Women's basketball improving
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A successful future for a well
established women's basketball team is
in store at U.NL according to Jan
Callahan, first-year basketball coach.
Player skill is on the increase, and with
the addition of women's basketball at
the high school level in Nebraska this
ear, women will have more adequate
training opportunities before coming to
college, she said.
Team starting spots have not been
pet manently determined, according to
Callahan. "It's still early in the season,
our skiils are still fluctuating and an
exact starting line-up has not been
decided."
Six experienced returners add poise
and make the season outlook good for
the team. Returning seniors are Nancy
Hansen and Denise Daub. Underclass
men returning are: juniors, Sue Hansen
and Jan 2mk and sophomores Kathy
Hawkins and Jean Vrbka. Freshman
challenging for starting poritions are
Sherry Brydle, Rhonda Rhoades and
Christy Oswald. Rhoades started for
UNI. in their opening win against
Kearney State Nov. 25.
Fast team
Callahan pointed out that the team
this year is extremely fast. "They use
the fast break well," she said. "We also
have some good shooters, although it
Ma -n't shown up in the percentages yet.
Defensive improvement is the point
Cailahan is stressing. "We need to shift
our defensive set up during a game,"
sh said. "We are presently working on
mr ' ing from a player-player defense to
a Tcne and back again. We also are
try ng to improve our offensive shooting
;c- rentage."
Currently the team record is 2-1.
A' "5 were against Kearney State and
iT K junior varsity. Their loss came at
tin hands of UNO.
e-iding scorer thus far in the season
s -.ophomore Kathy Hawkins. Last
:e :r 's loading scorer was Sue Hansen.
Vvf competitiors for the team will
he V-'aync State and Midland colleges.
La ' season UNL ended up third if the
state behind these two teams.
Enthusiasm good
The women are on a tight practice
schedule. They work out every after
noon Monday through Friday for about
two and one-half hours.
Enthusiasm is good at this point in the
season, Callahan said. "They are
starting to get to know one another and
things are beginning to pick up." She
said that the JV team backs the varsity
in their competitions.
Positive changes have occurred in the
women's athletic program at UNL
according to Callahan. "We are still
behind a lot of major colleges. But we
are ah . id of some too, ' ' she said.
The team needs new uniforms and
some new equipment, she said. One set
of uniforms are used for all sports.
Callahan received her masters degree
in physical education from UNL.
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Major competitors for the
Women's basketball team
seaso; are Wayne State
Midland College.
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Wrestlers plagued by injuries
Injuries appear to be the biggest
problem as coach Orval Borgialli's
,'O'Jlhful Husker wrestlers prepare for
:h-r Friday bout with Ft. Hayes State in
th.. Coliseum.
Four of the ten men who started in the
Huskers' first meet this season were
absent during the 31-6 defeat by
conference powerhouse Iowa State
University (ISU) last Friday.
Among those missing were Tim
Himpley and Doug Hassig who wrestle
hr- 118 and 150 lb. weight classes
e.-pectivoiy. Hassig appe s to have the
r-ore serious injury, Borcialli said. He
.Mi! be sidelined indefinitely with an
ajured rib cage.
Two other Huskers hampered by
injuries loss to their ISU opponents.
Bi'i Hoffmann, recovering from a
sptamod ankle, lost 7-2 to Cyclone
1 77-poundf r Wi'lie Gadson, who was a
"a!iuia! junior college champion before
'lam ferring to ISU this year.
Bob Johnson, an 190 pounder who
afVred a shoulder injury, lost 7-4 to
iu .finding NCAA champ Al Nacin of
ISU Oniy the week before, Johnson
ap:et Nacin 6-4 in the finals of the Iowa
State Invitational at Ames, Iowa.
"Bob was convinced he could ride
anybody." Borgia h said. "He learned
Friday that he can t ride Nacin and that
was h'ir biggest mistake. After that, he
had to scramble only in make still more
mistake's."
Posting the Husk. rs' only two wins
against Iowa State were heavyweight
Bruce Conger and Tony Jennings at 140
lbs.
Conger:; 3 C win over Robin Whis
man boo, ted hr, teason record to 12-1,
while Jenmnq1- raised his mark to 10-2
beating Joe Zusp.:. .n 13-10
Jennings, a junior from Corning,
Iowa, said fie really wanted to beat a
home-state opponent. He did, and it
marked the second time since last yea"
he's done so.
Jennings, who was almost pinned in
the first period of the match, came back
to capture' two near falls against his
opponent in tne second per iod.
"Jennings hasn't received the pub
licity this year he deserves," Borgialli
said. "He's starting to prove he can
compete with the best of them. Already
this year he has defeated the NCAA
division I champion in his weight class."
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