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season
By Steve Taylor
Frank Sevigne is not an easy man to corner for an
interview. Between persistent salesmen and nonstop phone
calls it almost appears he is the athletic director instead of
the track coach.
When he finally found time to sit down, Sevigne
expressed guarded optimism about the chances of success
for this year's track squad. Though he didn't boldly predict
a Big 8 championship, he gave the impression that the
Huskers will leave at least a few opponents picking track
cinders out of their eyes.
Sevigne is entering his 19th year as Husker track coach.
During his tenure, Nebraska has won four Big 8
championships and has nearly won two national
championships.
In early March, the Nebraska track team will try to win
its third straight Big 8 indoor meet. Sevigne said he thought
the third time might be a charm. "We'll have a pretty good
shot at another title," he said.
Sevigne said the key to the season will probably be the
performance of the middle distance men, who were the
main point-winners last season.
Roger Chadwick appears to be one of the Huskers' more
solid runners. Chadwick won both the indoor and outdoor
880-yard runs in the Big 8 last year and appears to be
championship material agiin this year.
Sevigne also said the conference looks balanced this
year. He said the years of Kansas' domination are over and
thai "no one is a complete standout."
The track coach is keeping an impatient eye on the
construction of the new f ieldhouse. Besides being a boon to
recruiting, it will give track fans a better view of what's
going on.
Sevigne said Nebraska recruits prospects from coast to
coast and, maybe "a few prospects outside the country."
He said they try to sign every talented athlete in Nebraska.
Three out of the four members of the winning relay team
were Nebraskans, he said.
The Huskers will meet the Brigham Young University
Cougars Feb. 16 in their first home meet. The Cougars are
consistent national powers and supposedly are loaded again
this year. Nebraska will compete Saturday in the Oklahoma
City Invitational.
World-favorite sport ignored
Memorial Stadium "was overflowing with
76,000 screaming fans. They gathered for a
single purpose-to cheer their beloved
Cornhusker soccer team to victory.
That's the way things will be in the future if
UN L soccer team president Ron Wheeler has his
prophecies fulfilled.
Now, however, things aren't quite that rosy.
Last fall at UNL soccer games in Memorial
Stadium, attendance was considered good if
100 people came, Wheeler said. One eight-team
tournament drew about six die-hard fans, he
added.
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Attendance isn't the only problem. Wheeler
said the team has had trouble getting into
Memorial Stadium fo games and practices even
after arrangements have been made well in
advance.
"We've had trouble with Campus Secruity
and maintenance men," he said.
At most of UNL's home soccer games last
fall, the Huskers and the opposing team went to
the stadium only to find it closed. Once,
arrangements for an important game were
delayed for an hour and a half because soma
women's field hockey team was given priority.
Soccer is just one of numerous club sports at
UNL that have similar problems. Club sports
are those no, supported financially by the UNL
Athletic Dept., such as ice hockey and crew.
These dubs must go to the Recreation Dept. or
ASUN Senate for money.
Soccer, at UNL gets its money from the
Recreation Dept. and dues. Wheeler said. The
team's budget this year is $566.94.
"This is where the gap comes between
varsity and club sporis-money," he said. The
varsity squads have salaried coaches, while club,
sports rely on volunteer coaches and a
student-run organization.
Wheeler said the key to increased soccer
popularity is exposure. Only when fans start
attending and appreciating the sport will it
come to be accepted and attain varsity status,
he said.
t Fans should attend a soccer match this
spring and see why soccer is the most popular
sport in the world.
Cagers try rebound
from KSU loss
By Bob Hill
Basketball Coach Joe Cipriano and his 12-member squad
invade Oklahoma this weekend. They square off against
Oklahoma State University Saturday at Stillwater and then
face the University of Oklahoma Monday evening at
Norman. ,
The Huskers, who must rebound from a 73-65 loss to
Kansas State University last Tuesday at the Coliseum, are in
hopes of a double victory,
"once you lose (a conference gams) at home it's hard to
get back in the race," Cipriano said.
He indicated his plans of starting a fairly experienced
team in both games, led by seniors Brandy Lee and Tom
Novak. Other Husker starters will be junior Steve Erwin end
sophomores Jerry Fort and Larry Cox. Removing some of
"the lambs" from the lineup "might make us a more stable
road team," Cipriano said.
Oklahoma State, a winless conference team in four tries,
is not to be overlooked, the Husker head coach said. They
play Kevin Fitzgerald, a 6 ft. 6 in. senior who led the Big 8
in scoring last year with a 21.3 conference game point
average and Andy Hopson, the conference's top rebounder
from a year ago. Hopson, a 6 ft. 8 in. junior center, pulled
down an average of 16.8 rebounds per game. Lafayette
Threatt, a 6 ft. 7 in. sophomore forward, rounds out the
front line. The starting Cowpoke guards will be K.C.
Kincaida and Ronnie Daniels.
The HuskerOSU contest will be a rematch of the
consolation semifinals of the Big 8 tournament of earlier
this season. That time, paced by Fort's career-high 31
points, Nsbraska won 69-62. Hopson paced the Pokes with
20 points and 16 rebounds, while Kincaide added 16 and
Fitzgerald 14 points, respectively.
Oklahoma, led by sophomore center Alvin Adams, has a
3-1 conference record and is 12-4 for the season. Adams is
averaging more than 19 point and 12 rebounds a game. He
will be joined in the front line by 6 ft. 9 in. Tom Holland
and 6 ft 6 in. Bob Pritchard. The Sooner guards will be Lee
Gilbert and Mike McCurdy.
Only nine days after downing the Sooners 63-58 at
home, the Huskers again find themselves opposing a
physical Oklahoma team. Nebraska has noi won at Norman
in four years and Cipriano said this would be a point in
Oklahoma's favor.
, His squad will play primarily a man-to-man defense
against the Sooners.
"With The Pokes we will switch off between man-to-man
and zone, or we may even go man-to-man on Fitzgerald and
zone the other four men," Cipriano said. He said if the
Huskers can shut off Fitzgerald, they tan pretty' much
contain OSU. .
"We really need the double victory, but with two
conference games in three days, a split would not be too
bad," Cipriano said.
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Three UNL women's teams
will travel for Saturday
competition. Kearney State
College wil- host the swimming
team, while the gymnastics
team goes to Colorado
University. The basketball
squad will travel to Omaha to
face the University of Nebraska
at Omaha.
The UNL hockey team will
compete in a tournament at
Boulder, Colo., tonight and
Saturday. The Huskers, 3-1,
meet Colorado State University
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