University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 29, 1988
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Sports
Baseball team wins second straight
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sportswriter
For the first time in more than a month, the Kansas baseball team won two games in a row.
Yesterday, the Jayhawks defeated Creighton 10-7 in Hogan-Maupin Stadium. Kansas beat Missouri Western 13-13 Wednesday night.
Kansas improved its record to 1928.
The last time the Jayhawks won consecutive games was March 26, when they took both games of a heading header against Emporia State.
"A victory anytime for us is a plus." Coach Dave Bingham said, but you have to put everything in place and work the players we played in April was a killer."
Kansas played 17 games in April against five nationally ranked teams.
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A victory anytime for us is a plus. But, you have to put everything in perspective. The schedule we played in April was a killer.'
— Dave Bingham Kansas baseball coach
The Jayhawks lost 15 of those games.
Layhawks lost 15 of those games, Junior Scott Taylor had been the victim in 26 of those games, he was hurt in 7 and he got his first victory of the month. The victory was his first ever against a Division I squad.
trayer gave up only three earned runs before senior Mike McLeod relieved him. Sophomore Craig Stoppel completed the game for the
Jayhawks, collecting his fifth save of the season.
"I felt I had good stuff today," Taylor said. "I felt smooth and wasn't fighting myself.
"I've had a couple bad performances recently. I wanted to get back out there because you learn from your mistakes."
Spencer went two for four with three RBI and two runs scored. Dowling went three for four with one RBI and two runs scored.
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Offensively, Kansas was led by
sophomore Spencer and junior
Steve Dowling.
Eight Jayhawks hit successfully in the contest, with Kansas collecting 15 hits.
Spencer said a slight change in his hand position on the bat assisted his hitting.
"Coach saw it in and moved it to various places," Spencer said. "My hands were a little too busy so I moved them into the body more. I was seeing the ball a little better."
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Kansas loses a recruit; others still aren't sure
By Mike Considine
Special to the Kansan
Kansas lost one men's basketball recruiting prospect, and several others continue to mull over their decisions as the spring signing period enters its last two weeks.
Maurice Britain, a 6-foot-9 forward-center from Hutchinson Community College, signed Wednesday at Georgia Tech in his hometown, Atlanta.
"He wanted the chance to go home and play in front of his family," Hutchinson assistant Coach Steve McClaiin said.
Hutchinson forward William Davis still is considering Kansas, as well as Colorado, Arkansas, Houston and Oklahoma, McClain said.
McClain said Davis planned to visit Oklahoma during the weekend and Kansas next week before making a decision.
Smith will choose between UAB and Kansas. Anderson said Smith might decide in one or two days.
J. J. Smith, a 6-1 point guard from Hamilton High School, Memphis, Tenn., was offered a scholarship by the University of Alabama, sign, said his coach, Ted Anderson.
Two St. Louis Vashon High School players aren't expected to announce their destinations until next week. Guard Sean Tunstall is scheduled to watch the team forward Malcolm Nash is expected to visit Indiana State this weekend.
The signing period ends May 15.
KU golfer anticipates a strong finish
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By Elaine Sung
Kansan sportswriter
A change in coaches and a change in attitude is helping Kansas' Sue Pekar wind up her collegiate golf career on an unbeat note.
"I didn't play that well in the fall," she said. "I struggled a little bit. I'm hitting the ball a lot better than I was in the fall. Now, I feel I have more control over where it's going."
Pekar, Wausau, Wis., senior,
has finished among the top 10 in
each of the tournaments she has
played in this season. She finished
sixth in the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational in Orlando, Fla.; second in
the Spring Break Classic; and
second in the Nebraska Invitational.
She also has the second-lowest stroke average in the Big Eight Conference at 77.1, behind only Eva Dahllof of Oklahoma State.
"Sue has had an outstanding semester," said Kansas women's golf coach Brad Demo. "She's a joy to be around, and her attitude is always positive. She age keeps coming down, and she's such a dedicated worker."
The respect goes both ways. Pekar credits Demo, who became coach in January, for much of the attitude change in both herself and the rest of the team this spring season.
