Showdown in San Antonio

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

The Kansas soccer team is in San Antonio, Texas, this week at the Big 12 Tournament. The Jayhawks’ first game is tonight against Oklahoma State at 7:30.

The game marks the second time Kansas will have played Oklahoma State this season. They last met in Lawrence and tied 2-2. Coach Mark Francis said his team wasn’t going to change the way it played this time.

“We know how they play, we’ve watched the tape of the game, and we know what we need to do,” he said.

A brief review

The Jayhawks got a rough start to the season, only winning one game out of 10. Kansas turned its luck around at the beginning of October, and started winning games instead of losing or tying them.

The Jayhawks were not projected to do as well as they had at the end of their regular season — they were not ranked as highly as other teams — but they entered the Big 12 Championship as the No. 3 seed.

Photo by Sarah Leonard

“We’ve been playing really well, we finished the season well, and hope to continue that tomorrow,” Francis said.

In the last game of the regular season, Kansas defeated the Missouri Tigers, outscoring them 2-1. Freshman defender Katie Williams scored the two goals needed to win the game only four minutes apart after Missouri took a 1-0 lead.

Winning awards

Because of her impressive game, Williams was awarded the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Senior goalkeeper Colleen Quinn was awarded Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for the third week in a row. She made six saves during the game against the Tigers, only letting one goal pass by her.

Williams earned another award this week as well. Both she and senior midfielder Nicole Cauzillo were named to All-Big 12 teams. Cauzillo was named to the All-Big 12 Second team, and Williams was named to the All-Newcomer team.

Cauzillo and Emily Strinden were selected Academic All-Conference for the third time in their careers, while senior Colleen Quinn, juniors Missy Geha and Kristin Graves and sophomore Shannon McCabe rounded out The University’s First Team selections while junior Sara Rogers earned Second Team honors.

— Edited by Amelia Freidline

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