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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, April 12, 1989
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Kansas freshman Paul Garvin attempts a backhand return during a match against Missouri.
Tennis teams defeat Missouri 9-0
by Laurie Whitter
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's tennis teams swept through their third Big Eight Conference matches of the season yesterday afternoon, each defeating Missouri 9-4 on the courts behind Allen Field
The Jayhawks women's team also defeated Southwest Missouri State 8-1 yesterday morning.
Kansas women's coach Eric Hayes said the nine points earned by defeating Missouri 9-0 would help Kansas advance in the race to the Big Eight championships on April 29-30.
The scores of each Big Eight match Kansas plays before the tournament will be totaled and later added to Kansas' tournament scores. The Jayhawks, 11-10, lost Oklahoma 8-1, 6-3 last weekend
"I was kind of nervous about the Missouri match," Hayes said. "They have not won a match since the Big Eight season began, and everyone expected us to beat them too."
"But it's about time that they start winning. They're getting better and better each time they
play."
In No. 1 singles, Kansas' Eveline Hamers improved her Big Eight record to 3-0 when she defeated Amy Snoop 6-3, 6-1. Hamers notated Big Eight Netter of the Week by the conference coaches.
"Eveline has continued to play well." Hayes said of the Netherlands freshman. "She has, however, certain persistent errors that she needs to work on. If she doesn't get rid of these errors, they will hurt her chances at a championship."
Hayes said Hamers' toughest Big Eight competitor was Oklahoma State's Tessa Price, who is ranked 17th nationally. Hamers defeated Price 6-3, 6-4 last weekend.
He said Colorado's No.1 player, Karen Myers, also was a contender for the championship.
"Myers and Price are probably the toughest players Eveline will be against." Hayes said. "But if you're playing No. 1 for any school in the Big Eight, you're going to be good."
west Missouri State. In No. 4 singles, freshman Katherine Bird defeated Heather House 6-0, 6-1, and in no 5 singles, sophomore Becky DeSalme defeated Wendy Millner 6-0, 6-0.
Hayes decided to give several of Kansas' non-varsity members a chance to compete against South-
"These girls work hard in practice, and I wanted to give them some playing time," Hayes said. "It was a good opportunity for them, and they took advantage of it. It very proud of the way they played."
Southwest Missouri State only brought five players to the match, and had to default the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles matches.
Against Missouri, the Kansas men's team won all but 27 games and finished each match in straight sets.
Kansas, 6-18 overall, is now 2-1 in Big Eight competition after defending Oklahoma 6-3 and losing Oklahoma State 8-1 last weekend.
Jayhawk Craig Wildie won the No. 1 singles match against Pat Looney 6-2, 6-0, and No. 2 player Jeff Gross defeated Joe Fackel 6-0, 6-0. Freshman Rafael Rangel won his third consecutive Big Eight singles match, defeating Seth Freedman 6-3, 6-1.
League's 1988 top rookie must face 1989 pressure, but Boykin's ready to go
by Scott Achelpohl Kansan sportswriter
Quiet intensity is Kansas strong safety Deral Boykin's trademark.
"I'm mostly a quiet player," Boykin said. "I talk a little. If people count on me to inspire the team, I'm not that kind of player. However, our needs must be done, I will say a few words to opposing players."
Boykin, a 5-foot-10, 197-pound sophomore, said he felt pressured to do well heading into his second season.
"Everybody will be expecting a lot from me because I won the Newcomer of the Year award last year," he said. "They'll be expecting to hear from me and will be expecting me to excel each year as a player."
Last year, in addition to being awarded the Big Eight Defensive Newcomer of the Year by the Associated Press, he earned all-conference honorable mention as a freshman. He placed second on the team and third on the offense in two interceptions starting in eight of the Javahaws' 11 games.
Boykin said he expected to improve his performance this season after off-season weight training left him in better condition.
"I'm stronger and faster than I was last year," he said. "I'm at 197
pounds now; I played at 180 last year. I'm bcm pressing 330, up from 260 last year."
This year, Boykin will try to help
Everybody will be expecting a lot from me because I won the Newcomer of the Year award last year. They'll be expecting to hear from me and will be expecting me to excel each year as a player.'
— Deral Boykin
Knee strong safety
Kansas strong safety
anchor a young defense hurt by the loss of its leader Curtis Moore, a 6-1, 232-pound junior linebacker. Boyd was one pound on the team only to Moore's 170.
