KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONDAY, APRIL 4, 2011 / SPORTS / 9A
WOMEN'S GOLF
Freshman helps team to a top 10 finish
BY LAUREN DRUMMOND
Idrummond@kansan.com
The Jayhawk women's golf team placed ninth in the Ole Miss Rebel Challenge this weekend in University, Miss. The team had a 54-hole collective score of 920 strokes. This was the team's eighth top 10 finish this season.
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led strongly by freshman thanutra Boonraksasat, who tied for fourth individually in the tournament. She shot a 71 in the final round and recorded a
career best three-round score of 217 strokes. She was only four strokes away from taking first place. Her fourth-place finish is also a career best. Four other layhawks placed in the top 100 at the tournament.
Junior Katy Nugent shot a 77 on Sunday and finished the tournament at 39th with a total score of 230. Senior Grace Thiry also carded a final round score of 77 and finished in 64th place with a total 235. Senior Meghna Bal placed 77th with a final stroke count of 240.
- Freshman Meghan Potee added a 242-stroke score for the Jayhawks and finished the tournament tied for 80th place.
The hayhawks will finish up their regular season April 11-12 when they head to Waco, Texas, for the Baylor Spring Invitational.
Edited by Sean Tokarz
CLUB SPORTS
Lacrosse team dominates Cornhuskers
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
With a 20-6 victory against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the KU men's club lacrosse team finished division play undefeated and clinched division IAA in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference.
The Jayhawks showed no signs of rust from their threeweek break. They dominated the pace of the game early and amassed a 13-3 lead by halftime.
Francis Enright, Kansas' leading scorer and a senior from Winnetka, Ill., notched another highlight-reel goal in the first quarter. Streaking down the right sideline with the ball, Enright faked a cut to his left toward the center of the field, then turned back and spun to his right, completely breaking away from his defenders. The move allowed him to streak to the net and tuck the ball in the bottom left corner.
"My coaches were yelling
at me to do something sick, so I had to deliver." Enright said after the game.
In the second half the Jayhawks came out with more intensity. Kansas was very aggressive on the ball and attacked the body with bone-crushing hits.
"Nebraska is known for being chippy and having strong hitters," coach Dennis Shults said, "so we always like to play up to that."
Brian Wright, a senior from Deerfield, Ill., who took over at goalie for the Jayhawks to start the second half, received a one-minute unreleasable penalty for an illegal body check to the head. Starting goalie Ryan Mattie, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., quickly jumped back into action and helped the Jayhawks kill off the penalty.
"I was ready to play." Mattie said, "You've always got to be ready to play, and I knew our defense was going to shut them down, so I had nothing
to worry about."
During the kill, D-Pole Charlie Jones, a senior from Deerfield, Ill., caught a break-out pass in the Jayhawk zone and streaked the length of the field to score short handedly on the Cornhuskers.
After the game the entire team was in good spirits, and Shults thought his team played a complete game.
"I thought we played great. We dominated on defense and offense." Shults said. "I don't know if their goalie was asleep or not; we got great shots"
In his first year on the Jayhawks' sideline, Shults led the team to an undefeated division title and a guaranteed spot in the playoffs.
"I have a great team in front of me." Shults said. "They are the ones who deserve the credit."
Edited by Helen Mubarak
Senior midfielder Nate Jones protects the ball against junior defense player Will Kellen during practice. The lacrosse team dominated Nebraska, 20-6, during the weekend and are undefeated in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference.
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TRACK & FIELD
Teammates win top spots in weekend events
BY GEOFFREY CALVERT
ocalvert@kansan.com
gcalvert@kansan.com
The Kansas men and women's track and field teams had their most impressive meet of the year at the Razorback Spring
Stowe
Invitational on Saturday in Fayetteville, Ark., which is their second meet of the outdoor season. Both the men and the women's team
Throughout the indoor track season, sophomore Mason Finley
won six events each, 14 others placed in the top three, and 26 jayhawks set personal bests, according to a press release from the Kansas Athletics department.
The Jayhawks dominated the women's 3,000 meters event, claiming the top five spots. Junior Rebeka Stowe won the event with a personal best time of 9:46.34. Seniors Kara Windisch and Amanda Miller and freshmen Kyra Kilwein and Tessa Turcotte comprised the top five. The men took second, third and fourth in the same event.
and the women's relay teams have been the most consistent performers. That held true on Saturday, as Finley took first in the discuss, setting a personal best of 198 feet (60.36 meters), the fourth-best throw in Jayhawk history. The women's 4x100 meter relay team placed fourth, but they ran the second best time in Kansas history at 44.91 seconds. The team — comprised of senior Kendra Bradley, freshman Diamond Dixon, sophomore Francine Simpson and sophomore Denesha Morris — was only .55 seconds away from the winning time of 44.36 seconds.
Along with Finley, the men and women throwers had an outstanding meet, winning all but one event. Senior Scott Penny won the hammer throw, setting a meet record throw of 188 feet, seven inches. Freshman Jessica Maroszek recorded the third best throw in school history in the discus, winning the event by throwing 171 feet, nine inches.
Senior Brian Bishop set a meet record throw of 53 feet, 9.25 inches in the shot put, while Maroszek threw 48 feet, 6.75 inches in the women's shot put to claim her second victory of the meet. Another freshman, Johann
Swanepoel, won the men's javelin with a meet record throw of 222 feet, six inches.
Three Jayhawks placed in the top four of the men's pole vault, with senior Jordan Scott, the reigning NCAA champion in the event, taking first with a mark of 17.75 feet.
The Jayhawks will be competing again this weekend at the 84th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas.
Edited by Samantha Collins
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