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University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 23, 1990
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Team building begins
Numbers long on defense, short on offense
By Paul AugerI
Yaumean sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
It may be a skimpy spring on the offensive line for the Kansas football team.
Jayhawk football springs into action
Spring practice dates: March 24 to April 22 Spring Game: April 22
Letterman returning: 41 Letterman lost: 11
Offensive starters returning: Kenny Drayton (WR), Christopher Perez (LT), Chip Budde (C), Scott Imwalle (RG), Tony Sands (RB), Maurice Douglas (FB)
Defensive starters returning: Lance Flaschbass (OLB), Gary Oatls (ST), Gilbert Brown (MG), David Gordon (RT), Roger Robben (LB), Wes Swinford (LB), Hassan Bailey (CC), Doug Terry (WC), Paul Friday (FS), Jason Pfess (SS)
Kansas offensive coordinator Pat Rulb said the Jayhawks were not stocked with experience and depth on the line.
New faces: Terry Bell (WR), Dwayne Chandler(TB), Tracy Liggett (DL), Larry Kress (OLB), Brad Ramssey (PE), Kevin Kimerar (PK), Bret Pomrenke (OLB), Patrick Rogan (OLB)
"Let's put it this way — I shouldn't have any trouble remembering names." Ruel said. "We are like the Marines — the proud and the few."
Spring practice begins today and continues through April 22. The Jayhawks, 4-7 a year ago, play Virginia for the Nets. He menis Sept. 1 at Memorial Stadium.
Source: KU Sporte Information Department
Kansas lost only two linemen from last year's squad. Ruel said because of injury and lack of depth, he had only nine quality players to coach.
"Having 12 or 15 guys out there creates competition," Ruel said. "Having five on the offensive line now doesn't do that. Competition moves your level of intensity up another level."
Three-year starting center Chip Budde, tackle Chris Perez and guard Scott Imwale are returning starters.
Ruel said he expected guard Al Satches and tackle Lance Snyder to prove themselves to be legitimate backups during the fall season.
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Smith Holland, an outside guard who injured his knee last season, is still recovering from surgery and will not practice this spring. Ruel also lost starting tackle Marino Vidioli to a career-ending knee injury, Vidioli will work as a student assistant.
Because the Jayhawks are lacking players, Ruel said two incoming freshmen from California, 6-foot-2, 310-pound Chris Mamalanga and 6-1, 720-pound Hessley Hempstead, would help bolster the lineup in the fall. Kansas recruited four high school linemen for the 1990 season.
"We recruited more defensive linemen because they're harder to find." Ruel said. "They do not work against them, then they move to move them to the offensive line."
Budde said he had a positive attitude about the offensive line.
"I have complete confidence in every guy," he said. "Any of them can play. We've had to have versatility in the past. It will be a plus to have all the guards try and play both sides. We have to make sure we're all on the same mental page. We have to concentrate on our mental game."
Kansas defensive coordinator Jim
Hilles said there would be some experimentation on his side of the scrimage line during spring practice. Hillels said, compared to the offensive unit, the defensive line had numbers but needed to improve.
"We want to take a lot of young kids and test them in the spring to see if they can play defense," Hiles said. "Probably halfway through spring practice we'll make switches and put them back on offense."
Inside linebacker Roger Robben anchors the Jayhawks' defense. Robben led the team last year with 146 tackles.
"I think guys like Curtis Moore will help our confidence come into the spring," Robben said. "We did not have a great year on defense as far as we had in the past, but we use in on developing our attitude and work hard on the fundamentals."
Moore, who sat out last season because of knee surgery, led Kansas with 170 tackles in 1988, the seventh best total in the nation. He was also selected Big Eight defensive freshman of the year.
Hilles said he expected three inside linebackers, Moore, Robben and Paul Zaffaroni, to be leaders on defense.
secondary. Boykin, a sophomore, was the Big Eight defensive newcomer of the year in 1988.
Starting defensive back Deral Boykin is the only player lost in the
On offense, Kansas quarterback Kelly Donohoe, the Big Eight's fourth all-time leading passer with 5,382 yards, completed his eligibility last year. Chip Hilleary is the only quarterback on the spring depth chart, and he was the bowler who earned three high school quarterbacks for the fall.
Budde said filling Donohoe's position was important, but there were other areas to worry about as well.
"We have to work on the big picture. That's what it comes down to because football is a team game," Budde said. "I think a lot of attention goes out with the loss of Kelly Donohoe. But I think Chip will surprise some people."
Leading rusher Tony Sands returns at tailback. Sands, a second All-Big Eight Conference pick last season, must be the most by a Kansas back since 1981.
"We are very pleased with the work ethic, but it's not like it is going to slack off. We want to keep demanding and striving. We are at the point where we expect our players to win."