Moore ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during drills on March 23. He is expected to miss the remainder of spring practice and of next season while undergoing a 12-month rehabilitation of the injury.
"His injury hurt us," he said.
"Curtis is a great player. We have to look over it. There's nothing we can
Moore's injury should prove to be a test for the young defense, Boykin said.
do about it now. We can't control it.
do about it now. We can control it.
"When he got hurt, I think it inspired us to play harder. It's not going to be just one player to replace him. It has to be everybody. We all have to be in this one together."
Jim Hillers, defensive coordinator and linebacker coach, said Boykin's spring performance had been good but his inconsistency and occasional lapses of concentration remained a problem.
"Deral is a very physical player." Hilles said. "He plays with great emotion but doesn't really show it outwardly. He's playing like a guy in his sophomore season in the Big Eight. There's no question he has physical toughness. Mentally, he isn't always there."
"But, when you have a mental lapse out there, you don't allow yourself to get lined up properly or execute your technique properly. It's just a matter of him being there enough plays to know to be in the middle of the right times. I think, assignment use, he's coming along pretty well."
Hilles said Boykin's consistency would come with time.
Boykin said he was looking forward to playing in Saturday's annual spring game in Memorial Stadium.
"I'm kind of excited." Boykin said. "You know, we haven't been in a game situation, yet."
Kansas baseball team defeats Southwest Missouri State 6-1
by Mike Considine
Kansan sportswriter
Both may have found what they were looking for last night in Kansas' 6-1 victory, against Southwest Missouri State.
Kansas pitcher Eric Stonecipher wanted better control and Jayhawk coach Dave Bingham wanted to find another starter.
"He helps the pitching staff." Bingham said of Stonecipher. "A year ago, I had trouble finding anybody I pitch in the middle of the week."
"My control has been off," he said. "Tonight, I just concentrated on throwing the pitches that Coach Bingham called. I think before I was trying to be too perfect and strike everyone out."
Stonecipher (1-1) pitched a threehit shutout through seven innings and struck out five as the Jayhawks won their fourth consecutive game.
Stonecipher, a freshman right-hander, had walked 22 batters in his
"All of his problems in the past have been because he was wild (and) out of 6' the strike zone." Bingham said. "Tonight he was a little wild, but he stayed in the strike zone. Our game plan was to go after them with the fastball. He just had too much for them tonight."
first 17 % innings. He allowed just two bases on balls against the 21-6 Bears, who lost for the first time in seven games.
Adjusting to college competition has taken time, Stonecipher said.
"You can't just throw a fastball down the middle of the plate," Stonecipher said. "I have a few things to work on, but I made some key pitches in critical situations tonight."
Stonecipher's teammates supported him with nine hits.
Jahawk second baseman Steve Dowling, who had two hats, scored a first inning on an run by South Carolina State center fielder Earnie Johnson.
A base hit by right fielder Jeff Mentel produced two more runs in the third inning. The hit scored senior Pat Karlin from third base and a ground ball on the play brought Dowling home in the first for a 34 Jayhawk lead.
"Everybody is swinging the bat better." Mentel said. "If the top of the (battling) order doesn't come up, the ball goes to the bottom of the order will bring us in."
Kansas scored a run in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth. Back-to-back doubles by Mike Bryan and Justin Williams by a Jarred Tytler, single made it 6-0.
Southwest Missouri State scored its only run in the ninth inning.
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Judo club members throw their way to higher levels
by Beth Behrens
Kansan sportswriter
Then they left the formalities behind, grabbed each other's jackets and tried to throw each other to the ground.
Members of the KU Judo Club bowed to each other after receiving instructions from their instructor, Grea Gideon.
Gideon, Topeka third-year law student and black belt instructor, said that judo, a form of martial arts, was based on throwing.
"What they try to do is throw each other down, choke each other, put each other in arm bars (a hold in which the arm is forehead back against the normal direction of the elbow) and pin each other on the mat." Individual techniques individual techniques which take a great deal of time to develop.
Gideon said the development of these techniques was measured by belt colors. Beginners wear white belts. Those who are more advanced use blue belts. They're perfectly and have learned the finer techniques of throwing are allowed to
"You really have to face fear." Gideon said. "It's your skill that's going to prevail. Knowing that and having to struggle with that makes
wear a yellow belt.
The other colors of achievement are orange, green and brown, and the final advancement is the black belt. An individual who has earned a black belt also has earned the title of instructor.
