THE UNIVERSITY OF DAILY KANSAS FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2006
SPORTS
SOCCER
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KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Missy Geha, then freshman midfielder, and Emily Striden, then sophomore midfielder, fight for the ball during a conference game against Oklahoma State in the 2005 season.
Goalkeeper position up for grabs
excel in her new position. After all
BY MARK DENT
The soccer team will break the monotony of nine days of practice when it plays an exhibition game against Drake at 6 p.m. tonight in Des Moines, Iowa.
"So far, the girls have only been scrimmaging each other," coach Mark Francis said. "I'm curious to see how they will do kicking somebody else."
The University, recently picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 Conference.
Francis
returns 13 players with starting experience, plus six freshmen and former starter Jessica Kilpatrick, who sat out last season.
During today's game, Francis hopes to begin sorting out which players to use.
both started 10 Hanley,howeve
"Everyone is their own player
"Even though it's an exhibition, we want to win this game. Defensively, we are pretty good, but we really need to address working on controlling possessions on offense."
MARK FRANCIS Kansas soccer coach
with their own role," senior Holly Gault said. "People are going to step up and do well."
Gault herself will step up from defender to forward this season. Gault, who was just tabbed pre-season All-Big 12, will most likely
position. After us, the senior led the Jayhawks in goals during the spring season.
One question facing the team concerns the goal-keeper situation. Sophomore Julie Hanley and junior Colleen Quinn games last season, was Kansas' starting goalkeeper during the season's final, most important games. Whichever goalie is chosen as starter should be successful, as both players had a 1.16 goals against average and had nearly the same number of saves.
Despite these questions, Francis just wants to focus on today's game.
"Even though it's an exhibition, we want to win this game," Francis said. "Defensively, we are pretty good, but we really need to address working on controlling possession on offense."
》 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Women's basketball player to sit out year
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Sophomore forward Jen Orgas will sit out this basketball season for personal reasons, according to a statement released Thursday night.
Orgas, an Omaha, Neb., native, saw little action in Big 12 Conference play last season. Her high school teammate, walk-on Katie Smith, played in a similar role, and is still with the team.
"We respect Jen's decision to sit out the upcoming season and she has our full support," coach Bonnie Henrickson said in the statement.
Forward Sophronia Sallard
left the team at the conclusion of the 2005-2006 season, also citing personal reasons. Sallard transferred to the University of Pittsburgh at the end of the academic year.
The women's basketball team formally begins practice in October, although players are allowed to participate in a limited number of conditioning drills each week with the coaches.
kansan sports editor Michael Phillips can be contacted at mphlips@kansan.com.
Edited by Erin Wiley
Kansan sportswriter Mark Dent can be contacted at mdent@kansan.com.
Edited by Shanxi Upsdell
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