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Submit your completed volleyball bracket to the Student

Pubs office in the lower level of the

Memorial Union by noon Thursday. The

student with the best record following

the national championship

wins $20.

volleyball

Photo by Aaron Deffenbaugh, Washburn Review

Nothing new for BluesWU volleyball advances to the NCAA South Central Regional for the 6th-straight year

There was no real celebration Sunday when the eighth-ranked Washburn volleyball team found out it was the No. 2 seed in the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament and that it will play its first round match at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at host Central Missouri in Warrensburg.

For the Lady Blues and coach Chris Herron, it’s become a tradition that is counted on ever year.

“To be honest with you, probably because we’ve already been there done that kind of thing, there’s not that big ‘yeah us’ kind of thing because this is our sixth year

in a row to go,” said Herron. “I don’t want to say it’s expected, but our kids, when we recruit them to come here, they come here because we’ve been winning, and they expect to win. And we recruit kids from programs that have been winning. To those kinds of kids, having the success they’ve had is commonplace.”

The Lady Blues, who earned their third-straight 30-win season with a record of 32-4, finished second in the MIAA standings behind fourth-ranked Central Missouri, who beat Washburn twice this season and earned the No. 1 overall seed for the tournament.

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The Student Recreation and Wellness Center reached a milestone Tuesday--its five year anniversary.

The celebration was kicked off with an array of events, including group exercise classes, a fun run/walk in the morning and a Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament at noon. All Washburn faculty and staff were admitted to the SRWC free of charge, and current SRWC members were allowed to bring one guest over the age of 18 for free.

Joel Bluml, director, has been at Washburn all five years of the SRWC’s existence and has seen a great deal of changes to campus. However, after seeing more than 450,000 people walk through the doors since 2004, he said the SRWC has a special place in students’ hearts.

“I think, just in general, the addition of the SRWC to Washburn’s campus has been a huge change in and of itself,” said Bluml. “It’s added another social hub to the university and dynamically changed campus life after 5 p.m. I can’t speak for the students, but I think students would not picture Washburn the same if the rec center wasn’t here.”

The 37,000 square foot SRWC features a three-court gymnasium that can accommodate basketball, volleyball, badminton and the myriad of intramural sports that the SRWC offers. A fitness loft occupies the second floor and includes a track, as well as an array of cardiovascular and resistance training equipment. A rock wall dominates the main entrance and a wellness suite, multi-purpose room and locker rooms round out the SRWC amenities. Reservations can also be made by groups affiliated with Washburn.

“We’ve continued to strive to give students the opportunities that they want,” said Bluml. “That’s kind of the driving force. To make sure we’re giving students the opportunities they want to participate in and aid in their college success.”

During his five years as director of the SRWC, Bluml has learned the tricks of the trade, building a successful program up from the ground by incorporating new techniques while dropping ineffective ones. Bluml said it’s important to pick and chose the more effective trends.

“Every year there’s something new and dynamic that comes out,“ said Bluml. “The trick is, you can’t jump on every bandwagon or every trend that comes out, but identifying the ones you think are going to stick and putting time and resources into those.”

While Bluml has been a key ingredient to the success of the SRWC, he stressed that none of that success would have happened without the foresight of Washburn president Jerry Farley and the board of regents at the time.

“Without those people that do that planning and have that vision, we could have ended up in a very different place, not only from an SRWC standpoint but for many of the buildings and services that we offer here,” said Bluml.

In the end, Bluml had one hope for the anniversary.

“We just hope people come and join us to celebrate the success of the SRWC,” said Bluml. “We’re very glad we’re here on

campus.”For more information on Washburn’s

Student Recreation and Wellness Center, go to its Web site at www.washburn.edu/getfit.

Spin me round: Individuals take part in Spin City, a cycling class offered multiple times throughout the week at the SRWC.

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Josh Rouse is a junior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

SRWC celebrates fifth anniversary

Photos by Matt Wilper, Washburn Review

Know when to hold ‘em: Washburn students Briton Alexander and Robert Toeller, above, play in the Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament held at the SRWC, one of the many events held to celebrate its fifth anniversary. Below left, Akaylah Hanzilicek participates in another event called Amped Abs.

Josh RouseWASHBURN REVIEW

450,000 people have used student recreation and wellness center since 2004

In total, there are six MIAA teams in the tournament and they’re all ranked in the top 25 nationally: WU, UCM, No. 10 Emporia State, No. 21 Pittsburg State, No. 22 Truman State and No. 23 Nebraska-Omaha. The other two teams in the South Central Regional are from the Lone Star Conference (No. 5 West Texas A&M) and from the Heartland Conference (Dallas Baptist). Herron and the Lady Blues are 7-4 this season against the tournament field, but he said it starts over in the playoffs.