Three levels exist in the brown belt category. The ranks are called sankyu, nikuyi and ikkyu, with ikkyu being the highest student rank.
Matches in judo are won by scoring one point. A match can be won in a single throw, provided the throw technique was executed well and the opponent lands clearly. A scoring throw, or one in which an opponent is hit with a kick, is worth a minimum of one-eighth of a point to a maximum of one point.
Gideon said the thrill of judo was competing for individual gain.
A match can also be won if an individual submits to a choke hold or arm bar or is pinned to the mat for 30 seconds.
Peggy Shortrite, Lawrence resident, Kristin Zitta, Overland Park sophomore and Brian Hendrickson, a senior at Manhattan, moved from orange to green.
you come to grips with the essence of competition. There's nowhere to hide on the mat."
In a competition during the weekend in Leavenworth, five of the club's 15 members achieved advancements.
Bruce Davidson, Leawood senior,
Pete Kowalewich, Overland Park
sophomore and Adam Morelli, Hildale,
Ill., sophomore all advanced
from green belt to third degree
brown belt.
"It was not just because I was in the tournament that I got my belt." Moreli said. "I displayed to my master and to other teachers that I was qualified and had enough skill to move up."
Demonstrating a move, Adam Morelli, Hinsdale, Ill., sophomore, flips his instructor, Greg Gideon, Topeka law student. The KU Judo Club practiced at Robinson Center yesterday.
Morelli said that to advance to higher level a student had to do more than just win matches. Development skill is also taken into account.
The Kansas softball team upet 9th-ranked Creighton in a pair of games yesterday, defeating the Blue Jays 2-1 and 3-2.
JAYHAWKS UPSET CREIGHTON:
Kansas kept Creighton scoreless in the first game until the bottom of the seventh inning. The Jayhawks committed no errors and had three hits, including freshman by freshman Shelly Sack. Roanna Brazer was the winning pitcher.
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In game two, both Kansas and Creighton scored two runs in the first innning, but the Jayhawks scored one run in each. They had prevented the Blue Jays from
scoring again Kansas had four hits,
including a double by Braziier, and
Creighton had eight hits, none of
them earned.
The Jayhawks improved their record to 23-17 with the victories
UK INTERESTED IN OLSON: Lute Olson appears to be the No.1 candidate for Kentucky's vacant basketball coaching job if the price is right.
Olson, head coach at Arizona,
expected to meet with Kentucky
athletic director C.M. Newton
this week to discuss the details of the job.
"Hopefully, it'll work into that," Newton said of Olson becoming the school's prime candidate to replace
Eddie Sutton, who left under fire.
"Obviously he's interested and obviously he's interested."
Olson and Newton were expected to meet in Lexington tomorrow.
Newton, however, said Monday that he had not offered the post to Olson.
"We've still got some more things to talk about." Newton said
Cedric Dempsey, Arizona athletic director, said he gave Kentucky officials permission to talk with him that's didn't know of the coach's intentions.
KENNEY TO BE TRADED: In the last few years, one of the big questions as the Kansas City Chiefs looked to their next season was where quarterback Bill Kenney fit into the picture.
This time the answer is simple — he's out of it.
Marty Schottenheimer, the Chief's new coach, gave Kenney the news last week after the first day of off-season condition drills, but it didn't become generally known until Monday.
Schottenheimer wants to build his offense around two other veteran quarterbacks, Steve DeBerg, 35, and the just-acquired Ron Jaworski. 38.
"As you get to be 30 years old,you
The Chiefs told Kenney that they would try to trade him, and he gave them a list of six teams he'd like to play for.
always worry about a youth movement," said Kenney, 34. "I got hit by two guys older than me."
Kenney, who came to the Chiefs as a free agent in 1979, said he would have liked to finish his career in a league recognized that a trade would be best.
"I tried to have a good image in Kansas city," he said. "I think I represented this team well. I would be happy to work with respect in return and try to trade me
ROYALS BLAST ORILEOS: RoJack son and George Brett hit two-run runners and Danny Tartabull had a solo shot as the Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore 6-5 last night for their consecutive victory over the Orioles.
pretty quickly."
Floyd Bannister, 1.0, left with a 6-3 lead after yielding a leadfoot to Brady Anderson in the eighth. One out later, pinch hitter Joe Ozukiah lift a two-run homer off Tom Gordon, his first. Steve Farr pitched the ninth for his second save, striking out the three batters he faced.