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* University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 30, 1990
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Panthers edge Jayhawks, 7-6
Lack of concentration, hustle contribute to loss, coach says
By Brent Maycock
Kansas sportwriter
Kansan sportswriter
Eric Montgomery/KANSAN
Kansas shortstop David Soult tags Northern Iowa's Mark Vondel
Eric MontgomeryKANSAN
Northern Iowa took advantage of 10 walks by four Kansas pitchers and defeated the Jayhawks 7-6 yesterday at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
A run by the Panthers in the top of the ninth inning provided the final margin of victory.
Kansas baseball
"We played badly," Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. "We had poor concentration, poor hustle and poor enthusiasm. Everything negative about baseball, we did today."
The Jayhawks, 11-12, scored three times in the first iming.
Northern Iowa pitcher Scott Kaul issued consecutive walks to Kansas right fielder Steve Meeks and left fielder Cam Hummel. Catcatcher Mark Moore left with his fifth double of the year, driving home both Meeks and Hummel.
After third baseman Gerry Camara fled out, first baseman Jim Hanna drove in Moore with a single to right.
"I got a couple of hits, but it doesn't make much difference when you lose." Hanna said. "Their pitcher did a good job of placing the ball."
Kaul worked all nine innings and improved his record to 3-2. Kansas pitcher John Wuycheck suffered his first loss of the season.
After the Jayhawks' outburst in the first, Kaul scattered six hits over the next seven innings and allowed just two runs.
"The ball was really moving today," Kaul said. "I was having mechanical problems early in the morning, but I was able to work through it."
While Kansas cooled off, the Panthers heated up. Northern Iowa scored twice in the third, three times in the fifth and once in the sixth. The Panthers had a 5-lead before adding an insurance run in the ninth.
Kansas, which beat No. 1 Wichita State on Tuesday by scoring three times in the ninth, wasn't able to duplicate its effort.
After Meeks popped out, Hummel doubled to right field. Moore grounded out to third, but Camara singled to left, driving home Humma, who went three for four, grounded out to third and ended the game.
"Baseball is a game of peaks and valleys. This week we've been to the highest peak and the lowest valley," Bingham said.
series with Big Eight Conference rival Nebraska tonight in Lincoln. The Jayhawks will play a doubleheader tomorrow and conclude the series Sunday.
"Nebraska is coming off of a season that wasn't what they wanted, and they're making a point of having a better season," Bingham said. "I anticipate we'll see a pretty fired up
Kansas will start a four-game
Nebraska team. I expect it to be a really tough go for us."
NORTHERN IOWA 7, KANSAS 6
Northern Iowa 002 301 001—7 8 11
Kansas 003 001 001—6 8 11
Kauf and Dixon; Niles, Wuychek (3),
Stonechiker (5), Merriman (6) and Moore,
Wal-Ku (3), L-Wuychek (0-1), B2-Northern
Bach, Bach, Contion, Kansas, Moses, Humel.
Tourney pits KU against Kearney State
By Paul Augeri
Kansan sportswriter
When Kansas assistant softball coach Brad Horky talks about the Jayhawks' fall season, he recalls a 10-9 loss to Kearney State with bitterness.
Kansas softball
"We played so badly that is an added incentive to win this game," Horky said.
Kansas, 16-12, plays Kearney State, 4-4, again during the Jayhawk Invitational softball tournament, beginning tomorrow at Jayhawk Field. The Jayhawks will play the Antelopees at 10:30 a.m. Later, they play Wisconsin-Green Bay at 1:30 p.m. and Iowa at 3 p.m.
Horky, who coached at Kearney
State for three seasons before coming to Kansas in 1987, guided the Antelope to the 1987 NAIA national championship.
"It sort of made their fall season," Horky said about Kearney State's victory. "It would make their spring season if they did it again."
Although Kansas plays Wisconsin-Green Bay, 3-8, at 3 p.m. today at home in a regularly scheduled game and again tomorrow in the tournament, he coach Kalum Haack said he is more focused on the tournament.
