University Daily Kansan / Monday, December 5, 1988
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KU freshman surprises tournament's top player
By Ken Winford
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas freshman tennis player Eveline Hamers surprised most observers and maybe even herself this weekend by reaching the quarrels of the ITA National Clay Court Tennis tournament at Hilton Head, S.C.
Most impressive in her drive to the quarterfinals was an easy first-round victory over the tournament's top seed.
Hamers said the unexpectedness of the victory made it that much more satisfying.
Hamers, a native of Meersen, Netherlands, beat Kentucky's Sonia Hahn, 6-1, 6-3. Friday. In addition to being the top seed in the tournament, Hahn was ranked sixth among the nation's collegiate singles players.
"Everyone was suprised because I beat the No.1 seed." Hamers said. "I really didn't know what kind of player she was. For me that was an advantage. Because I don't know where, I can go out and play my own game."
By playing her own game, Hammers has quickly found success at Kansas. In November, Hammers won the ITCA Central Region Tournament in
Tennis
Topeka. She is ranked first in singles in the region and, along with partner Renee Raychaudhuri, is ranked ninth in doubles.
The top 32 collegiate players in the nation were invited to participate in the clay courts tournament
Hamers said she was starting to organize her game.
"My concentration is very good right now." Hamers said. "I'm much more confident in my game then I was when I first started playing." He is playing pretty well right now.
Kansas coach Eric Hayes said Hamers hadn't begun to reach her potential.
"She's a freshman and the last month and a half she has pretty blossomed as a player," Hayes said. "She's improving all the time. She's in a position to have a good year. Excellen could be a great player."
After her first-round victory, Hamers went on to beat Cal-Berkley's Emile Viqueira, 6-4, 6-3, in the second round.
Hamers was beaten Saturday in the quarterfinals by Shawn Foltz of Indiana, 6:3, 6:3.
Foltz, who advanced to the finals of the tournament, played as an amateur on the professional circuit and was ranked 50th in the world before a wrist injury forced her to quit tennis for a year.
In addition to Hamers, two other Kansas players were ranked in the regional poll Raychaudhuri was 21st while Elba Pinoer was 26th Like Hamers, Raychaudhuri and Pinero are freshmen.
"In the last match, I just made too many mistakes." Hamers said. "She (Foltz) kept me off balance. But you have to learn from experiences even when you lose. I think I learned some things."
The Jayhawks, who were ranked third in the eight-state region behind Oklahoma State and Brigham University again until after Christmas break.
Although the recognition was nice, Hayes said the Jayhawks really hadn't proved anything yet.
"It's great that they have the recognition," he said. "But they can't be content with that. We had a difficult time in our first year. But now we have to concentrate on maintaining that and coming back strong for the spring season."
Kansas City Chiefs running back James Saxon ran around the end for a short gain in yesterday's 38-34 victory against the New York Jets. Saxon scored the winning touchdown in the final seconds of the game.
Gansz's gamble pays off
KC overcomes 3-point deficit in final seconds, beats Jets
By Jeff Euston
KANSAS CITY. Mo. — Victories for Kansas City Kasachus coach Frank Gansz have been rare, so when he was faced with the choice of whether to go for a victory or a trek yesterday, he chose a dark Jets, the choice wasn't difficult.
Kansan sportswriter
Trailing 34-31 with five seconds remaining in the game, the Chiefs faced a fourth and goal play at the Jets' line.
Though New York had stopped three straight running plays from the one. Gansz chose to give the run one more shot instead of having kicker Nick Lowery try a game-tying field goal.
Gansz' decision paid off.
Running back James Saxon powered into the end zone after being hit at the one and gave the Chiefs a 38-34 victory over the Jets.
The victory improved the Chiefs' record to 4-0-1. The defeat lowered the Jets' to 6-7-1 and knocked them out of the playoff chase.
Saxon didn't, either.
"I just wanted to go for the win," Gansz said. "I have always told them (the players), when you have the opportunity to win, seize it and it will multiply. I didn't think they would stop us again."
"We were in the huddle and said, 'Hey, we are going to score. This is it.' It all on the line," Saxon said, "The offensive line did a great job of blocking." Christian (okoye) did a great job of blocking, and that was it.
The Jets had trouble stopping the Chiefs throughout the game.
Kansas City quarterback Steve DeBerg sparked the Chiefs' offense, completing 16 of 25 passes for 267 yards and three touchdowns.
"This was a very satisfying win for our football team," DeBerg said.
"They're a man-to-man defensive team and we took advantage of that. The key was to pass protection. Our defense was plastic as the second built of the season."
In the first half, DeBerg completed touchdown passes of 33 and 41 yards to wide receiver Stephone Faage and touchdown passes to wide receiver Carlos Carson.
New York kicker Pat Lahy added two field goals, one coming after Kansas City running back Paul Palmer's second fumble of the game.
