THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013
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TARA BRYANT/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior infielder Mariah Montgomery hits the ball while at bat in the first inning of the game against Independence Community College at Arrocha Ballpark on Sept. 26. Kansas dominated the game, winning the five-inning no-hitter 12-0. The Jayhawks had a similarly strong weekend in South Carolina with an 11-1 win over Furman University to clinch the series win.
Jayhawks pull off series win over Furman in S.C.
CHRIS SCHAEDER
The Kansas softball team bbounced back from an inconsistent Saturday doubleheader and dominated Furman University 11-1 on Sunday morning to cap off the weekend series in Greensville, S.C.
cschaeder@kansan.com
Kansas defeated Furman 4-0 in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, and sophomore Alicia Pille threw her fifth shutout of the season. Junior second baseman Ashley Newman and sophomore third blaseman Chanin Naudin each had two hits.
Although Jones retired 15-straight batters after the second inning, a two-run second inning by Furman was enough to defeat the Jayhawks in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader.
The game was scoreless until the top of the sixth inning when senior Rosie Hull drove in freshman Alex Hugo on an RBI single to right center. A bunt single by Newman down the first base line brought Hull home for Kansas' second run of the game. The final two runs for the Jayhawks came on a pitching error on a slap grounder by junior
center fielder Alex Jones.
Furman pitcher Lauren Collier threw a complete game shutout and only allowed four hits. Collier also had one of the Paladins' two RBIs, along with first baseman Stephanie Spain.
Coach Megan Smith was disappointed in her team's performance on Saturday.
"Yesterday was a rough day for us; we were really flat," Smith said. "We were struggling with our focus on the game, but we bounced back Sunday. Our pitching and defense was great this weekend, and our offense struggled until today."
Kansas' offense came together on Sunday with 13 hits, including four doubles and a two-run home run by sophomore third baseman
Chanin Naudin in the top of the first inning.
The Jayhawks scored in each of the game's first three innings. Eight consecutive Kansas batters reached base during the inning and paved the way for only Forturans second run-rule loss of the season.
Pille pitched five superb innings with 10 strikeouts and no walks. An unearned run was the only score for Furman on Sunday as the Jayhawk offense and Pille's dominating pitching performance paved the way for a Kansas victory.
"I think it [the weekend] went well," Pille said. "Our team came out a little slow, but I feel like we really picked it up at the end of the weekend and it definitely showed."
Kansas takes on former Big 12 conference member Nebraska on Wednesday in Lincoln, Neb.
— Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
Jayhawks win gold medal at Knecht Cup in Grand Finals
ROWING
STELLA LIANG
sliang@kansan.com
The Kansas rowing team had a strong showing in the fours at the Knecht Cup Saturday and Sunday, with the varsity four and second varsity four teams leading the way by winning gold in the Grand Finals.
The varsity four boat was one of four Kansas boats that qualified for their respective Grand Finals on Sunday. The other four boats that qualified were the Kansas A and Kansas B second varsity four boats and the second varsity eight boat. Two other Jayhawk boats, the varsity eight and novice eight, qualified for the Petite Finals.
four final. The Kansas A boat won gold with a time of 7:52.24, and the Kansas B boat finished. 44 seconds behind the New Hampshire boat with a time of 7:57.94 to earn bronze. The Kansas A boat members are senior Emily Starr, junior Carly Iverson and sophomores Angie Flores, Andrea Joyce and coxswain Sarah Lasini. The Kansas B boat members are senior Ashlyn Midyett, juniors Meghan Cahill, Kelsia Fiss, sophomore Alle Griffin and coxswain Abbey Lozenski.
Saturday competition included heats and semifinals to qualify for the finals on Sunday. The top six fastest boats in each event qualified to compete in the Grand Finals, and the next six boats went on to compete in the Petite Finals.
The next event on Sunday was the second varsity eight grand final. The Kansas second varsity eight boat had won its last four races before the Knecht Cup. On Sunday, this boat took home silver with a time of 6:48.02, finishing behind Northeastern with a time of 6:47.20.
The next event Sunday was varsity four grand final. The Kansas boat, senior coxswain Katy MacCormack, junior Jessica Miller, Kaylee Sextro and Emma Umbarger, and senior Eileen Gallagher, earned the gold medal with a time of 7:44.84, more than four seconds faster than Bucknell, which won silver.
Sunday, the first event Kansas competed in was the second varsity
Next up was the novice eight petite final where the Kansas boat boated fourth place. This boat earned a spot in the petite final by finishing third in their seminal.