"iowa will be the team to beat in the tournament," Haack said. "I haven't any clue to what Wisconsin-Green Bay is like. But I know Kearney is better than a lot of Division I teams."
The Jayhawk Invitational resumes at 9 a.m. Sunday when Kearney State
plays Wisconsin-Green Bay. The four teams will then be seeded by their individual tournament records for the semifinal and championship rounds. Semifinal games are scheduled at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The championship game is scheduled for 3 p.m.
Iowa, a member of the Big Ten Conference and ranked 15th nationally, is 17-12. Kansas is ranked fifth in the Midwest Regional poll.
Although Big Eight Conference play has not yet begun, three Kansas players lead the Big Eight in four categories. Shortstop Christy Arterburn leads the conference in runs with 19 and stolen bases with 21-Second baseman Kim Saco leads the Big Eight with 33 hits and is second in batting average at .398. Center fielder Laura Edwards leads the conference in doubles with 5.
"If you look at some of the names, some are among our top players in the lineup." Haack said. "The bottom five have to start coming up," he didn't have to be leaders, but they have to make more of a contribution."
Kansas beat St. Mary's of Omaha, Neb., for the second of two Jayhawk Invitational championships last fall.
"I think we put a little bit more pressure on ourselves, and the team likes that a lot better," said Kansas reserve catcher Kathy Hill. "Coach's attitude tends to wear off on us in a very good way."
Kansas was been rained out of doubleheaders against Wichita State and Creighton in the last week. The Jayhawks have not played since March 22, when they swept a double-header from Friends University of Wichita.
Kansas will compete outdoors at LSU
Stiff competition, warm weather await 'Hawks in outdoor debut in Baton Rouge
By Molly Reid Kansan sportswriter
Kansas track
The LSU Purple Tiger Invitational meet will begin at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Baton Rouge, La.
"Fortunately, down in Louisiana with the time we run, the temperature and climate should be ideal," he said. "We're probably a little further along in preparation for the outdoors than the other teams."
The Kansas men's and women's track teams finally will make their outdoor-track debuts this weekend. Stormy weather moved their first scheduled meet indoors last weekend.
Despite the Jayhawks' lack of outdoor meet experience this season, runner Steve Hefferman said the team prepared for its first competition.
because they went further during the indoor season and needed time off. We've had more opportunity for outdoor practice."
Heffernan said the quality of the competition would balance out the Jayhawks' extra practice time.
Teams competing in the meet include current NCAA indoor champion Arkansas. Big Eight team leader Danny Wade, State. LSU. Alabama and Kansas
"This will probably be one of the toughest meets we will compete in," he said, "to keep up from the meet last week, but we'll have to make the adjustment."
Schwartz said the progression from cross country and indoor track made the outdoor season a
Heferman said that the emphasis for Kanaas track was the outdoor season and that track coach Lacey Dunn expected more from the athletes.
peak time for the athletes.
Schwartz said that the team would be as prepared as possible under the circumstances but that he did not look at the loss of last week's outdoor meet as a disadvantage.
"We don't expect to look in late-season form," he said. "When looking at the schedule, this meet has almost guaranteed warm weather and a good range of events."
"From my standpoint, we don't all of the sudden change what we're doing when we go outside." Schwartz said. "We try to build on each season. So if it works out the team will be best read to win a season outdoors. But that will not be in these first two meetings."
at Memorial Stadium, was moved indoors to Anschutz Sports Pavilion. The steeple chapel, an event unique to outdoor competition, was one of the cancellations.
Many events were canceled when last weekend's Kansas alumni meet, originally scheduled
Heyerman, who will compete in the steeple chase tomorrow, said the contest was a seven-lap race incorporated 27 barriers. Although not allesied, the barriers do not fall over, and one includes a water hazzard.
"The water is too far to get over, but you want to get out as far as possible because it's deeper closer to the barrier," Heffernan said. "It's grueling. The jumping and pounding take a lot out of me."
The javelin throw and discus throw also are events limited to the outdoor season.
