THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
MONDAY FEBRIARY 10, 2007
SPORTS
3B
SOFTBALL
Walking in sunshine
Jayhawks return home from Florida with 3-1 tournament record
BY EVAN KAFARAKIS
Strong pitching and hard hitting led the Kansas softball team to win the Sunshine State Tournament on Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.
The team finished the tournament with a 3-1 record.
Day one saw the Jayhawks pitied against the South Carolina Gamecocks and the No. 22 Florida State Seminoles.
The Jayhawks lost to the Gamecocks 3-1 but defeated the Seminoles 1-0.
Senior pitcher Kassie Humphreys struck out six and only allowed two hits in her victory against the Seminoles.
She hit the game-winning home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Seminoles their only loss of the season.
The next day, the Javhawks scored
seven runs in the third inning to defeat the Jacksonville University Dolphins, 10-2.
After the Jayhawks defeated the Seminoles and the Seminoles defeated South Carolina, all Kansas had to do was defeat Memphis in its final game.
Freshman pitcher Sarah Vertellka picked up her first victory as a layhawk with three strikeouts and six hits.
Kansas did just that, winning 5-2.
Freshman first baseman Amanda Jobe hit a two-run home run over the right-field wall in the top of the second inning to give the Jayhawks a quick 2-0 lead.
Sophomore shortstop Stevie Cristoo knocked a three-run home run the next inning, outstripping the Tigers 5-0.
Humphreys started the game and
Humphreys, Jobe and Crisosto were named to the all-tournament team and Humphreys received the MVP honors.
threw for 5 1/3 innings to give her a 4-0 record for the season.
The Jayhawks (5-3-1) will compete at the Red and Black Tournament in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 23 to 25.
"I am pleased with the progress of this team so far considering we have so many new faces on the field and have had such limited practice time outside," coach Tracy Bunge said. "This is another good step forward for this team and we look forward to getting better each weekend."
Kansan sportswriter Evan Kafarakis can be contacted at ekafarakis@kansan.com.
Edited by Mark Vierthaler
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vidual NCAA Championships qualification on Friday. Herrmann finished fifth in the finals of the 100-yard breaststroke, breaking her personal record. Short set another record in the 100-yard individual backstroke.
Saturday saw the emergence of two jayhawk freshmen. In the 1,650 yard freestyle, Alicia Casillas finished in seventh-place while teammate and Lawrence native Ashley Robinson had a breakthrough performance finishing third in the event. Her time of 16:24.76 broke another University record and, more importantly, raised the strong possibility of a qualification for the upcoming NCAA Championships.
Robinson's record-breaking swim, one of "the most surprising
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"The team was immediately pumped up for Saturday night after that," Campbell said. "It really got everyone jazzed."
The University of Texas won the meet with 931 points. Texas A&M finished with 930 points, Missouri with 419, Nebraska with 350.5 and Iowa State with 325.
moments" in coach Clark Campbell's 15 years of coaching, energized the team as it entered the final stretch of competition Saturday.
March 8 to 10.
The layhawks return home to prepare for both the Zone Diving Championships on March 2 to 4 and the NCAA Championships, held
Kanss sportswriter Daniel Molina can be contacted at dmolina@ kansan.com.
Edited by Katie Sullivan
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With the dual tied 3-3 as five anxious teammates looked on, junior Stephanie Smith found herself down a set to Jessica Carter of Utah.
Smith rallied to win the second set 6-0 and gutted out the third set 6-2 to clinch the second dual victory of the year for the Kansas tennis team.
After more than six hours of back-and-forth tennis, it was fitting that Saturday's dual between Kansas and Utah would come down to the final set.
"Of course there was extra pressure," Smith said. "But I like that pressure. I kind of thrive off of it. It gets me excited and motivated."
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Holt, "Getting the doubles point, it definitely lifted our spirit and kept up going into singles."
That victory clinched the doubles point for Kansas for only the second time this season.
"I like that pressure. I kind of thrive off of it. It gets me excited and motivated."
"I feel that our girls needed that little boost," said coach Amy Hall.
matches, including a sensational comeback at No. 3 doubles by junior Lauren Hommell and sophomore Yuliana Svistun. Homell and Svistun trailed 5-2, but rallied to win 9-8 (6).
"Yollana is just someone that. Every time she steps out on the court, she's impressing me," Hall-Holt said.
The No. 1 doubles team of Avdeeva and Horvath continued to impress by improving their record to 7-2. Kansas, 2-7 (0-1), also got strong play from Svistun in singles, who won her fourth match in a
ended just before 7 p.m. "But I'm really proud of our girls for steping up. You're out here for hours and hours and hours and you have to continue at a high level."
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Utah, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, and Kansas looked to be in control. But, when No. 1 singles player Elizaveta Avdeeva squandered a 5-2 lead in the third set and lost her match, and Hommell dropped her No. 4 singles match, the dual score was tied 3-3 and the stage was set for Smith's heroics.
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"It's definitely mentally exhausting." Hall-Holt said, referring to the dual that started at 11 a.m. and
a Kansas team that saw its record drop to 1-7 after a 4-3 loss to BYU on Friday.
Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd can be contacted at rdodd@kansan.com.
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