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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
Funny car, fast time
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Mike Ashley and his Eric Blake Faulkner Tribute Dodge Charger won Funny Car at the 53rd-annual U.S. Nationals at 0 Reilly Raceway Park in Clermont, Ind., on Sunday. Ashley, from Melville, N.Y., ran the quarter mile in 4.894 seconds at 323.74 mph to defeat Robert Hight in the final of the NHRA PowerADE Series event.
SOCCER
High shot totals don't yield victories
BY ALISON CUMBOW
cumbow@kansan.com
The women's soccer team came home disappointed after spending Labor Day weekend in Hawaii. The Jayhawks lost their two games at the Hawaii Tournament in Honolulu.
In its first game, the team lost 4-0 to Hawaii on Friday.
"The team showed up really, really flat and just didn't perform," coach Mark Francis said.
Kansas did, however, dominate Hawaii in shots during the game, 12-6, and in corner kicks. 4-0. Famous Erin Ellefson took three shots, and sophomore Monica Dolinsky took two.
The Jayhawks played an impressive defensive game in the first half,
allowing only one shot to pass them.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks played Auburn and tied 1-1. Kansas led again in shots during the first half, 8-2. During the second half, Kansas derailed 11 goal attempts by the Tigers. Senior goalkeeper Colleen Quinn made five saves during the game.
Senior Emily Strinden scored her first goal of the season to bring Kansas to a 1-0 lead in the first half. Freshmen Erin Lewis and Lauren Jackson assisted with the goal.
Game one Score Shots Corner Kicks Kansas 0 12 4 Hawaii 4 6 0
Francis said he was disappointed that the team ended up tying and thought the chances of winning were high because of the team's strong first half.
Game two Score Shots Corner Kicks Kansas 1 12 4 Auburn 1 13 8
Auburn eventually outshot Kansas 13-12 by the end of the game and also led 8-4 in corner kicks.
Next up for the Jayhawks is their home opener against Brigham Young at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex.
"It was a much, much better performance than yesterday." Francis said. "I'm really happy with the improvement."
Junior Jessica Bush led the Jayhawks with four shot attempts, while sophomore Kim Boyer and junior Missy Geha each shot two.
Edited by Matt Erickson
NFL
Chiefs uphold vow to remake roster Coach confident that blend of old new players will strengthen team
McIntosh was signed as a free agent to shore up a position that was a problem all last year, following the retirement of Pro Bowler Willie Roaf.
"I feel fine. I haven't had any setbacks," said McIntosh. "I want to get out there but I want to get out there at the right time."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs have 20 new players on their 53-man roster, a number that is written in sand.
The best news on the first day of practice at the end of a winless season was on the offensive line. Left tackle Damion Mcintosh, out for several weeks with a knee injury, was able to work. Whether he'll be ready for Sunday's opener at Houston remains in question. But his backup, Will Svitek, struggled, and the sooner he can get back, the better for an offense that had trouble moving the ball all summer.
It could change by the end of the week, said coach Herm Edwards, who is holding true to his vow to remake a veteran team that hasn't won a playoff game since the 1993 season.
"I first stood here (last December) and talked about it and now it's come to fruition," Edwards said. "That's where we're headed. We have a youthful group with a lot of energy and some veteran guys who provide leadership for us. It's a pretty good blend, and now we've got to put it all together. We set out our road map today for what we want to accomplish this season. It starts opening day on the road."
The last thing he wants is to reinjure himself.
While the roster is dotted with starters who are 30 or older, Edwards is confident his program is bearing fruit. As of Monday, the roster contained 11 first-year players, including third-team quarterback Bobby Thigpen, who was claimed off the waiver wire.
"I've got to put myself in the
best situation." McIntosh said. "I can't rush it. I want to get out there but I've got to get out there at the right time. So they'll watch me, see how I feel with contact and everything and we'll go on from there."
He's not making any predictions as far as Sunday goes.
"This was the first day of practice," he said. "I'll see how it goes, see how I feel at the end of the week. Today I feel good. I don't know how I'll feel at the end of the week. We'll have pads on Wednesday and Thursday. After those days I'll have a better feel for where I'm at."
Edwards sounded a bit more optimistic about his left tackle.
"I just assume he's going to be ready," he said. "Will he have a full load? I don't know that yet, but we'll see how the week goes by. I'm planning that he's going to play."
The Chiefs announced that they had signed six players to their practice squad. They are guard Emmanuel Akah, defensive end Claude Harriott, fullback Gilbert Harris, defensive tackle T.J. Jackson, tackle Ramiro Pruneda and defensive end Khreem Smith.
"You're always playing poker," said Edwards. "They were actually trying to sneak him through on the practice squad. We kind of anticipated that, and it kind of worked out for us."
Kansas City also claimed cornerback Rashad Barksdale off waivers from Philadelphia
Thigpen was signed to replace third-string quarterback Casey Printers, who was released Saturday.
