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University Daily Kansan
Sports
Thursday, April 24, 1986
Kansas pitcher John Quinn strains while delivering a pitch. Quinn pitched three innings yesterday in Kansas' 13-7 loss to Wichita State at Quigley Field
Four-run inning leads WSU past KU
Bv Jim Suhr
Sports writer
Sports Writer
Wichita State scored four runs in the seventh innight to snap a 6-1 tie and surge past Kansas, 13-7, in one nine-inning single game yesterday afternoon at Quigley Field.
The Shockers, who overshadowed a two-home run performance by Jayhawk shortstop Gary Lang, scored 13 runs on a season-high 19 hits off four Kansas pitches to beat the Jayhawks for the second time in a week. Wichita State, 32-12, defeated Minnesota, of 16-8 on April 16 in Wichita.
Kansas pitcher John Quinn took the loss. His record fell to 2-6. Shocker pitcher Greg Brummett got the win.
Baseball
He is 3-0.
The Jayhawks, 22-27, return to Quigley Field at 3 p.m. today for a nine-inning game against Washburn.
Wichita State took advantage of control problems by Jayhawk startling pitcher Steve Purdy to jump out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning.
Purdy started the game by walking the first two Shocker batters. His control problems continued as he gave up five runs on four hits, another walk and an error by eight John Peters before the injury was over.
Marty Pattin, Kansas head coach.
said after the game that the Jayhawks had dug themselves a hole in the first inning that they never managed to get out of.
"The name of the game is pitching and defense," Pattin said. "Purdy started out the first inning with two walks on eight pitches. You just can't walk those people. They scored was the whole ball game right there.
"Sometimes I question some of these kids' thinking out there. They're not concentrating enough."
The Jayhawks put together an offensive rally of their own by scoring three runs in the run on a throwing error by Shucker pitcher Rich McIntyre
and a two-run home run by Lang into a 20 mph wind.
Lang, a senior, finished the game with two hits in four at bats, two runs scored and three runs batted in.
Kansas, which got a solo home run by designated hitter Steve Estes in the second inning, took a 6.5 lead on a two-run single by Peters.
The Kansas lead worried Shocker head coach Gene Stephenson.
"one disappointing thing is that once we got off to a good start, we started to lay back and think it was over." Stephenson said after the game. "That's the mark of an average team."
Yanks sweep 3-game series from KC
The Associated Press
KANAS CITY, Mo  — Ken Griffey collected three hits in support of Dennis Rasmussen's three-hit pitch over seven innings last night, sparking New York to a 2-1 victory over Kansas City and the Yankees' first three-game sweep in Royals Stadium since 1974.
one tser was Dennis Leonard. 2,1; who had won his first two starts since coming back from a 1982 knee injury.
Rasmussen, 2-0, struck out four and walked one. He was relieved by
Brian Fisher after walking Hal McRae with none out in the eighth inning.
After stranding four runners in the first two innings, the Yankees pushed across two runs in the third with the belf of two of Leonard's three errors.
Griffey led with a single, then Don Mattingly hit a roller back to the mount. But Leonard bobbled the potential double-play grounder. He then wildly to first and the ball rolled into right field.
Leonard was charged with two errors as Griffey scored and Mattingly
advanced to third. The Yankees then took a 2-0 lead on Ron Hassey's RBI single.
George Brett's first inning-in doubling and Willie Wilson's fourth-inning single were the only Royal hits aside from Eric Bromberg, home run with two out in the fifth.
Fisher held on for his second save in the ninth when Rudy Law singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice and to third on Brett's grounder. Frank White then flew out to the center-field wall to end the game.
him past Amos Otis as the Royals' all-time hit leader.
Royals Notes — The Kansas City Royals have re-signed former starting shortstop Onix Concepcion to a minor-league contract. He will play for the Royals' Triple A affiliate in Omaha, Neb.
Brett's hit was his 1,978th, moving
Conception has been in Kansas City undergoing treatment and rehabilitation for his right knee, on which recently had arthroscopic surgery.
'Hawks take second in conference finals
The Kansas women's tennis team upset conference giant Oklahoma State in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles finals and moved past Colorado into second place at the Big Eight Championship yesterday in Oklahoma City.
Sports writer
By Matt Tidwell
Oklahoma State won the conference championship.
The Jayhawks swept the first three singles matches and Kansas' Tracy Treps won the No. 1 singles title to qualify for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships next month in Athens, Ga.
