2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2005
ATHLETICS CALL NDAR
TODAY
♦ Women's golf at Battle at the Lake, all day,
Tulsa, Okla.
TOMORROW
TOMORROW
Women's golf at Battle at the Lake, all day,
Tulsa, Okla.
WEDNESDAY
VOLLEYBALL vs. Kansas State, 7 p.m., Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
FRIDAY
◆ Soccer vs. Oklahoma State, 4 p.m., Jayhawk
Soccer Complex
SATURDAY
Football at Kansas State, 11 a.m., Manhattan.
Swimming vs. Minnesota, 2 p.m., Lawrence.
Volleyball vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m., Horesi Family Athletics Center.
AP TOP 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, current records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote:
| | Record | Pts. | Pvs. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Southern Cal (59) | 4-0 | 1,619 | 1 |
| **2. Texas (6)** | **4-0** | **1,564** | **2** |
| 3. Virginia Tech5-0 | 1,494 | 3 | |
| 4. Florida St. | 4-0 | 1,391 | 6 |
| 5. Georgia | 4-0 | 1,318 | 7 |
| 6. Ohio St. | 3-1 | 1,279 | 8 |
| 7. Alabama | 5-0 | 1,150 | 8 |
| 8. Tennessee | 3-1 | 1,143 | 10 |
| 9. Miami | 3-1 | 1,118 | 9 |
| 10. California | 5-0 | 988 | 12 |
| 11.LSU | 2-1 | 978 | 4 |
| 12. Notre Dame | 4-1 | 966 | 13 |
| 13. Florida | 4-1 | 792 | 5 |
| 14. Wisconsin | 5-0 | 773 | 17 |
| **15. Texas Tech** | **4-0** | **588** | **16** |
| 16. Penn St. | 5-0 | 493 | _ |
| 17. Arizona St. | 3-2 | 491 | 14 |
| 18. Boston College | 4-1 | 464 | 21 |
| 19. Michigan St. | 4-1 | 455 | 11 |
| 20. UCLA | 4-0 | 412 | 20 |
| 21. Michigan | 3-2 | 335 | _ |
| 22. Auburn | 4-1 | 298 | _ |
| 23. Louisville | 3-1 | 288 | 24 |
| 24. GeorgiaTech | 3-1 | 226 | 25 |
| 25. Oregon | 4-1 | 121 | _ |
Others receiving votes: Nebraska 107. Min
Others receiving votes: Nebraska 107, Minnesota 49, Texas A&M 47, Virginia 44, Colorado 32, TCU 25, Fresno St. 14, Iowa St. 14, West Virginia 13, Iowa 11, Wyoming 11, Purdue 9, North Carolina 3, Southern Miss 2.
WOMEN'S GOLF
Kansas one of 16 schools playing in Battle at the Lake in Tulsa
The Kansas women's golf team will tee off today in the Battle at the Lake tournament in Tulsa, Okla. Oral Roberts University, winner of last year's tournament, will play host to the two-day event at Tulsa's Meadowbrook Country Club.
The Jayhawks will face off against 16 other schools, including University of Texas-EI Paso, Sam Houston State, UMKC and Texas Pan-American.
The Jayhawks did not participate in last year's Battle at the Lake. They are coming off a sixth-place finish at the Ptarmigan Classic on Sept. 13.
"It should be a good tournament and the course is similar to the one we practice on at Alvamar," Kansas women's golf coach Erin O'Neil said.
Junior Amanda Costner led the Jayhawks in the Ptarmigan Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. She placed third individually.
Although there are no Big 12 Conference teams participating, O'Neil said she saw this as an opportunity to build momentum during the fall season.
▼ BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Mark Dent
Oklahoma State lays egg
Editor's note: The Kansan Big 12 Power Rankings are voted on by Ryan Colaianni and Daniel Berk, Kansas football writers, as well as Kellis Robinett, sports editor, and Eric Sorrentino; associate sports editor.
Texas remained a unanimous No. 1 choice for the fourth straight week, after beating Missouri 51-20 in Columbia.
The fate of the Longhorns existence at the top of the rankings may rest on next week's Red River Shootout against the Oklahoma Sooners;
1. Texas
2. Texas Tech
3. Colorado
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Texas has not won this matchup since 1999.
The biggest winners of the week were Colorado and Oklahoma.
After losing to Miami, the
Buffaloes went on the road and dominated the Oklahoma State Cowbies 34-0 Saturday night. One voter placed Colorado as high as second. Its lowest vote was fourth.
Oklahoma bounced back from its UCLA loss two weeks ago and a bye last week with a convincing 43-21 victory over Kansas State at home.
