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the fourth spot of the Big 12 and are almost guaranteed to appear in the Big 12 Tournament. This means little, however, when a rivalry of this stature is involved.
"In my 11 years at the Division-I level, that's the toughest place I've ever played," coach Ritch Price said of Taylor Stadium in Columbia. "That Missouri-Kansas thing is really nasty, especially in a baseball game with all of the things that can be said during the course of three hours."
The Jayhawks enter the series after an impressive effort in their last Big 12 action, which resulted in a 2-1 series victory over No. 5 Texas.
The Tigers enter their last home series on a losing skid, dropping five of their last seven. Before last night's setback against Southwest Missouri State, Kansas had won six of its previous seven games.
Last weekend, Missouri lost two of three in its series to Nebraska. After winning game one, the Tigers led in both the second and third games of the series, but an error-plagued effort gave Nebraska the opportunity to win.
Kansas, however, was charged with just four errors for the entire Texas series, turning its erroneous ways of earlier in the season around.
Starting pitching can also be added to the Jayhawks' major improvement list. Sophomore left-hander Sean Land (5-4) is the probable starter in tomorrow night's series opener. In his five-inning start against Texas last weekend. Land allowed only one run on three hits and striking out nine.
Ritch Price Kansas baseball coach
"We've got two series left. We've just got to keep doing what were doing." junior closer Don Czzy said. "We're playing good baseball right now in all
"I in my 11 years at the Division-1 level, that's the toughest place I've ever played."
"We've got tough kids in our dugout and good starting pitching," Price said. "If we continue to win series, we will control our own destiny."
phases. It all starts with starting pitching. I think that is going to be the key for us."
Closing pitching has played a role also, as Czyz picked up three saves last week, along with a Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honor.
Sophomore right-hander Max Scherzer (7-2) will likely have a shot at the Jayhawks this weekend after he threw a complete game last weekend in the Tigers' only victory against Nebraska. Scherzer leads the Big 12 with a 1.32 ERA and leads his team with 107 strikeouts.
At the plate, Missouri was led by junior first baseman Derek Chambers last weekend. Chambers went 5-13 and drove in three against the Huskers.
Junior infielder Zane Taylor hit .400 against Nebraska and is hitting .319 overall.
Junior first basemen Jared Schweitzer remains the top Jayhawk power hitter, as he extended his hit streak to 24 games last night against the Bears. He hit a home run in two Kansas games last weekend.
Game one of the Border Showdown begins tomorrow night at 6:30.
Kansas knows now to take one step at a time. After the big weekend against Texas, the Jayhawks must continue to win in order to see any postseason play.
- Edited by Kendall Dix
Tankard
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I finished five seconds later and felt sick after the punch. But I didn't puke. The final contestant, Pat Barger, wasn't so lucky. A minute after Jordan punched him, he spewed on the lawn.
Part Three: Smoke three cigarettes at once. The first one to finish the cigarettes wins.
This was the hardest for me, partly because I don't smoke and partly because it was three cigarettes at once. I don't know how sickening that sounds, but to do this moments after drinking a quart of milk and getting punched in the stomach ... I wasn't exactly in flavor country.
But in the name of sport, you have to put your body on the line sometimes. Four of us competed,
and others stood around making sure we were inhaling the triple-thick smoke. Halfway through I felt numb, wheezy and lightheaded. I vowed never to smoke again.
"This is what college is all about." Rob said, laughing.
Pat won this one, smoking the cigarettes down to the butts in just under three minutes. He indulged in a victory puke as Jordan doubled over and spit on the lawn.
I sat down on a cooler with my head spinning, my stomach bloated and my tongue still tingling from the jalapeño. The challenge was complete. We were all declared winners, and as I sat there clutching my stomach, one thing ran through my head: Milk was a bad choice.
Balances
Tankard is an Overland Park sophomore in journalism.
"We've been working on our speed work and trying to get our stroke rate up," Hennessey said. "And we've been doing a lot of practicing at race speed."
Practices were actually moved to the morning two weeks ago in order to accommodate the athlete's studies in the afternoon.
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top finisher from either the Central or South region at regionals automatically allows a team to go on to the championships. In order to get a bid, the entire season is looked at, but a lot of the qualifications result from Regionals.
"We've never been to the championships, but we've been working harder than ever this season," senior rower Kristy Hainer said. "Each year we seem to get closer. It's always in our minds, so hopefully we can do well this weekend."
The team's practices have been going well as the team prepares, Kemp and Hennessey said.
"Rob is still supportive through all this." Reed said of coach Rob Catloth. "Like he says, we should just go out there and row like we've got a
"We've never been to the championships, but we've been working harder than ever this season."
Kristy Hainer
Senior rower
chip on our shoulder."
Performing at their best is definitely something the coaches are looking for.
"It's the race of the year," Myers said. "This is where they try and peak to find out how much speed they have."
Their speed and capability will be especially tested against eight top-ranked teams Kansas will encounter this weekend.
"There's a certain feeling we all get when we know we're doing well out there racing on the water," Chapman said. "I hope to get that feeling this weekend."
—Edited by Lori Bettes
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