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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
》 MLS
Stoppage time goals lift Wizards to victory
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — The Kansas City Wizards scored two goals in stoppage time at the end of the second half and pulled out an improbable 3-2 win over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.
The Wizards improved to 10-9-6 with 36 points and, temporarily at least, drew even with the New York Red Bulls for third place in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference.
Columbus fell to 6-9-10 with 28 points and saw its chances at a playoff berth further diminish.
The Wizards appeared to be in control the entire first half and took the lead on a 25-yard bending free kick by Scott Sealy that found the upper-left corner of the net in the 31st minute.
But Columbus made the most of its few opportunities in the second half.
In the 65th minute, Jason Garey sent a long ball into the Wizards' penalty area that found the head of Eddie Gaven. Kansas City goalkeeper Kevin Hartman got a hand on the ball for the save, but couldn't control the ball, and Moreno rushed and punched it in the open net just off the left post.
Two minutes later, Gaven sent in a cross that was headed by Marcos Gonzalez to Herron just off the goal line by the right post.
The Crew appeared to have the victory in hand. But Stefani Miglioranzi tripped Wizard Kerry Zavagnin in the penalty area in the 91st minute. Eddie Johnson clanged his penalty kick off the left post, but the ball rolled in.
Associated Press
Kansas City Wizards' Jose Burciaga Jr., from left, Eloy Colombaro, Davy Armuda, and Sasha Victoria celebrate a goal by teammate Sealy in the 93rd minute against the Columbus Crew on Saturday. The Wizards won 3-2 after scoring goals in the 91st and 93rd minutes.
A couple minutes later, Sealy notched his second goal of the night, and the game winner, when Eloy Colombano found Sealy's head near the right post.
Kansas rebounded to salvage a victory in a close game three. For the third time in three games the score stayed tight early, but with the game tied 26-26, senior right side/sister Emily Brown put away a kill to give Kansas a 27-26 lead. Then two consecutive Oklahoma attacking errors, counted to outside hitter Sarah Weiland, gave Kansas a 29-26 lead. Oklahoma cut it to 29-27, but another Williams kill clinched a 30-27 Kansas victory.
VOLLEYBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Oklahoma cruised easily through the majority of game three. With Oklahoma up 23-17, the Sooners went on a 7-0 run to finish off Kansas 30-17 and clinch the match 3-1.
Kaiser and Savannah Noyes, junior middle blocker/right side, led Kansas offensively in the loss. Kaiser, who leads the team with 2.53 kills per game, tallied 16 kills, while Noyes added 15 in only 27 attempts. Kaiser said she was continually getting more comfortable at the outside hitter position.
"It's definitely a lot tougher than
high school," Kaiser, Wichita freshman said. "There is so much you need to learn, but you can't until you actually experience it in games. But coach keeps pushing me to get better."
Senior right side/setter Emily Brown chipped in 10 kills, 34 assists and 11 digs.
Laplante, outside bitter Mariana Blum and middle blocker Francie Ekwerekwu all finished with double-digit kills for Oklahoma. Laplante had 12, while Blum and Ekwerekwu had 11 and 15, respectively. Chester led the Sooners with 48 assists.
"We learned that we need to finish," Kaiser said. "Sometimes we feel we quit a little early in games."
Kansas will continue on the road to Missouri Wednesday in search of its first conference victory. Kaiser said the close games against Oklahoma helped the team learn a lot about what it needed to do to win close games.
— Edited by Meghan Murphy
Senior Emily Brown attempts to make a kill against Oklahoma on Saturday in Norman, Okla. The Jayhawks extended their conference road losing streak to 13 games with the 3-1 loss.
Joan Raczkowski/The Oklahoma Daily
》CRIME
O.J. in old territory, faces new charges
BY RYAN NAKASHIMA ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson was arrested Sunday and faces multiple felony charges in an alleged armed robbery of collectors involving the former football great's sports memorabilia, authorities said.
Prosecutors were planning to charge Simpson with two counts of robbery with use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery, burglary with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and coercion, said Clark County District Attorney David Roger.
A conviction on robbery with use of a deadly weapon could bring a sentence of three to 35 years for each count, he said.
"He is facing a lot of time," Roger said.
Simpson was being transferred to a detention center for booking, Capt. James Dillon said. Dillon said he did not know whether Simpson would be able to post bail and be released Sunday.
"He was very cooperative,there were no issues," Dillon said.
One other person was arrested, and police said Sunday that they were searching for four others in connection with the alleged armed robbery that occurred in a room inside the Palace Station casino-hotel on Thursday. Simpson, 60, said he and other people with him were retrieving items that belonged to him.
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