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BY KRISTEN JARBOE
kjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN SWITTERWIFI
The KU rowing 2nd Varsity Eight tries to pull past Kansas State during the Kansas Cup on Saturday April 9. The team competed in the Knecht Cup Finals April 17 earning first place in the First Varsity Four and second in the Second Varsity Four race. The Jayhawks will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio tomorrow to compete against Cincinnati and Buffalo.
Compared to last weekend's regatta in Camden, N.J., the Kansas rowing team's races tomorrow in Cincinnati could seem less tiring. Last weekend, each boat raced at least six times on Saturday before turning around to compete for the finals on Sunday.
The team left this morning and will race tomorrow starting at 8 a.m. against Cincinnati and Buffalo. Racing against two opponents will seem simple compared to the regatta coach Rob Catloth had the team compete in last weekend. At the Knecht Cup, Kansas competed against more than 20 teams.
"One of the reasons Rob chooses that regatta is because we have to race against so many teams," senior Erin Hennessey said. "The best way to improve is race, and that's what we learned how to do last weekend. We learned how to race when we're tired. This will help us tomorrow because the few races that we have will seem a lot easier."
Last weekend the First Varsity Eight boat struggled in
its first race. The boat is typically strong in the last 500 meters, but in the grand final, its start was the strongest in the first 500. The team then slipped to ninth place.
"As a whole we did well," senior coxswain LeAnna Kemp said. "All we can do is go out there tomorrow and compete, like we've been doing in previous weekends. Everyone got a lot of experience in New Jersey
so we're going to compact everything we've learned in our races tomorrow."
Last year in Lawrence, Kansas defeated Cincinnati in the First Varsity Eight by 20 seconds, but Cincinnati took the Varsity Four and the Second Varsity Eight.
The team raced against Buffalo last weekend.
"We're going in there to win," Catloth said. "Our varsity eight
beat them last weekend, so we should have good results tomorrow."
The team is now at the midpoint of the season and is focusing on its final regattas and the NCAA South-Central Regionals May 14-15.
"We're on the downhill slide now, being more focused towards centrals," Hennessey said. "We obviously want to do good in every regatta, but we
Every regatta until regionals is viewed as a stepping stone, Kemp said.
especially want to keep improving like we are now. The closer we get to Regionals, the better our mind set gets."
"Tomorrow will just be another step towards our goal," she said. "All our races are built up for regionals."
— Edited by Azita Tafreshi
Cardinals victory stunts Cubs' sweep
ST. LOUIS — Chris Carpenter pitched a seven-hitter and Scott罗olen homered, doubled and had three RB1, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 yesterday.
The Cardinals, who broke open a one-run game in the eighth inning on homers by Larry Walker and Rolen, are 32-10 at home against the Cubs during the last six seasons and denied them a sweep of a two-game series. The Cubs, who learned before the game that shortstop Nomar Garciaparra
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Carpenter (3-1) struck out six and walked one in his sixth career shutout, his first since Sept. 4, 2001, against the Yankees. It was his 14th career complete game and first since last Aug. 26 at Cincinnati.
would be out two to three months because of a torn groin, haven't had a sweep in St. Louis since 1988.
Chicago had two runners on in an inning three times, but Carpenter escaped and defeated Chicago for the fifth time in six decisions during the last two seasons.
Chicago's best shot came in the sixth when catcher's interference on an apparent inning-ending double-play ball by
Corey Patterson put runners on first and second. They moved up on a wild pitch, but Carpenter struck out Aramis Ramirez and retired Jeromy Burnitz on a soft liner to center.
Ryan Dempster (1-3) allowed one run and four hits in six innings for the Cubs, and one of his three walks was costly. Walker walked to start the fourth, and Jim Edmonds reached on a one-out infield hit that Ramirez knocked down at third with a dive but couldn't turn into an out. Rolen then doubled down the left-field line.
St. Louis, which left the bases loaded in the fourth, made it 2-0 in the eighth when
Walker homered off Mike Remlinger. Rolen added a two-run homer against Chad Fox.
R. B. Fallstrom/ The Associated Press
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K-State guard jets for new position
MANHATTAN — Fred Peete, a sophomore guard who averaged 13 points a game for Kansas State last season, is leaving the team, coach Jim Wooldridge said yesterday.
Pete, a Memphis native who graduated from high school in Pullman, Wash., transferred to Kansas State
after a year at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. He started all 29 games for the Wildcats and averaged five rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.1 assists. He hit 44 of 126 (34.9 percent) of his 3-point shots.
"Fred has expressed his desire to exclusively play the point guard position," Wooldridge said. "He feels like this is his best position to reach his goal of playing in the NBA. Consequently, he has decided to transfer to a program where he can play the point guard position 100 percent of the time. We wish him the best as he pursues his individual goals."
Twins take two in Kansas City series
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — While batting with the bases loaded has not been Minnesota's strength this season, the Twins started to break that dangerous trend in a two-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals.
During a two-game sweep earlier this week by the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox, Minnesota went 0-for-6 with the bases full and grounded into two double plays. After Ford's big hit, the Twins are still batting only .167 (4-for-24) in those situations.
"We're starting to get some of them in," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We've got a few people who need to get better."
Jason Bartlett doubled with one out against Shawn Camp (0-1), Torii Hunter was intentionally walked and Matthew LeCroy singled to load the bases. Ford's bouncer up the middle scored Bartlett to end it.
"We're putting ourselves in position to win ballgames," Kansas City's John Buck said, "and for one reason or another not getting the job done."
That's the way Minnesota felt in Chicago, dropping two to the rival White Sox. But the Twins have since rebounded at the plate.
Angel Berroa's single drove in Mike Sweeney in the ninth to put Kansas City ahead briefly.
But closer Mike MacDougal relinquished the lead and nearly lost it in the bottom of the ninth. Pinch-hitter Terry Tiftee struck out with the bases loaded, ending the inning.
Hunter's walk was what the Royals regretted most.
"That's the worst thing that can happen," manager Tony Pena said.
Hunter hit a two-run homer in the first, and LeCroy followed with a solo shot. Hunter drove in three runs.
Dave Campbell/ The Associated Press
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