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No matter what the fate of the Husker gymnasts as a team, juniors Steve Dickey (left) and
Jim Unger are both assured a trip to the nationals. Dickey placed second in the side horse
and Unger finished second in vaulting and floor exercise at the Big 8 tourney.
Wrestling championships
Outcome disappoints coach
By Pete Wegman
Nebraska head wrestling coach Orval Borgialli
was disappointed Monday when he talked about
the NCAA wrestling championships held
Thursday through Saturday at Princeton, N J.
Before the nationals meet, Borgialli said he
hoped the five participating Husker wrestlers
could give Nebraska a finish in the top 20 team
scoring totals.
Instead, the Huskers finished "about 40th or
41st," according to Borgialli, far behind the Iowa
Hawkeyes, NCAA champions.
'Disappointing'
"If we could have wrestled like I know we
should have, we would have been pretty tough,"
Borgialli said. "Instead, we didn't do too much
out there; it was really disappointing."
Nebraska scored, three team points in the
three-day meet. Iowa won the championship by
scoring 102 points; runner-up Oklahoma scored,
77 (Oklahoma won the NCAA last year).
Oklahoma State was third with 68 points and
Iowa State finished fourth with 66'i points.
Iowa's championship broke the Big 8's
domination-Big 8 teams won the last seven
titles. The conference has produced 39 of the 45
NCAA wrestling championship teams.
"Iowa ran away with the tournament,"
Borgialli said. "Iowa State had an excellent
chance until they lost two wrestlers because of
grade ineligibility three days before the
nationals."
Taking tide
According to Borgialli, the two would have
given the Cyclones from Ames enough points to
take the title from their cross-state rival.
Borgialli said the Huskers' lack of success at
the meet CGuld have been elated to their
performance in the Big 8 meet, where they
finished fourth two weeks ago.
"We were so concerned about the Big 8 meet,
I think maybe the kids weren't really thinking
about the nationals," he said.
Freshman Doug Hassig, 150 lbs., turned in the
best performance for the Huskers, Borgialli said.
Hassig won his first match before bowing to
Wisconsin's Lee Kemp, the eventual runner-up in
his weight class.
Competition, inexperience
"For the competition he faced and his
inexperience, I thought he performed the best of
the five. You usually can't depend on a
freshman," Borgialli said.
190 lb. junior Bob Johnson, who qualified for
nationals last year, also won his first match but
lost his second. Johnson was one of two wrestlers
in the nation to hand Iowa State's Al Nacin, the
190 lb. champion, a loss during his 40-2 season.
Heavyweight Bruce Conger, a sophomore,
scored Nebraska's other win when he won his
first round match, 5-0, before losing to the
eventual fifth-place finisher in the second round.
Spot in national meet
possible tor gymnasts
By Scott Jones t
Nebraska's gymnastics team may still compete tor the national
championship despite finishing second to Iowa State in the Big 8
l&st weekend.
Husker coach Francis Allen said the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) will decide Sunday which second-place team,
if any, will replace a conference champion in the eight-team field at
the national meet.
For a team to compete for the national crown, it usually must
win one of six conferences or two independent leagues.
But, Allen said, if one of the conference champions or
independent league titlists fails to score 400 points in its
championship meet, the highest scoring second-place team will
replace the winner at the national meet.
Scores under 400
Allen said he expects the champions of two conferences, the
Eastern Intercotlegiate Gymnastics League and the Western
Independent League to score less than 400 points. That would
open the door for two second-place teams.
Allen said Nebraska, which scored 413.60 points to Iowa State's
winning total of 422.85. Southern Illinois and the Big 10 runner-up
will probably be the leading contenders for any replacement
positions.
The decision won't be made until Sunday because some of the
conferences, such as the Big 10, have their championship meet this
weekend, he caid.
The NCAA meet will be April 3 to 5 in Terre Haute, Ind., on
the Indiana State University campus. Allen said the host coach,
Roger Counsil of Indiana State, helps the NCAA select possible
replacement teams.
'Best number two team'
"The way he sees it and the way NCAA sees it we're the 'iest
number two team and will go to the nationals," he said. Allen said
he talked to Counsil Sunday by telephone.
Allen said he hopes the fate of this year's team will be different
than his 1972-73 team, which also placed second to Iowa State in
the Big 8 meet.
