University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 6, 1987
*Monday Sports Extra*
13
KU men's tennis team splits weekend matches
Larry Pascal, Dallas junior, makes a return at the net during competition Saturday against Oklahoma at the Allen Field House courts. Pascal and his partner Chris Walker defeated the Sooners' team in the No. 2 doubles match 6-4, 6-4. KU won the team competition 7-2.
By ROB KNAPP
Staff writer
The Kansas men's tennis team began its pursuit of the Big Eight Conference title with a narrow loss and a big victory.
The Jayhawks lost 5-4 to defending champion Oklahoma State on Friday but bounced back by whipping Oklahoma 7-2 on Saturday. Both matches were played on the Allen Field House courts.
"We didn't play very close to our capabilities." Perelman said.
Kansas men's and women's coach Scott Perelman said the Oklahoma State loss was especially disappointing because Kansas beat the Cowboys in Lawrence earlier in the year.
Kansas, 14-9, had won four of the six singles matches in the previous match but got only two singles victories on Friday. Senior Mike Wolf beat Frank Kaiser 6-2, 6-3 in No. 1 singles and senior Larry Pascal won 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 over Jack Salerno at No. 5.
A sweep of the doubles matches
would have given Kansas the victory,
but Pascal and Chris Walker,
6-4, 6-4 to Kairos and Dean Bobb.
Perelman said that complacency might have played a part in the loss.
"I think we got to a point where
we were a little caught up with ourselves," Perelman said. "There were guys talking about what we were going to do when we won the Big Egch championship.
The Jayhawks needed a big win to help them shake off the previous day's loss, Wolf said.
Against Oklahoma, the Jay-
bawks got singles victories from
Warren, Sven Groeneveld
and Kevin Batchy and swept the
doubles match.
Saturday's play included a rematch of last season's Big Eight No. 1 singles final, in which Oklahoma's Olivier Lorin defeated Wolf. Lorin won again, beating Wolf 4-6, 7-6, 7-6.
"We really needed to beat them that bad," he said. "One or two points for Craig Wildey and I and it would have been 9-0."
"I had him in two sets, and I let him get away," said Wolf. Wolf, who had sat out the team's last seven matches suffering from mental and physical exhaustion, said he began to tire toward the end of the second set.
Women's tennis team drops Big 8 matches
"There were about 150 people in the stands on Saturday." Perelman said, "and several of them came up to me and said it was one of the best college matches they'd ever seen. They are clearly the two best players in the region."
By ROB KNAPP
Staff writer
The Big Eight Conference tennis season is only a few days old, but the Kansas women's team already has some ground to make up.
The Jayhawks opened up the Big Eight season this weekend with back-to-back losses at the Allen Field House courts. Kansas lost 8 to Oklahoma State on Friday and 7 to Oklahoma against against Oklahoma on Saturday.
"Oklahoma State has an enormous amount of talent," Kansas men's and women's coach Scott Perelman said. "They're clearly the best team in the league right now."
The Cowgirls, defending Big Eight champions, played without regular No. 1 singles player and All-America Renata Baranski.
who is out with an injury. Tessa Price filled in at No.1 and beat the Javhawk's Trace Treps.
The only bright spot for Kansas came at No. 2 singles, where Jeanette Jonsson beat Oklahoma St. the Carlie Lynn Lycne 3.6, 6.2.
The loss to Oklahoma State, though, was perhaps less painful because the Cowgirls were the clear pick to in the conference title. Perelman said he had thought Oklahoma and Kansas would be among the teams chasing Oklahoma State.
"The Oklahoma loss was the most disappointing loss we've had all season, men's or women's." Perelman said.
"We beat them 9-6 last year," he said. "但 knew they were a lot better but I thought psychologically
we had a big edge."
Kansas began the Oklahoma match with victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles. Tracy Treps defeated V.Jaugh Levine 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1, and Jonsson came through with another victory at No. 2, beating Sandra McGilvroy 6-0, 6-4.
But the Jayhawks did not win another match in singles and were shut out in doubles for the second straight day.
"We are not performing well when the match is on the line," Perelman said.
singles and as Janelle Boen's partner at No 3 doubles for the first time since undergoing arthroconeus knee surgery in March.
Team captain Barb Inman returned to the lineup at No. 6
The women's team will continue conference play when it travels to Manhattan tomorrow for a match with Kansas State.
Hawkins is second at Texas
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
After reviewing tapes of Hawkins' race, Rick Attig, assistant men's coach, said Hawkins led the field until he hit the last two hurdles.
Courtney Hawkins finished second in the 110-meter high hurdles Saturday and led eight members of the Kansas track team in the Texas Relays at the University of Texas at Austin.
