Wednesday, May 2, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 13
Men's tennis wants NCAA spot
Men's tennis team hopes to receive championship bid
By Aaron Johnson
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sports writer
The Kansas men's tennis team continues await the announcement of at-large berths to the NCAA Championships tomorrow.
The men's team concluded its regular season last week, losing to Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament.
Kansas coach Ross Nwachukwu
said the loss to Oklahoma State for the third time this season was critical in the team's attempt for qualification into the NCAA Championships.
"Qualification is out of my hands," Nwachukwu said. "It would have helped if we would have beat Oklahoma State last weekend. We are going to keep our fingers crossed."
The Jayhawk's Eleazar Magallan said the chances the Hawks made the tournament were very low, but he still anticipated the announcement tomorrow.
Kansas' season included victories against Tulsa 5-2 on April 22, and nonconference wins earlier in the season against Pennsylvania
and then-No. 48 ranked Arkansas-Little Rock 4-1.
Kansas' doubles team of Magallan and Rodrigo Echagaray is also hoping for a berth in the NCAA Championship Doubles Tournament.
The two, who played No.1 singles for the majority of the season, went 12-9 overall, reaching No.32 nationally.
Magallan said the NCAA Doubles Competition provided a good opportunity for the pair to continue its success in tournaments. Echagaray and Magallan lost in the consolation finals of the Rolex National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in February to UCLA's Jean-Noel Ginda and
"We have a good chance to do well in the tournament," Magallan said. "We are going to put everything on the table and hopefully do well."
Jean-Julien Roier.
The last year the Jayhawks made the NCAA Championships was in 1996 under coach Michael Center. The Jayhawks went 25-6 that year while capturing the Big Eight title. They were later defeated by Georgia 4-1 in the round of 16.
That year was also the last time the Jayhawks won the Region V Title. They also won in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1994 and 1995.
The NCAA Championships will be May 19-27 in Athens, Ga., this year.
— Edited by Brandy Straw
Avalanche overcomes loss of top scorer
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — With or without Avalanche captain and top scorer Joe Sakic, Colorado coach Bob Hartley knows his team faces another rugged test against the Los Angeles Kings
Sakic bruised his right shoulder when the Kings' Jozef Stumpel and Jere Karalahti pinched him into the boards some three minutes into
Monday's Game 3. Sakic did not return, and missed practice yesterday while having therapy on his sore shoulder.
Hartley said Sakic felt better, but it wouldn't be determined until today whether he would be able to play in Game 4 this evening
"His shoulder is healing very well. Tomorrow will give us a better indication of what to expect from Joe and we'll move on," Hartley said. "There's never a good time to lose your captain, but injuries are part of the game."
"Ifelt like we regrouped as a team when Joe went down. Joe Sadik is a big part of the team, but we have many great hockey players who also can step up."
Despite losing Sakic, the league's second-leading scorer with 118 points this season, the Avalanche beat the Kings 4-3. The win gave Colorado a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven
Western Conference semifinal series.
Los Angeles coach Andy Murray didn't think Sacik's absence made much difference.
think sakic's absence made much difference.
"All it did was make us have to see (Peter)
Forsberg more, and he's a real machine," Murray said.
Forsberg had a goal and an assist, Milan Hejduk a goal and two assists and Alex Tanguay two assists as the Avalanche picked up the slack after Sakic went out.
Former Los Angeles defenseman Rob Blake, playing for the first time on the Kings' ice since he was traded two months ago, opened the scoring with a 65-foot slap shot that somehow rolled past goalie Felix Potvin just $3:43" into the contest.
"It was good to get that out of the way," Blake, booed every time he touched the puck, said of his first time back. "I think management did a good job of making the bad guy out of me. They painted the picture they wanted to, and these people reacted."
Having won for the first time in five tries at the 2-year-old Staples Center, the Avalanche will hope to make it two in a row so they can take a commanding lead back to Denver.
“It’s another very important game,” Hartley said. “So far, there have been no easy games. Every game has been real tight, real tough and we’re not expecting anything different. Those guys will be ready, same as us.”
After allowing Blake's early goal, Potvin
"Ifelt like we regrouped as a team when Joe went down. Joe Sakic is a big part of the team, but we have many great hockey players who also can step up."
Bob Hartley
Colorado Avalanche coach
gave up two more in the third period on just three Alanche shots.
That, he said, was disappointing.
"We outshot them 14-3 in the third period and they scored two goals," Potvin said, shaking his head.
He seemed to have Blake's long shot stopped, but the puck trickled between his pads and over the line.
"Ninety-nine times out of 100, he stops that," Murray said. "It was unfortunate, but I'm sure Felix will be even more determined in the next game."
Potvin said of Blake's goal: "Obviously it shouldn't have gone in, but those things happen. Even though I made a lot of saves, you remember the ones you didn't stop."
The goalie believes the Kings are still confident despite trailing the heavily favored Avalanche in the series.
"That's the way we've been the last two months, battling for the playoffs then in the first series," he said. "We've done it before, we can do it again."
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