THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 2006
SPORTS
SOFTBALL
9A
Tournament offers opportunity to test lineup variety
BY BETTY KASPAR
The softball team will try out a new lineup in its tournament against Pittsburg State, Missouri Western and Butler in the Fall Jayhawk Classic this weekend.
The tournament is not about playing Top 25 competition, softball coach Tracy Bunge said, but about getting different players playing time. Kansas does not have a set lineup yet; the team has had only three
weeks of practice together.
B u n g e said the biggest advantage of coaching a spring sport was giving the team the fall to figure out its new composition.
"We are demanding our freshmen to come in and not play like freshmen."
"The fall is for us to figure out what we have,
"We are demanding our fresh-
During the next month, Bunge wants to develop a set lineup after seeing the team play in live competition. She said the purpose of these tournaments was to focus on what Kansas was doing and what needed to be improved, not what its competition was doing.
what our new players are really capable of in game situations", Burge said.
"We do have a lot of newcomers, and they are filling some pretty big roles," Humphreys said. "They have done a really good job of stepping up and realizing we need them now."
new players. The only two seniors are first baseman Nicole Washburn and pitcher Kassie Humphreys.
TRACY BUNGE
Softball coach
The softball team is going to be quite different this year, losing six seniors to graduation and picking up nine new players. There are 10 returning players, and Bunge said she expected them to step up into the leadership roles to help guide the
Although Bunge is expecting some mistakes from her young team, she is asking her players to participate at a much higher playing level.
men to come in and not play like freshmen," Bunge said.
Along with Humphreys, this weekend will also feature new freshman pitcher Sarah Vertelka. Also pitching will be sophomore Valerie George.
"We have a really good freshman, Sarah Vertelka, who has good control and movement. Valerie George brings a lot of spin and has been working hard." Humphreys said. "Both of them look really good. I have no doubt they will do well for the team."
Kansas will play its first game against Pittsburg State at 12 p.m. Saturday at Arrocha Ballpark.
Then junior infielder Nicole Washburn holds onto the ball as Ashleigh Tweed, Oklahoma State senior infielder, crosses first base. The teams split the series, with Kansas losing 1-0 in game one and winning 12-0 in game two.
Kansan sportswriter Betty Kaspar can be contacted at bkaspar@ kansan.com.
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Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
SOCCER
'Hawks size up Big 12 South Aggies start slow despite two championship victories
BY JEFF DETERS
Editor's Note: The Big 12 conference soccer season begins tonight when Kansas plays host to Oklahoma State. Today, Kansan sportswriter Jeff Deters previews the Big 12 South. He will preview the Big 12 North on Tuesday.
2005 record: (18-4-2, 7-2-1)
Texas A&M
4. 判断下列说法中，哪些是正确的，哪些是错误的。
A. 如果两个线段的长度不相等，则这两个线段不能重合。
B. 如果两个线段的长度相等，则这两个线段可以重合。
C. 如果两个线段的长度不相等，则这两个线段不能重合。
D. 如果两个线段的长度不相等，则这两个线段可以重合。
Key stat: 22 - the number of goals scored by junior forward Ashlee Pistorius last season, leading the Big 12.
2006 outlook: Texas A&M has won the Big 12 Championship the past two years, and the Aggies are picked to win the Big 12 again this year. However, the team has gotten off to a slow start.
After winning their first two games, Texas A&M tied against Penn State, and then lost to UCLA, Santa Clara and Cal State Fullerton, all ranked teams. The 2005 Big 12 champs will look to get back on the winning track tonight as the Aggies open conference play on the road at Baylor. Texas A&M defeated Kansas 3-2 last season and will travel to Lawrence Oct. 8 for a game at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
Texas
2005 record: (11-9-1, 6-4-0)
Key stat: 10 - the number of returning starters for the Longhorns.
2006 outlook: The Longhorns enter conference play with a three-game winning streak.
The Longhorns have the experience to win the Big 12 and could be the team to beat by the end of conference play. Last season the Jayhawks defeated the Longhorns 2-1. The Longhorns will travel to Lawrence to play the Jayhawks on
Oct. 6.
Oklahoma
2005 record: (13-6-1, 5-4-1)
Key stat: 9 - the number of returning starters on this year's team.
2006 outlook: After setting team records in victories, assists, points and goals last season, the Oklahoma Sooners will look to surpass those numbers and make the NCAA Tournament in 2006. The Sooners lost their first three games of the season to start the year 3-5-1.
Oklahoma opened conference play Sept. 15 against Oklahoma State and lost 2-1. Last season the Sooners lost to the Jayhawks 3-0. The two teams will meet again at 1 p.m. Sunday in Norman, Okla.
Oklahoma State
2005 record:(10-6-3,3-6-1)
Key stat: 2.63 - the average number of goals per game for the Cowgirls in 2005, second in the conference.
