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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 10, 2004
Softball splits last series
Sophomore infielder Destiny Frankenstein attempted to tag out Iowa State junior Heather McLatchie during yesterday's game. The game concluded with a Kansas victory of 3-1, finishing off regular-season competition 31-26-1 overall.
Team finishes regular season 1-1 against Iowa State
By Jonathan Kealing
jkealing@kansan.com
Kansas sportswriter
Kansas softball split its last series of the season against Iowa State with a 3-2 loss Saturday and a 3-1 victory yesterday.
Freshman Kassie Humphreys recorded the loss on Saturday as her record fell to 14-11. Senior Kara Pierce notched the victory yesterday and improved to 17-11 overall.
Yesterday's 3-1 victory was led by a Jayhawk team that recorded nine hits. Sophomore left fielder Heather Stanley, senior right fielder Sylvia Pfeiffer and senior third baseman Smith all had two hits. Stanley recorded one RBI while Pfeiffer recorded two. Also with hits were freshman designated player Nicole Washburn, senior first baseman Leah Mountain and sophomore second baseman Jessica Moppin.
Kansas' first run came on a single by Smith down the left field line. Pfeiffer then doubled to left field, allowing sophomore Ashley Goodrich to
advance to third. Goodrich had entered the game as a pinch runner for Smith. A sacrificed fly by Stanley drove in Goodrich and moved Pfeiffer to third.
goodneth and moved Kansas also scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Mountain began the inning with another single down the left field line. She was replaced by pinch runner Kathy McVey on the base paths. A sacrificed bunt by Moppin moved McVey to second. Pfeiffer then took a 2-out pitch out of the park, earning two RBI for herself.
Iowa State's only run of the game was in the top of the first when Pierce gave up a walk and two singles.
Both games this weekend were highlighted by many hits. ISU recorded 10 hits on Saturday and won, while KU recorded nine yesterday and won. Kansas also had six hits on Saturday.
Kansas' two runs on Saturday came in a fashion similar to yesterday. Senior center fielder Mel Wallach singled down the left field line. A double to the same place by sophomore designated player Serena Settlemier moved Wallach around to third base. A single up the middle by Mountain brought Wallach in and allowed Settlemier to move to third. The last run of the inning came when Moppin singled to left field, allowing Settlemier to score.
ISU recorded three runs, one in the third and two in the fourth.
third and two in the row. Yesterday was the last game of the regular season for the Jayhawks and was also their senior day. Six Jayhawk seniors were honored in pre-game ceremonies. They were seniors Pierce, Dani Mav.
The two runs were not enough as
Wallach, Pfeiffer, Mountain and Smith
wanadn, Freier Mountain and Smith. The Jayhawks are seeded seventh into the Big 12 Conference softball tournament, which takes place this week in Oklahoma City.
Edited by Ashley Arnold
Dog day afternoon
Nokona, a one-and-a-half-year-old mixed breed, walked with his owner, Lawrence resident Clint Church, during Saturday's Mutt and Strut benefit for the Lawrence Humane Society. Dogs and their owners walked either a one-mile trail or a two-mile trail near Sunflower School, 2621 Inverness Drive. Church found Nokona on a road one year ago and adopted him.
FOOTBALL
University of Kansas senior Adrian Jones was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influ-
Jones posted $500 bail and was released from Douglas County Jail.
Jones was a team captain on the KU football team last season.
Jones
The 6-foot-5,
260-pound tight end was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the NFL draft last month.
— Kansan staff reports
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Katie Wulf will join the KU coaching staff as an administrative assistant, University of Kansas women's basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson
announced Friday.
Wulf joins Kyra Elzy as the second member of Henrickson's staff from Western Kentucky.
Wulf comes to Kansas after one season as graduate assistant at
Wulf
Western Kentucky, where she also played for four seasons.
During her career, the Lady Toppers appeared in the 2000 NCAA Tournament and made two WNIT appearances.
