THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
SPORTS
3B
SOCCER
Jayhawks split weekend
BY MARK DENT
Jessica Bush has done everything possible this season to make sure Kansas does not end up on the wrong end of a weekend sweep.
The sophomore forward came through again Sunday, scoring the game-winning goal in the 68th minute against Oklahoma to give Kansas a 10- victory.
It was the second week in a row that Bush scored a pivotal goal to prevent the Jayhawks (6-3, 1-1) from losing both of their weekend games. She had the second goal in Kansas' 2-0 victory against Central Florida last efforts Sunday proved even more important. With the Jayhawks reeling after a double-overtime loss Friday and facing an 0-2 hole in Big 12 play, Bush helped her team to victory again after receiving a pass from freshman forward Shannon McCabe.
McCabe took the ball on the defensive side of the midline. She dribbled it nearly the length of the field before sliding the ball to Bush, who was lined up on the opposite side of the box. Bush took the ball and dribbled once before firing it into the upper-right corner of the net.
Bush's second goal of the year was the highlight of a second half in which Kansas outplayed Oklahoma.
Kansas' offense ripped off nine shots after only three shots in the first half.
Unlike the offense, the defense played in top form all 90 minutes. Defenders held the Sooners to 12 shots for the game and only four in the decisive second half, Sophomore goalkeeper Julie Hanley notched four saves, earning her third shutout of the season. Only one shot has escaped the grip of Hanley the last three games.
Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, that one shot mattered a great deal. It allowed Oklahoma State to defeat Kansas in double overtime 1-0 Friday night.
The Jayhawks had their best chances to win in the first overtime. They had five shots in the first overtime and held the Cowgirls to zero. Opportunities kept sailing away from the net, however, and Oklahoma State finally capitalized in the 106th minute.
The ball skipped away from the hands of Hanley and near the feet of Cowgirl Yolanda Odenyo, who easily knocked it in for the game-winning goal.
"We had the better chances and left it on the field for sure," Kansas coach Mark Francis said. "Unfortunately, they had that lucky bounce with about five minutes left."
Kansas has two more tough road games this weekend when they travel to play Creighton and Nebraska.
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent can be contacted at mdent@kansan.com.
Edited by Catherine Odson
Kansas 0, OSU 1 (20T)
Kansas 0 0 0 0 — 0
OSU 0 0 0 1 — 1
GOALS
Okiahoma St.: Yolanda Odenyo
(unassisted)
RECORDS
RECORDS
Kansas 5-3-0; 0-1
OSU 7-1-1; 2-0
Kansas 1, Oklahoma 0
Kansas 0.1-1
Oklahoma 0.0-0
GOALS
Kansas: Jessica Bush (Shannon
McCabe)
RECORDS
Kansas 6-3-0; 1-1
Oklahoma 3-7-0; 0-3
Royals try to avoid 100 losses
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MLB
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Detroit Tigers fought off their late-season slump and clinched their first playoff berth since 1987, scoring nine runs in the second inning Sunday and coasting to an 11-4 win over the Kansas City Royals.
Enjoying a turnaround season under new manager Jim Leyland, Detroit assured itself of no-worse than the AL wild-card berth, and headed into the final week of the season with a 1 1/2-game lead in the AL Central. The Tigers, who regained the best record in the major leagues at 94-62, went ahead early for the second straight day, following up on Saturday's 10-run first.
Craig Monroe hit a three-run homer that gave Justin Verlander (17-9) an 8-0 lead and chased starter Runelvys Hernandez (6-10). Brandon Inge then homered on Todd Wellemeyer's first pitch.
Detroit's last trip to the postseason was 1987, when the Tigers won the AL East and lost to Minnesota 4-1 in the AL championship series.
Leyland had not managed since 1999 with the Colorado Rockies. In addition during the offseason, the Tigers added free-agent pitcher Kenny Rogers, who anchored a staff that included Verlander, Joel Zumaya and Zach Miner. Detroit's offense already had been rebuilt somewhat with the signing of catcher Ivan Rodriguez after the 2003 season and Magglio Ordonez after the 2004 season. The Tigers also acquired shortstop Carlos Guillen from Seattle in January 2004.
Detroit spurted at the start of this season, taking over sole possession of the division lead on May 21 and staying in first place ever since. The Tigers opened a season-high 10-game margin on Aug. 7, when they were a major league-best 76-36, but then went 15-26 before arriving at Kansas City for the weekend series with their division lead down to a half-game over second-place Minnesota.
The Tigers set an American League record for losses in 2003, going 43-119, then improved to 72-90 in 2004. But Detroit went 71-91 last season, losing 29 of its last 39 games en route to its 12th straight sub-.500 finish. General manager Dave Dombrowski replaced manager Alan Trammell with Leyland, who teamed with him to lead the 1997 Florida Marlins to a World Series title.
The Tigers swept the Royals, extending Kansas City's losing streak to six. The Royals must win four of their last seven games to avoid their third straight .100-loss season and fourth in five years.
tour in Curtis Granderson's sacrifice fly and Magglio Ordonez's two-run, two-out single put the Tigers ahead 3-0, and Carlos Guillen and Matt Stairs followed with RBI singles.
Hernandez allowed eight runs, seven hits and two walks in twothirds of an inning, but just one of the runs was earning because of a
throwing error by third baseman Jeff Keppinger on Omar Infante's sacrifice.
CROSS COUNTRY
Men take ninth place, women 23rd at invitational
The Kansas cross country team returns to Lawrence after participating in the Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis, Minn. this weekend.
The men's team placed ninth.
The women's team placed 23rd.
The men's team fell short of its
The women were lead by juniors Lisa Morrisey and Melissa O'Rourke.
Morrisey finished 100th with a time of 23:17 and O'Rourke placed 114th with a time of 23:31 in the 5K race.
Evan Kafarakis
Junior Paul Hefferon placed 16th with a time of 25:05.
high expectations on the tough 8K course.
Junior Colby Wissel, who was named the Big 12 Runner of the Week last week, placed 10th overall with a time of 24:54.
The defending Big 12 champion, senior Benson Chesang, had a tough outing, placing 44th with a time of 25:45.
The team has three weeks to get on the right path when it travels to Terre Haute, Ind., for the N€AA Pre-Nationals.
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