8A SPORTS / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM VOLLEYBALL Win No.200 will wait for Bechard BY IAN CUMMINGS icummings@kansan.com Coach Ray Beardh's 200th victory with Kansas will have to wait for the next match, as the Jayahawks fell in four sets to Kansas State. The all-time Kansas-Kansas State series moves to 58-36. The Wildcats dominated the first set, racking up 11 kills to the Jayhawks' seven and out-blocking the Jayhawks 5-0. Kansas State was greatly helped in that effort by sophomore middle blocker Alex Muff, who contributed four kills and four blocks, and its new setter, sophomore Caitlyn Donahue. Kansas State won the first set 15-25, despite the fact that both teams had an equal number of errors. In the second set, the lajhways began to close distance with the Wildcats. Junior setter Nicole Tate put up a block and 10 assists in that effort, but Kansas State continued to have success offensively — with 13 kills — and defensively, with five blocks. Five of those kills and two of the blocks came from Wildcat senior outside hitter JuliAnn Chisholm. Of Tate, sophomore defensive specialist Morgan Boub said: "She did really well. She did a good job of making smart sets." The Jayhawks rallied in the third set, which again featured an outstanding performance by Tate, who scored two aces and a kill along with her nine assists. At the same time, junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield made some offensive contributions in the form of four kills, two blocks and an assist. As both teams increasingly began to commit attack errors, the Jayhawks pulled out the third set 25-23, pushing the game to a fourth. The Jayhawks got on top in the fourth set, as Mayfield went on Mayfield said there were times that the Jayhawks were in control of the game but let it slip. "Sometimes we were lined up great and had a good block," she said. "But sometimes we didn't close the block . . . it was a tough one to lose." une offense scoring, 18 kills in 45 attempts. Though not a high attack percentage,.111, it did leave Mayfield leading the team in kills and contributed to Kansas taking the set. But Kansas State caught up before Kansas could close out the set, tying it at 27-27 on the strength of 21 kills. Another kill, by freshman middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger, gave the Wildcats the lead. Some last minute errors and a block by Muff ended the set 29-31, and Kansas lost the match 1-3. Three of Kansas State's players had double-digit kills in the match: Pelger contributed 10, Muff scored 12, and Chisholm led with 15. Kansas benefitted from the 18 kills provided by Mayfield and the 12 from Garlington — as well as the assistance of Tate — but never made it to fifth set and a chance to reverse the match. Bechard said as the Jayhawks go back to practice and prepare for the next match, there will be a lot of points to address. "In practice," he said, "it is very difficult to reproduce the chaos that comes in some of these rallies." As Big 12 Conference play continues, Kansas will play Texas A&M at Horejsi Family Athletics Center in Lawrence on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. As the layhawks are now 0-1 in conference play, they have dropped to 10th in the Big 12 with a record of 9-3. Edited By Tim Dwyer Kansan File Photo Junior setter Nicole Tate sets up a teammate earlier this year. Tate had five kills and 35 assists in the Jayhawks' four-set loss to Kansas State Wednesday night. MLB Weaver gem carries Angels in win ASSOCIATED PRESS Jered Weaver, staked to a seven-run lead after two innings, earned his first win in more than a month as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 7-0 on Wednesday night. Weaver (12-11) retired 21 of the 22 batters he faced over seven innings to snap the longest losing streak of his career at four games. He is 1-4 in seven starts since defeating Detroit 4-2 on Aug. 6. The right-hander struck out seven to take over the AL lead with 218, four more than Seattle's Felix Hernandez. He retired the first 11 men he faced until Shin-Soo Chou hit a sharp single past second baseman Howie Kendrick with two outs in the fourth. That gave the outfielder a .476 (10 for 21) career average against the Angels ace. The Angels got three singles and three walks off Jeanmar Gomez (3-4) to take a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Juan Rivera had an RBI single, Kendrick walked with the bases loaded and rookie Hank Conger got his first career hit, a two-run single. A throwing error by Indians third baseman Jayson Nix in the second inning helped Los Angeles go ahead 7-0. Torii Hunter had an RBI single and scored on Hideki Matsui's triple off the wall in center. Rivera singled home Matsui. Weaver set down the last 10 Indians he faced. He struck out the side in the fifth, throwing 14 of 19 pitches for strikes. Before the game, Angels manager Mike Scioscia expressed confidence in Weaver. "I think right now he's throwing the ball better than any time we've seen him," Secioscia said. "He's really putting pitches together better than he ever has. He's executing them better. "His stuff right now is every bit as crisp as it was at the beginning of the year, and that's a huge sign." ask listen solve YOUR MONEY ON CAMPUS. ONLINE. ON YOUR ID. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 With KU Checking, you're always close to your money. - On-campus branch - Seven on-campus ATMs - Mobile Banking1 and Online Bill Pay - Email Alerts Apply today at our location inside the Kansas Union. 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