Track
Attig said Hawkins, who posted a 13.8 finish, hit the hurdles because he was tired, and unused to the extra distance run outdoors. The high hurdles distance is 60-yards indoors and 110-meters outdoors.
Hawkins, who ran his first outdoor meet of the season, was the Big Eight Conference indoor champion in the 60-yard high hurdles in March.
Denise Buchanan posted the highest placing for the women's team. She placed third in the shot put with a throw of 51-5½.
Roger Finkemeier, women's throwing coach, said the field was competitive and Buchanman competed better than she did this time last year.
Buchanan also finished eighth in the discus with a throw of 158-31-2. Ann O'Connor, the only other women's team member to compete in the meet, finished fourth in the high jump with a 5-8 jump.
Scott Huffman finished sixth in the invention of the pole vault with a 17.2-yd.
Attig said Huffman would have won the collegiate division if he had been entered. Chris Bohanan and Pat Manson also competed in the open division, but missed the opening height of 17-2.
"I wish we would have had them compete in the collegiate division," Attig said, "but we could not justify it at the time because of the wind conditions where the event was being held."
All-America Ron Bahm also scored points for the Jayhawks with a fifth-place finish in the javelin with a throw of just more than 222 feet.
By a Kansan reporter
Kansas swimmer Glenn Trammel finished sixth in the 100-yard backstroke at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas Friday and became the first All-American for KU swimming since 1983.
'I didn't see anyone in the pool with more talent.'
— Gary Kempf swimming coach
Trammel finished with a time of 49.69 in the finals but his time of 49.56 in the preliminaries set both a school and Big Eight Conference record. The old conference record was held by Nebraska's Cliff Looschen, who set it in the NCAA Championship meet in 1983 with a time of 50.17.
"I was not at all surprised in
Trammel's performance." Coach Gary Kempf said. "I've said all year long that he was one of the best.
"I didn't see anyone in the pool with more talent."
the last KU All-America status belonged to Ron Neugent who finished 11th in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the 1983 NCAA Championships.
To be an All-American, a swimmer must finish in the top 16.
"He is as good as any backstroker in the country," Kempf said. "He has come a long way and has a lot of potential."
Trammel also swam in the 200- yard backstroke but failed to qualify for the finals. He finished 24th with a time of 1:50.48.
Kempf is not the first to coach Trammel. Kempf's wife coached Trammel at Topeka High School.
By taking sixth in the 100, Trammel was one of two swimmers who were sophomores that finished in the top six. There were also two seniors and two juniors that finished in the top six.
KU track teams compete outdoors
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Men's squad excels in distance events
Staff write
Timmons said Watcke's time
The Kansas men's track team had its first taste of Big Eight Conference competition outdoors Saturday in Manhattan at the Kansas State Pepsi Invitational.
Coach Bob Timmons said the team competed well, but would have to be patient in its attempt to improve its skills at the college and outdoor conference championships.
The Jayhawks competed against 10 teams, including the Big Eight Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Iowa State.
In the 1,500-meter run, Craig Watcke finished third with a time of 3 minutes, 47.61 seconds, Mike Spielman, and Jon Joslin was seventh in 3:55. 07
"It's a mystery to me why they ran so well," Timmons said, "because they had three hard workouts this week."
No team scores were kept, but Timmons said the队 performed well.
would convert approximatley to 4:04 if he had run the mile, which would be his best time.
Watchee also posted one of Kansas' three second-place finishes, finishing second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:45.87.
Steve Heffernan ran the 3,000- meter steeplechase for the first time outdoors this season and finished fourth with a time of 9:20.99.
Also placing second for Kansas included the 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 3:17.20 and Sharriff Hazzaj's seven-foot jump in the high jump
In the field events, Ricky Mays finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 24 feet and Kurt Kerns in the javelin with a throw of 196-6.
Kansas hurdlers also made a strong showing at the meet. Mike Miller finished third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.92 and Wendell Wright finished fourth in 55.31. In the 110-meter hurdles, Jim Strauff finished fifth with a time of 15.43.
Women place second in three events
By DIANE FILIPOWSKI
Staff writer
The Kansas State Pepsi Invitational on Saturday in Manhattan was the first outdoor meet that the entire women's track team competed in this season, and assistant coach Cliff Rovello said the Jayhawks did not return home disappointed.
"We didn't have any outstanding performances," Rovello said yesterday, "but I think the team as a whole did not outgrowing into the rest of the season."
Kansas competed against nine teams, including Big Eight Conference competition Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Nebraska. No team scores were kept.
O'Hara was fourth in the event
at time of 2 minutes, 15.81
seconds
Coach Carla Coffey said Veronda O'Hara, who usually competes in the 400-meter run, turned in the team's fifth place in race competing in the 800-meter run.
"The race was important because it proved to Veronda that she has
endurance." Coffey said. "It should help her confidence in the quarter-mile later in the season."
