2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
TODAY
Swimming vs. Missouri, 11 a.m., Columbia, Mo.
Player to watch:
Player to watch: Terri Bramka. The sophomore paced Kansas in the big 12 Championships and finished sixth in the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday.
Schramka
Men's golf vs. Houston, All day, Houston, Texas
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
■ Men's basketball vs. Colorado
7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
THURSDAY
■ Women's basketball vs.
Kansas State, 7 p.m., Allen
Fieldhouse
FRIDAY
Softball vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9 a.m., Golden Hurricane Classic, Tulsa, Okla.
Softball vs. Northern Iowa, 11 a.m., Golden Hurricane Classic, Tulsa, Okla.
Baseball vs. Western Illinois, 3 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
SATURDAY
Baseball vs. Western Illinois,
Softball vs. Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Golden Hurricane Classic,
Tulsa, Okla.
Softball vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., Golden Hurricane Classic, Tulsa, Okla.
Track vs. Iowa State, All day,
Ames, Iowa
Men's basketball vs. Kansas State, 3 p.m., Manhattan
SUNDAY
Softball vs. Tulsa, 1 p.m., Golden Hurricane Classic, Tulsa, Okla.
Baseball vs. Western Illinois,
1 p.m., Hoglund Ballpark
Tennis vs. Texas Tech, 10 a.m.
Robinson Courts
SOCCER Jayhawks announce spring home games
The Kansas soccer team will have at least four games at the Jayhawk Soccer Complex for the spring season. The team announced a schedule of five games, with the opportunity for a sixth.
The first home match will be at 1 p.m. March 4 against Minnesota. The Jayhawks will then go on the road to face Yale in Omaha, Neb., on April 1.
The Jayhawks will return to Lawrence to face the Legends under-15 boys team April 5, the Canadian National Team April 13 and the Blue Valley Stars under-15 boys team April 24.
— Erick R. Schmidt
BIG 12 BASEBALL
Top Big 12 teams fall in rollercoaster week
BY SHAWN SHROYER
sshroyer@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
No. 4 Nebraska
Kansas had a perfect record last week in the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn. Kansas has won four games in a row, dating back to the Feb. 19 victory against Vanderbilt. Here's a look at the rest of the Big 12 Conference, which was 26-8 in games from Feb. 20 to Feb. 26.
Although Nebraska notched two victories in the Rice Invitational, it did not win against
then No. 4 Rice, the only team it faced with a winning record.
The Nebraska bats came to life in the final game of the weekend as the Huskers recorded season-highs in runs and hits with 12 and 18, respectively.
No.11 Texas
Texas started the week with a 13-9 loss against Stanford, handling the Cardinals the series victory. Texas wouldn't lose again the rest of the week, though.
Texas returned to Austin to beat Texas State on Wednesday, 7-4, and swept Villanova in a weekend series.
Freshman infielder Bradley Suttle went 6-of-11 with six RBIs against Villanova. Texas outscored Villanova 21-3 in three games.
No.23 Baylor
On Tuesday, Baylor defeated Texas-San Antonio 5-0 in a game that ended after the
fifth inning because of fog. The Bears then came home to play then No. 30 Arizona State for three games. Baylor lost two of three games to the Sun Devils.
In the lone Bears victory, junior catcher Matt Sodolnik hit a three-run double in the seventh inning to put them ahead for good.
Baylor was outfit 28-8 in the doubleheader on Friday.
Oklahoma's lack of offense against Memphis in the first game of the Service Academies
No. 25 Oklahoma
Classic squandered a commanding performance by senior pitcher Daniel McCutchen.
McCutchen struck out 10 batters and didn't allow a walk. But with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning with the game tied at one, Memphis junior first baseman Adam Amar hit a walkoff single, handing McCutchen and Oklahoma the loss.
Oklahoma bounced back with consecutive victories against Indiana State and Notre Dame.
