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v - V V V V V V V V W ' ' s- V V- J' V ' 1 it 3 Tf j" - ' rf lit) doi g ' Final game to settle seniors' scoring inJI f When the UNL Lasketball team closes its season Saturday against Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, not much will be at stake. The Huskers, overall 14-11 and 7-6 in the Big 8, already have clinched a winning record and fourth place in the league race, regardless of whether they win or lose. However, there is still one race to be finished in that game: the personal scoring duel between seniors Brendy Lee and Tom Novak. Lee had been leading all season until last Saturday's game with Kansas State University when Novak pulled ahead by a point. Novak since has raised his season total to 124, seven more than Lee has. "It'll probably be a pretty tight race to the end,' Lee predicted. Although their race is based on scoring, it is in other areas that the seniors have made their most important contributions. Lee is the team's leading rebounder. Both rank high in the number of assists. There are aiso intangible factors such as hustle, a knowledge of the game and leadership. "The younger players look up to them' Husker Coach Joe Cipriano said. He said that at the beginning of the season, when Lee and Novak weren't starting, they still accepted and encouraged their younger teammates and this resulted in a "fairly close knit team." dennisonnen press oox roviorj Novak stressed the aspect of team play. "Basketball is not an individual game," he taid. you're a team player, you're going to play." The Lincoln Northeast High School product realizes his limitations ("I do nothing great, everything well"), so he has put more emphasis on controlling the tempo of the game and setting up his teammates. At times this season, he not always has found the response of the Coliseum crowd supportive. What are the reasons for the occasional booing? "One, I'm not flashy, and two, I don't shoot a lot," Novak said. He explained that this year's team is tailored to a controlled game, stressing defense, which is something the fans don't understand. "I can't suit them and the coaches both," he said. Lee added his contention that crowd response is directly related to how the team is doing. "If things are going good, everything is roses and wine for the fans," he said. In the same manner, he said that if the team is doing badly, the crowd is sure to let the Huskers know how it feels. He speaks more of the positive responses, however. "I appreciate the support everyone's given me in my four years here at Nebraska," tho Brush, Colo., native said. From the standing ovations both Lee and Novak received at the home finale against the University of Colorado Tuesday, they should know that the majority of Husker fans feel the same way about them. Low marks sideline track trio By Steve Taylor Three of the fastest sprinters on this year's track team never got out of the starting blocks. Victims of low grades, the trio could only watch as the Huskers' finished fourth in last weekend's Big S indoor track meet. . Ron Hoagland, Neville Plummer and Clifton Wells are what might be called friendly rivals. They have competed against each other for a long time, with Hoagland and Plummer's acquaintance going back to third grade. The three sprinters have other things in common besides their New Jersey backgrounds. They are all 19. They are all around 5 ft 9 in. and 155 lbs. They sre a!! lightning fast They might have made a big difference on this year's team. Plummer, 220- and 440-yard races, was especially frustrated at not being able to perf oi m for the Huskers. "I'm a lot stronger than I was in high school," he says, "i really think I could have helped the team out." All three speak highly of their coach, Frank Sevigne. They say It Wai hi J Velaxed reciultin trial first impressed them. Other coaches tried to pressure them into signing. Though officially not on the team, Hoagland, Plummer and Weiis continue to work out daily, waiting impatiently for the time when they can wear the Husker red and white. As Neville Plummer puts it: "Next year I know I can contribute to the team. I hope to make up for this year 136N. 14th f i 2 forsbuck pitchers 3 pm - 6 pm r I 1 Hit' tea Oil 9 to close omrtioy GBBSA9B $1.00 cover charge Regular Prices - 254 draws Entries for intramural indoor track are due by 4 p.m. today at the Recreation Dept. office at 1740 Vine St. The annual Aquaquettes synchronized swimming show, "This is My Country," will be presented today and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Women's Physical Education Bldg. pool. Admission is 75 cents. I ' mm "Various people have been screwing up my name. It's a swell name. It IxJongcd to a bartender, a minister, a classics scholar, and a burlesque queen. It'sConroy, not Conrack, but if you want to call me that, go ahead, rmtxginningto like the sound of itr 1 . . . '',- v. ; "Is t I v 1 ' 4 , s s k ' - , ' If ", " ..v.- St ' LJ !L TOFORROW EveniMG j-.zo fVli:"ft"rt,'9i $?-&f'ni OsP fi"-wwr Ir&illAJ tJitfeCJ tliLU4JLi 6 1 0 UlUul III cl KUWf iLwtl MwJi 0 luaidi . C.:a OR BY DH UXf PANAVOON n mm . ! 5Ufl Women gymnasts close second season By Larry Stwtkel The UNL women's gymnastics team will close its second season of regular competition Saturday when it hosts the Iowa State University women's team at 10 a.m. in Women's Physical Education Bldg. 119. The group was formed four years ago. It practiced after classes for two years before tasting its first competition last year, according to Coach Karen Balke. Balks said this year's team hasn't been too successful, but said, "We're on our way to having something someday. But right now we're a young team and don't hava anybody to draw from." , Of we seven women , on th6 team, all but one are freshmen. Sophomore Peg Van Beek from Lincoln is the team's leading performer, competing in the all-around competition. Other top performers, Balke said are Karen Keiser from Mt. Prospect, 111., competing In the floor exercise and Cristina Norris from Louisville, who competes in the all-around competition. The future of the UNL women's program is in the development of the state high school program, said Balke. However, the high school programs are full of underclassmen because the sport has been organized for jonly three years on the prep level. Because of this, Balke said, there doesn't seem to be many girl gymnastis graduating from high schools. Balke said most of the women on the team were either found in physical education servics classes in gymnastics or came on their own to practice during open gym hours. According to Baik, it is illegal for women to recruit athlete for their programs because of rules set by the Assoc. of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, which It the governing body for women'i sports. Balke said women's gymnastics differs from men's gymnastics in many ways. Events found only in the women's competition are balance beam, uneven parallel bar end the vaulting competition, (which differs from the men's event with the same name). The emphasis is on flexibility and grace instead of strength, as in men's competition, said Balka. This flexibility keeps the muscles long and prettier. "I've never seen an ugly shaped woman gymnast," she said. WW II Ml I -awa(w mm 1 if ' i ! 1 Q" J iw tnose who bel?cve in lasting love. An ArtCarvcd wedding ring shows your kind of love. The forever kind. Expressing your love simply. Poetically. Fashionably. If you believe in lasting love, select your wedding ring from our ArtCarvcd collec tion today. 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