The Sooners had four rushing touchdowns on the night and gained the No. 4 spot in the rankings.
They were ranked as high as third and as low as fifth.
The biggest loser of the week was Oklahoma State.
The Cowboys were a unanimous pick for last in the Big 12 Conference after putting up a big goose egg against Colorado.
Edited by Nate Karlin
Kansas finishes in sixth place
The Kansas men's golf team finished in sixth place at the Mason Randolph Intecollegiate Sunday.
"It was kind of a dissappointing tournament," said head coach Ross Randall. "I saw some good things, but there are certain aspects we need to work on."
Kansas compiled an overall score of 879, tying with Mississippi.
Junior Gary Woodland shot a 67, tying for third overall and leading the Jayhawks for the third straight tournament.
Virginia won the team title totaling an 858. Baylor came in second with an 865.
Freshman Zach Pederson tied for 11th.
Kansas will play its next match on Oct. 17-18 at The Prestige in La Quinta, Calif.
-Kansan staff report
MLB
Red Sox capture wild card spot in A.L.; Astros in N.L.
BY MIKE FITZPATRICK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Just when it looked as though the playoff picture might remain muddled for days, everything was settled on the final afternoon of the regular season.
The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros wrapped up the wild cards Sunday, clinching the final two major league playoff spots. All the matchups were set for the 2005 postseason, starting Tuesday with the NL West champion San Diego Padres playing in St. Louis at 1:09 p.m. EDT.
Houston will open Wednesday in Atlanta against the NL East champion Braves, coming off their 14th consecutive division title. It's a rematch of their first-round series last year, won by Roger Clemens and the Astros in five games.
The Phillies did all they could to force a tiebreaker playoff, beating Washington 9-3 for a weekend sweep, but still fell short.
"I'm very thankful. It was some rocky roads, roller-coaster rides throughout the season," pitcher Andy Pettitt said after a 6-4 victory over the Cubs allowed Houston to finish one game ahead of Philadelphia.
Boston Red Sox fans celebrate after the Sox clinched the AL wild card berth and defeated the New York Yankees 10-1 at Fenway Park in Boston on Sunday.
Elisse Amendola/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TENNIS
Kansas faces tough competition in Indiana
BY ERIC JORGENSEN
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
The Kansas women's tennis team struggled the in the first two days of the Hoosier Invitational in Bloomington, Ind., this weekend before recovering Sundav.
Five talented tennis teams — Indiana, Kansas State, Louisiana State, Murray State and Notre Dame — gave Kansas solid competition and many long matches over the weekend.
The Hoosier Invitational singles portion had five tournaments or "flights." There are eight competitors per flight.
Sophomore Stephanie Smith scored the only first-round victory for the Jayhawks. She went on to lose in the championship of Flight E in a close match against Maria Perevoschikova of Kansas State 3-6, 6-3, 0-1 (9).
Sophomore Elizaveta Avevea lost all three of her matches in Flight A. Some of the highest
ranked players in collegiate tennis were in Avdeeva's bracket. Coach Amy Hall-Holt said Avdeeva played tough and stayed focused through the toughest bracket in the tournament.
Senior Christine Skoda and freshman Ksenia Bukina both lost their opening matches before winning their next ones in Flight B.
Freshman Edina Horvath fought through a tough opening tie-break loss to win her next match in the same tie-break fashion. She lost in the fifth place match to Sigrid Fischer of Indiana in her third tie-break match of the tournament, 3-6, 6-3, 0-1 (4). Horvath played in Flight C.
Flight D competitors junior Brittany Brown and sophomore Lauren Hommell finished sixth and seventh respectively.
Junior Ashley Filberth finished sixth in Flight E.
Unlike the singles play, the doubles portion of the tournament had one all-inclusive bracket. The draw saw the team of Avdeeva/Bukina finish in the seventh place match, but the match was
scheduled for late in the day and was eventually canceled Horvath/Hornmell earned 10th, the highest Kansas placeer, while Brown/Skoda ended the tournament with two impressive victories to capture 13th place.
The team struggled in the opening day of doubles but rebounded with a strong finish Sunday.
"They played much better," Hall-Holt said. "They beat some really tough teams. I was very proud of the effort."
Hall-Holt said there is room for improvement before the team competes in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional on Oct. 19 in Salt Lake City.
"I felt like we could have come out and competed a little harder," Hall-Holt said. "It's all about the experience in the fall. There is a lot work we need to get done before the spring season starts."
Hall-Holt said the players are willing to step up for the challenging weeks ahead.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
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