“Whoever you draw in the tournament, everybody is 0-0,” said Herron, who is 6-6 all-time in the NCAA tournament and 5-5 in South Central Regional play. “I can’t speak to Dallas Baptist because I’ve never seen them play but any of the seven that I’ve seen, six MIAA teams and West Texas, any of those teams can win this tournament. It’s just about who’s playing the best right now.”

Herron said there are several keys to making it this far, and he believes his team has some of those.

“Number one to get this far, you got to be good,” he said. “Number two, to win it, you got to be good, healthy and lucky. And right now, knock on wood, everyone is fairly healthy, and I think we’re playing well right now. We’ve had a couple really big wins lately.”

If the Lady Blues were to beat the seventh-seeded Mavericks in the first round, they would play the winner of No. 3 seeded West Texas A&M and sixth-seeded Truman State at 6 p.m. Friday.

McKayla Gowen, a freshman who redshirted this year, said while her contribution to the team this season has only been as a supporter on the sidelines, the team’s success really makes her proud to be on the team.

“I think it sets a good standard for the future,” said Gowen. “It’s pretty exciting coming here for the first year and being pretty successful. It’s just exciting to see what can happen. I think it’ll be a lot of fun.”

The Lady Blues have just one senior on the team in setter Kate Hampson, who was honored Friday for senior night in the Blues’ 3-1 victory against Emporia. Several Washburn players including junior outside hitter Caitlin Conley said the team is especially trying to do well in the upcoming tournament for her.

“Every year is special, especially for our senior, Kate,” said Conley. “It makes it even more special for us because we want to win it for Kate.”

Last year in the South Central Regional at Emporia, Washburn lost in the first round to Central Missouri. Conley said that what makes the Jennies so good is that they’re really confident and believe they’re good. Also finishing the season at 32-4, Central has beaten Washburn in three straight matches.

“I hope we play them,” said Conley. “It would be nice to play UCM again, get that chance to beat them.”

But to get to the Jennies, the Lady Blues will have to beat the Mavericks first, a team that did hand Washburn one of its four losses on the season. Sophomore Mollie Lacy knows the UNO team well, being from Lincoln.

“One of the biggest things is we’ll have to control one of their middles (hitter) Ellen Thommes, she’s very good,” said Lacy. “If we can control her, we’ll have a better chance of doing well.”

While the team might not have shown its extreme happiness in earning another South Central Regional bid, Lacy insists that the team is very pleased to be there, but that its travel plans don’t stop in Warrensburg.

“We’re excited to be there,” she said. “But were not satisfied just to be there. We obviously want to play our best and play hard and hopefully we can win it all.”


Josh RouseWASHBURN REVIEW

Josh Rouse is a junior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

BLUES: Volleyball could face as many as four MIAA teams in playoffs

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of sportsSpirited fans needed at WU

Continued from page 2

Senior moments: Lone senior Kate Hampson received flowers Friday night against Emporia State on senior night. The Lady Blues won 3-1 in Hampson’s final regular season game in Lee Arena.

Eric Smith is a senior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].


Students who attended the Washburn-Emporia State match Friday night missed one heck of a second game.

No, that’s not a typo. I can only assume the students who showed up for the match must have been asleep for the first two games. During the first, the game seemed more like an Emporia State home game than a senior night game against a hated rival... not to mention the team playing was the most successful team at WU and the only to make it to the postseason.

In the second game, it became apparent where the student section was SUPPOSED to be. Aside from about 15 students that stood up to cheer and made a gaggle of grandmas behind them move up a few rows, the student section was anything but raucous. It wasn’t until some time around the third game, following a Washburn romp, that a more concerted effort was made. Led by a member of WSGA, who apparently had more spirit than anyone in attendance, the crowd of students moved behind the Emporia State team, opposite the ESU student section, but seemingly only with the promise of free pizza. The bleachers were pulled down and the student section moved up to get out of the zone of play, but even then a group of students (some of whom were Washburn athletes) still sat down instead of standing and making noise.

While I know that several student organizations are putting forth a strong effort to increase student support at sporting events, they can’t do it alone. Students have to realize that going to a game requires some responsibility on their part. They have to be willing to have fun.

