Sports
Kansan Summer Weekly/Wednesday, June 10, 1987
KU women win national college ultimate title
By Tim Hamilton
Sports editor
National championships aren't easy to come by.
Sports editor
Just ask any member of the KU Frisbie Club's women's ultimate team.
The KU club's team, known as Betty, recently won the first annual National Collegiate Women's Ultimate Championships held May 23-25 at Penn State University in State College, Penn.
The tournament featured the top seven women's and 14 men's teams from schools around the country.
Betty defeated the University of California at Davis, 18-17, in the finals to bring the first national collegiate women's crown home to
Lawrence.
"We weren't that much better than any of the teams. We just wanted it more," said junior team captain Yvonne Lathrop.
Betty finished with an overall tournament record of 5-3, originally losing to the teams that they would later beat in the semi-finals and finals.
"I really didn't think we could win after round robin play." Lathrop said. "I thought we might get second."
But in the semi-finals Monday morning, Betty advanced to the finals by defeating Humboldt State University, 15-14, in a contest that tested both teams' desire and endurance.
"I was a little scared because we were playing two California teams," senior Patty Wicker said. "After we beat Humboldt, I figured we had a good chance."
team believe they had a shot at winning the championship.
Only after the semi-finals did the
In the finals, underdog Betty battled an experienced team from the University of California at Davis in front of a partisan Kansas crowd of more than 250 ultimate players and fans.
Cal-Davis jumped out to an early lead, but Betty quickly fought back and led at halftime by one point. 9-8
CalDavis fought back to tie the game 15-15 before Betty sealed the win.
In the second half, Betty's tough defense cut off Cal-Davis' sideline passes and Betty gained the lead, 14-10.
"We were so scrappy on defense, and they had so few substitutes that we tired them out," graduate student Diana Pinkston said. "The lesson we learned there was how to suck it up and not give up.
"We pulled our heads together and had a certain connection on the field." Lathrop said.
Ruth Jacobson said the two games on the third day were the toughest games she had ever played in.
"Every step on the last day was painful," Jacobson said. "But we were able to keep our defense going."
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