2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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SPORTS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 2005
CALENDAR
Saturday August 20, 2005
Women's Soccer vs. Drake
1 p.m., Lawrence
Women's Volleyball KU Alumni Game 7 p.m., Lawrence
CAMPUS
Ticket package purchase deadline extended
The deadline for purchasing combination football and men's basketball student season tickets has been extended until Aug. 26, said Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director.
The packages are $125 and are available for sale starting Monday at the ticket office, located on the west side of Memorial Stadium, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Students who already purchased combination tickets can pick up and sign for their own tickets with a valid KUID also starting Monday.
Ryan Schneider
NFL
Chiefs kicker makes court appearance
ELLSWORTH, Wis. - Kansas City Chiefs kicker Lawrence Tynes was charged Wednesday with breaking a bouncer's nose in a bar fight, a felony with a maximum penalty of 3 1/2 years in prison.
Tynes, 27, turned himself in Wednesday morning and made his first appearance in Pierce County Circuit Court on one felony count of substantial battery and one count of misdemeanor battery. He was released on a $15,000 signature bond.
"We know our players so well, especially the kids that have been around," Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil said Wednesday. "Least likely normally to have a problem is the kicker. It isn't always their fault, but automatically it's their name because nobody else knows anybody else that was involved."
The alleged fight took place early Sunday morning at a bar in River Falls, where the Chiefs have their training camp.
A police report said Tynes allegedly hit a bar patron in the face, then hit the bouncer in the nose.
Tynes was charged after police received medical reports from the incident, River Falls Police Capt. John Stapleton said. Wisconsin law provides for a felony battery charge if the victim sustains a broken bone.
Vermeil said his second-year kicker, who has had a lackluster training camp, has learned something from his brush with the law.
— The Associated Press
Coach needs leaders
MEN'S GOLF
BY JONATHAN ANDERSON
janderson@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Team tries to replace graduated seniors
After falling short at the NCAA Regionals the past two years, the Kansas men's golf team will look to change its for- tune this season
Golf Club in Lawrence.
Kansas coach Ross Randall will try to find leaders to replace departed seniors Kevin Ward and Andrew Price. Juniors Tyler Docking and Gary Woodland are the front-runners after their impressive offseason play.
Woodland, Topeka junior, won the 95th Kansas Amateur Match
"I played just about every week in the early parts of the summer," Woodland said. "The Kansas Amateur was a big boost for me and it seems like every day I am getting better."
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played just about every week in the early parts of the summer. The Kansas Amateur was a big boost for me and it seems like every day I am getting better."
Play championship July 17 in Manhattan. He and Docking also brought home a victory July 18 in the Kansas Four-Ball championship at the Alvamar
Woodland said he would leave today for Ardmore, Pa. to participate in the U.S. Amateur. The tournament, which begins Aug. 22, will force him to miss the first week and a half of school.
With Woodland tweaking his game for the upcoming season, Docking, Olathe junior, was just as persistent
this summer, playing in tournaments and paying particular attention to his short game.
"In this day and age, most golfers can hit it far, it's just whether
you can hit the putt," he said.
Randall enters his 27th season at the reigns of the team and has an optimistic outlook. The Jayhawks have never returned as many seniors as the four that Kansas has this year, he said.
The seniors include Luke Trammell, Jason Sigler, Rainier and Pete Krsnich. Randall said he expected them to be leaders along with Woodland and Docking.
Randall said he would decide who would fill the eight spots after he had an opportunity to see who played well in the fall.
The team will begin its season in the NCAA Central Regional Preview in Chardon, Ohio, Sept. 12 and 13. The Jayhawks will strive to play better at the end of the year as well.
"We played as poorly as we could have played last year and only missed advancing by two strokes," Randall said. "We had a lot of talent on that team and for us not to advance is a shame. However, that is in the past."
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
Luke Trammell, then junior, takes a practice swing at Alvamar golf course last spring. Trammel is expected to be a team leader.
Kansan file photo
VOLLEYBALL
Freshmen prepare for year
BY MATT WILSON
mwilson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Four freshmen highlight the new faces on the court for KU volleyball this year.