The men's championships begin this morning as the Jayhawks, featuring a healthy Mike Center at No. 2 numbers, start play at 9 a.m.
"We played great tennis today at the top," Kansas head coach Scott Perdman said. "It's a real tribute to our team, but it's also three really tough singles matches."
**repeats defeated Kathleen Heckman of Colorado 6-3, 6-3 to win at No. 1; Jeannette Jonnson defeated Libbie Brende of Oklahoma State 3-6, 6-4 to win at No. 2; and CHIU Umahara of Kentucky 6-4, 6-4 to No. 3. One other jayhawk, Hibern Hilbard, lost to the Cowgirls' Robyn Lamb at No. 5, 6-3, 6-2
Perelman said Treps' qualification for nationals was a big accomplishment for both her and the team.
"It was a big goal and we're all really happy for her," Weerman said. "This is the first time in seven or eight years that Kansas has sent a woman to nationals, so it's a big accomplishment."
The Jayhawks rebounded from
Tennis
their last meeting against Oklahoma State, April 4 in Stillwater, in which Kansas lost 9-0
The Cowgirls finished with 112 team points, Kansas was second with 87 and Colorado was third with 82 points.
"our girls finished in second place," Perelman said, "and up until the last round of singles and doubles we were ahead by only one point. I knew it was hard, but when it came down to the end and they increased their intensity."
One Kansas doubles team, Hibbard and Janelle Bolen, reached the finals but lost to Brende and Lorna Browne of Oklahoma State, 7-6, 6-3.
The men's team starts its quest for the conference championships with the services of No. 2 singles player Mike Center, who has mrs.'s all of the Big Eight conference season with a broken ankle.
Pereiman, also the man's coach,
said he made a last-minute decision
to play Center. Center was in visible
stretch of his ability to team
hosted a match in Lawrence.
"I didn't really decide until last night." Perelman said. "He's as healthy as he can be and he wants to play. I think he all do right."
Kansas' lineup will include Mike Wolf, 38-8 overall and 6-0 in the Big Eight, at No. 1 singles; Center, 16-10 and 0-0, at No. 2; Kevin Bradley, 18-15 and 3-3, at No. 3; Darin Herman, 13-18 and 2-0, at No. 4; Larry Pascal, 18-12 and 3-3, at No. 5; and Jim Secrest, 16-15 and 3-3, at No. 6.
Jayhawks win two in last home games
Bv Jim Suhr
Sports writer
Kansas shortstop Cherie Wickham singled with one out and the bases loaded in the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie and push the Jayhawks to a 3-2 win in the second game of a doubleheader against Southwest Missouri State yesterday afternoon at Jayhawk Field.
Kansas won the first game 4-0.
Kansas won the first game 40-21.
The wins improved the fifth ranked
Jayhawks' record to 40-12. while
Southwest Missouri dropped to 23-12.
Mach gave up three hits and two runs. Her bid for her second no-hitter ended in the fifth inning with a one-out single by southwest Missouri pitcher Terri Whitmarsh. The runs Kansae gave up in that game were the
Softball
It was the last home game for pitcher Tracy Bunge and right fielder Ann Brent.
Bunge, 18-7, held the Bears to four hits over seven innings in Kansas' win in the first game. She also got the win in the second game after replacing starter Sherri Mach in the seventh inning.
first runs the Jayhawk defense has allowed in ten games.
Kansas jumped out early in the second game on a two-run home run by catcher Kelly Down, the day's offspring. Also this game also hit two triples in the first game.
Mach's strong pitching held the Bears in check until the seventh inning, when Southwest Missouri tied the score with two runs on defense. Mach was replaced by Bunge, who slammed the door on the rally.
In the first game, a two-run single in the third inning by Brent put Kansas ahead 2-0. It turned out to be the only runs the Jayhawks needed.
Kansas scored another run in the fourth inning when Downs tripled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by designated hitter Chris May.
Down's second triple of the game in the sixth inning drove in Kansas' last run.
2 to compete in Drake Relays
Rest of track team faces competition in Oklahoma meet By Dawn O'Malley
By Dawn O'Malley Sports writer
While some of the women's track team travel by van to Norman, Okla. two members will be heading in the opposes direction. Drake is in Des Moines, Iowa.
At the Relays, Denise Buchanan will compete in the shot-put and the discus. Kim Jones will compete in the long jump. Kansas high junior Amy Conner of the Kansas relay team sustained a sprained left ankle she sustained at the Kansas Relays.
