Monday, Msy 7, Daily Nc bracken UNL'Year in Sports mtTrt f . was ByJLF? DIXK7NE Pages of pictures and words would be required to describe the successes and failures of UNL athletes this year. But the following photos and quota tions serve zz examples of the dedica tion and spirit of every Husker athlete. Clockwise, from upper right: OJl expectation fails and most qfl there Where mast it promises, and cjl it Where le&pe is coldest and despair rmstfits. WJIKan Slisket p ears Second-string I-badc Jeff Smith fran tically looks fer running room In Nebraska's 31-30 Grange Bowl loss. No bird soars too high if he soars with Lis own wings. Wlllisia Blske UNL's football team cruised past seven Big Eight opponents to claim its third straight conference title. On the day cf victory, no one is tired. Arab proverb Gary Peppin coached his women's track team to its third consecutive NCAA indoor title. The heart grows weary after a link Of what it lam for a Utile while. Etlaa -L Vincent iliihy After last year's NIT success, Nebraska basketball fans became restless during Nebraska's 18-12 season. Physical strength can never perma nently tutthstand the impact cf spiritual force. .. Fra&klla Dekso Eocssvdt Nebraska's softball team returned to prominence in 1984, guided by new head coach Wayne Daigle. - One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable col lateral ofblvff. 7iniaia RIcFce Despite a lack of media attention, UNL's men's swim team glided to its fifth consecutive Big Eight championship. 1 f X , 1 Dally ftebrsi&sa Fhctos "J "' I if ' is- . w 4 1 y . . V ' v. ' i1!-? ? vr v. 1. ... ' J V 1 J