6A / **SPORTS** / WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011 / **THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN** / KANSAN.COM
LACROSSE
Team's lack of practice leads to loss in showdown
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
After only two full outdoor practices and plenty of weightlifting sessions, the KU men's club lacrosse team made the 600-mile trek to Nashville, Tenn., for a week end showdown with Vanderbilt, Clemson and division rival Memphis.
Memphis. While the Jayhawks went 1-2 over the weekend, they picked up a big win by pummeling Memphis 17-7. The Jayhawks would end up dropping their next two games, losing 13-7 to Vanderbilt and 17-8 to Clemson.
"With the two full practices we had before our games, it just wasn't enough," coach Dennis Shults said
The players agreed that only having two practices may not have prepared them for the weekend's tougher opponents.
tough app for them.
"I think we played well," Tyler Cauble, a freshman from Libertyville, Ill., said. "We were a
little rusty because we hadn't had an outdoor practice yet, but I think that we showed a lot of potential."
While KU lost two games, Shults said they did not go down without a fight.
"We got complimented from Clemson's coach about how we never gave up." Shults said.
Aside from the win over Memphis, the layhawks came back from Nashville boasting the nation leader in points per game, Francis Enright.
Enright, a senior from Winnetka, Ill., scored 14 points, six goals, and eight assists over the weekend, including five goals and three assists in the Jayhawks' only win. Enright is currently averaging 4.67 points per game; he finished last season with an average of 5.3 points per game.
Ryan Mattie, a senior from Overland Park, who appeared in two games for the lajhawks, yielded 57.9 percent in saves, and Brian Wright, a Deerfield, Ill., junior who played in three games, now holds a 50 percent average in saves.
On the other side of the spectrum, uncharacteristically lackluster goaltending and defense gave way to KU's losses to the heavily favored squads from Vanderbilt
Coach Shults said he was bothered by the fact that the Jayhawks had plenty of shots on net, but were unable to turn them into goals. Tim MacArthur, a freshman from Tallahassee, Fla., led the team with three posts.
But off the field, Shults said he was very pleased at how well the team bonded together over the course of the trip.
and Clemson.
course on the trip.
"The trip was an important first step in getting everybody to work together as a team." Shults said.
together as a team. The club team will have a little more than a week to prepare for their next opponent, division rival Iowa, in Iowa City on February 25.
Baseball coach Ritch Price fields questions from reporters on media day for the baseball team Tuesday afternoon.
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mates in practice so far.
"Since I've been here, he's one of the fresh bestman I've seen," Lytle said. "He has a great swing."
Senior pitcher T.J. Walz will anchor the pitching staff this season. Walz, winner of Kansas Baseball's Pitcher of the Year Award in 2010, is coming off of back-to-back strong seasons for the Jayhawks.
Along with Walz, Wally Marcel and Tanner Poppe will round out the starting rotation's top three. Poppe returns after a strong 2010 season, where he won the team's Rookie of the Year Award. Marcel will be back in the starting rotation for the first time since his sophomore campaign. He sat out in 2009 because of Tommy John surgery and last year, his role primarily came from the bullpen.
the big 12 this year, but that has yet to put a damper on any of the players' mindset for this season.
"Before you know it, we may be in the top five. We just have to keep competing every day." Marciel said.
"I was pretty happy. I never thought I would be able to come back [from surgery] and be a starter." Marcel said. "It's a thrill."
just as the Jayhawks disappointed last season, they hope to surprise in this one. Expectations are no longer sky-high and in years past, the Jayhawks have preformed best flying under the radar.
It won't take long to get a read on this year's team. They open the season at No. 1 TCU on Friday.
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The Big 12 coaches projected Kansas to finish ninth out of 10 in
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recorded a final round score of 78, and tied for 16th place. Grace Thiry, a senior from Victoria, Australia, shot a final round score of 77 and tied for 10th at Claude Jacobs.
Others who placed were Fhong Boonraksasat, a red-shirt freshman from Thailand, Jennifer Clark, a senior from Kansas
City, Kan., and Katy Nugent, a junior from Wichita. Nugent recently played for Arkansas, and transferred to KU this year. The Jayhawk Women's Golf team will travel to Weston, Fla., on the Louisville Cards Challenge on Feb. 27 to March 1.
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and finished with 41 overall to help the Miami Heat defeat the Indiana Pacers 110-103 on Tuesday night.
LeBron James scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and Chris Bosh added 22 points and eight rebounds for Miami, which has won eight of nine.
Wade also finished with 12 rebounds for the Heat, who bounced back from a loss to Boston on Sunday.
Roy Hilbert scored 18 points and Tyler Hansbrough added 16 for the Pacers. Indiana has won seven of nine under interim coach Frank Vogel, with both losses coming against the Heat.
quarter this season.
The Pacers went to their bench and flipped the script. Led by Hansbrough, the Pacers shot 64 percent in the second quarter. Indiana outscored the Heat 35-17 in the period and trailed 58-54 at halftime.
They led 41-19 at the end of the quarter. It was the most points the Heat have scored in a quarter and their highest point differential in a quarter this season.
Miami led by 24 points in the first half, then lost the lead before regaining it for good in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers took a 73-68 lead when George made three free throws after getting fouled on a 3-pointer with 5:33 left in the third quarter.
Relax.
Miami regained the lead with a 6-0 run, and the advantage seesawed through the rest of the quarter. Hansbrough hit a mid-range jumper as time expired in the third quarter to give the Pacers an 83-82 lead.