Monday, August 30, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Members of the Kansas soccer team celebrates after a first-half goal. The Jayhawks lose their season opener against Colorado 2-1 Friday at Super Target Field. Photo by Eric Sahmann/KANSAN
Last goal made with 3 seconds left on the clock
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buried the shot into the left side of the goal, giving Kansas a 3:1 lead.
Kansas' final goal came with three seconds remaining in the match. Melanie Schroeder took a free kick, placing the ball right in front of the goal, and connected with a charging Downing, who was there for the finish.
"You've gotta be happy when you score four goals against anybody," coach Mark Francis said. "Especially from past experience, the last couple of games we've had some chances that we didn't put away."
Offense was a top priority for the Jayhawks.
"We definitely wanted to come out and score a lot more goals," Colvin said. "That's what you've gotta do to beat the other team."
The win marked the first victory for the Jayhawks this season. Kansas dropped their season opener to Colorado 2-1 on Friday. Schroeder scored the Jayhawks' only goal against the Buffaloes, as Colorado struck twice in the final 24 minutes of the game and spoiled a solid debut as a starter by senior goalkeeper Betsy Pollard.
Francis was pleased with his team's strong showing.
"I think we definitely had something to prove, not so much to anybody else rather than to ourselves, to each other, that we actually can go out and get the job done and finish it off which is something we didn't do Friday, but I talked today we did," Francis said.
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But her second goal, which gave Kansas some breathing room at 3-1, could have been the goal of
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But yesterday, forward Johanna Larsson provided some much-needed goal scoring in Rantala's absence.
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When Kansas forward Hilla Rantala went down with a sprained ankle in the first minute of a 2-1 loss to Colorado on Friday, Kansas coach Mark Francis knew it wouldn't be easy to replace the Javahaws' highly touted forward.
After all, Rantala, who transferred to Kansas from South Alabama last year, had more goals (27), assists (27) and points (81) in only two years than the entire Kansas team had of all last season.
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Larsson scores 2 in win, ties record
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Larsson started the scoring in only the third minute when she was left unmarked inside the Cowgirl penalty area, and she touched in a pass from defender Kylie Watts.
Larsson scored a pair of goals, tying the Kansas single-game record, and the Jayhawks rolled to a 4-1 win against Wyoming yesterday at Super Target Field. The win snapped the Jayhawks' streak of 11 winless games, dating back to last season, and the win was Francis' first as coach for the Jayhawks.
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"I gota show what I can do when I get the chance," she said. "I made some mistakes on Friday, and today I made up for them. It's just a matter of recovering from a loss, and you gotta move on."
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Larsson's goals were her first since she scored a goal at Miami (Fla.) in the second match of last year. After starting the first six games last year, her playing time was reduced, and she didn't start another game. But she started yesterday, and she said yesterday's performance proved to her that she could still get it done on the attack.
"Johanna was great," Francis said. "When you have one of your best players out, you look for somebody else to step up offensively and take that responsibility, and she did that today."
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the game.
After beating two defenders, midfielder Megham Haven lofted a picture-perfect 40-yard pass to Larsson right outside the Cowgirl penalty area. She settled the ball on her chest and poked a shot Wyoming goalkeeper Amanda Vandervort.
"All I thought was 'composure, composure,'" Larsson said. "I had the same situation on Friday, and I didn't want that to happen again."
Francis praised Larsson's second goal as well.
"Both goals she scored were very well done, particularly the third one when she brought the ball down on her chest," Francis said.
"You always want to score as much as you can," she said. "As long as we win and as long as I can create opportunities for us to win, I'm satisfied."
But Larsson didn't want to stop at two goals. In the 72nd minute, she nearly became the first Jayhawk in history to tally a hat trick — three goals in the same game — but her off-balance shot from eight yards out skimmed the crossbar.
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