This is the third year in a row that Kansas has competed in the Knecht Cup in Cherry Hill, N.J. This regatta featured more than 60 schools and 34 events in men's and women's rowing.
MEN'S GOLF
Kansas wins team title in Iowa
Up next for the Jayhawks is the Lake Natoma Invite in Lake Natoma, Calif., next weekend, April 20-21. Then the Jayhawks will have two weeks to prepare for the Big 12 Championships in Kansas City, Kan.
Last up was the varsity eight petite final. Kansas finished last in that race.
CHRIS HYBL chybl@kansan.com
The drought is over. The Kansas men's golf team got its first team title since 2010 on Sunday, an exciting to end to a rather disappointing regular season. The Jayhawks claimed victory at the Hawkeye-Great River Entertainment Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa behind the T-1 individual efforts of senior Chris Gilbert.
Edited by Elise Reuter
"He really doesn't have any certain weakness," Kansas coach Jamie Bermel said. "He has a lot of maturity out there."
Gilbert finished in red numbers two of the tournament's three rounds for a 5-under tournament total.
that are there," Bermel said. "There were several ranked teams ahead of us, and obviously we showed we can measure up against those teams, and going into the Big 12s, that's huge."
As a team, Kansas shot a 3-over 291 in the closing round - one
"He chipped and putted the ball really well today," Bermel said. "He made a lot of birds on the perives today and that really helped."
stroke being enough to hold off a University of Iowa squad that carded a 4-under team score Sunday.
"It was touch-and-go for the last couple of holes," Bermel said, "We knew it was close, we just didn't know how close."
Sophomore Stan Gautier helped Kansas to the top of the podium with a 4-under tournament scorecard. Gautier's third place finish along with senior Alex Gutesh's T-11 helped the team piece together a puzzle its been trying to solve throughout the 2013 season.
"We were in a position like this earlier in the spring, and we just didn't play well," Bermel said. "Here, I think we just kind of got a sense of what it takes to play well."
Despite the win, an otherwise poor regular season resume has left Kansas' ranking far from what it would need to be to qualify for NCAA regionals. Gilbert will be able to qualify for regionals as an individual. Kansas' only way to make regionals would be to win the Big 12 tournament.
The field featured five teams in the top-100, although none of them were in the top-50. But that doesn't take much away from Bermel's first win as coach at Kansas.
The tournament will be at
A Prairie Dunes Country Club in
Hutchinson from April 22-24.
"You can only beat the teams
"A couple of guys have played there, but I do know it is a hard golf course with a lot of wind," Bermel said. "My expectations are to go there and play well. I have no idea what good scores are there, but we'll find out."
Edited by Tara Bryant
WOMEN'S GOLF
Team receives 'confidence booster'
chybl@kansan.com
CHRIS HYBL
A second place finish at the Indiana Invitational at the Indiana University Golf Course wasn't a great look for the Kansas women's golf team. But with a 12-team field and only three participants in the top-100 rankings, it was a good chance for a season-best finish, and the lavhawks took advantage.
"All of them did a real good job of staying in their game and playing to their strengths," coach Erin O'Neil said. "This will be a good confidence booster."
Kansas shot the lowest team field score the last two rounds of the tournament and was just three strokes off Indiana, the host and winner of the tournament.
Kansas finished at +29 for the tournament with the help of three Jayhawks. Junior Anttuntta Boonraksasat, freshman Yupaporn Kawinpakorn and senior Audrey Yowell all placed in the top-10 individually with Booknraksasat (2nd place) earning her second straight top-5 finish.
"We didn't give anything away; IU earned it," O'Neil said. "We didn't give it to them by any stretch. They focused on what was in their control and not getting caught up in what Indiana was doing."
"Fhong (Boonrakasat) did a great job of being consistent throughout the tournament," O'Neil said. "She's had two solid tournaments back-to-back and is playing real well."
The good play is too late for
the Jayhawks though; ranked at 108, the team is unlikely to make its way into the top-65 cut for the NCAA regionals. The Big 12 Championships will be the team's last chance for improvement, but it should be easy for the Jayhawks — they finished last in the tournament in 2012.
"This reinforces that they can do it," O'Neil said. "That they have the ability and all their hard work is paying off. If you have to pick a time for it to show up, this is when you want it to happen. We're definitely peaking at the right time."
The tournament will be hosted by Iowa State at the Harvester Golf Club in Rhodes, Iowa on April 19 through 21.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
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