SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 4, 1993
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Kansas whips Colorado State
Jayhawks find formula to win against Rams
Bv Matt Dovle
By Matt Doyle
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas coach Glen Mason said after his team's defeat by Utah two weeks ago that the Jayhawks would have a new look when they played Colorado State.
The new look the Jayhawks had against the Rams helped produce a 24-6 victory Saturday and stopped a two-game losing streak for the Jayhawks.
The first new look Kansas had was at quarterback. Junior Ashelik Preston started for the Jayhawks and was instrumental in the victory.
Preston completed 12 of 14 passes for 164 yards in his first collegiate start. The 85.7 completion percentage was the highest single-game completion percentage by a Kansas quarterback in 13 years. Steve Smith completed 12 of 14 passes for Kansas in a 23-8 victory at Syracuse on Oct. 4, 1980.
Preston said that he was nervous entering the game but gained confidence as the game progressed.
"The butterflies went away after the first couple of plays, especially when you're doing well," Preston said. "You can get into a rhythm, and good things start to happen."
Colorado State stopped Preston on fourth down at the Ram 20-yard line on Kansas' opening possession of the game. On the next possession, the junior quarterback directed the Jayhawks 43 yards for a field goal.
Senior kicker Dan Eichloff made the 31-yard field goal with 4:52 left in the first quarter for a 3-0 lead.
Preston connected on nine of 10 passes in the first half for 96 yards. His 10th pass of the game gave the Jayhawks momentum heading into halftime.
Junior wide receiver Robert Reed caught a 37-yard pass from Preston with 33 seconds left in the second quarter, giving Kansas a first down at the Colorado State 3-yard line. On the next play, freshman running back June Henley ran in for the touchdown and a 10-1 lead at halftime.
Mason said the touchdown before
Because of the injury situation on the defensive line, Kansas changed from its regular 4-3 defensive alignment to a 3-4 alignment. The new alignment helped the Jayhawks hold the Rams to 267 yards of total offense.
halftime was big for his team, but what was really big for the Jayhawks was the play of the defense, which had a new look as well.
The Kansas defense held Colorado State to one first down on the opening possession of the second half and forced them to punt. Preston then directed the Jayhawks 79 yards for a touchdown.
The drive was helped by a personal foul and unsportman-like conduct penalty against the Rams after Preston ran for nine yards to the Ram 39-yard line. The 27-yard penalty placed the ball at the 12-yard line, and two plays later sophomore running back LT. Levine scored from eight yards for a 17-0 lead.
The next possession, senior linebacker Larry Thiel recovered Ram quarterback Anthony Hill's fumble at the Kansas 48-yard line. Six plays later, junior fullback Costello Good rumbled in for a six-yard touchdown run and a 24-10 lead.
"Our quarterback and our supporting cast played better today which translates into a better offensive performance," Mason said.
Mason said he was disappointed that the defense did not record a shutout, which was prevented when Colorado State junior wide receiver Eric Olsen hauled in a 42-yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Erich Prahl with 2:30 left in the game.
However, Mason said he was pleased by the effort of the defense, and also was happy to see players such as senior defensive linemen Chris Maumalanga and Guy Howard back on the field after sitting out most of the practice sessions in the last two weeks.
"The extra time helped us because we got some guys healthy," he said. "That's what they needed."
But what Mason and the Jayhawks really needed was the victory, which the Jayhawk coach said should help in preparations for next Saturday's Sunflower State showdown at undefeated Kansas State.
"We were going down hill fast, and you have to put the brakes on to get going back up otherwise you hit the point of no return." Mason said. "So this was a very big win for us."
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Freshman running back June Henley powers through the Colorado State defense. Henley ran in for a touchdown just before halftime, giving the Jayhawks a 10-0 lead during Saturday's game.
Jayhawks win with new defense
Davis, Kansas secondary potent in near-shutout
Kansan sportswriter
By Gerry Fey
A Kansas defense reformulated out of necessity proved effective in the Jayhawks' 24-6 victory Saturday.
The Jayhawks had to switch their scheme from four down linemen to three down linemen because several injuries in previous games had sidelined plavers.
Despite not keeping the Rams scoreless, outside junior linebacker Don Davis thrived in the new defense. He led the team with eight tackles, four for losses. But his one sack may have been his biggest play in the game.
"Today, we got through the game with no injuries," Kansas coach Glen Mason said as he knocked a couple times on a wooden table. "We've got a lot of problems. You don't recover overnight. We still have a long way to go."
The new defense was not detrimental to the team, as Kansas held onto a shutout until 2:30 was left in the game. The rams scored with a 42-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Erich Prahl to junior wide receiver Eric Olsen after a fumbled snap.
"I really felt bad for the defense that we didn't get the shutout," Mason said. "I thought we had them for a sack, but the coverage broke down and we lost the shutout."
Colorado State moved the ball into Kansas territory to open the second quarter. When Rans' junior quarterback Anthoney Hill dropped back to pass, Davis rushed in and recorded the sack. In the process, he stripped the ball from Hill, and sophomore linebacker Ronnie Ward recovered the fumble to stop the drive.
