UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Friday, April 5,1996 MEN'S TENNIS 3B Men's tennis seeks title Kansas sets goal for championship win this weekend By Spencer Duncan Kansas sportswriter The No.10 Kansas men's tennis team hopes to make school history as it heads into competition on Sunday. In the new Rolex Collegiate Tennis Rankings released earlier in the week, Kansas was ranked No. 10. It was the first time in school history that the team had been ranked so highly at Kansas. Kansas' tennis team is also looking for it's third consecutive Big Eight Conference championship. The team will take another step toward this goal when it faces Big Eight opponent Nebraska at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Allen Field House tennis courts. This weekend's match will be Kansas' only Big Eight home match of the year and the team's last home match of the season. "I am proud of this team," Kansas men's tennis coach Michael Center said. "They have worked very hard to get where they are. They deserve everything that they get right now." The team has had a goal of winning its third title and the Big Eight Championship since the start of the season. "We play tough competition and that helps us prepare for the Big Eight," senior Victor Fimbres said. "We are better than most of the other teams and we should be able to win the Big Eight. That is one of the things we have told ourselves we want to do." Kansas won its first Big Eight match on Tuesday when it swept the Missouri Tigers 7-0. The win moved the team's overall record to 14-4 and its Big Eight record to 1-0. "The guys are playing well right now," Center said. "Our focus is to just keep playing well and prepare ourselves for the NCAA tournament." The team wants to take its competition seriously. "One of our strong points this season is that we have not overlooked the easier teams we have played," Fimbres said. "We are not going to let those teams beat us." Center said that he wanted his team to stay focused and that he thought that if they could do that then they had a good chance of winning another Big Eight championship. "Winning a Big Eight title is a big accomplishment. That is what people around here recognize success with," Center said. "We want to win the title but we want to have a good showing at the NCAA tournament. That is our real goal." Men's golf swings into play Team hopes for California win after dormant winter months Kansas men's golf coach Ross Randall wants to see one thing happen after the Western Intercollegiate Championships, televised on ESPN this weekend. By Spencer Duncan Kansan sportswriter "I would like to see Kansas" name put on the trophy," Randall said. "That would be just great." The men will play in the Western Collegiate tournament today at Pasatiempo Golf Course in Santa Cruz, California. San Jose State will play host to the tournament. The tournament is one of the premier tournaments held on the West Coast and will be televised tomorrow and Sunday on ESPN. It would be a sweet victory for Randall, who played collegiate golf at San Jose State. "It would be nice to go back there and look good," Randall said. "If the guys can't find any other reason to win this one, maybe they can just do it for the coach." The tournament is also special for Randall because he was tournament champion as a freshman in 1964. "I think I am the only freshman to ever win this tournament," Randall said. For Kansas to win, however, the Jayhawks must make some adjustments. Kansas has to get used to playing again after three winter months. "We have been able to play for about three and a half weeks now," senior Slade Adams said. "But it takes some time to get back into your game." It does take some time to adjust after the winter but the team must still compete, Randall said. To help his players adjust, Randall has had them working on the small things. "We concentrate on the mental mistakes and short game mistakes," Randall said. "Those are the things that can hurt us." Kansas will face another pressure heading into competition. "We need to start to qualify some players for the NCAA tournament," Randall said. "We are guaranteed a spot in the regionals, but it would be nice if we could get some guys in before regionals." Among the competition will be No. 9 Southern California, No. 16 Stanford and No. 20 Oregon State. Stanford sophomore Tiger Woods, who has received a great deal of national attention on the national level, also will be competing. The Jayhawks want to prove they are among the better teams in the nation and would like to win for their coach. Kansas City lets first victory get away "Coach really would like us to do well," Adams said. "That, and that fact that we are going to be on ESPN, might help us play better." Five-run eighth inning gives Orioles three-game sweep against Royals . The Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles overpowering lineup virtually guarantees quite a few comeback victories this season. Granted, that doesn't mean they'll win every game in which they trail by three runs after seven innings. "Don't think it's going to be like this every day," said Rafael Palmereo after the Orioles used a