The Chiefs suspended Palmer before last week's game at Pittsburgh for reportedly telling a teammate to "not throw the ball in order to be traded."
Palmer later atoned for his mistakes with a 36-yard reception that led to a Chiefs touchdown in the
fourth quarter.
"On the first tumble, I just took a pretty good hit." Palmer explained. "On the second one, maybe I was just carrying the ball a little loosely, I
Whether the victory helped Gansz any is another question. Gansz, who has guided the Chiefs to just eight victories in 29 games the last two seasons, has been the subject of several rumors recently.
Former Los Angeles Raiders coach Tom Flores and former Philadelphia Eagles coach Dick Vernell both possible replacements for Gansz.
But Gansz was happy to see his players win.
"They deserved to win," he said,
they've battled, they've fought and
they've won.
Sports Briefs
SOCCER PLAYERS HONORED:
Four players from the Kansas men's soccer team were chosen for the National Collegiate Club Soccer Association all-tournament team.
Players were selected based upon the number of times they were nominated in recognition of a superior performance by opposing coaches. Each of the all-tournament selections received at least two nominations.
MURRAY TRADE FINALIZED: Eddie Murray officially was traded from the Baltimore Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday, two days after the teams nearly completed the deal.
der; Sean Holmes, midfielder; Dan Stoke, midfielder; and Kamran Moosavi, forward.
Those Kansas players named to the group were Walter Wagner, defen-
For Murray, a seven-time All-Star first baseman, the Orioles were to receive pitchers Ken Howell and
Brian Holton and shortstop Juan Bell.
The Dodgers, the busiest baseball team in the off-season last year, began talking to Baltimore about Murray shortly after winning the World Series and team executives met last week in Chicago to discuss the deal. On Friday, the clubs came close to finishing the trade but backed off, possibly because of financial terms in Murray's contract.
Catherine Wheeler/KANSAN
Kansas junior guard Lisa Braddy, right, dribbles past Iowa's junior guard Jolette Law at the Lady Jayhawk Dial Classic. Braddy was named most valuable player of the tournament after Saturday night's 67-63 victory over Iowa.
Upset!
Freshman leads KU past No.7 Iowa for Dial Classic tourney championship
By Ken Winford
Kansas sportswriter
Kansan sportswriter
Kansas freshman guard Shannon Bloom came off the bench in Saturday night's Lady Jayhawk Dial Classic final with defense on her mind.
The 5-foot-9 Leavenworth native made seven of nine field goal attempts, including two three-pointers, giving the Jayhawks the lift they needed to upset No. 7 Kansas in "the season" third Dial Classic championship in four years.
Bloom, who had 18 points in the game, said she wasn't looking for her shot when she entered the game.
"What I was mainly looking to, do was to go in and play some tough defense." Bloxom said. "But they (Iowa) were giving me the open shots so I took them. Basically, I was just praying for them to go in."
Bloom did not seem to realize that freshmen do not usually come off the bench and victimize a powerful
"Everyone on this team that goes is in expected to contribute," she said. "This could be a big win for us. Beating a ranked team like Iowa should inspire us to do even more to continue to improve."
Kansas coach Marian Washington said that for the Jayhawks to be successful they would have to count on the defense.
"Last night I had five freshmen on the floor at one time," Washington said. "Shannon played with a great deal of poise. She is a shooter, and she knows she has the green light."
Washington said it was important that the Jayhawks were close at halftime. Kansas trailed by as many as six points in the first half but narrowed that deficit to 28-27 at halftime.
"I really didn't care if we were one, two or three points behind at the half, but I wanted us to be close," she said. "We changed up our defenses throughout the game. We didn't want them to get in an offensive rhythm, so we worked with a number of combinations. I'd like to think that had something to do with it."
Kansas guard Lisa Braddy, who played all 40 minutes against Iowa, had 10 points, nine assists, two steals and two blocked shots. She was also named tournament Most Valuable Player.
The 5-8 junior said the Jayhawks went into the Dial Classic believing they could win the title.
"We came in knowing we could beat Iowa." Braddy said. "I think we can beat any team if we play our game. Iowa is a good team but we threw in different defenses and that really seemed to throw them off."
Braddy said the Jayhawks weren't intimidated by the larger Hawkes.
"They tried to get physical but we handled it well," she said. "We like playing a physical game. We're moving along really quickly right now and when the conference season comes along we'll be ready."
The Jayhawks scored the first eight points of the second half to take a 35-28 lead. Junior center Lymn
Page scored three straight baskets in the span.
However, the Hawkeyes scored the next 10 points to take a 38-35 lead.
Bloxom scored nine points and Kansas built a seven-point lead at 52-45 with 6:34 left in the game. Iowa got within one point at 52-51 but never took the lead.
