2B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS KANSAS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
ND rebounds late to defeat Michigan
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Trailing by 17 points at halftime, Notre Dame faced a sobering reality: A season that began with so much promise was about to be derailed by a second straight defeat.
Coming off a blowout loss to Michigan, the Irish looked beaten again — still down 16 going into the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Michigan State looked unstoppable in front of a fired-up crowd.
"I think that at halftime the guys realized the season was starting to fall away for us," Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis said. "Everyone could feel the same thing. After the game we played last week, and now we're down big at halftime ... it was basically 'Hey fellas, what's it gonna be? Are we just going to be a bunch of also-rans or are we going to come out here and give it a chance to win the game?"
In stunning fashion, the Irish stepped up.
Cornerback Terrail Lambert capped a furious rally by returning an interception 27 yards for a touchdown with 2:53 remaining to give the 12th-ranked Fighting Irish a 40-37 victory over the Spartans on Saturday night.
That the decisive plays came from the Irish defense, exposed in the loss to the Wolverines and for much of the game Saturday, may have been the biggest surprise.
"Give all the credit to Notre Dame," Michigan State running back Javon Ringer said. "They stepped up when they had to."
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Associated Press
Lighting delays Longhorns victory
AUSTIN, Texas — Colt McCoy engineered another efficient game with a pair of touchdown passes and the Longhorns won their Big 12 season opener.
The game was delayed 70 minutes after the third quarter because of severe weather with lightning.
It was the first time a game at Royal-Memorial Stadium had been suspended by weather since 1996. Game officials urged the crowd of 88,972 to seek shelter and only a few thousand returned to the stands when the game resumed.
Associated Press
Colorful language concerns officials
NEW YORK — Off-color language used in recruiting fliers for the Columbia University men's ice hockey team has triggered a concerned response from student government representatives and Athletic Department officials.
On Thursday night, the presidents of Columbia's four undergraduate councils sent a joint letter to several University administrators asking them to take action regarding the language. The fliers, which the team posted during orientation week, included the phrase "Stop being a p----"
Team leaders apologized for the wording in the fliers.
"We made an error in judgment with regard to the Columbia campus," team President M. Fergus
Glynn, and Vice President Zachary Phillips said in a statement. "We truly had no intentions to offend anyone or to make fun of women. We were merely trying to make a clever and humorous flier ... that would garner more interest."
In a statement released on Thursday, M. Dianne Murphy, director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education, expressed disappointment with the team's actions, adding that it did not receive the approval of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education before posting the advertisement.
Columbia Daily Spectator
Saints move back to home stadium
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NEW ORLEANS — Another semblance of normalcy returns to New Orleans tonight.
For the first time since the devastation brought on by Hurricane Katrina, the Superdome hosts a football game when the New Orleans Saints meet the Atlanta Falcons in a matchup of 2-0 NFC South rivals.
In August 2005, the Superdome was a worldwide focal point of the damage and chaos from one of the strongest hurricanes in American history, which killed nearly 2,000 people. Katrina's winds ripped the roof from the stadium, and some 30,000 refugees eventually were sheltered there.
That forced the Saints to play their home games last year in San Antonio, Baton Rouge, La. - and one game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, NJ, which was considered a home contest for the Saints even though it was played at Giants Stadium.
wreck.
By the time the last of those survivors left almost a week later, the stadium - the host for six Super Bowls and a papal Mass - was a
With $184 million in grants from federal and state agencies and the NFL, the stadium was scrubbed down, rebuilt and refurbished. On Tuesday, the team announced it has sold out the entire regular-season home schedule for the first time since its inception in 1967.
Associated Press
Europe captures third-straight cup
STRAFFAN, Ireland — Favorites or underdogs in the Ryder Cup, it doesn't matter to the Europeans.
They boasted of having their best team ever, then backed it up in dominant fashion by turning the Ryder Cup into another rout Sunday to win for an unprecedented third straight time.
Luke Donald holed a 10-foot pan putt that gave Europe 14 points, all it needed to keep the shiny gold trophy. Moments later, Henrik Stenson closed out his match to give his team an outright victory, and the celebration was on.
It was the first time in the 79- year history of the Ryder Cup that Europe won outright three straight times. Going for three in a row in 1989, they settled for tie to retain the cup.
VOLLEYBALL 3-2
Associated Press
Buffaloes outlast Jayhawks in five
Colorado dominates last two games to win
BY DREW DAVISON
"It was a game we could of and should of won," Katie Martinicin, freshman setter, said. "A lot of things were going our way; they really just took it away from us."
