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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1995
SECTION B
Kansas falters against tough Wichita pitcher
By Tom Erickson
Kansan sportswriter
Defensive mistakes and poor hitting led the Kansas baseball team to a 6-3 defeat at the hands of No. 18 Wichita State last night at Hogstand-Maunin Stadium.
Wichita State junior pitcher Mike Drumright (3-0)
struck out nine Jawhavas in six innings.
Kansas coach Dave Bingham said Drumright was impressive on the mound.
"I thought he threw outstanding," he said. "He had good command of his fastball, his breaking ball and his change-up. He did a great job and kept our guys from executing when they wanted to."
The Shockers' biggest inning came in the third when they scored three runs off Kansas sophomore pitcher Robert Garola (0-1). Wichita State junior left fielder Randy Young led off and was hit by a pitch. He later scored on a fielder's choice by senior shortstop Jason Adams. Junior right fielder Travis Wykoff then singled, and Adams scored when senior center fielder Richie Taylor reached on an error.
Wykoff scored the final run of the inning off a single by sophomore catcher Nathan Reese. Junior designated hitter Casey Davis then grounded to shortstop for the third out.
Wichita State 6
Kansas 3
KANSAS (4-11)
WICHITA STATE (6-3)
Garola was upset
ab r h rbl
lf/rfYoung 3 3 2 1
rfWyckoff 2 0 1 0
rf Stine 2 0 0 0
ss Adams 5 1 1 2
3b Blake 5 1 2 1
1b Duplechain 3 0 0 0
1b Thomas 2 0 0 0
cf Taylor 4 0 0 0
c Reease 4 1 2 1
dh Davis 4 0 1 0
b Bauer 4 0 2 0
Totals 38 6 11 5
ab r h rbl
cf/rf Turney 4 0 0 0
rf Headley 3 0 0 0
cf Byrd 1 0 0 0
b3 Wilhelm 4 1 1 0
c english 4 0 1 0
if Igou 3 0 0 0
ss Rude 4 0 0 0
2b Kliner 3 1 1 1
1 berry 4 1 2 2
dh DeMarco 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Kansas IP H R ER BB SO
Garola 5.1 9 5 3 1 4
Keens 3.2 1 1 0 1
Wichita State IOP H I R ER BB II
Drumright 6.0 4 2 1 2 9
Foral 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
Looper 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
E Reese, Terry 2 LOB Kansas 5, Wichita State 8 B2wicky, Wilhelm HR Terry SB Adams, Young 2, igou.
about his pitching, especially giving up the three runs in the third inning.
"I didn't think I pitched exceptionally well," he said. "I didn't pitch a real good third inning, which allowed for three runs. I had my stuff, but once in a while I tended to lose my poise."
"Tonight there were some mistakes behind him," he said. "Only one time did I feel that he broke, behind an error, and gave up a base hit behind it. All the other times when things got tough, he came back and made better pitches."
Bingham said that Garola's performance was better than the score indicated.
One bright spot for Kansas came in the bottom of the seventh inning. Following a leadoff walk to junior second baseman Josh Kliner, freshman first baseman Michael Terry came up and hit a home run over the right-field fence. The hit cut Wichita State's lead to 5-3, Terry, who also had a single to lead off the third, went 2-for-4 and raised his batting average from .158 to .261 in the game.
Terry's intensity and desire to play both first base and pitcher is important. Bingham said.
"He's doing some crude things right now," Bingham said. "He's not a polished hitter, he's not a polished pitcher, but he's a two-way player for us and he plays extremely hard."
A one-out single off Kansas freshman reliever Robert Keens in the top of the ninth drove in junior outfielder Randy Young for the final run of the game.
Both the Jayhawks and Shockers will meet again at 7 tonight at Eck Stadium in Wichita. Junior pitcher Jamie Splittoff (1-3) will start for Kansas and junior Brandon Baird (1-1) will pitch for Wichita State.
In four years, senior forward Angela Aycock has elevated Kansas women's basketball. Just maybe, fans should chant... ROCK CHALK
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
ROCK CHALK AYCOCK
Kansas senior forward Angela Aycock goes up strong for a jump shot against Connecticut. Aycock could become only the fourth person in Kansas history to reach 2,000 career points.
By Jenni Carlson Kansan sportswriter
Making her way to the postgame news conference, Angela Aycock is cornered.
Not by pushy media or rowdy fans but by little children, boys and girls. All have posters and programs, pens and pencils in hand. All want a piece of the greatest player to grace Kansas women's basketball since the legendary Lynette Woodard.
