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Monday, April 7,1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KU tennis wins two, ranks No.2 in Big 12
Geoff Krieder / KANSAN
By Andy Rohrback
Kansan sportswriter
Jeff Erin, No. 3 doubles, returns a shot, Erin and his partner, Trent Tucker, won their match against Colorado 8-5 westward.
This weekend was a clean sweep for the Kansas men's tennis team. The team won two matches in two days, securing its second-place ranking in the Bit 12 Conference.
Avila said he and Abaroa had been working on their communiication
Kansas picked up a 6-1victory against Nebraska on Saturday at Robinson Center. The team swiped doubles play as the No. 21-ranked team of Enrique Abaroa and Xavier Avila beat their opponents 9-7.
"We've been talking a lot, which I think is the key," he said. "We can be a pretty good team sometimes. We're more concentrated and really want to win all the matches we have left so we can get to the NCAAs."
To complete doubles play, Fernando Sierra and Luis Uribe won 8-6 at the No. 2 position while Trent Tucker and Jeff Erin won their match 8-4.
In singles, each match was decided in two sets. Scott Marshall's 6-4, 6-4 loss at the No. 6 spot was the Jayhawks' only defeat of the day.
Abaroa won 6-2, 6-3 over an opponent whose frustration became an asset for Abaroa.
"He's a really good player, but he got really down on himself up there." Abaroa said.
Sierra picked up a decisive 6-0, 6-4 win for the Jayhawks against Nebraska's Markus Bergerheim.
Tucker played at the No. 4 spot, winning the most convincing match of the day, 6-1, 6-0. Tucker, who normally plays the No. 5 spot, said regular No. 4 player Luis Uribe was recovering from a turned ankle, which necessitated the switch.
The win marked Tucker's 12th consecutive singles victory. He has not lost an outdoor match this season.
"Coach has a lot of faith in me
right now," Tucker said. "The guys on the team, they're really making me feel comfortable, and I'm feeling really confident right now."
Despite his injury, Uribe pulled out a 6-2, 6-0 victory at the No. 5 position. He returned to his regular spot yesterday against Colorado.
The team had to brave unfavorable conditions Saturday, as temperatures hovered just above 50 degrees and gusty winds blew balls around the courts. During one match, a return by Avila bounced on the opposing team's court and then returned to his court without having been touched.
Assistant tennis coach Frank Polito said the conditions didn't affect the meet's outcome.
At Alvamar Tennis Club yesterday, the team found success similar to Saturday's, downing perennial rival Colorado 4-3.
"That's a long rivalry, Kansas-Colorado men's tennis," coach Mark Riley said. "It's always close."
"Coach has a lot of faith in me right now."
Trent Tucker men's tennis player
The Jayhawks edged the Buffaloes in doubles play, with 8-6 wins at the No.1 and 2 positions and an 8-5 win at No.3.
A loss to Texas earlier in the season is all that stands between Kansas and the Big 12 Conference title. Riley said he looks forward to taking another shot at the Longhorns at the conference tournament in Austin, Texas, April 24.
"I would really enjoy playing them again, and playing in their backyard, that would be fun," Riley said.
By Matt Woodruff
Kansan sportswriter
Women's throwers excel
Track team needs work, coach says
The Kansas women's throwers continued their strong season at the 72nd annual Texas Relays this weekend.
Kim Feldkamp, Lisa Beran and Marla Woodman took three of the top six positions in the hammer throw on Thursday in their best performance of the season.
Feldkamp placed second with a toss of 159 feet 1 inch. The co-captain is an NCAA provisional qualifier with her Kansas-record toss of 162-5.
Beran came in third with a career-
Feldcamp also finished 14th in the women's shot put (44-5 1/4), and Woodman finished 23rd with a toss of 42 feet.
best 155-8, and Woodman took sixth place with a loss of 150-5.
The Kansas men and women's track team was competing in Austin, Texas.
Kansas coach Gary Schwartz said he was pleased with the performance of the women's throwers and a few other individuals but that the team did not perform as well as he had hoped.
"The women's throwers had a great week with the highlight coming in the hammer throw," he said. "This was a regional competition, and people are expected to step things up. I think some people did, but we didn't do as well as I expected."
Schwartz said he was proud of several of the performances, even those that did not place.
Some of the members of the team did not travel to Texas and instead competed in the Emporia Invitational in Emporia.
Amber Mounday posted a personal best in the long jump (18-0 1/2), and Tully McCoy posted his best effort of the season in the high jump (6-93/4).
Kansas will travel to Columbia, Mo., to compete in the Tom Botts Invitational on April 12 and will be home April 16-19 for the Kansas Relays.
Rowing team hits rough water
KU confronts K-State Iowa this weekend
Kansan staff report
The biggest opponent for the Kansas women's rowing team this weekend was the weather.
High winds created rough waters on the Kansas River in Lawrence this weekend as the Jayhawks raced Kansas State on Saturday and Iowa and Kansas State yesterday. Saturday's competition featured six races, and yesterday's had five.
On both days the races, ordinarily 2,000 meters long, had to be shortened to between 1,000 and 1,500 meters because of the weather.
In yesterday's dual regatta, Kansas took first place in the Second Freshman Eight with a time of 5:30.0. Kansas State was a close second at 5:32.9, and Iowa came in close behind with a time of 5:34.8.
The Jayhawks finished second in the First Varsity Eight race, behind Iowa. Kansas and Kansas State fell far behind Iowa in the race.
The Hawkeyes finished with a time of 6:25.1. Kansas finished 13
seconds behind Iowa with a time of 6:38.5.
The First Freshman Eight race was much closer. Kansas finished third, but the race was tight. The Jayhawks were less than four seconds behind the winner, Kansas State, which finished with a time of 4:54.7. Iowa finished just three seconds behind the Wildcats.
On Saturday, Kansas won the first four races of the day: the First Varsity Four, First Freshman Four, Second Varsity Eight and the Second Varsity Four races.
Kansas came close to winning the First Varsity Eight race but finished second behind Kansas State.
The Jayhawks were closing in on the Wildcats but were unable to cross the finish line first.
Kansas rowing coach Rob Catloth said his team could have won, but the shortened course from 2,000 to 1,500 hurt the team. That meant that Kansas was unable to finish a come-from-behind attempt. Catloth said.
"The short course hurt us today." Catloth said. "We were ready to row 2,000 meters. At the end of the First Varsity Eight, we were really moving on them. If it was 2,000 meters, it may have been a different outcome."
Kansas rowing
Kansas vs. Iowa and Kansas State
First Varsity Eight
First Varsity Eight
1 Iowa 6:25.1
2 Kansas 6:38.5
3 Kansas State 6:39.6
Second Varsity Eight
Second Varsity Eight
1 Iowa 5:26.7
2 Kansas B 5:42.5
3 Kansas A 5:42.5
Varsity Four
Varsity Four
1 Iowa 6:13.3
2 Kansas State 6:31.3
3 Kansas 6:33.7
First Freshman Eight
1 Kansas State 4:54.7
2 Iowa 4:57.0
3 Kansas 4:58.1
Second Freshman Light
1 Kansas 5:30.0
2 Kansas State 5:32.9
3 Iowa 5:34.8
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