"When Brad came, it really helped. It was like starting over," she said. "We were enthusiastic about practice. We enjoyed ourselves more, and it hasn't been so much like work."
Pekar has played golf since she was 9 years old and new practices four or more hours a day. She usually arrives at Alvamar Country Club around 1 p.m. after her classes.
"With the seniors that I have, I couldn't have asked for anything more." Demonstrated completely different. Tina is敏捷, she gets upset. She敏捷. She gets upset.
Pekar and senior Tina Grewuch,
Green Bay, Wis., are the co-captains of the team for the second year in a row. They and senior Michelle Mulvihill are the oldest players on a team that has only eight players, including three sonhomores and two freshmen.
When it came time to pick a college, she chose Kansas over other Big Ten and Big Eight for the size and the academics.
"The conference is lopsided, but not as much as it was four years ago." Pekar said.
"I wanted to play golf in college, and the golf season is longer here, she said. We then helium schools are very large, and I didn't want to go to a school that large."
In the Big Eight, Oklahoma State usually provides the toughest competition. Four of the Cowboys' batting averages over stroke averages lower than 80.
Kansas golfer Sue Pekar practices her swing on the driving range at Alvamar Country Club.
with herself if she had a bad shot. She's a real go-getter.
"Susan is the calm type. She doesn't get upset. But both of their scores are really good."
Pekar and Gnewch have known each other since they were 13 years old, and that has helped them get along.
Pekar hasn't always been laid back. It is a trait that she has learned over the years as a golfer. Her freshman and sophomore seasons were rough, but then, she started playing better, giving her a source of encouragement to continue playing.
"Every once in a while, something will come up." Pekar said. "You know what makes the other angry, and you don't do it."
"I thought maybe I could do something to make a name for myself," she said. "My mother always asked me why I can't just play and have fun and why I get angry when I played badly. Now, I want to do the best that I can, but I wouldn't want to get so demanding to where I couldn't be happy with what I did."
Kansan reporter Tom Stinson contributed information to this story.
"I came because of Coach Kemp and the program that he has," Sturman said. "It's a growing program. Also, it was close to home."
Sturman consistently has been one of the top swimmers in the area as an age-group swimmer. Kemp said he was a member of the Arkansas, Iowa State and Missouri.
Riddle, from Seaman High School in Topeka, has swum a 50.5 in the 100-yard butterfly and a 1:52.0 in the 200-yard butterfly. He was the Kansas high school state champion in the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard individual medley this year.
"To maintain where you are, a team has got to pick up a couple of blue-chipers every year." Kempi and the two keyes are Biddle and Sturman.
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Sturman has swum a 50.2 in the 100-yard butterfly and a a 1:50.0 in the 200-yard butterfly. He competed in the USS Senior Nationals in the 100-yard butterfly this year.
Robert Sturman of Raytown, Mo., and Eddie Ridder of Topeka are Kansas' top recruits.
So Kempf recruited two area students who he said had the potential to be the best butterflies Kansas has ever had.
On the men's team, Kemp said, the Jayhawks need strength in the butterfly. The Kansas men did not place in the top three of the butterfly events in the Big Eight Conference championships last month.
the area hard was what Kempi did, signing seven men and five women. Four of the additions were from the area.
Kansas swimming coach Gary Kempf decided that he was going to recruit the Kansas-Missouri area hard this year.
Top-notch swimming recruits put promise in Kansas' future
Kansan sportswriter
By Tom Stinson
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The top two recruits for the Big Eight champion women's team are Barb Pranger of Davenport, Iowa, and Kelly Redden of Pleasanton.
"We really looked for good athletes this year," Kempf said. "They'll help you in a lot of different places."
Melton swims the individual medley and middle-distance freestyle events. Kempf said that Melton was not challenged in her Wichita Northwest High School program but that he should develop into a fine swimming.
Kansas is still awaiting the decisions of some other high school swimmers, but Kemp said he should be done recruiting by Tuesday.
Pranger holds the Junior National
745 New Hampshire
Harris is primarily a middle-distance freestyle. Rosinski is a 6-foot 4 spinner, and Rockett is a freestyle sprinter and a butterflier.
