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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 29, 1990
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'Hawks net 1st Big 8 victory
Goins' gave the team its first victory against a Big Eight rival.
Player defends singles title in conference season opener
By Rob Wheat Special to the Kansan
After losing her serve, Kansas' No. 4-seeded player Page Goins came back to win eight straight points against the Wildcats' Valerie Rive, including a 6-3 third set victory, killing Kansas an
Bv Rob Wheat
Women's tennis
5-4 match victory against Kansas State yesterday at Alvamar Tennis and Swim Club.
It was the Jay-
It was the Ja hawks' first Big Eight Conference this season.
through the jaywhacks lost their No.1 and No.3 doubles rounds, Eveline Hamers won her No.1 seeded singles match, increasing her singles record to 11-0 in the Big Eight.
determined going into the match and it feels good to win again."
Hamers was down 4-1 in the first set against K-State's Marjie Nikel but scored nine unanswered points, winning in two sets, 6-4, 6-2 and successfully defended her 1989 No. 1 Eight eiglestings title. She is
"I took a couple of deep breaths and tried to draw strength from the
'I took a couple of deep breaths a tried to draw strength from the crowd and from my coach, who kept telling me to get angry.'
crowd and from my coach, who kept telling me to get angry."
crowd and from my coach, who kept telling me to get angry." Goins said. "He is always telling me to get meaner, so I guess I'd better stop being so nice to everyone."
The Jayhawks were 1-2 in double play and 3-2 in singles play heading into the final match, but they lost to the Cubs and a half hours of total play.
— Page Goins
Kanye tennis player
The victory gives the Jayhawks an overall record of 2-11 and 1-0 record in the Big Eight.
Kansas coach Michael Center said he saw a lot of improvement in the women's overall play and in their intensity level.
"We need to go into these matches with the same level of concentration and desire that we played with today," Center said. "I knew the girls were excited and
He said he expected his players to play with confidence in conference play because of the experience gained from playing nationally ranked teams. Eight of the team's 11 losses this season have been to teams ranked in the nation's top 25.
Kansas tennis player
ranked 27th in the Volvo/ITCA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
Her goal is to reach the NCAA Women's Tennis Invitational, where she was named an NCAA All-American last season for finishing the season ranked among the nation's top 20.
"The NCAA's are about a month away, and I feel that it should be possible for me to win every match until then so I can get to the goal. That is why my goal is right in sight now and that should beln me step up in my play."
Stacy Stotts lost her No.2-seeded singles match, 4-6, 4-6, after her return to the front of the lineup, but she said she preferred playing as a high seed and that the rustiness she felt should end by the next conference match.
Stotts said she just returned last weekend after sitting out the majority of the spring season because of family problems.
Though Stotts said she was able to practice by herself during the time she spent away from the team, she said that she improved most while facing competition.
Proclamation will be taken for a ride
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
At 9:45 this morning, the members will cycle from Topeka to Lawrence carrying a proclamation establishing the Sunflower State Games. The proclamation, signed by Gov. Mike Hayden and Secretary of State Tim Kaine, is delivered to Lawrence Mayor Bob Schumm at noon at City Hall.
It won't generate the same excitement as the carrying of the Olympic torch across the country, but to six members of the Kansas cycling club, it's the same feeling.
"Our main purpose is to get the
proclamation from Hayden to Schumm and to have a procession promoting the Sunflower State Games," said Sean Jackson, club president. "It's like we are carrying the Olympic torch from the governor to the mayor."
Jackson will carry the proclamation during the 30-mile ride on Highway 40.
"I assume they wanted to make a big procession and they thought cycling would get it there in the allotted two hours," he said. "I guess they knew KU had a cycling club, so they contacted us."
The games will be an amateur
sports festival, fashioned after the Olympic and Pan American Games. More than forty states have similar competitions. Soccer, tennis, volleyball, track and cycling are a few of the events the Games will offer amateur athletes.
In addition to promoting the games, which will be July 27-29 in Lawrence, Jackson said the prestige of carrying the proclamation would promote the club.
"It gives us good exposure," he said. "It shows' we are active in goodwill projects as well as racing.
"We're looking forward to storming the capitol in our Lycra tights and
"I think people will recognize us more than they have in the past," she said. "The club is not all focused on racing. We do a lot of things outside of that."
Tricia Niblo, touring director for the club, said the ride would open the eyes of Kansas students.
Because of the chance of rain, alternate plans for the reception in Lawrence have been made. Schumm will read the proclamation either in front of City Hall or in the City Commission meeting room, depending upon weather conditions.
cycling gear."