Buchanan said that after the Kansas Relays, everything seemed anticlimactic because the Kansas Outbackfoot boat competition on the home track.
"Typically I haven't done that well at Drake." Buchanan said. "I get in a slump between the Kansas Relays and Drake. By the time Big Eight
Women's Track
comes around, I'm usually out of it." Buchanan has qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., in the shot-plot but failed to do so in the disc.
Although Buchanan has not been plagued with injuries this season, Jones has. She is nursing a weak left knee.
"Right now I'm pretty disgusted with the discus," she said. "I should hit the shot."
"It is definitely a bigger tournament," she said. "You can't see an empty seat. It just kind of gives you goose bumps. Hardly ever do you see a meet that packed."
Buchanan said there wouldn't be an empty seat in the stadium at the Drake Relays.
"I have been injured all year and I have a messed up knee." Jones said. "Twenty (feet) would be doing pretty well.
While Buchanan and Jones will compete on Saturday at Des Moines, the rest of the team will compete in the Invitational Friday in Norman.
"Because I did not do that well at the Kansas Relays, I am looking forward to hopefully straighten things out."
Three other Big Eight universities will compete at the invitational - Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Kansas State.
This is the first time Canadian freshman Mylene Maharaj will have traveled into Sooner territory.
Grant picks Kentucky over Kansas
"Traveling is sometimes a bit cramped." Maharaj said. "It is good to get away and run against different competition and see where I am."
Maharaj will compete in her favorite race, the 200-meter dash.
Grant — who played center at 6-foot 9 at Independence Community College last season but prefers the forward position and signed a Southeastern Conference letter-of-invitation in a news conference in Independence.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. — Harvey Grant, a highly sought junior college basketball star, announced yesterday that he would attend Kentucky.
"Oklahoma, here we come," Maharaj said.
"I love it because it's not too long and it's not too short," MaharaJ said.
Grant, a native of Sparta, Ga., played for one season at Clemson before transferring to Independence, where he averaged 22.4 points and
Mahara), Veronda O'Hara, Jaci Tyma and Mia Wickleff make up the 400-meter relay team.
The Associated Press
Described as a fluid shooter with a deft touch from the perimeter, Grant connected on 59 percent of his field goals attempts and 71 percent of his
Grant had narrowed his choices to six colleges earlier this month: Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma. Nevada, Georgia, DePaul and West Virginia.
11. 8 rebounds a game. He was named to the eight-member National Junior College Athletic Association All-American team.
Kentucky Coach Eddie Sutton and two of his assistants were in Independence on Wednesday but could not participate in the formal signing
because of NCAA regulations. They remained in the lobby of the gymnasium during Grant's news conference.
Steve McClain, assistant coach at Independence, said he and head coach Bob Kivisto felt it was the right choice for Grant.
"Harvey was a true superstar,
especially by example," McClain added.
"He was a great player, but you never knew it by his attitude."
Grant will be eligible to play for the Wildcats in the fall if he completes his junior college graduation requirements. Independence officials said Grant would attend summer school.
'Hawks ready for Iowa weather
Steve麦顿, Denver junior, has had consistently low golf scores this season. He practiced driving this week at Avamar Golf & Country Club. The men's golf team will be in Iowa this weekend playing in tournaments in Armes and Moines.
By a Kansan sports writer
Men's Golf
The Kansas men's golf team has not packed away its wool hats and rain gear for the season. Instead, the gear will travel along with the cotton golf gear the team usually wears.
The Jayhawks will play today and tomorrow in the Drake Relays Invitational in Des Moines.
The team packed the warm clothing in anticipation of any foul weather it may encounter in this game, back-to-back tournaments in Iowa.
On Saturday, the team will compete in the Cyclone Invitational at Ames.
Ross Randall, men's head golf coach, said yesterday the men packed unreasonable clothing of unpredictable Iowa weather.
Kansas won the Cyclone Invitational and placed fourth at the Drake Invitational last year.
"If we play to our potential, we have to be considered favorites," Randall said.
Competing for Kansas this weekend will be Steve Madsen, Brian McGreevy, John Ogden, Chris Hutchens and Rudy Zupetz.
"They all know they can play." Randall said. "That's why golf is so mental. We are working on the mental aspect."
If the team plays well, its confidence is high. However, if the team is playing poorly, its confidence is low, Randall said.
"It's a vicious circle," Randall said.
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