Davis is the fastest backstroke recruit Kansas has ever had, Kempf said. McLoberts, a freestyle trainer, is a "sleeper" who Kempf said did not have a lot of experience but who should go a long way.
Arnold, a 5-foot-9 sophomore forward, has been a player off the bench her first two years. She will be one of three juniors and along with Deborah Richardson, next year's lone senior, assume the team's leadership role.
Haltner, who will be Kansas' third Alaskan swimmer, is a breast stroker. Kansas junior Allan Chaney has been a champion in killings are from Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Jayhawks' other recruits are Todd Halliner of Anchorage, Alaska; Mike Harris of Des Moines, Iowa; and Tony Rockett of St. Louis.
"I'm thrilled to have him," Kempp said. "It came down between us and SMU. This makes three guys from Missouri and Missouri who are bit chippers."
"We think Sturman is going to be great. Riddle has got instant acceleration, which is born, not trained. These are too hard." We say, "we've ever bad."
Both Sturman and Riddle are less than a second off the Kansas 100-yard butterfly record.
The Kansas women's basketball team has six players to replace from last year's team, including four starters. It might be a tough challenge, but it is one Michelle Arnold welcomes.
Kempf said Branton's potential was yet to be seen because he did not train with weights in high school and did not have experience. Okla. daily to train in the off-season.
Another top Jayhawk recruit is Jeff Branton from Coffeyville. Branton, a sprint freestyle, broke a 16-year old record in the 50-yard freestyle at the Kansas state meet this year. Branton went 21.17 in that event and went 46.8 in the 100-yard freestyle.
"It will be a new situation for me to be a leader," Arnold said. "In the past, we've always had seniors to assume the leadership role, but now, we only have one. The three juniors are also going to have to be leaders."
Women's basketball will rely on Arnold
The Jayhawk women's other recruits are Keri Davis of Westen, Cm; Heather McRoberts of Naper- ; ; and Shawn Melton of Wichita.
record in the 100-meter butterfly with a time of 1:02.39. She is also a good freestyle kermpit said.
"There's a feeling that everyone loves it there," Pranger said. "I loved it, and I want to be a part of it. Of everyone I talked to, nobody could say anything bad about Kansas. We just love it, we it's catching. I love that feeling."
Pranger said she chose Kansas because of the school's pride. She was also recruited by South Carolina, Clemson, Tennessee, Georgia and Northwestern.
Redden is a national-caliber breast stroker, as well as being good in the individual medley and the middle-distance freestyle events, Kempt said.
Kansan sportswriter
By Keith Stroker
"Their attitude toward swimming is just tremendous." Kempf said of the two. "They're excited to be a part of our program. These kids should do a great deal of damage to our record books in the next four years."
Her freshman year, Arnold averaged 1.4 points a game in limited action. Last season, she was one of
the first players off the KU bench and averaged about three points a game.
Arnold said she planned to work hard this summer to become more of a force on next year's team.
"I really want to work on my strength to improve my outside shot," Arnold said. "I will also work on my three-point shot because we will need at least someone to be able to make it. Sandy Shaw will be tough to replace."
Arnold came to KU in the fall of 1986, having been recruited from Hesson High School, which is 30 minutes north of Wichita, by coach Marian Washington. At Hesston, Arnold lettered four years in basketball and three years in volleyball and track.
Arnold averaged 25.3 points and 8.5 rebounds a game a senior year and her team to the 78-12 career record. She was the Kansas Class 3A Player
"The bench coaching was very different for both teams," Arnold said. "I really liked the style coach Washington displayed, but not that of Mu coach Joan Rutherford. I also know he is a sensitive and caring person, all things which helped me to decide come here."
of the Year as a senior and was a USA Today high school All-American.
Arnold was recruited by all of the Big Eight Conference schools, as well as many junior colleges and small four-year schools. She narrowed her choices to KU and Missouri before choosing Kansas.
Arnold said she watched KU and MU play two years ago at Allen Field House while trying to decide where to go. She said watching that game helped her to choose Kansas.
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