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Softball team wins two,loses two in SIU Round Robin
By Jonathan Kealing
jkealing@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
It wasn't quite a homerun, but maybe it could be called a double.
The Kansas softball team (15-8) went 1-2, with one game tied in the bottom on the tenth at press time, in this weekend's first annual Saluki Round Robin at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
This season, Kansas has won nine games in tournaments located at neutral sites.
In the second game of the double-header, Kansas faced 2003 Sweet Sixteen team, and tournament host SIU. The Salukis started the game with a single right up the middle. They would score one in the first.
That was as close at the Jayhawks would come, as SIU added another run in the top of the seventh, while Kansas could only notch one point in the bottom.
The score remained frozen at 1-0 until the top of the sixth, when SIU would drive in another two. Kansas answered SIU's two with one of their own when Frankenstein drove in senior center fielder
Mel Wallach.
Day two proved to be substantially more successful for the team, as they went 1-0, with one game still undecided.
The lahayhus started the day with a victory against Illinois State, 4-3. Neither team scored until Wallach singled to left in the top of the sixth, driving in a run.
DePaul scored two runs in the top of the first inning. Kansas would score a run, and add two more in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. DePaul roared back to life in the top of the seventh with two runs, allowing the Blue Demons a 4-3 victory.
Illinois State tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.
Day one of the tournament was unfriendly to the Jayhawks, who went 0-2. Facing 2003 Conference USA champion DePaul, the team trailed immediately.
The two teams traded points in the ninth inning, with each team scoring one run. It was not until the eleventh inning when Kansas drove in two runs that the game was won. Wallach again drove in a run, this time with a triple, and left herself in scoring position. She would be driven home on a squeeze bunt later in the innine
Illinois State drove in one run,
with the help of a wild pitch, but
Kansas was led by sophomore short-stop Destiny Frankenstein with two RBIs and sophomore
was unable to muster the two points necessary to force inning 12.
left-fielder Ashley Frazer with two hits on three at-bats.
In their last game of the tour-
ment, Kansas faced Tennessee
Tech. That game, which was tied
1-1 in the bottom of the tenth, will
determine how Kansas escapes
from this tournament.
Kansas next game will be at University of Missouri-Kansas City on Tuesday. The Jayhawks will play a double-header with games scheduled for 4 and 6 p.m.
Edited by Meghan Brune
Athletes serve community
By Joe Bant
jbant@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
When Maegen Himes first became involved in the University of Kansas Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, she wasn't really sure what she was getting herself into.
But the senior swimmer was interested in the program. Her team needed to nominate two members to participate, so she ended up being one of them.
Now, almost four years later, she has not looked back since.
"I just got kind of wrapped up in it." Himes said.
She said what compelled her to stick with the program were the opportunities it provided for student-athletes to represent themselves to the administration and help the community through service.
Service is a big part of the SAAC program at Kansas, and the athletes are always involved in some sort of community project, she said.
in Wagnon Student-Athlete Center.
Two weeks ago, they helped children in Read Across America. They have an upcoming program where they'll take children to softball games. Now, they are selling a cookbook to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. The cookbook can be purchased
Himes was a big part of the cookbook process. Entitled Rockchalk Recipe, it features favorite recipes of past and present Kansas athletes, ranging from basketball great and Kansas assistant coach Danny Manning to spinner Leo Bookman to Himes, who has two recipes in the book.
Phil Lowcock said it could be one of the biggest fundraisers SAAC has done. As director of the student-athlete life skills program, Lowcock coordinates SAAC.
He said the cookbook, which went on sale last week, should appeal to a wide variety of fans because it has recipes from athletes of all eras.
"It gives you insight into a side of a student-athlete you haven't seen." Lowcock said.
SAAC is about more than service and fundraisers. It is also a way for athletes to organize themselves into a voice that can be heard by the athletics administration and the NCAA.
"SAAC has this leverage that people don't realize," said Chris Jones, a junior on the track team and SAAC member. "We're there to speak for all the athletes."
broader level than just the University. It represents athletes at the conference level and at the NCAA level.
It has exercised its influence on a number of NCAA reform initiatives, playing a role in reviews of student-athlete scholarship policies and endorsing legislation.
enrolrng Himes cited the example of collegiate athletics' 20-hour practice rule.
SAAC exists at a much
The rule restricts athletes from practicing more than 20 hours a week. Himes said the NCAA was looking at reducing that time, but the resistance of SAAC at least temporarily stopped it from doing anything.
Jones said he didn't believe athletes took advantage enough of SAAC and the influence it provided. He said the organization of the committee allowed athletes to be represented in a way they couldn't as individuals.
It also allows athletes a chance to expand beyond their roles in sports. For Himes, this means helping out the people who help her to be an athlete.
"The fans are the community," Himes said. "By giving back to the community, it's kind of like saying thanks."
Tennis begins conference play
By Rahul Sharma
rsharma@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas women's tennis team suffered its first Big 12 Conference loss yesterday to No. 75 Texas Tech.
The Jayhawks won all three doubles matches but lost all six singles matches.
Big 12 regular season play began Friday with a victory over No.69 Oklahoma State,4-3, at Robinson Courts.
Kansas (2-7 overall, 1-0 conference) swept the doubles competition Friday as Jayhawks seniors Courtney and Kristen Steinbock defeated Katya Kolodynska and Jana Karaskova, 8-4. In the second match, senior Emily Haylock and freshman Ashley Filberth knocked off Ines Furtmayr and Zana Masnic, 8-4.
The Jayhawks completed the doubles' sweep as standout freshman Brittany Brown and sophomore Christine Skoda defeated Lauren Simmons and Jennifer Poskitt, 8-5.
The loss was Oklahoma State's third straight of the season.
In Friday's singles competition, Haylock and Skoda both won their matches in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1 and 7-5, 6-2, respectively. Brown gave the Jayhawks the decisive third victory as she
Amanda Kim Stairrett/Kansan
Courtney Steinbock returned a lobby during a doubles match yesterday at Robinson Courts. Courtney and her partner, Kristen Steinbock, defeated Texas Tech's Irina Tereschenko and Kendall Brooks 8-4 during doubles play. All three Kansas doubles teams defeated Texas Tech, but the Jayhawks dropped all six singles matches to the Red Raiders.
defeated Lauren Simmons, 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
Edited by Joe Hartigan
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