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Monday, February 15, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
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Strategy shift hard for Cyclone basketball player
Iowa State freshman forward Lynne Lorenzen is making a transition to full-court, major college basketball this season
By Keith Stroker Kansan sports writer
You cannot win without playing defense.
Coaches, media and players have said and heard this many times in sports.
Imagine a woman basketball player, who won the 1987 Naismith Award as the national women's prep basketball player-of-the-year and never played defense in high school.
A timid and humble 19-year-old, Lorenzen played at Ventura High
Lynne Lorenzen, 6-foot-2 freshman forward for the Iowa State Cyclones, is just that player, adjusting to playing defense at the NCAA Division I level.
School in Clear Lake, Iowa, where she averaged 60.1 points a game for her career. During her senior season at Ventura, she averaged more than 62 points a game.
Lorenzen played eight scoreless minutes in the Cyclones 74-2 loss to Kansas on Saturday. For the second time since 1985, the little more than five points a game,
Ventura, like most schools in Iowa, is in a conference that plays girls basketball with six players from each team on the court at a time. Three offensive players are on one end of the court, and three defensive players are on the other.
Neither team can cross half-court, and the defense has to pass to the offense from their side of the
half-court line
"I has been quite an adjustment learning defense, especially at this level." Lorenzen said. "It gets physical at times, but I like it. I really enjoy defense and I really want to work on it."
She broke the record of 6,250 points, set by Diane Long from 1966 to 1969.
In addition to winning the Naismith award, Lorenzen scored 6,738 points in her high school career, a record for amateurs, including men and women in high school or in college.
Lorenzen is not one to boast about her accomplishments. Last spring, she was featured on the CBS Evening News.
"It was exciting with all the media coverage last year." Lorenzen said. "I'm proud of the accomplishment, but my parents were a big help, keeping things in perspective for me."
people in her high school graduating class, was named as the girls' prep athlete of the year by the Des Moines Register. She led her team to a 106-4 record during her career, including 31-0 her senior year, and a 1987 Class A state championship.
Named to the Parade Magazine, Gatorade, and Converse 1987 All-America teams, Lorenzen narrowed a huge recruiting list to five schools: Iowa State, Ohio State, Arizona, Penn State, and Iowa.
She said her visits to the schools went well, and Iowa State was a last-minute decision.
"I wanted to be a part of a building program. I think this team has a lot of potential and my teammates are great to be around. Iowa State was the last school to visit with me, and it may have been a factor in my selection."
Lorenzen said she was glad she had chosen Iowa State, though Iowa, her next choice, is ranked No.1 in the country.
Cyclone coach Pam Wettig said Lorenzen, a pre-business major, is an impact person, not just an impact plaver.
"I'm not sure what I can say that the press hasn't already said about
Lynne Lorenzen, "Wettig said. 'I think that even more than talking about her ability, you almost have to feel the intangible things she brings."
The youngest of six children, Lorenzen comes from a basketball-oriented family, though she is the only member to play at a major college.
Her three brothers and two sisters either played basketball or volleyball at the junior-college level.
Though she is averaging 54 points per game less in college than she did in high school, Lorenzen is just as satisfied to grab a rebound or make a pass as she is to score.
Kansas swimmers lose but Huskers' slim win helps Jayhawk morale
By Tom Stinson
Kansan sports writer
a sweeter outcome was desired, but the Kansas swimming teams made their point.
The men's and women's teams lost to defending Big Eight Conference champion Nebraska this weekend in Robinson Natatorium.
The Jayhawk women pushed the 17th-ranked Cornushkers to the final relay before losing the meet 61.5-51.5. The Kansas men fell to the eighth-ranked Cornushkers 64-49 after trailing 15-1 two events into the dual.
"We opened Nebraska's eyes," said junior Glenn Tramml. "They realize now they can't just show up to take the conference championship."
The Nebraska men have held the Big Eight title since 1980, and the Nebraska women have kept the title since 1985.
This was the last meet for the squads before the conference championships March 3-5 in Lincoln, Neb.
Both Jayhawk teams finished the dual meet season 6-7.
The meet was also the farewell home performance for seniors Anne Bloomfield, Lori Spurney, Chris Cook, Chuck Jones, Dave Nesmith, Todd Neugent, Denny Puckett, Grant Seavall and Karl Zueger.
on. "We saw a lot of things happen today that made us happy. I'm going to miss this pool."
Leading the Jayhawk women was triple-winner Barbara Ann Smith. The Mequon, Wis., junior won the 500-yard freestyle, the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke.
"This was a nice last meet," said Jones, a four-time Big Eight champi-
Freshman Jennifer Carani and junior Blanca Castillo also won for the Jayhawks in the 1,000-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly, respectively.
"Our women are a good team," coach Gary Kempf said. "I've been frustrated with them but they're starting to race now."
