THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
SPORTS
7B
VOLLEYBALL
Kansas upsets first ranked opponent
The victory against No.21 Baylor marks the first against a Top-25 team in two years
BY ZACH GETZ
zgetz@kansan.com
Kansas postseason hopes look a little brighter after defeating No. 21 Baylor 3-1 Saturday. The victory was Kansas 'first against a ranked opponent since October 2007.
"I think our team is counting how many matches we have left with aspirations of making a great finish," coach Ray Bechard said.
Kansas has a tough finish, with three out of the final four matches against teams ranked in the top 10. Bechard said Kansas still had a lot to play for and there was an air of excitement surrounding the team.
"I think we're maturing." Bechard said. "We got a lot of young players on the floor, but obviously they understand the importance of this time of the season."
Junior outside hitter Karina Garilton led Kansas with 19 kills against Baylor while sophomore
outside hitter Allison Mayfield was right behind her with 16 kills. Three Jayhawks had double-digit digs, led by senior Melissa Grieb with 19, followed by sophomore setter Nicole Tate with 16 and senior setter Katie Martinich with 14.
Baylor was plagued by errors, with 24 hitting and nine serving errors for the match.
Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Hagan said her team members had really stepped up and were played together better as a team.
"It's important to have that against any team and especially in the Big 12," Hagan said. "We knew this was a big game and we had to get it done. And we did."
Garlington said that with the energy the Jayhawks had, she knew they would win the match during the first set.
"Our whole team had such confidence," Garlington said. "They would score and it was just one
Kansas 25 19 25 25
Baylor 18 25 20 20
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point. Nobody got super worried about it because we all knew we had it in the bag."
Kansas took an early 9-4 lead in the first set and stretched it out to 13-5 toward the middle of the set. Kansas kept a healthy lead for the rest of the set, winning 25-18.
Baylor came out strong in the second set and took a 13-7 lead. Although Kansas scored four in a row to narrow the gap, it could never get over the hump and lost
the set 19-25.
Both teams went back and forth to start the third set. After tying it up at 18-18, Kansas started to pull away with a 21-18 lead. Baylor tried to come back but fell short, and Kansas won the set 25-20.
Baylor took a 9-5 lead early in the fourth set, but Kansas was able to tie the set 15-15. With Baylor on the ropes, Kansas pulled away and took a 19-16 lead late in the set. Kansas never faltered and defeated Baylor 25-20.
Kansas improved to 15-11, 7-9 in conference play, while Baylor fell to 21-7, 10-7 in conference play. The victory also matches the number of victories Kansas had in its last post-season berth in 2005, when it went 15-15.
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- Edited by Amanda Thompson
Sophomore outside hitter Allison Mayfield spikes the ball Saturday morning. Mayfield ended the day with 16 kills in Kansas 3-1 victory against Bayton.
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CROSS COUNTRY
Bonds qualifies for national meet
Regionals marks the end of the season for men's and women's teams
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON sanderson@kansan.com
Senior Lauren Bonds reached her goal of qualifying for nationals with a fifth-place finish at the Midwest Regional Championship Saturday.
In her first trip to nationals, Bonds will represent Kansas as the first women's cross country runner to qualify since 1994.
"When I first came in, I think my freshman year, I got 90th here." Bonds said. "So to think even back then that I would qualify for nationals was just completely inconceivable. But I did it today. So I'm really, really excited. This has been one of my goals for a long time."
Despite the relative ease with which Bonds seemed to finish, the race was anything but easy.
"It was a deceivingly hard course, sophomore Donny Wasinger said. "The hills are long and gradual but then doing them four times when you come around it does wear on you a lot."
The women's team placed 10th out of 22 teams. Sophomore Kara Windisch finished second for Kansas after Bonds in 42nd place with a time of 21:56.5. Senior Kellie Schneider and sophomore Rebeka Stowe placed 63rd and 68th. Freshmen Tessa Turcotte and Kathleen Thompson finished out the scoring for the team, placing 95th and 144th, respectively.
One of Kansas top runners junior Amanda Miller, collapsed with about 400 meters left in the race.
