2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 2005
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
TOMORROW
♦ Softball vs. William Jewell, 2:30 p.m., Arrocha,
Ballpark
Volleyball vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Lubbock, Texas
FRIDAY
Friday
Soccer vs. Nebraska, 4 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
- Tennis vs. Indiana Invitational, all day,
Bloomington, Ind
- SATURDAY
- Men's Golf Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate, all day, Nashville, Tenn.
- Softball vs. UMKC, 2 p.m., Fall Jayhawk Classic,
Arrocha Ballpark
♦ Softball vs. Washburn, 4 p.m., Fall Jayhawk Classroom, Acadia Ballpark
★ Football at Texas Tech, 6 p.m., Lubbock, Texa.
- Volleyball at Colorado, 8 p.m., Boulder, Colo. *
- Volleyball at Colorado, 8 p.m., Boulder, Colo.
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- ◆ Football at Texas Tech, 6 p.m., Lubbock, Texas
◆ Volleyball at Colorado, 8 p.m., Boulder, Colo.
- Men's golf Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate, all dayNVaon, Tennessee
- Rowing Head of the Oklahoma, time TBA,
Oklahoma City
BASKETBALL
Day, time set for official start of men's, women's basketball season
The Kansas Athletics Department has announced that Late Night in the Phog will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Oct.14 at Allen Fieldhouse. It will end at approximately 9:30 p.m.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and there will be general admission seating. Admission is free, but fans are encouraged to bring donations to benefit hurricane relief efforts. Fans may also donate non-perishable food items for local food pantries.
The evening will include introductions and scrimmages by the men's and women's basketball teams.
Because of construction on the east side of the fieldhouse, only the north and south entrances will be open.
People's Bank will sponsor the event.
-Ryan Schneider
FOOTBALL
Cyclone, Buffalo, Wildcat named Big 12 players of the week
DALLAS - Kansas State running back Parrish Fisher, Iowa State safety Steve Paris and Colorado kicker Mason Crosby were named Big 12 players of the week yesterday.
He had 169 yards on 21 carries in the Wildcats' 54-7 win over North Texas.
Paris, a senior, had two interceptions in the first quarter in a 28-21 victory over Army.
Crosby, a junior, kicked a 58-yard field goal in Colorado's 23-3 loss to Miami.
- The Associated Press
KSU clinches close game
RUGBY
Young KU team looks for growth
BY ERIC AMMERMAN
eammerman@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
The Kansas men's rugby team lost its first game of the season 20-15 in a close loss to Kansas State on Saturday.
The Jayhawks got off to a slow start, allowing two tries, worth five points each, from the Wildcats in the first half.
Andrew Meyer, Woodbridge, Va., senior, said Kansas had played a disappointing first half.
"We committed numerous penalties, and we just didn't seem to click." Mever said in an e-mail.
Kansas capitalized off of a penalty kick for three points from Adam Hannaford. Tulsa. Okla., junior.
Despite first-half woes, the lav
disappointing loss, but it was good to get the young players into the game to see what they can do."
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Larry Clark Kansas rugby coach
hawks came out ready to go in the second half. Kansas scored two tries.
Hannaford and Trevor Hendricks, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore, scored those points, Hendrix's first of the season. The points were not enough to hold off the Wildcats.
Kansas rugby coach Larry Clark said the team was ready to grow after the disappointing loss.
"It was our first game of the season, and we had a strong showing." Clark said.
"However, it's early in the season, so we are still searching for our strengths and weaknesses. We're looking forward to building on this."
Team captain Jordan Brown, Whitefish Bay, Wisc., senior, said the team has tried to develop its 15 freshmen this year.
"It was a disappointing loss, but it was good to get the young players into the game to see what they can do," Brown said. "We're still building, and that showed when we came on strong in the end."
Tim Williams, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, said players still had high expectations for the future of the young team after the Kansas State game.
"We're building a dynasty." Williams said.
The team's next game will be against Oklahoma State.
- Edited by Theresa Montaño
Overtime collapse
Louisiana State University running back Joseph Addai runs the ball during the first quarter of last night's game. LSU blew a 21-point lead and fell 30-27 to the Volunteers of Tennessee in overtime in Baton Rouge, La.
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BY ANDREA ADELSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pennington's injury was confirmed by a person with knowledge of his condition, but who declined to be identified because the team had not made an official announcement.
NEW YORK — Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will miss the rest of the season because of a torn right rotator cuff, The Associated Press learned last night.
Jets QB injured, out for season
An MRI exam showed Pennington tote his rotator cuff in Sunday's 26-20 overtime loss to Jacksonville. The NFL Network originally reported the injury, the second time Pennington has had this tear in less than a year.
Backup Jay Fiedler also damaged his shoulder Sunday and will be sidelined, leaving thirdstringer Brooks Bolinger to play quarterback against Baltimore this weekend.
During the third down of the Jets' first series of the second half, Pennington was taken down by Bobby McCray and fumbled for the second straight down. He recovered the ball, but injured his shoulder on the play.
Fiedler came in, but was hit while completing a 16-yard pass to Justin McCareins — his sixth play in place of Pennington — and hurt his shoulder.
Pennington came back to lead the Jets (1-2) on two scoring drives, both capped by field goals, but clearly was hurting and said after the game that the injury felt "similar to last year."
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Bollinger, in his third season with the Jets out of Wisconsin, has appeared in just one NFL game, last year against Arizona.
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