UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 17, 1995
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Big 12 picks St. Louis for first championship
University presidents still need to approve idea and site of game
The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — The building is
awesome, and the city is ecstatic.
Big 12 Conference athletic directors voted Wednesday to recommend that the first league championship football game be played in the Trans World Dome in St. Louis.
“It's new, and it's awesome,” Big 12 Commissioner Steve Hatchell said of the new building. “We need to go to bat in the first year on this venture with someone who knows what it like to run a big activity and to do it in a classy way.”
The athletic directors voted in Dallas to award the game, which will pit the winners of the new league's North and South divisions against each other.
University presidents still must
vote on the idea of the game and site when they meet Nov. 30 in Kansas City, Mo., but several of the presidents already have endorsed the concept of the game.
Athletic directors approved the game and the site after ABC increased its offer for the rights from $2.5 million to $4 million.
"What a week for St. Louis," said Frank Vlverito, president of the St. Louis Sports Commission. "We open a great stadium on Sunday with the Rams, and we add a great event to put into it on Wednesday."
The game is scheduled for Dec.
7, 1996, and is expected to net
each school about $575,000. If it
were played today, it would match
top-ranked Nebraska, the school
most opposed to the game,
against Texas.
"The Red Cross would have to check blood pressures and pulses if that didn't get people excited," said Joe Castiglione, athletic director at Missouri.
St. Louis was picked over bids
from Dallas; Houston; San Antonio; Kansas City, Mo.; and Lincoln, Neb.
"They had a terrific package," Castiglione said. "They were all together on the same page. They knew what it would take to stage an event like this. They knew how to bring all the necessary groups together to administer the game."
St. Louis guaranteed a sellout for the game, as did other bidders, and offered to stage other Big 12 events such as the first women's soccer tournament. Organizers also are hoping to stage a basketball tournament involving Missouri, another Big 12 school and two outsiders.
"We put our faith forward in being able to bring events like these when we built the stadium," said Joe Farrell, chairman of the Sports Commission. "The dome is not just for professional football, but for all kinds of events like this. That won't make it out to be the joke it was originally painted as."
Volleyball team to play last game
Seniors eager to finish season with a victory against favored Sooners
By Bill Petulla
Kansan sportswriter
On the surface, the Kansas volleyball team's match tomorrow night against Oklahoma may seem to have little importance.
After all, the Sooners already have secured a place in the Big Eight Conference Tournament on Nov. 24 and 25 in Omaha, Neb. The Jayhawks, 8-18 overall and 1-10 in the Big Eight, have been eliminated from postseason play.
But to seniors Tracie Walt and Jenny Larson, a win in tomorrow night's home match would be a great way to finish their volleyball careers at Kansas. For the rest of the Jayhawks, a victory would allow them to regain some pride after a disappointing season.
Winning, however, won't be easy for Kansas.
"We'll need to put everything together in order to win," Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise said.
Leading the Jayhawks into battle tomorrow is sophomore right side hitter Kendra Kahler. Kahler recorded 15 kills with a .314 attack percentage in a loss Wednesday night to Iowa State.
Schonewise said she expected the team to come out strong
Volleyball players make the grade
Kansan staff report
Although the Kansas volleyball team was not close in the running this season against Nebraska in kill averages, grade point averages were a different story.
Six Jayhawk volleyball players were named to the 1995 Phillips 66 All-Big Eight Conference Honor Roll. The Jayhawks finished second to the Cornhuskers, who had eight players on the list.
A total of 28 students from the Big Eight were named.
To qualify for the honor roll, student athletes must be regular competitors and have a minimum 3.0 GPA, either
cumulative or in the past academic year.
Three Jayhawks earned first-team honors. Senior middle blocker Jenny Larson, sophomore middle blocker Maggie Mohrfeld and sophomore right-side hitter Kendra Kahler earned first team accolades.
Larson, who had a 3.67 GPA, is an All-Big Eight selection for the third time.
Senior outside hitter Tracie Walt, sophomore setter Trisha Lindgreen and sophomore middle blocker Jenny Wiedeke received academic honorable mentions.
ALL-ACADEMIC: Complete listing of first team. Page 2B.
against Oklahoma, but even an impressive showing didn't translate into a victory.
set up a block against her."
"it's very important to finish off strong," she said. "But there's a difference between finishing strong and winning.
Pacing the Sooners tomorrow night will be outside hitter Patrice Arrington. The sophomore led the Sooners with 19 kills Wednesday against Colorado. Arrington is also first on the team with 5.06 kills a game.
"Patrice Arrington is the most dynamic player they have," Schonewise said. "We'll need to
Oklahoma volleyball coach Miles Pabst said the Sooners needed to play steady in order to come away with a victory tomorrow night.
"All we need to do is play well and maintain it," Pabst said.
Pabst said he didn't fear his squad would be let down because Oklahoma was prepared regardless of the opponent.
The match will be at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at Allen Field House and is free for all students with a valid KUID.
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WHAT PRICE TRUTH? The Politicization of Higher Education" Lecture in the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union 7:00 P.M. Friday, November 17, 1995
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