Monday, March 5, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
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2001 football opponents include UCLA, Wyoming
Kansas will play seven games at Memorial Stadium as part of its 11-game 2001 football schedule, coach Terry Allen announced yesterday.
The Jayhawks will open the season Sept. 1 against Southwest Missouri, the first of three straight home games.
Kansas will also play UCLA and Wyoming in that stretch. The Jayhawks and Bruins will meet for the first time since Kansas beat UCLA 51-30 in the 1995 Aloha Bowl. Kansas last played Wyoming in 1972. The Jayhawks won 52-14 in Lawrence.
Kansas will have just three games outside the state border. The Hawks play Kansas State Oct. 27 in Manhattan along with their seven home games. The Jayhawks will travel to Colorado (Sept. 22), Texas Tech (Oct. 6) and Texas (Nov. 10).
The other Big 12 Conference schools also announced their upcoming schedules. Highlights include teams playing some identical nonconference opponents. Nebraska will play Notre
Dame on Sept. 8 in Lincoln, Neb.
The "Huskers defeated Notre
Dame last year in overtime in
South Bend, Ind. Texas A&M will
also play the Fighting Irish on its
home field, Sept. 29 in College
Station, Texas.
— Shawn Linenberger
Oklahoma and Texas will play North Carolina. The Sooners take on the Tar Heels in the Hispanic Student Scholarship Fund on Aug. 25 in Norman, Okla. North Carolina will play at Texas two weeks later Sept. 8.
Injuries cut promising career short
Big 12 Conference 2001 Kansas Football Schedule
Kansas
Sept. 1: Southwest Missouri
Sept. 8: UCLA (Parents Day)
Sept. 15: Wyoming (Band Day)
Sept. 22: at Colorado
Sept. 29: OPEN
Oct. 6: at Texas Tech
Oct. 13: Oklahoma (Homecoming)
Oct. 20: Missouri
Oct. 27: at Kansas State
Nov. 3: Nebraska
Nov. 10: at Texas
Nov. 17: Iowa State
By Brandon Stinnett sports @kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
Nikki White can't help but ponder what might have been as her final season on the Kansas women's basketball team winds to a close.
Who can blame her? There's no telling how good White could have
been if it wasn't for the constant strain of ankle and knee injuries that have plagued her career.
"I really wish I could go out there and play healthy for just one game." White said. "I've been trying to do that ever since I got
here. It just hasn't really worked out for me. I think God had plans for me to go through whatever I've gone through."
White; plans to seek graduate degree in psychology
White, who scored a career-high 20 points in the Jayhawks 75-62 victory at Texas A&M Wednesday, still has a year of eligibility left for the Jayhawks. But the prospect of
another year battling injuries has proven too daunting. She will graduate from Kansas this summer with a degree in psychology, and she plans to attend graduate school next fall and study clinical child psychology.
When White first came to Kansas in 1997, coach Marian Washington had big plans for the 6-foot-3 center from Harding Academy in Memphis, Tenn.
Now, four years and seven surgeries later, White's career has never reached the heights both she and Washington once envisioned. Like White, Washington too often wonders what might have been.
"I've said many times that if she was ever fortunate to be able to have a healthy year, she probably would be one of the best centers in this conference," Washington said. "She's just not had that opportunity. And yet she's fought through a lot of those challenges and she remained with the program and she's tried to give us whatever she's had."
Even though Washington would love to have White back for one more season, she's content with the choice White has made.
"I think God had plans for me to go through whatever
I'vegone through."
Nikki White
senior forward
to go through another surgery to play, which she would have to do." Washington said. "She's done so well here academically. She's ready to go on for her advanced degree. We're real proud of Nikki and we will always appreciate what she's done."
White's injuries and expectations have made for four emotional years, including a redshirt season in 1998-99 when she had off-season knee surgery. Her career came to a head during a tearful speech on Senior Day after a loss to Missouri on Feb. 24.
It was a special day for White because it was the first time her mother had seen her play in Allen Fieldhouse. White unsuccessfully fought back tears as she thanked her coaches and her family for all their support.
"I didn't think it would be that emotional for me," she said. "I've
seen other people go up there for Senior Day, and they usually cry at the end or something like that. It's not the same when you're actually out there and you see coach Washington sitting across from you. She's a big part of your life while you're here."
White's last game as a Jayhawk might be tomorrow against Oklahoma State in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. Unless Kansas (11-16 overall and 5-11 in the Big 12) can score an upset against the Cowgirls, its season will end.
