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THE UNIVERSITY HARY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 2007
NASCAR Driver wins first race after crew suspension
FONTANA, Calif. - With crew chief Robbie Reiser back home in North Carolina on a NASCAREN-enforced absence from the racetrack, Matt Kenseth and the rest of the No. 17 team just tried to remember the lessons Reiser has taught them over the years
Kenseth drove the Roush Fenway Racing Ford to the front and his veteran crew gave him a series of sparkling pit stops, including a quick one Sunday near the end of the Auto Club 500 that put the 2003 NASCAR champion into the lead for good.
The victory, Kenseth's 15th in Cup, came with engineer Chip Bolin sitting in for Reiser, sent home for four races after the team was caught cheating at the beginning of Daytona's Speedweeks.
BY EVAN KAFARAKIS
Associated Press
Kansas wins two in Kentucky
The Javhawk softball team went 2-2 at the Red and Black Tournament this weekend in Louisville, Ky.
The team, 7-5-1, on the season,
lost both games Friday, falling to
Kent State 4-1 and Louisville 7-1.
Against Kent State, Kansas couldn't produce anything on offense as Golden Flash pitcher Brittney Robinson (3-0) struck out 12 lashwaves in seven innings.
The lavihawks could not capitalize when they had runners on base, and stranded five on base throughout the game.
Freshman pitcher Sarah Vertelka (1-2) allowed eight hits, struck out three and walked two in her second complete game, which ended in a loss.
Runners left on base continued to haunt the Jayhawks as they left eight against Louisville.
Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys (4-1) lost her first game of the season against the Cardinals, and gave up a season-high eight hits in five innings.
Humphreys struck out five Louisville batters, but allowed four runs in the fifth inning to open the door for the Cardinals.
Sophomore pitcher Valerie George came in to relieve Humphreys and allowed one hit and struck out one.
The Jayhawks offense shined despite Saturday's rainy conditions to defeat the Iowa Hawkeyes, 7-3.
Scoreless through two innings, the Jayhawks came alive in the third and scored five runs on three hits.
Sophomore shortstop Stevie Crisostos reached third base to open an inning after hitting a single, stealing second and reaching third on a Hawkeves error.
Freshman first baseman Amanda lobe connected on a sacrifice fly to score Crisostos an RBI from
Humphreys and sophomore right fielder Dougie McCaulley, which put the Jayhawks up 5-0.
Humphreys (5-1) allowed two unearned runs on three hits, and struck out four.
George pitched the final two innings to earn her second save of the season.
Sunday the Jayhawks got revenge on Kent State and defeated them 4-0.
Kent State pitcher Kylie Reynolds (2-1) posted a school record and struck out 17 Jayhawks.
Reynolds struck out 11 of 12 Jayhawks batters through the first four innings of the game.
Sophomore catcher Elle Pottert hit a solo home run to break Reynolds' no-hitter in the top of the fifth inning.
Sophomore third baseman Val Chapple reached on base because of an error on the second baseman and stole second.
Chapple scored on an RBI single by Humphreys.
Humphreys (6-1) took to the mound against Kent State and came away with her sixth victory of the season.
The Jayhawks are 7:0 this season when scoring the first run of a game.
She struck out eight and allowed only one hit in the complete-game shutout.
The Jayhawks will play this Friday at the Great Western Downtown Plaza Classic in Tulsa, Okla.
Kansan sportswriter Evan Kafarakis can be contacted at ekafarakis@kansan.com.
- Edited by Carissa Pedigo
athletics calendar
Men's golf at The All-American, All day, Houston
Men's basketball vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m. Norman, Okla.
Today
Womens golf at FSU Chrysler Challenge, All day, Destin, Fla.
Tuesday
Baseball vs. Oral Roberts, 3 p.m. Tulsa, Okla.
Men's golf at The All-American. All day, Houston
Thursday
- Women's basketball vs. Missouri, 6:30 p.m. Columbia, Mo.
Softball vs. Iowa State, 12:30 p.m. Tulsa. Okla.
Friday
Tennis vs. Iowa, 3 p.m. Iowa City, Iowa
Softball vs. Tulsa, 5:30 p.m.
Swimming and Diving at Zone Diving, All day, TBA
Tulsa, Okla
MEN'S BASKETBALL Rockhurst guard signs as walk-on with Kansas
Saturday
Baseball vs. Western Illinois, 2 p.m. Hoglund Ballpark
Softball vs. North Texas, 1:30 p.m. Tulsa, Okla.
Track at NCAA Qualifier, All day, Ames, Iowa
Tennis vs. Iowa State, TBA Ames, Iowa
Men's basketball vs. Texas, 11 a.m. Alien Fieldhouse
Sunday
Kansas City high school star Conner Teahan will join the Kansas basketball team as a walk-on next season.
Baseball vs. Western Illinois, Noon, Hoglund Ballpark
Teahan is a 6-foot-4 guard in his senior season at Rockhurst High School. He was named the Missouri player of the year as a junior, and received scholarship offers from several Missouri Valley schools, said Isaac Chew, who coaches KC Pump and Run, a club team Teahan played on.
Softball vs. TBA, TBA, Tulsa, Okla
In addition to basketball, Teah-
Swimming and Diving at Zone Diving, All day, TBA
an was also recruited by Division I schools as a football player, but will put those aspirations aside.
"Once he devotes himself completely to the game of basketball, he'll take off," Chew said. "He'll become better because he'll put more time into it."
On Friday, Teahan scored 26 points in his final home game at Rockhurst. He attended the Jayhawks game on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. He was not available for comment at press time.
The University does not comment on prospective recruits until they have joined the team.
Michael Phillips
Start St. Patty's Day Early with Great Green Designs from Jayhawk Bookstore ...at the top of Naismith Hill
QUIT CRYING AND CHANGE YOUR CRIB
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
The 2007 Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series
Okwui Enwezor Dean of Academic Affairs San Francisco Art Institute
on
"Archaeology of the Present: The Postcolonial Archive, Photography and African Modernity"
7 PM
Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium
"Part I: The Photographer and Images of Society (Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibe, and David Goldblatt)"
Tuesday, Feb 27
Spencer Museum of Art 1301 Mississippi Street Lawrence, Kansas www.spencerart.ku.edu
A reception follows in the Central Court.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Auditorium
"Part II: Uses of the Archive (Santu Mofokeng, Tshibumba Kanda Matulu, John Akomfrah, and Raoul Peck)"
7 PM Friday, March 2
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 4525 Oak Street Kansas City, Missouri www.nelson-atkins.org
The Murphy Lecture Series is sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art, the Kress Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The lectureship was established in 1979 through the Kansas University Endowment Association in honor of former chancellor Dr Franklin D. Murphy