"She put a hard effort and kind of ran herself into the ground and was unable to finish the race," assistant coach Michael Whittlesey said.
The men's team placed ninth overall out of 25 teams.
"We had a pretty good race, Wasinger said. "We had some guys that really showed up today and anyone who had a bad day, people made up for it."
"We had a good year this year," Wasinger said. "We had a new coach, obviously, and we've worked with him well."
Wasinger finished first for the Kansas men with a time of 31:58.20, placing 35th overall. Junior Nick Caprario and sophomore Zach Zarda came in second and third for Kansas, placing 46th and 52nd, respectively. Junior Dan Van Orsdel and sophomore Kaleb Humphreys placed 64th and 69th.
This meet marks the end of the season for both the men and the women's teams. Both teams have had strong seasons under a new coach with a new practice system
NFL
Chiefs earn 2nd victory of season
BY JOSH DUBOW
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Kansas City Chiefs might want to think about moving to Oakland — or at least trying to play the Raiders more often.
Jamaal Charles scored on a 44-yard run for Kansas City's first rushing touchdown of the season and the Chiefs used a late interception to win their seventh straight game in Oakland, 16-10 on Sunday.
The Chiefs (2-7) have managed to win just five of their past 35 games. But three of those wins have come at the Oakland Coliseum, where Kansas City has the longest
winning streak ever by a visiting team.
The Raiders scored a touchdown on their opening drive and then managed just three points and 202 yards the rest of the way. For the second straight home game, the Raiders pulled former No.1 overall pick JaMarcus Russell.
Ryan Succop kicked three field goals and Kansas City once again pulled out a close one against the Raiders (2-7) in Oakland in their first game since releasing running back Larry Johnson.
Russell didn't look pleased by the move, appearing to express his displeasure to quarterbacks coach Paul Hackett. The change didn't provide an immediate spark as Gradkowski failed to get a first down after a fumble gave the Raiders the ball at the Kansas City 49.
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He was taken out in the first half against the Jets last month after committing three first-half turnovers. He lashed into the second half this week, before being
replaced by Bruce Gradkowski late in the third quarter after going 8 for 24 for 64 yards.
Gradkowski then threw an interception to Mike Brown on the next drive, giving the Chiefs the ball at the Oakland 47. Gradkowski drove the Raiders to the Kansas City 26 before rookie Darrius Heyward-Bey bobbed a pass inside the 10 and it ended up in Brown's hands for a game-sealing interception.
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INTRAMURALS
Basketball gearing up with pre-holiday tournament
BY PAT ELAND peland@kansan.com
Basketball season is back and University basketball intramurals are not far behind as they gear up for the start of the annual preholiday basketball tournament.
"Once KU's basketball season
comesaround,the competitiveness moves up another notch for the rest of us," said Clark Ellis, Bucklin junior. "It just gets everybody in the mood to play basketball."
The online
"This tournament is a good warm-up to the season. It gets everybody geared up for basketball."
MATT BECK Intramurals coordinator
sign-up for the tournament opened on Thursday and will remain open until Tuesday. The fee to register a team is $10 per team, which can be paid to the intramurals staff in room 103 of the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. Play will begin on Nov. 30, with all of the games being played within the following two weeks until Dec. 11.
"This tournament is a good warm-up to the season." Matt Beck, intramurals coordinator, said. "It gives teams a chance to play together and get things figured out for the season later on. It gets everybody geared up for basketball."
five divisions that are played in the regular intramurals basketball season. There will be a men's division, a women's division, and a co-rec division. Each team can consist of no more than 20 players and the co-rec teams must have a two girls for every three guys to participate.
There are three different divisions that will be played in the tournament compared with the
"You get to play everybody in the pre-
Ellis said that playing in the pre-holiday tournament is a lot more competitive because the leagues were not divided up into as many divisions as during the actual season in the winter.
holiday tournament, Ellis said.
The tournament is played in a
INTRAMURAL INFORMATION
Sign-up period: Nov. 12-17 Tournament Played: Nov. 30-Dec. 11
Sign-up at www.atleague. com
single elimination bracket format, meaning that just one loss will end a team's hopes at getting that intramural championship T-shirt.
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Edited by Alicia Banister
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