NCAA losses hurt Big Eight piggy bank
Rv Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Many Kansas fans cheered the North Carolina Tarheels when they beat Big Eight-rival Oklahoma in the second round of the NCAA tournament, but members of the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation were cringing, said Bob Frederick, athletic director.
The loss, along with the Jayhawks' loss to UCLA, and the early tournament departures of Kansas State and Missouri in the first round of the tournament, were more than just losses on the basketball court.
"When you're living from hand to mouth, so to speak, you have to look at the income source." Frederick said. "I'm disappointed we didn't better, but I hate to get into the
Jeff Bollig, Big Eight Conference service bureau director, said the NCAA tournament was a big money generator for all schools. lucky enough to make the 64 team field. Bollig said each team received $287,000 for each round in which they competed. The gross amount for each team after the tournament ends is allocated to the team's conference. The money does not go directly to the individual school.
Last year's Big Eight conference revenue from the NCAA Tournament was $2,345,617. Tournament expenses for each school are subtracted from the revenue before any money is allocated to individual institutions. The money was generated from four teams in the tournament: Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Kansas State. Kansas did not attend because of probation restrictions.
consideration of money. I'm just disappointed we lost."
Frederick said the early departure this year of the four Big Eight teams meant a drop in revenue.
Bellig said the conference pocketted about $1.7 million from the tournament. The money, when added to television revenue and money from
Kansas' 1988 NCAA national championship and Oklahoma's appearance in the finals helped generate $3,533,879 for the Big Eight after expenses.
the Phillips 66 Big Eight Conference Tournament, will be divided equally among the eight schools.
"As we make our budget this spring, we know perhaps the Big
Eight income will be down.because we didn't generate as much as in previous years." Frederick said. "But it has no effect on this year's budget."
Frederick said the money from the tournament was a regular part of the income distributed by the conference to the eight schools each year. The individual institutions then create their budgets accordingly.
"It's a tremendous amount of money," he said. "In the 70s, $267,000 may have been the total amount the winner of the tournament took home."
Bollig said that when making budgets the Big Eight usually planned for only one team to last one round in the NCAA tournament.
Kansas guards set for senior contests
By Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
Although the Kansas men's basketball team will not be making the trip to Denver this weekend to participate in the NCAA Final Four festivities, guards Jeff Guelden and Kevin Prichard will.
Pritchard was selected to play in the National Association of Basketball Coaches all-star game tonight at the Denver Coliseum. Pritchard and Kansas State guard Steve Henson
Men's basketball
will be the only two players from the Big Eight Conference to play in the game, which is limited to seniors.
game; when Pritchard surpassed all other Jayhawks in scoring with 506 points this season. He averaged 14.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, making him one of the top 10 players in Kansas history. With 1.692 points, the 6-foot-3 guard is the fifth-leading scorer in Kansas 'basketball record books. He is third in both career assists, with 477, and career steals, with 185.
Guelden will compete in the three-point shooting contest, also limited to seniors, at 5 p.m. Sunday in Denver. The 6-foot-5 guard attempt 142 three-point baskets this season, hitting 69 for 48.6 percent.
Gueldner said he thought Kansas coach Roy Williams was more worried than he was about the competition.
competition.
"I think this is more of something to have fun," he said. "Whatever happens, happens."
"I think I can compete. There will be a lot of good shooters there, but the way I shoot — I'm not a jump shooter — will help me."
Guener said the contest consisted of five shooting spots along the three-point line. Each shooter has a minute to get off as many shots as possible. He then goes for one point, except the last shot from each rack, which is worth two.
The absence of the Kansas basketball team in the Final Four will notaint Gueldern's performance, he said, and he hopes he will have the opportunity to watch the final NCAA games.
"You don't always get the opportunity to watch the Final Four, even though we're disappointed that we're not there," he said. "Our main goal was to get to that point, but we can't be depressed about our season. We did much better than expected."
ritchard also is looking forward to the game but cannot forget the absence of the Jayhawks.
"I always put the team first," Pritchard said. "If I had my way, we'd still be playing."
Both players leave today for the contests.
concessions. Pritchard said he was looking forward to kicking around in the mile-high city.
"This is serious," he said, "but, then again, it won't have the same pressure (as a regular Kansas game)."
Williams said he had the opportunity to enter Pritchard in the three-point shooting contest also but chose to keep him available for the all-star game.
Williams said that he thought there were other Kansas players that should have been honored but that he was happy to see Gueldner and Pritchard compete.
The all-star game will be broadcast by ESPN tonight at 11 p.m. ESPN also will broadcast the three-point shooting contest Sunday.
Kevin Pritchard
Jeff Gueldner
Sports briefs
BASEBALL RAINOUT: Kansas' baseball game against Northern Iowa at Hoglund-Maupin Field was rained out last night. A makeup date has not been determined.