Later in the third quarter, Hill was injured on a sack by junior linebackers Harold Harris and Terence Sullivan.
"The defensive ends and outside linebackers had the biggest adjustments," Mason said. "Don was flying around, making plays. If he keeps improving, he can be a dominating player."
Davis said his performance was the best of his college career.
"It was a pretty big adjustment," Davis said. "It was good to have a week off. The game against Utah was a big blow for the team. Our whole attitude had to change."
Another part of the Kansas defense, the Kansas secondary, contributed to the Jayhawks' victory. Senior free safety Clint Bowen said the secondary played a good game. The Jayhawks intercepted one pass from Hill and knocked down several others.
"We always say before the game, 'Hey fellas, come on. Let's get an interception,'" Bowen said. "We broke up a few passes. As a secondary, we did what we wanted to do in this game."
Bowen said the team's,work was not done after the defense forced a Colorado State turnover.
"When you get a turnover, it gets the defense excited," he said. "When the offense takes it and pushes it in, it gets the whole team excited."
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Kansas junior quarterback Asheki Preston prepares to throw in the game against Colorado State.
Jayhawk volleyball falls to Sooners
Kansan staff report
Albitz said the 10-6 Jayhawks finally started to improve in the third game, but it may have been the result of Oklahoma substitutions.
Kansas coach Frankie Albitz was not dispointed that the volleyball team lost to Oklahoma on Saturday 3-15, 1-15, 13-15. She said that she was disappointed that the team did not play well in Norman, Okla.
"OU played really well, and we didn't show up until the third game," Albitz said. "We know we're going to have trouble with OU. They're a tough team. It is disappointing because we played so badly."
"Our passing was weak; our hitting was weak," Albiz said. "I could tell the momentum was
starting to shift. It started to click for us, but it was too late."
Oklahoma coach Miles Palst asked earlier in the week that he was glad Kansas was ranked No. 12 in the Mideast region. Palst said he hoped the 6-7 Sooners would get a regional rank with a victory against Kansas.
"Every team will be up for us because we're regionally ranked," Albitz said. "The crowd drives you nuts down here. It was useless for me to even try to yell at them on the court, but we've got to get used to that."
Albitz said Oklahoma was ready for the match, and the crowd was too. But that was not the reason for the defeat.
The crowd was loud, but Albitz said it did not have a huge affect on the team.
Women's tennis spends weekend apart at tournaments
Kansan staffwriter
No. 3 Bianca Kirchhofer's second place showing at the Kansas State Invitational was the highlight of the Kansas women's tennis weekend, said coach Chuck Merzbacher.
In the Kansas State singles flight No. 2 championship match, Tainm Wainright, Oklahoma State, defeated Kirkhof 7-6, 7-2, 6-3. Kirkhof was the only Jayhawk of the four member Kansas squad to get to the final round.
She defeated Oklahoma's Jacqui Gunthorp, 6-4, 6-3 and Tyler Junior College's Rakel Nielsen, 6-4, 7-5.
Injury and sickness held the Kansas squad to four — senior Abby Woods had sore knees, sophomore Jenny Atkerson had reconstructive knee surgery earlier this week, and freshman Chessa Bieri had the flu. Kansas had planned to send six players to the tournament.
Jensen and Koves, strong favorites to win at the National Intercollegiate Clay Court Tennis Championships, lost a controversial semifinal match to Georgia's doubles team in three sets. Tina Samara and Stacy Sheppard defeated Jensen and
Kansas' top two players,juniors Rebecca Jensen and Nora Koves competed this weekend in Jackson, Miss.
Koves 6-4.4-6.7-6.
"The referees took the match away from us," said Koves. "We didn't lose it."
the Kansas doubles team was up two match points when they lost one, and the referee took the other away citing a game penalty.
Koves said she was excited to avenge the defeat in the next Intercollegiate Tennis Association tournament Oct. 21-24.
Jensen lost her singles consolation match to Shepard 6-4, 6-2.
Kansas competes again Oct. 15-17 in Bloomington, Ind., at the Indiana Fall Invitational.
Top 25 teams
The Associated Press 1993 college football poll: first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and ranking in last week's poll.