"We didn't have the discus or javelin competitions (last week)," said assistant track and throws coach Gary England.
Two tournaments will test golf teams
Kansas golf
Oklahoma decree infuriates coaches
"We've only got to practice two out of the last eight days," he said. "will have to play a mental game because we haven't had the practice."
Kansas golf will be back in action this weekend after a two week break from competition.
"It will be a very good and strong field," men's coach Ross Randall said. "If play well, we could finish it. The top eight, and that's a good finish."
Randall said Kansas could be at a disadvantage because of limited practice time during the past week.
By Brent Maycock
The men's golf team will compete in the Augusta Forest Hills Invitational in Augusta, Ga. Although they have been invited to compete in the tournament in past years, this will be
ment's field of 15 teams
Kansas will get its first look this season at Big Eight Conference rivals Missouri and Colorado, which are included among the tourna-
Oklahoma, which is ranked No. 8 by Golf Digest, is the tournament's defending champion.
The women's team will compete in the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Norman, Okla. Kansas women's coach Brad Demo said the Jayhawks' performance would deter-
By Brent Maycock Kansan sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
"I think every tournament is tough, and I think every tournament is easy," Demo said. "It just depends on how much pressure you put on yourself."
the jayhawks' first appearance at the tournament.
mine the difficulty of the tournament.
Oklahoma is sponsoring the tournament on its home course, and 12 teams will be competing for the championship. Demo said his team couldn't worry about the competition.
Big Eight Conference women's basketball coaches and players yesterday expressed shock and anger about the University of Oklahoma's decision to discontinue its women's basketball program.
Kansas freshman forward Misti Chennault, who is from Oklahoma, said she was stunned by the decision.
"I don't feel it is cut and dried, and I don't feel it is over yet," she said.
"I was very, very outraged,"
"I Kansas women's basketball coach
Marian Washington said. "It
is filled with disbelief."
Washington said the legal process to reinstate the program would be long and difficult. However, she was optimistic that Wednesday's decision would not be the final result
Oklahoma's Assistant Athletic Director Dot Jimerson announced the decision Wednesday, adding that the program had not received enough support from the students to justify its continuation. Jimerson said money originally budgeted for the program would be redistributed among other women's sports at the university.
Washington said she was angry that Oklahoma did not reveal the real reason why the program was dropped.
"We, as a conference, will have a challenge because there are a lot of things to deal with." Washington said. "We have worked very hard to try and establish the Big Eight in the basketball world.
"It is very embassading that our conference had to be the one. It has and a tremendous impact national and the premier women's sport."
Washington said the Big Eight's reputation would suffer greatly.
"It was something you would never consider happening," Chennauld said. "I've got a lot of friends that play for the team, and I know the thought of this happening never crossed their minds."
"With all of the rumors about funding and lack of interest, those aren't the real issues," she said. "I think it's very important that the real issue surfaces and is concentrated on."
"When they read the WBCA's decision, it received a standing ovation," he said. "For an institution with the name and prestige that Oklahoma has to drop its primary women's sport without any apparent reason, it's shocking."
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association has announced its support of any legal action the Oklahoma players university and has requested its legal counsel to pursue the matter.
Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Dick Halterman said that nearly 1,000 women's basketball coaches heard the WBC's statement at a brunch in Knoxville this morning.
"They unethically showed total disregard for the conference its attaching to, she said. "They took an unethical approach to a long-term problem."
Nebraska women's basketball coach Angela Beck said that if anything positive had come out of the controversial decision, it was the sense of loyalty the conference coaches had shown.
Beck said she questioned the leadership and administration of the Oklahoma program.
"The Big Eight coaches have really united for the first time." Beck said. "When something drastically happens, they tend to rally and join our forces."
Washington said the decision showed a lack of commitment by Oklahoma to women in sports.
"There are other problems in that athletic program, and I can't believe their decision," she said. "I don't feel there's any justification for them dropping the premier sport in women's athletics."
Chennauld said the action was tragic for the Big Eight's reputation.