SCHOOL SPIRIT

Splashing through muddy rivers, crawling up steep hillsides, fighting freez-ing weather and bounding across miles of rugged terrain – just another day for a spirited cross country runner. But who is crazy enough to enjoy this type of sport, let alone pay money to race in such condi-tions? Apparently at least 7,500 runners, who travel from the far fields of North America to compete in the largest cross-country off-road race known to the odd species known as dedicated run-ners.

“The people that do this are totally dedicated runners,” said Washburn sopho-more Evan Kavanaugh.

On Nov. 21, Kavanaugh and junior Sarah Patterson, will head north to Ur-bandale, Iowa to test their toughness in the wilderness. For seven miles, they will scamper, scuttle and sprint over uneven terrain in what will be the 31st year of the annual Living History Farms Race.

Starting in 1978, the race includes both an adult race and a shorter, child’s race for those under the age of 12. After the participation level reached almost 13,000 runners, a cap was placed on the number of entries at 1,700. Each runner who signs up before Nov. 7 pays $32 while later en-tries pay $45, if openings are still avail-able. All the proceeds are donated to non-profit entities such as Help Stop Hunger,

American Red Cross and Boy Scouts of America.

“The course is through creeks, up the sides of cliffs, through cornfields, over hay-

stacks and through really, really rough ter-rain,” said Kavanaugh. “It’s crazy; you get completely dirty.”

As far as preparation goes, a smooth gym racetrack will only go so far.

“Extensive training,” said Kavanaugh, laughing. “You have to actually do quite a bit of training beforehand. It gets very cold in Iowa so it’s good to train in the cold.”

While increasing mileage each week, Kavanaugh and Patterson try to run out-

side on wooded terrain when possible. In addition to their runs they also participate in cycling classes at the Student Recre-ation and Wellness Center. All this is in combination with leg strengthening exer-cises and additional cardiovascular work.

“I try to stay in shape in general,” said Patterson.

Throughout middle school and high school, Kavanaugh was active in cross-country club and competed all seven years in various meets. His coach at South-ern Cal High School in Lake City, Iowa, participated in the Living History Farms Race each year and prompted the stu-dents to take part. Now, as a member of the Washburn Running Club which meets three times each week, Kavanaugh hopes his new team will get involved.

Despite the tough terrain and frosty weather, teams arrive at the farm dressed for the occasion. One man who attends each race wears only a loincloth and runs barefoot. Incredibly, he usually places within the top 300.

Screenshot courtesy of YouTube.com


CROSS COUNTRY

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This week I have decided to write a special YouTube Pick for the Sideliner. Don’t worry you can still catch the regu-lar YouTube pick, just go to the A&E sec-tion to check it out. Just consider this an early Christmas present from me.

Because the Sideliner is all about sports, I found a clip that is all about amazing basketball shots. It’s called “Dude Perfect – Ranch Edition” which is a group of friends that do amazing basket-ball shots.

These shots are the craziest things I have ever seen. The thing is that there is more then one video by these guys. What I want to know is how long it takes these guys to get these shots to work. The fun-ny part of this video is when they show some bloopers at the end.

So these videos obviously take a lot of time to do. So I’m guessing these guys were dumped by their girlfriends and started to devote all their time to this. Not a great way to express your depression but there are worse things.

In one of the shots, he does “The Shotgun Shot.” He uses the recoil of the shotgun to hit the ball into the basket. Right as he’s doing this trick, it says at the bottom of the screen “Experienced Marksman: Do Not Attempt.” It’s been awhile since I have shot a gun but am sure it doesn’t take an experienced marksman to shoot the ground.* However, the trick is still pretty cool.

Check these guys out; their tricks are impressive. If you like this one check out the summer camp one. It was hard to de-cide which one to choose. ‘Til next week, stay classy, Washburn.

*Matt and The Washburn Review are not condoning the shooting of guns, and if you do shoot them, be safe about it.

Matt Wilper is a junior sociology major. Reach him at [email protected].

Matt WilperWASHBURN REVIEW

YouTube pickof the week

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November19—SAINT MARY, 7 p.m.

23—BETHANY, 7 p.m.24—KANSAS WESLEYAN, 7 p.m.

28—BAKER, 7:30 p.m.December

2—at Nebraska-Omaha, 7 p.m.5—at Northwest Missouri State, 7:30

p.m.12—TRUMAN STATE, 7:30 p.m.17—Western Washington, 5 p.m.^18—Central Washington, 5 p.m.^

28—MISSOURI WESTERN, 7:30 p.m.30—at Fort Hays State, 7:30 p.m.

