THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
HURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008
SPORTS 3B
》 WOMEN'S GOLF
Jayhawks overcome rough start, finish third overall
From struggling in the first rounds to finishing seventh on day one of the
Susie Maxwell Berning Classic, the women's golf team still believed it could finish strong. And they proved it by finishing third in the tour.
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nament on Monday in Norman.
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Sophomore Emily Powers led the Jayhawks with a score of 223, tying for 14th place. Freshman Meghna Bal had a strong final round to place second on the team with a tie for 17th place overall and a score of 225.
"The two of them were playing steady," Coach Erin O'Neil said. "But everyone played so well that last round as well."
The team showed some gust and so did the wind, which picked up during the weekend. But senior Annie Giangrosso said
the winds weren't a problem for the team.
"We've definitely played in worse winds before," Giangrosso, who finished with a score of 230, said. "Being from Kansas, the wind and bad weather doesn't affect us as much as other teams, so it's an advantage for us actually."
With the Big 12 Championship looming, O'Neil was relieved that her team finally found a way to play up to its talents.
"This is a great confidence boost," O'Neill said. "It shows that they can do it when they need to."
O'Neil said the team would need to start off strong in the Big 12 Championship, instead of waiting till the final round. She said the Big 12 would be the most daunting course the Jayhawks would face.
"I'm glad we got back on track for that final round," O'Neil said. "But we've had a rough winter, with the lack of playing time."
Once again O'Neil relied on the teams' motto of 'no expectations.' She said with such a young team that hasn't been able to practice, setting expectations
could be a little too much to handle.
"We just want to go out there and play," O'Neil said. "Don't look ahead or worry about the past."
But not only does this final round show the Jayhawk's ability and talent, it also displays the type of character these players have.
"This did a lot, it shows a lot of character," Giangrosso said. "We're playing the most difficult course we'll play all year, and we have capable players to pull it off."
The golf team can possibly gain
some inspiration from the basketball team's recent national championship victory, O'Neil said the women were able to witness the madness as the Jayhawks defeated the Tigers and gained its fifth national title.
"We flew in around seven, so we got back just in time," O'Neil said.
The Jayhawks hope, as the Big 12 Tournaments approach, they will play as well in the first rounds as they do in the last rounds.
- Edited by Mandy Earles
BASEBALL
Missouri pitcher enters game with scoreless streak
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Missouri Tigers pitcher Aaron Crow throws against Baylor Friday, March 22 at Taylor Stadium in Columbia, Mo. The Tigers won 7-0. The junior right-hander from Wakarusa, Kan., will take a scoreless streak of 42 2/3 innings into his next start Friday against texas. For the season, Crow is 7-0 with a minuscule 69 ERA.
BY DENNIS WASZAK JR.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tim Jamieson has it pretty easy on Friday nights. The Missouri coach sends Aaron Crow out to the mound, then settles into the dugout and watches the zeros pile up on the scoreboard.
"It's about as relaxing as you can possibly imagine it being when you're playing the competition that we're playing," Jamieson said. "Even when he gets into trouble, Aaron just finds another gear."
Runners on base or not, Crow has been stunningly stingy this season for the Tigers. The junior
right-hander will take a scoreless streak of 42 2-3 innings into his next start Friday against Texas. For the season, the native of Wakarusa, Kan., is 7-0 with a minuscule 0.69 ERA.
"I've been feeling real good," Crow said, a possible No.1 overall draft pick in June. "I've had good command of all my pitches and they've been real sharp, too. Everything's been going really well and it seems almost like nothing can go wrong."
Lately, everything has gone right for Crow. He has allowed four runs in 52 innings, but none since allowing three against California on Feb.
29.
Yep, no runs in nearly six weeks.
"I don't know if it's taboo or not, but we're not talking about the streak," Jamieson said with a laugh. "There have been plenty of opportunities for teams to score on him, but he gets that much better when he gets runners in scoring position. He just finds another level. Whether it's increased intensity or
increased focus, or both, you see the great ones do that."
The NCAA is uncertain what the Division I record is for consecutive scoreless innings. The record book only has team stats listed in that category, with Arizona State going 64 straight innings without allowing a run in 1972. That same season, Eddie Bane threw 43 scoreless innings in a row for the Sun Devils.
BRIEF
NCAA asked to reconsider its policies on alcohol ads
For more than 100 college presidents and athletic directors, beer and the NCAA men's basketball tournament don't mix.
The college leaders — among them the top officials at Harvard, Abellene Christian and Georgia State
— wrote a letter to NCAA President Myles Brand on Wednesday calling beer advertising "embarrassingly prominent" during tournament broadcasts. They asked the organization to reconsider its policies on
alcohol advertising.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C., which helped organize the letter, accused the NCAA of violating its own policies that supposedly limit beer advertising to 60 seconds per hour and no more than 120 seconds per telecast. The center said it counted 200 seconds and 240 seconds of beer advertising during Saturday's two semifinal games, and 270 seconds during Monday night's final, when Kansas defeated Memphis 75-68 in overtime.
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