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Friday, March 7,1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Softball team on the road again
Jayhawks to compete in Hall of Fame tourney
By Matt Woodruff
Kansan sportswriter
When Willie Nelson wrote his hit song On the Road Again, he might have had the Kansas softball team in mind.
The Jayhawks won't play their first home series until April 2.
The team will play its third tournament of the season, and its second in Oklahoma City, this weekend when it competes in the Hall of Fame Tournament, hosted by Big 12 Conference rival Oklahoma.
"I think we can do very well in this tournament, if not win it all," Kansas assistant coach Marla Looper said.
Kansas competed in a makeshift tournament in Oklahoma City on Feb. 14 that was put together after rain canceled the
Arlington Intercollegiate Tournament in Texas.
"This tournament will have a similar setup, but also some differences," Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said. "There will be seven teams instead of eight, and it will be a double-elimination tournament with bracket play. So teams are guaranteed to play in more games."
The teams competing are Kansas Northwestern, Wichita State, Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Notre Dame and Oklahoma.
"I think the toughest team in our bracket is Baylor, Looper said. "They're a first-year program, but they have knocked off some very good teams and played others close."
Kansas enters the tournament with a 7-4 overall record after going 3-2 last week at the Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson. Ariz.
The team went 3-0 last Saturday but fell to No.1 Arizona and unranked LSU on Sunday.
Jayhawk softball
obcable start lineup:
■ LF Sara Holland
■ 2B Heather Richins
■ C Kristina Johnson
■ SS Michelle Hubler
■ 3B Sarah McCann
■ IB Shannon Stanwix
■ CF Julie True
■ DP Katie Malone
■ RF Jennifer Funkhouser
■ P Sarah Workman
"We were pleased with last weekend, overall," Looper said. "On Saturday, we played very well. We hit well, pitched well and played good defense. But Sunday was just one of those days, and unfortunately, we all have them."
The Jayhawks will play Notre Dame (2-7 overall) at 12:30 p.m. and Stephen F. Austin (10-10 overall) at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Reaves Park in Oklahoma City.
Kansas sweeps Nebraska
Unlikely source provides big hits
By Harley V. Ratliff Kansan sportswriter
Aaron Wilmes only had two doubles all of last year.
two doubles all of last year.
Last night, he had three in one game.
Wilmes stroked his first hit of the afternoon in the fourth innning. With no outs and two runners on base,
the first baseman's offensive spark helped the Kansas baseball team beat Nebraska 11-6 at Hogglund Maupin stadium. With the victory, the Jayhawks (8-5, 4-2) completed the season sweep of the Cornhuskers
the Lawrence native ripped a double off Nebraska's Patrick Driscoll, scoring catcher Josh Dimmick from second. The Jayhawks added one more run in the iming, but the Cornhuskers' still lead to 4-3.
With Kansas trailing by a run in the sixth, Wilmes lead off the inning by tagging his second double. He scored when right fielder Stephen Mathews hit a single. The score would lead to a three-run inning for the Jayhawks and give Kansas its first lead of the game, 8-6.
An errant throw to home in the eighth inning enabled two Jayhawk runners to score. Wilmes then hit his third double, scoring two Jayhawks and capping a
five-run inning.
Wilmes, making just his second start of the season, said he was just trying to make something happen for the team.
"I was looking for something in the zone," he said.
"I work hard everyday. I was just glad to get a chance to get out there."
Kansas baseball head coach Bobby Randall said Wilmes' hitting was one of the main ingredients to the Kansas win.
"He had an extremely big game," Randall said. "Aaron came in there and gave us a lift.
The Jayhawk return to action at 3 p.m. today when they begin a home series against St. Cloud State.
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