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TENNIS
Kansas falls to Baylor and TCU in weekend play
TYLER CONOVER
transover@kensan.com
fconover@kansan.com
With an 0-3 record in Big 12 play, the Kansas tennis team traveled south to take on two nationally ranked teams with hopes of making up ground in the rest of the conference. Unfortunately for Kansas, the road trip yielded two losses.
Needing a win in conference play to keep early hopes alive, Kansas was unable to clamp down on No. 42 Baylor or No. 35 TCU. Falling to 0-5 in Big 12 play the Jayhawks have a lot of work to do, but there were some good things to take away from this road trip.
For the second time this spring, the Jayhawks defeated an International Tennis Association-ranked singles player. On Friday, Maria Belen Luduea bested ITA No. 120 Victoria Kisaleva (4-6, 3-1) to earn one of the two points in the 5-2 loss. The other point came from freshman Anastasia Trubica, who downed Maria Biryukova (6-3, 3-1).
The Jayhawks never were able to establish a presence in doubles play as the team was swept 3-0.
On Sunday, Kansas was in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Horned Frogs were not in a playful mood as TCU dispatched Kansas 7-0. The pace started rough for the Jayhawks, who lost two of the three doubles matches on the way to surrendering all six singles matches, two of which came at the hands of ITA top-120 players. The lone victory came from Paulina Los and Ludueña, who have been consistent this year, but the rest of the doubles play has been suspect since conference play started.
Now riding a 19-game conference losing streak, the Jayhawks will aim to regroup and erase that number when Texas comes to Lawrence on Friday. Kansas needs a home game to notch that elusive first Big 12 victory of the spring. The match is at 2 p.m. at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
Edited by Brian Sisk
Freshman Maria Beilen Luduena returns the ball during her match against her Oklahoma opponent Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. Luduena won 6-3, 2-6, and 10-6.
CHRIS BRONSON/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Clippers beat Lakers 109-95 to win first Pacific Division title
NBA
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LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul held up the red T-shirt reading 'Can't Stop Los Angeles' for a quick post-game photo. He didn't put it on, and neither did his Clippers teammates.
There was no celebrating on court or in the locker room after they beat the Lakers 109-95 on Sunday to clinch the Clippers' first Pacific Division title in franchise history against a team that has long overshaded them.
"It just feels like something we were supposed to do," said Paul, who had 24 points and 12 assists. "it means we headed in the right direction. We're not satisfied. We understand this is something small compared to the big picture."
Blake Griffin had 24 points and
12 rebounds as the playoff-bound Clippers swept the Lakers 4-0 for the first time since Donald Sterling bought the team in 1981.
The 1974-75 team, known as the Buffalo Braves, had the franchise's other sweep of the Lakers.
Fans chanted, "Sweep! Sweep!" in the closing seconds.
Sterling accepted a congratulatory handshake from a fan after the game.
"It's always good to sweep a team in your division, in the West," said Griffin, savoring the first division title of his young career. "I'm proud of how we won the game a little bit differently. We kept up a nice tempo the whole game."
Jamal Crawford had 20 points off the bench, DeAndre Jordan had 13 rebounds and Caron Butler scored 14 points for the Clippers, who
knew that even if they lost, they could have clinched later Sunday if Utah won at Golden State.
"We didn't want to do it that way," Paul said. "We wanted to clinch on our own terms."
As the division winner, the Clippers are guaranteed a top-four seed but will only open the playoffs with home-court advantage if they finish the season with a better record than the team in fifth, which currently is Memphis.
Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro said, "You have to earn it and today we did."
"Hopefully, we're playing well at the right time going to the playoffs," Crawford said.
He chalked up winning the division title at home against the Lakers to "the basketball gods set it up that way."
Dwight Howard scored 25 points, including 9 of 13 free throws, for the Lakers, who played without injured starters Steve Nash and Metta World Peace. Kobe Bryant added 25 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds, and Pau Gasol had 12 points and 13 rebounds as the Lakers' three-game winning streak ended.
Playing as the home team, the Clippers dealt their Staples Center co-tenant's playoff hopes a serious blow.
The Lakers fell into a tie with Utah for the eighth and final playoff berth in the West. If the Jazz won later, they would move a half-game ahead of the Lakers, who have five regular-season games left. The Jazz own the tiebreaker with the Lakers.
"We've got a bigger challenge than worrying about beating the
The Lakers led by seven points to start the game before the Clippers took the lead for good. The Lakers owned a two-point edge in the paint, but Clippers had more second-chance and fast-break points. They also controlled the boards, 50-36.
