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A&M on top of preseason poll
BY MATT WILSON
mwilson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Editor's note: This is the first of two articles that will preview Kansas soccer competition in the Big 12 Conference this season. Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison will preview the rest of the conference tomorrow.
Big 12 Conference Soccer Preview:
No.14 Texas A&M (5-1-1, 1st in preseason Big 12 coaches poll)
Key nonconference game: Win, 1-0 vs. No. 12 Stanford (Knoxville, Tenn.)
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♦Senior goalkeeper Kati Jo Spisak returns to help the Aggies regain a second straight Big 12 title. Competitors scored just two goals in seven games this season with the two-time all-conference performer as goalkeeper for a goals against average of 0.28.
Senior midfielder Carrie Berend adds more experience to the Aggies. Berend, a second team all-conference selection
last season, was selected to the preseason all-conference team this season.
This Week: Friday at Missouri, Sunday at No. 24 Kansas
No. 21 Texas (3-3-1, 3rd in poll)
Key nonconference game: Loss, 3-2 at Michigan
Key Players:
*Sophomore forward Kelsy Carpenter, a preseason All-Big 12 selection, is a big part of the Texas offensive attack. Carpenter leads the team with three goals in the Longhorns' first seven games.
Sophomore forward Caitlin Kennedy was also selected all conference. She adds to Texas' strong front line. Last season, as a freshman, she scored four goals and tallied six assists, good for fourth on the team with 14 points.
This Week: Friday at Oklahoma State, Sunday at Oklahoma
Oklahoma (7-1-0, 8th in poll)
Key nonconference game: Win, 2-0
at Iowa
Key Players:
$\diamond$Senior forward Lauren MacIver leads the Sooners this season. MacIver has racked up four goals and five assists so far this season. She ranks first in both statistics. One of the keys for the Sooners will be sophomore goalkeeper Jennifer Nichols. She will be expected to step in after the loss of Catherine Wade to graduation. Competitors scored 15 goals in 13 games last year with Nichols as goalkeeper.
Baylor (2-5-1, 10th in poll)
Key nonconference game: Loss, 4-
1 vs. No. 3 Portland
Keeps Game:
This Week: Friday vs. Texas State,
Sunday vs. No. 21 Texas
Schuch will work to continue a productive season last year in which she made the Big 12 All-Newcomer team. She is tied with Boshers atop the Baylor statistical leaders with three goals and two assists this year.
*Senior midfielder Tiffany Boshers was the Bears' leading scorer in 2004. She scored nine goals, which ranked eighth in the Big 12. This year she has three goals and two assists in eight games.
This Week: Friday vs. No. 24
Kansas, Sunday at Missouri
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Texas Tech (1-7, 11th in poll)
Key nonconference game: Loss, 4-
1 vs. Northwestern
Key Players:
Sophomore forward Priscilla Esquivel will try to build on her impressive freshman season in 2004. She led the Red Raiders with seven goals and four assists last year. This year, senior forward Kimmie Davis has added a spark for the Red Raiders. She has scored six goals this year while starting just three games. She was injured and did not play last season after transferring from Brigham Young University.
This Week: Friday vs. Iowa State Sunday vs. No. 19 Nebraska
— Edited by Tricia Masenthin
Colorado searches for positive press
BY EDDIE PELLS
HE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOULDER, Colo. — In the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past several months, the Colorado Buffalooes have a chance to shift the focus this weekend.
It's not going to be easy.
of us because of exactly what it provides to the whole program," quarterback Joel Klatt said. "Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect. Hopefully, we go down there and put together a solid effort and get recognized on a national stage where we feel we belong."
CO takes a trip to Miami to play the 12th-ranked Hurricanes, where an upset would create a national splash for a program that has spent most of the last two years trying to steer the foe
"Obviously, the whole department gets a little national respect."
Joel Klatt Colorado quarterback
to steer the focus away from its troubles.
"It means a lot," linebacker Akarina Dawn said yesterday. "It's a statement game for this university and this program if you beat a top-15 team. Beating a name like Miami means a whole lot."
Ever since he posted the big schedule board in the locker room in the offseason, coach Gary Barnett says the buzz has been all about Miami. Sure, the Buffs traditionally play big-name teams like Texas and Oklahoma. But Miami — it simply grabs more players' attention.
"I think it's important to most
Since the Buffs began practice in August, every Friday has been labeled a "Miami Friday," meaning there would be extra conditioning and that the heat in the
weight room would be turned up to prepare for the humid, sweltering conditions the Buffs will probably face when they head South.
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Barnett's biggest task over the first two weeks of the season was keeping the Buffs focused on the opponent at hand. First there was rival Colorado State, then came New Mexico State. The Buffs won both games and their 39-0 win over New Mexico State two weeks ago was just what Barnett was hoping for — a disciplined, thorough effort from a team that was focusing on the present, not the Hurricanes.
But after a bye week, it's time.
Sweeney helps Royals take game from Tigers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mike Sweeney's double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Aaron Guiel, giving the Kansas City Royals a 5-4 victory against the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a
doubleheader yesterday.
Guiel had a pinch-hit single with one out off Craig Dingman (3-3) and scored easily on Sweeney's double to right-center, his second RBI of the game.
Mike MacDougal (4-5) pitched a scoreless inning for the victory.
The Royals took advantage of errors by Chris Shelton and
Nook Logan to score three runs, two unearned, in the first inning. Chip Ambres led off and reached first on Shelton's fielding miscue at first base. Ambros advanced to third on Terrence Long's single and scored on Sweeney's sacrifice fly.
Emil Brown singled, sending Long to third. Brown went to second on Logan's throwing
error from center field. Matt Stairs lined a single to left to score Brown and Long.
The Tigers countered with two runs in the second. Brandon Inge and John McDonald each drove in a run.
John Buck's sacrifice fly in the fourth scored Stairs, who led off with a walk and went to third on Angel Berroa's double.
The Tigers tied it at 4 with a
two-run fifth and chased rookie left-hander J.P. Howell. Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco and Shelton started the inning with singles to produce a run, and Shawn Camp replaced Howell. Camp's wild pitch allowed Polanco to score the second run of the inning.
Howell, who gave up four runs, six hits and three walks in four innings, has allowed 10 runs and 13 hits in seven
innings in his past two starts, both no-decisions.
Camp pitched three shutout innings, allowing two hits, before being replaced by rookie left-hander Andrew Sisco to begin the eighth.
Tigers starter Mike Maroth went seven innings, allowing four runs, two earned, and eight hits. Chris Spurling replaced him in the eighth.
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