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SOFTBALL
Pitching spurs success
Jayhawks sweep Cowgirls in two-game weekend series
BY DANIEL MOLINA
Behind a shutout performance by the pitching staff, the Kansas softball team completed the two-game road sweep of Oklahoma State Sunday with a 2-0 victory at Cowgirl Stadium in Stillwater, Okla.
Kansas struck early, although not often, as sophomore catcher Eileen Potoffi's two-run homer in the first-inning gave the team its only runs.
On this day, it was more than enough. Sophomore pitcher Valerie George scattered three hits during 6 2/3 innings of scoreless work. Her performance in a pressure-laden second was key to maintaining the layhawks' slim lead. The Tuscan native found herself in a situation
Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys came on during the seventh and faced only a pair of Cowgirl hitters before earning the save and securing George's seventh victory of the season.
with two runners on base and no outs before striking out the next two batters and coaxing a ground-out to end the injuring.
The victory moves Kansas to 23-9-1 on the season and points the team in the right direction as the Jayhawks begin battle with the rest of the Big 12 Conference.
Up next on the schedule is a Wednesday double header against Missouri State of the Missouri Valley conference.
Kansas will return home for a two-
Kansas 2, Oklahoma State 0
Kansas 200 000 0 — 2 4 0
Oklahoma State 000 000 0 — 0 4 0
RECORDS
Kansas 23-9-1, 2-0
Oklahoma State 20-19, 0-2
RECORDS
game series against Baylor starting Saturday.
George, Humphreys 17 and Pottert
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L — Hippopot 10:10 OB — OSU.Scott
Kaver. HR — NJ. Pottert
Kansan sportswriter Daniel Molina can be contacted at dmolina@kansan.com.
— Edited by Darla Slipke
ROWING
Varsity finishes second in six races,second overall
The Kansas rowing team finished second in each of the six races against Texas and Southern Methodist Saturday.
Although the regatta was not scored, Texas unofficially took first by winning all six races. The Jayhawks finished each variety race less than
17 seconds behind the Longhorns. SMU finished third in the three races in which it participated.
Kansas' first varsity eight boat finished 10 seconds behind Texas in a time of 7 minutes. 34.5 seconds. The second varsity eight boat trailed by 15.7 seconds with a final time of 751.4.
The varsity four boat finished in 1855. S 16.5 feet behind Texas.
peted, with the first novice eight boat finishing in 7.5.5.9, the second novice eight boat in 7.5.3.2 and the novice four boat in 10.0.52.
The Jayhawks will next face the Longhorns at the Big 12 Invitational on April 29 in Kansas City, Kan.
Three novice boats also com-
Kansas faces Tulsa and Drake Saturday on the Kansas River near Burcham Park, Second and Indiana streets.
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La Russa also released the order of the Cardinals starting rotation. As expected, Chris Carpenter will be the opening day starter, followed by Kip Wells and Braden Looper.
Cardinals reveal opening lineup
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An eight-time Gold Glove winner, Edmonds has spent the spring recovering from offseason shoulder and toe surgeries.
Adam Waintrain and Anthony Reyes will pitch against the Astros.
Carpenter will start again in the team's first game at Houston on April 6.
The success of the Cardinals starters this spring has been a bonus for La Russa, who said he had considered downsizing the number of players in the team's rotation to four.
JUPITER, Fla. — Cardinals centerfielder Jim Edmonds took his biggest leap toward playing on opening day in his first spring training game Sunday in a 6-5 loss to Baltimore.
"It was an easy day," Edmonds said. "Didn't have to run too much, didn't take too many bad swings."
Edmonds hit second in the batting order, drawing a walk and grounding out. He was replaced in the top of the fourth inning by Skip Schumaker.
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"We don't know what to expect."
St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said "You work out and you're under control. He may make one break today and his toe would be sore and that's the end of it. Who knows?"
"But because of how well these guys have gone about everything we'll be pitching five guys," La Russa said.
Baltimore starter laet Wright walked five, hit one batter and gave up four runs in four innings.
The Cardinals hope Edmonds will be ready for the April 1 opener at home against the New York Mets.
Reyes was the starter for St. Louis on Sunday, logging his worst performance of the spring. The right-hander allowed five runs on eight hits in three innings of work. Reyes had previously given up just one run in 16 innings.
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Freshman guard Lindsay Ballgwall will transfer from Kansas to another school. The decision came on the heels of a freshman season in which Ballgwall saw little playing time.
Coming out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Ballweg came to the University as a long-range shooting specialist. Although coach Bonnie Henrickson mentioned Ballweg's shooting accuracy at times early in the season, the 5-foot-10 Shawnee native played only eight games and 22 minutes. She shot 1-for-9 from the field in her limited action.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Freshman guard transfers after little playing time
During her four years at Bishop Kelley High School, Smith averaged 14 points and six re-bounds per game. She possesses an impressive shooting ability for a player of her size, shooting 34 percent from three-point range and 79 percent from the free-throw line.
After a season in which Kansas was often plagued by a lack of high quality post play, Henrickson has attempted to shore up the weakness with the addition of Smith and 6-foot-3 Krysten Boogaard.
Despite the loss of Ballweg and senior guards Sharita Smith and Shaquia Mosley, the Kansas backcourt will be crowded next season. Kelly Kohn and Sade Morris enjoyed promising freshman campaigns and Ivana Catic enters her junior season as the team's most capable point guard.
Kansas obtains second verbal commitment
Nicoletta Smith, a 6-foot-2 forward from Tulsa, Okla., chose Kansas against Missouri and Middle Tennessee State. Smith garnered a long list of honors during her high school career, including a nomination to the McDonald's All-American team and recognition as the top player in Oklahoma's Class 5A.
Kansas coach Bonnie Henrickson continued to address her team's depth problems, acquiring her second verbal commitment last week.
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