A native of Bloomington, Ill., Wulf graduated from Western Kentucky in 2002.
— Kanson staff reports
ROWING
In addition to honoring the team's eight seniors, coaches and players handed out ten awards.
handed out ten awards Top honors went to Beth Olson, who received the 2004 Oarswoman of the Year and the Top Ergometer Score award with her time of 7:00.1, a Kansas record.
The senior class recognized junior coxswain LeAnna Kemp as the person who best represented Kansas rowing with the "Essence of a Jawhawk" Senior Award.
The awards were as follows:
Oarswoman of the Year: Beth Olson
Senior Academic Achievement Award: Amber Snyder
- "Class of 2000" Academic Award; Kelly Abrams, Kristy Hainer, Amber Snyder
Service Award: Elizabeth Hodges
Most Improved Newcomer:
Rachel Chapman
Most Improved Oarswoman:
Erin Hennessey
Top Ergometer Score: Beth Olson
Outstanding Freshman
Outstanding Prefumma
Owrswoman: Lindsey Miles
Nikia Rosenberger Coxswain
Award: Sara Kibride
Award: Sara Klein
■ "Essence of a Jayhawk" Senior Award: LeAnna Kemp
Kansan staff reports
Good pitching not enough to save 'Hawks
By Ryan Colaianni
roclaianni@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas's pitching was good this weekend, but Texas' was better as the Longhorns swept the Jayhawks three games to none. The losses moved the Jayhawks to 26-29-1 and 2-18 in the conference.
Yesterday at Texas, the Jayhawks' pitching was stellar through the first six innings as the team allowed just two runs, but the Longhorns broke the game open in the bottom of the seventh as they scored three runs and fell 7-1.
The lone highlight for the Hawks
of the season home run record. Metcalf's home run also put Kansas into the record books as it was the team's 64th of the season which is one more than the previous record of 63 set in 1993. The hit cut the lead to 2-1.
offensively was a record home run from junior third baseman Travis Metcalf.
He hit his 18th home run of the season, which put him in sole possession of the season home run record.
In 1995. The Hawks would not remain close for long as Texas' David Maroul hit a solo shot and Curtis Thigpen hit an RBI single.
RBI single. Carson Kainer added an RBI double to make the score 4-1.
make the score 10.25
Starter Ryan Knippschild went 6 1
innings and gave up four runs, three of which were earned.
The loss moved Knippschild to 5-8 on the season.
The Kansas pitching staff looked much improved this weekend as it was able to limit the Longhorns to 10 runs in the series' first two games.
In Saturday's contest the 'Hawks fell 6-5, with all five runs in the top of the ninth.
Junior catcher Sean Richardson blasted a grand slam in the ninth but Andy Scholl hit a pop fly to end the game.
Starter Mike Zagurski went 4.2 innings and four runs were scored, however just one was earned because
of an error on sophomore second baseman Matt Baty.
Don Czyz relieved Zagurski and went three innings and allowed two runs.
On Friday, freshman Ryotaro Hayakawa shut down the Longhorns as he relieved starter Ken Livesey. Livesey went 1.2 innings and allowed four runs.
four runs.
Hayakawa finished the game for Livesey as he pitched the remaining 6.2 innings, allowing just four hits and striking out three.
Texas responded in the bottom half
Kansas managed to score in the top of the first as Ritchie Price scored on a wild pitch to give Kansas a 1-0 lead.
of the inning with two runs from Drew Stubbs on a wild pitch and Hunter Harris on a sacrifice fly.
In the bottom half of the second the Longhorns plated two more runs on a solo home run from Robby Hudson and J.D. Reininger scored on an RBI single from Harris.
Those would be all the runs the Longhorns would need. The Hawks managed just one more run in the contest on a double by Ryan Baty to score Price.
Next up for the 'Hawks is Oral Roberts at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Hoglund Ballpark.
Edited by Meghan Brune
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