five-run eight inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 yesterday. "Of course," Palmeiro said, "we'll be glad to take this one." Chris Haney took a five-hit shutout into the eighth, but he never got another out. The Orioles sent 10 men to the plate in the inning against three Kansas City pitchers, all of whom yielded at least one hit. Brady Anderson led off with a single and scored on a double by Roberto Alomar. After Haney walked Rafael Palmeiro, Hipolito Pichardo (0-1) came in and threw a wild pitch, putting runners on second and third. Bobby Bonilla pulled out of an 0-2 hole to hit a sacrifice fly and Cal Rippen doubled to left, tying the score. B. J. Surhoff was given an intentional walk and Chris Hoiles followed with an infield single, loading the bases. Terry Clark relieved and got Tony Tarasco to hit a grounder to second base, but the relay throw after the force play at second was too late for the double play. Jeffrey Hammonds capped the uprising with an RBI single. "You've got to give them credit," Haney said. "They've got a lot of high-paid players who earn their money, and they're all on one team. To get one out after another is a battle." Haney made it through the potent lineup twice without suffering any damage, but the Orioles caught up to him the third time around. "Chris pitched a marvelous, marvelous game, but we were finally able to get him out of there, thank goodness," Bonilla said. "Believe me, I was happy to see him gone." Arthur Rhodes (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings and Randy Myers worked the ninth for his second save, completing the Orioles' first three-game sweep of the Royals since 1992. Baltimore hasn't started a season with three straight victories since 1985. "This was a great come-from-behind win," Orioles manager Davey Johnson said. "You've got to have those if you're going to win the pennant." Kansas City put together five straight hits against Scott Erickson in the fifth to take a 3-0 lead. After Joe Vitiello was thrown out at the plate on a single by David Howard, Bip Roberts hit a two-run double off the right-field scoreboard and Tom Goodwin singled in a run. But the 3-0 lead wasn't enough to give the Royals their first victory of the season. "We were in the game until the eighth inning," Haney said. The Royals next play host to Boston for three games, then play the New York Yankees. "It's a little adversity right now," manager Bob Boone said. "We're going to see what we're made of. You develop character through adversity, but if I had my druthers I wouldn't schedule Baltimore, Boston and the Yankees." Notes: Including the 1983 American League playoffs and World Series, Ripken played in his 2,165th consecutive game — passing the 2,164 successive regular and post-season starts made by Lou Gehrig. His double gave him 818 extra-base hits for his career, tying him with Brooks Robinson atop the Orioles' career list. ... The Royals stole two bases and went six for six in the series. ... Hammonds hit his third double — one-third his total of all last season. ... Bonilla went zero for three, ending his career-best hitting streak at 22 games. Nebraska signs prep star Support from community and crowd was the key The Associated Press MASON CITY, Iowa — A one-game visit was all it took. City's Brant Harriman knew right then he wanted to be a Nebraska Cornhusker. Harriman, who helped Mason City win the Class 4A state basketball championship last month, said yesterday he has made a verbal commitment to Nebraska. The 6-foot-11 high school junior visited Lincoln, Neb., on Feb. 3, when the Cornhuskers played Iowa State, and he liked what he saw. "They have great community support and they had a full house for the Iowa State game," he said. "I knew after that weekend that Nebraska would be my choice." Harriman said he waited until now to announce his decision because "I didn't want any distractions around the state tournament." Mason City won the state title with a 58-50 victory against Iowa City West and finished 22-1. Harriman scored 18 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in the championship game. He averaged 16 points and 10.8 rebounds for the season and shot 69.8 percent. Harriman becomes the second Mason City player to commit to a Division I school. Junior guard Dean Oliver, who scored 27 points in the championship game, announced before his sophomore season that he would attend Iowa. Both players can sign in November. With his decision out of the way now, Harriman said he can concentrate on playing next season without worrying about recruiting pressure. Nebraska won the NIT this year, the school's first national basketball championship of any kind. The Cornhuskers regrouped after losing 10 of 11 games and finished21-14. "I feel very comfortable with their coaching staff and I love their style of play," Harriman said. Iowa also had shown interest in Harriman, along with South Carolina and Clemson. He had scheduled a visit to Iowa but a death in the family prevented him from making it, Harriman said. RECYCLE Your Daily Kansan They'll be wearing their birthday suits! Don't forget... 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