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Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield bumps the ball in the match against Chattanooga Saturday.
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up against a previously undefeated Arkansas, winning the first game 25-19, despite a late Arkansas rally that was cut short by a kill shot by senior outside hitter Jenna Kaiser. The second game was more hotly contested. The Jayhawks raked up a substantial lead at 18-13, sophomore defensive specialist Morgan Boub scored a series of service aces.
Boub said, "I had been missing my serves earlier, through these matches. So I was kind of shocked myself, but I'm glad I could do it for my team and keep it up."
But the Razorbacks came back in the second half of the game, largely thanks to Arkansas freshman middle blocker Kendall Cleveland who — with an unusual, highaltitude serving style — led the way to three unanswered points and a late-game struggle that ended with the Jayhawks' only loss of the tournament, 22-25. The Jayhawks came back in the third and fourth sets to win 25-20 and 25-10.
broke their back, but
— to their credit —
they responded well and they hit .343 in that game. Our response after that in game three and four was really good. We got a little more offense out of our middles, which we're excited about. Jarmoc led us in kills, our setter was very offensive
Freshman middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc said, "[Boub] definitely got the team rolling. It really changed the mood, because it felt really tense on the court. We're 6-0, so we haven't really been losing this season, so when we got down it was like, everyone got really tense, so she did a good job of helping us out."
Bechard said, "I was a little disappointed that we had a lot of momentum in our favor in game two and had a couple of plays where we could have maybe.
tonight, which is very good, and when it came down to it, we had 12 service aces to their one"
"Today, we were ... a little bit neutral at times, but we've made some really good effort plays."
UT-Chattanooga team, which included Lawrence native and senior right side hitter Jessica Scott. Scott attended Free State High School with Jayhawk middle blocker Taylor Tolefree. The Mocs came to the tournament winless
RAY BECHARD Coach
CHATTANOOGA
On Saturday, Kansas swept the
but nevertheless refused to give up, bringing all three sets closer than Bechard would have liked.
"I think it was a little up- and-down," Bechard saidon Saturday, after the third and final match. "I thought yesterday was a really
good day for our team. I think if you ask them, today, we were ... a little bit neutral at times, but we've made some really good effort plays and that was good to see. And that's what you need to close games and
close matches."
In each game, the Jayhawks led consistently only to see the Mocs rally and bring the came to within one or two points, occasionally taking a narrow lead. Notable in this effort was Chattanooga senior middle blocker Courtney Barnes who, at six-foot two inches, affected the Jayhawks attempts to scure. The Jayhawks ultimately took each match, thanks in part to a balanced offense that spread 42 kills nearly evenly over a half dozen players, and some clutch plays by some of the Jayhawk freshmen.
"You know Kara, once again, she's the one that made one of the better plays I've seen in Horejsi in a long time, saving that ball," Bechard said.
The Javahaws will play Middle Tennessee State on Tuesday, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. at Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Navy ends long losing streak against Maryland on Monday
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Midshipmen (0-1) held the ball for nearly 19 minutes longer than Maryland (0-1) and outgained the Terrapins by more than 200 yards. But in a game influenced by untimely turnovers and huge penalties, the outcome was decided on a gritty goal-line stand.
BALTIMORE — Kenny Tate stopped Ricky Dobbs at the goal line with 34 seconds left, and Maryland stunned in-state rival Navy 17-14 on Monday to break a seven-game losing streak that began last October.
Earlier in the drive, Dobbs was stopped on a third-and-8. But Maryland's Adrian Moten was flagged for grabbing the facemask on the play, and the Midshipmen advanced until Tate's big play.
Trailing 17-14 with a fourth down at the 1, Navy decided to go for the win. Dobbs took the snap, went to his left and was met by Tate, who would not relent to the momentum Dobbs brought to the line.
But Maryland jumped to 14-0 lead in the first quarter and never trailed despite allowing the Midshipmen to amass 485 yards
Coming off a 2-10 season, the Ferrapsins came in as underdogs against a Navy team that went 10-4 and beat Missouri in the Texas Bowl.
in offense.
The game might have been a rout had Navy not failed to score on four different forays inside the Maryland 20. The Midshipmen didn't punt until early in the fourth quarter, and the short kick was returned 57 yards by Tony Logan to the Navy 16.
Maryland promptly fumbled the ball away on a missed exchange involving backup quarterback Danny O'Brien — his only play of the game.
Dobbs ran for 63 yards and a touchdown, but the senior quarterback fumbled three times — losing two of them at the Maryland 1.
Maryland took the opening kickoff and faced only one third down before Da'Rel Scott ran for a 5-yard touchdown. Navy moved just as quickly the other way, but Joe Buckley hit the left upright on a 32-yard field goal try.
Navy pulled even at 14 with 1:52 left in the third quarter when Dobbs scored from the 1 on a drive that began with wide receiver Greg Jones running 53 yards on a reverse.
The Midshipmen had a 7½-minute edge in time of possession in the first half, yet trailed 14-7 after coming up empty on drives of 52, 63 and 66 yards.
The Terrapins then switched running backs, with no change
Each team had two turnovers.
MLB
Giants a step closer to NL West lead win
PHOENIX — Nate Schierholtz hit a two-run triple off Aaron Heilman in the 11th inning and the San Francisco Giants inched closer to the NL West lead with a 2-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.