The 5-foot-11, 208-pound Barksdale was drafted in 2007 by the Eagles in the sixth round. He played at Albany State, where he recorded 37 tackles and three interceptions in 10 games during his senior year.
He was selected by Minnesota in the seventh round but released. Kansas City had had an interest in the 6-1, 233-pounder from Coastal Carolina during the draft.
QUICK HITS
PGA
U.S. tops Argentina in Olympic qualifier
Phil Mickelson placed first in the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday with a 5-under 66 two shot victory. The victory is evidence that Mickelson, who broke his wrist earlier this summer, has recoverd from his injury and is a competitive threat once again. Tiger Woods (67), Arron Oberholser (69) and Brett Wetterich (70) tied for second.
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson won the Sharp Aquos 500 at California Speedway on Sunday. The win was Johnson's fifth victory this season and 28th overall. The race guaranteed Johnson a spot in the 12-man Chase for the Championship. Johnson will enter
into the Chase in the first seed if he wins the last race in the regular season at Richmond or if Jeff Gordon loses it.
USA BASKETBALL
The United States beat Argentina 118-81 in the FIBA Americas Championship on Sunday. LeBron James led the United States' team with 31 points, setting a record for the most points scored by an American player in an Olympic qualifier. Though Argentina lost the championship, the team already had won itself a spot in the Olympics by winning its semifinal game Saturday.
Jae C. Hona/ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Compiled from Associated Press reports by Francesca Chambers
United States' Lebron James goes up for a dunk against Argentina during the first quarter of a FIBA Americas Championship gold medal basketball game at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Sunday.
China shapes up before Olympics
China is conducting a wide-ranging experiment in social re-engineering in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. The thinking is that anything less than upstanding behavior by officials and the public could reflect badly on the country as a whole.
BEIJING - Ahead of the Beijing Olympics, Chinese have been told to line up, use proper English and stop spitting. Now police are being told that slack behavior such as shooting the breeze or smoking could get them in trouble.
VOLLEYBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
"We will spare no effort to do a great job for the Games and beyond," Beijing traffic officer Zeng Qinghui was quoted as saying by the official
Authorities have targeted a wide range of perceived unflattering behavior ahead of the Games, including obscene chants by sports fans, jumping ahead in line, spitting, littering and reckless driving.
Patrolmen will also be monitored on how they respond to requests for help from the public, along with the proper wearing of uniforms and badges, it said. The campaign will be focussed on patrolmien in the six cities, including Beijing, that will host Olympic events.
Beijing is adding thousands of surveillance cameras in and around Games venues, and city cab drivers are under pressure to learn some English, stop sleeping in their taxis and brush away the garlic - a key ingredient in Chinese cooking. English signs on billboards, menus and storefronts are also being revised to eliminate nonstandard language.
"Jenna was forced to take some big swings for us this weekend," Bechard said.
Freshman Jenna Kaiser led the offense with 13 kills, while sophomore Flavia Lino and junior Savannah Noyes added 12 and 11 kills respectively. Bechard said Kaiser needed to cut down on her errors — she had 16 against Missouri State — but he was impressed with her ability to perform under pressure.
Members of the public are being encouraged to report officers they see smoking, eating, or chatting on duty - all of which are regarded as "harmful to the image of the police," the newspaper said.
said. "I think we got into an attitude where we really wanted to fight and end the tournament on a positive note."
Even with the cleanup, the Games are an enormous challenge to Beijing, which struggles daily with choking pollution and snarled traffic.
The city will ban at least one-third of its 3.3 million vehicles during the 17-day Olympics and close dust-spewing building sites and sooty factories. Billions of dollars have already been spent moving heavily polluting industries out of town.
Bechard credited the offensive improvement to some better passing from his back row players.
China Daily newspaper.
"The first pass to the setter was where it needed to be," Bechard said. "We were able to get the ball to our setters in good
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situations and they had a lot of options."
Senior Emily Brown and sophomore Katie Martincich took advantage of those options, piling up 29
Bechard
The weekend started out on a sour note for Kansas, after Uhart's injury and the consecutive losses to Michigan State and Florida State.
and 23 assists respectively.
Kansas played eventual tournament champions Michigan State to five games. Bechard said his team played its best against Michigan State.
Kansas followed up the loss to Florida State with its lone victory of the tournament.
"We started off slow, but played great in the second and fourth
"We had a short turnaround time between the Florida State and Missouri State matches," Bechard said. "I was happy about how we shook off what happened in the morning and played well against Missouri State."
After Uhart went down, the team got up early on Saturday, still reeling from the night before. Kansas won the first game against Florida State 30-22 before losing three straight games to the Seminoles.
Bechard couldn't comment on the severity of Uhart's injury because of NCAA rules, but he said that she was day-to-day.
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