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University Daily Kansan / Friday, April 27, 1990
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Washburn wins, streak ends
By Paul AugerI
Kansan sportswriter
Center fleider Jessica Hennig steals third base as Washburn's Sherril Spangler bobbles a throw.
TOPEKA — The Kansas softball team could not take advantage of lead-off singles late in its game yesterday.
Kansas softball
In the sixth and seventh innings, the Jayhawks led off with base hits, but failed to score in both innings, losing 6-5 to Washburn in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader.
The second game was rained out. "We had a lot of opportunities," Kansas coach Kalium Haack said. "I think we were overconfident. We just didn't play good ball, and we haven't the last three ball games."
Washburn snapped Kansas' 14- game winning streak. Kansas is 35-15 overall. Washburn improved its record to 31-8.
Roosma Braziel, 23-5, was the losing pitcher. Mitch Young was credited with the win.
"We were struggling with the bats this week, but we've been playing pretty good defense," Washburn coach Kelly Staiefer said. "It was a nice break to come out and play some good ball."
The Jayhawks problems began in the top of the six when they failed to score with runners on second and third bases. Washburn then tied the score in its next at-bat.
Kamas right fielder Mbna Stanfield misplayed a base hit by Washburn center fielder Julie Michel, and Michel was credited with a lead-off triple. Shortstop Jenny Klamm singled her home, and Klmann scored one out later when first baseman Beth Kelsey grounded out.
in the bottom of the seventh with the score tied at 5. Washburn second baseman Rina Hembrough hit a triple and scored the game-winning
run when Kansas second baseman Kim Sacco committed an error on the following play.
"That one error didn't beat us," Haack said. "It was a combination of us not playing well, defensively or offensive."
Kansas designated player Kim Doyle's lead off single went for naught as Kansas failed to score in the top of the seventh.
Shortstop Christy Arterbun hit a sacrifice, moving Doyle to second. She advanced to third on catcher Jodi Hoyer's ground out. Third baseman Camille Spitalier filed out to end the
inning.
mining.
"We have played a lot of ball since the last time we saw them, and we just attacked their pitches," Stauffer said. "This is something the girls are always shooting for."
Kansas erupted for four fourth-
inning runs and carried its 5-3 lead until the sixth inning Jessica Hession drove to a double-hit all but BRI singles in the fourth.
Hert Singer.
The Jayhawks lost for only the third time in their last 25 games. Haack said they have to forget about the loss and focus on upcoming conference games tomorrow and
Sunday in Lincoln, Neb. If Kansas wins its four games against Oklahoma State and Iowa State, it would claim the Big Eight title and a berth in the national tournament.
"I'm just disappointed because I don't think the girls realize how much there was at stake in this ballgame," Haack said.
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WASHBURN 6. KANSAS 5
Kansas will return to conference play
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
After having last week off from Big Eight, Conference play, Kansas coach Dave Bingham said the Jayhawks would be ready for what could be their most important series of the season.
Kansas baseball
Kansas pitcher Steve Renko said that the team was ready to get back into Big Eight action.
"I think that being off was very important to us," Bingham said. "I think our kids are more rested and have gained some confidence, and we'll be ready to compete against Oklahoma."
Kansas, 21-24, will begin a four-game series against Oklahoma at 7 tonight at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium. The series will continue with a doubleheader starting at 4 p.m., tomorrow to include a game at 1 p.m. Sunday.
"We've had time to gather ourselves and regroup," he said. "We're really excited about playing with the new players, this weekend with great intensity."
Kansas enters the series 4-8 in the conference, in last place. However, Bingham said that the Jayhawks better than their record indicated.
"Looking at the conference, I don't think our kids see anybody that is any better than them," he said. "They knew that Oklahoma State was probably the best team and yet they go down there and have a great series where every one of these four games was down to the last at-bat."
Last season, the Sooners swept four games from the Jayhawks in
'I think that being off was very important to us. I think our kids are more rested and have gained some confidence, and we'll be ready to compete against Oklahoma.'
— Dave Bingham Kansas baseball coach
Norman.
"We're hoping our pitching will be equal to the task," he said. "We haven't given up a lot of runs all year long and that's been our strength. We're going to depend a lot upon our pitching to keep us in the game."
