University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 9, 1988
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KU wins game on three-run homer
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sports writer
Kansas right fielder Dan Benninghoff considers himself an RBI man, and that made yesterday's sixth inning three-run home run especially pleasing to him.
The Newton junior broke an 8-8 tie with Missouri Baptist with the home run that sailed out of Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
"That was my best hit all season. I hadn't had a hit since Arkansas, so I just wanted to cut loose. I was just looking for one pitch, a fastball."
"I knew I was in an RBI situation," Benninghof said. "I just needed to put the ball in play and give us a chance.
Benninghoff entered yesterday's game two for 12, but he doubled his offensive output by going two for four against Missouri Baptist.
Kansas went on to win the game
19-9, making its record even at 3-3.
Second baseman Rich Allota led Missouri Baptist with two bases-empty home runs, one coming on the game's second pitch.
The Jayhays jumped to an early 8-4 lead, scoring all eight in the second inning. Junior Mike Byrn's three-run home run was the big blow in that inning. Kansas also scored a two-base error during the second.
Bynn finished the game two for five with five RBI and one run. He added a double in the eighth that scored two.
Bryn said he had hoped to play well his first start of the season.
Kansas pitcher Craig Houfue pitched three innings and got the save as Kansas beat Missouri Baptist 19-9 yesterday.
"I swing the bat pretty well every day," Byrn said. "Coach has been stressed to get on top of the ball."
"As a team, we are definitely going to score runs this year. We need to come together defensively because we have guys that can do everything intensely. We need to concentrate more throughout the entire game. We
don't need to slack off."
The three errors led to only one unearned run.
Kansas committed three errors during the game, down from four in Monday's game against Central Missouri State. Coach Dave Bingham said the Jayhawks' goal was to continue to improve defensively and to improve its pitching.
"We are offensively strong," Bingham said. "Right now, we are basing our success on that. But we just don't care." Mr. Tubin said that will win against good clubs.
Juniorste Steve Dowling and Pete Simmerson also had big offensive days for Kansas. Dowling went four for six with a home run and two RBI, and Simmerson went two for four with one RBI.
Bingham praised the effort of freshman pitcher Derek Chatterton. Chatterton allowed no runs in pitching one and two-third innings. He recorded his first collegiate victory with the relief performance.
Junior Craig Houfek collected a
snowboard and skiing inings in
relief and allowing only one
Sophomore Steve Renko started the game for the Jayhawks but was removed after allowing nine hits and seven earned runs in four and one-third innings.
"I wanted Renko to have some success," Bingham said. "We need him to get some confidence, but he just didn't have good stuff today."
KANSAS 19, Missouri Bantist 6
102 230 100—9 15 4
Home team    080 003 26=19 17 3
Missouri    Baptist: Holins, Juergens (2)
Jockish    Schieh (2) and Lavin; Kansers (2)
Chatterson (5) Baptist: Chatterton (5)
Boeschen W-Chatterton (1-1) J-Luergens (0-1)
S Houkel (2-2) B-Missouri Baptist: Young,
Callahan and Thayer, Kansas: Boeschen, Byrn
and Dowling. 3B-Missouri Baptist: Kimberlin.
HRS-Missouri Baptist: Alotta (2), Kansas: Byrn
(1), Benninghoch (1) and Dowling (1).
"Basketball is a game of rhythm. To play a lot of teams this week will be good for us. This will test our team, and I like that."
today against Northwest Missouri State and a double header tomorrow against Missouri Southern. The games are scheduled for 1 p.m. at Hotland-Mauin Stadium.
Kansas plays a double header
Women's second title was twice the battle
By Keith Stroker
kansan sports writer
2 Injuries plagued Kansas all season long.
Senior forward Jackie Martin had
injuries twice this season.
The second straight women's Big Eight Conference Tournament championship did not come easy for the Kansas, Jawhawk.
von Dec. 30, Martin injured her shoulder in the San Diego State Tournament, causing her to miss three games. The Jahayhaws lost 76-63 to the San Diego State Aztecs in the championship game.
Mart returned to the lineup on Jan 13 in the Big Eight opening game against Missouri. She played two more games before rupturing her Achilles' tendon in her right leg on Jan. 20, against Colorado.
That injury ended Martin's playing career at Kansas.
After Martin's injury, Kansas lost
us next game 80-64 to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. In the game, the Jayhawks also played without junior center Deborah Richardson. Richardson injured her knee in practice after the Missouri game and missed the next three games.