"One year the Big 10 went crazy and awarded high scores
because they knew the second place team could go," he said. Iowa
was selected that year.
"Tin's year the judges have been told that they will be
reprimanded if it happens again." Allen said such an occurrence
would be unfair "because our scoring (in the Big 8 meet) was really
tough this year."
Iowa State defends
After the eight teams are chosen, three will emerge from
preliminaries to vie for the national title, won by Iowa State the
last two years.
Five Husker gymnasts will compete in individual events in the
national meet, regardless of the team's fate. Senior Pete Studenski
won the still rings, Gary Duff was first in the parallel bars and
senior Jim Unger was second in the floor exercise and vault.
Also finishing in the top three and qualifying for the national
meet were Gene Mackie, all-around and Steve Dickie on the side
horse.
The Cyclones led 203.60 to 202.70 after the compulsory events
but pulled away in the optional routines.
Allen said subpar performances by a-l-arounders Mackie and
freshman Larry Gerard and Husker performances in the side horse
and horizontal bar may have cost Nebraska the victory.
Mackie injured
Allen said Mackie, who missed last year's meet with a broken
leg, pulled o muscle in his back during the high bar compulsories on
Friday and was in pain for Saturday's finals. -
"that blew our psychological edge," Allen said. "It's like your
star quarterback getting hurt. If Gerard and Mackie had been
performing at their peak we could have won the nwet."
Allen praised Studenski and Unger, saying both "were beautiful
in the finals." Studenski defeated the defending national
champion, Iowa State's Keith Heaver, in the still rings.
Allen said the Huskers, with better all-around performances, can
beat the Cyclones in the NCAA meet.
spores
UNL superstars get to show talents
91 1 Wild
Out to avenge a 76-75 loss
suffered last year, the UNL
football coaches will battle the
Husker football players tonight
at 7:30 in Johnson Gym at
Lincoln High.. Admission will
be $1. Proceeds will go to
charity.
It marks the only time
coaches, including local high
school coaches, and players
compete this year.
Entries are due Friday for
competition in the .UNL
Co-Rec and women's slow
pitch Softball tournaments.
Entry fee is $5 per team.
Entries are also due Friday
for men's fast and slow pitch
Softball, women's tennis
doubles and Co-Rec paddleball
and tennis. All competition
starts April 1. For further
information contact the
intramural office, .1740 Vine
St., 472-3467.
Excluding sports lettermen, who do
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Maybe it's a fraternity member one
sees coolly throwing a football around on
sunny afternoons. Or perhaps it's an
energetic dormie.
With UNL's high population of sturdy
farm daughters, you can't rule out a girl.
Superstars
All of the above-mentioned will be
eligible to compete when the Farmhouse
fraternity stages its first Superstars
competition April 20.
The format will be similar to that of
ABCs televised competition, with an
individual championship and a team tug
of war contest.
Mick Higley, one of the chairmen of
the event, said the only persons not
eligible are UNL lettermen and
Farmhouse members. ("It would be no
contest if a Farmhouse guy entered.")
He laid out the following rules for
individual competition:
1 . Only two members from each living
unit can compete.
2. Entry fee is S2.50 per person.
3. Trophies go to the top three
individuals.
Tug of war battle
The rules for the tug of war event are
as follows:
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living unit can enter only one team.
2. Entry fee is $5 per team.
3. Trophies go to the top two teams.
Iligley said he hopes the tug of war
event will generate some battles as intense
as the now famous Stcelcr-Viking
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"We'd really like to get some good
rivalries going," he commented. "I would
even like to see a sorority out there. We
at the Farmhouse are not chauvinistic."
The individual superstar will be chosen
kicking, obstacle running, shot put, S00
yard run, basketball dribbling and frisbee
throwing.
Fund raising
The competition, which will be held at
the Ed Weir track, is being staged to raise
money for the Human Resources
Foundation. There will be a 50 cent
admission charge for fans wishing to see
our future Olympic stars in action.
Isn't Higley apprehensive that it might
rain and put a damper on the Superstar
meet?
"After he got done milking the cow,
one of our boys checked the Farmers
Almanac," he relates. "It's supposed to
be sunny that day."
People seeking further information on
the Superstar Contest are encouraged to
call the Farmhouse at 464-0288.
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Wednesday, march 19, 1975
