6A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY, MARCH 3. 2006
Seniors
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Senior guard, Erica Hallman looks to pass around Wildcat defenders during Thursday night's game at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks lost their last home game of the season to the Wildcats 62-44.
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"I thought she missed three easy shots, so I let her collect herself and let her get back in," Henrickson said.
Kemp was still able to finish as the top scorer with 19 points. The Jayhawk three-point shooters were not as lucky, missing all nine of their attempts.
"I got open looks, I just didn't knock them down," Hallman said.
Senior guard Kaylee Brown played 35 scoreless minutes, fighting an ankle injury that has kept her out of practice this week. She said the team didn't lose its confidence after falling behind early.
During the game in Manhattan on Jan. 25, the Jayhawks came back from a similar lead, something the Wildcat players said they hadn't forgotten. Kansas State played like a team on a mission, improving its conference record to 8-8, and giving the team a chance to make the NCAA tournament if it can pull off a third victory against Kansas next Tuesday.
"I had faith we were going to make a run," she said. "I had faith we were going to come back, but it didn't happen."
The prediction by Kansas State senior Jessica McFarland that Allen Fieldhouse would become "Bramlage East" didn't come true. Of the 5,000 fans, only about a third were wearing purple. That was still enough for the Wildcat players to receive a loud ovation while dancing on the court after the game.
"It was definitely a great atmosphere," Wildcat freshman forward Marlies Gipson said. "They tried to bring in some fans and shake us a little bit."
Junior forward Claire Coggins led the team with 15 points. Through the final minutes of the game, she was high-fiving teammates and running around with a large smile on her face.
"We were really pumped tonight," she said. "It's always good to win at KU."
The players currently on the Wildcat roster don't know any alternatives. Kansas State has won the last 10 meeting between the two teams. Henrickson is already working to ensure that streak doesn't continue into the future. She invited Danielle McCray, who will join the Jayhawks next year as a freshman, into the locker room to let her experience what it is like to be a part of the rivalry.
won't take that long to break the streak, and they are determined to make the most of their second opportunity Tuesday.
The seniors are hoping it
"We're just motivated to go out there and get it right more than anything," Kemp said, adding that she wanted fans to see that Thursday night's performance was not representative of Jayhawk basketball.
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finish out their careers.
Moving up three spots to No. 72, the Kansas Jayhawk tennis team will have a home match against No. 66Texas Tech Red Raiders. The match is scheduled to take place at Robinson Courts at 10 a.m.on Sunday. If the weather is bad, the match will be moved to First Serve, Lawrence's indoor tennis courts.
mish out that they called “I’m disappointed that it ended this way.” Kemp said. “I've had a pretty good four years here and hopefully we'll give our young teammates a chance to turn it around.”
As the clock wound down, the frustration on the seniors' faces was evident. A 10th straight loss to Kansas State on senior night was not the way they hoped to
one-by-one with 1:49 remaining, each leaving to a standing ovation from the more than 3,000 Kansas fans in attendance.
TENNIS Jayhawks to play host to Red Raiders
tions, they admitted it had affected them throughout the day.
The match against the Red Raiders will be the first Big 12 match of the season for the Jayhawks. Kansas currently has a record of 5-2, while Texas Tech's record is 6-4 and 1-1 in the Big 12.
For Kansas, the match will be the fourth consecutive match in which the team will face an opponent ranked No. 75 or higher, according to the International Tennis Association.
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fected them in哭泣. "I know Erica, Kaylee and I were just extra giddy today and having to calm each other down." Kemp said. "There were just a lot of different emotions moving through us today."
Ceremonies
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"If you're playing in the outfield, you're loose, you're in the game, you're
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game, you' re not thinking about anything, and everything just comes natural," said Simpson, who occasionally plays in the outfield. "But if you're DH, you got to have a real good mindset to be able to succeed."
“It's a lot harder coming off the bench as a DH because you've got to do stuff like jog between innings, like swing the bat, just to keep loose,” Simpson said.
Price said it would be ideal to have the DH in the middle of the batting order to provide a physical presence, but he has penciled the DH into the eighth slot in nine games because of the lack of production from the position. DH's have hit only as high as the fifth spot in two games. Position players are in the game from the first pitch on, DHs only step on the field when it's their turn to bat.
The four are still adjusting to the role of designated hitter, as their sub-par power numbers show.
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The loss might have been the hardest on Brown. She failed to score in a game for the first time all season.
Land said players on the bench usually ran to the foul pole and back between innings to stay warm. Allman said players threw soft toss to each other and observed the opposing pitcher's tendencies to stay
DH
focused on their next plate appearance. But even with such preparation, Simpson said it was difficult to control the anxiousness and to make an impact in the game.
While the seniors refused to blame the loss on their emo-
"You just really got to settle down, just like it's a normal at-bat, just like
you're playing in the field," Simpson said.
Allman may get more time at the plate as a position player because of injuries to Jayhawk outfielders. Senior left fielder Matt Baty collided with junior center fielder Kyle Murphy in a game last weekend. Baty was injured and is unable to play, opening a spot in the outfield that Allman is most likely to fill.
is most likely to hit.
As for the DH spot, Price said there was no leading candidate to permanently fill the spot. Price said he would consider who was swinging the hottest bat in practice and try to match up a right-handed hitter against a left-handed pitcher and vice versa. However, with the options being freshmen and sophomores, Price said he was tempering his expectations for now.
Henrickson pulled the seniors
"They have a chance to help us," Price said. "We understand the development process. They're not going to step in and help us immediately. They're not ready yet."
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