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Daily Nebraskan
Friday, March 9, 1934
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Women 's gymnastics
coach Wees team
in underdog role
By Jeff Goodwin
Nebraska women's gymnastics Coach
Rick Walton said he likes the underdog
role his team finds itself in heading
into this weekend's Big Eight cham
pionships in Norman, Okla.
"It's nice not being favored," Walton
said.' "Oklahoma is favored and the
pressure is going to start building on
them. That may put some pressure on
a few individuals on their team and
cause their performances to fall off a
little."
Walton said he expects a very close
meet, with Oklahoma, Missouri, and
Nebraska all having a chance at the
title.
"All three teams are pretty evenly
matched," he said. "The key really for
us is not having a bad night on the
(uneven) bars."
Walton said he was pleased by
Nebraska's performance of late in the
balance beam, an event that has been
troublesome for the Huskers all year.
"It's looking a lot better," he said.
They're doing better on their recovery
moves which means they're not falling
off the equipment. They're losing a
tenth of a point or two, but they're
staying on."
Walton said that Nebraska's role as
defending champions gives them an
edge.
"We've been through the pressure
before," he said. "We're not going down
- there to give it away. They're going to
,have to taker it away from us."
' The Huskers will have one advan
tage, Walton said.
"We got an excellent draw," he said.
"We drew a bye on the first rotation.
That means we know what we have to
beat."
Walton predicted the winning team
would need a score of at least 180.5, a
score the Huskers have yet to achieve
this year,
"We've got to have the best meet
we've had all year," Walton said. "That's
the only pressure we're really under."
Walton said vaulting was the Huskers'
strongest event.
"I think we're about as strong as we
can be on vault," he said. "But bars is an
area we can come up in and we're still
far from bur maximum effort on floor
And we can always improve our beam
score a point or two."
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Huskers meet
Bruins in
dual of season
By Patty Fiycr
The nation's top two collegiate gym
nastics teams meet head-on this week
end in what Husker Coach Francis
Allen is calling "a real lulu."
Nebraska takes on the No. 1 -ranked
UCLA Bruins at 7 p.m. Sunday in the
Bob Devaney Sports Center.
This' is definitely the dual meet of
the season," Allen said. "ItH be every bit
as good as last year's."
The Huskers won that meet with a
285, but lost to the Bruins in their last
meet, the UCLA Invitational Feb. 10, by
a five-point margin.
"We were ahead the first three events
that meet," Allen said, "but we had a
major fall on pommel horse we
broke four horse routines."
Allen said his Huskers have since
regrouped and are looking in much
better shape. -
"I think this will be our peak perfor
mance," he said. The guys have been
putting in a lot of effort and they look
tremendous. It's nice to be 100 percent
again."
UCLA Coach Artr Shurlock said he
was anticipating good performances
from both teams.
"I think it's going to be a real good
meet " he said. "I know our guys are
looking forward to it.-'
Shurlock said the Bruins, who hit
282.85 against Nebraska in their, last
competition, have seen their best sea
son ever this year.
"It's the first year we've had some
depth," he said. "WeVe been able to rest
(Tim) Daggett and (Mitch) Gaylord,
and we've never had that luxury be
fore. It's been nice to have a little extra
depth."
Gaylord and Daggett will compete in
the all-around this weekend, along
with Mark Caso and freshman Tony
Pineda.
The all-around competition will fea
ture four potential Olympians Neb
raska's Chris Riegel and Jim Mikus and
UCLA's Daggett and Gaylord, Allen
said. .
There's going to be a lot of pressure
on the all-arounders," he said. ThisH
be like a small version of the national
all-around championship."
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Scoreboard
(Sportsmanship ratings in parentheses)
Men's Water Polo -Championship
Game
One More Time (4.5) 11, Titanic Reaction (4.5) 6
Co-RecWiffleball
Phi Delta Theta 10, The Revengers 8
The Revengers 15, Lambda Chi AlphaGamma Phi Beta 4
America's Team 10, Pi Phi and Hashers 7
Bases Loaded No One Out 1 1 , Cather Three B 1
Phi Delta Theta 11, Cather Three B 1
Men's Indoor Soccer
Grateful Dead (3.3) 7. Delta Tau Delta B (3.5) 1
Acacia (3.8) 4, Abel Ten (3.8) 1
Beta Theta Pi A (3.5) 3, Tau Kappa Epsilon A (3.5) 0
Caspian (3.0) 4, Alpha Tau Omega a (3.0) 2
Phi Delta Theta A (3.8) 3, Sigma Nu A (3.0) 0
UNL's rowing club is having a row-a-thon this
weekend to raise money to compete this spring
and next fall the team announced Tuesday.
The row-a-thon is from 5 p.m. today to 5 p.m.
Saturday at the NBC Building, 13th and 0 streets.
As a club sport, rowing does not receive funds
form the Athletic Department. Most of the money
from the row-a-thon will be used to send the team
to the Intercollegiate Rowing Championships in
Syracuse, N. Y. this May, said club fundraising
chairman Brad Kuhn.
Men's Basketball
All-University PlaycfTa
Independent A league champion Norgas out
scored Sigma Chi C 38-17 in the first 15 minutes
of the second half to win 76-45 in semi-final all
university tournament action at the Coliseum
Thursday night. '
Norgas will play the Shrooms in the all-university
final Tuesday. The Shrooms gained the finals
by defeating Beta Theta Pi A, 54-53, Thursday
night.
Led by the shooting of Nate Udofia and Greg
Iba, the Shrooms stretched a two-point halftime
lead to eight points late in the second half. They
then held off a late Beta rally for the victory.
The Office of Campus Recreation is organizing
men's and women's soccer and women's and co
rec softball leagues for this spring.
Entries are due for both sports March 20. There
will be a managers' meeting the next day. The
meeting is scheduled for March 21 at 6:30 p.m. in
a room to be posted at the Nebraska Union.
The Office also announced that it needs offi
cials for its soccer leagues. There will be two rules
meetings and a clinic for anyone interested be
fore the season starts, ' w
- Big 0
While Nebraska's basketball team sits around and
awaits word from the selection committee of the
National Invitation Tournament, four Pig Eight
schools will play for the post-season tournament
championship this weekend at Kemper Arena in
Kansas City. .
The sixth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners play Colo
rado in one semifinal game tonight. Colorado upset
Iowa State in Ames 65-62, to earn the berth. Colo
rado at 16-12 is being considered for an NIT berth.
Oklahoma defeated Missouri 62-56 in its first-round
Big Eight game.
Nebraska's conqueror, Kansas State, plays rival
Kansas in the othei semi-final. The 19-9 Jayhawks
are considered to be good picks for the NCAA tour
nament selection committee.
In women's action at Kemper, regular season co
champions Kansas State and Missouri will try to
advance to the finals and assure themselves of
NCAA tournament berths.
Missouri, 24-4 and seeded second in the tourna
ment, plays Oklahoma State, an 84-82 victor against
Nebraska last Tuesday.
Kansas State's Lady Cats will play Oklahoma in
the other semifinal. The women's games will be
played this afternoon and the men's games will be
played tonight. NCAA tournament bids will be
extended for both men and women on Sunday.