SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 5,1993
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Game 10
Kansas Jayhawks
(KU)
4-5-0
Head Coach: Glen Mason
Offense:
WR 83 Greg Ballard 6-3 195 Sr.
TE 1 Dwayne Chandler 6-2 235 Sr.
LT 54 Rod Jones 6-4 285 So.
LG 66 Hessley Hempstead 6-1 295 Jr.
C 75 Dan Schmidt 6-2 265 Sr.
RG 69 John Jones 6-1 285 Jr.
RT 62 Chris Banks 6-2 270 So.
WR 7 Robert Reed 6-1 185 Jr.
QB 9 Asheki Preston 5-11 180 Jr.
TB 20 June Henley 5-11 190 Jr.
RB 32 Chris Powell 5-9 220 Jr.
Defense:
OLB 39 Don Davis 6-1 212 Jr.
RT 72 Chris Maumalanga 6-3 286 Sr.
LT 61 Mike Steele 5-11 180 Jr.
RE 90 Guy Howard 6-4 245 Sr.
OLB 46 Ronnie Ward 6-0 212 So.
ILB 35 Larry Thiel 5-3 223 Sr.
ILB 52 Steve Harvey 6-8 234 Jr.
CB 28 Tony Blevins 6-0 470 Sr.
CS 4 Marlin Blakeney 5-11 192 So.
FS 4 Clint Bowen 5-11 190 Sr.
CB 3 Gerald McCurbrows 5-11 188 Jr.
1 p.m., Saturday Memorial Stadium KLZR, KLWN
Nebraska Cornkuskers
(8-0-0)
Head Coach: Tom Osborne
Offense:
WR 2 Corey Dixon 5-8 160 Sr.
LT 77 Lance Llandberg 6-4 300 Sr.
LG 56 Rob Zatechka 6-5 300 Sr.
C 63 Aaron Graham 6-3 280 So.
RD 69 RG Elliott 6-0 275 Sr.
RT 72 Zach Wiegert 6-5 300 Jr.
TE 95 Gerald Armstrong 6-2 225 Sr.
WB 27 Abdul Muhammad 5-9 160 Jr.
QB 15 Tommy Frazier 6-9 200 So.
FB 40 Cory Schlesinger 6-0 225 Jr.
IB 44 Calvin Jones 5-11 215 Jr.
Defense:
OLB 84 Denta Jones 6-2 220 Jr.
DT 67 Kevin Ramaekers 6-4 270 Sr.
NT 99 Terry Connelly 6-5 275 Jr.
OLB 34 Trey Alberts 6-4 240 Sr.
SLB 24 Emile Beler 6-5 105 Sr.
MLB 48 Mike Anderson 6-2 230 Sr.
WLB 32 Ed Stewart 6-1 215 Jr.
OBV 14 Barron Miles 5-8 160 Sr.
DBV 3 Toby Wright 6-1 200 Sr.
PS 6 John Reece 6-0 190 Sr.
CB 8 Tyone Williams 6-0 185 So.
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Source: KANSAN Staff Reports
Nebraska guards against letdown
KinChin/KANSAN
Nebraska's sophomore quarterback Tommie Frazier tosses the football during a game against Colorado State. Frazier is expected to start against the Jayhawks tomorrow despite a shoulder injury.
Orange Bowl berth at stake for 'Huskers
Nebraska's goal for this season is to have the opportunity to play for the national championship in the Orange Bowl on New Year's night. But a loss in any of the final three regular season games could ruin the No. 6 Cornhuskers national championship dreams.
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
'Husker players remember an occurrence last year in which their national championship dreams were ruined.
Nebraska was 7-1 and had a No. 5 ranking as they prepared to play Iowa State. The 'Huskers left Ames 19-10 losers, and that memory remains with 'Husker players as they prepare to play Kansas tomorrow.
"There are signs posted in the locker room that say 'Remember Iowa State.' Nebraska senior linebacker Trev Alberts said. "The coaches have done a great job of keeping us focused this week."
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said it was imperative for his team to keep their focus this week at Kansas and in the final two games at home against Iowa State and Oklahoma.
"Every team we play will certainly have a lot to gain by beating Nebraska," Osborne said. "Their upside gain is great and their downside risk is not so great. We have to be able to play at a top level for all three games."
If Nebraska wins its last three games, they will go to the Orange Bowl and probably play the winner of next week's game between No. 1 Florida State and No. 2 Notre Dame for the national championship.
A Kansas upset of Nebraska would end a lot of frustration for the Jayhawks, and the 'Huskers' hopes for a
national championship. Kansas has not defeated Nebraska in 24 years.
Senior defensive tackle Chris Maumalanga would like to end his three years of frustration against the Huskers tomorrow.
Osborne said he would expect the Jayhawks to attack the 'Husker defense with freshman tailback June
"A win would make up for a lot of bad things that have happened this season," Maumalanga said. "I know we are a better team than our record says we are."
"Their tailback is an excellent player, actually they have two that are interchangeable," Osborne said. "I'm sure that they'll attempt to run the ball right at us and keep the ball from our offense."
Henley and sophomore tailback L.T.
Levine.
Still, Osborne said he did not foresee a letdown by his team against the Jayhawks.
"The good thing about our football team is that they are focused," he said. "They tend to play well together and they do want to win."
Women's swim team puts dual-meet record on line
Holly McQueen / KANSAN
Swimmers ready for Colorado State
Freshman Rebecca Andrew practices the butterfly stroke in preparation for the women's swim meet at 5 p.m. today. Kansas will compete against Colorado State at Robinson Natatorium.