2006 outlook: Oklahoma State started Big 12 play with a victory for the fifth year in a row by defeating Oklahoma 2-1 last week. The Cowgirls are tied for first in the conference this season in goals per game (2.50) and have a 6-1-1 record. They play the Jayhawks at 7 tonight in Stillwater, Okla.
2006 outlook: Despite scoring only four goals during their nonconference schedule, the Baylor Bears have won three games, all by shutting out their opponents.
Key stat: 4 - the number of goals by Baylor in their first eight games this season.
Baylor
The Bears enter conference play with a 3-4-1 record. Last season the
2005 record: (4-12-2, 2-7-1)
Bears finished next to last in the conference and are picked to repeat that performance this year.
The Bears open Big 12 play tonight at home against Texas A&M. The Bears will play the Jayhawks on Oct. 20 in Lawrence.
Texas Tech
2005 record: (1-18-0, 0-10-0)
2005 Records: (1-18-0, 6-10-0)
Key stat: 18 - the number of losses by Texas Tech last season,
and the number of goals scored by the Red Raiders this season through
their first eight games. Amazingly,
10 of those goals came in a game
two weeks ago against Prairie View
A&M.
2006 outlook: For the second year in a row Texas Tech is picked to finish in the Big 12 cellar. But the team has already shown signs of improvement.
The Red Raiders could move up in the conference standings this year, but they will likely need offensive outbursts similar to the one they put on Prairie View A&M. And in a tough Big 12 conference, don't look for that to happen.
In 2005 the Red Raiders won just one game, but have already won four this year because of their increase in scoring. Last year Texas Tech scored a grand total of 13 goals, and they have already surpassed that number this season.
The Red Raiders open Big 12 play tonight at home against the Longhorns. Last season the Jayhawks defeated the Red Raiders 4. The two teams will meet again Oct. 22.
Kansan sportswriter Jeff Deters can be contacted at jdeters@ kansan.com.
— Edited by Dianne Smith
》 PROFILE
Amidst continuing accusations, cyclist prepares for NYC marathon
Race celebrates 10-year anniversary of cancer diagnosis
BY BEN WALKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Right around the corner from Trump Tower, Lance Armstrong jogged across Madison Avenue during rush hour, dodging a police motorcade speeding to the United Nations, a bicyclist delivering Chinese takeout and two women in heels scrambling for the bus.
A crowded, hectic setting in midtown Manhattan, much like what he'll see in 6 1/2
and money for his foundation and cancer research. It will come a month after an important date in his life: Oct. 2 will mark 10 years since he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
Armstrong is ready for something that will last well past the marathon — questions about whether he ever used performance-
"It's been harder physically than I expected. Running is an impact sport, certainly as opposed to cycling."
LANCE ARMSTRONG
Tour de France winner
weeks when he runs his first New York City Marathon. He thinks he can finish within one hour of the winner, and has done 6 1/2-minute miles in training.
But for all 26.2 miles?
"It's been harder physically than I expected," the seven-time Tour de France winner said Wednesday. "Just the pounding. The aches and pains associated with running. My hips, joints. Running is an impact sport, certainly as opposed to cycling."
"The longest run I've done, I think is 13," he said. "I better do a longer one soon. Probably not a bad idea."
The Nov. 5 race will certainly help Armstrong raise awareness.
enhancing drugs.
"I've sort of prepared myself to deal with it for a long time," he said.
And could he envision a time when people will stop asking?
"Probablynot," he said.
Drug use
has been a hot-button issue in all sports, especially cycling of late. Recent Tour de France winner Floyd Landis tested positive for elevated testosterone and suspended American cyclist Tyler Hamilton is facing a new doping investigation.
Last week, Frankie Andreu and another former Armstrong teammate who spoke on condition of anonymity told The New York Times they used an endurance-booster before the 1999 Tour de France, the first of Armstrong's seven victories. Neither rider tested positive and both said they never saw Armstrong take any illegal substance.
Armstrong, who's often said he's the most tested athlete in the world.
has never tested positive for drugs Before he retired from cycling,he was subject to tests at any time.
"I get lumped in with all of the stuff that happened," Armstrong said. "I mean, if something happens with Marion Jones or Barry Bonds or Floyd Landis or Tyler Hamilton, I get lumped into that."
Bonds, closing in on Hank Aaron's career home run record, has repeatedly denied taking steroids. A federal grand jury is looking into whether Bonds lied to another grand jury that was investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.
"I have to say I understand what he's going through," Armstrong said. "I think there's probably more of an association just because of the BALCO stuff and the grand jury testimony."
"Barry is more — it seems from the outside — he's a tough character," he said. "He's not gone out of his way to try to fix the situation or make friends there."
"My impression is that people, or fans, or people potentially on the fence, they like it when you come out and fight. They like it when you say, 'No, no, no, you got it wrong, this is what is right' and you lay out the facts, again," he said.
"It's like our approach has been with these bozos that try to get sideways. We sue 'em," he said. "And we win every time."