Kansas lost twice during that three-game stretch and barely won the third. Nebraska and Iowa State defeated the Jayhawks. In the third game, Kansas beat Colorado, 72-71.
Richardson returned to the lineup against Oklahoma State on Jan. 27, and the Jayhawks won 72-70 in overtime. Kansas won the next two games and seemed to be on a roll.
On Feb. 6, in Lawrence, the Jayhawks played Colorado. Frustration is in again when Kansas senior forward Lisa Bainaker injured her knee in the first half, causing her to miss two games, and the Jayhawks winning streak ended at three with a 56-5 loss to the Buffaloes.
The Jayhawks lost its next game to Oklahoma State 90-73 and once again were in need of regrouping.
After trailing Iowa State by 16 points at halftime in their next game, the Jayhawks made a comeback in the second half to defeat the Cyclones 74-72. From that point on, Kansas won six of its last seven games, with the only loss against Nebraska. 76-72
Kansas guard Lisa Braddy said the team's senior leadership was what he called "the best in football."
"We have had to deal with injuries this season, and it is a credit to our team to be able to win the championship." Braddy said. "I think the game at Nebraska was the turning point in our season. We played a great game there, and even though we lost, we knew things were starting to get better."
Baker played tentatively when she returned to the lineup at the Nebraska game.
"I was hesitant at first because I didn't know what to expect," Baker said. "I think mentally, I had to overcome the hesitancy to play, and once I tried to rebound and play hard defense again, I didn't think about it anymore."
Jayhawks forward Mesho Strouther agreed. She said a big factor in the team's success this season was the enthusiasm displayed by Martin from the bench.
"Jackie is like fire and thunder during a ball game," Stroughter said. "She is a big part of our team's success. She sees a lot of things on the court we don't, and she helps us make adjustments."
"Coach Washington always has a positive outlook on things, which also helped us. I think Coach was great this season, especially considering all the problems the team had to face."
Livingston ordered out of team practice
By a Kansan reporter
Kansas guard Otis Livingston's future with the team is uncertain after a confrontation yesterday afternoon between him and Coach Larry Brown in practice.
In the middle of practice, Brown ordered Livingston to leave the court and clean out his locker. Brown then instructed an assistant to follow Livingston and make sure he followed Brown's instructions.
Livingston left the court with his head down and his hands clenched to
This is the second major confrontation between the two. In December, when Kansas played Appalachian State in Allen Field House, Brown banished Livingston to the locker room about four minutes before half-time. Livingston was told to dress and did not return for the second half.
Brown would not comment on yesterday's situation after practice, other than saying, "I don't know."
"wish it wasn't this serious, but it is," Livingston said. He would not add anything further.
Livingston removed his belongings from his locker and went home. He said that he attended study hall last night.
2 All-America teams name Manning center
By a Kansan reporter
With the men's regular basketball season finished, writers are starting to concentrate on who should make the numerous All-America teams selected each year.
Manning, who was selected as a center, is the all-time Big Eight career scoring leader and is 10th on the career scoring list with 2,758 points.
Joining him on both teams:
Arizona junior Sean Elliott, a 6-8 forward, who is averaging 18.5 points a game; North Carolina sophomore J.R. Reid, a 6-9 forward, who is averaging 18.2 points a game.
Also selected: Bradley guard Hersey Hawkins, currently the nation's leading scorer. Hawkins, a 6-3 guard, is now fifth on the NCAA career scoring list with 2,935 points.
Michigan's Gary Grant was selected as the other guard. Grant, who averages 22.7 points a game, linked to the second team last season
Kansas coach Larry Brown was told of the selections at his press conference yesterday, and although he praised the individual selections, he questioned the team as a whole.
"I can't fault any of these selections, but it's not a great basketball team." Brown said. "To me, you should vote for the two best forwards, two best guards and the best center. I can't fault the team for their players because they're all outstanding. But I think we've lost sight of the positions."
Fort Hays beats Washburn
The Associated Press
The victory sends Fort Hays, 27-4,
to the NAIA national tournament in
Kansas City for the fourth time in six
years. The Tigers won national titles in 1984 and 1985.
TOPEKA — Mark Harris hit a three-point shot from 30 feet out at the buzer, lifting Fort Hays State to an 89-86 victory over Washburn in the NAIA District 10 championship game last night.
Harris, a 6-foot-2 senior guard, finished with 40 points. Brett Buller added 17 points, and Ronnie Thompson had 14.
