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selection and a second-team All-American.
Forward Rachel Gilfillan was second on the team with eight goals and 20 points. Gilfillan was named second team All-Big 12 and was a first team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the second time.
Midfielder Lauren Williams led the Jayhawks with seven assists and was an Academic All-Big 12 selection.
Midfielder Amy Geha tied for fourth on the team with 13 points and was named first team All-Big 12 and second team Academic All-Big 12.
Miller, Gilfillan, Williams,
Geha, defender Stacey Leeper,
forward Monica Brothers and
midfielder Gabriella Quiggle
helped lead Kansas to the 2004
Big 12 regular season title, the
highest national ranking in
school history (No. 6) and an
appearance in the second round
of the NCAA Tournament.
Women's Basketball
All four seniors garnered Academic All-Big 12 honors. Outside hitter Lindsey Morris and libero Jill Dorsey were first-team selections setter Ashley Bechard and middle blocker Ashley Michaels were selected to the second team.
Guard/forward Blair Waltz finished her senior campaign with her third consecutive Academic All-Big 12 Selection. She averaged 4.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game during her career.
Volleyball
Dorsey became the all-time digs leader at Kansas with 1,338.
Morris, Dorsey, Bechard and Michaels helped lead Kansas to its second straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament
Men's Golf
Kevin Ward was selected to the All-Big 12 first team after being the team's top finisher in eight of 12 events. Ward shot a career-best 64 in the second round of the Colorado-Stevinson Ranch Invitational and was named Golfweek's player of the week.
These senior athletes have given their lives to the University and its fans for four years.
many, though not all, will walk away with their degrees this year. Go and cheer them on for the last time. I'll be there soaking up the cheers as if I deserved them.
$\diamond$ Weinstein is an Overland Park senior in English.
Embracing victory
New York
Yankees third baseman Alex
Rodriguez celebrates the Yankees third consecutive victory by lifting up shortstop
Derek Jeter after the Yankees defeated the Mariners 4-3 yesterday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
NFL
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Rams' to receive softer playing field
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Rams, who have long complained about the rock-hard consistency of their artificial playing surface, are getting a new field next season.
A news conference has been scheduled today to announce the new playing surface for the Edward Jones Dome.
The Rams' lease with the city, St. Louis County and Convention and Visitors Commission requires that the stadium turf be in the top eight of NFL stadiums by July 2005. The stadium will have FieldTurf, which has become the standard for artificial fields in the NFL and has been likened to playing on natural grass.
The Rams have played on the same carpet-over-concrete field since the dome opened in 1995. The past few seasons, their indoor practice facility has been equipped with FieldTurf, and coach Mike Martz complained a handful of times about the unforgiving nature of the surface at the stadium.
The Convention and Visitors Commission initially had resisted the change because it would hinder the dome's ability to hold conventions and trade shows.
Red Sox trounce A's; Ramirez hit by pitch
The Associated Press
MLB
BOSTON — Trot Nixon drove in four runs, and Kevin Millar hit his first homer of the season to power the Red Sox to a 13-5 victory last night.
Oakland's fielding may have been worse than its pitching. Nine of Boston's runs were unearned all five in the fourth inning and four in a seven-run seventh.
Manny Ramirez left after he was hit by a pitch from Dan Haren (1-5) in the left side of his batting helmet.
Tim Wakefield (4-1) got his 118th victory with the Red Sox, moving into sole possession of fifth place in team history, one ahead of Pedro Martinez and Smokey Joe Wood. Boston's starters are 8-0 in 10 games since Curt Schilling and David Wells went on the disabled list.
The Associated Press
Triple in ninth gives Tigers first shutout
The Tigers got their only runs off American League saves leader Francisco Cordero (0-1), who took over after Chris Young threw eight innings.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Nate Robertson pitched eight strong innings and Craig Monroe hit an RBI triple with two outs in the ninth to give the Tigers the 2-0 victory over the Rangers yesterday.
Robertson (1-3) won for the first time in 12 starts since Aug. 30. While he had lost five straight decisions since then, he had given up just two earned runs over 12 2-3 innings his previous two starts.
The Associated Press
Astros sink Marlins, break losing streak
MIAMI — Roger Clemens allowed four hits in seven shutout innings to win for the first time since April 8, and the Houston Astros broke an 11-game road losing streak by defeating the Florida Marlins 2-1 Monday night
Orlando Palmeiro, who entered with one RBI, drove in both runs with a scratch single and sacrifice fly.
Clemens moved ahead of Steve Carlton into sole possession of ninth place with his 330th win.
Houston has scored 11 runs in seven starts by Clemens (2-1). The Astros, 2-14 on the road, had lost 16-0 loss Sunday at Atlanta, their sixth consecutive defeat overall.
The Associated Press
Junior
Price recently made his return to the Jayhawk starting lineup at the Big 12 Championship and he will next compete in the NCAA Central Regionals in South Bend, Ind., from May 19 to 21. Price said that he was glad Trammell got the opportunity to play and that his confidence
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Vermeer for the lowest score as an individual.
With the conference season done, the Jayhawks are still alive in the postseason. If the Jayhawks can finish in the top 10 out of 27 teams at the central regionals, they will qualify to play in the NCAA Finals in Baltimore beginning June 1.
had boosted since he become a starter.
"He feels like he should be there, and he feels like he's part of the team," Price said.
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Balances
Not only do the Jayhawks have a great opportunity to hold on, they also have an opportunity to move higher in the standings. Thinking big, the Jayhawks could possibly jump to as high as fifth if everything plays out to their advantage.
With the home games against Oklahoma State, just one and a half games ahead of Kansas in the fifth slot, Kansas has an outside
chance of moving up to fifth.
But moving up to sixth or seventh is more likely. Oklahoma is tied with Kansas in the loss column with a record of 9-12. Oklahoma has the Bedlam Series against Oklahoma State this weekend before finishing with three games against Texas Tech.
Junior first baseman Jared Schweitzer, who has been a stalwart in the Jayhawks' late-season charge, said the team could make a push toward the middle of the standings.
"We put ourselves in a position where we can go to Missouri and hopefully win a series there," Schweitzer said. "If we won a couple of games against them we could be in a good position."
The Big 12 Tournament takes place May 25 through May 29 in Oklahoma City.
Kansas missed the tournament last year after qualifying in 2003. That was the only appearance for Kansas since the conference began in the 1997 season.
— Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings