University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 7, 1991
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'Hawks suffer 13-2 thrashing
By Mark Spencer
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas baseball team committed eight errors and collected only six hits in a 1:32 loss to Missouri South. The final win at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium
"I have no comment today," Kansas coach Dave Bingham said to reporters after the game. "You can write what you want."
Kansas junior Eric Stonecipher retired the Lions in order in the first innip, but then the wheels fell off the Javahacks' wagon
Missouri Southern catcher Bryan Larson doubled with one out in the top of the second. An error by Kansas second baseman Jeff Barkerling and a walk to Missouri Southern center field Tom Buchs loaded the bases.
The Lions added another run on lefthander Bob Kneepe's sacrifice fly.
A Stonecipher walk to Missouri Southern rightfiefer Tony Tichy pushed the first Lion run across home plate
Missouri Southern second baseman Tim Casper doubled home two runs and scored on an errant throw to third base by Kansas catar Garry
When the dust cleared, the Lions held a 5-0 lead after two innings.
Kansas senior Steve McGinness relieved Stonecipher and started the third inning without better luck.
McGinness walked the first three batters he faced before he was replaced by freshman Chris Corn.
Corn retired the first two Lion batters he faced, but Tichy drove in
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three more runs with a double to left field.
The five Jayhawk pitchers used in the game surrendered 11 walks and seven hits. Only five of the Lions' 13 runs were earned
While the Kansas defense was sputtering on the field, Missouri Southern left手ender Ken Grundt was the Kansas offense offside at the plate.
Grundt, a 6-foot-4 senior, allowed no runs and four hits in six innings. He struck out two batters and walked none.
Grundt said he concentrated on getting ahead in the count.
"I wanted my infield to make the outs," he said.
Grundt said that the game yesterday was the best one he could remember pitching in a long time.
"We haven't beaten them since I've been here, and I'm a senior now," he said. "They had an emotional come-from-behind winger yesterday, so maybe they were down a little bit today."
Berblinger continued his recent hot hitting and collected two singles in four at-bats
The Jayhawks scored two runs in the seventh inning off Lion relief pitcher Todd Casner.
The Jayhawks, 5-6, will begin a three-game home series against Northern Iowa at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Hoglund-Munroe Stadium.
Kansas relief pitcher Steve McGinnness faced only three batters before he was removed. The 'Hawks lost to Missouri Southern 13-2
'Hawks excel in tourney Coach pleased by women's performance in Utah
By Lana Smith
Kansan sportswriter
She was pleased by the results.
She was pleased by the results. Johnson said that she knew the team was talented but that she had been a coach for quite some time and had just started coaching the Jayhawks before their first tournament in St. George, Utah.
She said the team did not know what to expect either.
"It was the first tournament of the year," Johnson said. "We were just trying to get our game faces on."
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Kansas finished fifth out of the 19 teams that competed in the tournament, which ran from Monday to yesterday.
"I was really pleased," Johnson said. "After the second round, we
were 14 strokes behind Oklahoma.
During the third round, we made up 12 strokes. We almost caught them."
Johnson said that the cold weather and constant 40-50 mph winds could have meant unfavorable results for Kansas but that the players did not let the weather get to them
"The girls were patient," Johnson said. "They realized it was not a perfect day or perfect conditions, but they stuck it out."
Oklahoma finished fourth at the tournament.
Johnson said that the Jayhawks knew what to expect in tournament
Johnson said she expected the Sooners to be one Kansas' toughest opponents in the Big Eight Conference.
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Johnson attributed Oklahoma's initial, large-margin lead over Kansas to the Jayhawks' chipping and putting mistakes. She said that the mistakes were pressure errors and that the more time the players spent playing, the fewer such errors there would be.
Two of Kansas' players ranked in the top 20 in the tournament. Junior Laura Myers' score took 11th, and her Martin was 17th after scoring 243.
Kansas freshman Holly Reynolds and junior Shelly Tripett's scores tied at 248, placing them 28th and 29th respectively.
Freshman Anne Huizinga placed 47th in the tournament.
The Jayhawks' next tournament will be the Peggy Kirk Bail Invitational from March 10 to 13 in Oviedo, Fla.
Ninety-nine players competed in the Classic.
Hockey club invited to ISU tournament
By Rick C. Honish
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas hockey club has bee invited to the Iowa State Invitation which will take place April 12-14 Junior Mark Adler said the team would decide whether it would make the trip when it returned from spring break.
The regular season came to a close last week for the team, which finished the year with a 10-5-1 record and won its division.
That record earned the team a spot in the Central States Collegiate Hockey Association championships in Des Moines, Iowa last weekend. Kansas played Drake in the semi-final game.
Drake became frustrated in the second period and racked up 22 minutes in the penalty box. Kansas took advantage of the situation, scoring six straight goals and ended the period with an 8-3 lead.
period before Kansas freshman Brian Kane added a goal and made the score 9-5.
Aler scored his third goal of the game, and sophomore Willie Zimber-off added two more, including the score of the game, and Kansas w12.5.
Drake scored two goals in the third
Zimberoff finished the game with four goals and three assists, and Adler had three goals
Kansas was not as successful in the championship game against Iowa State.
Down 4-0 at the end of the first period, Kansas tried to climb back into the game in the third period when Adler scored on a power play.
Zimberoff furthered Kansas' comeback with another power play goal, followed three minutes later by a second goal, making the score 4-3.
Although Kansas scored again, Iowa State added two scores of its own and won the game 6-4.
Freshmen provide pivotal bench support for Kansas
By S. J. Bailey
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas freshman Patrick Richey guards Clifford Scales
What a difference 12 months can make.
At this time last year, three members of the Kansas basketball team were showing their skills in high school gymnasiums and watching the Jayhawks power their way through the national rankings on television.
This season, they have had the opportunity to see themselves on television and have played an intergalactic role in raising rise into the national spotlight.
Freshmen Patrick Richey, Richard Scott and Steve Woodberry are making a smooth transition from high school to college basketball and Jayhawk fans why they were so high school recruited coming out of high school.
Under Coach Roy Williams, Kansas has been known for its depth and effort from players coming off the bench. But it is rare for any team, including the Jayhawks, to have three freshmen step into the forefront and be as crucial to a team's success as Richey, Scott and Woodberry have been to Kansas this season.
Through the regular season, each of the freshmen has played in all of the Jahayh's 27 games and has averaged double digits in minutes played. Furthermore, all three have scored in double digits two or more times and have averaged better than 45 percent shooting from the field.
Although their play might come as a pleasant surprise to some, Williams said he had no doubts the three have an immediate presence in and have an immediate effect.
"From the beginning, we've always known they were good players," Williams said. "But more than that, they are intelligent and great teammates." You don't do what you ask them to as a coach, and that's important. When you add
all that together, then they deserve to get a chance to play." And play they have.
Scott pleased with role
'I knew I would get the opportunity
For Scott, a 6-foot-7 forward, the frequent time on the floor has been a godsend.
to play, but the amount of time has kind of surprised me." Scott said. "It took some time to get used to the game and that made it easier to learn in game situations."
Scott is showing he is a fast learner, averaging 11.7 minutes, 5.6 points and 2.6 rebounds and shooting 32.8 percent in regular season games. He also has
S Scott signed with Kansas out of Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas during last year's early signing period. At Central, S averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists. He named a Class AA All-State performer.
scored in double figures four times this season, including a career-high 15 points in the Jayhawks' first meeting with Nebraska.
He also was ranked as the gibb best player in the country by Bob Gibbons of All-Star Sports Publications and Mike Bosek of his preseason All-America Top 150.
Scott said he thought the transition from high school to college basketball had been made easier by the rest of the Kansas coaching staff.
"I felt some pressure at the beginning of the season, but when you play so many games, you kind of get used to it," he said. "Coach Williams has a way of making you work hard in practice, and that takes some of the pressure off when you get into games."
Guard solid as backup
Another Jayhawk who has not shown signs of the tremendous pressure of major college athletics is 6-4 guard Steve Woodberry.
