SPORTS
UN I V E R S I T Y D A I L Y K A N S A N
Wednesday, November 10, 1993
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Stopping Cornhuskers could be a tall order
Conference tournament still team goal
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
"Kill by number 18, Allieeee West on!"
Kansas volleyball players heard that throughout the Oct. 22 match against Nebraska at the UNL Coliseum — 17 times to be exact.
This time the match is at 8 tonight in Allen' Field House, pitting the Jayhawks, 15-10 and 4-5 in the Big Eight, against the No. 9 Cornhuskers, 18-4 and 6-2 in the conference
Nebraska sophomore middle blocker Allison Weston finished the previous match with a match-high 17 kills, most of them set by senior setter Nikki Stricker. However, Nebraska assistant coach Val Novak said the Cornhuskers did not depend on just one player.
"It's not only Allison," Novak said.
"It's us passing the ball and Nikki giving good sets to her. She's one of our
better players, but it's the whole team."
Kansas coach Frankie Albitz confirmed Nebraska's team effort. She said Weston was not Nebraska's main hitter when the teams met previously.
"When I watched them play against Georgia, they went to her a lot," Albiz said of Weston. "When they played us, they had a lot of outside sets. She put some balls down, but they didn't go to her exclusively."
Weston, at 6 feet, and the outside hitters for Nebraska, ranging from 5-10 to 6-0, make up a tall front line that Kansas will have to hit around, Albiz said.
"We actually did fairly well against them last time," Albizt said. "But we were intimidated by the block. The way to negate a big block is to pass well, move it around and hit around the block."
It will be a tall order for the Jayhawks to hit through the Cornhusker block, but Albitz has a plan for her team's preparation. Kansas players, posing as the Nebraska front line, will stand on chairs in practice so the Jayhawks can work on hitting around a block to get the kill.
Although Kansas' last match was a 3-1 defeat against Colorado in Boulder, Colo, the one game the Jayhawks won was a confidence builder, freshman outside hitter Katie Walsh said.
"I think beating Colorado, just that one game, gave our seniors a lot of confidence," Walsh said. "Every game helps us, since we are tied with Iowa State."
Currently, Kansas and Iowa State are jostling for fourth place in the conference. If Kansas can finish fourth, it will advance to the postseason tournament in Omaha, Neb., Nov. 26-27.
A weekday match on the road is difficult for Nebraska, but Novak says every match for both teams is crucial as the season winds down.
"The more games Kansas wins, the better seed they have in the tournament," Novak said. "We need to go down there, win in three and get out as fast as we can. As far as travel is concerned, it makes a difference whether you get home at 1 or 3."
Kansas does not want to lose 3-0 like it did in Lincoln, Neb. Walsh said the Jayhawks were a different team than they were three weeks ago.
"I think we have more confidence," Walsh said. "We're a better team than we were before. I think we have to pass better and run the middle more."
SPORTS in brief
Bonds made good on his $43,75 million deal, doing everything but taking the San Francisco Giants into the playoffs. As it was, Bonds kept the Giants in the pennant chase until the last day of the season.
SAN FRANCISCO - Given the challenge of living up to the richest baseball contract ever, Barry Bonds delivered.
Yesterday, he was rewarded with the National League's MVP award, making him the first player to win the award three times in four years. He joined seven others as a three-time honoree, and the 29-year-old slugger easily could become baseball's first four-time Most Valuable Player.
Bonds hit. 336 with a league-leading 128 RBI and 46 home runs and scored 129 runs — all career highs — while leading the Giants to a franchise-record 103 wins. He also led the NL in slugging percentage and on-base percentage.
Bonds proves giant salary deserved, wins MVP distinction again
He received 24 of 28 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Bonds also received four second-place votes for 372 points, far ahead of Philadelphia centerfielder Len Dykstra.
Finishing a season he called the most fun of his career, Bonds said his third MVP is the best but knows his career won't be complete until he plays in the World Series.
The next three finishers were Atlanta Braves: David Justice, McGriff and Ron Gant.
"In a way you have control of this, and in another way you don't," Dykstra said. "There were a lot of guys to look at this season. Look what Fred McGriff did."
never won. You hear more about Reggie Jackson and his home runs in the World Series.
