Three men were charged with the counterfeiting of Notre Dame football tickets.
Savannah Noyes had a career-high night against Texas A&M with 22 kills.
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Jana Correa, senior outside hitter, and Savannah Noves, sophomore middle blocker, miss a chance to deni Tevac & A&M a point during Wednesday night's match. The Laut hawks use the match, however 2-1.
Jayhawks win after an attempted Aggie shot goes out of bounds in game five
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Emily Brown, junior opposite hitter/setter, executes a dig against Texas &M during Wednesday night's match.
BY DREW DAVISON
The volleyball team has never opened Big 12 Conference play losing three straight games, under coach Ray Bechard.
That streak was in jeopardy Wednesday, but Kansas held off Texas A&M in an exciting five-game match at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
Bechard knew how bad a loss would be for his team.
"It would have been devastat
ing," he said. "We could take a lot from tonight but we needed a win."
The Jayhawks got the victory, defeating the Aggies in five games (28-30, 30-26, 30-28, 29-31 and 17-15).
"I thought we were going to win, I thought they were going to win, then we won," Beachard said. "That pretty much is it right there."
The match ended when Aggie freshman outside hitter Mary Batis went for a kill, with the ball landing a foot outside the line.
"I give her a lot of credit," Emily Brown, junior opposite hitter/setter, said. "She's a freshman taking a big swing at a big time and that's very gutsy. Luckily, it went out of bounds."
Coming into the match, Texas A&M (7-4, 0-3 Big 12) and Kansas (8-4, 1-2) were win-less in conference play.
Once A&M hit the ball out of bounds, the Jayhawks were ecstatic, staying on the court to sing the
alma mater.
"Oh my God, it was the best feeling ever," said Jana Correa, senior outside hitter.
Brown and Correa led the Jayhawks with 24 kills each. Savannah Noyes, sophomore middle blocker, had a career-high 22 kills.
Serving, or Kansas' lack of it, gave A&M the edge in the first game.
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THE RANT
Oklahoma President hypocritical about BCS
BY RYAN COLAIANNI
KANSAN COLUMNIST
RCOLAIANNN@KANSAN.COM
School presidents care about their teams winning college football games? I don't believe it.
I thought all they cared about was the integrity of the game, their students getting a quality education and boosting their rankings in US News and World Report. while the rest was just a bonus. They wouldn't care if their team lost a non-conference game because of referee mistakes. They wouldn't insist that the game be stricken from the record books. They wouldn't be so irate that they would go on a public rant after week three of the college football season. Would they?
That is exactly what University of Oklahoma president David Boren did. He wrote a letter to Big 12 Conference commissioner Kevin Weiberg demanding that Oklahoma's loss to Oregon be forgotted, all because the officials botched two calls, which were both reviewed and still missed: An illegal onside kick by Oregon and a pass interference against Oklahoma that shouldn't have been called because on Oklahoma defender tipped the pass. The two calls severely hindered Oklahoma's chances to win the game.
I understand that the replay official made a terrible mistake and should never be allowed to ref a game at the Division I level again. It is still ridiculous for Boren to have the conference even consider magically forgetting this game. That would set a terrible precedent for all of college athletics in the future, because every university president, athletics director and coach could insist that a game not count.
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》 PROFILE
Freshman soccer player's scoring key to title pursuit
BY MARK DENT
Winning games and scoring goals are important to Monica Dolinsky, but the freshman forward would rather skip right to the celebration.
Don't worry, Dolinsky doesn't drive an old van with bars over the windows or carry one of those oversized nets often seen in cartoons.
"I like to bring the dogs to the pound." Dolinsky said.
Dollinsk has been able to bring plenty of dogs to the pound this season as she has helped the Kansas soccer team to a 5-2-0 record by tieing for the team's lead in scoring.
"It's just a little handshake," she said. "When someone does something good, you bring the dogs to the pound."
The Jayhawks didn't have to wait very long for Dolinsky to score her first goal this fall. Kansas struggled early in its first game of the season against Furman. A halftime pep talk from Kansas coach Mark Francis led Dolinsky to deliver her first goal. She scored five minutes into the second half to give the Jayhawks the boost they needed to win the game.
Teammates have continued to find
"Any time Monica gets around the box, she's dangerous," Francis said. "I would anticipate her scoring more goals."
Dolinsky open this season, and she has put the ball between the posts. She has scored goals against Furman, Saint Mary's, Alabama and Duke for a total of four so far this year.
If Dolinsky does put more numbers up on the scoreboard, she could score more goals than any freshman in school history. Depending on how
many games the Jayhawks play, Dolinsky's four goals in seven games puts her on pace to tie the freshmen school record of 12 goals. Her nine points — four goals and one assist — also put
Dollinsky cares so much for the Jayhawks because she barely got to experience a real team environment in high school. The Carmel, Ind. native only played for her high school team during her senior year after playing for an Ohio club team during her first three years.
Lack of team bonding in high school motivates Dolinsky to make up for lost time. Freshman dance parties before every game highlight the team chemistry that Dolinsky
her on pace to tie the freshmen record of 27 points in a season.
"Any time Monica gets around the box, she's dangerous."
MARK FRANCIS Kansas soccer coach
"I haven't even really thought about that," Dolinsky said. "The main priority is to keep winning as a team and for me to keep doing things for the team."
enjoys.
"We just play a few funny songs and dance a little," Dolinsky said. "We always hang out off the field and that carries over onto the field."
Dolinsky's presence on the
field has been crucial for her teammates. Two of the biggest goals of the season involved Dolinsky. Nationally ranked Duke held a 3-2 advantage against Kansas late in the second half of the Sept. 10 game. Dolinsky had a perfect opportunity to tie the
"I've been really fortunate with how the rest of the team has been playing," Dolinsky said. "We play for one another and that's why we've been successful."
Dolinsky's goal-scoring ability could help the Jayhawks achieve their goal of winning the Big 12 title, but she said the key was playing together.
The victory against Duke was Dolinsky's favorite experience of the season, but she said the team was not ready to relax.
game with a free kick just outside of the box. Her shot hit the crossbar, but that didn't rattle Dolinsky. She responded five minutes later with the equalizer and assisted freshman forward Shannon McCabe's game winner shortly after that.
If Dolinsky continues to play well and lead the team to success, she can count on at least one thing: She'll have to bring several more dogs to the pound.
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent can be contacted at mdent@kansan.com.
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Monica Dollinsky, Carmel, Ind. freshman, is tied for leading goal scorer this season for the Jayhawks. Dollinsky is on track to tie the record of 12 goals for a freshman team.
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