At Wichita South High School, Woodberry led the Titans to three consecutive conference championships and two state championships while losing only three games in his prep career. Last season he averaged 20.5 points and 10 rebounds a game for the Titans on his way to being named Naismith Player of the Year in Kansas.
This season, Woodberry has provided a solid backup at the point for starter Adonis Jordan. In 27 games, Woodberry has averaged 13.1 points per game and 5.6 percent from the floor, 50 percent from behind the three-point line and
74. 1 percent from the free-throw line.
14.1 percent from the free-throw line.
He also scored in double figures twice this season, including a career-high 11 points against Rider, and dished out 11 assists against Maryland-Baltimore County.
Woodberry said the biggest difference between the prep and college levels was the fierce competitiveness that existed in every NCAA game.
"The intensity they play with here is nothing like what it was in high school," he said. "It's been difficult to get used to, but I think I've been adjusting well and it has been getting better."
Richev honored by UPI
Patrick Richie, a 6-8 guard-forward from Lee's Summit High School in Kansas City, Mo., echoed Woodberry's sentiments.
"The intensity on the defensive end of the floor is one thing I've really had to get used to," Richey said. "You're always guarding people that are just as good as you, if not better, and the quickness of the players as well as the pace of the game have been a big difference."
He scored in double figures in three games this season, including 10-point performances against Maryland-Baltimore County and Iowa State and a career-high 15 points against North Carolina. Three points a game, shooting 46 percent from the field and 43 percent from behind the three-point line.
Like Scott and Woodberry, Riche has shown no signs of trouble adjusting to the higher level of competition. In his 27 games with the Jayhawks, he scored 35 points on a game and frequently has been the first reserve off the Jayhawk bench.
Based on his performance at Lee's Summit last season, Richey's play comes as no big surprise. He averaged 18.1 points, seven rebounds and five assists last season and shot 53 percent from the field.
Sports briefs
Manson, relay team head to NCAA Indoor
The Kansas track team will be represented today and tomorrow at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. by the 3,200-meter relay team and senior all-American pole vaulter Pat Manson.
KU's Randall, Brown named to Big-8 teams
KANAS CITY, Mo  — Missouri center Doug Smith was the top vote-getter on the all-right team selected by players.
Byron Houston of Oklahoma State, Victor Alexander of Iowa State, Mark Randall of Kansas and Shaun Haverdin of Colorado also were named to the team in a poll of league players by The Kansas City Star.
Named to the second team were Stevie Wise of Colorado, Rich King of Nebraska, Terry Brown of Kansas, Anthony Peeler of Missouri and Jeff Webster of Oklahoma.
Three 'Hawks named to AP's all-Big Eight
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Here are the first team, second team and honorable mention Association Press all-Big Eight selections as chosen by a panel of sports writers and sports journalists from all over the country, name, school, class, height, weight and home town:
Doug Smith, Missouri, Sr.
6-10. 220. Detroit.
Byron Houston, Oklahoma State, Jr., 6-7, 235, Oklahoma City.
Mark Randall, Kansas, Sr., 6-9, 235, Englewood, Colo.
Shawn Vandiver, Colorado Sr., 6-10, 240, Bolingbrook, Ill. Victor, Alexander, Iowa
Victor Alexander, Iowa State, Sr., 6-9, 265, Detroit.
Stevie Wise, Colorado, Sr.
6-4, 200. Detroit.
Rich King, Nebraska, Sr., 7-2. 242. Omaha, Neb.
Anthony Peeler, Missouri,
Jr., 6-4, 203, Kansas City, Mo.
Jordan, Kansas
Adonis Jordan, Kansas Soph, 5-11, 160, Reseda, Calif.
Jeff Webster, Oklahoma,
Fresh., 6-8, 210, Midwest City,
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Jef Wires, State; Terry Brown, Kansas; Darwyn Alexander, Johnny Pittman, Sean Sutton, Oklahoma State; Doug Collins, Iowa State; Clifford Scales, Bea Reid, Nebraska; Kermit Holmes, Oklahoma; Jamal Coleman, Melvin Booker, Missouri.
From staff and wire reports