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
"I look at it as I still have unfinished business. I still need to win. I'd like to go home with a win and lose one of those MVPs."
Bonds won the award in 1900 and again last year with the Pittsburgh Pirates, becoming the premier player on last year's free-agent market. The Giants, whose new ownership group was not even in place yet, stunned all by giving him a six-year deal that made him the richest player ever.
Bonds began earning his pay right away, homering in his first at-bat at Candlestick Park and catapulting the Giants into first place by May 10.
When his team became locked in a pennant race with the Atlanta Braves down the stretch, Bonds proved his MVP status without a doubt, although the Braves claimed the title on the last day of the season. In his final 16 games, Bonds hit .333 with six homers, seven doubles, 21 RBI and an.860 slugging percentage.
"You're never going to get into the elite class until you win," he said. "You hear about Ernie Banks, but the Cubs
Dykstra got the other four first-place ballots, along with 20 second-place votes, three for third and one for fourth.
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Junior Kristen Carlson sits poolside after the swim team met to discuss its upcoming meet with the Southern Methodist Mustangs. Carlson swims the butterfly and backstroke and will compete with the team on Saturday in Oklahoma City, Okla.
By Kent Hohlfeld Kansan sportswriter
Junior battles back after back problems
Kansas junior swimmer Kristen Carlson started this season a lot better than last year's fall season.
rebounded during the spring to take in the first 100-yard butterfly and second in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke at last year's Big Eight Championship meet. She also was part of both
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Last season Carlson, who is from Topelka, struggled to overcome a stress fracture in her back during the fall. She
the 200 and 400 medley relay teams that took first and second respectively at the Big Eight meet.
Carlson did not stop swimming. With the help of doctors exercise program she was able to overcome the injury by the spring season.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said that the type of injury Carlson suffered was serious, but that with hard work and persistence. Carlson was able to get better.
"They told me for it to heal completely I'd have to stop swimming for three to four months," Carlson said. "You can't stop for that long at the Division level."
"She has a tremendous work ethic and understands what she can do," Kempf said.
He said that work ethic was one of the major qualities that she brought to the team and that it had helped her become an NCAA All-American in the 200- and 400 medley relays.
"She is a very hard worker," Hanson said. "You can see it in her school work."
Junior teammate Frankie Hanson has seen that work ethic in Carlson since the age of 12. She competed against Carlson when both swam for competing United States Swimming Clubs teams.
Carlson is majoring in medical technology and microbiology.
Carlson said that she liked the atmosphere of swimming at home.
"We're more familiar with the surroundings and don't have to go through the travel," Carlson said. "We know that we have to be ready no matter where we swim."
Carlson said that her individual success at the Big Eight meet last year was tempered somewhat by the fact that the team as a whole struggled.
She said that the fact that the team struggled at the end of last year was a motivating factor for the team this year. The team as a whole did not qualify for the NCAA Championship meet last spring, despite some member's expectations.
She said that last year's role as an underdog helped motivate the team to an upset victory against Southern Methodist University.
The team will have the chance repeat last year's performance Saturday as the team travels to Oklahoma City to take on the Southern Methodist Mustangs.
Hanson said that Southern Methodist would always be intimidating because it was usually a top-10 team. She said the underdog role might help the team going into the meet.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
"It's more fun to chase someone down than it is to be chased." Hanson said.
MEN'S BASKETBALL Public, students can get NIT tickets
Students left out in the cold without Kansas basketball tickets need not worry about missing the first-round game of the Preseason NIT Nov. 17.
Approximately 4,500 general admission tickets for the Kansas-Western Michigan game and the second-round game go on sale tomorrow in the Kansas ticket office.
Kansas will compete against either California or Santa Clara Nov. 19 in the second round if it defeats Western Michigan.
The first and second-round games will be held in Allen Field House and begin at 8:30 p.m.
The two-game package will cost $6 for Kansas students.
Adult general admission tickets are $12 a game.
The ticket office is located in the east lobby of the field house. Call 864-3141 or 1-800-34-HAWKS for more information.
Compiled by Kansan sportswriter Anne Felstet and The Associated Press.
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