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Thursday, November 9, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Rookie golfer becomes team leader
Mandy Munsch ended fall season with the Jayhawks' best average
By Spencer Duncan
Kansan sportswriter
When Mandy Munsch's parents handed her her first golf club at the age of 10, she never dreamed she would be the leading golfer at Kansas.
And her teammates on the Kansas women's golf team might not have expected it either.
"Mandy has been a real surprise," Kansas junior Anne Clark said. "She has played really well."
Munsch has played more than well.
As a freshman, she has lit up the women's golf team and given it the spark it was looking for before the season began. She has surprised her teammates and coach by playing above expectations.
"I am pleased with how well Mandy has played," Kansas women's golf coach Jerry Waugh said. "She has been good for this team."
Waugh knew Munsch had talent when he saw her last summer at a junior tournament in Wichita. Waugh began recruiting her when he first got the chance because he said that he knew right away that Munsch could have an immediate influence on the team. Still he said that he had been surprised at how fast she had affected the team.
In just three months, Munsch has already constructed a long list of accomplishments.
in the four tournaments she has played in, Munsch has placed in the top 25 four times, including one top 10 finish. She is the only player on the team this season who has been able to accomplish this.
Her average of 79.82 also led the Jayhawks this fall.
Munsch is glad she has had quick success because it proves to her she is capable of playing a game she loves.
"I wasn't sure if my game was good enough to play at the collegiate level my freshman year," Munsch said. "But I have worked hard, and the work has paid off."
Munsch attributes her success to working hard. She also relies on a fierce competitiveness that keeps her fighting at every tournament.
"I love to be competitive, and I love to win," Munsch said. "My drive for success keeps me going."
When the season began, much of the team was unsure of who would step up to become the leader. However, Munsch's personality and hard work have rubbed off on her teammates.
"Mandy has become a leader for this team," Kansas senior Lynn Williamson said. "She makes the rest of the team work harder."
Although life seems to be going well for Munsch, she did recently stumble. She struggled on the course before the last fall tournament and did not make the traveling team. She was not able to play in the last tournament.
"Not making the last tournament," Munsch said, "that was really disappointing."
Munsch refuses to concentrate on the negative, though. She will spend her time before the spring season working on the improvements that need to be made.
Munsch's teammates know she will work hard and believe she has earned her success.
"Mandy is always working on her game," Williamson said. "She deserves all the success she gets."
Matt Flickner / KANSÁM
Kansas freshman Mandy Munsch has the best average on the women's team this fall. "I love to be competitive, and I love to win," she said.
Swimming and diving teams to face weekend full of competition
By Bill Kenealy
Kansan sportswriter
Think the weekends fly by? The Kansas swimming and diving teams may beg to differ after this weekend.
The Jayhawks will swim in four meets in three days. The adventure starts tonight when the teams head to St. Louis. After spending the night there, they will head to Champaign, Ill., for the Illinois Dual Extravaganza.
"We're going to swim ourselves into shape," Kansas swimming coach Gary
Kemp said. "Getting to race so much in a short time should make us sharper."
Kansas' first meet will be against the University of Cincinnati, a team with which Kempisn't very familiar.
"The talent level of some of these teams we're going to face is unknown, but we should be all right," Kemp said. "There should be some good races."
Kansas sophomore Marshall Dortch posted his best times of the season in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley last week against Missouri.
"I'm getting better every week," Dortch said. "Where I am now, is where I was at the same point last season."
This is no small feat considering Dortch had shoulder surgery in March and subsequently had to take a break from hard training for most of the summer. Despite his progress, he sees room for further improvement.
"The shoulder is about 90 percent along," he said. "I still have a way to go."
Kansas faces Cincinnati tomorrow at 6:15 p.m. Then on Saturday, Kansas fights both the north and the south —
Sunday is a double dual meet. Kansas will simultaneously face Southwest Missouri State, Illinois and Missouri.
Dortch said that the coaches had not directed the swimmers' attention on who they're going to compete against but rather kept the swimmers focused on doing their best, regardless of who they are racing.
Illinois that is. At 9 a.m., Kansas competes against Northern Illinois and takes on Southern Illinois later in the day.
"We don't underestimate anybody,' Dortch said.
One swimmer nobody can underestimate any longer is Kansas sophomore Jennifer Kepler. She has posted back-to-back wins in the 100-yard backstroke.
"It's something I knew I could do," Kepler said.
She said that her uncertainty about whether her swimming background had prepared her to compete at a collegiate level affected her performance last season. Now, fully immersed in the Kansas program, Kepler is prospering.
"My times are a lot better than last season," she said.
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