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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 12, 1993
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Tenth-inning victory gives Phillies series lead
Dykstra home run saves day again
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Exactly seven years to the day, Len Dykstra did it again.
After Mitch Williams and Kim Batiste helped Philadelphia blow a 3-0 lead in the ninth inning. Dykstra hit a 10-inning home run yesterday that gave the Phillies a 4-3 victory over Atlanta and a 3-2 lead in the NL playoffs.
Dykstra, whose ninth inning homer gave the New York Mets a dramatic 6-5 playoff victory over Houston on Oct. 11, 1986, saved the day after the Phillies defense unraveled in the ninth inning.
"This was even bigger to me," Dykstra said. "Not only do they expect me to do things, I expect it of myself. In
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1986, I was just glad to be there. I was in la-la land."
Earlier, it was the defense of left fielder Pete Incaviglia and right fielder Wes Chamberlain that kept the Braves from scoring.
"Chamberlain played a great right field," Braves manager Bobby Cox said. "Those were good plays."
road, just like it did two years ago at Pittsburgh.
Atlanta must win two in a row on the
For a few moments, the ninth seemed like the seventh game of last year's playoffs when the Braves overcame a 2-0 deficit against Pittsburgh and won the pennant on Francisco Cabrera's two-run single.
It also was reminiscent of Batiste's error in the ninth inning of Game 1, which allowed the Braves to tie the game before the Phillies won in the 10th.
With runners on first and second following Batiste's error yesterday, Williams relieved Schilling. And just like in Games 1 and 4, it was an adventure.
Fred McGriff singled on the first pitch, making it 3-1, and David Justice's sacrifice fly to left pulled the Braves within a run.
Terry Pendleton lined a single to center, moving McGriff to second,
and Cabrera bounced a two-hopper just past shortstop Kevin Stocker for the tying run.
Pendleton speed to third, but Mark Lemke — 5-for-10 in his career against Williams — struck out. Pinchbit Hiller Pecota filed soft to center.
Atlanta went quietly in the 10th against Larry Andersen, the Phillies' 40-year-old right-hander.
Otis Nixon flied out, Blauser struck out swinging, and Gant took a called third strike.
The Philies got off to a fast start when Mariano Duncan singled with one out in the first and scored on a double into the right-field corner by John Kruk. Kruk was stranded when Dave Hollis popped out and Incaviglia struck out.
Atlanta had a chance in the bottom half, when Blauser singled with one out and McGriff, already 8-for-18 in the series, missed a two-run homer by
only a couple feet. Chamberlain got to the ball quickly and overthrew the cutoff man. Stocker took the throw, and his relay caught Blauer at the plate.
Gant, whose 11 errors during the season were the most among Atlanta outfielders, had his trouble in the fourth. He went back to the fence on Incaviglia's ball and appeared to lose it against the partly cloudy sky. Gant seemed to pick it up again a step from the fence, but the ball missed his glove by a few inches.
The ball bounced back toward the infield, and Incaviglia beat a bad throw to third for a three-base error. He then scored on Chamberlain's fly ball to center.
Dautlon, who had been just 2-for-14, led off the ninth with a home run off Greg McMichael, making the score 3-0.
Freshman scores in soccer
Aggressiveness is the key in Henkel's drive for goals
By Anne Felstet Kansan sportswriter
Greedy, as in "aggressive." That is how senior soccer player Birgir Arnarson describes freshman player Ryan Henkel.
Arnarson said that he had seen only a few real aggressive players in the sport of soccer and that Henkel was one of them.
During a game against Mankato State, a fellow Kansas player kicked the ball high and long across the field. Henkel ran backward to get the pass. A defender, who was taller than Henkel, also had his eye on the ball. Somehow, Henkel beat the defender to the ball and popped it up and over the defender and the goalkeeper. The ball landed in the far left side corner of the net for a goal.
"Ryan has an incredible nose for the goal," said Coach Mark Salisbury.
Henkel is Kansas' leading scorer with five goals in five games.
He started playing soccer competitively in the fifth grade and played throughout high school. He also played on an Olympic Development Program team.
Salisbury said that knee surgery a year ago and an ankle that was twisted in the late stages of the Mankato game had not stopped Henkel from playing successfully.
Even as a hobbled warrior, Henkel still scored a goal against Nebraska-Lincoln, the game that immediately followed his ankle injury, Salisbury said.
"He is a tough kid and he is real coachable," Salisbury said.
Ryan Henkel, Shrewsbury, VT., freshman, practices shooting a goal at the Schenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. Henkel is the leading scorer for the men's soccer team.
He described strikers, the position Henkel plays, as players who wanted glory and who only wanted to play offense. Henkel, however, is not like that.