Defensive specialist Liz Ingram, a four-time all-conference and one-time all-state selection in Iowa, is expected to compete for a starting role immediately. She could fill the role of libero, which Jill Dorsey vacated when she graduated last year. Dorsey led the Big 12 in digs last season.
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In addition, freshman Kristin Buehler will see her first game-action this season, as she took a redshirt last season. She hopes to start at middle blocker for the Jayhawks, after spending last season on the practice squad.
Buehler said her main focus will be strengthening the squad, no matter what role she played.
"I want to give as much as I can as far as a positive attitude and dedication to the team." Buehler said.
Freshman Katie Martin-
Freshman Savannah Noyes is not expected to start, but is battling for playing time at middle blocker -- a spot vacated when 2004 all-Big 12 Conference team member Ashley Michaels graduated. Noyes was a two-time state champion at Republican Valley High in Indianola, Neb., in addition to twice being all-state.
cich, the 2004 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year, will take a red shirt this season. Martinicch won three state championships at Bishop Miege High School and made the all-state team twice. She will practice this season in hopes of becoming a starter in 2006.
For the newcomers fresh out of high school, the change of pace to Division I volleyball is the biggest hurdle.
"It's a whole other system that we had to learn," Martincicch said. "The competition is a whole different step up."
In addition to tougher competition. Noyes is adjusting to the differences between Lawrence and small-town Nebraska.
When it comes to the team, the newcomers said
"I want to give as much as I can as far as a positive attitude and dedication to the team."
Kristin Buehler Freshman volleyball player
The story is different for Martincich. She knows she won't see match-action this year, but she said she would still play a big role on the team.
they weren't sure where they would fit in.
"I think it's too early for me to tell, but I just hope I can help the team be better," Ingram said.
"I'm going to try to make the A side work harder,make good competition for the starters," she said.
Coach Ray Bechard said some of the freshmen could have an immediate impact on his team this season.
"Savannah adds depth to the middle and has an opportunity to contribute there early on." Bechard said. "Liz Ingram will have an opportunity as well."
Even if they don't contribute right away in matches, they will still be a big factor in the success of the team, Bechard said.
- Edited by Jonathan Kealing
NASCAR
Charlotte courts for hall of fame
BY JENNA FRYER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Touting a rich racing history and the city's role as NASCAR's current hub, Charlotte leaders presented their pitch Wednesday to build a hall of fame for the stock-car series.
A delegation of NASCAR officials heard details of Charlotte's $137.5 million bid, lunched with local leaders, then embarked on a downtown bus tour that passed by the proposed site. George Pyne, NASCAR's chief operating officer, was later treated to a helicopter ride over the city.
"Today's effort shows that the leaders here are passionate and committed to the Hall of Fame," Pyne said. "Charlotte did an outstanding job in making a compelling case."
Five cities have bid for the Hall of Fame, and NASCAR officials are touring each one. The delegation was in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Monday, Atlanta on Tuesday and Kansas City on Thursday. The tour concludes next week in Richmond, Va.
The selection process will effectively come in three steps, with the delegation whitting down the interested cities after the site visits. A larger committee will then examine the remaining contenders and make a recommendation to NASCAR's
six-member board of directors
The board can either accept the recommendation or chose any other city it wants.The process is expected to run through the end of the year.
NASCAR has been clear in what it is looking for in a Hall of Fame, citing the ability to draw visitors as well as help capture new racing fans. Charlotte maintains it holds the advantage there, since an estimated 1 million NASCAR fans already visit the region to attend the three Nextel Cup races at Lowe's Motor Speedway and tour the nearby shops.
The majority of NASCAR's teams are headquartered in and around Charlotte.
"This is NASCAR Valley," said Mayor Pat McCryon, who made Charlotte's official presentation Wednesday. "This is where the stars are. This is where the past is. This is where the future is."
Rick Hendrick, one of NASCAR's most powerful team owners, has been the face of Charlotte's bid and said he has not witnessed the city work so hard for something in the 29 years he has lived here.
"I have never seen an effort like this, all the way back to the original Charlotte Hornets and the NFL, that has had more substance and support," Hendrick said.
NASCAR is carefully studying the financial plans of each bid.
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