After a 14-3 victory over Texas-Arlington where sophomore pitcher Chance
No.29 Texas A&M
With a fourth game left to be played on Monday, the Texas A&M went 2-1 in the first three games of the Classic with a 5-1 victory against UNC Greensboro on Friday, a 6-1 victory over Utah on Saturday and a 3-2 loss against Missouri State on Sunday. The loss was the Aggies' first of the season.
Corgan struck out eight batters in only five innings, Texas A&M came home to play host to the Domino's Pizza Aggie Baseball Classic.
Missouri
Junior pitcher Max Scherzer led Missouri to a 14-5 victory against then No. 1 Florida, in
the first game of the Pepsi Baseball Classic.
Scherzer struck out eight Gators in seven innings, allowing just one earned run. This would be the highlight of Missouri's weekend, as it lost to Wake Forest and Ohio State.
Kansas State
ette Mardi Gras Ball Baseball Classic and returned with victories against Louisiana-Monroe and Purdue.
Kansas State traveled to Louisiana last weekend to take part in the Louisiana-Lafayette.
Senior outfielder Joe Roundy and junior infielder Jared Goedert went 11-16 and combined for nine runs and eight RBI in
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Junior short stop Shelby Ford led the Cowboys, which outscored the Leathernecks 36-9 in the series. Ford went 6-of-12 in the series, scoring four runs, driving in five runs and drawing four walks. In the first game, Ford was a double shy of hitting for the cycle.
game since Feb. 12.
Texas Tech
Texas Tech put up impressive numbers across the board last week, outcoring
opponents' 51-16 in four victories
Texas Tech also defeated Dallas Baptist 13-5. None of Texas Tech's opponents in the Classic, also including Texas-Arlington and Oral Roberts, had an answer for sophomore catcher Matt Smith when he came to the plate. In three games, Smith went 6-of-7 with three runs, eight RBI, six walks, three doubles and a home run.
In a 16-0 victory against Eastern New Mexico, senior pitcher Dustin Richardson struck out 10 batters in six innings of work.
BREAKBOX
Big 12 Conference baseball standings:
Texas A&M 10-1
Oklahoma State 5-1
Baylor 6-2
Kansas State 3-1
Oklahoma 9-3
Texas Tech 9-3
Kansas 10-4
Nebraska 5-2
Texas 9-6
Missouri 5-4
Source: www.big12sports.com
Senior outfielder Matt Baty will not play in this weekend's home opener against Western Illinois. Just when Baty will return is unknown.
BASEBALL Kansas outfielder out indefinitely with injury
Baty, one of three captains on the team, and junior outfielder Kyle Murphy collided while diving for a fly ball Saturday against Linscomb.
Baty
Both left the game immediately thereafter. Murphy came in to play the ninth inning of Kansas' last game on Sunday, but Baty did not reappear.
The team didn't comment on the injury, but Kansas coach Ritch Price released a statement Monday concerning the four-year starter's status.
"It's a crucial loss to our team," Price said. "We're
After aggravating an old knee injury, Baty was sidelined for the last three innings against No. 10 Stanford on Feb. 12. It is not known whether this injury is related.
Baty had since worked his way back into the lineup, playing in left field instead of center field, where he typically plays.
He has rarely spent long stints on the bench. At the team's 14-game mark this season, Baty has started 13 and is hitting .300 with four doubles and a triple.
all hoping and praying that he is going to return to the lineup in the next few weeks. As soon as he is healthy and cleared, he'll be back in the starting lineup."
"He's a bulldog," senior outfielder Gus Milner said of Baty earlier this year. Milner saw time in center after Baty and Murphy came out. After the Stanford series, Baty said he was confident of his ability to bounce back from injury.
"Matt is the heart and soul of our team," Price said.
- Alissa Bauer
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Barton Coach to testify against his colleagues
Coaches are accused of getting athletes grants they were not qualified to receive and campus jobs that paid them for work they did not perform; of helping athletes with correspondence courses and tests; and of sending false academic credentials to other schools on the athletes' behalf.
Sentencing for former Barton County Community College basketball coach Ryan Wolf has been postponed until May 1 to give him time to testify against his colleagues in a widespread investigation into financial aid for athletes.