Norman.
"This is such a new team that they haven't paid a lot of attention to what took place last year," Bingham said.
"Their concern is what happens to them everyday."
prining staff. Benko said that the pitching staff was ready to accept the challenge of facing Oklahoma.
"We need to throw strikes and get into situations where we can ground balls," he said. "If we can keep the walks down, we can compete with their hitting."
everyday. Bingham said pitching would be a key to shutting down Oklahoma's powerful offensive attack.
Although every series is important, Bingham said, this series could determine whether Kansas would receive a berth in the postseason Big Eight tournament.
Team ready to fight for title lost in 1989
"We need eight wins to be sure to be in the tournament," Bingham said. "It doesn't matter where they come from, but right now, we don't have a lot of room to play with."
Kansan sportswriter
Bv Paul Augeri
The Kansas men's tennis team spent the 1989 season away from the championship circle of the Big Eight Conference tournament.
Carlos Fleming, Kansas No. 5 singles player and top seed at that position, refuses to return to Lawrence from Oklahoma City without this year's Big Eight team title.
Kansas tennis
Kansas won consecutive championships in 1987 and 1988.
"It is important to me because I watched us lose it last year," Fleming said. "But, I still felt we were the best team. It is extremely important because only one team has it."
The Jayhawks start plays play at 8 a.m. tomorrow at the Oklahoma City乒俱中心, Kansas, which leads the conference. The game has been favored to win the title by Big Eight coaches.
"What comes into play now is the attitude and mental preparation for the tournament," Kansas coach Scott Perelman said. "I honestly feel we have the ability to win at all nine spots."
Pairings for tomorrow's matches in the singles and doubles brackets will be made tonight. The singles finals and the doubles semifinals and finals will be played Sunday.
Oklahoma State won the title in 1989. Kansas finished third, 13 points behind second-place Oklahoma. Oklahoma State trails Kansas by one point entering this year's tournament.
Fleming and No. 4 player Rafael Rangel are assured the top seeds
at their positions because they were defeated in Big Eight play this season.
Aside from Fleming and Rangel, the Jayhawks' singles lineup includes John Fassler, 1; Jeff Goss, 3; David Walker, 1; and Paul Garvin at No. 6.
In the double lines, Falbo and Walker will start at No 1, Fleming and Garvin at No 2, and Gross and Rangel at No 3.
"I think we are looking really good as a team," Gross said. "Some players are humgrief for the title after winning it two years ago and finishing third last year, but if you it, you want to stay at the top."
Gross will try to defend his title at No. 2 singles, Falco, Falbo and Walker are the only returning starters from the 1988 championship.
Pereman said this year's Jayhawks were much stronger and more capable of becoming champions than last year's squad.
BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONSHIPS
At Oklahoma City
Women
Women First round
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Evander Hallen, Kansas, d. Kim Dermoe, Iowa State 6-1, 7-4. Chamley, Oklahoma 6-1, 7-4. Hallen, Wisconsin 6-1, 7-4. Henkela, Minnesota 6-1, 7-4. Henkela, Minnesota 6-1, 7-4. Henkela, Minnesota 6-1, 7-4.
TEAM SCORING — 1. Oklahoma State, 106; 2.
Oklahoma State, 7; 3. Nebraska, 7; 4. Kansas, 64;
5. Kansas State, 52; 6. Colorado, 51; 7. Iowa State, 28; 8.
Missouri, 10.
No.1 singles
Track teams split among three meets
By Molly Reid Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas track team is splitting its personnel again this weekend.
Kansas track
Instead of traveling together, about half the team will go to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, while the other half will compete at the Sooner Outdoor Invitational in Norman, Okla. One athlete will go to the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.
Kansas track coach Gary Schwartz said he was scattering the team so that everyone could compete.
Not all the Kansas athletes are able to compete in the Drake Relays because the meet has two standards for qualifying; only the athletes with the best overall times will compete with participant numbers are restricted.
Schwartz said it would have been ideal to take the entire team to Des Moines, but because of the size and
stature of the meet, not everyone qualified.
what we're trying to do is keep people prepared for the Big Eight meet" he said. "Originally, the thinking was that we didn't want to split, but the reality was that we had to
"When I talked about the Kansas Relays, I said one of the problems with the big meets is getting the whole team in there. It's frustrating having to split the team."
