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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, April 12, 2004
Aggies pummel 'Hawks
J. C. Sibley, junior outfielder, batted in the second inning of Saturday's game against Texas A&M. It was the second game of a three-game series, which Kansas lost 4-0.
Kansas gives up 37 runs during weekend series
Courtney Kuhlen/Kansan
By Shane Kucera skucera@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Texas A&M struck fast and hard in the first game of this weekend's series.
The Aggies belted out seven runs in the first two innings of game one and never let up offensively for the rest of the weekend.
the weekends. The Aggies showed why they were the No.15-ranked team in the country. A final score of 14-4 in game one was the largest margin of defeat for the Jayhawks this season. Kansas coach Ritch Price was frustrated with the team's performance against the Big 12 Conference opponent.
"If you don't come ready to play in this conference you're going to get humiliated." Price said.
Following the loss, senior Ryan Baty promised a better performance in the next game and the team delivered. The Jayhawks fell to the Aggies by four runs in game two, but the defense and pitching were much more solid.
"We were pleased with the effort, just not the result," Baty said.
The 'Hawks did not commit an error in game two behind starting pitcher Chris Smart. Smart, senior right-hander, held the Aggies hitless through the first three innings of play and did not allow a run until the fifth.
The game was tied at 0-0 until a controversial call in the fifth inning. With two outs, the umpire ruled that Baty pulled his foot off the base and Texas A&M's John Infante was safe at first. The Aggies posted two more runs in the sixth and one run in the
SEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 8B
Softball team drops two games
By Jonathan Kealing
jkealing@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The first game of the Kansas softball team's doubleheader against Texas A&M Saturday ended early, as the Jayhawks were on the losing side of the eight-run rule.
eight rallies In softball, when a team is down by more than eight runs after five innings the game is over.
The Jayhawks dropped both games of the double-header.
Game one wrapped up in just one hour and eighteen minutes with a final score of 8-0.
Game two concluded with a score of
7-3. The two losses dropped Kansas' record to 23-19-1, 2-6 in conference play. A&M is now 25-16, including a 7-1 mark in the Big 12 Conference.
Senior Kara Pierce started the game and pitched five innings, facing 21 batters and striking out seven. Pierce gave up seven runs — four of them earned — on eight hits. Pierce's record is now 13-9.
Sophomore pitcher Serena Settlemier
Serena Settlea came in to pick up two outs in the bottom of the sixth. After giving up one
Pierce
unearned run, the eight-run rule came into effect and the game was over.
Freshman first baseman Nicole Washburn recorded the only hit in the game for the Jayhawks, who left three runners on base.
Texas A&M pitcher Jessica Kapchinski pitched a full six innings and faced just 20 batters. She recorded nine strikeouts and walked one Jayhawk hitter.
The Aggies started off game two by driving in one run on an error. Sophomore shortstop Destiny Frankenstein fielded a routine ground ball and threw it to sophomore catcher Mel Torres. Torres was unable to complete the play, and one run
scored. Torres was charged with an error.
Kansas took a 3-1 lead in the third inning. Senior right fielder Sylvia Pfeiffer singled to start the inning. After junior Kathy McVey was inserted as a pinch runner, senior infielder Sandy Smith also recorded a single, moving McVey to second base. Sophomore third baseman Nettie Fierros bunted McVey to third and Smith took second. A sacrifice fly to left field brought in McVey, and a single back up the middle by Torres brought in Smith. Torres stole second and was brought in by a single up the middle by
SEE SOFTBALL ON PAGE 20
Tourney successful for track teams
By Michael Phillips
mphillips@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
With the Jayhawk track team's premier event, the Kansas Relays, just one week away, the team delivered a strong showing at the John
Mc Donnell Invitational.
The Invitational was held last Friday and Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark.
Two KU women, both juniors, posted regional qualifying marks at the competition.
Jones
petition. Megan Foster recorded a javelin throw of 144-feet-10-inches, which received first place in the competition.
In the 800-mete,
run, Kim Clark
posted a time of
2:10.26 and finished second in the competition.
It was just short of
her season best of
2:08.47, which she ran in March.
Angela
Pichardo, sophomore, added to the running success by winning the 800-meter unseeded run in 2:18.73.
Clark
On the men's side, freshman Gavin Ball won the discus competition with his throw of 161-feet-6 inches.
He was joined by four men's distance runners who had top three finishes on Saturday.
Chris Jones and D.J. Hilding finished first and third, respectively, in the 3000-meter run. Jones' winning time was 8:29.51.
Freshman Adrian Ludwig placed third in the 800-meter run, and sophomore Cameron Schwehr finished second in the 1500-meter run.
Results may have been hurt by the weather that was cold and rainy for much of the day.
The meet was a homecoming of sorts for Jayhawk coach Stanley Redwine. He was an assistant at Arkansas for 11 years.
The Jayhawks will hope for better weather next weekend as they host the 77th annual Kansas Relays.
The event will start on Thursday and run through Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
Edited by Ashley Arnold
Jayhawks swept by Bears
Women's tennis team loses all seven matches against Baylor Saturday
By Rahul Sharma
rsharma@kansan.com
Kansen sportswriter
If the University of Kansas women's tennis team had hopes of gaining momentum Saturday against Baylor, that goal fell short following a 7-0 defeat at the Wood Valley Racquet Club in Topeka.
Baylor, which entered the contest as the 44th ranked team in the country dominated both the singles and doubles competition.
competition. The Bears were led by freshman Carolin Walter who defeated Kansas senior Emily Haylock in the number one singles match, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0. Baylor sophomore Daniela Covello ousted Kansas sophomore Christine Skoda in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.
the Bears capitalized on every sin
The closest the Jayhawks came to a victory was Haylock's three-set effort against Walter and sophomore Luiza Loureiro's comeback attempt against Iva Mihaylova. However, Loureiro fell 6-2, 5-7, (10-5). Senior Kristen Steinbock, freshmen Brittany Brown and Ashley Filberth all lost in straight sets.
gles match, shutting the Jayhawks out, 4-0.
Baylor (9-9 overall, 5-2 Big 12) also swept the doubles competition, going 3-0. In the first doubles match, Carolin Walter and Daria Potapova teamed up to defeat the Jayhawks senior tandem of Kristen Steinbock and Emily Haylock, 8-5.
"I thought we competed well today," coach Amy Hall said. "Give Bylor credit, they are a tough team."
man Klara Zrustova and sophomore Daniela Covello took out freshmen Brittany Brown and Christine Skoda, 8-4. The final doubles match saw Baylor's Izabela Mijic and Zuzana Krchnakova defeat freshman Ashley Filberth and sophomore Luiza Loureiro, 8-2.
Emily Haylock was used as a replacement for injured senior Courtney Steinbock, who is still recovering from an ankle injury.
In the second doubles match, fresh. ---
erring from the same injury. "We will continue to get better when we get our full lineup back." Hall said.
Nail said.
Next up for the Jayhawks (5-12 overall, 3-4 Big 12) is a trip to Lincoln, Neb. Kansas looks to get back on the winning track against Nebraska, on April 17.
Edited by Paul Kramer
Successful Saturday
Courtney Kublen/Kansas
Kristy Hainer, Ontario junior, received a hug from student manager Elizabeth Hodges, Lindsburg senior, after the women's rowing team won the Kansas Cup Saturday afternoon. The 18-1 victory over Kansas State was Kansas' sixth straight Kansas Cup victory. For more, see page 4B.
TALK TO SPORTS: Contact Henry C. Jackson or Maggie Newcomer at SPORTS@KANSAN.COM
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