Salisbury said that Henkel went after the ball after a defender took it from him, and that he often got the ball back, creating chances for himself and the team to score.
Hesse said that when Henkel pursued the defender he hurried the player so that the opponent could not see the rest of the field to make the best possible plays. That gives Kansas an advantage.
He said Henkel was fun to be on the field with because he had a sense of humor, yet he was determined.
He has played the piano for about eight years, a talent that has earned him the position of musical chair for his fraternity, of which he is a pledged member, for Rock Chalk Review. Along with his activities for Sigma Chi, he is
Henkel, one of the two starting freshman on the team, does not participate only in soccer.
taking 17 credit hours. Before he decided to pursue a computer engineering degree, Henkel thought about putting more time into playing the piano. But he said that he did not have the time to devote to music.
he said he had come to realize the importance of an education. With his hands used as a scale, he demonstrated how his attitude toward his beloved sport and academics were beginning to balance.
As a high school student, Henkel said he ate, slept, and breathed soccer - academics were at the low end of the scale. As a college student,
"My parents would be really happy to see that attitude," he said. "When I leave here I will be one responsible man."
History repeats as Buffalo routs Houston 35-7
The Associated Press
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills picked up against the Houston Oilers last night where they left off last January.
Except that this time, they didn't have to fall behind by 32 points before winning.
With Jim Kelly throwing for three touchdowns and Thurman Thomas rushing for 90 yards in the first half alone, the Bills beat the Oilers 35-7 last night in a replay of their memorable playoff game 10 months ago. That's when the Bills forged the biggest comeback in NFL history, erasing a 35-3 third-quarter deficit to win 41-38 in overtime.
This time, the Bills used a 21-point second quarter to break a 7-7 tie, and Houston turned the ball over seven times, continuing the horrific slide that started in that game on Jan. 3.
Buffalo scored 28 of its points in the first half — its four offensive touchdowns in 30 minutes was one more than it had produced in its previous three games. The Bills are now 4-1 and tied with Miami for first in the AFC East.
The Oilers lost their third straight game and stand 1-4.
Houston, which had a week off to try to end its slide, continued instead to fall apart. This game was no help to coach Jack Pardee's shaky job security. On one series just before the final Buffalo touchdown on Kenneth Davis' 3-yard run in the fourth quarter, the Oilers were called for pass interference, then had 12 men on the field on two consecutive plays.
On offense, the Oilers couldn't hold the ball and allowed four sacks. Before being lifted in the third quarter, Warren Moon threw three interceptions — two of them were batted at the line of scrimmage — and now has had 11 passes picked off in five games.
But that was only the culmination of the Houston futility.
The second half was a comedy of errors, highlighted by a 35-yard scramble by Moon, the longest run of his 15-year career in the NFL and Canada. Two plays later, Marvcus Patton deflected a pass and Darryl Talley intercepted to end the threat.
Kelly completed 15 of 25 passes for 247 yards while Thomas rushed for 92 yards on 24 carries after his 90-yard first half.
Moon was benched for the second time this year in the third quarter after completing 16 of 25 passes for 177 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions.
K-State's Snyder asks to console Kansas players
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder asked Kansas coach Glen Mason if he could speak to the Jayhawk team and give them words of encouragement after K-State's 10-9 victory against Kansas on Saturday.
"I wanted to let them know that we had a difficult time after the loss to them last season and
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hoped that they could avoid the pitfalls following this game that we couldn't do last season."
Mason told Snyder that he did not think that was a good idea.
"It was a very disappointing loss for us," Mason said. "I told Bill that I felt my players would have a hard enough time listening to me, much less someone else."
Mason did go into the K-State dressing room after the contest to congratulate the Wildcats on the victory.
"With the celebration on the field, I didn't know if I would find Bill," Mason said. "I did find him and we talked. But I didn't have the opportunity to talk to their players to congratulate them and wish them luck."
Visitor Surprises Osborne
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne was greeted by an old nemesis following the Cornhuskers 27-13 victory at Oklahoma State on Thursday night.
Former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer congratulated Osborne on his 200th career victory, which placed Osborne with Florida State coach Bobby Bowden and Penn State coach Joe Paterno as the only active Division I-A coaches with at least 200 career victories.
"I was surprised to see Barry, but it was also fun to see him again," Osborne said.
Osborne's Nebraska teams had problems with the Oklahoma teams coached by Switzer from 1973 to 1988. Switzer had a 12-5 record against Osborne's Huskers.
Gibbs Gets Big Victory
It took him five years, but Oklahoma coach Gary Gibbs can finally savor a victory against Red River rival Texas after the Sooners 38-17 victory against the Longhorns on Saturday in Dallas.
Gibbs never lost to the Longhorns when he played linebacker for the Sooners from 1972 to 1974. But he had lost to Texas in his first four years as Oklahoma coach.