Javelin thrower Vince Lobasky, so far the only Jayhawk to qualify for the NCAA outdoor championships May 30, will travel with throws coach Gary England to Pennsylvania. Lobasky qualified by passing the throw of 229-8 at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational meet in March.
Labosky said he looked forward to competing against the current world record holder, Patrick Boden of Sweden. Boden broke the world record two weeks earlier with a throw of 292.4. Labosky took second place
behind Boden, who threw 272-4, at the Texas Relays April 7 with a throw of 240-1. Labosky had a season-best throw during the Kansas Relays of 242-1.
Schwartz said the competition at Drake would be tough for the 22 Kansas men's and women's athletes traveling to Iowa.
He said he expected the men's four-mile relay team and the distance medley relay team to do well this weekend. The teams will consist of Jon Joslin, Donnie Anderson, Steve Fehlenman and Sea Shanerd in the four-mile and two-kilometer race. Gray in the distance medley. The four-mile relay team took second at the Kansas Relays Saturday.
Hefferman also will run the steeplechase, which Schwartz said was an good opportunity for Hefnerian to qualify for the NCAA championships.
"This is an event he has messed with in years past," Schwartz said. "We're looking at it as being one of his best events."
The rest of the Kansas team will gain more competitive experience in Oklahoma for the Big Eight championships May 20.
"You have to be really flexible because sometimes you don't know what meets will be going on," Teal said. "It's kind of tough when we split the team because we don't know what the competition is like.
Only a few women are making the rip to the Drake Relays, but schwartz said he especially wanted the seniors to compete in the meet. Distance runner Tricia Brown, spinner Shearla Bonda, middle distance runners Julie Howerton and Terri Grzybowski, and javelin throwers Angle Melland and Kolete Kilber will compete in the Relays.
Middle distance runner Jaeal Seal said he would run the 1,500-meter run and the 800-meter run to get ready for the Big Eight meet.
usually, I can make my strategy by knowing how the competition is, but now, I don't know how I'll run until it will there."
Kansas takes 5th in Big Eight tournament
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
Oklahoma State captured its 31st
Kensas struggled in the final round of the Big Eight Conference Championships yesterday in Edmond, Okla., and finished in fifth place.
The Jywhawks had been tied for third place with Colorado after the first two rounds Wednesday. However, Kansas shot a final-round 315 and finished with a total score of 911. The Buffaloes held on to third place with a three-round score of 887.
Men's golf
Big Eight title. The Cowboys have won the championships every year since 1969, with the exception of 1984, when Missouri claimed the conference crown.
Oklahoma State shot a three-
round 84 and finished 31 strokes
ahead of second-place Oklahoma,
which finished with an 880.
Kansas, which took third place at last year's championships, had been picked by the conference coaches to finish third again this year. But the Jayhawks, who shot identical rounds of 298 on Wednesday, couldn't hold their position.
Iowa State, which had been in sixth place after the first day, edged Kansas by two strokes for fourth place.
The Cowboys and the Sooners tied for first at last year's championships in Tulsa, Okla., with the Cowboys winning in a playoff.
Oklahoma State's Kevin Wentworth claimed the individual title with a three-round score of 211. Wentworth, who led by four strokes after two rounds, edged teammate David White by a single stroke for the championship.
All five Oklahoma State players placed in the top seven.
Senior Sean Thayer was Kansas' top finisher. Thayer shot a finalround 79 and took eighth place. Thayer had been in sixth place after two rounds.
BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS At Oak Tree Country Club, Edmond, Okla.
Men
TEAM SCORE - 1. Oklahoma State 840; 2. Oklahoma
  OKlahoma 83; 3. Colorado 81; 4. Iowa State 900;
  Kansas 911; 5. Nebraska 914; 6. Missouri 919; 7.
