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Sophomore midfielder Whitney Berry flicks the ball towards over the goal off of a cross from a teammate. Berry led the team with seven shots in the double overtime 1-0 loss to Baylor
BY JACKSON DELAY
jdelay@kansan.com
Kansas' Big 12 soccer woes continued this weekend as they lost at the hands of Texas Tech (10-5-1,3-3-1 Big 12) 2-0 on Friday in Lubbock, Texas and returned home Sunday to fall to Baylor (10-5-2, 3-4-0 Big 12) in double overtime 1-0.
Berry led the Jayhawks with seven shots.
On Friday, goalkeeper Kat Liebetrau added nine saves to her conference-leading save total, which was at 39 after Friday's contest. However, that wasn't enough, as Texas Tech was able to get two goals from headers in the first half.
"They are very physical, so when you come out against these guys you have to really battle and play for 90 minutes," coach Mark Francis said. "You can't come out
Kansas came out the second half and, in attempting to make up its two-goal deficit, outshot Texas Tech nine to six. However, the Red Raiders outshot the Jayhawks 19-10 overall, and had 11 shots on goal compared to Kansas' four.
It was a physical match with a total of 22 fouls. Four yellow cards were issued, one of which led to a converted penalty kick that secured Baylor's 1-0 victory.
Kansas faced a Baylor team Sunday that was also desperate to get an all-important win in conference play.
conference play.
"I think we knew that today was a big deal," sophomore forward Whitney Berry said. "Our season is kind of on the line with this game. Everyone knew what we had to do."
Kansas is now a dismal 1-7 in conference play, having lost six of those games by two goals or less. Francis said games like this add to the frustration.
"We've played some games and played very,very well and lost 1-0," he said. "Today was an example of that.I think we deserved a lot more out of it than we got"
Jayhawks' season has gone.
Francis said. I thought we deserved to win the game. You get a decision against you that late in the game and there is not much you can do about it."
with anything less than that and I thought the guys did a good job today."
today. The two teams matched up well and it was an evenly played game.At the end of 90 minutes both sides were knotted up at 0-0.
Berry said that the Baylor game was symbolic of how the
"I feel like that is a repeated thing for us this year," she said. "We've worked our butts off every single game and we just can't get the results."
Toward the end of the second period, the physical play was evident by sophomore defender Shelby Williamson's bloody face. She left the game after a collision while attempting to clear a ball crossing into the Kansas penalty box. Williamson returned for the start of overtime wearing No. 28 because her regular No. 16 jersey
had blood on it.
"I guess when it rains, it pours." Francis said.
In the second overtime, Williamson was battling a Baylor forward for the ball when she was whistled and tagged with a yellow card. The call, which Francis clearly disagreed with, occurred in Kansas' penalty area, so Hanna Gilmore of Baylor was awarded a penalty kick in the 103rd minute. Gilmore converted the kick and gave Baylor the 1-0 win.
Kansas has now lost four games in a row.
Each team recorded two shots in overtime, but after 10 minutes, neither team could come through with a goal. The game headed into a second overtime.
"I feel really bad for our kids."
The Jayhawks will travel to Nebraska and Colorado next weekend as they finish up their Big 12 schedule.
- Edited by Alex Tretbar
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CROSS COUNTRY
BY LAUREN NEWMAN
Tough competition at meet
lnewman@kansan.com
The Jayhawk cross country team traveled to Terre Haute, Ind. Saturday to compete in the Pre-Nationals Invitational, its most difficult and competitive meet of the season. The women finished 18th out of 40 teams and the men placed 24th out of 36 teams. The men's team competed against 241 runners while the women raced against 274.
raced against. 24.
For the fourth consecutive meet, junior Donny Wasinger set the pace for the men's team, finishing 47th overall on the 8K course, with a career-best time of 24:33.7. Senior Nick Capriario, the No. 2 runner, also had a career-best time of 25:18.3 and took 116th place. Rounding out the top three runners for the Jayhawk team was junior Austin Bussing, who crossed the finish line in 25:21, which was also a career-best.
Championship.
"The men competed hard, but we need to close the gaps and learn how to focus more in big races." Redwine said. "Twenty-fourth place wasn't the goal coming in, but that is where we ended up. We have to get better and correct our mistakes before the Big 12 meet."
Head coach Stanley Redwine said in a press release that he felt that the team still had work to do in practices in order to be more prepared for upcoming meet at the Big 12 Championship.
As for the women's team, junior Rebeka Stowe proved to be the top
runner for the Jayhawks for the second straight meet. Stowe finished the 6K race with a career-best time of 20:43.9, placing 16th overall. Behind her was sophomore Natalie Becker who clocked in at 21:25. Sophomore Tessa Turcotte sealed the No. 3 spot for the team with a time of 22.08.4, and the No. 4 spot was junior Kara Windisch.
Assistant coach Michael Whittlesey had the same opinion when it comes to performing stronger during the race.
race. "I didn't think we performed as well as we know we are capable of performing." Whittlesey said in the release. "We need to be mentally tougher in the middle of the race."
tougher in the middle of the race. Stowe felt that her performance was a step in the right direction but hopes the team will run as a pack more. She knows the ability of the team is there to compete, but it hasn't come full circle. As for their upcoming meet in the Big 12 Championship, she said she feels excited.
"The Big 12 meet is very exciting for us because there are a lot of good teams in our conference. I think we need to run in a pack, it is so much easier to run a race like that when you have someone next to you encouraging you." Stowe said in the release. "We need to come out as a group and stay together to support each other."
Edited by Clark Goble
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