Sooner fans let Gibbs know their frustrations after past losses to Texas by throwing beer on him and putting "for sale" signs in his front yard. Gibbs did not experience those situations following this year's game.
"I'm happy, but I'm also relieved to get the monkey off my back," Gibbs said. "But if we come down here and lose next year, the monkey will jump back on."
Gibbs hopes to remove another monkey from his back this weekend. The Sooners will play host to Colorado, a team to which Gibbs is 0-3-1.
Men's golf needs two-shot recovery
Kansan staff report
The team is currently in second place behind Oral Roberts University in the 15-team tournament. The Jayhawks finished with a two-round total of 588.
The Kansas men's golf team will have to overcome a two-shot deficit to defend the Kansas Invitational title that it has held for the last two years.
Daren Griff of Oral Roberts is in first place by three strokes, shooting rounds of 73 and 69 on the par-72 Alvamar Golf and Country Club course. He is followed by Kansas senior John Hess and junior Tom Sims, who are tied for second after shooting rounds of 75 and 70. Senior Casey Brozek is currently in 16th with a two-round total of 149. Junior Jay Hepler is in 21st place with a two-round total of 151. Junior Tyler Shelton finished the Jayhawk scoring shooting a total of 155.
The tournament will conclude today with the final round beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Injury shortens volleyball senior's season
Tallest Jayhawk on team medically disqualified
By Gerry Fey
Kansan sportswriter
Unfortunately for Barb Bella, her senior year of volleyball has ended too soon.
"I went to the doctor about two weeks ago," Bella said. "He said, 'It's not looking good. Why don't we take 10 days off?' During those days off, I noticed in class that my hand started getting cold and numb. Obviously, we were looking at something more serious."
Kansas continues the season against Missouri tomorrow at Allen Field House, but without its tallest middle blocker. Bella, at 6-3, has been declared medically disqualified because of a right shoulder injury.
The shoulder problem began as tendinitis and escalated to thoracic outlet syndrome, said Connie Grauer, assistant athletic trainer. The syndrome occurs when the tissue inflammation from tendinitis blocks a nerve and an artery in the shoulder.
"You can start out with one problem, and it can lead to another problem," Grauer said. "Barb has had a recurring right shoulder injury. It became very problematic this competitive year."
Bella already had a shoulder problem when she transferred to Kansas from Texas A&M
"She was looked at by three of our team physicians," Grauer said. "Anytime she raises her arm in a hitting motion it causes her to lose feeling and lose strength. They determined that she will do more damage to the shoulder if she continues to play volleyball."
in 1990. Bella was in a rehabilitation program and was being treated by a physician. But this year, the problem culminated with numbness in her shoulder, Grauer said.
The doctor declared her medically disqualified, and that was the end of Bella's volleyball career.
Only a doctor can declare a player disqualified for medical reasons. But if the injury is not life threatening, the player can choose to ignore the doctor's advice. Bella listened to what the doctor said.
"It's the scariest thing when you can't live a regular life," Bella said. "Volleyball is only six weeks left out of my life. I still have so much living to do."
"They tried to medically disqualify another one of our players, Cadi Stuteville," Albitz said. "Before that I never would have thought about it because I'd never heard of it before."
Kansas coach Frankie Albitz said she had never heard of a medical disqualification until this year.
Stuteville is a redshirt sophomore who also had a shoulder injury, but Grauer said it was not the same as Bella's problem. Stuteville recovered after rehabilitation, while Bella's
shoulder continually got worse.
Albitz said Bella's practice time had been limited.
"If you have a sore shoulder in volleyball, it's hard," Albitz said. "I can't think of a drill that you're not swinging your arms."
Bella told her teammates the news after Wednesday's three-game victory against Kansas State. It was the first match she was not in uniform, and Bella said it was an emotional time.
Her teammates knew something was wrong.
Sophomore setter Lesli Steinert said Bella would be missed. Kansas' tallest player is now freshman outside hitter Lara Iloakaitis at 5-11, four inches shorter than Bella.
"When I heard it was a team meeting, and Barb was going to say something, I knew," said sophomore right side player Jenny Larson. "We heard her shoulder wasn't getting better. When you hear bits of things like that with nothing positive, you get the idea."
"She was our height on the team," Steinert said of Bella. "The younger players looked up to her, not just in volleyball but also things about KU, like school. She's really a positive one on the court. We needed that. It definitely helped us at times."
Albitz said she hoped her team would respond positively to Bella's loss.
"I hope it does help in a way," she said.
"Some players need to step up. We've got some tremendous athletes at that position."
Kansas middle blocker Barb Bella attempts to spike a ball. Bella has been declared medically disqualified for the rest of the season because of a shoulder injury.