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Friday, April 18, 1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
'Hawks to attend pre-draft camp
Guard Tamecka Dixon reaches to block a shot during a game against Kansas State in Manhattan. Dixon and Angie Halbleib have committed to play in the first season of the Women's NBA, which is set to begin on June 21.
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WNBA will begin first season in June
By Tommy Gallagher
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas basketball guards Tamecka Dixon and Angie Halbleib will attend the Women's NBA pre-draft camp that starts tomorrow and runs until Tuesday.
The league invited 60 players to attend the camp, which will be held at the Disney Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla. The WNBA will begin its first season June 21.
Dixon committed to the WNBA nearly two weeks ago. By doing so, she turned down playing for the American Basketball League.
Dixon said she never worried about her professional basketball career until the Jayhawks' season had concluded.
"If I would have thought about it during the season, I'd be short-changing my team," Dixon said. "I really wanted to stay focused, so I never really thought about it until spring break came. I took that week
Halbleib said she was honored to be one of 60 players who received an invitation to the camp.
off and didn't think about anything else."
"More than half of the camp is going to be scrimmages against each other," Halbleib said. "I'll be competing against Olympians from other countries and former All-Americans, so it's going to be tough. I just have to go down there and give it my best shot."
Dixon was the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year and was named to the 1997 Kodak All-American team last season. She averaged 20.8 points per game and led the Jayhawks in points, steals and assists.
In February, she became the second player in Kansas women's basketball history to record more than 1,600 points and 300 assists during her career. The other player was former Kansas forward Lynette Woodard, who will play for the Cleveland Rockers of the WNBA this season.
Halbleib holds school records for three-point field goals made (237) and attempted (658). She averaged 11 points per game last season, second on the team behind Dixon.
Softball team rallies beats Creighton twice
By Matt Woodruff
Kansan sportswriter
The No.24 Kansas softball team won both games in its home doubleheader against Creighton yesterday but did so in different fashions.
Kansas won the second game by a score of 4-3, after rallying from behind and getting the winning runs off a two-out RBI single by center fielder Julie True in the bottom of the sixth inning.
"I never felt like we weren't going to come back and win the game," Kansas coach Tracy Bunge said. "Julie came through for us in a big situation, and you can't ask for much more than that."
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First baseman Shannon Stanwix and shortstop Michelle Hubler hit back-to-back singles before True
Christy McPhail earned the win in relief, pitching four innings and allowing one run and two hits.
Walk-on Joy Peters started at first base and got her first two hits this season, both of them doubles as she went 2-for-3 and scored a run.
Leadoff hitter Sara Holland went 2-for-3 with two RBI, and Stanwix added two hits.
Kansas won the opener 4-0 behind a one-hit shutout by behind a one-hit shutout by Workman, who improved her season record to 21-12.
"Workman was on," Bunge said. "I'm very happy with the way that she is throwing the ball, and that is very important to the success of this team."
Workman allowed a single in the second inning but shut the door for the rest of the game, earning seven strikeouts and giving up just two walks.
Catcher Kristina Johnson hit a two-run blast in the fifth inning, her sixth home run of the season.
Soccer team heads to Maryland for kicks
Holland also went 2-for-3 in game one, and second baseman Heather Richins was 2-for-4 with a double and scored a pair of runs.
The team will be host of another doubleheader this weekend. The Jayhawks will take on Missouri, which is in first place in the Big 12 Conference, tomorrow and the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Sunday in the team's final home game of the season. Games will begin at noon and 2 p.m. both days.
Kansan staff report
The University of Kansas women's soccer team will compete this weekend in the Claudia Mayer Fund "Kicks Against Breast Cancer" college women's soccer tournament.
The University of Maryland is host of the event, which will be held in College Park. Md.
The team will play its first game under new head coach Don Magner, who was hired last month. Magner came to Kansas from Wake Forest after former coach Lori Walker resigned to take the head coaching job at Ohio State.
Kansas will face Rutgers at 10 a.m. tomorrow, Navy at 4 p.m. tomorrow
and George Washington at 10 a.m. Sundav.
The championship game will be played at 4 p.m. Sunday. Teams are awarded points for victories and for how many goals they win by.
George Mason, Florida, South Carolina, Old Dominion and Maryland also are competing.
M:nger said the weekend would be a great test for his team and a good chance to see what type of team he had.
"We are definitely looking at this as a learning experience," Magner said. "We will experiment with players and different combinations on the field."
Kansas baseball ready to pounce on Missouri
By Harley V. Ratliff Kansan sportswriter
Last season the Missouri Tigers were the best team in the Big Eight Baseball Conference. The team posted its best record in years, 39-19, and played in the NCAA Midwest Regional. And with 17 lettermen returning, the future appeared bright for Tiger baseball.
What a difference a year makes.
However, things have hardly gone as planned. The Tigers, who entered the season ranked in the top 25 by Collegiate Baseball, have failed to live up to last year's success. Expected to compete for the Big 12 Conference title, Missouri has stumbled, posting an 18-22 record and hovering near the bottom of the conference standings.
But the Tigers still present a formidable opponent for the Kansas Jayhawks, who open a three-game series against Missouri at 7 tonight at Simmons Field in Columbia, Mo.
"This is still a quality baseball team," Kansas head coach Bobby Randall said. "Their backs are against the wall. They know that they have to win out if they want a chance to play after the regular season."
Several key players for the Tigers have been unable to reproduce their performances from last season. The largest disappointment has been for Missouri first baseman Aaron Jaworowski, Jaworowski, who as a sophomore batted .329 with 14 home runs and 101 RBI, has struggled to find his groove. The big first baseman is batting just .216 and has knocked in only 41 runs.
The Jayhawks (26-14) already have beat the Tigers twice this season and will be looking to
pad their conference record. However, Randall assured that his team wouldn't take Missouri lightly.
"This is when it counts," Randall said. "Our guys won't come into this game overconfident. Both games last time were hard-fought contests. It's hard to win on the road in this league, and the Missouri fans aren't always the most friendly."
Starting on the mound tonight for the Jayhawks will be Tim Lyons. Josh Bailey and Mark Corson are slated to make the Jayhawks remaining two starts in the series.
Randall said that while several pitchers had performed better than others, the squad's success had been a team effort.
"There are a lot of heroes on this team," Randall said. "Every night we have a new guy come in and help us to get the job done."
The University Theatre • The University of Kansas
Presents the winner of the first Great Plains Play Contes
ABIDE WITH ME
featuring KU theatre alumni and current students
by Thomas Fox Averill
(KU '71 & '74)
8:00 p.m. April 24, 25, 26 & May 1, 2*, 3, 1997
Crafton-Preyer Theatre
Directed by
Jack Wright
Scenic and Lighting
Design by
Dennis Christilles
Costume Design by
Stephen Hudson-Mairet
Reserved seat tickets are on sale in the KU box offices: Murphy Hall, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-ARTS, SUA Office, 864-3477; public $12, KU students $6, other students and senior citizens $11; both VISA and MasterCard are accepted for phone orders. Abide With Me is the featured production for The University Theatre's Alums Come Home III celebration. For a complete schedule of ACH III activities, call the theatre office, 864-3818. The playwright will be on hand at 7 p.m., prior to each performance, to sign copies of his new book, William Jennings Bryan O'Leander's Guide to Kansas.
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