Madison Bumgarner matched zeros with Arizona starter Ian Kennedy into the eighth inning and the Giants pulled it out in the 11th when Schierholtz followed singles by Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey with his triple to center off Heilman (5-7).
in productivity. Davin Meggett opened with a 67-yard run, and a third-down pass interference call against the Midshipmen preceded a 3-yard touchdown run by Meggett that made it 14-0.
The Terps' third drive ended with an interception at the Navy 4. The Midshipmen held the ball for more than eight minutes before Dobbs lost a fumble to the Maryland 1 when hit by Moten, who leaped over the line to get his hand on the quarterback.
Dobbs responded with a 64-yard march that ended with a 10-yard touchdown by Andre Byrd, who nearly lost a fumble on the previous play.
Late in the half, poor clock management cost Navy a chance to score. After Dobbs was tackled on a run to the Maryland 2, time ran out before the field goal team could get on the field.
Associated Press
Team starts with win, but falls in second match
SOCCER
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
The soccer team split its weekend for the second consecutive week by beating Northwestern University on Friday and losing to Illinois State University (3-2) on Sunday.
The Jayhawks (2-2) defeated No. 14 Northwestern (2-2-2) on Friday 2-1, when it got goals from freshman midfielder Caroline Kastor and senior forward Kaitlyn Cunningham.
Cunningham, who played high school soccer at Geneva High School in suburban Chicago, played in front of her home crowd for the first time since coming to
The Redbirds out-shot the Jayhawks 18 to four; however, only three of these shots were on targets.
Kansas committed 11 fouls compared with Northwestern's seven.
NFL
Kansas heads to Las Vegas on Friday to play in the UNLV Nike Rebel Classic. The Jayhawks will face California State Northridge (2-3) on Friday afternoon and will then play Oregon (2-1-2) on Sunday.
The weekend also marked the return of 2009 scoring leader Emily Cressy.
The Northwestern Wildcats controlled most of the game. The team had 13 shots compared with the Jayawacks' nine. The Wildcats also had seven corner kicks compared with Kansas' two.
With new top-notch wide receiver, team sees victory
Kansas.
The only criticism of this group is the lack of a deep threat. Boldin, Mason and Houshmandzadeh are considered possession receivers.
Houshmandzadeh, Anquan Boldin and Derrick Mason have all produced 100-catch seasons and they all caught at least 73 passes last season.
MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE
In a span of six months, the Ravens gutted one of the thinnest wide receiver groups and built one of the NFLs best for quarterback Joe Flacco. A team that once didn't have a legitimate No.1 wide receiver now has three who have headlined passing games at some point in their careers.
Coach Mark Francis emphasized physical play this week at practice and it showed.
BALTIMORE — The Ravens relentless mission of building a top-flight passing attack continued Monday, when the team reached a one-year agreement with free-agent wide receiver T.J. Househmandzadeh and traded former first-round pick Mark Clayton to the St. Louis Rams.
They'll win battles for contested passes but they aren't known for beating cornerbacks down the field. None have a career average over 13 yards per catch.
The junior forward scored in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Illinois State.
The Ravens' fastest receiver, Donte' Stallworth, is out for at least another six weeks with a
The Illinois State University Redbirds, who did not have a game on Friday, looked well rested.
Cressy played all 180 minutes this weekend.
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broken left foot.
Because of the receivers' close styles, no one linked Houshmandzadeh to the Ravens. But it's a low-risk move for a team with Super Bowl aspirations.
Houshmandzadeh, 32,
agreed to the veteran minimum
($855,000) two days after he was
 released by the Seattle Seahawks.
He will receive $7 million from
the Seahawks this season.
A Pro Bowl player in 2007, Houshmandzadeh reportedly chose the Ravens over the Oakland Raiders.
Bringing in Houshmandzadeh is the latest move at wide receiver for the Ravens, who traded for Boldin, re-signed Mason and added Stallworth this year.
Last season, Houshmandzadeh caught a team-best 79 passes for 911 yards and three touchdowns. Before signing a five-year, $40 million deal with Seattle, he had three straight seasons of 90 or more catches for the Cincinnati Bengals.
During his time with the Bengals, Houshmandzadeh continually hurt the Ravens. In 13 meetings, he averaged six catches for 76 yards receiving.
The Ravens had expressed interest in Houshmandzadeh when he was a free agent last offseason, according to Newsome.
Coach John Harbaugh said he was "excited" to have the chance to add a top-notch receiver just a week before starting the regular season. The Seahawks decided to release Houshmandzadeh after going with a youth movement (Mike Williams, Deon Butler and Golden Tate).
It is believed the Ravens will exchange picks with the Rams in a later round of the 2011 draft by giving them Clayton, who could become St Louis' No. 1 receiver.
While Clayton is a faster receiver, Houshmandzadeh is the more consistent one. Houshmandzadeh has averaged 93 catches over the past four seasons. Clayton, the 22nd overall pick in the 2005 draft, has watched his catches decline the past three seasons. His 34 receptions last season were a career low.
Still, Clayton had beaten out Stallworth to be the Ravens' No. 3 receiver during the preseason.
It's interesting to note that the Ravens' acquisition of Houshmandzadeh came hours after the Jets reached a new deal with Darrelle Revis, which ended the Pro Bowl cornerback's holdout. Jets fans aren't the only ones who are excited that Revis will be playing the Ravens on Monday night.