January2—at Central Missouri, 3:30 p.m.5—at Southwest Baptist, 7:30 p.m.

9—MISSOURI SOUTHERN, 7:30 p.m.

13—at Pittsburg State, 7:30 p.m.16—EMPORIA STATE, 7:30 p.m.

23—NEBRASKA-OMAHA, 7:30 p.m.

27—NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE, 7:30 p.m.

30—at Missouri Western, 7:30 p.m.February

3—at Truman State, 7:30 p.m.6—FORT HAYS STATE,

7:30 p.m.10—CENTRAL MISSOURI,

7:30 p.m.13—SOUTHWEST BAPTIST, 7:30

p.m.17—at Missouri Southern,

7:30 p.m.20—PITTSBURG STATE,

7:30 p.m.24—at Emporia State, 7:30 p.m.*

March5-7—MIAA tournament, TBA, at

Kansas City, Mo.Home games in all caps

MIAA conference games bolded^Great Western Shootout at Las Vegas,

Nev.

Men’s schedule

November21—SOUTHWESTERN, 7 p.m.

24—DRURY, 7 p.m.27—MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS,

7:30 p.m.*28—ROCKHURST, 5:30 p.m.*

December2—at Nebraska-Omaha, 5:30 p.m.

5—at Northwest Missouri State, 5:30 p.m.

12—TRUMAN STATE, 5:30 p.m.16—Western Washington, 3 p.m.^17—Central Washington, 1 p.m.^28—MISSOURI WESTERN,

5:30 p.m.30—at Fort Hays State, 5:30 p.m.

January2—at Central Missouri, 1:30 p.m.5—at Southwest Baptist, 5:30 p.m.

9—MISSOURI SOUTHERN, 5:30 p.m.

13—at Pittsburg State, 5:30 p.m.16—EMPORIA STATE, 5:30 p.m.

23—NEBRASKA-OMAHA, 5:30 p.m.27—NORTHWEST MISSOURI

STATE, 5:30 p.m.30—at Missouri Western,

5:30 p.m.February

3—at Truman State, 5:30 p.m.6—FORT HAYS STATE,

5:30 p.m.10—CENTRAL MISSOURI,

5:30 p.m.13—SOUTHWEST BAPTIST, 5:30 p.m.

17—at Missouri Southern, 5:30 p.m.

20—PITTSBURG STATE, 5:30 p.m.

24—at Emporia State, 5:30 p.m.March

4-7—MIAA Championship, TBA, at Kansas City, Mo.

Home games in all capsMIAA conference games bolded*Lady Blues Holiday Classic

^W. Washington Great Western Shootout at Las Vegas, Nev.

Women’s schedule

Amanda Fessenden Guard, sr.

Rose HammondGuard, sr.

Hope Gregory Guard, jr.

Dezahn Otis Guard, jr.

Maurice Colter Guard, jr.

De’Andre Washington Forward, jr.

Logan Stutz Forward, jr.

Nate Wallace Guard, sr.

Men’s starting lineup Women’s starting lineup

Graphic by Ashley Shepard, Washburn Review

Photos by Aaron Deffenbaugh, Washburn ReviewMugshots by Washburn Sports Information Department

Brette UlsakerGuard, sr.

Dayna Rodriguez Forward, sr.

WashburnBasketball

It’s hard to not do something when it’s been a part of your life since you were 5.

But for Garrett Love, being President of the Washburn Student Government Association has become a time- consuming obligation. With such a large amount of time being spent on WSGA, Love will not be playing basketball this season for the Ichabods, instead he’ll be taking a place on the sidelines, as a student assistant coach for the team.

Love, a 21-year-old senior at the university, grew up playing the sport naturally. His father played basketball at the community college level and was somewhat of a local basketball

star, according to Love. Beyond his father’s history with the sport Love attributes his

love for the game to the small town he grew up in, Montezuma.

“There weren’t a million different things to do there so my friends and I loved playing basketball. It would be kind of one of our biggest hobbies, said Love. “It made to where it was OK if there weren’t a millon other things to do because of our love for basketball.”

Eventually, that interest in the game continued to a junior high, high school and college level. Love has spent the last three seasons with the Washburn men’s basketball team. He was an all-state basketball player at the high school level at South Gray High School.

Yet Love isn’t too distraught about his inability to play basketball this season. His role with the team will include conducting two mandatory study halls for the team each week helping out on the sidelines at games.

He is also aware that his role as President of WSGA means giving his all and not cutting corners. Love originally intended to attempt to play basketball and still be president, before realizing the conflict in terms of devoting time. But ultimately, he saw that his role in WSGA required his full attention.