No Jayhawk placed first in her event, but three finished second, including the mile relay team, which finished in 46.67 seconds.
Coffey said freshman Yolanda Taylor, who anchored the relay, had a consistent meet, placing third in the triple jump with a leap of 39.3 feet, and second in the long jump with a jump of $18.10_{2}$.
Mylene Mahara] recorded Kansas' other second place finish with a time of 24.72 in the 200-meter dash.
Rovello said other solid performances for Kansas included Jaci Metzger's third-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 18-1 and fourth-place finish in the high jump with a jump of 5-6.
Other four-place finishers for Kansas included Andrea Schwartz in the javelin, 118-10; Cindy Panowicz in the 400-meter hurdles, 1.06:45; and Charla Rosenberry in the 100-meter hurdles, 14.90.
Sports Briefs
Kansas Rugby Club loses three games
The club side lost a 10-9 decision to the Kansas City Blues in Swope Park, despite three successful penalty kicks by Paul King.
The 'B' team lost to Missouri 15-10 when the Tigers scored a try in the last 2 minutes. The 'C' team lost to Missouri's 'B' team 13-10 on another score.
The Kansas Rugby Club lost three hard-fought matches Saturday, one in Kansas City's Swope Park and the others at Schenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets.
Next Saturday, all three teams play home matches at Schenk Complex. The club team takes on Kansas State, the host team, and the teams K-State's B'队, Kickoff is at t.p.
Hockey Club loses 5-6
The KU Hockey Club got its first taste of collegiate competition on Saturday, losing 6-5 to Washington University of St. Louis at
The Arena in St. Louis.
Center Jamie McTea scored a hat trick for the Jayhawks.
The KU team is interested in forming a league with Washington and several other college teams in Missouri and Illinois, said KU team captain Greg Lederer. Representatives from the teams will meet this summer.
The two teams played before a National Hockey League match between the St. Louis Blues and the Minnesota North Stars.
The Jayhawks begin play in the Kansas City Metro Hockey Association playoffs tonight at the Fox Hill Ice Arena in Overland Park against Fuzzy's Flyers.
Frisbee Club does well
The KU Frisbee Club's men's and women's teams were victorious at the Ultimate Fools Festival in Lawrence this weekend.
The festival was an ultimate frisbee tournament with more than 20 men's and four women's club teams participating.
Club teams, as opposed to college teams can include individuals of any age.
On the first day, the men's teams held round-robin play in groups of five to determine which teams would advance to the winner's and loser's brackets on Sunday. The women also played a round-robin
The KU women's team, Betty, beat all three women's teams Saturday including a come-front behind win against Artemis from St. Louis.
The Lawrence men's team, the Horror-Zontals, lost two of four games on Saturday, which put them in the loser's bracket on Sunday. The men lost to Springfield and the Boulder Stains, 11-7, before beating Centrifugal Force, 13-6, and coming from behind to beat the Slugg Brothers from Chicago, 13-10.
Sunday, Betty came from behind again to beat Artemis, 13-10, for the tournament championship.
The HorrorZontals beat the Slugg Brothers in a close game 15-13 to advance to the finals against the Oklahoma City Jam. The HorrorZontals won the consola
tion bracket with a 17-8 win over the Jam. In the winner's bracket, the Kansas City Dover Dogs beat Springfield 17-14 for the championship.
Soccer team wins 4-1
Of the four teams in the semifinals of the winner's bracket, three teams had players with at least 10 points.
Leigh Strom, left wing, scored all four of the Javhaws' points.
At the team's home opener March 28, the women beat St. Mary's College of San Antonio. Texas, 1-0.
Next week, the women's team plays against Rockhurst College in Kansas City.
The KU Women's Soccer Club defeated Kansas State University 4-1 Saturday at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets, bringing its spring record to 2-0.
Right wing Pascale Haustermanns, a four-year team member, was injured in the second half while attempting to head a pass. He will be out for the rest of the season and will be out for the rest of the season.
Jackson ioins KC roster
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Bo Jackson, who won the 1985 Heisman Trophy, was placed on the Kansas City Royals roster Saturday and was expected to play outfield today when the Royals meet the Chicago White Sox in the season home opener.
"He will play." John Schuerholz, Royals' executive vice president and general manager, said Saturday at his Florida office. "We're not going to put him on the ballclub and not have him play. That would make no sense at all."
Jackson, who shocked most of the sports world last summer when he spawned a $7 million football offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is hitting 290 this spring.
"This is the first step," Jackson said at the Royals clubhouse in Florida. "It's like starting to walk again. You've got to take it, and then you can walk it. I can't wait to get to Kansas City."
Schauerholz said Manager Billy Gardner would decide Jackson's position on the team.
From staff and wire reports.
---
1