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Wrestling Coach Orval Borgialli
By Bill Bennett
It will be David against Goliath when Nebraska's
wrestling team faces defending NCAA champion Iowa
State Friday night in Ames, Iowa.
"Next to defending Big 8 champion Oklahoma
State, Iowa State is the toughest team we'll face on
our schedule," Husker Wrestling Coach Orval Borgialli
said. "Even though Iowa State hasn't won the Big 8
title for the last two years, they always seem to peak
at the nationals."
Probably the biggest point getter for the Cyclones
the past two years has been heavyweight Chris
Taylor, NCAA champion and Olympic bronze medal
winner. Luckily, he has graduated, but the Cyclones
still have enough good performers to annihilate
opponents.
Standout Cyclone wrestlers are 177-pound Rich
Binek, the defending NCAA champion; 190-pound Al
Nacin, who finished fourth in last year's NCAA
tournament; 158 pound Pete Galea, the defending Big
8 champion; and 150-pound Bob Holland, a freshman
standout.
Iowa State beat Missouri 41-2 last Thursday night
before 2,500 people in Hilton Coliseum at Ames.
Last year, Iowa State shut out Nebraska in the
Coliseum at Lincoln, but Borgialli said he hopes it
will be somewhat different Friday night.
"You don't ever know in a situation like this," he
said. "If we can nip and tuck in a few places, things
might turn out better. But we've got to come to
fight."
Last week, Nebraska participated in the Air Force
Invitational and placed seventh. According to
Borgialli, "things couldn't have gone any worse."
Nebraska's nine-man squad lost seven matches in
the first round, "but at least the men that placed put
out good performances," he said.
High finishers for the Huskers were 190-pound
Bob Johnson, who finished first; heavyweight Bruce
Conger, who finished second; and 150-pound
Marshall Oliver, who finished fourth.
Nebraska's tentative starting lineup against Iowa
State:
1 18-Dennis Zuk
126-Gary Harnisch
134- Ralph Manning
142-Anthony Jennings
150-Marshall Oliver
158-Mark Borer
167 Anthony Steele
1 77-Wllllam Hoffman
1 90-Bob Johnson
Heavy weight Bruce Conger.
Hustling
Erwin
now solid
starter
An awesome figure on any basketball
court, 6 ft. 4 in, 190 lb., junior forward
Steve Erwin rides the bench no longer.
"The fact that he's coming up with so
many loose balls and the fact that he's
getting our other people to hustle with
the same kind of intensity he does makes
him a valuable asset," Husker Head Coach
Joe Cipriano said. "He's going to be
awfully tough to get out of the starting
lineup."
One year ago, Erwin's picture of the
future didn't seem nearly as bright. "We'd
really been playing bad, and I thought I
could help, but I was sitting on the
bench. Any time you don't play when
you feel you should get discouraged,"
he said.
He recorded a Husker career high 24
points Monday in sparking a 77-50 romp
over Minnesota-Duluth. His previous best
was a 13-point game last March 3 at
Manhattan, Kan., against Kansas State in
a 97-70 loss.
Last year Erwin saw action in 19
Nebraska games, scoring 3.1 points per
game. This season, after the first two
Husker games, Erwin is averaging 17
points per game. But he really isn't
concerned with his point totals. "Winning
the games is all that really matters," he
said.
Erwin tries to get mentally as well as
physically psyched for every game;
however, he said it's impossible to be
"up" for every opponent. "I try not to
think of my opposition so much and
concentrate on my performance."
Lounging in a soft easy chair, the
animal science major reminisced about his
Laurel High School days. The basketball
team lost only 11 times in 85 games over
his four-year career. He reaped All-State
honors his senior year.
"Actually I was more highly recruited
for football than basketball. One of the
Nebraska football coaches encouraged me
to play both football and basketball,
which I thought about, but decided
against," he said.
The left-handed shootinj Erwin said
that "playing before a large crowd really
helps; there are those who claim they
don't care how many they play before,
but they really aren't being completely
honest with themselves."
"As of now it is rather difficult to
evaluate our team. The Vanderbilt Classic
(Dec. 7-8) will give us a fair indication of
how good a team we really have," ho said.
Women's sports 'successful, but overlooked'
By Dave McBride
Though they don't get the recognition cf their
male counterparts, intercollegiate sports for UNL
women are off to a successful start this yejr,
That's the opinion of Gail Whitaker, who
coordinates Nebraska's expanding women's
inter collegiate athietir. pmijroin
Women's interculleijiute competition is in its
fourth year at Nebraska, she said It has evolved from
the women's intramural program, which progressed to
an extramural, club sport b.ise before reaching the
intei school, team sport stage in l'J0.
"There's len a large student demand for our
intercollegiate program to the point that we have to
cut people from some of our teams," Whitaker said.
As many as 70 to 75 girls have tried out for the
volleyball, Ivtsketball and softbal! teams.
"Our teams really are doing well this year," she
said.
Field hockey and volleyball completed their
seasons this autumn, with the volleyball team winning
the state tournament.
Basketball, swimming and gymnastics seasons are
just getting started, and softball and tennis start
competition in the spring.
Whitaker coordinates all seven women's sports
programs, which are run by the Women's Athletic
Assoc. (WAA). The WAA Board, comprised in part of
student representatives from each of the seven teams,
is responsible for allocating money for the
intercollegiate sports program.
This is the first year the University budget has
provided funding specifically for women's athletics.
The funding comes through the Women's Physical
Education Dept.
After the WAA Board determines the budget for
all seven sports, the coaches make their schedules
according to available money.
Most of Nebraska's games are with state colleqes,
junior colleges and universities in the state, Whitaker
said.
State winners in the various sports are eligible for
regional and national tournaments.
Whitaker explained the distinction between
administration of the women's intramural and
intercollegiate programs. The Women's Physical
Education Dept. is responsible for the extramural and
intercollegiate programs, while intramurals are
handled strictly by the Dept. of Recreation and
Intramurals.
Gymnasts travel to Colorado
By Bob Hill
Nebraska's gymnastics team, hoping to
improve u'i last year's fouith olace finish,
competes tnis -kei'd m br Rot i:y Mountain
0:n in Oe vim , Colo.
"Last yea-, lovva State, New Mexico ami
Arizona State deed us out," said f rancis Allen,
Nebraska's head gymnastics coach. "But we
have an ixcHlent chance to win the meet this
ye jr."
Junior Gene Mackie, who suffered a hairline
fracture in the right ankle during the Midwest
Open in Chicago Nov. 23, had his cast removed
Monday. "Matkip will be ready this weekend,
though I'm not expecting much out of him.
He'll compete in whatever lie feels he's ready
for," All.-n said.
Senior tl.il fravu and sophomore Stove
Did'-'.' hri; developed into dependable "point
gelt'.rs" o' th" side hoi se, a'Toulmj to Allen.
A ye j i ago, 1 rav.-i was seventh in the
sidehotsu competition , j t the Rockv Mountain
0'n( which vvjj the first big mecf he placed in.
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This season he already has a third place Big 8
Invitational finish. Dickey finished second in
the Big 8 Invitational this year,
Traver and Dickey, both Lincoln products,
attribute much of their success to each other.
"One of us is always pointing up mistakes
others might not see in our practice routines,"
Dickey said.
Traver said he feels his impiovement over
last year has come in the areas of form and
execution.
Dickey said assistant coach Jim Hesson, a
former Lincoln Southeast gymnastics coach,
has had a great effect on the side-horse team.
"He has been able to give us (the sidehorse
team) time for extra coaching that Coach Allen
could never afford to give us."
"I, as well as my team, have tremendous
belief in him," Allen said of Hesson.
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