2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 2006
ATHLETICS
CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
- Men's basketball at Nebraska, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
Player to watch: Mario Chalmers.
Although the freshman guard gave eight turn-overs Sunday against Oklahoma.
he dished out
four assists and scored 10 points, including the game-winning shot with 20 seconds left.
- Women's basketball at Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
♦ Softball vs. Florida, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament,
10 a.m. Houston
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
Men's golf at Hawaii-Hilo all day, Waikoloa, Hawaii
- Softball vs. Texas A&M-
Corpus Christi, Wilson/De-
Marini Tournament, 2 p.m.
Houston
Baseball at Stanford, 7 n.m. Palo Alto, Calif.
Track, Tyson Invitational all day. Ferretville, Ark.
Track, ISU Classic, all day,
Ames, Iowa
Men's golf at Hawaii-Hilo all day, Waikoloa, Hawaii
Baseball at Stanford, 3
n p Bala Alta Salif
SATURDAY
♦ Softball vs. Houston, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament,
4 p.m., Miami
♦ Softball vs. Texas A&M-
Corpus Christi, Wilson/De-
Mauii Tournament, 2 p.m.,
Houston
*Men's basketball vs. Iowa State, 3 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse*
- Women's basketball at Missouri, 3 p.m., Columbia Mo.
Track, Tyson Invitational, all day, Favetteville, Ark
Track, ISU Classic, all oay,
Ames, Iowa
HOCKEY
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Freshman forward Ben Bruhn follows the puck Saturday night during the KU hockey game verses the Illinois State Icebirds at Ice Midwest Sport Center.
The Jayhawks were led on offense by their forwards as Zellmer, Bruhn and junior Nick Hantle combined for seven of the team's eight goals. The Minnesota natives were held to only one goal in a 6-9 tie with Illinois State on Friday night, and they knew that they would need to increase their offensive production for a victory on Saturday.
Illinois State threatened the
Jayhawks take down Icebirds Saturday
"It was important that we stepped it up as a first line and contribute to the win," Zellmer said.
With quick thinking and speedier reaction, Matt Zellmer recorded his first hit trick of the season and led the Jayhawks to an 8-5 victory over the Illinois State Icebirds Saturday night.
BY ALEX ROSE
arose@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Kansas grabbed an early lead less than seven minutes into the game when freshman forward Ben Bruhn powered in the game's first goal. Seconds later, Zellmer added his first goal on his way to his hat trick.
Kansas net during multiple power play opportunities in the first and second periods, but solid defense from the Jayhawks prevented the Icebirds from taking the lead. Despite a few late goals by Illinois State, freshman goaltender Brent Pitts provided Kansas with a gutsy performance to preserve the victory.
Kansas grabbed an early lead less than seven minutes into the game when freshman forward Ben Bruhn powered in the game's first goal. Seconds later, Zellmer added his first goal on his way to his hat trick.
The Jayhawks improved their record to 10-13-1 through their first 24 games of the season.
Before Friday's game, the Jayhawks honored former teammate Connor Meigs by retiring his jersey. Meigs died on December 24, 2004, because
of complications from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. His friends and teammates described Meigs as a selfless person whose generosity made him a team favorite, both on the ice and in the locker room.
The Jayhawks displayed tremendous resolve on Friday night in a come from behind effort that Hantge described as "the most impressive display of heart" from the team all season. The victory on Saturday offered a perfect conclusion to a very emotional weekend, and the team left the rink satisfied with its performance.
"The entire weekend was filled with a great team atmosphere," Zellmer said after the victory.
The Jayhawks look to continue their recent success next Friday and Saturday with two road games against Saint Louis University. The final home game of the season will take place at 8 p.m. on March 3, when Kansas takes on the Missouri Tigers.
Edited by Matt Wilson
Detroit rolls past Colorado
NHI
DENVER — Before Manny Legace blew out the candles, he shut out the Avalanche.
Legace, who turned 33 Saturday, handed Colorado its first shutout of the season, leading Detroit past the Avalanche 3-0 at the Pepsi Center.
"The power play was terrible," Avs captain Joe Sakic said. "We didn't support one another that well. ... I don't think we generated hardly any chances on the power play."
Legace (22-6-2) stopped 28 shots. His fourth shutout of the season and 10th of his career left just three teams who haven't been blanked this year: Detroit, Dallas and San lose.
ing the ire of the Pepsi Center crowd. The Avs finally put some life into their fans when they got off three shots on their sixth power play but again Legace kept them from putting the puck into the net.
league in penalty killing, killed off all seven of Colorado's power plavs.