"Coach Mason has mentioned that the attitude of the team has tremendously improved," Ruel said.
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Trainer Paul Wilson (left) and coach Dave Bingham (right) escort catcher Mark Moore to the dugout after he collided with Jayhawk third baseman Gerry Camara.
'Hawks edge Mules, 6-5
By Brent Maycock
Niles also worked out of a jam in the top of the ninth inning. Kansas
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Kansas reliever Lance Niles shut the door on two Central Missouri State rallies yesterday, preserving a 6-5 Jayhawk victory at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
“你 can't bring a guy into any tough situation.” Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. “It was enough for him to come in and save that."
Niles, who got his first save of the season, entered the game with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning, inheriting a two run homer no no hitters for CMSU shujaohao McKenna to ground out and end the inning.
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"Pitching always sets the tone." Bingham said. "I was real impressed with Lance Niles. He did a heck of a job."
Kansas improved its record to 10-11 and is 6-2 at home. The Jayhawks are off today, but have a two-game weekend series with Regis College. The Jayhawks will play Regis at 2 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium.
shortstop David Soult couldn't handle CMSU second baseman Sittichoke Huckuntod's grounder. After a sacrifice and strikeout, Niles hit first baseman Paul Neal with a pitch. CMSU third baseman Chris Milhfield, who hit a home run in the sixth inning, popped out and ended the game.
"It's a big relief," McGinniss said. "Once you get your first win, everything is so much easier. I just hope that it keeps on going."
Steve McGinness, 1-3, picked up his first victory of the season.
Kansas scored twice in the first inning.
Center fielder Pat Karlin led off with a single and stole second base. With two outs, catcher Mark Moore hit a fly ball to center field for what appeared to be the third out. But CMSU center fielder Eric Moore hit a ground ball, allowing Karlin to score and Moore to advance to third. Right fielder Denard Stewart doubled to left field, scoring Moore.
After adding a run in the third inning, the Jayhawks scored twice in the fourth and once in the fifth.
"I started focusing on winning and that's the main objective right there," Stewart said. "We've started being more aggressive and we're swinging the bat a lot better."
The score in the fifth inning came on first baseman Jim Hanna's first collegiate home run off CMSU pitcher Tyler Derr.
"It itt prettty good," Hanna said. "He had been beating me with the curve ball all day, so I was looking for it."
Kansas didn't score after Hanna's home run.
"I'm real concerned offensively because we had chances in the sixth, seventh and eighth to put that game away and we didn't," Bingham said. "I have to give them a lot of credit because they did a good job and in this position where they could win the game."
Huckunton, a pre-season All American selection by Collegeiate Baseball newspaper, extended his hitting streak to 16 games. He also sparked CMSU's three-run eighth inning with a lead-off triple.
Karlin and Stewart each had three hits for the Jayhawks.
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Derr, Loman (B), Hawks (B) and Rogers;
McGinnis, Merriman (B), Niles (B) and
McVinnes, Klaus (B);
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(1); Kanasa, Hanna (1).
Kansas pitching blanks Friends twice
Early scoring finishes games quickly
Kansas' Laura Edwards (top) and Christy Arterburn collide
By Paul Augerl
Kansan sportswriter
For Kansas' softball pitching duo of Roanova Brazier and Jill Bailey, the Jayhawks' doubleheader against Friends University yesterday at Jayhawk Field was a light workout.
The Jayhawks, 16-12, played only five innings in each game because of the 10-run rule. Brazier
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pitched a two-hitter in the first game and Bailey allowed only one hit in the nightcap as Kansas cruised to 10-0 and 14-0 victories against the Falcons.
"I would have been disappointed if we didn't score as much as we did. Kansas coach Kalum Haack said, "I want everything to be perfect."
"They won the regionals last year and I think they are a well-coached ballclub." Haack said. "They've already swept Friends, so I think the competition will be much better."
In their 33 plate appearances yesterday, the Falconcs struck out 17 times and only had three base runners. The games were stopped after the top of fifth inning because the Jayhawks had more than a 10-
Kansas plays Wichita State in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Javhawk Field.
Friends, a NAIA school in Wichita, dropped to 3-9.
'I would have been disappointed if we didn't score as much as we did. As a coach I want everything to be perfect.'
— Kalum Haack
Kansas softball coach
"Our team has never done this well against teams like this," Brazier said. "Last year we would not have done this well. We would go out there with leads like that and slack off."
Brazier went 4-for-6 with seven RBI for Kansas. Second baseman Kim Sacco led Kansas with three hits and first game and was 6-for-7 overall.
Even though she pitched the Jayhawks to eight of their 12 victories during spring break, Brazier said she emerged from a slump yesterday. Brazier, 10-2, struck out nine and walked none.