  Kansas State 920
individual results
1. Kyle Beal, Oklahoma State; 2.11.24, David
White, Oklahoma State; 3.1.23, Jeff Leka,
Oklahoma State; 3.1.24, Scott D'Errico, Oklahoma State; 3.1.25, Bill Benson, Oklahoma State; 3.1.26, Bob May, Oklahoma State; 3.1.27, Bill Benson, Oklahoma State; 3.1.28, Joe Ilyas, Oklahoma State; 3.1.29, Zion Lee, Oklahoma State;
Mike Troy, Nebraska; Riley Bell, Colorado
**tenesse resulta**
22. tie, Len Johnsen, 228; 32. Jon Bruning, 232; 33.
John Ogden, 233; 34. Jim Young, 236.
Response to basketball tournament falls short
Bv Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
The attempt by former Kansas basketball player Chris Piper and senior Jeff Gueldner to organize their first basketball tournament did not so quite as planned.
'Although preparation has gone smoothly, the players said interest had been sparse.
"This is a first-time thing, so everyone has their doubts," said Guilner, co-director of the three-on-three basketball tournament this weekend. "We covered all the bases. The interest just hasn't been there."
"I'm really surprised," Piper said. "There are no women. I think we have to close that division, which is something we didn't want to do."
the more cards she had.
Piper said about 40 teams had entered the contest, although they expected a lot more.
The tournament, sponsored by radio station KLZR and Fizz Hat, includes divisions for girls and boys in junior high school and high school. It also includes a men's and women's open division as well as 35 and older division for men. Proceeds will go to Robinson Center.
"I don't know if it would have been different if we had put it on at a different time," Guelder said, "it was of things going on this weekday."
Gueldher said they expected to get most of their entrants from the greek chanters, but none had entered.
Bob Noller, intramural chairman for Pbi Gamma Delta, 1540 Louisiana, said he thought the tournament sounded very interesting, but the date of the event conflicted with previous plans made by the chapter.
received the packet this Monday. This week is our formal and the guys we generally would put in it are leaving."
Other fraternities had similar conflicts.
"Well, we just kind of made the announcement and the guys had to pay their own money," said Chris Jehle, intramural chairman for Sigma Ch. 1430 Tennessee St. "The house wasn't going to sponsor it. At the beginning of the semester, we allocate a certain amount of money to certain philanthropies and charities."
previous plants made by the expi-
tant "it got out late," Noller said. "I
"We talked about doing it, and I guess we just never went through with it. Part of it was playing on the outside courts and time conflict."
Piper and Gueldner said they modeled the tournament, which will be in the Robinson Center parking lot; on a
similar tournament in Kansas City.
"We're going through some growing pains," he said. "But, were hoping it will be an annual event."
Piper said that despite the poor response, he hoped the tournament would be held again next year.
Attractions itself also the tournamen ment itself include a free-throw shooting contest, an alumni game, including former Kansas players Rick Calloway, Kevin Pritchard, Mark Turgeon, Calvin Thompson and Freeman West. After the game, the competitions will continue with a three-point shooting contest and a slam dunk contest.
The winning teams of each division will receive $400 in gift certificates and the second winners will win $200 in gift certificates. Each entrant will receive a T-shirt.
Sports briefs
today to visit Barnes, a 6-foot-8 forward, visited the campus last weekend.
Lawrence. "I had a pretty good time," he said. "It was like I expected. The guys were pretty cool."
KANSAE QAINS RECRUT: Wichita Heights basketball player Cortez Barnes said yesterday that he planned to sign a letter of intent today to attend Kansas in the fall.
the europes Barres said last week that he had canceled recruiting visits to all other schools and planned to sign a letter with Kansas after his visit to Lawrence.
season.
test to receive his ACA
text access to determine his eligibility for his freshman year. In order to meet NCAA requirements for college
Barnes averaged 19.6 points and 9.5 rebounds a game for Wichita Heights and made 36 of his 63 three-point shooting attempts during his senior season.
athletes, he must score an 18 or better. His last score was 17. If he does not pass, he will sit out his freshman season as a Proposition 48 casualty.
CREW FINALE: Kansas crew will wrap up its season at the 19th Annual Midwest Rowing Championships tomorrow at Lake Wingra in Madison, Wis.
In past years, Kansas has experienced success at the regatta, including a course record in 1983 for the novice women's eight. The novice lightweight men's first place finish. Kansas also took third in the novice heavyweight men's eight at last year's regatta.
The best crew teams in the Midwest will be competing for the regional title.