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Kansas mercy-ruled in games against Texas A&M
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Kansas opened Big 12 play with a setback as two grand slams helped run-rule Kansas in only six innings in both games against Texas A&M. Kansas fell to 14-17 (0-2) while Texas A&M improved to 29-7 (2-0) on the season.
Coach Megan Smith said the team was already moving forward from the weekend and was focusing on what the team needs to do to improve.
"Our mantra all year is we're going to focus on ourselves, control the controllables, work hard and have passion for the game every time out," Smith said. "The outcome of the game is secondary if we can do all those things."
Smith said she would use the game as a teaching tool and expected the Big 12 Conference to be very tough this season.
"Everyone we play in conference is a good team," Smith said. "Specifically knowing that we're playing in conference now, everyone is going to be playing their best."
Kansas managed only five hits
in game one and two hits in game two. Texas A&M on the other hand was efficient with its hitting, getting 12 runs on 11 hits in game one and 10 runs on 10 hits in game two. Senior infielder Sara Ramirez said
that Texas A&M biggest strength was their hitting.
"All up and down the lineup they have good hitters," Ramirez said. "Their hitting capabilities are real tough."
Ramirez
The Aggies pitcher had a good weekend as well, and through the
two games the Aggies allowed only four earned runs and seven hits. Sophomore in f i e l d e r Marissa Ingle said Texas A&M pitched extremely well.
"We got to
keep thinking positive and not let any more pitchers beat us because that was really the difference," Ingle said.
Ingle
In the first game the Aggies scored a single run in the bottom of the second, but Kansas quickly tied it in the third. Texas A&M responded with three more runs in the third. Senior first baseman
Amanda Jobe belted a two-run homer in the fourth, and Ingle had a solo homerun in the fifth to tie the game back up. Then in **the** bottom of the
Jobe
sixth the Aggies hit in eight runs, including a grand slam to run-rule Kansas 12-4.
In the second game Kansas couldn't get anything going offensively. Kansas didn't get its first hit or run until the top of the sixth, but by that time Texas A&M had built a six-point lead. In the bottom of the sixth, the Aggies again hit a grand slam to run rule Kansas 10-1.
Kansas continues the season with a doubleheader at home against UMKC and will play two games at home against No.15 Texas over the weekend.
Edited by Becky Howlett
TRACK & FIELD
Jayhawks open season with wins in 15 individual events
BY KORY CARPENTER
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The Razorback Spring Invitational marked the opening of the 2010 Outdoor season for the track and field teams. Eighty-six athletes made the journey and 15 returned with first place honors.
Sophomores Corey Fuller and Darryl Trotter returned home with first and second place finishes in the triple jump. Fuller recorded a distance of 14.95 meters while Trotter finished second with a distance of 14.36 meters. Fellow sophomore jumper Nick Canton recorded a high jump of 2.05 meters and finished in first place.
Senior pole vaulter Jordan Scott also earned a first place finish with a height of 5.40 meters.
Male runners finishing first included sophomore Donny Wasinger (3,000M, 1,500M) sophomore Keith Hayes (110M hurdles) and freshman Austin Bussing (3,000M Steeplechase).
Junior lain Trimble made his 2010 debut after an injury derailed his 2009 season. The thrower finished atop the javelin standings with a throw of 64.26 meters. Senior Brian Bishop brought home a first place finish with a shot put of 51.65 meters.
A laj Hawk also won the women's triple jump. Freshmen Andrea Geubelle placed first in the competition after jumping a distance of 12.76 meters. Geubelle was joined by sophomore Jamaica Collins who finished fourth with a distance of 11.31 meters. Geubelle and Collins also finished first and fourth in the long jump with marks of 6.21 and 5.74 meters, respectively.
Runners Kendra Bradley, a junior, and Tara Grosserode, a freshman, were the only women
runners to earn first place finishes.
Bradley clocked in at 12.10 seconds in the 100-meter dash, while Grosserode finished the 800-meter run in 4:48.61.
Women javelin throwers also finished atop the standings. Freshman Heather Bergmann (44.70 m) and senior Lacey Cunningham (41.04 m) finished first and second respectively, while junior Amanda Radovich finished in fourth place with a distance of 36.73 meters.
In the women's shot put, freshmen Micah Wesley finished first with her distance of 13.64 meters
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
NBA
Hawks snap Pacers' five-game win streak
ATLANTA — Josh Smith had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Al Horford added 18 points and 12 boards, and the Atlanta Hawks snapped the Indiana Pacers' five-game winning streak with a 94-84 victory on Sunday.
two of three overall, increased their home winning streak to a season-high eight games.
The Hawks, who had dropped
Troy Murphy scored 21 for Indiana, which was trying to win six straight games for the first time since 2005. Danny Granger, who was coming off a career-high 44 points in a home win Friday over Utah, finished with 18. He had averaged 31.9 over the previous
seven games.
Atlanta has won six straight over the Pacers overall and five in a row at Philips Arena.
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