The Red Wings are 3-0 against the Avalanche this season, but unlike their first two meetings, when they combined for 17 goals, this one was dominated by defense and missed opportunities on the power play.
Avalanche coach Joel Quenneville was stumped over his suddenly scuffling power play unit.
"Every time we got the power play, we didn't do anything," Sakic said.
Ten shots to be exact.
"It's been good all year, but the last two games it has really struggled. We have given away three points in two games, and it was the difference tonight."
"I finally won one on my birthday," Legace said. "I've been playing games on my birthday all my life and lost them all — until this one."
BY ARNIE STAPLETON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOOTBALL
Kansas promotes assistant coaches
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino promoted two defensive assistant coaches, Clint Bowen and Earnest Collins, on Friday.
Detroit, ranked No. 2 in the
Bowen will serve as co-defensive coordinator in addition to coaching safeties. Collins will become special teams coordinator and also will continue to coach cornerbacks.
Bowen, a former KU safety in the early '90s, will enter his sixth season on the Kansas coaching staff. He has coached the safeties for the past four years. He also served as special teams coordinator for the last five years.
Drew Davison
Collins will embark on his fourth season at Kansas. Collins helped junior wide receiver/cornerback Charles Gordon develop into a shutdown corner in 2004, when Gordon had seven interceptions, which tied for the NCAA lead. Freshman cornerback Aqib Talib posted solid numbers as well, with eight pass breakups and 54 total tackles last season under the guidance of Collins.
Senior Angela Pichardo won the women's 1000-meter run for the Kansas track and field team in the two-day Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.
Sophomore Matt Baysinger won the 600-yard run for the third consecutive week.
In the same event, eventer Erik Sloan finished third (8:13.56) and sophomore Colby Wissel came in fifth (8:15.27).
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He ran a provisionally qualifying time of 8:00.83 in the 3000-meter race.
TRACK AND FIELD Jayhawks triumph over Huskers
Sophomore Egor Agafonov, a native of Togliatti, Russia, competed in his first meet since joining the team a few weeks ago.
Senior Benson Chesang competed in his first meet of the season.
Senior thrower Sheldon Battle placed second in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw.
He competed in the weight throw and had a toss of 71 feet, 5 1/4 inches, good for first in the competition and second overall on the Kansas all-time throws list
Kansas will compete next on Friday, Feb. 10 in the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
SWIMMING
Road victory big for Jayhawks' season
— Evan Kafarakis
Over the four years Clark Campbell has been the swimming and diving coach he has never had a better dual meet record.
After defeating Iowa State on Saturday, Kansas finished the regular season 8-2 overall and 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference.
The format at the Iowa State meet was a little different for Kansas; some of the events they swam were a little shorter than usual.
Campbell said he hoped the team would carry their momentum into the Big 12 Championships, which start Feb. 22 in Columbia, Mo.
"We were able to experiment with being aggressive," Campbell said. "We did a really good job pointing our energy towards our goal."
The Jayhawks led 91-59 after the first day of competition, but Campbell wasn't completely satisfied with one day of competition remaining
"It's kind of tough in swimming to get off the bus and race right away," Campbell said. "We did what we had to do Friday night, it wasn't spectacular, but it was solid."
Campbell said the team's day two performances were more focused.The Jayhawks ended up defeating the Cyclones 183-114.
The victory improved the team's record to 3-1, its best start in three years.
Winners in singles competition for the Jayhawks included senior Christine Skoda, sophomores Elizaveta Avdeveva and Lauren Hommell and freshmen Edina Horvath and Yuliana Svistun.
The Kansas tennis team defeated Utah 6-1 on Saturday in Salt Lake City.
TENNIS Team off to best start since 2003
— Betty Kaspar
The only singles loss for the Jayhawks came as a surprise. Freshman Ksenia Bukina, No. 79 in the nation in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, lost in two sets, 7-6, 6-4, to sophomore Elizabeth Ferris.
The Jayhawks will be back in action on Feb. 18, when they hit the road to take on the Louisville Cardinals.
— Antonio Mendoza
Tiger continues hot start, wins overseas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods won a playoff for the second straight week, beating Ernie Els in the Dubai Desert Classic.
Woods drove the green on the 359-yard 17th to set up a birdie-birdie finish that got him into the playoff, where he defeated Els with a par on the first extra hole
Sunday.
Els also birdied the last hole with a 6-foot putt. But on the par5-18th hole in the playoff, he pulled his tee shot into the sandy grove of palms, and his approach came up about a yard short into the water. He took a drop and pitched 20 feet beyond the hole, missing his par putt. Woods, who went just over the back of the green in the playoff, chipped to 6 feet and two-putted for par.
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