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Friday. October 20.1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Drury College next for women's soccer
By Jason Strait
Kansan sportswriter
On paper, the Drury women's soccer team dominates the Kansas women's soccer team.
Drury College (10-4-1) has outscored its opponents a combined 53-14 this season and boasts three players with nine goals or more.
Kansas (5-8) has been outscored
word by its opponents and is led by Denise Cooke, who has scored five goals.
But despite Drury's statistical dominance, Kansas likely will be favored in tomorrow's game against Drury at 3 p.m. in Springfield, Mo. Drury is a Division-II team in its second year of varsity soccer, and all
"We've tried to put the Tulsa game behind us this week and really focus on learning from our mistakes."
team that is going to give Kansas a tough game," Drury women's assistant coach Lisa Unworth said.
Although the Panthers are a Division-II school that Kansas expects to defeat, the Jayhawks are not viewing them lightly.
"We're not going to underestimate any team, especially because we didn't finish off as well as we would have liked last week." Kansas sophomore defender
but two of its opponents have been Division-II schools. The Panthers' most impressive victory of the season came against No. 11 Missouri-St. Louis, also a Division-II team.
said.
Last weekend K an s a s defeated Central Missouri State, a Division II team, 4-0, but lost to the University of Tulsa, 4-0.
"We've tried to put the Tula game behind us this week and really focus on learning from our mistakes," Kansas freshman sweeter
Drury is 1-1 against Division-I teams, defeating Arkansas-Little Rock 2-0 and losing to U.S. Air Force Academy 1-2 in overtime.
Micaela Brogan
Jackie Dowell Kansas freshman sweeper
"We've been doing really well against ranked Division II teams, and I think we have a real strong
Jackie Dowell said. "The team is real excited about the last part of the season because we really think we can compete and play well against these teams."
Despite its success and statistics, Drury is not expecting to roll over Kansas as they have other teams.
"We know they've got an outstanding coach, and we're expecting a really physical, technical team," Unworth said.
Tennis player reaches main draw
Kansan staff report
Kansas women's tennis player Kylie Hunt won her first match yesterday in the main draw of Riviera All-American Championships in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Hunt, a junior, defeated Gana Stirnadova of Syracuse, 6-2, 6-1.
She qualified for the main draw by winning her three qualifying
matches. She will play the fourth seed, Stanford's Katie Schluke-bir, today.
Hunt also saw action in doubles play with junior Jenny Atkerson. They won their first match in the main draw, defeating Jan Barrett and Sophie Woorons of Clemson, 7-6, 6-3.
Hype doesn't fuel the Rockets
They will play today against an undetermined opponent.
LONDON — Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich put into perspective what the McDonald's Championship represents for his NBA champion Rockets; another exhibition.
The Associated Press
They are the feature attraction of the tournament, which also includes championship teams from Europe, Italy, England, Israel and Australia.
This is the first time the NBA has sent its champions to the event, which is billed as an unofficial world championship for clubs.
But Tomjanovich, perhaps tired of being asked whether the Rockets feel pressure since no NBA team has ever lost a game in the tournament, sought to downplay the event's importance.
"Everybody wants to put so much meaning into it," he said yesterday after a two-hour practice at London Arena. "Right now, we're just beginning. The other teams are at the end of their seasons. Let's be
realistic about this thing. If it was a real championship, we'd be training (for a long time) and we'd be holding onto our championship trophy.
"This is an exhibition game. Let's not build this thing into something it isn't."
The Rockets play today against the Australian league champion Wildcat Perth. The winner will go into tomorrow's championship game against either European champion Real Madrid, England's Sheffield Sharks, Italy's Buckler Bologna or Israel's Maccabi.
While the Australian players have admitted they have no chance against the Rockets, Tomjanovich said he had watched a tape of one of their recent games and had been impressed.
"They're a good offensive team, good passers, good running team," he said. "But they're not really big compared to NBA standards."
Tomjanovich said the Rockets looked sharper in practice yesterday after overcoming the jetlag and distractions that affected the team
"There's a tendency to get into a vacation-type situation," he said. "You're in a different country, and there's so many other distractions and events. We needed to be reminded a little: Let's get back to work."
earlier this week.