"This was the kind of confidence builder I needed," Bailey said. "I had to prove to myself and to the team that I can win."
In the second game, Kansas scored five times in the first inning. Brazier hit a three-run home run for one of her three hits.
Bailey, 25, struck out eight batters and yielded a two-out single in the second game.
Sleety Saturday could slicen Alumni Meet
Bv Molly Reid
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's and women's track teams are planning to compete in their first meet of the outdoor track season at noon tomorrow.
However, the possibility of sleet and temperatures in the low 30s may mean trouble for the athletes competing in the fourth alumni meet at
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Memorial Stadium, Kansas track coach Gary Schwartz said the lowkey style of the meet would allow him the flexibility to cancel or shorten the meet if the weather becomes detrimental to the athletes' health.
"Transition is the best word for the meet," Schwartz said. "(We) go from indoor, which has truly ideal conditions. Sometimes we are in a situation early in the year where we want to see kids compete. This is just too hard. This is just from the indoor to the outdoor season."
The meet will include the Kansas athletes and alumni, as well as any unattached athletes that choose to compete.
Assistant coach Steve Guymyn said about 15 to 20 alumni competed last year, but this year's number lower because of the weather.
"We won't know how many will compete," he said. "They just show
Schwartz said the meet basically was an intersquared competition.
All of the Kansas men's and
women's athletes that competed in the indoor season will compete in the outdoor season except pole vault Pat Manson, distance runner Stacey Smielda and football players Hasla Bailey, Ken Drayton and Tim Hill.
Manson, who finished second in the NCAA Indoor Track meet earlier this month by jumping 18½, is sidelined with a groin injury. His status for the season still is undetermined, Schwartz said.
Smiedala will not compete in the outdoor season because of a foot injury that hampered him during the indoor season. The football players will be competing in spring football and will not be available until after the three-week football season has ended.
Schwartz said the additions to the men's team could balance the losses, but the women's outdoor teams are doing so with more scoring opportunities.
"The women will definitely be better outdoors," Schwartz said. "We gain the javelin, discus and even the shot put (events). They all have good scoring potential."
Mary Beth Idoux, who finished fifth in the discus in the Big Eight Conference during last year's outdoor season, will return, as well as Angie Melland, who finished fourth in the javelin.
Schwartz said the men's team also would get some help from javelin thrower Vince Labosky, spinner Johnny Brackins and distance runners Stewart Gillin and Craig Watchee, none of whom competed during the indoor season.
Houston beats Kansas in Brigham Young quadrangular, 7-2
Kansan sportswriter
Bv Paul Augerl
The doubles segment of yester day's tennis match between Kansas and Houston cemented the Jay hawks 'downfall in Provo, Utah.
Houston led Kansas 4-2 after singles play and swept the doubles matches for a 7-2 victory yesterday the Brigham Young Quadrangular.
"The matches were very close and
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two or three could have gone either way. "Paige Golns said. "We all got into a situation where we started to talk about the breakup and had a few menial breakdowns."
The Jayhawks, 1-8, play 131-krnded BYU at 2:30 p.m. today in their second match of the quadrangular. Kansas will play 21st-ranked
Utah tomorrow afternoon in its final match of the three-day tournament.
Houston clinched the victory yesterday when Julie Cass and Jenny Main defeated Goinis and Eveline Hamers in No. 1 doubles, 6-0, 7-6 (7-3).
Goins said the Jayhawks did not play with confidence in their late matches. She dropped a 7-5, 6-4 match to Houston's Patricia Riddell in No. 4 singles.
Laura Hagemann also lost a close match in 0.5 singles. Houston's Cynthia Sanchez handed Hagemann a 7-6 (8-6). 6-4 loss.
No match was forced to a third set.
Hamers, Kansas' No. 1 singles player,
and Renee Raychaudhuri at
pool, were the only winners
for Kansas.
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Hamers defeated the Cougars' 'Cindy Crawford, 6-0, 6-2, Raychaudhuri beat Brigitte St. Hillaire, 7-5, 6-3.
The Jayhawks open play In the Big Eight Conference on Wednesday against K-State.
Kansas coach Michael Center could not be reached last night at the team's hotel, but Goins said he was not disappointed with the loss.
"Couch was in high spirits after the match," she said. "He just told us what we did wrong out there and said we were more competitively down the stretch."
NIT QUARTERFINALS: Jeff Luechtfeld matched his career-high of 15 points as St. Louis overcame poor shooting in the second half and beat DePaul 54-47 last night in St. Louis. The Billikens will advance to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament.
St. Louis will play the winner of the Hawaii-New Mexico game in the NIT semifinals Monday night at New York's Madison Square Garden.