6B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006
Recap
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Mississippi 78 Kansas 76
Hallman's potential gamewinning three-pointer sailed wide as time expired, ending Kansas' season with a loss to Mississippi in the first round of the WNIT.
It appeared Kansas was on its way to a second straight victory in the WNIT. The Jayhawks led by five at halftime and extended their lead to 16 thanks to a 13-2 run in the opening six minutes of the second half.
Kansas' offense looked as it did during the team's record start to the season. Layups and three-pointers in transition, along with strong post defense, helped Kansas hold Mississippi scoreless for more than five minutes early in the second half. Zinic came off the bench and scored three consecutive baskets, including two off offensive rebounds during the run.
After that, the game belonged to Mississippi guard Armintie Price.
Price scored 19 points in the game's final 13 minutes as the Rebels went on a 42-24 run to close the game.
"I thought we played very well for 30 minutes and then we lost focus and intensity." Henrickson said. "This time of year we can't make excuses, you have to have answers."
Kansas had no answer for Price late in the second half. She was able to drive and slice her way through the Kansas defense for a game-high 31 points. On two plays, Price got a steal and drove the length of the floor for an easy layup. In the end, Price's athleticism and ability to get to the rim was the difference.
"We didn't have an answer for how hard they came at us off the dribble." Henrickson said.
Kansas was able to stay in the game early despite senior forward Crystal Kemp failing to score in the first half for the first time this season. Kemp only had two touches in the paint because of a strong double team from Mississippi's Shawn Goff and Ashley Awkward. The guard and forward combined to hold Kemp scoreless from the field until Kemp's layup with 13:06 remaining in the game.
— Edited by Janiece Gatson
Tennis in paradise
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Filippo Volandri of Italy returns the ball to Ivan Liubicic of Croatia at the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Fla., on Sunday.
TENNIS
Team enjoys new digs
BY Eric Jorgensen
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Closer facility helps players focus
First Serve Tennis, the new indoor tennis facility for the Kansas tennis team, isn't perfect, but it is better than the old place.
"Anything than traveling 45 minutes is better," Kansas coach Amy Hall-Holt said.
The old place was Wood Valley Racquet club in Topeka. The team started using First Serve Tennis in Lawrence back in February.
Traveling to Topeka to practice or play in a home meet eventually took its toll, Hall-Holt said.
"You have to be mentally tough no matter what sport you play on." Hall-Holt said.
She said that playing closer to campus has helped the team focus on just playing. In addition, the team is developing a localized fan base. As First Serve continues to add clientele, the Jayhawks will continue to gain fans, Hall-Holt said.
Senior Christine Skoda said the Lawrence location had simply made tennis life easier.
"It gave us time to focus on other things and to the little things we need to when you don't have to travel an hour everyday for practice or meet," Skoda said.
First Serve is in its first year of business, so it is still new to Lawrence tennis players. As more tennis enthusiasts gain membership to the facility, Hall-Holt said more people would come watch the team compete.
First serve has sent fliers to its members advertising KU tennis meets.
As of now, First Serve has three indoor courts, which is less than most indoor tennis facilities. This has caused some slow play during meets. Many tennis facilities have at least six to eight courts.
Since First Serve opened, owner Mike Elwell said the facility planned to build more courts.
Hall-Holt said the plan was to add to the courts, but how many and where was still uncertain. She said they could construct more courts indoors, but some could also go outdoors. A lot would depend on the donors.
Hall-Holt said.
"We still have fundraising to do before anymore courts are added." Hall-Holt said.
The team just wrapped up a weekend meet against UMKC and St. Louis. The team defeated both schools.
Hall-Holt said that winning matches was the key to adding more courts.
The tennis season is starting to make a transition to primarily outdoor matches. As the weather improves, the outdoor tennis increases. As a rule, all conference play must be done outdoors. The only time the team may play indoors is if the wind is moving faster than 20 mph, if it is below 50 degrees or if it is raining.
The team will return to action Saturday against Oklahoma at home.
— Edited by Hayley Travis
GOLF
Ames triumphs, thanks to masterful final round
BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — An embarrassing loss to Tiger Woods is in the past. A trip to the Masters might not be in his future. All that mattered to Stephen Ames was playing the best round of his life to overwhelm the best players in golf Sunday in The Players Championship.
A month after making fun of Woods. Ames won like him.
He hit impeccable iron shots to build a big lead on the treacherous TPC at Sawgrass, then let everyone collapse in a series of wrecks around him. When he had fired at his last flag, Ames had a 5-under 67 — the best round of a demanding final
round — and won by six shots against two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen.
champion Retter Goosen.
"This is big," Ames said. "This is characterized as the fifth major. I beat the top players in the world."
He finished at 14-under 274, earned $1.44 million from the NBC Sports NBA Tour.
He finished at 14-under 274,
earned $1.44 million from the
richest purse on the PGA Tour
and earned an unlikely trip to
the Masters in two weeks.
Whether he goes remains to be seen.
Ames' wife, Jodi, is recovering from lung cancer. His sons, ages 9 and 6, are starting their two-week spring break and Ames has a vacation planned.
"I had no plans of playing at Augusta," he said. "My priorities have always been family first. If it comes down to that, it's probably going to be a two-week vacation ... I'd rather go on vacation, to be truthful."
The way he played on a sunbaked afternoon on Sawgrass, he might be a force at the Masters.
It was the second-toughest Sunday at The Players Championship, yet Ames made it feel like a practice round. He showed no nerves and said he felt none. His 67 from the final group was the best score by two shots.
The only blip was a double bogey on the 10th hole, when mud on his ball caused his approach to plug into a bunker, and it took him two shots to get out. His lead was cut in half to two strokes, and with the terror of the back nine awaiting, it was set up for another dramatic finish.
Instead, Ames poured it on with magnificent shots, starting with a 3-iron into 15 feet on the par-5 11th to set up a two-putt birdie. Then came an 8-iron on the par-3 13th that caught the ridge and rolled to 2 feet for birdie. He took only 12 putts on the back nine, including a 25-footer for eagle from just off the green at No. 16.
"I think I did that this week, put myself in another gear," Ames said. "It was a matter of seeing the shot and hitting the shot and not worrying about it because ... nobody was close to me to worry about it."
Ames has seen that kind of golf before.
He faced Woods in the first round of the Match Play Championship, and riled him by saying that anything could happen, "especially where he's hitting the ball." Woods turned it into the short match in 18-hole history, 9 and 8, a score that became Ames' nickname the last month.
No more.
He's now The Players champion, with a performance his peers won't soon forget.
"What am I going to do, sit down and cry about it?" Ames said of that loss. "He's the No. 1 player in the world, and he played exceptionally well for ... was it nine or 10 holes? That was it."
Ames played with Vijay Singh, who didn't make a birdie until the 11th hole and finished with a 77.
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