Clippers in one game," Bryant said. "They obviously performed extremely well against us all four times. Our concern is playing well in order to get into the playoffs, get guys healthy, and go in there and see what we can do."
"They made some pretty tough shots, and they had players come in and make some big baskets under duress?" Bryant said. "They kind of kept us at bay and they would get some turnovers and get out in transition."
The game featured three of the
NBAs top-five dunkers in Griffin, Howard and Jordan. They all got some alley-oops in, although the Clippers' usual Lob City show didn't emerge in force until the fourth.
That's when Paul fed Griffin on a fast break late in the game and Griffin raced in for a one-handed jam. Paul stole the ball from Howard and sped up court before flipping it to Jordan for a monster slam.
"That's how we're supposed to play," Jordan said. "As long as we bring that type of energy from jump ball to the end of the game, we'll be OK."
The Clippers stretched a seven-point halftime lead to 14 points in the third on a 3-pointer by Butler after leading 56-49 at halftime.
MLB
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Washington Nationals' Denard Span, left, dives safely back to first base as Cincinnati Reds' Joy Votto, right, waits for a throw from pitcher John Cueto in the first inning of their baseball game in Cincinnati yesterday.
Cincinnati defeats Washington 6-3 during opening-week play
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CINCINNATI — Johnny Cueto outlasted Stephen Strasburg in a highly anticipated matchup of young aces and Jay Bruce drove in three runs as the Cincinnati Reds wrapped up an impressive opening week homestand with a 6-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.
Cueto needed 108 pitches to get through six innings, allowing seven hits and three runs. He walked three and struck out six. Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and had two strikeouts in the ninth for his second save.
Bruce, Shin-Soo Choo, Xavier Paul and Brandon Phillips each had two hits to back Cueto (1-0) and help the Reds win the rubber match of their three-game series with Washington. They finished
Strasburg (1-1) allowed nine hits and six runs with four walks and five strikeouts in 5-1 3 innings. He threw 114 pitches, 73 for strikes.
The Reds knocked Strasburg out with a three-run sixth. Rookie Derrick Robinson, called up on Wednesday to replace the injured Ryan Ludwick, led off with his first major league hit, a sharp one-hop just out of the reach of diving third baseman Ryan Zimmerman.
4-2 at home against the Nationals and Los Angeles Angels, two teams expected to contend this season for post-season berths.
Robinson went to third on Choo's single to center and slid across the plate with the go-ahead run just ahead of second baseman Danny Espinosa's throw on Paul's fielder's choice.
Both runners moved up on Joey Votto's chopper to Strasburg and Phillips singled to left through the drawn-in infield to drive in Paul
and end Strasburg's day. Ryan Matteus relieved Strasburg, and Bruce greeted him with a run-scoring infield single to shortstop Ian Desmond.
The duel between the two right-handers nearly fizzed early.
Strasburgh allowed as many hits in the first inning Sunday as he did while throwing seven shutout innings against Miami during a 2-0 win in Washington's opener on April 1. Four straight runners reached base, including Paul and Phillips with infield singles and Bruce with a bases-loaded, two-run double. Phillips scored the Reds' third run of the inning on Todd Frazier's groundout.
The Nationals immediately tied the score in the second on Desmond's double to left-center, Danny Espinosa's walk and Kurt Suzuki's 357-foot home run into the left field seats.
Associated Press
2013 Robert Hemenway Public Service Award
AWARD DESCRIPTION:
The Dole Institute of Politics established the Robert Hemenway Public Service Award in May of 2009, in honor of the 16th Chancellor of the University of Kansas upon his retirement. The $1,000 award is given annually to a junior student who has demonstrated a commitment to making a difference for KU students, and furthering the ideas of service on campus and within the community; the overriding criterion for this award is commitment to public service, with demonstrated leadership.
2012 Hemenway Award winners with Dole Institute director, Bill Lacy (far left), Mark Updegrove (center) and Barbara Ballard (far right)
ELIGIBILITY: Junior status for the Spring 2013 semester, with at least one year to complete at the University of Kansas.
Enrolled as a full-time University of Kansas undergraduate student during the 2013-2014 academic years.
Complete the full application and write a 250 word essay to be hand-delivered to the Dole Institute by the posted deadline.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION:
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 by 4:00 P.M. Hand-deliver to the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Dr., Lawrence, KS
Applications are available at the Dole Institute or online at www.doleinstitute.org/students-hemenway-award.shtml. You may find more info on our website or by calling 785-864-4900
ROBERT J. DOLE INSTITUTE OF POLITICS
The University of Kansas