“I thought that I’d possibly be able to do both,” said Love. “But the biggest thing with that is playing basketball is a full-time obligation. And with being WSGA President, that’s also a full-time

obligation, especially if we want to do it well. There was just no way if I want to go 100 percent with my energies to be able to go to both areas.”

Ultimately, Love’s role has actually led to his nomination and application to possibly be awarded the Rhode’s Scholarship, which defines itself on literary and scholastic attainment, as well as fondness and success in sports, among other distinctive characteristics. District interviews will be Nov. 20-21 and finalists are to be announced after.

And although he won’t be on the court, when the season begins, Love thinks the team is ready to compete.

“Obviously we have 10 new players, which means time to mesh and come together,” said Love but the biggest thing is, can we come together and can we be great? I think we can. We have a lot of real hard workers and there are a lot of guys who want to have great years.”


Richard Kelly is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

STUDENT COACH

Richard KellyWASHBURN REVIEW

WSGA president embraces new role

Photo by Josh Rouse, Washburn Review

For the ‘Love’ of the game: Washburn senior Garrett Love is done playing basketball at Washburn because of time conflicts as WSGA President. However, Love did join the Ichabod coaching staff this season and is one of three student assistants.

Former player becomes assistant coach at WU, chases political aspirations

Meet Garrett Love 21-year-old senior

Hometown of Montezuma, Kan.

Business major

Washburn Student Government Association president Rhode’s Scholar nominee

One of three current student assistants for the Ichabods

Former Ichabod basketball player

Played 44 minutes in two seasons

Scored six points and had seven rebounds for his career

Photo by Eric Smith, Washburn Review

Carry On My Wayward Son: Bobby Chipman is trying to follow in his father’s footsteps as a college athlete, beginning his freshman season at Washburn as a guard on his father’s team. Bob Chipman is in his 31st season as head coach at WU.

During childhood, kids often idolize their parents, watching their every move and hoping that one day they’d grow up to be just like mom or dad.

But as time goes on, interests change, and for many, that dream fades into the past, becoming a memory of what used to be. However, for Bobby Chipman, the dream of being “just like dad” never faltered.

The Chipmans’ passion for the game of basketball began when father Bob Chipman started playing on sports teams in school. After trying his hand at several sports, Bob narrowed his focus to basketball early in his high school career.

“Basketball seemed to fit my athletic abilities, and I had some success with it,” said Bob. “Once you have a little success, you just kind of go with it.”

Bob took that success to the college

level, and after an exceptional career at Kansas State University, he switched his focus to coaching, developing an impressive resume in his time at Washburn. What is perhaps even more impressive, though, is the son he developed along the way.

Bobby’s path to basketball success hasn’t looked much different from his dad’s thus far, as he too determined early on what his future would hold.

“Ever since I can remember, basketball has always been my favorite sport to play,” Bobby said. “I played football and baseball, but I dropped those off pretty early and focused on basketball.”

Although Bobby ultimately decided to pursue basketball, Bob chose to put his role as dad first by encouraging his son to get involved in other sports and activities.

“I wanted to give him the opportunity to do a lot of things, but down deep, I think I wanted Bobby to play because I realized how much fun it is,” Bob said. “It’s a great experience, and it teaches you so many great things, which you need later in life.”

Around this time last year, Bobby began receiving letters from other schools about playing basketball. Although he looked at a few colleges and took a couple

of visits, Bobby knew his heart was set on Washburn.

“Ever since I was little, I always kind of dreamed about playing for my dad. I almost knew that if I had the chance, I was going to do that,” he said.

Bob has shared in his son’s excitement, and he admits that getting to watch Bobby play basketball every day has been a lot of fun.

“It’s kind of a dream come true, to be quite honest, that your kid actually likes basketball, and then he’s actually good enough to play at the high school level, and then he’s good enough to play here,” said Bob. “It was beyond my wildest dreams.”

Although the player/coach roles have been added to the picture, the situation hasn’t changed the dynamic of the relationship between Bob and Bobby.

“I thought it was going to be really difficult to coach my son, but because of the way Bobby is and the way he gets along with the group and tries to do everything for the team, it’s just been ultimate fun,” Bob said. “I can’t wait for the next practice, the next game and the next four years of his career.”


Nicole StejskalWASHBURN REVIEW

FAMILY FEATURE

Like father, like sonYounger Chipman hopes to follow in father’s footsteps at Washburn

Nicole Stejskal is a junior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected].