By Kent Hohlfeld
Kansan sportswriter
Two days. Two meets. That is the challenge facing the Kansas women's swimming and diving team.
The team will compete against Colorado State at 5 p.m. today at Robinson Natatorium in its only home meet of the fall season for either the men's or women's teams. The women's team will join the men's for a dual meet tomorrow against Missouri.
The Rams were 11-2 last year and finished second in the Western Athletic Conference. Colorado State won its annual Early Bird Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo., Oct. 31, defeating Washington State by 335 points in the eight-tteam meet. The team won 16 of 20 events at the invitational.
Junior Amy Van Dyken won the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and the 50-yard freestyle. Her time in the 50-yard freestyle of 23.08 seconds qualified her for the NCAA championships in March.
Sophomore Kristin Elliott won the 50-yard freestyle and set pool
and meet records in both the 100- and 200-meter backstroke.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said he planned to match junior Kristen Carlson and freshman Katie Chapeau against Ellott. He said that junior Ronda Lusty and freshman J.J. Bontrager would be matched up against Van Dyken.
The women's team will be putting a 22 dual-meet winning streak on the line this weekend. It has not lost a dual meet since 1991 when it lost at home to Arkansas.
Carlson said she thought this team had the potential to continue its streak.
Tomorrow, both the men's and women's teams will travel to Columbia, Mo., to open the conference season against Missouri.
The Tigers look to rebuild a team that had only 26 athletes last year. Second-year coach Brian Hoffar will have a team composed of 20 freshmen out of 37 athletes.
"This year we were looking to build up the numbers more than anything." Hoffar said.
The Tigers men's and women's teams both have 1-0 records after defeating the University of Cincinnati last weekend in St. Louis.
Junior Marc Bontrager said he thought that this year's Big Eight race would come down to Kansas and Nebraska. He said teams such as Missouri would be looking to catch up to Kansas this year.
SPORTS BRIEF
Toronto shoots, scores NBA franchise; Vancouver still in running
The Associated Press
nesota over a two-year period in the late 1880s.
NEW YORK — The NBA yesterday welcomed Toronto as an expansion team for $125 million and delayed a decision on awarding a franchise to Vancouver, Canada.
Completing two days of meetings, the Board of Governors unantimously approved the NBA Expansion Committee's Sept. 30 recommendation that a Toronto group led by John Bitove Jr. be accepted as owners of the league's 28th team in the 1995-96 season. The franchise fee of $125 million is nearly four times the $32.5 million it cost expansion teams in Miami, Orlando, Fla, Charlotte, N.C., and Min-
The board postponed for up to two months a decision on whether to award a franchise to the Vancouver group led by Arthur Griffiths, but Expansion Committee chairman Jerry Colangelo termed the city's chance as excellent. Vancouver also would enter the NBA in 1995.
The NBA said the Toronto and Vancouver teams would get the sixth and seventh picks in the first round of the 1965 draft, and if Toronto comes in alone, it would get the sixth pick.
An expansion draft will be conducted for the new teams, with each existing club losing one player after being allowed to protect eight players.
Kansas in tight race for tournament
By Gerrv Fev
Kansan sportswrite
It's crunch time for the Kansas volleyball team.
VOLLEYBALL
The Jayhawks have only four matches left in the season, and each match will count toward a berth in the Big Eight postseason tournament Nov. 26-27.
Kansas is fourth in the conference, 4-4 and 15-9 overall, but Iowa State is a close fifth with a 3-5 conference record. Only four teams advance to the tournament in Omaha. Neb.
Colorado, 8-1 and 19-5 overall, is Kansas' next opponent tomorrow in Boulder, Colo. The Buffalooes defeated the Jayhawks in three games Oct. 22 at Allen Field House.
Kansas sophomore setter Lesli Steinert said that playing in Boulder always was tough but that Kansas could pull out a victory against what was arguably the best team in the Big Eight.
"The altitude makes a big difference," Steinert said. "This year they
also have a new court and we don't know what that's like. Colorado's crowd is always obnoxious. I know we can do it. We just need to play on emotions."
Kansas coach Frankie Albitz said the Jayhawks had improved since their last meeting with Colorado.
"We've corrected a lot of errors that we made at that time," Albitz said.
"My team said, 'Oh, it's a one-man block,' and just hit it hard," Albizt said. "We need to hit the angles and not just use power."
The single-blocker defense used by the Buffaloes seemed to give Kansas trouble in the first meeting, Albiz said.
Sophomore rightside player Jenny Larson agreed that spiking at angles was the best way to defeat a single-blocker defense.
"They follow you wherever you go," Larson said. "One blocker follows your middle blocker and
leaves single blockers on the out sides."
Steinert said good passing was another key if Kansas was to defeat Colorado.
"Each match we've been getting better," she said. "I think we need to pass consistently, which we've been doing."
The Jayhawks passed better in the second game of their last match against Colorado. It showed in the scoring as Kansas came back in game three despite the 15-13 loss.
"You're going to need to have most of the things going your way to beat Colorado, Albizt said. "They are a pretty steady team."
Kansas doesn't have to win this weekend's match, but it cannot afford to lose in three straight games, Steinert said.
The Big Eight uses a system that divides games won by games played to determining postseason participants. That formula would be used if Kansas and fifth-place Iowa State tie at the end of the regular season.
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