White and the rest of the Jayhawks aren't ready to give in just yet.
"We have all decided that we are going to just keep fighting," White said. "We've really had a tough season this year, but along with the other three seniors I think we really have the mentality to continue to fight and beat all those teams that beat us earlier this year. A lot of them were close games, and we really feel that when we go out there and play hard we can compete with anybody."
Baseball team splits weekend battle with Oklahoma State
- Edited by Jason McKee
By Ryan Malashock sports@kansan.com Kansas sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team experienced a major case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this weekend against No. 12 Oklahoma State in Hoglund Ballpark.
Saturday, the Jayhawks stormed past the Cowboys 6-4, getting another standout performance from senior pitcher Pete Smart.
Kansas (7-5, 1-4) followed up Saturday's win looking like a completely different team yesterday. Oklahoma State (11-3, 4-1) scored six runs in both the second
Randall: soid team would recover from 16-5 rout
Kansas third baseman Ryan Klock斯 lets a ball get by in the top of the seventh inning yesterday as an Oklahoma State reaches base safely. The Jayhawks lost 16-5 to No. 12 Oklahoma State. Photo by Justin Schmidt/KANSAN
Kansas coach Bobby Randall said that the team would have to forget about vester-
and third innings on the way to a 16-5 rout of Kansas. The game was called after seven innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
senior pitcher
"We're not going to dwell on this, and we can't afford to dwell on this," Randall said. "We're going to talk about what happened, but we'll get this out of our system and come back to play tomorrow."
"Winning at home is so key. It's something that we didn't do very well last year, but hopefully we'll do it better this year." Pete Smart
day's loss and show up ready to play in today's 1 p.m. rematch.
Oklahoma State came out swinging yesterday. The Cowboys rouged up Jayhawk starter Dan Olson and relievers Sam Gish and Eric Thompson in the second and
third innings. The Cowboys' clean-up hitter, Luke Scott, started the scoring in the second inning with a towering home run over the scoreboard in right field. Second baseman Nebissett Brown added a two-RBI double in Oklahoma State's six-run second inning.
By the time Oklahoma State finished hitting in the third inning, Kansas faced a 12-0 deficit.
Smart began the weekend for Kansas with his finest and longest start of the season. He clamped down on the Cowboys through seven innings, surrendering only one earned run on three hits and striking out eight. Smart said the win proved just how important winning at home was in the Big 12 Conference.
"Winning at home is so key," Smart said. "It's something that we didn't do very well last year, but hopefully we'll do it better this year."
Oklahoma State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on Saturday when Ray York scored on a Rob Watson double. Kansas broke through with four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and chased Oklahoma State starter and preseason All-Big 12 pick Josh Merrigan out of the game.
Kansas senior Brent Del Chiaro pounded a double off the top of the center field wall, starting the rally. Senior Jesse Gremminger drove in Del Chiaro with a single. After sophomore Matt Van Alsburg's single, Gremminger eventually came around and scored on a Merrigan wild pitch.
With two outs in the inning, senior Doug Dreher lined a two-RBI double to left field.
"Doug's hit was exactly what we
needed," Randall said. "We haven't been hitting that well in the clutch, so that was the big hit. Doug came up and two strikes and two outs and fights out a base hit."
Kansas added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings before Oklahoma State made the game interesting in the top of the ninth. Kansas closer Doug Lantz served up a solo home run to Jose Virgil and a two-run shot to Rob Watson as Oklahoma State cut the Kansas
to lead 6-4. Lantz calmed down and Dreher finished the game by making a diving grab of Zach Cates' looping line drive.
Kansas and Oklahoma State meet in the third and final game of the series today at 1 p.m. at Hoglund Ballpark. Kansas junior Jake Wright and Oklahoma State's Scott Baker are today's probable starters.
Saturday
BOX SCORE
Oklahoma State 010 0000-03 -4 5 1
Kansas 010 0001-14 -6 1 8
WP. Smart (3:0), LP. Merrigan (3:2), S. None.
B2 K. Dreher, DEl Chairo (4:), OS. Kraft (4:
Watson) (1), HR. OV, Virgil (2), Watson) (1).
— Edited by Courtney Craigmile
Sundav
Oklahoma State 066-020-2 - 16-12
Kansas 001-030-1 - 5-72
WP. McCurdy (3): LP, Olson (1.2); S. None.
2B-K, Dreher (5); OS, Brown (2), Cates (4).
Heal (1), 3B-BS, Osun (1), HR-OS, Scott (4).
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