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SPORTS MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Dirty Birds soar
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Jon Bailon is presented with the tournament's MVP award for his performance in this weekend's National College Championship Series Regional Basketball Tournament hosted by the National Intraumal Recreation Sports Association. The tournament took place Saturday and Sunday, and winners will travel to Vanderbilt University in April for the National Championship.
Jayhawks top 10 finishers in Iowa
TRACK & FIELD
While not achieving the ultimate prize, — a pair of conference titles — many Jayhawks had successful trips to Ames, Iowa this weekend during the Big 12 Indoor Track Championship.
The Jayhawk men finished 10th in team standings. Freshman shot putter Mason Finley was crowned conference champion with a personal-record throw of 19.25 meters. The school's fifth best throw gave the Salida, Colo. native a NCAA provisional standard. Senior Jordan Scott earned the team 10 points with a mark of 5.42 meters.
The men's 4x400 meter relay team finished fifth with a time of 3:11.63, losing to eventual conference champion Oklahoma. The Sooner men left the Lied Recreation-Athletic Facility with their first Indoor conference title.
The Kansas women returned home with a fifth-place finish.
Freshman runner Taylor Washington captured a Big 12 title in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:20.48. With the impressive finish, the Houston, Texas native earned the second-fastest time in school history in the event. Standout senior runner Lauren Bonds broke the school record in the mile for the third time in her career. Her time of 4:41.61 earned her a third-place finish
Freshman Alena Krechyk won the weight-throwing event with a distance of 19.54 meters.
The two teams will compete in the Alex Wilson Last Chance event next weekend in South Bend, Ind, as well as the NCAA qualifiers in Ames. The NCAA Indoor Championships will begin in Fayetteville, Ark. on March 12.
— Kory Carpenter
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The Dirty Birds from KU pose for a photo after their victory against a team from Mid America Nazarene University in Olathe. Because of their victory the Dirty Birds will get a $1500 travel stipend for a trip to Vanderbilt University, and a chance to compete for the National Collegiate Championship Series National Basketball Tournament.
TENNIS
Road matches no problem for team
After time delays and difficult weather cancelling matches, the Kansas women's tennis team wont two matches against New Mexico State and the University of Texas-El Paso on the road this weekend.
The Jayhawks won a 4-3 decision against New Mexico State
on Saturday. All three doubles teams lost and all six singles matches were forced to a thirdset tie breaker. But junior Maria Martinez, senior Kuni Dorn, sophomore Ekaterina Morozova and freshman Vika Khanevskaya won in singles play.
The team moved on to UTEP where they won four out of five singles matches before Khanevskaya's match, along with
With their victories the Jayhawks broke UTEP's seven game-winning streak and Kansas moves to 5-3 on the season.
all three doubles matches, were cancelled due to rain and strong winds.
Kansas will look to continue their road trip next weekend taking on Tulane and New Orleans.
Kathleen Gier
HARTFORD, Conn. — Tina Charles turned Connecticut's senior day celebration into a personal showcase, leading UConn to its 68th consecutive win and the Big East regular-season conference title.
UConn's senior center scored a season-high 33 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as UConn (29-0, 15-0) beat No. 13 Georgetown 84-62 on Saturday.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALI
UConn wins regular season title
The Huskies can tie their own record for the longest winning streak in women's Division I basketball with wins Monday at No. 7 Notre Dame and next Sunday in the conference tournament.
“Coach always says we're playing to make history,” Charles said. “But in the back of our minds, we know what our goals are, and that's to win every championship that's thrown our way.”
This is UConn's 18th regular-
season title and fourth straight.
UConn's senior class has compiled a mark of 136-6 in four years, including four straight regular-season conference titles.
"This was one of our goals," Greene said. "Every year that is the first goal, you go out there and win the Big East regular season and put yourself in a good position to win the Big East tournament."
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