thursday, January 22, 1976
page 14
daily nebraskan
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Photo by Tad Kirk
Nebraska's Larry Cox shoots over the outstretched
arms of Oklahoma's Rick McNeil.
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The Rugby Club will meet today at 5 pjn. in the
Nebraska Union. All interested persons are invited to
attend. The room number will be posted on the activities
calendar.
A resolution recommending that all intercollegiate
athletic governing groups consider restricting athletic
scholarships to tuition and fees was passed unanimously
at last week's Association for Intercollegiate Athletics
for Women (AIAW) convention.
Delegates at the Scottsdale, Ariz., convention de
cided to maintain the current divisions large college
(more than 3,000 women) and small college 0e5S than
3000).
Cross country was separated from track and field and
given an eight-scholarship limit. Delegates also voted to
allow only members of AIAW to compete in regional
tournaments.
The new women's intramural volleyball champion is
Pound 8, which defeated French Quarters in three sets
Dec. 11.
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Harris free throws stymie OU
By Jim Hunt
Two free throws by Rickey Harris with 12 seconds left
in the game lifted UNL's basketball team to a 68-67 Big
8 Conference win over Oklahoma University (OU)
Wednesday night.
"I knew we needed the free throws to win the game,"
Harris, a Denver native, said. "I just relaxed and put them
in.
Yet the Huskers were fortunate to come away with
their eleventh win of the season, said head coach Joe
Cipriano.
"We weren't ready for the second half," Cipriano said.
"We were very fortunate to win the game.
"We had a poor effort defensively by a lot of people
tonight. We were out played, out rebounded and out
hustled. Thanks to the home court crowd we were able
to hang on," he said.
The Huskers hit almost 77 per cent of their shots the
first half to take a 40-30 lead into the lockerroom at the
half. The team hit 20 or 26 first half shots at guard
Jerry Fort contributed 18 points and forward Bob Siegel
12 points to give the Huskers a first half lead that at one
time was as large as 14 points.
It was OU's ability to hit free throws that kept them in
the game at half time. The Sooners were perfect in 12 free
throw attempts the first half while connecting on nine
of 17 shots from the field.
The Sooners tame out the second half and cut away at
the Husker lead, tying the game at 59-59 with 5:43 left
From that point, it was a seesaw battle with no team
leading by more than two points. The Sooners got two
shots off in the final 12 seconds, but both failed to go in
as the Huskers pushed their Big 8 record to 2-0.
Harris's two free throws capped an eight point night
for the 6 ft. 7 in. forward. He hit three of four shorts
from the field and two of three from the line while pull
ing down six rebounds and four assists.
Wrestlers to face
3rd-ranked OSU
UNL wrestling coach Orval Borgialli may feel like he's
sacrificing his Husker wrestlers to the lions Saturday when
the Huskers face Oklahoma State University's (OSU)
Cowboys in the Coliseum at 7:30 pjn.
It's not that Borgialli has a bad team, but that the
level of competition is so good. ,
Third-ranked OSU, third in the NCAA behind Iowa
and Oklahoma Universities last year, has won the national
title 27 times since 1928. But The Cowboys have won
the Big 8 Conference title only 14 times.
Following the Huskers 24-18 dual win over Missouri
last Saturday in the Coliseum, Borgialli was asked if he
planned anything special in preparation for the Cowboys.
"Yeah, I'm going to pray, and I'm going to church
tomorrow," he said.
Compounding Borgialli s problems is a Huskers-South
Dakota dual meet Friday at 1:30 pjn. in Vermillion.
Originally Borgialli had scheduled the Huskers against
OSU Friday, when he said the team would be rested, and
South Dakota, Saturday. However, OSU could not
schedule a Saturday dual match against Iowa State, whom
it will wrestle the previous night in Ames..
Borgialli said South Dakota's team is similar to
Nebraska's, with strength in the upper weights.
"Well need some help out of our lighter kids this
week," Borgialli said. "A win over South Dakota is a
must for us psychologically fu Saturday's match."
Saturday's match pits Husker Tony Jennings, z senior
business administration and physical education major
from Corning, Iowa, against the Cowboys Steve Barrett.
Both are undefeated in duals this year.
"Oklahoma State has to be favored," Borgialli said.
"If they (UNL's wrestlers) give me 100 per cent, that's
all I can ask."
Swimmers floating on depth of talent
By Susie Rcitz
Depth of personnel talent is the major strength of the
UNL women's swimming team and diving team, head
coach Pat Sullivan said, and the difference from previous
years should show on team's point totals.
"No one on the team is weak," Sullivan said. "Every
one this year has the potential to be a contributor
pointwise."
In past years, the team has had "a few strong swimmers
and others who were real questions," she said. This year,
the team has four additional members, she said, increas
ing squad membership to 17.
Freshmen have made "significant contributions" to the
team, Sullivan said.
Two freshmen swimmers, Ellen Hollander, an Omaha
social work major, and Use Magee, a physical education '
major from- Scabrook, Tex., are on scholarship. Each
swam on three first place teams in the December Big 8
Conference Rekys at Kansas University (KU) in which
fJNL finished second.
