4B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
THURSDAY AUGUST 18.2005
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goalkeeper, the job is now open. Freshman Julie Hanley looks to take the spot after an All-American career at North Central High in Indianapolis.
"I'm a little nervous, but the girls on the team are helping us out," Hanley said.
Freshman midfielder and forward Sara Rogers said she recognized the stature of talent that left with last year's seniors and the success that is expected of the Leawood native and her fellow freshmen.
Missy Geha, a 2005 Gatorade soccer player of the year in Kansas, said she puts little stock in all her accolades. She knows this is a new start and she must prove herself again, despite her reputation and older sister Amy, who was a Jav Hawk as well.
"That was senior year when I'm older than everybody else," Geha said. "Now I'm back down and I have so much to
learn so the award is not a factor in anything I'm doing right now."
Kansas almost missed out on Geha altogether. Geha snid she committed to Nebraska but changed her mind after visiting Kansas.
Midfielders Jenny Murtaugh and Kristin Graves round out the six freshmen and bring their own skill sets to the field.
Murtaugh was awarded Most Valuable Player honors at the 2004 State Cup for Dakota Ridge High School in Littleton, Colo. and Graves led Blue Valley West High School to a state championship last year.
"I always see myself living up to expectations," Geha said. "It puts a lot of pressure on you to be consistent with your game."
The women feel the pressure of what will be expected of them two days from now in their first game.
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receivers Brian Murph and Mark Simmons may lighten the load for Gordon, as Mangino tries to fit him more at wide receiver.
Simmons did return two punts last season for a total of 31 yards and Mangino said he had confidence in both Simmons and Murph.
"Where do we reduce reps and where to we add reps to help our team?" Mangino said. "That's the question the staff and I are trying to answer. He is just such a talented guy."
"We feel like we have two very reliable and excellent punt returners outside of Charles with Mark Simmons and Brian Murph," Mangino said.
Gordon returned 29 punts
last season and averaged nine yards per return, which was good for sixth in the conference. Those numbers were down compared to his freshman season, where he averaged 13.1 vards per return.
Senior wide receiver Greg Heaggins will likely handle kick off return duties.
It was thought that Heaggans might not return to the field this year after he was in Mangino's dog house for receiving a DUI.
However, Heaggans remained on the team and will look to build on the 15 returns he had last season for 359 yards.
"Special teams is a big part of our arsenal," Heaggans said. "Coach Mangino makes special teams as important as offense or defense."
By R.B. FALLSTROM
— Edited by Anne Burgard
Cardinals win shutout
AP SPORTS WRITER
ST. LOUIS - A year ago at this time, Mark Multer was in the midst of a second-half swoon that contributed to the Oakland Athletics missing the playoffs for the first time in five seasons.
This August, he's hitting his stride with his new team.
Mulder threw a five-hitter for his second shutout of the season and John Mabry hit a two-run homer, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Wednesday night.
"I could care less about last year," Mulder said. "I feel good now and that's all that matters."
The Cardinals are 76-44 and passed the Chicago White Sox (74-44) for the best record in the major leagues. Mulder was looking forward to telephoning former teammate Jermaine Dye to let him know.
"I told him we're going to catch you, and he goes, 'Whatever, dude.'" Mulder said. "We caught them."
Mulder (14-6) has won seven of his last nine decisions, and rebounded from a four-inning stint in Chicago on Aug. 11 in which he surrendered seven runs. He struck out four, walked two and benefited from three double plays. He has shut out the Diamondbacks in both of his career starts against them, the other a one-hitter in 2001.
This was the 10th shutout of Mulder's career, and his 24th complete game. Last year, he was 12-2 with a 3.21 ERA before the All-Star break and 5-6 with a 6.13 ERA the rest of the way.
"There's nothing different, I just got into a funk last year, that's it," Mulder said. "It's going to happen to somebody at some point in their career.
Mulder contributed two hits to an 11-hit attack, including a run-scoring single in the seventh for his second RBI of the year that made it 4-0. He is 76-10 in 97 career starts when his team scores four or more runs, and is 12-1 with a 1.96 ERA at night
10 or 11 wins in the second half so it's pointless, it's just how it happened."
and 1-5 with a 7.57 ERA during the day.
"A couple of years ago I had
"Everything we did, he seemed to make a pitch to get us to hit the ball on the ground," manager Bob Melvin said. "You have to stay away from trying to get greedy and pull the ball and try to do too much."
This one was all about Mulder's dominance.
I could care less about last year. I feel good now and that's all that matters."
Webb lasted 6 2-3 innings and gave up five runs and 11 hits. He
Mabry doubled and scored in the second and hit his seventh homer off Brandon Webb (10-9) into the visitor's bullpen in the fourth to put the Cardinals ahead 3-0. He is 5-for-7 with four RBIs for his career against Webb and 9-for-13 against the Diamondbacks, numbers that influenced manager Tony La Russa's decision to give him a spot start.
"He knows who does well against whom and he tries to put you in a situation where you can succeed." Mabry said. "He's been very good at that and the players that have been getting an opportunity have been taking advantage of that."
Troy Glaus singled twice and walked for the Diamondbacks, who have lost four straight and are 2-6 with four games remaining on a 12-game trip. Arizona is 2-12 against the Cardinals the last three seasons, losing the first two games of a three-game series by a total of 13-2, and fell a season-worst nine games below .500.
Mark Mulder Cardinal pitcher
0-3 against the Cardinals for his career with a 5.95 ERA.
He had been 2-0 in his three previous starts, allowing four earned runs in 22 innings, but said Mabry's homer was the only hard-hit ball.
"I left that changeup up and zap, it was out of there," Webb said. "There's not much you can do with that."
Mabry doubled to start the second and scored on Mark Grudzielanek's bunt single when first baseman Conor Jackson fielded the ball and threw wildly to first. Jim Edmonds doubled with one out in the fourth and Mabry followed with his seventh homer on a 1-0 pitch.
Mulder had an RBI single and Abraham Nunez drove home another run with a squeeze bunt in a two-run seventh.
Notes — The Cardinals are 19-12 against the NL West. ... St. Louis starters lead the majors with 65 wins, 10 more than the second-place Sox Sox. ... So Taguchi of the Cardinals had two hits and is 18-for-36 during a career-best 10-game hitting streak. ... Glaus is 11-for-25 during a seven-game hitting streak. He is 10-for-16 against the Cardinals this year with a homer and three RBs.
Rare shutout pitched at Coors
DENVER — Chris Capuano allowed six hits over seven innings and drove in both runs to lead Milwaukee to a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
The Associated Press
Capuano had given up nine runs in losing his two previous starts.
Capuano (13-8), Dana Eveland, Jose Capellan and Derrick Turnbow combined for the 29th shutout in the 11 years Coors Field has been open.
Jamey Wright (6-14) gave up two runs and three hits in seven innings and dropped to 0-3 in his last three starts.
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♦ Robinett is an Austin, Texas, senior in journalism. Sorrentino is a Plano, Texas, senior in journalism. They are Kansan sports editor and associate sports editor.
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