Inside Sports
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Sports
Monday
October 25, 1999
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More photos and complete stats from the Jayhawks' 21-0 victory against the Missouri Tigers Saturday.
Big 12 Football
SEE PAGE 8B
Oklahoma State jumped out to a 21-0 lead against Kansas State, but the Wildcats scored 44 unanswered points in a 44-21 win.
SEE PAGE 6B
Soccer
Texas A&M defeated the Kansas soccer team 4-1 yesterday on Senior Day, eliminating the jayhawks from postseason play.
SEE PAGE 4B
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Forward Axtell fractures hand; likely will not miss any games
By Matt Tait
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The much-anticipated debut of Kansas forward Luke Axtell may have received a minor setback Saturday.
During a team drill before a scrim
mage on Saturday morning.
Axtell bumped hands with Kansas guard Marlon London and fractured a bone in his left hand,
which is Axtell's non-shooting hand.
A it h o u g H
Axtell's hand is
b a n d a g e d.
Kansas coach
Roy Williams
Astell.-Scoored six points for the Crimson team at Lail Night
said that he probably will not miss any regular season games.
Kansas' exhibition season opens November 6 when it will play the California All-Stars in Allen Fieldhouse. The regular season will begin November 19 at home against Fairfield.
"I am very disappointed for Luke," Williams said. "He has worked extremely hard to get ready for this season. However, we expect him back before the regular season begins."
Axtell's injury occurred only one week into Kansas' official practices. At Kansas' first official practice, Oct. 15 at Late Night with Roy Williams, Axtell scored six points for the Crimson team on three-of-nine shooting in a losing effort. He also grabbed two rebounds and played 22 minutes in the scrimmage.
Axtell, 6-foot-10, transferred to Kansas two years ago after a tumultuous stay at the University of Texas, where he played as a freshman and was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman team.
After practicing with the Jayhawks last season and sitting out because of NCAA rules, Axtell was expected and expecting to be a big contributor on this year's team and Williams said that has not changed.
"He will continue to be a very important part of our team," Williams said.
Axtell will undergo further examinations this week and the exact amount of time he will miss should be determined shortly thereafter.
— Edited by Brad Hallier
Kansas wide receiver Harrison Hill escapes the grasp of Missouri defensive back Carlos Posey as he steps into the end zone for a Kansas touchdown. Photo by Matt J. Daugherty/KANSAN
Quantrill would've wept
Jayhawks crush border rival Missouri in 21-0 shutout
By Mike Miller
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
It was a much-needed win against a much-hated opponent.
The 21-0 win against Missouri on Saturday not only ended Kansas' two game losing streak, but kept Kansas from dropping to the cellar of the Big 12 Conference's northern division.
The Jayhawks, 3-5 overall, 1-3 in the Big 12, were the beneficiary of things that had haunted all year — big plays and dominating defense.
Harrison Hill's 62-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter was the 'Hawks longest play from scrimmage this year, and his 44-yard reception in the third quarter was the third longest. Fullback Moran Norris had two long runs of 31 and 23 yards, and running back David Winbush broke off a 31-yard scamper late in the fourth quarter.
In all, those five plays accounted for almost two-thirds of the Jayhawks' offense.
But it didn't matter. The defense dominated the Tigers all day, producing Kansas' first conference shutout since 1993 - a 28-0 win against Missouri.
"We physically won the game. That's the bottom line," said coach Terry Allen. "The guys up front — Dion Johnson, Dion Rayford — defensively they were outstanding."
Kansas terrorized Missouri quarterback Jim Dougherty throughout the game, sacking him four times. He would end the game having completed 13 of 30 passes. He did not complete a pass for more than 20 yards, a testament to the improved play of Kansas' secondary.
The changes in the secondary, new starters Carl Nesmith and Muhammed Abdul-Rahim, also were a critical part of the pressure on Dougherty. Nesmith had a team-high eight tackles, including two for losses and a sack. And the safeties and linebackers zone blitzed more than in previous games, which disrupted the Tiger offense on more than one third down.
The Tigers did get some pressure on quarterback Dylan Smith, who was sacked five times. It limited Kansas' passing attack, instead focusing the team on ball control. It worked. The Jayhawks dominated the clock in the second half,
"We'd been doing it off and on this year, we just thought we could take advantage of it." Allen said.
holding a 13-minute edge in time of possession.
It was vindication for the Jayhawks, who thought the game should have gone their way last year.
"We should've beaten them last year and they knew it," wide receiver Harrison Hill said.
former Kansas players and football Hall-of-Famers John Hadl and Gale Sayers spoke to the team Friday night and again before the game, stressing how much a win against Missouri would mean to Kansas students and alumni.
"They just told us that this was not an ordinary game. We took that in and realized that it meant a lot," fullback Tyrus Fonteen said.
It obviously meant a lot to the Kansas fans among the 42,300 in attendance. Memorial Stadium was full through most of the fourth quarter, even when the game was no longer in question. When the students tore down the goalposts after the game, it emphasized how important it was to have beat Missouri.
"To see the students carry off the goalposts like that, it seems like we could hold basketball for a little while," Hill said.
