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—SOFTBALL— Revelle hopes offense gets in gear for Blueiay twinbill By Jamie Suhr Staff writer Rhonda Revelle said her Nebraska softball team tries to approach each opponent with fire and emotion. But Revelle admitted there’s something a little extra with NU’s instate rivalry with Creighton, which reconvenes for a twilight double header on Wednesday in Omaha. “It’s special when the only two Division I schools in Nebraska face off,” Revelle said. “Many of the girls grew up facing each other.” The Cornhuskers (16-15) tfill carry a three-game winning streak into the game, along with a five-game winning streak against CU, which is 14-6. Though Revelle hadn’t named starters for tonight’s games as of Tuesday, NU pitcher Leigh Ann Walker hasn’t allowed an earned run in her last seven innings pitched, and Jenny Voss had her third career no-hit ter in a 7-2 win over Southeast Missouri State. Nebraska has not allowed an earned run in its last three games. - DICI C - NU’s Allaire helps team finish strong at nationals From staff reports Nebraska’s Nicole Allaire proved this past weekend that she is one of the sharpest shots in the nation. The freshman All-American from Kearney, N.J., claimed the smallbore national title on Friday at the NCAA championships. Allaire’s season-best mark of 1,183 out of 1,200 tied Alaska-Fairbanks’ Matt Emmons, but Allaire’s 80 center shots, compared to Emmons’ 78, gave her the title. Allaire’s performance helped the Nebraska team, in only its second year of competition and in its first trip to the NCAAs, finish third at the event held at the Virginia Military Institute. The Cornhuskers’ aggre gate score of 6,122 points came fi^m their 1,545 points in the air-rifle competition and 4,577 in the small bore. Alaska-Fairbanks took the overall team title. Nebraska sophomore Terim Richards was the highest-placing Husker in the air-rifle shot, firing a 190 out of400, good enough for fifth place. Coach Karen Anthony was hon ored, along with Xavier Coach Alan Joseph, as the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association’s Coaches of the Year. Along with Allaire, freshman Amanda Trujillo, was also named as an All-American, earning second team honors in both the smallbore and air-rifle competitions. "Do / need a moving companyf" | I get att the answers: ^iniLeGradJOOO^coiii Yakkety Yak. Talk back. Ietters@unl.edu ” We don’t like to look at stats. We just look at what s out there on the field and go get it.” Ginger Taylor UNL outfielder But the Huskers’ problems haven’t been from a lack of quality pitching, Revelle said. Rather, the lineup has failed to produce runs on a consistent basis, leaving numerous stranded base runners. So Revelle would tinker with the batting order in hopes for a spark, she said. “We’ve been flip-flopping our lineup anywhere from the Nos. 3-9 hitters,” Revelle said. The Bluejays, who are coming off a season in which they qualified for the NCAA Regionals, head into the games with a three-game winning streak. Both games look to be pitcher’s duels. Creighton’s top two starting pitchers, Marie Cieron and Kristan Melton, have ERAs below one run. Its other starter, Shelli Mellegaard, leads the team with six wins. Creighton’s staff ERA is 1.60, while NU has an ERA of 2.75. Despite the glowing numbers, NU outfielder Ginger Taylor wasn’t impressed. “We don’t like to look at stats,” Taylor said. “We just look at what’s out there on the field and go get it.” Revelle contended the lineup was beginning to snap out of its funk, and she pointed to infielder Jamie Fuente, who has had bad luck at the plate. “Fuente’s average might not be that good, but she hit a number of hard line drives right at people,” Revelle said. Advertising Staff Positions: The Daily Nebraskan is now accepting !?d H aPP c^! °PS for the summer & fa semester. Any ^ available to work about 20 hours per week major field and class standing will be eligible as during daytime hours. Commission pay. | long as you are taking at least six credit hours and Fall only: | have a 2.0 GPA or higher. Classified Desk: Take classified orders by Pick up an application in the advertising phone and by walk-ins. Answer phones, I department of the Daily Nebraskan, 20 Nebraska work a regular weekly schedule. 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And Byrne does n’t have to offer a $900,000 pack age (close to what Iowa State’s Larry Eustachy earns per year) to get a winning program. The high salary seemed a stretch for ISU a few years ago for a guy out of Utah State, but not so much now that ISU has a legitimate shot at the Final Four. But the Cyclones are in a different boat than the Huskers, who have a cash cow already in football. Put simply, roundball will never eclipse the pigskin beast in this state. Whatever coach who comes to Lincoln has to understand that and possibly take a little less money because of it. And if Byrne goes for young pups, as it looks like he will, he has to understand they might jump for greener pastures someday. Take potential (though long shot) candi date Buzz Peterson of Appalachian State. Here’s a guy who might have a shot at the North Carolina job six, seven years from now. And he’s going to leave if he gets that kind of opening. There are others, of course, and Tulsa’s Bill Self is assuredly at the top of the list, with his trapping defensive scheme and emphasis on open-floor play. Detroit’s Percy Watson, Butler’s Barry Collier, Miami’s Leonard Hamilton, Colorado State’s Ritchie McKay and North Carolina State’s Herb Sendek, among others, also might be the future coach. Bryne may not get Self, who could wait another year and reap the monetary benefits, but he’ll get somebody worth his salt. Will he be a smarter coach than Nee? Maybe not. Probably not. Nee will have had more experi ence, more mileage on the basket ball brain, than any person Byrne could bring in. But Nee could no longer man age the program adequately, for whatever reason. Since the 1996 NIT Championship, Nee has had 10 scholarship players either transfer or quit, including Troy Piatkowski and Joe Holmes, before their eligi bility was up. Piatkowski simply decided not to take advantage of an extra year granted to him. And a recruit was never quite a recruit until he found the fax machine or made the grades. Nee still could coach, but he was a hor rible general manager, so to speak. He oversold most of the talent he did have and let other talented play ers walk away. So change comes now, and few are better at bridging the gap between old and new than Byrne. As a good salesman, Byrne will sell someone on the idea of Nebraska and its facilities, support and poten tial for greatness. What NU needs is what Nee could not provide: consis tency, not necessarily in winning, but in the chance to develop young players over four years, not just one or two. No matter who the replacement, if he or she can provide that kind of system in four years, then Byrne has notched another mark as one of the shrewdest employers around. Samuel McKewon is a junior political science major and a Daily Nebraskan senior editor. 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