"Come on kids. Walk with Angie," says the voice of Jayhawk coach Marian Washington.
So with her entourage in tow, Aycock starts slowly down the Parrott Athletic Center hallway, signing as she goes.
"She's been a wonderful, wonderful competitor and player and all that," Washington said. "But she's been a great person and a great friend."
And despite all of the attention, no one will see Aycock turning down autograph seekers or pats on the back from admirers.
This year in the Big Eight Conference, Aycock was named to the first team for the third consecutive year and was the most valuable player in the Dial Soap Classic and the Dr. Pepper/Lady Bear Classic. The preseason All-American also was voted the conference's Player-of-The Week three times.
En route to picking up these honors, Aycock has made the extraordinary a common occurrence. She has tallied 30 or more points in a game seven times and has had seven double-doubles this season. Aycock's 23.3 points-a-game average led the Big Eight and is the 14th highest average in the nation.
If the Dallas native scores 38 points during Kansas' stay in the NCAA tournament, she would have 2,000 points in her career and would become only the fourth person in Kansas history to reach that
milestone. Woodard, Adrian Mitchell and Danny Mamaring are the other Jayhawks who have done that.
"All that stuff's not really big to me, Aycock admitted. "I just love to win, and I want this team to be successful."
Aycock has carried that attitude with her since she came to Kansas four years ago from Lincoln High School. But with most every school in the nation actively recruiting her, she almost didn't don the Crimson and Blue.
Aycock said that she verbally committed to Nebraska before meeting Washington.
Once that happened, committing to Kansas was just automatic.
"I really, really admired her and what she was about," Aycock said of Washington. "I lacked a lot of female role models to surround me. I longed for a really positive Black role model. Other than my family, there wasn't any one there for me."
Except for Wilbur Lewis.
Lewis first noticed Aycock's basketball ability during the summer before her sophomore year in high school. Aycock said that Lewis worked with her exclusively that summer. He helped her get involved with numerous summer-league teams.
"He just took me up, showed me the game," she said.
And the game that Lewis taught Aycock has been thrilling spectators for more than five years. Sometimes even the players get caught up in it.
"You just want to sit and watch," Kansas sophomore forward Jennifer Trapp said. "You're just kind of in awe every once in awhile."
Some of the things that Aycock does, such as score points, make steals or grab rebounds, can be measured and tallied.
But some things cannot
See AYCOCK, Page 4B.
Big O's toes put 'Hawks on shaky footing
The Kansas Jayhawks could be a foot short against the Colgate Red Raiders tomorrow.
By Christoph Fuhrmans Kansan sportswriter
Cairns said that Ostertag was on medication and undergoing cold-therapy treatment.
Specifically, the left foot of Kansas senior center Gret Oestertag.
"It hurts for him to walk on it right now," Caims said.
Kansas trainer Mark Cairns said that Ostertag had bruised the top and front part of his foot, including some of his toes.
He did not practice yesterday or Monday.
Cold-therapy treatment consists of soaking Ostertag's foot in a whirlpool of 60-degree water to reduce the swelling.
"He's listed as day-to-day," Cairns said. "I'm hoping he can play on Thursday."
Cairns said that Ostertag didn't
injure his foot Saturday against Iowa State or in practice and didn't want to comment on the cause of the injury.
"It didn't happen on the court," Cairns said. "Let's just leave it at that."
Greg Ostertag
Even though Kansas will be playing a
No. 16 seed, the Jayhawks could be hurt by the 7-foot-2 Ostertag's possible absence against the Red Raiders and their 6-foot-10 freshman star Adonal Foyle.
Foyle was one of the most heavily recruited big men last year and surprised many colleges by staying home and accepting a scholarship from Colgate.
Foyle went to high school in Hamilton,
N.Y., where Colgate is located.
Kansas coach Roy Williams was one of several coaches who recruited Foyle and was invited to Foyle's home.
"I really liked him as a youngster and loved his game," Williams said. "I thought he had the potential to be a really great player."
Foyle proved Williams right, averaging
17 points, 12.3 rebounds and five blocks a game in his first year at Colgate. He has blocked 146 shots this year, and by comparison, Ostertag has blocked 83 shots.
Williams said that he wasn't surprised Foyle stayed home to attend Colgate.
"I picked that myself about a week before he did," Williams said. "He was a youngster who just enjoyed the family he was living with and enjoyed the community."