Bods 1-0, beat Peru St. by 30 pointsRobert BurkettWASHBURN REVIEW

Robert Burkett is a junior mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

Following a near-victory against Division I school UNLV in exhibition play, the Bods came away victorious Monday night at their season opener against Peru State in Lee Arena, winning 71-41.

Freshman newcomer De’Andre Washington led the way with 17 points and eight rebounds and was the only Ichabod to reach double digits.

This season features a great deal of change for the Ichabods as the roster has seen significant turnover from last season. The team will feature 10 new players which has necessitated the team working hard to get themselves up to speed for the coming heart of the schedule.

“All our guys have been working hard together to get ready for this year,” said Bob Chipman, men’s basketball head coach.

In particular the team, because of the loss of many of the veteran leaders from last year is looking for big output from the newcomers on the squad like Washington.

“De’Andre is a big guy who is very versatile for us, being able to post up or take it outside and hit some shots for us,” said Chipman.

While Washington helps bring some depth and potential to the frontcourt for Washburn, Maurice Coulter could end up being a big “X factor” this season with the tools of a traditional true point guard that Washburn hasn’t seen come into the program in a while.

“Maurice is a natural point guard for us that will help make us a better team on the floor every night, seeing the court and making things happen,” said Chipman.

With Washburn breaking in so many different new players, the team is looking at a challenging year in what is a tough conference where a few plays in one or two games can decide who goes to the national tournament and who stays home.’

“The MIAA is top to bottom a very competitive conference for us every year, and this year especially,” said Chipman. “Everyone is trying to win a national title in this conference every year.”

Washburn will host Saint Mary Thursday night at 7 in Lee Arena.


Mikki BurcherWASHBURN REVIEW

Lily Pankratz is a member of the advanced newswriting class.

Other characters come out of the woodwork as well. Teams have shown up as KIZZ, Bon Jovi, the Rolling Stones and even some local UPS employees car-rying actual postage boxes. As part of his cross-country team, Kavanaugh flew past the finish line adorned in a classic Starsky and Hutch attire.

Just because the race is in good cheer does not mean it isn’t dangerous.

“If I break my leg, there’s nobody out there – no paramedics or EMTs,” said Ka-vanaugh.

Having completed the race on two previous occasions, Kavanaugh has vivid memories of past mishaps that tend to oc-cur each year. During the 2007 race, a man Kavanaugh did not know was running alongside when the man stepped into a pothole.

“I heard his leg snap,” said Ka-vanaugh. “You have to sign a waver at registration that says you won’t sue the Farms if you get hurt or die.”

While there are many dangers along the trail, it seems the goals and rewards outweigh the potential harm.

“I expect to gain confidence in my running ability by knowing I can complete such an extreme race of 7 miles which I’ve never done before and knowing I can be on the same level as Evan,” said Pat-terson.

A goal for Kavanaugh is to place with-in the top 3,000 runners. Their main goal is to stay at a pace of 8-minute miles.

“Runners are constantly looking to raise the bar, to expand their goals,” said Patterson. “I think having that many peo-ple together at one time brings a lot of en-ergy in itself and people want to be a part of a movement like that.”

Information about the race can be found at www.fitnesssports.com/Novem-ber_races/LivHistFarms/lhf_index.html for those interested in the event.

“This is a great experience and if any-body is interested in doing it you should do it because there is nothing else quite like it,” said Kavanaugh.

CROSS COUNTRY

WU: Students to run 7 miles at Iowa meet

Writer Peter Drucker once described leaders as being “people who never think about ‘I.’ They think ‘we,’ they think ‘team.’” On the basketball floor, as well, there is no “I,” but only a team.

The Washburn Lady Blues basketball team is starting up another season. It starts the season with a No. 18 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN Division II Top 25 Pre-season Coaches Poll. The ranking comes with the help of leadership from a group of seniors, some new and some returning.

Returning senior Brette Ulsaker, a 5’9” guard from McPherson started her college career at the Univer-ity of Utah, but transferred to Washburn as a sophomore. She is pleased with the way the team is coming together, but has mixed feelings about the Lady Blues preseason ranking of 18th in Division II. She is happy that they were ranked in the top 25, but wishes that the team’s position could have been higher, but “it gives us a mountain to climb,” she said.

In her three years as a Lady Blue, Ulsaker remembers some distinctive vic-tories.

“We lost to Central Missouri at home by one in a questionable game with some questionable calls,” said Ulsaker. “We went up there and beat them by like 27, I think.”