Kansas sophomore forward LaTanna Nelson came off the bench to score 12 points and get seven rebounds
"We outstulted and outpoised Iowa," Nelson said. "We played well as a team. I knew we could do it. I believe in this team and I think we can go a long way."
Freshman guard Geri Hart kept the Jayhawks in the game early, scoring six points in the first half. The 5-6 guard said Kansas' quick start in the second half was important.
"Coming out in the second half, we really shut them down," Hart said. "I think that surprised them. They really didn't know what to do. Once we got a little more into and into the game, we started playing our game."
Shanda Berry and Jolette Law paced Iowa with 22 and 16 points, respectively.
Washington said she was happy with the win over Iowa, but today it would be business as usual.
“It’s been awhile since we beat such a high-ranked team,” she said. “But it’s my job to keep their feet on the ground. They can enjoy it tomorrow, and then its back to work. I’ll forget this Iowa win, and so will
Joining Braddy and Bloxom on the all-tournament team were Iowa's Berry, Grambling State's Tarcha
The Jayhawks reached the finals with an 89-75 win over Oral Roberts Friday night. Bradley led Kansas with 20 points. Marthe McCloud had 11 points while Danielle Shareef and Michelle Arnold added 10 points.
Chamberlin had 23 points to lead Oral Roberts. Vyrian Herron scored 17 points, well under her 28.3 points.
Kansas will play at Wichita State Wednesday and then play Minnesota Sunday at Allen Field House.
Kansas 67, Iowa 63
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Arachnaham 3.0: 0.6: Cherry 0.1: 10: Berry 9.4: 22: Christian 1.5: 3.4: Lee 6.
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Bengals clinch home-field advantage; Bucs beat Buffalo
The Associated Press
The Cincinnati Bengals moved into the playoffs and closer to the home-field edge throughout the AFC playoffs with a 27-10 victory over the San Diego Chargers yester
While the Bengals were clinching their first playoff spot in six years, the Buffalo Bills, the only other conference team that has clinched a playoff berth, were upset 10-5 to Tampa Bay. That left both the Bills and Bengals with 11-3 records.
If the teams tie for the best record in the AFC. Cincinnati gets the advantage because the Bengals beat Buffalo last week.
A victory on Sunday at Houston would give the Bengals the AFC Central title in Sam. He also won last season.
wrote. "It's a relief in some ways to get one in the bank." Wyche said. "We're not playing for a wild card berth, though, believe me. That
NFL Roundup
Vinny Testaverde, the league leader in interceptions, didn't commit a turnover for the first time this season and scored on a 4-yard run. The host Bucaneers, losers of seven of their last eight games, held Robb Inman and goal at the 1-yard line in the third quarter.
group out there feels pretty good about where they stand."
Elbert "ticket" Woods ran for a career-high 141 yards and two touchdowns for the Bengals. Woods set a team record with 15 rush touchdowns this season.
Tampa Bay 1 Buffalo 5
Tampa Bay 10
New York Giants 44 Phoenix 7
Phil Simms, ignoring a sore shoulder that sidelined him last week, threw two touchdown passes to Stacy Robinson as New York moved to the top of the NFC East. Washington 20
Philadelphia 19
Washington, 7-7, has been eliminated from the division race and damaged Philadelphia's chances with a late rally. Chip Lohmiller's 44-yard field goal with one second remaining capped the comeback after the Redskins trailed 19-10 in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia is 8-6.
New Orleans 3
Minnesota's stingy defense turned offensive as Carl Lee and Jesse Solomon returned interceptions for touchdowns.
Los Angeles Raiders 21
Oakland
Denver 20
The Raiders' win treed the AFC West into a three-way tie at 7-7. Denver and Seattle alshave that record. Greg Townsend returned an interception of a pass by John Elway 86 yards for a touchdown and sacked the Denver quarterback twice.
Cleveland Dallas 21
Atlanta 7
At Cleveland, the Browns sent Dallas to a team-record 12th defeat this season and 10th in a row. Bernie Kosar passed for 308 yards and three touchdowns, including two less than two minutes apart in the fourth quarter. San Francisco 13
San Francisco, which lost to Atlanta earlier this year, had a rough time with the Failons again. But Joe Montana threw for a pair of touchdowns and Roger Craig set a team single-season rushing record. Craig ran
for 103 yards to give him 1,336 for the year
New England 13
South Carolina
indianapolis 31
With wind gusts to 33 mph and the wind-cill factor below zero, New England and Seattle combined for only 109 passing yards. 62 by the Seahawks.
Houston 34
Miami 28
Pittsburgh 37
The Colts, 8-6 and also in wild-card contention, handed Miami its fifth straight defeat and ninth overall, which is the most for Don Shula in 26 years of coaching.
Merrill Hoge caught a 16-yard touchdown from Bubby Brister with 20 seconds to play, his second score of the fourth quarter, rallying the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 37-34 victory over Houston.