Foyle dropped Kansas from his list of potential schools early in the process. His final choices were Syracuse, Duke and Colgate. And in the end, the Red Raiders won.
"He didn't care who Syracuse was, who Duke was and definitely didn't care who Roy Williams was," Williams said.
Kansas 4, Oklahoma City 3
KANSAS (9-1) ab r h rbl
Richmond 4 1 h 0
Holland 4 0 2 1
Huber 4 0 0 0
Wenger 4 0 1 0
Herrera 1 0 0 0
Kirkwood 2 0 0 0
McCann 1 0 0 0
Richardson 4 2 2 0
Morgan 3 1 1 0
Johnson 2 1 0 0
Reyes 2 1 0 0
Robinson 0 0 0 0
Totals 31.4 4 5.1
OKLA, CITY (5-3) ab r h rbI
Mosley 3 1 0 0
Rico 4 1 1 0
Wells 4 1 1 0
Towers 3 0 2 3
Thompson 3 0 1 0
McKellar 3 0 0 0
Strouse 3 0 1 0
Hudson 3 0 2 0
Tyler 3 0 0 0
Holmes 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Softball splits sloppy home opener, 1-1
Kansas  IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson 8.0 8 3 1 1 2
Oka.City  IP H R ER BB SO
Holmes 7.1 5 4 1 1 0
E **Mckellar** 2, Hudson 3, Mosley 3, Richins
DP Oklahoma City 1. LOB Kansas 7, Okla.
City 4 2H Holland, Wenger, Richardson 5B
R 2H Richardson
Matt Flickner / KANSAN
Kansas sophomore Jacqué Wenger swings at a pitch during the second game in the doubleheader against Oklahoma City. Wenger hit safely in both games yesterday and extended her hitting streak to seven games.
Hot Kansas sophomore extends streak to seven
By Robert Moczydlowsky Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas softball team opened its home season yesterday against Oklahoma City, earning a sloppy doubleheader split and an angry lecture from Coach Kalm Haack.
"we played bad," Haack said. "We backed up the wrong bases, threw the ball to the wrong bases. And we made some serious base-running errors. Other than one ballgame this season, we played really poorly."
The first game started slowly for the now 2-9 Jayhawks. The 89ers held a 3-0 lead after the top of the third, an innning that saw Kansas senior Joy Herrera's throw from right field go to the wrong base, allowing the second of the 89ers' runs to score.
Kansas added one run in the bottom of the third and had an opportunity to win in the seventh, but freshman Kristina Johnson got caught in
The highlight of the day's games was the hitting of sophomore third baseman Jacqué Wenger. Wenger has a seven-game hitting streak, whichstarted Feb. 19.
Haack said that his team's effort yesterday would send him back to the drawing board.
"I've felt very confident lately, mentally," Wenger said. "And that's really all it takes because hitting is a mental thing."
a run-down between second and third bases. Two Kansas runs off of two Oklahoma City errors tied the score and sent the game into extra innings. Kansas won the game 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth when senior Lora Richardson stole third and then scored on an Oklahoma City overthrow.
In the second game, Kansas had another seventh-inning comeback, but the 89ers stopped it when senior Sally Kirkwood was tagged out at the plate. Oklahoma City won 4-2.
"I guess I'll have to take responsibility for the way we've played," Haack said. "Tomorrow we'll start over and try a new method."
Oklahoma City 4. Kansas 3
KANSAS (9-2)
Holland 3 1 0
Richins 3 1 1
Hubler 2 0 0
Wenger 3 0 1
Richardson 3 0 0
Morgan 3 0 0
Johnson 2 1 0
McCann 2 0 0
Blood 3 0 1
Herrera 0 0 0
Kirkwood 0 0 0
Hamer 0 0 0
Totals 24 3 3
OKLA. CITY (6-3) ab r h rbl
Mosley 4 1 1 0
Mckettar 4 1 0 0
Wells 3 0 1 0
Towers 4 0 0 0
Thompson 3 0 1 2
Tyler 3 0 2 0
Strause 3 0 0 0
Hudson 3 1 1 0
Mercer 3 1 1 0
Groves 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 2
Kansas IP H R ER SB
Blood 6.1 6 4 2 6 3
Okla. City IP H R ER SB
Groves 7.0 3 3 1 2 5
E Wenger 3, Huber DP Okla. City 1 LOB Kansas 3, Okla. City 6 2B Wenger, Blood, Hudson