2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TODAY
SPORTS CALENDAR
Men's golf at San Jose State, all day, Santa Cruz, Calif.
MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006
TUESDAY
Softball at UMKC, 5 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
Player to watch: Serena Settlemier. Though Kansas lost two games during the weekend by a combined two runs, the senior pitcher went 2-3 in the second game, driving in a run.
Softball at UMKC, 7 p.m., Kansas City
Men's golf at San Jose State, all day,
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Settlemier
WEDNESDAY
Baseball vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
THURSDAY
Softball vs. Creighton, 2 p.m. Arocha Ballpark
Softball vs. Creighton, 4 p.m. Arocha Ballpark
FRIDAY Baseball vs. Missouri, 6 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
FRIDAY
Baseball vs. Missouri, 2 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Softball vs. Oklahoma State, 2 p.m., Arocha
Ballpark
SATURDAY
**Rowing** vs. Tulsa/Drake, TBA, Lawrence
**Tennis** vs. Oklahoma, 1 a.m., Robinson Court
DAY
Baseball vs. Missouri, 1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Softball vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., Arocha
Ballpark
SUNDAY
Charlie Riedel/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ballpark Tennis vs. Iowa State, 11 a.m., Robinson Courts
Welcome to "Huggieville"
Bob Huggins talks with reporters following a news conference Thursday in Manhattan, where he was named the new basketball coach at Kansas State. Huggins is taking over for Jim Wooldridge, who was fired earlier this month after six seasons.
SOFTBALL
SOFTBALL Texas A&M sweeps Kansas in opener
The Kansas softball team took a 3-2 loss to No. 15 Texas A&M on Sunday. It completed a Texas A&M series sweep at the Aggie Sports Complex.
The Aggies improved to 23-9 and 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play, while the Jayhawks moved to 15-16 and 0-2 in the Big 12.
The Aggies attacked early in the bottom of the first inning, with a home run, which put them up 2-0.
Kansas tacked on a run of its own in the second inning. Freshman outfielder/first baseman Stevie Crisosto doubled to the right center gap.The hit was long enough to score senior pitcher/designated hitter Serena Settlemier from first base
In the top of the third, the Jayhawks knotted the
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Texas A&M utilized a sacrifice bunt to advance two runners into scoring position. A passed ball allowed the runner from third base to score and the Aggies solidified the 3-2 victory.
game at 2-2 with a senior shortstop Destiny Frankenstein triple and a Settlemier single.
Settlemier (9-4) struck out five and worked 6.1 innings, but took her first loss since Feb. 24.
She helped her own cause at the plate by going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
Kansas lost a heartbreaker to Texas A&M on Saturday when a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh solidified a 2-1 Texas A&M victory.
Kansas will continue its eight-game road trip Tuesday at 5 p.m. with a doubleheader against UMKC at Ada Park in Independence, Mo. Jonathan Anderson
Jonathan Anderson
ROWING Longhorns dominate Jayhawks in races
The Kansas rowing team traveled to Austin, Texas, to take on Texas and Cincinnat! Saturday. The Longhorns dominated the races and won all six they competed in against the Jayhawks and the Bearcats.
The Jayhawks participated in three Novice Eight races and three Varsity races. Kansas finished ahead of Cincinnati in all Varsity races and established some momentum for its up-and-coming race against Tulsa and Drake Saturday, April 1.
This will mark the first home race of the season for Kansas.
Kansas was scheduled to compete against Southern Methodist University in its first race of the season on March 23 in Dallas.The race was canceled because of high
winds on White Rock Lake and was not rescheduled because both teams had full schedules.
Daniel Weixeldorfer
Spring break ends in fourth place finish
The Kansas men's golf team should be pleased with the way it spent spring break.
The team traveled to Goodyear, Ariz., to take part in the Ron Moore Invitational, where it finished fourth in a field of 17 teams.
The Jayhawks were on fire early, posting team scores of 279 and 275 in the first and second rounds, respectively.
After day one of competition Kansas stood in first place, leaning on strong scores from senior Pete Krsnich and junior Gary Woodland.
in the third round, allowing some teams to pass them in the standings. As a team, Kansas shot a third-round 287 to finish the event in fourth place, with an overall score of 841.
Krusnich shot a third-round 72 to finish in ninth place, while Woodland finished with a two-under 70, putting him in a tie for tenth place overall.
The Javhawks slipped up
Senior LukeTrammell provided another bright spot for the Jayhawks, finishing tied for 18th.
Juniors Tyler Docking and Barrett Martens rounded out the scores for Kansas, tying 34th and 66th, respectively.
Kansas fell just five shots short of victory, as Louisville took home the overall title with a score of 836.
The strong showing moved the Jayhawks up to 96th place in the golfweek.com rankings.
-Asher Fusco
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Mizzou hires new coach
BY ALAN SCHER ZAIGER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri on Sunday named Mike Anderson as its new men's basketball coach — at the same time that campus leaders were meeting to consider the future of the athletic director responsible for that hire.
Anderson, the current coach of Alabama-Birmingham, steps into a program embroiled in controversy, much of it centered on athletic director Mike Alden, who has been criticized for the handling of former coach Quin Snyder's resignation last season.
After Sunday's curators meeting, spokesman Joe Moore said no vote was taken and Alden was still on the job.
Asked if Alden is still the athletic director, Missouri-Columbia chancellor Brady Deaton said, "Yes he is." He declined further comment.
In a news release announcing Anderson's hiring, the new coach said Alden had convinced him to come to Missouri.
"Mike Alden really sold me on Missouri as a whole," Anderson said. "The fan support, the academic opportunities and of course the tremendous facilities. These aspects will allow us to attract the types of student-athletes we need to be successful. Our goal is to win a national championship and that's why we are at Missouri."
Anderson would be the first permanent black head coach in a major sport at Missouri. He is a former assistant to Nolan Richardson at Arkansas and played for Richardson at Tulsa.
As head coach at UAB for four years, Anderson had an 89-41 record with three NCAA Tournament appearances. UAB was 24-9 this season and lost to Kentucky 69-64 in the first round of the tournament.
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