—Edited by Mike Loader
Do Tigers players fans understand bands or class?
What is it with Missouri and bands?
For those of you who were out enjoying a beverage during halftime of Kansas' 21-0 victory against Missouri Saturday at Memorial Stadium, I'll fill you in on the details. A little incident occurred while the Marching Jayhawks were performing their halftime show.
As flautists, trumpeters and color-guard
members executed their patterns, a few Missouri players thought that they should touch up their skills as well. Mizzou players knocked into Kansas musicians and the color guard. Several flags, which are made of China silk, were damaged when Mizzou players stepped on them. Kansas thinks Missouri should foot the bill for the damage.
Chris
Fickett
sports columnist.
sports@kansan.com
That's fine — as long as Missouri doesn't try
as Missouri does try to pay for the flags with whiskey.
As if practice would have helped the Tigers at halftime. The only reason the Tigers players were on the field was either because they were from the Ozarks and were not properly educated or because they learned how to act from their fans.
You might remember last year's debacle in Columbia, Mo., in which the Marching Jayhawks were pelted with liquor bottles by jans at Faurot Field. And, surprisingly, they were glass bottles, not plastic McCormick whiskey flasks.
The members of Kansas' band were not the only ones who have had problems with the Tigers warming up before the halftime show was done. The Missouri band, which was at Saturday's game and performed before the Marching Jayhawks, apologized to the Kansas band. Members said Tigers players have done the same thing to them.
Find another way to get under Kansas' skin. Mizzou. This isn't the way.
I've watched and attended several NFL contests in which high school and college marching bands have performed at halftime. But when the players warm up before the band has finished, they do it off the field and away from the performers.
The Marching Jayhawks know it too. While they were performing at a Kansas City Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium, members of the Buffalo Bills took the field a little early during halftime.
The difference: The Bills weren't in the band's face.
Saturday, band members saw the Tigers on the field and wondered how they would continue their show when the time came to march in the players' direction. After politely asking the Tigers to move, the band members resumed their business. The Tigers continued to use band members as moving targets.
Maybe the Tigers couldn't understand English. That might explain why Missouri players and fans couldn't understand the Kansas student body rushing the field and tearing down the goalposts after defeating a 0-4 conference team.
The Missouri players were still on the field.
Fickett is a Palos Heights, Ill., senior in journalism.
Jayhawks end a three-game slide by pounding Cyclones
By Shawn Hutchinson
It only took the Kansas volleyball team a little more than an hour on Saturday night to get back to its winning ways.
Kansan sportswriter
"The this definitely was a good way to break our temporary downspell of losses," Kansas middle blocker Anne Kreimer said. "And it's good to be back in our home gym with our home fans who love to watch us play."
The Jayhawks dispatched Iowa State in just 62 minutes, sweeping the Cyclones 3-0 in front of 880 fans at the Horeis Family Athletics Center.
The Jayhawks, 14-7 overall and 5-5 in the Big 12 Conference, battered an out-of-sync Iowa State squad, which has lost 14 straight matches and
dropped to 0-10 in the Big 12.
Kansas used every player on its roster, with the exception of freshman settar Amy Billings. She hasn't played this season because of a broken patella in her right knee.
"We (wanted) to play everybody and still maintain a very high level of volleyball." Kansas coach Ray Bechard said. "And I was very happy to do that."
ken patella in her right knee.
The Jayhawks were happy to get a win. Kansas had dropped three straight matches — two on the road and one in Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawks welcomed themselves back to the Horejsi Center by cruising to an 11-6 lead in the first game behind two aces from outside hitter Nancy Bell and four kills from outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht.
After the Cyclones scored a point when the duo of middle blocker Sheila Lopez and outside hitter Sarah Rollman blocked a Kansas attack, the Jayhawks retaliated and scored the
next four points, snatching a 15-7 first-game victory.
"It's kind of hard because when you play teams like this, it's easy to sink down to their level," Kreimer said.
"But I think we did a really
good job of maintaining our focus and playing up to our level for most of the match."
The Jayhawks maintained that focus for games two and three, walking away with 15-3 and 15-4 victories.
Kansas was led by Albrecht and middle blocker Amanda Reves, who both had 10 kills each, while outside hitters Amy Myatt and Danielle
"The main area of concern tonight was blocking," Bechard said after Kansas was outblocked 12-7 in the match. "But other than that I'm very pleased."
Geronomyon both chipped in eight kills apiece. Setter Molly LaMere had 32 assists and 11 digs.
The Jayhawks will get an opportunity to add to that total at 7 p.m. Wednesday, when they battle the Missouri Tigers at the Horejsi Center. Kansas already has beaten Missouri once this season in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 25 in Columbia, Mo.
Kansas has already matched its conference win total of last season, when it finished 5-15 in the Big 12. The Jayhawks also are only one win away from equaling last year's overall win total of 15.
Edited by Brad Hallier
Amanda Reves, senior middle-blocker, spikes the ball helping the Jayhawks defeat Iowa State. The Jayhawks did not lose a game against the Cyclones. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN