THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 2007
SPORTS
5B
INTRAMURALS
Alpha Delta Pi battles to keep crown in flag football championship tournament
Battle for the ball
Dylan Briggs, Hays junior, fights for the ball during an intramural flag football game Sunday afternoon at the Shenk Complex. Team Pumpernickel moved on in the bracket with a 21-19 win against team Tricolors.
Theta Chi defeats Phi Delt 3,13-7, advances to next round
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Theta Chi's Ryan Montana, St. Louis senior, stops a run by Phi Delt 3'5 David Zimmerman, Dallas浅希man. Theta Chi's 13-7 win put the team through to the next round of the Greek league football playoffs.
Theta Chi and Phi Delt 3 faced on in Greek league flag football playoffs on Sunday.
Theta Chi, the top seeded team, had its hands full with first round opponents. The first possessions for both teams ended in intersections.
Phi Delt 3 took a 7-0 lead early in the first half. The score came after a touchdown pass on a fourth down from Josh Weems, Lake Quivira freshman. The lead did not last long though, as Theta Chi's ensuing possession ended with Ryan Montana, St. Louis senior, in the end zone after a long post-catch run.
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The first half ended with both teams knotted at 7-7.
Theta Chi finally broke the deadlock midway through the half with a long pass to the end zone. A missed extra point left the score at 13-7.
Montana, who played both sides of the ball, made many defensive plays in the second half, as did the rest of the team. Phi Delt 3 played tough defensively as well, denying Theta Chi another score.
The second half began in the same way. Both teams played strong defensively, and putting up points proved to be a challenge.
With 20 seconds remaining, Weems ran the ball himself, spinning away from a would-be tackler. He said his only thought was, "get into the end zone."
But he was stopped short. Phi Delt 3 team member Patrick McGowan, Dallas freshman, was impressed with Theta Chi's performance.
"These guys have plays and stuff,"
The victory puts Theta Chi through to the next round. Montana was happy with the result.
McGowan said. "We just wake up, eat and come to the game"
"Iid just like to thank all the little people," he said. "They were a really good team. We played a clean game and did what we needed to pull out the win."
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The reigning women's flag football champions, Alpha Delta Pi, is off to a good start in this season's championship tournament after a convincing 26-0 win in its quarterfinal match against the Sigma Kappa 2 squad on Sunday.
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Ledonoffense by quarterback Katie Guinn, San Francisco sophomore, the Alpha Delta Pi squad scored
touchdowns on all but one of its drives. Jordan Murray, Dallas junior, led the team in receiving with three touchdowns for the day.
"Our defense is returning lots its members but a lot of our offense is new."
"Things were clicking very nicely today. Our quarterback played very well." said Jennifer McCarty, Leawood senior.
The team's defense played just as well, stopping the Sigma Kappa 2 squad on all of its drives. Alexis Kruse, Liberal junior, had a big day for the defensive team with four sacks and a diving tackle.
But Alpha Delta Pi may have its hands full in the game against the second-seeded Alpha Chi Omega squad. Alpha Delta Pi lost earlier in the season to Alpha Chi Omega, 12-0.
Alpha Delta Pi won last season's championship tournament, but after losing the team's starting quarterback and other key players to graduation, it struggled in the first part of the season.
"It was our first game. We had some first-game struggles," McCarty said, "We were inexperienced, but we're excited to play them again."
JENNIFER MCCARTY
Alpha Delta Pi quarterback
"We have a new quarterback and a lot of new offense. We have a lot of
freshman. Our defense is returning a lot of its members but a lot of our offense is new" McCarty said.
As the season has progressed, the Alpha Delta Pi offense has become more comfortable and improved greatly, something many of the players see as the biggest difference between the squad now and when it played Alpha Chi Omega for the first time a month ago. The rematch against Alpha Chi Omega is Thursday at 6 p.m. The game is at the Shenk Complex, Field 7.
The team is optimistic about the rest of the tournament, confident that it can repeat as women's flag football champion.
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