Individual winners for the men were Jones in the 1,000-yard freestyle, sophomore Andrew Billingis in the 500-yard backstroke. Trammel in the 290-yard backstroke.
"Everything is starting to come together," Kempf said. "All you can ask for every year is a legitimate title and we have the title, because title and we have that this year."
The team of Billings, freshman John Easton, Cook and Trammel also won the 400-yard freestyle relay in the meet's final event.
"All we have to do now is rest. Right now we are strong but slow. I want to be strong and fast. And we're right on schedule."
Tennis coaches see different doubles play
By Tom Stinson Kansan sports writer
The Kansas men's and women's tennis coaches have differing views on their teams' doubles play.
Women's coach Eric Hayes, who has been disappointed with his squad's doubles play recently, finally saw improvement last week. Men's coach Scott Perelman saw his team's improvement in doubles matches turn to disappointment.
The Jayhawk women defeated Southwest Missouri State 9-0 in Little Rock, Ark., and beat Kansas State in an exhibition match 8-1.
The Jayhawk men defeated Miami
of Ohio 7-2 in Ann Arbor, Mich., but then lost to eighth-ranked Michigan 6-3.
In both of the men's matches, Kansas won only one doubles match. Against Miami, the No. 3 team of junior Jim Secret and freshman Jeff Gross won, and the No. 2 team of freshman John Falbo and senior Larry Pascal won against Michigan.
"We're going to have to re-evaluate our doubles situation," Pereman said. "We have to play better doubles. Against a good team you have to win at least two of the doubles matches."
In the Michigan match, sophomore
Chris Walker recorded one of his biggest wins by defeating All-American Ed Nagel 6-3, 7-6.
In No.1 singles play, Falbo took All-American Dan Goldberg to two tie-breakers before losing 7-6, 7-6. Goldberg was ranked sixth nationally.
In the Miami match, Falbo, Walker, sophomore Craig Wildey, Gross, Pascal and Secrest swept the singles competition.
The Jayhawk women tested their endurance by playing both matches on Friday. Hayes said the women began playing at 1 a.m. and competed until about 8 p.m. with only a
one-hour break.
"It was good to test our en-
ance," Hayes said. "Our doubles looked a lot better than they had been."
Winning against Southwest Missouri State in singles were senior Tracy Treps, junior Jeanette Jonsson, junior Susie Berglund, senior Marie Hibbard, and freshmen Michele Balsom and Mindy Pelz.
The women played Kansas State after a match with Arkansas at Little Rock was canceled because of snow. Hayes said it was good for the Jayhawk women to play a match that they had not planned on playing.
Second pole vaulter qualifies for nationals
By Keith Stroker
Kansan sports writer
Two out of three have done it.
With the national qualifying mark for the pole vault at 17-feet-3, sophomore P Matson became the second of Kansas' three All-America pole vaulters to reach that height, clearing 17-8 Saturday at the Sooner Invitational track meet in Oklahoma City's Myvird Arena.
The national championships will be March 10-12 at the same arena. Senior Scott Huffman qualified for the NCAA indoor championships earlier this season.
The Jayhawks men's track team split its squad last weekend, with the distance runners going to Nebraska for the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. The jumpers and sprinters went to Oklaho-
Manson said there were 47 pole vaulters at the meet, and including the warm-up time, the event
lasted nine hours.
"Kansas looked really good in the pole vault, with all five jumpers clearing their opening heights," Manson said. "It was a good meet, fantastic competition, and it will help us prepare for the Big Eight."
Huffman cleared 17-0, and junior Chris Bohan,
the third All-American, cleared 16-6.
Assistant men's coach Steve Kueffer went with the distance runners to Nebraska, and he said it was a meet to remember.
"There was some incredible competition at the meet," Kueffer said. "There were a lot of big schools there, and I think we will benefit from the experience."
The Kansas 3,200-meter relay team finished second at 7 minutes 35.21 seconds, just 06 behind Alabama, one of the country's best teams. The Jayhawks队 consisted of Ty Thiel, Stacy Smieda, Jon Joslin, and Steve Heffernan.
The Jayhawks women's track team also went to Nebraska, and coach Cliff Rovelto said he was pleased with the team's performance.
Senior Ann O'Connor finished tied for fourth in the high jump at 5-7/4. She said that she was disappointed with her performance but that the competition would only make her better.
Kuefer said senior John Creighton ran well in the 600 meters. finishing second at 1:19.19.
"I was hoping to jump 5-11¼, but I couldn't put things together." O'Connor said. "It was disappointing, but I'm not concerned about it. I know it's there and I must have to work at it."
Rovelo said the meet featured some competition that would help his team prepare for meets to come.
"I think we are in real good shape for the conference meet," Rovelo told. "We are not a national-level team at this point, but we are well prepared for the conference."
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