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THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
THURSDAY, APRIL 19,2007
SOFTBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
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Freshman right fielder Amanda Jobe knocks a ball down the center of the field for a base hit. Kansas struggled to keep up with Missouri and went scoreless in both games of the doubleheader.
Missouri 3, Kansas 0
Game No. 1
Kansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 3 1
Missouri 0 0 1 011X — 3 6 0
Valerie George, Sarah Vertelka (5); Jen Bruck
Valerie George, Sarah Verteika (5); Jen Bruck.
W — Bruck (15-5)
L — George (9-4)
S — None.
2B — KU: Amanda Jobe, MU: Allison Kennewell
HBP — MU: Kathy Masterson.
Records
Records
Kansas 27-17-1, 3-7-
Missouri 31-18, 7-1
Missouri 1, Kansas 0
Gulf No. 2
Kansas 00 00000 — 060
Missouri 00 00001 — 141
KU — Kassie Humphreys and Tif-
fany Craner. MU — Jana Hainey and
Kathy Masterson
W — Hainey (5-5)
L — Humphreys (13-10)
S — None.
Records
Records
Kansas (27-18-1, 3-8)
Missouri (32-18, 8-1)
them in scoring position," coach Tracy Bunge said.
Leaving six batters on base in each game was frustrating for Bunge, who said she believed the team deserved to win.
"Offensively, we are not getting the job done," Bunge said.
Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys, however, made sure the defense was getting its job done.
Humphreys threw a complete game, striking out seven Tiger batters in the second game.
"She was tremendous, the entire ball game, she was on," Bunge said. "She had command, she located well, she did a great job for us."
Humphreys found herself in trouble in the sixth inning with runners on second and third and two outs, but struck out the next batter, diffusing the situation.
The Jayhawks started the bottom of the sixth inning with a single by senior first baseman Nicole Washburn. Washburn was replaced by freshman pinch runner Ally Stanton, who advanced to second on a sacrifice hit by sophomore shortstop Stevie Crisosto. Kansas couldn't come through and grounded and popped out, ending the threat.
"We are not coming through with clutch hits and if you can't score, you put more pressure on the pitching staff," Bunge said.
Although Kansas, escaped the sixth inning threat by Missouri, the
Tigers found themselves with the bases loaded with one out in the top of the seventh.
Humphreys threw a full-count pitch for a strike.
Misfortune hit the Jayhawks as Humphreys
came with two outs as junior outfielder Betsy Wilson reached first on a throwing error. Wilson was tagged out as the Tiger's defense was able to make the big play.
"There are a lot of things I like about the team," Bunge said. "They have the heart. They're taking this one very hard. They care a lot, they
"We are not coming through with clutch hits and if you can't score, you put more pressure on the pitching staff."
threw the ball past sophomore catcher Tiffany Craner, bringing in the winning run for the Tigers.
"You can't put fault on anybody," Humphreys said. "The factors you can't control don't seem to help us out at all."
TRACY BUNGE Coach
The last chance for the Jayhawks
brought energy, they brought passion, they played hard today. Theres no doubt about that."
Washburn said it's the hardest the team has played in a long time.
"It teels good to take a step forward," she said. "We just have to take another step."
Kansan sportswriter Evan Kafarakis can be contacted at ekafarakis@kansan.com.
Edited by Mark Vierthaler
offense picks up
The offense showed some promise for the Jayhawks, as freshman right fielder Amanda Jobe hit her sixth double of the year. But the squad had trouble capitalizing the opportunities with runners on base. Kansas lost the first game of the double-header to Missouri 3-0.
The offense got three total
hits and were walked four times, but clutch hits with runners on base were absent.
Sophomore Valerie George (9-
4) got the start for the Jayhawks
throwing four innings, allowing
two runs on four hits.
George struck out three and walked two of the 16 batters she faced.
Freshman Sarah Vertelka came in for relief for two innings, allowing one earned run on two hits.
An error by second baseman Sara Ramirez allowed a run to score for Missouri.
— Evan Kafarakis
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are rarely tracked, which essentially means the only way to enforce a rule like this is through education and a student-athlete reporting a coach who misbehaves.
That, however, would still be costly. For a recruit to receive and reply to that many text messages could cost as much as $2 a week. If more than one coach is recruiting that player, which is almost always the case, recruits could be spending $40 a month, just on text messages to and from coaches.
KEALING (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
BY RUSTIN DODD
Kansas dropped their seventh straight duel in excruciating fashion, blowing an early lead and falling 4-3 at Oklahoma on Wednesday. Kansas fell to 4-15 and 2-8 in the Big 12, while Oklahoma improved to 8-11 and 5-5 in conference play.
Things looked promising early for Kansas as they won two out of the three doubles matches. Junior Elizaveta Avdeeva and sophomore Edina Horvath beat Irina Lykina and Gabby Baker at No. 1 doubles and junior Lauren Hommell and freshman Kunigunda Dorn disposed of Christi Baxley and Monica Purice in the No. 2 spot. The only doubles slip up came when sophomore Yuliana Svistun and junior Stephanie Smith fell to Rachael Cox and Chelsea Orr at No. 3 doubles. Kansas had been 4-0 on the season when winning doubles point.
Still, it's good to see this regulation come out of the NCAA. Potential student-athletes deserve to have a little more distance between themselves and overzealous coaches.
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With a 1-0 lead heading into singles, Kansas picked up another point as Daveele cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Gabby Baker at No.1 singles. Skvistun grinded out a 7-6 (0), 7-6 (4) win over Orr, giving
Perhaps the biggest problem with this proposal will be enforcement. Text messages themselves
good text message "conversation" can drag on over four or five or six sent and received messages. For that to make sense, then, youd have to limit a coach to something like 10 sent text messages per recruit per week.
Edited by Ashley Thompson
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Dorn lost a close third set 6-4, giving Oklahoma's Lykina a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4 victory. The meltdown was complete when Horvath squandered a one set lead and dropped her match to Purice 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Avdeeva's and Horvath's victory at No. 1 doubles broke a two match skid and improve their conference record to 7-3 at No. 1 doubles.
Strong showing in doubles not enough to take Sooners
Kansas will finish out the regular season at home on Sunday against Texas A&M, before competing in the Big 12 Championships April 26-29 in Kansas City, Mo.
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Then things started to crumble. Kansas dropped four three-set singles matches, leaving Kansas reeling, and Oklahoma celebrating a 4-3 comeback victory. Smith was downed 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 by Anne Carter at No. 6 singles and Hommell fell t Baxley 7-5, 1-6, 6-1 at No. 4 singles. Those two losses left Kansas up 3-2 with Dorn and Horvath both locked in three-set battles.
While also citing the potential for major expenses, the NCAA also mentioned that technology is adapting so rapidly that it is nearly impossible for a narrowly tailored rule proposed one year to still be german by the time it's implemented the next year.
In a season full of difficult losses, this one might hurt the most.
Svistun her 13th win in 15 matches.
Svistun is also 8-2 in Big 12 play and 14-5 on the season.
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