Although both are strong all-around swimmers, Hol
lander is strongest in breasts troke and Magee in the back
stroke, Sullivan said.
Senior Ruth Spencer, a recreation major, sophomore
UZli Crosby, a physical education major arid junior
Deb Peterson, a pre-medical student, are leaders among
the veteran swimmers, Sullivan said. The three Omahans
all are on scholarship. Crosby and Spencer also swam on
three winning relay teams in the Big 8 meet.
Sullivan said Omaha freshman Kristi Wells and Lincoln
freshman Lois Hay man, both undeclared majors, have
done well on the diving squad. Since only one diving
scholarship is awarded, neither is on scholarship. Senior
Nancy Dykes of Omaha has the scholarship. All three have
sufficient degrees of difficulty in their dives to qualify
for the national meet in Miami, Sullivan said.
Junior Kathy Falck of Friend, a physical education
major, has shown "1,000 per cent improvement since
she began diving three years ago, Sullivan said. Falck is the
squad's fourth member.
The swimmers first test of the semester is Saturday at
the Northern Iowa University's double dual meet A
double dual differs from a triangular in that each team is
compared to the other two and wins are awarded on a
dual basis, Sullivan said.
In Big 8 competitii, UNL's strongest competitors will
be KU and Iowa State University (ISU), Sullivan said. ISU
did not compete in the Big 8 Relays. The Huskers will
face ISU, the University of Missouri and Stephen's College
of Columbia, Mo. in their first home meet, Jan. 3 1.
Fort continued his hot shooting, collecting 23 points.
The 6 ft. 3 in. two-time All Big 8 selection hit 10 of 15
shots from the field and three of four free throws. Siegel,
a 6 ft. 6 in. junior from Fairbury, also had a fine shooting
niAt hitting seven for seven from the field and two for
three from the line for 16 points.
OU was led by sophomore forward Billy Graham's 20
points. The Sooners had four other players in double
figures including Rick McNeil with 17 points, and Kevin
Jones, Eddie Fields and John McCuLtough with 10 points
each.
The Huskers, who pushed their season record to 1 1-4,
will play their next game this Saturday against Colorado
at Boulder. The Sooners now 3-11 will host Kansas State
this Saturday at Norman.
In other Big 8 basketball news, Ken Trickey, head
coach of the Iowa State Cyclones resigned Wednesday.
The Cyclones have a 1-14 record after a 68-60 loss to
Kansas University Tuesday night.
Cyclones threaten
UNL track streak
A 27 home dual-meet winning streak will be on the line
when the Husker track team meets Iowa State University
(ISU) Saturday in the last dual planned for the old indoor
track under Memorial Stadium. Field events start at 1:15
pjn., running events at 2 pan.
The only other Husker indoor home meet is a quad
rangular scheduled for Feb. 21. Next year the Huskers will
compete in the new sports complex on the State
Fairgrounds.
Coach Frank Sevigne, whose team will try to rebound
from last-place conference finishes both indoors and out
doors last spring, was hesitant to say what the team's
strong points might be.
Among the leaders should be Chuck Malito, senior
from Lakewood, Colo., and Scott Sorchik, junior from
Sussex, N J., he said. Bom were Big 8 Conference cham
pions two years ago: Malito in the 440-yard run and
Sorchik in the javelin.
However, both will have to wait until the outdoor sea
son to practice their specialities. Malito began concentrat
ing on the 440-yard intermediate hurdles last season,
whuich along with the javelin is done outdoors.
The Huskers also will be bolstered by three freshmen
from Jamaica, long a hotbed of UNL trackmen. Raymond
Mahoney and Pat McKenzie will participate in 220-yard
run and 440-yard run. Neville Murray will join sophomore
David Green, another Jamaican, in the triple jump.
Sevigne said about 15 former Husker trackmen now
live in Jamaica, which he said helps him in recruiting. Ten
other states and Canada also are represented on the
42-man squad.
The high jump will be one event to watch. Sophomore
Dean Herzog from Lansing, Kan., and freshman Doug
Phelps of Hastings both cleared 7 ft. in high school and
threaten the Husker record of 6 ft. 10.5 in.
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quiz
Corahusker Football
1. In 1962 the Huskers beat the Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes
36-34 in the Gotham Bowl. Where was the game
played?
2. The 1975 Husker fall camp roster listed players from
how many states? (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 19.
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4. Which NU regent is a former Husker football star?
5. The jerseys of three former Huskers have been retired.
Two belonged to Rich Glover and Johnny Rodgers.
To whom did the third belong?
6. What sports magazine reentry named the 1971 Husker
team the best collegiate football team ever?
7. What was UNL's football team called before it was
called the Cornhuskers?
8. Who was the Huskers' first AU-American? (a) Hugh
Rhea (b) Dan McMullen (c) Vic HaUigan.
9. Who holds the Husker career punting records? (a)
Randy Lessman (b) Jack Pesek (c) Dave Noble.
10. Where did head coach Tom Osborne play his collegiate
football? (a) Alabama (b) Oklahoma (c) Hastings
College.
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