Ulsaker also commented on the team’s new offense. Implementing a new offense

takes a lot of hard work, but Ulsaker feels that she can help her teammates.

“I think I understand what coach wants out of us, so I plan on showing what he wants from us and helping younger players or newcomers understand what he wants,” she said.

Another returning senior this year is Dayna Rodriguez, a 6’2” center from Cuba. She played at Miami Dade College and then transferred to Washburn. Ro-driguez isn’t concerned with Washburn’s preseason ranking, but instead is focused on how the team will play in the future.

“Everyone plays like us, they want to win. But in the games there are always winners and losers, so we just play,” said

Rodriguez who hopes to lead the team by ergizing her team-mates and helping them be more comfortable on the floor.

This year there are two transfer seniors. One of these is

guard Amanda Fessenden. New to Wash-burn from Florida Gulf Coast University, Fessenden is prepared to have a good year with the Lady Blues.

“We have had two exhibition games already, and we’ve had bursts in those games where you can see that we’ll be good,” she said.

Fessenden also believes that the cur-rent ranking might not stand with the addi-tion of nine new players to the team.

“We have a lot of newcomers, so there’s really no saying what we should be ranked at,” said Fessenden who plans on leading by example and showing younger players how to do things right.

Even with all her college basketball experience, there is one game that Fessen-den just can’t shake and it came in high school. As a senior, she lead her team to the state tournament where they faced Wichita Heights. Her team was losing by 18 at half, but they battled back to cut the deficit to three. With seconds left on the clock, Fessenden was wide open for a three, but a win wasn’t in the cards for her team.

“It just leaves a sour taste in my mouth,” said Fessenden.

Another transfer senior is Rose Ham-mond. She brings tournament experience from her time with Oklahoma State, who made it to the final four.

“Every win on the way there was something big,” she said. “It was some-thing that I had never experienced.”

Even though she is unfamiliar with the program at Washburn and with Division II ball in general, Hammond is settling into the team and is ready for the season.

“I’m just trying to fit in and get some team chemistry,” Hammond said. “I came here to win games. I can contribute.”

The senior Lady Blues said they look forward to a stronger fan base this year, which they think will get the team going toward a great season.

“I think we’re going to surprise peo-ple,” said Hammond.

SENIOR WOMEN

Mikki Burcher is a senior mass media/English major. Reach her at [email protected].

Practice makes perfect: Senior guard Brette Ulsaker runs the offense during practice Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Blues’ season opener is 7 p.m. Saturday against Southwestern College at home in Lee Arena.


Seniors lead No. 18 Washburn

Continued from page 5

Every new season a team faces chal-lenges. This year is no different for the Lady Blues basketball team as they intro-duce eight new players to begin the sea-son.

To add to this challenge, coach Ron McHenry is implementing a new offense, an offense the entire team will have to learn together. As the team works on its new offense, it will also have to work on team chemistry.

The eight new players on the roster include freshmen and transfers from oth-er universities. The freshmen are Laura

Kinderknecht, Dana Elliott and Laura McMullin, while the transfers are Sierra

Moeller, Chasity Workman, Rose Ham-mond, Amanda Fessenden and Ashley Jappa. It may be just the beginning of the season but the team has already started to gel.

“I love the whole team. Everyone gets along so well, we are like a little family. This is a much better college atmosphere. In Florida is was more like a resort at-mosphere,” said Amanda Fessenden, and senior transfer from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Fessenden, from Wichita, chose to transfer to Washburn because she wanted to be closer to family and it was an op-portunity to play on a great team. She had always known about Washburn growing up and she had some coaches that got her foot in the door at Washburn.

“The people here are all just so nice both at Washburn and just in the commu-nity,” said Fessenden. “People here will just strike up a conversation and ask how the team is doing.”

Moeller a transfer from Boise State University and Kansas University came across Washburn in a more unconvention-al way. She was set for her third school, Brigham Young University, and working at a golf course in Lawrence. McHenry was golfing and noticed that she was tall so he asked if she had ever played basket-ball. Turns out she liked Washburn more and decided that was really where she wanted to be. Because of NCAA rules, Moeller has to sit this season.

Hope Gregory, a returning player, has

high hopes for this season but says it is definitely a learning process.

“With so many newcomers coming in this year, their role will be huge for our program. We are going to have to rely on them as well as the returning players. The sooner everyone knows the new of-fense, the better we are going to be,” said Gregory.

For the freshmen, it is not just adjust-ing to the new offense, but they also are adapting to the college life, college classes and a higher-paced game. Laura McMull-in, a freshman from Sedalia, Mo., is adapt-ing well.