Coach Kalum Haack has rescheduled the games for a 2 p.m. start May 1.
The Jayhawks will play their previously scheduled game against the Panthers at 3 p.m. today at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium, weather permitting.
Kansas has an overall record of 11-11 and is coming off its biggest victory of the season. The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State 6-5 Tuesday night in Wichita. The Shockers are ranked No. 1 in both the Collegiate Baseball/ESPN and Baseball America polls.
The rainout, the third of the season for the Jayhawks, is the second rainout for Kansas in the past five days.
RAINOUTS RESCHEDULED: The Kansas softball team's scheduled doubleheader yesterday against Creighton at Jayhawk Field was rained out.
The Jayhawks also were rained out of last Saturday's doubleheader against Wichita State and were
ROYALS EDGE RANGERS: Rey Palacios singled Gary Thurman home with two outs in the top of the 12th inning yesterday in Port Charlotte, Fla., giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory against the Texas Rangers.
forced to reschedule , Kansas, 16-12,
is scheduled to play Wisconsin-Green
Bay tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Jayhawk
Field.
Bo Jackson of the Royals was ejected by Class AAA mumpire Bill McCallum in a dispute about a strike call in the top of the sixth inning.
Oklahoma
New dates have been announced for six Kansas City Royals road games that were postponed because of the late opening of the baseball season.
Terry Leach was the winner and Gary Milke was the loser.
season.
The Royals had been scheduled to open the season at Baltimore Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, and then play a weekend series at Cleveland.
The first Baltimore game has been set for April 23, the second for July 11 and the third for Aug. 2. The Royals will play one game at Cleveland on May 7. The other two are scheduled for Oct. 2 and 3. All are night games.
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publicity from the school.
"They promote the guys team on the radio, but the only time we're in the paper is when we're being ridiculed," she said. "Half the students here don't even know when we are playing, and we're the third biggest sport behind football and the men's team."
Although Oklahoma athletic director Donnie Duncan said the university would honor the player's current scholarships, Webster said the players would get the short end of the stick.
"We're getting a scholarship, big deal," Webster said. "They recruited us to play basketball for them as well as receive an education. Now we're only getting half of the deal."
decided to sue the university for violation of Title Nine, which states that women's sports must be treated as equally as men's sports.
Bassett said the team would also hold a rally, involving students and faculty, at 4 p.m. tomorrow in front of North Oval Hall on the OU campus in Norman.
The team met last night and
Second-half run wins NIT for Vanderbilt
She said that most of the players were undecided about whether to transfer to another school. The university said it would assist any of the players who wish to transfer.
"I's senseless for me to transfer," Bassett said. "It's going to be a lot harder for any of us to find schools because they want people who they want to skin already."
The Associated Press contributed information to this story.
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Vanderbilt won its first postseason basketball tournament as Derrick Wilcox scored all of his 16 points in the second half of a 74-72 victory last night against St. Louis in the final round of the National Invitational Tournament.
The Commedores, 21-14, were making their first appearance in a national tournament final. They built a 17-point lead midway through the second half before the Billikens, 21-12, rallied.
St. Louis, making its second consecutive appearance in the tournament it last won in 1948, got
within two points four times in the final minutes, including a three-point goal by Anthony Bonner that put the score at 71-68 with 33 seconds left.
Freshman Kevin Anglin hit two free throws with 15 seconds left, creating a four-point lead. A back-court violation by St. Louis decided the outcome. After a free throw by Wilcox, Jeff Gaona's buzer-batter three-pointer for St. Louis made the final margin two points.
Bonner, who averaged 20.4 points and 15 rebounds in the tournament, finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Charles
Tournament MVP Scott Draud scored 15 points, and Morgan Wheat scored 13 for the Commodores.
Wilcox, Anglin and Eric Reid — who didn't have a field goal among them in the first half — scored all of Vanderbilt's points in a 10-2 spurt that started the second half, giving the Commodores a 41-30 lead.
Newberry scored 18 points.
basket by Roch.
Jeff Luechtefeld, who had 19 points in the semifinal against.
Vanderbilt went on to extend the margin to 69-36 with 103 left after a three-pointer by Wilcox and a basket by Reid.
Luechtefeld had one other three-pointer during the run. Newberry had two three-pointers and Banner six points.
New Mexico but had been scoreless in the final, then hit consecutive three-pointers for the Billikens, sparking a 23-8 surge that cut the deficit to 64-82 with 3:28 left.
Neither team led by more than five points in the first half.
In the third-place game, James Barnes scored 19 points and backup forward Dave Degtz gave Penn State the lead for good with a three-point play in overtime that lifted the Nittany Lions to an 83-81 victory over New Mexico.
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