SPORTS UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, November 15, 1993
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Colorado blows past Kansas 38-14
Paul Kotz/KANSAN
Colorado junior tight end Christian Fauria attempts to break through Kansas outside linebackers sophomore Ronnie Ward, left, and junior Don Davis. Kansas lost the game in Boulder 38-14.
Five Jayhawks sustain injuries
The Buffaloes offense totaled 598 yards, which was the most Colorado has gained and Kansas has allowed this season.
But the most telling statistic for the Jayhawks was the five players they lost during the contest due to injury: freshman defensive end Jason Brown, knee; senior defensive end Guy Howard, ankle; senior tight end Dwayne Dainley, ankle; junior guard Hessley Hempstead, ankle and sophomore reserve guard Brian Rodeno, knee. All five left the game because of their injuries.
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Glen Mason said after the game that he was not sure if any of those players would play against Missouri on Saturday.
BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado inflicted more pain on Kansas' football season Saturday in its 38-14 victory against the Jawhaws.
Injuries have been a reoccurring problem that Mason said he wished he did not have to address.
"This sure wasn't the year of the Jayhawk; it was the year of the injuries as far as we've been concerned," Mason said. "It is part of the game, but we've sure had more than our fair share."
Colorado was able to take advantage of Kansas' health problems and put together what coach Bill McCarthy said might have been Colorado's best game of the season.
"They had some guys go out, so they're more than nicked up." McCartney said. "But they just caught us at a time when we're healthy and improving."
Colorado's offense struggled in the first half but was able to gain a 10-0 lead at halftime. Senior Mitch Berger's 24-yard field goal and junior Lamont Warren's 15-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter gave Colorado its halftime lead.
The third quarter turned out to be the Rashaan Salaam-June Henley show. Salaam, Colorado's sophomore tailback, punctured two 80-yard touchdown drives with scoring runs of 7 and 2 yards. Salaam had 108 of his 130 rushing yards in the third quarter alone.
But Kansas' Henley responded after each of Salaam's touchdowns. The Jayhawk freshman tailback scored on a 17-yard run to cut the Colorado margin to 17-7 and returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown to make the score 24-14 with 4-45 left in the quarter.
Henley's kickoff return was a big play for Kansas, but it did not do any favors for the defense. Because of the injury situation and Colorado's offensive success, the Jayhawk defense wore down throughout the second half.
"I don't know whether it was the atmosphere or what, but there were a lot of tired guys out there on defense," said junior linebacker Don Davis. "This was one of the most tiring games I've ever been involved in."
Tired defenses often will not stop an offense as potent as Colorado's. The Buffaloes held the ball for 22 of the 30 minute second half.
Colorado added two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to close out Kansas. Junior quarterback Kordell Stewart scored on a 1-yard run, and senior reserve tailback James Hill added a 7-yard touchdown run.
"I can't say enough about the guys I've had the privilege to coach right now," Mason said. "Their attitude has been superb."
Mason said his team would hang in there for one more week as they prepare to finish the season Saturday at home against Missouri.
NOTE: June Henley's 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was the first by a Jayhawk since Vince O'Neil returned one for a 96-yard
touchdown in 1970 against Nebraska.
Henley's return also surpassed John Haldi's 97-yard touchdown return in 1959 against Syracuse as the longest in Jayhawk history.
Henley said that he did not have many opportunities to return kickoffs in his career.
"I had one return in high school, but usually they would never kick it to me," Henley said.
It was Henley's second return for Kansas.
Henley finished with 63 yards rushing, which gave him 1,009 yards for the season. He will need 106 yards against Missouri to set a new Big Eight Conference freshman rushing record, which was set by former Jayhawk Kevin Bell in 1980.
By the numbers
KU
First Downs 14 14
Rushes-yards 344-109 61-38
Passing yards 126 220
Running yards 30 57
Comp-Att 10-22.1 16-23.0
Sacked-yards lost 2-11 3-33
Punts 8-46.6 5-50
Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-1
Penalties-lost 3-16 5-46
Time of Possession 23.29 36.31
CU-FGBerger24
KANSAS 0 0 14 0 — 14
COLORADO 0 10 14 14—38
UU — Warren 15 run (Berger kick)
CU — Salam a 7 run (Berger kick)
KU — Henley 17 run (Eichloff kick)
KU — Salam a 2 run (Berger kick)
KU — Henley 100 kickoff return (Eichloff kick)
CU—Stewart 1 run (Berger kick)
CU—Hill 7 run (Berger kick)
KANSAN
Women's tennis players finished first, second at Rolex, get berths to national tournament
Kansan staff report
Kansas women's tennis dominated the courts this weekend at the Central Regional Rolex Championships in Salt Lake City.
Senior Mindy Weiner won the singles title, defeating teammate junior Kim Rogers in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. The team of Rogers and senior Abby Woods claimed the doubles title by defeating Karina Kuregan and Marsha Meidell from Kansas State in three sets. This is the second consecutive year that Kansas has won the singles and doubles titles at this tournament.
The tournament, in which the top two singles players and doubles teams qualify for the national tournament in February, marks the end of the fall season.
Before the tournament, coach Chuck Merzbacher said that Kansas could occupy all four spots in the semifinal matches. He predicted correctly.
Weiner defeated junior Nora Koves in three sets, 7-5, 0-6, 3-1, and Rogers defeated No. 1 seeded junior Rebecca Jensen in two sets 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the final round. Jensen teamed up with Weiner last year to take the doubles title but could not repeat the victory with partner Koves this year. Nicole Kennelye and Jenny Del Valley from Oklahoma defeated them 7-6, 2-6, 6-2.
All of the competitors representing the central region in the national tournament are from Kansas schools. The top two singles players are Kansas' Weiner and Rogers and the top two doubles teams consist of Rogers/Woods and Kuregan/Meilld of K-State.
Women's cross country team lands first, qualifies for NCAAs
Kansan staff report
The Kansas women's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championships this weekend for the first time in its history. The men's and women's teams competed in the District V Championships at Southern Illinois.
The women — led by senior Julia Saul's fourth place finish — won the 17-team meet, scoring a meet-low 77 points. Saul was followed by junior Kristi Kloster, senior Daniela Daggy and freshman Colleen McClimon, finished 11th, 14th and 15th respectively. The low score wins in cross country.
Conference rival No. 13 Nebraska was the district's other automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships with a score of 89.
While the women's season continues, the men's season ended as the team placed eighth out of 21 teams with a score of 217.
The top two Kansas finishers were freshman Bryan Schultz, who placed 23rd, and senior Bobby Palmer, who placed 26th in his last collegiate cross country meet.
The Big Eight won both automatic bids to the men's NCAAs, Iowa State won the district, scoring 35 points, followed by Oklahoma State with 64.
Men win, women fall to Mustangs
By Kent Hohlfeld Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas swimming and diving teams competed in what Kansas coach Gary Kempf called an "all out"
The women's team was defeat-
MEN'S & WOMEN'S SWIMMING
brawl! Saturday with Southern Methodist University in Oklahoma City.
ed by the Mustangs 129-114, breaking a string of 24 dual-meet victories. The Kansas men's team defeated Southern Methodist 130-111 for the first time since the series started in the late 1960s.
Southern Methodist started the meet strongly by defeating the Kansas men's team in the 400-yard medley relay, taking an early 13-14 lead. Kansas responded by winning five of the next six events to take an 83-48 lead into the second half of the meet.
The Mustangs countered by taking four of the next six events but could pull no closer than 14 points as the Jayhawks won by 19 points.
Sophomore Ryan Lowe said that winning the top two positions in the 200-yard butterfly event was a crucial point in the meet. Lowe finished first and Kansas won the event with senior Dan Querciagrosza coming in second, less than one-tenth of a second ahead of Mustang Gav Johansson.
"When Dan out placed SMU, it got everyone realy numped." Lowe said
Lowe said that not allowing a Mustang second-half comeback as it did last year was on the minds of team members as they entered the second half of the meet. The Mustangs defeated the Jayhawks 181-157 in Oklahoma City.
Lowe said that once Kansas took the top three spots in the 500-yard freestyle, the team knew it had won the meet. He said the victory proved that Kansas could win close meets.
"We won the close races all the way through the meet," Lowe said.
The women's team suffered from a case of deja vu as for the second straight year its meet came down to the last relay of the meet. But last year Kansas won that relay defeating Southern Methodist 152-148.
The meet started well for the Jayhawks as they won the 400 relay to take an early 13-4 lead. The lead was short lived, however, as the Mustangs won the next three events and took a 66-46 lead.
Kansas battled back to within one point by taking two of the top three places in each of the last six events. That set the stage for the final relay, first place worth 13 points, with Kansas trailing 116-110. Southern Methodist defeated Kansas by just more than half a second to win the meet 129-114.
"We didn't roll over, we fought for it," junior Amy Graham said. "We have nothing to be ashamed of."
Graham said that that the entire team swam well and that it was a great competition for the team. She said that she thought the team proved that it could compete with teams the caliber of Southern Methodist, traditionally a top-20 team.
"You couldn't ask for a better dual meet." Graham said.
Top 25 teams
The Associated Press 1993 college football poll: first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 13, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and ranking in last week's poll.
| | Record | Points | Previous |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Notre Dame (62) | 10-0-0 | 1,550 | 2 |
| 2. Florida State | 9-1-0 | 1,467 | 1 |
| **3. Nebraska** | **10-0-0** | **1,390** | **4** |
| 4. Miami | 8-1-0 | 1,351 | 3 |
| 5. Ohio State | 9-0-1 | 1,273 | 5 |
| 6. Auburn | 10-0-0 | 1,227 | 7 |
| 7. Tennessee | 7-1-1 | 1,195 | 6 |
| 8. Florida | 8-1-0 | 1,124 | 8 |
| 9. West Virginia | 9-0-0 | 1,066 | 9 |
| 10. Texas & M | 8-1-0 | 1,009 | 11 |
| 11. Alabama | 8-1-1 | 934 | 12 |
| 12. Wisconsin | 7-1-1 | 852 | 14 |
| 13. North Carolina | 9-2-0 | 821 | 15 |
| 14. Penn State | 7-2-0 | 737 | 16 |
| **15. Oklahoma** | **8-2-0** | **629** | **17** |
| 16. UCLA | 7-3-0 | 607 | 10 |
| 17. Boston College | 7-2-0 | 513 | 22 |
| **18. Colorado** | **6-3-1** | **482** | **21** |
| 19. Arizona | 8-2-0 | 478 | 13 |
| **20. Kansas State** | **7-2-1** | **324** | **24** |
| 21. Indiana | 7-3-0 | 268 | 19 |
| 22. Southern Cal | 7-4-0 | 203 | — |
| 23. Virginia | 7-3-0 | 144 | 18 |
| 24. Clemson | 7-3-0 | 110 | — |
| 25. Virginia Tech | 7-3-0 | 90 | — |
Other receiving states: Michigan State 82, Louisville 71, North Carolina State 34, Arizona State 32, Michigan 28, Wyoming 27, Cincinnati 12, Washington 7, Freno State 6, Washington State 4, Ball State 1, California 1, Nevada 1.
Kansas volleyball team defeated by Oklahoma
Sooner victory means Jayhawks may miss Big Eight Tournament
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
Source: The Associated Press
Kansas found out Friday that if it were tied with IowaState at season's end, the tiebreaker would be games won in head-to-head competition instead of games won in the conference. Previously the team thought that conference game winning percentage was the deciding factor.
Not only did Kansas lose in three games 10-15,7-15,12-15 against the Sooners in Allen Field House, but the Jayhawks also may have lost the chance to qualify for the Big Eight tournament.
Oklahoma's victory against the Kansas volleyball team yesterday was disappointing for two reasons for the Jawhaws.
Now, if Iowa State defeats Kansas State on Nov. 20, the Cyclones will go to the tournament instead of the Jayhawks.
The match yesterday was the last in the field house for the seniors, setter/outside hitter Shelby Lard, middle blocker Cyndee Kanabel and middle blocker/rightside player Erin Kramer. Lard said the defeat was a disappointment for her as a senior.
Knowing that they had to defeat Oklahoma, the Jayhawks had to prepare for a tall Oklahoma front line. Earlier in the week, Kansas coach Frankie Albiz called Oklahoma the biggest team in the Big Eight and possibly the nation. Oklahoma has 10 players 5-foot-11 or taller, and Kansas has only two.
"We've been thinking all this time that if we take games off these better teams we'd have a shot at the tournament," Lard said. "We found out Friday that we had to beat Oklahoma to go. It's disappointing because the Big Eight tournament is a fun tournament to go to."
Kansas sophomore outside hitter Tracie Walt hits the ball past Oklahoma middle blocker freshman Laura Rappard and senior Gloria Holcomb. The Jayhawks lost to the Sooners yesterday at Allen Field House and will unlikely give a bid to the Big Eight tournament.
William Alix / KANSAN
Throughout the match, Oklahoma's size took its toll on the Kansas offense. The Sooners ended with 13.5 team blocks compared to three for Kansas.
Oklahoma senior middle blocker Gloria Holcomb dominated the match with 16 kills to lead both teams. Oklahoma coach Miles Pabst said good passing contributed to Holcomb's success.
"We have excellent hitters and passers." Pabst said. "Holcomb in the middle is as good as any middle blocker in the country. Teams have a tough rime with her."
able to improve their blocking up front. Oklahoma recovered and won 15-12.
Pabst said the Sooners had a let-down in game three, when Kansas came back from a 8-9 deficit to tie the score at 10-10. Twice during the Kansas rally, the Jayhawks were
"They started settling down more," Albitz said of her players' comeback. "The timing on the block was a little better."
Although Kansas might not go to the Big Eight tournament, the team does have an automatic invitation as the host team in the
National Invitational Volleyball Championship tournament Dec. 3-5 in Kansas City, Mo.
"There won't be much pressure on us since it's not the NCAAs," Lard said. "It's good because you get to play teams you don't normally play against."