| | Record | Points | Previous |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Florida St.(61) | 5-0-0 | 1,548 | 1 |
| 2. Alabama (1) | 5-0-0 | 1,473 | 2 |
| 3. Miami | 5-0-0 | 1,407 | 3 |
| 4. Notre Dame | 4-0-0 | 1,368 | 4 |
| 5. Florida | 4-0-0 | 1,285 | 5 |
| 6. Ohio St. | 4-0-0 | 1,203 | 7 |
| **7. Nebraska** | **4-0-0** | **1,140** | **6** |
| 8. Penn St. | 5-0-0 | 1,091 | 9 |
| 9. Michigan | 3-1-0 | 1,040 | 8 |
| **10. Oklahoma** | 4-1-0 | **989** | **10** |
| 11. Tennessee | 4-1-0 | 948 | 11 |
| 12. Arizona | 5-1-0 | 914 | 12 |
| 13. Washington | 3-1-0 | 746 | 15 |
| 14. Texas A&M | 3-1-0 | 742 | 14 |
| 15. North Carolina | 5-1-0 | 584 | 16 |
| 16. California | 5-0-0 | 571 | 17 |
| 17. Louisville | 5-0-0 | 553 | 18 |
| 18. Virginia | 5-0-0 | 460 | 21 |
| 19. Brigham Young | 4-0-0 | 455 | 20 |
| **20. Colorado** | **2-2-0** | **394** | **19** |
| 21. Wisconsin | 4-0-0 | 380 | 22 |
| 22. Auburn | 5-0-0 | 258 | 23 |
| 23. Syracuse | 3-1-1 | 214 | 13 |
| 24. West Virginia | 4-0-0 | 209 | 25 |
| 25. UCLA | 2-2-0 | 52 | — |
Other received votes:Clemson 34, Oregon 20, Fresno State 18,
Boston College 15, Kansas State 12, Indiana 8, Kentucky 3, Michigan state 1, North Carolina state 3, Memphis state 2, Rutgers 2,
Stanford 2, Virginia Tech 2, Army 1, Oklahoma State 1.
Softball team finishes fall season with defeats at Big Eight Classic
Source: The Associated Press
Dropping its last two games of the Big Eight Fall Classic in Independence, Mo., was not the way the Kansas softball team wanted to end the fall season.
"We had high hopes going into this tournament," sophomore shortstop Katie Morgan said. "We were expecting to come out as No. 1."
Kansas coach Kalum Haack said the team's play was disappointing.
The team went 2-3 in the tournament, losing to Iowa State 4-3 and Oklahoma State 3-1 yesterday.
"We just had breakdowns," Haack said. "Our hitting was nonexistent."
He said he wanted the freshmen to make more of a contribution to the team.
Freshmen inexperience was evident against Oklahoma State when two fly balls dropped between freshman outfielder Heather Richins and junior centerfielder Keri Rigg.
"Heather hadn't really worked in the outfield very much," Haack said. "On some plays I can understand the confusion but not on fly balls."
Kansas only had three hits against Oklahoma State, but throughout the tournament, the Jayhawks put themselves in position to win, Haack said.
In the sixth inning against Oklahoma State, Morgan had a chance for a clutch hit with one out and a runner at second. She lined out hard to center field. Riggs got the RBI with a double to left field for Kansas' only run.
"We need to see some more from our freshmen," Morgan
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said. "It's frustrating. You tell the freshmen to get the clutch hit, and you can't do it when you're up to bat."
Now the team will take a much-needed break from games until the spring season and begin its off-season practice. Haack said.
WOMEN'S RUGBY Selected Jayhawks in tournament
The Heart of America Select Side team, consisting of 14 Kansas players, won both its games Saturday in the Norman, Okla., tournament.
The Select Side team defeated the Texas Rugby Union 11.0 then defeated the Missouri Rugby Union 24.0.
Senior Krista Gizza ran in the try during the first game. Graduate student Chris Minski kicked in the two penalty kicks for a total of six points.
In the second game, Minski and Kansas club-side player Lonndon Seeley each ran in a try with the 2-point conversions kicked by Minski. Minski also contributed the third conversion kick after Kansas State player Dana Teagarden's try.
The Kansas players selected to the Western Select Side Tournament team were Seeley, Minski, Gizza, and club members Sonia Rios, and Paula Wonder.
The Heart of America Select Side team will not play as a team again. The team's main purpose was to play in this tournament, club member Jackie Vogel said.
Some players from the five teams in the tournament, including the Ozark Rugby Union and the Eastern Rockies Rugby Union, were selected to move on to the next level.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Jayhawks finish strong in Minnesota
The No.24 Kansas women's cross country team turned in a fourth place finish out of 14 teams at the Minnesota Invitational in Minneapolis on Saturday. The men's team finished 10th out of 14 teams.
The women's team was led for the second straight week by senior Julia Saul's fifth-place finish. Saul was followed by junior Melissa Swartz in 15th, freshman Bridget Mann in 19th, senior Ashley Ace in 31st and Colleen McClimon in 35th.
Among other Big Eight competitors, the team came in ahead of Iowa State's last-place finish but behind rival No. 15 Nebraska's second-place finish. No. 7 North Carolina State led the field with a tournament-low 59 points. Low scores win at cross country meets.
The Kansas men's top runner, freshman Brian Schultz,
finished 26th out of 230 runners. He was followed by
senior Bobby Palmer in 34th, senior Kevan Long in 63rd,
freshman Cord Criss in 73rd and senior Ric Rozenkrantz in
76th.
The men's team finished behind Big Eight rival No. 2 Iowa State, who won the meet, and Nebraska's eighth place finish.
The team will have a week off to prepare for a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., to compete in the Michigan Invitational.
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Kansas sportswriters Gerry Fey, Anne Felstet and Kent Hofleid contributed to this report.