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2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006
THURSDAY
Softball vs. Creighton, 2 p.m.
Arrocha Ballpark
Softball vs. Creighton, 4 p.m.
Arrocha Ballpark
Player to watch: Ashley Goodrich.
Kansas coach Tracy Bunge moved the senior outfielder into the starting lineup on Sunday against Texas Tech.
Goodrich went 1-for-3 in her.
Goodrich went Goodrich
1-for-3 in her starting role
Track, Kansas Relays, all day,
Memorial Stadium
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Kansas State, 7 p., morgg. Hollond Ballpark
Track, Kansas Relays, all day,
Memorial Stadium
SATURDAY
**Softball vs. Texas, 12:30 p.m.**
Arrona Ballnall
remains at Texas A&M, 1:30 p.m., College Station, Texas
Artech Business Park
Tennis at Texas A&M, 1:30
Baseball at Kansas State, 2
Track, Kansas Relays, all day,
Memorial Stadium
Rowing at Minnesota/Boston,
10 a.m. St, Paul, Minn.
SUNDAY
- Softball vs. Texas, noon, Arrocha Ballpark
- Tennis at Texas, noon, Austin Texas
- Baseball at Kansas State, 1 p.m., Manhattan
MONDAY
Men's golf vs. Colorado, all day, Tulsa, Okla.
Soccer vs. Blue Valley Stars U15 Boys, 5:30 p.m., Jayhawk Soccer Complex
TUESDAY
Baseball vs. Southeast Missouri, 3 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
Men's golf vs. Colorado, all day, Tulsa, Okla.
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Big 12 North starting lineups unsettled
FOOTBALL
BY DREW DAVISON
ddavison@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVER
Editor's note: This is part two of a two-part series on the Big 12 Conference football off-season. Listed below is a focus on Kansas' Big 12 North foes.
Nebraska
Nebraska
4-4 overall, 4-4 Big 12 Conference)
(6-4 over 4-1) Big 12 conference)
The Cornhuskers finished the season well with an Alamo Bowl victory against Michigan, 32-28. Coach Bill Callahan is entering his third season at Nebraska and his team appears to be the favorite to win the Big 12 North. They will need running
backs Marlon Lucky and Cody Glenn to fill the shoes of Cory Ross. Look for Zac Taylor to
have a good season as quarterback for Nebraska.
Friday's spring game drew about 58,000 fans to Memorial Stadium.
Callahan said his team had to step it up and take it to another level next season. "We're embarking on a new season," he said. "This will be an interesting year. There is no doubt about it."
Kansas will play Nebraska
Sept. 30 in Lincoln, Neb.
Kansas State (5-6, 2-6 Big 12 Conference)
Ron Prince is the new leader
Kansas State
Ron Prince for the Wildcats this year after Bill Snyder retired last season. The Wildcats were the only
starting spot.
team from the Big 12 North not bowl eligible, and Prince wants to start from scratch, beginning with implementation of his off-season program.
K-State will hold its spring game this weekend, and the question surrounding the Wildcats is at the quarterback position, which has returns Allan Evridge and Dylan Meier as well as incoming freshman Josh Freeman all competing for the
"All quarterbacks here are talented, have mobility, and they can make throws." Prince said. "We're going to see which one can lead the best."
The quarterback position is not the only position open. "Across the board, every single player is going to have a chance to compete for playing time," Prince said.
The Jayhawks will play the Wildcats Nov.18 in Memorial Stadium.
Missouri (7-5, 4-4 Big 12 Conference)
Missouri
To end last season, Missouri came back from a 21-point deficit to defeat South Carolina in the Independence Bowl. However, Brad Smith is no longer at Missouri, so the Tigers will rely on a new quarterback.
"C h a s e Daniel had a very good spring. He is
a confident quarterback, loves a play and a quack of competitor." coach Gary Pinkel said.
Sophomore tight end Chase Coffman had six catches during the Black and Gold spring scrimmage. Defensively, Xzavie Jackson and Stryker Sulak both had sacks during the scrimmage.
"Overall, I felt we had a good spring, very pleased with the effort and attitude of our football team," Pinkel said.
Kansas takes on Missouri Nov. 25 in Columbia, Mo.
Iowa State (7-5, 4-4 Big 12 Conference)
The Cyclones finished last
the Houston
Bowl 27-
24 to TCU.
Quarterback
Bret Meyer
returns for
Iowa State
and had an impressive spring game, completing 20-of-25 passes for 249 yards and two touchdowns.
"Meyer leads with such passion. He has all the intangibles," coach Dan McCarney said.
McCarney said his team made
a lot of progress this spring. "We ended things on a good note, good spring game," he said.
Kansas plays at Iowa State Nov.4.
Colorado (7-6, 5-3 Big 12 Conference)
Dan Hawkins is the new
coach at Colorado,
replacing fired Gary Barnett.
Hawkins said the team still had a lot
of work to do during the summer, but he liked his team's attitude.
Last year, senior Joel Klatt led the Buffaloes as quarterback. Quarterbacks James Cox, Bernard Jackson and Brian White are competing for the starting spot Klatt's graduation left open.
"We'll worry about naming a starting quarterback in the fall," Hawkins said.
Kansas plays Colorado on Oct. 28 at Memorial Stadium.
Edited by Vanessa Pearson
CRIME
Duke lacrosse player's attorney says no chance for plea
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DURHAM, N.C. — An attorney for one of two Duke University lacrosse players charged with raping a stripper at a team party on Wednesday strongly rejected any sort of deal with prosecutors, again proclaiming his client's innocence.
"I don't think there is any chance in hell that there will be a guilty plea," attorney Bill Cotter said. "My client's case is either going to be dismissed by the D.A. or go to trial."
Cotter represents Collin
Finnerty, who along with
fellow sophomore Reade Selig-
mann was indicted Monday on charges of first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping. Each posted $400,000 bond after their pre-dawn arrests early Tuesday, and both were released within hours.
School officials have declined to say whether it plans to discipline either of the players, although they have noted the university has historically suspended students charged with a felony.
Cotter said Wednesday that Finnerty, of Garden City, N.Y., had left Durham, although he wouldn't say where he went. Attorney Kirk Obsborn, representing Seligmann, of Essex Fells, N.J., declined to say whether his client had been suspended.
"Muy client's case is either going to be dismissed by the D.A. or go to trial."
Bill Cotter
Duke lacrosse player's attorney
District Attorney Mike Ni-
Seligmann and his father spent much of Wednesday working from the law office of attorney Robert Ekstrand, who represents dozens of uncharged lacrosse players.
fong, who has not granted interviews in weeks and said Tuesday he planned to make no comments about the case outside the courtroom, has said he still hoped to link a third man to the alleged attack.
He did not return calls Wednesday seeking comment about that effort, or about searches by Durham police Tuesday night of Seligmann's and Finnerty's dorm rooms.
Warrants authorizing the searches had not been returned to the court clerk's or magistrate's office by Wednesday evening.
"I can imagine they never investigate, but I think it's
unusual to be executing search warrants after they've indicted," Cotter said.
Defense attorneys have said they have time-stamped photos from the party, bank records, cell phone calls and a taxi driver's statement to support Seligmann's claim of innocence.
A person close to the case told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the cell phone records show Seligmann called for a taxi at 12:14 a.m., and that according to sworn testimony he left in the taxi at 12:19 a.m.
The bank records show he stopped at an ATM five minutes later, the person said.
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