Houston star center Hakeen Olajuwon, who has been out all preseason with elbow and back injuries, shot around by himself and did not take part in scrimmaging.
After hedging for days on whether he would play or not, Olajuwon finally made it official. He won't.
“It’s the wise decision,” he said. “I don’t want to take a chance by risking something that’s minor that could be major for the season. I’m here learning the plays, running with the team and getting ready for the season. That’s what really matters. That's best for me and best for the team.”
Olajuwon said he wasn't sure whether he would even suit up for the games.
"I don't want to be tempted," he
said.
If Olajuwon changes his mind, Tomjanovich said he wouldn't stop him from playing.
"If he really wants to do it, I'd consider it," he said. "But I'd like him to go through more scrimming."
Olajuwon, the MVP of the last year's NBA Finals, was promoted as the showpiece attraction of the tournament.
London was chosen to stage the event in hopes of boosting the profile of the sport and the NBA in a country where basketball gets scant attention compared to soccer, rugby and cricket.
With the soccer season in full swing, the event has received minimal coverage in British newspapers this week and has been virtually ignored by the tabloids.
Olajuwon said he understood the problem.
"Basketball over here is like soccer in the United States," he said.
The London Arena has a capacity of 10,500,and organizers hope for a sellout today and tomorrow.
Former All-Star traded to Bucks
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — Veteran center Kevin Duckworth will be used initially as a reserve by the Milwaukee Bucks following his acquisition from the Washington Bullets, Milwaukee coach Mike Dunleavy said.
"I envision him coming in as a player coming off the bench for us," Dunleavy said Wednesday after the Bucks obtained the 7-foot center for forward Bob McCann, who spent last season in the CBA.
"The amount of time that he gets will depend on his level of play and conditioning." Dunleavy said.
with a sore Achilles' tendon and the final 19 with calcium deposits in his left ankle. He had surgery on the ankle in the offseason.
Duckworth, 31, spent two seasons with Washington that featured several injuries and a relentless battle against a bulging waistline.
The 285-pounder averaged 4.9 rebounds and 7.1 points last season, compared to 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 points in 69 games in the previous season.
Duckworth was suspended twice last season for failing to keep in good physical condition and played only 40 games, including just 22 starts. He missed 12 games
The Bucks will be Duckworth's fourth NBA team. He entered the league with San Antonio in 1986 and was traded to Portland, where he was a two-time All-Star in seven seasons there.
He averaged nearly 80 games with Portland before being traded to Washington for Harvey Grant.
Duckworth was signed through the 1995-96 season. But the Bullets also had a frontcourt with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Rasheed Wallace and Gheorghe Muresan on the roster.
"We felt this was the best move given our team depth at the center position and our overall roster balance." Bullets general manager
John Nash said.
Dunleavy gave no indication of which team would absorb the lion's share of the remaining year on Duckworth's contract, saying he did not know how that was resolved.
The Milwaukee coach watched Duckworth play Tuesday night against the Bulls in Chicago, when he grabbed nine rebounds while scoring three points and blocking three shots in limited action.
"He rebounded the ball well," Dunleave said. "He made some good moves in the low post. He knows what he's doing."
The 6-7 McCann was drafted originally by the Bucks in the second round (32nd overall) of the 1987 NBA draft. Last season, McCann averaged 15.5 points and 9.6 rebounds in 57 games for Rapid City of the CBA.
McCann has played with three NBA teams — the Dallas Mavericks, the Detroit Pistons and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Players face fines for exchanging fists in NBA preseason
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Chris Webber of the Washington Bullets and Luc Longley of the Chicago Bulls were suspended for one regular-season game and fined $7,500 each yesterday for throwing punches at each other in a pre-season game.
Webber and Longley went at it during Tuesday night's game in Chicago. Before the incident, Washington rookie Rasheed Wallace threw the ball at Longley. Wallace was fined $5,000.
In a separate disciplinary action, Oliver Miller of the Toronto Raptors was suspended for one game and fined $5,000 for confronting Philadelphia's Shawn Bradley in a preseason game on Saturday at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Miller will miss the team's first game ever, at home against New Jersey on Nov. 3.