Fort Hays took 46-39 at halftime. Washburn took its first lead of the second half at 77-76 on a free throw by Romy Anderson with 5:20 left.
Sports Briefs
SOCCER CLUB WINS GAME: In its season opener, the Kansas men's soccer club defeated Kansas State in Manhattan this weekend.
Bled by senior Ed Nelson's three goals, the Jayhawks shut out the Wildcats 7- 0. Dave Stoneburner added one goal and two assists, and Dan Stoke had one goal in the game. Both are playing their first season
with the team.
"It it was a really nice game," coach Glenn Shirtliff said. "It came together much better than I thought it would, given the practice last week and the snow. It took about 10 minutes to settle down; and then in a space of 4 minutes, we just blew them out of the game."
Jayhawk bowlers await tournament
Bv David Boyce
Associate sports editor
The glare is just a little more intense now for these 11 bowlers.
Every day for the past three weeks, they have stared at the lanes at the Kansas University Jaybow. Sixty feet away appear 10 pins that they would love to knock down on a first try.
Over and over again, they roll the bowling ball, hoping for a strike. Some days, they get many strikes. Other days, they can't buy a strike.
Getting strikes matters now because these bowlers have a mission. The 11 bowlers constitute the Jayhawk bowling team, and the 9 bowlers constitute the weekend in a sectional tournament in Amarillo, Texas.
The KU bowling team, Front row from the left: Judy Flester, Chicago freshman; Amy Dillon, Topeka senior; Amy Gentz, Topeka freshman; Debbie Wilker, Gardner senior; Debbie Wolf, Overland Park sophomore. Back row from the left: John Percival, Overland
During these weeks of grueling practices, the bowling teams have readied themselves for what coach Mike Fine has described as the most important tournament for Kansas in five years.
"We are in training," said Mark Geris, Leavenworth freshman. "Mike told us to concentrate on two things: bowling and school. He said this would be the most important tournament in our lives."
Tomorrow, the two teams depart to carry out their mission. Kansas will bowl its first frame at 8 a.m. Friday. Part of the travel costs are being paid by Jaybay, the team's sponsor.
Although the men's team was invited to sectionals two years ago, it did not go because two members
If either the men's or women's team finishes first or second, that team will get the opportunity to go on national April 18 and 19 in Denver.
became sick.
"Making sectionals has been a goal for us since the beginning of the season," Fine said. "The teams are looking real good, and the women have really put it together the past week."
To make sectionals, a team either gets an automatic bid by winning a prestigious tournament or gets an at-large bid based on tournament finishes. Fine said. Thirteen men's teams and six women's teams will compete.
Fine said that the teams were eager to compete and that they should do well based on their performance last week.
Both Kansas teams received an at-large bid.
Debbie Wilkier, Gardner senior,
is competing for a third year. She
said this season was by far her
best.
During her freshman season, Wilkier's average was 135. Since then, her average has risen to 169, and she likes to claim a 70 average.
Wilkiser's improvement gives her the distinction of being the anchor bowler. As the anchor bowler, she sometimes feels the same pressure as a basketball player to hit a free throw to win a game.
"I fear choking," Wilker said.
"I have worked on it a lot, but I have choked before and I haven't forgotten it. It happened in a game where I bowled 197, but I needed to bit the 10 pin and I missed."
"We've worked so hard for it," Wilker said.
And like a basketball player, the anchor sometimes chokes.
Wilker said she always thought
about her bowling style. She added that picking up spares was important to her.
Park junior; Chris Sham, Hong Kong graduate student; Mark Geris, Leavenworth freshman; Morris Ross, Kansas City, Mo. freshman; Tim DeMars, Overland Park senior. Not pictured: Angie Mever, Topeka sophomore.
"But practicing all the time gets boring and frustrating." she said.
The anchor bowler for the men's team is John Percival, Overland Park park. He said it was difficult not to think about the importance of needing a strike.
"The key, though, is developing a rhythm," Percival said. "It usually takes me awhile to mentally prepare."
Another aspect of bowling that is important is knowing the conditions of the lanes. The olliness or dryness determines how the bowl
ers will hook their balls.
we will join us.
For Debbie Wolf, Overland Park
junior, it's that part of the game
that intrigues her.
"Bowling is challenging," she said. "I do have control of what I'm doing, but the lane has its effects also, so I'm not in total control."
This year, 32 men came out and the team was cut to 12. The women's team kept all 12 bowlers.
Besides being funded by Jaybowl, the team also has fund raisers for trips. Fine said the bowling team did not get any money from the athletic department.