Wolf's indictment in December 2004 was the first in a scandal that has resulted in charges against seven coaches and the athletic director and led to the firing of its president at the beleaguered central Kansas college.
Wolf and two fellow coaches pleaded guilty in federal court in exchange for reduced charges and their cooperation with prosecutors. Former assistant basketball coach Matt Skillman and former head coach David Campbell both received probation at their sentencing hearings. In December, Wolf pleaded guilty to four counts.
The Associated Press
AP TOP 25 Men's college basketball poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
1. Duke (65) 27-1 1,791 1
2. Connecticut (6) 25-2 1,725 3
3. Memphis (1) 26-2 1,628 4
4. Villanova 22-3 1,605 2
5. Gonzaga 24-3 1,508 5
6. Texas 24-4 1,398 7
7. G.Washington 24-1 1,378 6
8. Pittsburgh 21-4 1,236 9
9. Ohio St. 21-4 1,209 11
10. Illinois 23-5 1,109 8
11. Tennessee 20-5 976 10
12. Boston College 22-6 971 11
13. North Carolina 19-7 814 21
14. Washington 22-5 804 17
15. UCLA 22-6 717 19
16. West Virginia 19-8 661 14
17. Florida 22-6 628 12
18. Kansas 20-7 514 16
19. Oklahoma 19-7 502 22
20. Georgetown 19-7 480 23
21. LSU 20-7 425 24
22. N.C. State 21-7 385 15
23. Iowa 20-8 324 20
24. Nevada 22-5 193 25
25. Michigan St. 19-9 178 18
Others receiving votes: Marquette 89, Bucknell 105, Arkansas 74, UAB 44, Wichita St. 23, George Mason 19, Wisconsin 13, California 7, San Diego St. 6, Missouri St. 5, S. Illinois 3, UTEP 3, Air Force 2, Alabama 2, N.C.-Wilmington 1.
AP TOP 25 Women's college basketball poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press* women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 26, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
| TEAM | RECORD | PTS | PV |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. N. Carolina (46) | 26-1 | 1,150 | 2 |
| 2. Duke | 25-2 | 1,072 | 1 |
| 3. LSU | 25-2 | 1,064 | 3 |
| 4. Maryland | 26-3 | 1,004 | 4 |
| 5. Ohio St. | 25-2 | 949 | 6 |
| 6. Rutgers | 23-3 | 913 | 7 |
| 7. Connecticut | 26-3 | 877 | 8 |
| 8. Tennessee | 25-4 | 827 | 5 |
| 9. Oklahoma | 21-4 | 782 | 9 |
| 10. Baylor | 21-5 | 715 | 10 |
| 11. Arizona St. | 23-5 | 641 | 11 |
| 12. Georgia | 20-7 | 624 | 13 |
| 13. Stanford | 21-6 | 578 | 15 |
| 14. Purdue | 22-5 | 559 | 12 |
| 15. DePaul | 23-5 | 555 | 16 |
| 16. Michigan St. | 21-8 | 470 | 14 |
| 17. Utah | 20-5 | 295 | 19 |
| 18. BYU | 22-3 | 264 | 21 |
| 19. Louisiana Tech | 21-4 | 258 | 20 |
| 20. Minnesota | 19-8 | 243 | 28 |
| 21. New Mexico | 20-7 | 178 | 23 |
| 22. Temple | 21-7 | 171 | 17 |
| 23. Florida | 20-7 | 133 | — |
| 24. Vanderbilt | 19-9 | 133 | 24 |
| 25. Texas A&M | 19-7 | 124 | 25 |
AP
Others receiving votes: Bowling Green 78, Boston College 56, Wyoming 32, St. John's 20, George Washington 29, Florida St. 14, New York St. 13, W. Kentucky 12, Missouri 11, N.C.State 11, Chattanooga 10, Tulsa 8, Virginia Tech 8, Old Dominion 6, UCLA 3, Hartford 1
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