Edited by A
Henderson scored early in the third quarter.
That touchdown was set up from an Chad Johnson interception that was returned to the Kansas six-yard line. Cumble said interception switched the momentum of the game.
The Red Raiders used a couple of long touchdown passes to chip away at the Kansas lead. Haverty had eight catches for a 143 yards and a 32-yard touchdown reception.
This is a big win for us but we have to start faster, that has been the big problem for us the past couple games," Henderson said.
Men's cross country finishes in top ten
BY FRANK TANKARD
ftankard@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWIRTER
The Kansas cross country teams faced the type of competition usually reserved for late-season meets at the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn. on Saturday.
The men's squad placed 10 out of 25 teams, including nine ranked in the top 30 nationally by the United States Cross Country Coaches Association. They continued to go unbeaten against Big 12 Conference competition defeating
CHESANG
Benson Chesang, the only Jayhawk to compete at the NCAA Championships last season, led the way for Kansas with an 11th place finish out of 223 runners, completing the eight-kilometer course in 24 minutes, 38 seconds. The Eldama Ravine, Kenya, sophomore said he felt good in his first race of the year after sitting out the first two meets to rest a sore hamstring.
"I felt I was going out too fast at the start, but then I realized I was just at the right pace, so I ran with the front pack," he said. "It was a good start for me."
Baylor, Texas Tech and Nebraska. Topranked Wisconsin won the meet, placing five runners in the top ten.
Senior Chris Jones finished second on the team, 57th overall, in 25:36. He was followed by junior Matt French, 59th, 25:37, freshman Colby Wissel, 72nd, 25:53, and sophomore Tyler Kelly, 84th, 26:01.
Assistant coach Doug Clark said the team was hurt by not running in a tight pack like they did in the first two meets.
"We have to run our own race, and not be intimidated by the size of the field and the size of the competition," he said. "We were only partially successful in doing that. But the race today was a good experience for Pre-Nationals coming up in three weeks."
On the women's side, the Jayhawks placed 23rd out of 29 teams, including eight ranked in the top 50 nationally by the Women's Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association. Second-ranked Providence College won the meet, scoring three top ten finishers.
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