With a two-game lead going into the fourth game, the wheels came off for the Kansas volleyball team and Colorado cruised to a victory on Saturday.
Kansas committed six errors in the last game, leading to a teamlow -100 hitting efficiency.
"The fifth game is a game where you can't make errors," Correa said. "They won because they didn't make errors, so you can't allow yourself to make errors."
The Jayhawks (8-5, 1-3 Big 12) were defeated by the Buffaloes (7-4, 3-1) in five games, 28-30, 30-22, 30-20, 19-30, 7-15 in Boulder, Colo.
Up 2-1 after three games, Kansas let Colorado back into the match in game four when Colorado had a .515 hitting efficiency compared to Kansas' .194.
By losing both of their Big 12 Conference road matches so far this season, the Jayhawks "must win" when they play at Texas Tech Wednesday — both to build confidence in a team that hasn't won two conference matches this season and because the Jayhawks' opponent has struggled all season. Texas Tech is winless in conference play.
Jana Correa, senior outside hitter, said, "We had the effort, but we couldn't execute."
"Last night was a tough night for us, so we just woke up today and thought about the next game;" Correa said. "We must win."
Despite the loss, Jayhawk coach Ray Bechard said the team excelled in the two areas they most wanted to excel in — serving and blocking.
Kansas out-blocked Colorado 16 to 11. They also had a season-high eight serving aces, with just five serving errors.
"We had some opportunities, but we didn't respond as well," Bechard said. "We were in complete control, so it's just unfortunate we couldn't play long enough."
Correa led Kansas with 18 kills on a .349 hitting efficiency. Savannah Noyes, sophomore middle blocker, and Emily Brown, junior right side hitter/setter, also tallied double-digit kills, 16 and 11 respectively. Martinicinch led Kansas with 51 assists on the night.
The reigning Big 12 Player of the Week, Colorado's Amber Sutherland, led her team to the victory with 18 kills and three serving aces.
"It was a great match, a lot of quality volleyball." Beachard said.
Next up, Kansas plays at Texas Tech Wednesday. The team returns to Lawrence Sept. 30 to take on Iowa State.
Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison can be contacted at ddavison@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
Rutgers moves into Top 25 poll
Top 25 teams in the AP college football poll
Record through Sept. 23 · First place votes · Previous ranking
Oklahoma St. Auburn Southern Cal W. Virginia Florida (59) *4-0* (2) *4-0* (2) *3-0* (2) *4-0* 4-0 1,617 *1* 1,513 *2* 1,491 *3* 1,404 *4* 1,363 *5*
6. Michigan 4-0 1,318 6 16. Oklahoma 3-1 613 17
7. Texas 4-0 1,196 7 17. TCU 3-1 563 16
8. Louisville 4-0 1,166 8 18. Clemson 3-1 529 19
9. LSU 3-1 1,114 10 19. Florida St. 3-1 510 18
10. Georgia 4-0 972 9 20. California 3-1 508 21
11. Virginia Tech 4-0 945 11 21. Nebraska 3-1 327 23
12. Notre Dame 3-1 879 12 20. Boise St. 4-0 226 23
13. Iowa 4-0 864 14 23. Rutgers 4-0 H17
14. Oregon 3-0 805 13 24. Georgia Tech 3-1 77
15. Tennessee 3-1 658 15 25. Missouri 4-0 70
Others receiving votes: Boston College 42, Miami 37, Arizona St. 34, Purdue 34, Michigan St. 20, Texas A&M 20, Penn St. 19, Texas Tech 17, Arkansas 13, Washington 13, Wake Forest 12, Wisconsin 6, Houston 5, UCLA 5, Alabama 3. AP
athletics calendar
WEDNESDAY
Volleyball at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Lubbock, Texas
Player to watch: Megan Hill, Lincoln, Neb., senior outside hitter, called the most
improved player of 2005 by the team, had seven kills in the match against Colorado.
FRIDAY
Soccer at Creighton, 7 p.m. Omaha, Neb.
SATURDAY
Hill
Softball vs. UMKC, 2.p.m.
KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha
Ballpark
Football at Nebraska, 6 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Volleyball vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center
Softball vs. Johnson County Community College, noon, KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha Ballpark
Softball vs. Emporia State, 4 p.m., KU Fall Invitational, Arrocha Ballpark
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Rowing, Head of the Oklahoma, TBA, Oklahoma City, Okla.
SUNDAY
Rowing, Head of the Oklahoma, TBA, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Soccer at Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Lincoln, Neb.
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