Kansan sportswriter
Shockers will bring state rivalry to net
By Paul Auger
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas tennis
The Kansas men's tennis team, 7-8 and the top-ranked team in the region, will play regional rival Wichita State at noon tomorrow on the courts adjacent to Parrott Athletic Center.
"Wichita has been a dominant team in the Missouri Valley probably for the past seven or eight years," Kansas coach Scott Perelman said. "Recent history shows the matches have been extremely competitive and hard fought."
The Jayhawks already have beaten regional opponents Tulsa, Drake and Southwest Missouri State. If the Jayhawks win the region, they will qualify for the NCAA tournament in mid-May.
Kansas defeated Wichita State, 7-2,
last year at Wichita. The Shockers
are ranked sixth in the Missouri
Valley Conference.
“One of the most important things for us is to take one day at a time.” Perelman said. “This in-state hotel was four years, has led to tremendous emotion.”
Kansas will open the Big Eight Conference season at Missouri on Tuesday.
Although Perelman has not finished the order of his starting lineup against Wichita State, Kansas players John Falbo, Jeff Gross, Chris Walker, Rafael Rangel, Carlos Flemm and Paul Garvin are expected to play.
Fleming, who has played at the No. 4 singles spot in recent matches, said the Jayhawks' victory against the
'We are really excited to play again today and again on Sunday.'
— Eveline Hamers Kansas tennis player
"We've been involved in this rivalry a while." Fleming said. "If we win this one, we'll start the (Big Eight) season rolling."
Fleming, 11-11 in singles play, sees Kansas as a solid Big Eight contender in the next three weeks. The team's top scorer big Eight titles in 1987 and 1988.
"I believe that we are the best team in the Big Eight," he said. "But last year, not everybody had that skill. We feel we deserve it this year."
Shockers last year put added excitement back into the annual matches.
The Kansas women's tennis team also will play this weekend. The Jayhawks will play New Mexico at 1 p.m. today at home. The Jayhawks, against Missouri, will play against Kansas State, also will play Drake at 1 p.m. Sunday at home.
Eveline Hamers, Kansas' No. 1 singles player, improved her singles record to 23-12 with a straight-set victory Wednesday.
"We are really excited to play again today and again on Sunday," Hamers said."
Tennis rainout sites
Women's tennis:
Women's tennis:
Friday: Alvamar Tennis 8
RANDALL RECOVERING: Doctors in Denver reassured Kansas forward Mark Randall and his wife that a recent observation was correct.
Friday: Alvamar Tennis &
Swim Club, 6:30 p.m.
Men's tennis:
Men's tennis:
Saturday: Alvamar, 1 p.m.
Swim Club, 6:30 p.m.
Yesterday, Randall's physician,
Mike laman, confirmed Monday's
diagnosis that the spots he found
on Randall's lungs were a type of
fungus.
Sports briefs
The condition will be alleviated over time without any medication or surgery.
Randall, who flew home to Englewood, Colo., Sunday, said Iman will send a letter to the school from the school of the medical details.
"Everything is fine," said Randall. "I just have these allergies
that hit me the minute I got off the plane (in Denver)."
Coach Dan Jewett said this was the first year for the 1,500 meter
CREW TO COMPETE: Kanaa
Crew will travel to St. Louis this
weekend to compete in the
Boston University inviational.
regatta, which will be held at Creve Coeur Lagoon. The regatta will feature only the eight-man boats. Jewett he would take only his best rowers with the team.
"I expect us to do really well," Jewett said. "I don't expect any surprises."
Kansas State University
Kansas will compete against host Washington University and
"K-State beat our heavyweight boat at the Heart of Texas regatta," Jewett said. "We've been working on paying them back."
TUBBS TO STAY AT OU: Oklahoma's Billy Turbans turned down an offer to return to Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, as its basketball coach and athletic director, Lamar officials said Thursday.
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Tubbs turned down an offer reportedly worth $300,000 and decided to stay at Oklahoma, said Rush Wood, Lamar's sports information director.
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