Section B·Page 4 The University Daily Kansan Monday, October 25, 1999 COSTUME RENTAL Have Guns... Will Rent Can supply you with a Tomm with a gangster or flapper costume or a sword with a pirate or Napoleon costume. Be an Egyptian Princess or a Knight in real armor. Call: (913) 321-GUNS at: 1313 State Ave. KCK 66102 Kyliie Waits, junior defender, attempts a header against Texas A&M. Photo by Aaron Lindbergh/KANSAN Aggies clobber Jayhawks By Chris Wristen sports@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter The Kansas soccer team's postseason hopes were killed yesterday as the Jayhawks lost 4-1 to No. 12 Texas A&M at SuperTarget Field. It was Kansas' last chance to qualify for the Big 12 Conference tournament and followed a twoovertime 0:0 tie to Texas on Friday. "I think everyone went as hard as they could go," said Lindsey Loeffler, senior defender. Kansas, 8-1 overall, 3-6-1 in the Big 12, came out firing in front of a record crowd of 633 fans as sophomore Melanie Schroeder uncorked a shot just 15 seconds into the game. The Jayhawks' best opportunity to score came in the 30th minute, when sophomore Natalie Ho跃眶 collided with Texas A&M goalkeeper Melanie Wilson in midair. Junior Hilla Rantala came up with the ball but sent it sailing just over the crossbar. "Both games came down to not putting our chances away," coach Mark Francis said. "We're creating chances, a lot of them, and some good ones, but we haven't been able to finish the last few games." Texas A&M's Nicky Thrasher was able to finish, and she scored three goals in the game. Thrasher's first came in the 32nd minute, as she connected with a pass from Amber Childers and headed it just inside the near post. The score remained 1-0 at the half. "We really dominated the first part of the game," Loeffler said. "We came out with so much fire to win, but it just came down to who could put it in the back of the net." But the Jayhawks wouldn't go down easy. Rantala scored off a pass from junior Meghann Haven with nine minutes remaining. Texas A&M (13-4, 7-3) scored again with just more than a minute remaining and sealed the game. Francis was said he was proud of his team's effort "I couldn't fault them on their effort today," Francis said. "To be honest, I don't think the result really reflects the game. They were definitely a good team, but I don't think they were 4 to 1 better." The game marked the final home game for Jayhawk seniors Betsy Pollard, Laura Rohde, Cynthia Dahle, Melissa Downing and Loeffler. Pollard and Rohde spent time in goal, while Dahle and Loeffler started on defense. Downing, who is out with mononucleosis, let the crowd in cheers. DAILY DRINK SPECIALS 4pm - 2am Mon. - Sat. 12pm - 12am Sunday 623 Vermont Lawrence 749-5067 Francis said his team isn't done vet. The team will conclude its season this weekend, when it travels to Mississippi for the Ole Miss "We've still got a lot to play for next week," Francis said. "We set two goals for this year. One being to qualify for the tournament, which we can't do now, and the other, to finish with a winning record. And we've still got that opportunity next weekend." Edited by Katie Hollar Aggie forward gets soccer hat trick By Brad Hallier sports@kansan.com Kansan associate sports editor There may not be any question as to who will be named the Big 12 Conference's soccer player of the week. Texas A&M's Nicky Thrasher scored five goals and notched an assist in two games last weekend. Three of those goals came yesterday in the Aggies' 4-1 win against Kansas at SuperTarget Field. "I think she really hasn't really been at her best, but she's been working her way out of a mini-slump." Texas A&M coach G. Guerrieri said. "I'm really pleased for her this weekend. I'm biased, but I think we have the best forward in the conference." Thrasher, who has scored 18 goals in the season, began the scoring against the Jayhawks in the 31st minute when she completed an Aggie counterattack by placing a powerful header into the lower left hand corner of the goal for the only goal of the first half. The Jayhawks fell victim to another quick Texas A&M counterattack in the 53rd minute. After smothering a Melanie Schroeder shot from point-blank range, Aggie goalkeeper Melanie Wilson quickly punted the ball down the field to Thrasher. She beat the Kansas defense, found herself alone with Kansas goalkeeper Laura Rohde, and slipped a shot into the goal. "We knew she was dangerous coming into the game," Kansas coach Mark Francis said. "I thought we did a fairly decent job on her. Just a couple of times we let her go, and you let those kind of players go once or twice a game, and they can bury you, which is what happened." Thrasher completed her hat trick in 69th minute when she snuck in behind the Jayhawks' defense to touch in a cross from about three yards out. Thrasher, who contributed two goals and an assist in the Aggies 5-2 win against Missouri on Friday, said that she was happy with her performance this weekend. "I've been getting good balls, and luckily, I've been putting them in the back of the net," she said. "My job is to score goals, and when I get good passes, I need to finish them." Thrasher, with 11 points this weekend (2 for each goal and 1 for an assist), is almost certain to be the new conference leader in points with 43. Prior to last weekend, she trailed Missouri's Nikki Thole by four points. Thrasher said she was simply playing with more confidence this weekend than she had earlier this month, when the Aggies lost three out of four matches by identical 1-0 scores. "When I get the ball, I need to play simple," she said. 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