“I really like Washburn a lot, the classes are great because of the student-teacher ratio,” said McMullin. “Basketball has been the biggest adjustment because the practices are a lot more intense and it is just a different environment. I just love all of the girls on the team.”

The team will continue to integrate the new players and the new offense and prepare for their first game at home on November 21 in Lee Arena.

Blues boast eight new members

NEW PLAYERS



Kate HampsonWASHBURN REVIEW

Kate Hampson is a senior mass media major. Reach her at [email protected].

Five transfers supply WU with added depth and experience on hardwood

Sierra MoellerPierre, S.D.

Chasity WorkmanGarland, Texas

Amanda FessendenWichita

Rose HammondDepew, Okla.

Ashley JappaKansas City, Kan.

Lost in the shuffle

Transfer guideSierra Moeller - Boise StateChasity Workman - South PlainsRose Hammond - OklahomaAshley Jappa - Oklahoma StateAmanda Fessenden - Florida Gulf Coast

Hot shot: Junior guard Chasity Workman transferred to Washburn from South Plains College in Texas. She is one of five transfers and eight new players to join the Lady Blues this season.

It was evident the Topeka RoadRunners learned their lesson after losing a heartbreaker Friday night 7-6 in overtime.

Coming off a game in which Topeka outshot Wichita Falls 33-29 but allowed four straight goals after holding a commanding 4-0 lead, the RoadRunners came out and dominated much of the game Saturday against the Wildcats to win 4-3 in front of 1,537 fans in Landon Arena.

Less than a minute into the game, Wichita Falls did strike first, with an unassisted goal from Tyler Lundey, but from that point on, the RoadRunners held the Wildcats in check until late in the game.

The RoadRunners would get on the board when Kit Sitterly took a shot from the blue line that went through a slur of bodies and slipped past goalie Phillip Graveline. Six minutes later, the RoadRunners took the lead on a 3 on 1 break that Cory Ramsey would use to fire the puck against past Graveline. Their lead would increase to 3-1 when Bryce Johnson scored just 30 seconds after Ramsey. Nicolas Gatt came up with the assist on that goal.

Erik Higby would increase that lead once more with an unassisted goal early in the second period. Wichita Falls attempted to battle back late with two goals in less than a minute late in the third period, but RoadRunners goalie Erik Rohrkemper held them off to preserve the win.

Saturday’s game included 186 penalty minutes overall including several game misconducts and five fights. Both teams were shorthanded and on the powerplay a number of instances. But Topeka head coach Scott Langer said he was pleased

overall with his team’s performance after a rough outing Friday.

“You know, for the most part, we controlled that hockey game,” said Langer. “Some of the things were out of our control. Especially down the stretch, I feel we weren’t rewarded for our hard work. There were some ticky-tack situations. But you know we found a way to win. And the bottom line is those two points.”

Langer went on to say he was satisfied with his team’s response to the incidents that took place and how they were able to keep their composure. And Bryce Johnson, who had four points on the weekend, also agreed the team kept their energy well and didn’t let the game get to them.

“When things aren’t going right, you just gotta stay positive,” said Johnson. “Not every game, the officiating is going

to be where you want it at, so you have to keep coming hard and hope for the best there at the end”

With the win and overtime loss on the weekend, Topeka moves to 14-3-3 on the season and has the third most points in the North American Hockey League with 31. They hold a four point lead over St. Louis in the NAHL South Division.

The RoadRunners have played two more games than St. Louis and continue their homestand this weekend against the Springfield Jr. Blues. Game time both Friday and Saturday is 7:05 p.m.

Friday is Washburn Night and a limited number of tickets are being given away. Tickets can be picked up in the WSGA office and T-shirts will be given out at the game, also in a limited amount. On Thursday, RoadRunners players will also be handing out free tickets.

Washburn students now can also receive 10 percent off their tickets at games by showing their Washburn ID courtesy of a new iSave discount that was recently implemented.


Richard Kelly is a sophomore mass media major. Reach him at [email protected].

Photo by Chris Hamm, Washburn Review

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Hot offense, cold ice: The RoadRunners enter this weekend's Washburn Night matchup against Springfield as the NAHL's third highest scoring offense. They are first in their division.

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RoadRunners split against WildcatsTopeka leads the NAHL South Division, to host Springfield at Landon Arena on Friday night

Washburn Night· Free ticket· Free T-shirt· Sponsored by WSGA

7:05 on Friday night

Tickets available at the WSGA office in the lower level of the Memorial Union.

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