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By Jim Hunt
, Boulder, Colo.-Husker gymnastics coach Francis Allen
and his team are aiming at the NCAA national meet
Thursday through Saturday after winning the Big 8 Con
ference meet here March 19 and 20.
The Huskers won their first B& 8 title since 1964,
halting the Iowa Stats University (ISU) Cyclone's domi
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UNL senile gymnsst Gene Mackie.
Coach is optimistic
despite 2-1 0 mark
By Jim Zalawski
As far as UNL baseball coach Tony Sharpe is concern
ed, the adage "it's not who wins or loses but how well the
game is played" still applies.
The Huskers, who went 2-10 on their annual southern
swing, showed enough positive signs to leave Sharpe
optimistic.
"It's hard to be real happy with that record, but overall
we're very pleased," he said. "The team, with the except
ion of our hitting, played real well, especially the first
eight games."
Junior Kirk Eymann and sophomore Jerry Yinging
posted the Husker victories. Eymann blanked Rice 2-0,
while Yingling relieved freshman Jeff Costello to gain a
2-1 victory over Lamar University in Texas.
"We're real happy with our pitchers," Sharpe said.
"Dave Buehrer (senior) and Eymann both did real fine
jobs and Jeff Costello gave us a real good game against
Lamar."
But the Huskers were betrayed by termites in the bat
bag. No one, with the possible exception of junior Bobby
Thomas, had a good hitting series, according to Sharpe.
"Bobby Thomas seemed to get better every game and
he's established himself at third base," he said. "Dick
Anderson (last year's starter) will now probably be our
designated hitter." ,
Sophomore Doug Miller apparently has won the short
stop job and sophomore Jon Henne has established him-
self as the number one catcher, Sharpe said. Sophomore
Larry Winum and senior Randy Benish will continue to
alternate at first base, while the outfield remains stable
with juniors Steve McManaman and Paul Mass and senior
Norm Qismann patrolling the gardens. .
Te got a chance to play everyone, and we found out
we have some kids who can play ball," he said. "Our
hitting is always slow to get started and you must
remember we ran into some very tough pitchers who had
already thrown five or six games."
The Huskers, who figured to have a. potent hitting
attack this year, have a chance to get off their losing track
sgainst Buena Vista College Tuesday in a 1 :30 pjn. home
doubleheader. Sharpe said he has no information on
Buena Vista this year, but added they always have fielded
a good small college team. ,
10 of the last 11, The Huskers out-scored second-place
ISU 419 to 41 U.
"It was really a good team effort," Allen said. "I pre-,
dieted that if our aJl-arounders did a good job we would
be in the meet."
And it was a good meet for the Husker aH-cioundrn,
with Larry Gerard and Gene Mackie finishing first and
second. It was the first time in 11 years that a Cyclone
failed to win that event.
Gerard, sophomore from Lincoln, finished with a score
cf 105.45, while Mackie, senior from Omaha, tallied
103.70 points.
"Our goal was to do good in the meet," AC en said.
"We still didn't do our best, though. Last year we went
all-out for every meet. This year we didn't. We were trying
to peak for the Big 8 meet and nationals.
We should be close to making the pp three in'
nationals this year. Last year we finished fifth at the
NCAA meet, and we have a better team this year," Allen
said.
A little more fame
"Fame helps when you get to nationals," he said. Thjs
year we have a little more fame. The judges evaluate you
better if they know something about you.. Last year they,
didn't know anything about my team. When they know
you, they look for you."
The Huskers had a 635-point lead over ISU after the
Friday compulsories, which a team roust have to win the
meet. However, the Huskers also out-scored the Cyclones
in the optionals 212.95 to 21 1.50.
1 was a little bit worried during the meet," Allen said.
"But six points is too much to give up. Everyone could
have done mediocre, and we would have won. It was kind
of downhill after the vaulting."
Individual champion
The Huskers claimed only one individual champion in
the meet-Gerard in the high bar. Gerard tallied 18.875
points in the event, highest score in any individual event.
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All three UNL crew teams won against Washburn Uni
versity Saturday in Topeka, Kan. The varsity men's eight
beat Washburn, 7:245 to 7:42.4, over 2,000 meters. In
another 2,000-meter race,the Husker junior varsity men's
eight won, 8:36.9 to 8:40. The UNL women's eight
downed Washburn, 4:05 to 4:14, over 1,000 meters.
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The Husker golf team finished third' of five squads in
the Galveston Invitational at Galveston, Tex., Tuesday
through Friday. Texas Tech University won with a 1 ,144
score, followed by the University of Oklahoma (1,177),
UNL (1,190), Wichita State University (1,212) and St.
Louis University (1 ,281).
Sophomore Doug Smith took seventh in the individual
standings with a 291 total. Other scores for the Huskers
were: junior Craig Moyer, 297; freshman SteVe Station,
305; junior Todd Thorson, 308; freshman Dave Donachie,
311 and freshman Tony Pesavento, 316.
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Husker women's basketball coach George Nicodemus
announced the signing of four Nebraska high school
seniors during spring vacation. Jeanne Marie Boiler of Dor
chester, Laura Tietjen of Byron, Renee Cheney of Palmy
ra and Susan Roubal of North Bend all signed letters of in
tent with the Huskers.
Tietjen, who averaged 38 points a game, and Roubal
both made The Omaha World-Herald all-state team. Boiler
is 6 ft. 3 in., while the others are each 5 ft. 8 in.
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The Husker men's tennis team split eight dual matches
during spring vacation, putting its season mark at 5-5.
The Huskers lost to Wichita State University 6-3 Mon
day in Wichita, 9-0 to Southern Illinois University Tues
day in Tulsa and 8-1 to the University of Tulsa Wednes
day in Tulsa.
The team also competed in the Oral Roberts Tourna
ment Thursday through Saturday, winning four of five
matches.
In opening round action Thursday, the Huskers beat
Northeast Missouri State University 8-1 and Drury (Mo.)
College 7-2.
In Friday's second round, the Huskers defeated Ottawa
(Kan.) University 9-0 before losing to Oral Roberts Uni
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They defeated Southwest (Mo.) Baptist College 6-3
Saturday.
UNL sophomore Bryan Moss Friday finished 16th in
the 100-yard breaststroke in 58.75 seconds at the NCAA
Swimming and Diving Championships in Prdvidence, R.I.
John Hencken of Stanford won the event in 54.04 .
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The Husker women's tennis team opened its season
March 18 with a 9-0 shutout over Doane College at Crete.
Freshman Julie Porter; sophomores Vickie Maseman,
Joyce McVicker and Meg Shaneyfelt; junior Barb Scribner
He also finished third in the still rings, fifth in vaulting
and sixth in the parallel bars.
Mackie placed in four events, picking up a second in
the parallel bars and sixth-place finishes in the pommel
horse, vaulting and high bar.
Duane West, the Huskers' third all-arounder, placed in
two events. West, a junior from Lincoln, took second in
the floor exercise and fourth in the high bar.
Six other Huskers placed in the Individual competition:
senior Steve Dickey with a second in the pommel hone,
junior Kurt Mackie with a fourth in the still rings, junior
Gary Jeurink with a fourth in vaulting, senior Gary Duff
with a fifth in the parallel bars, sophomore Mike Cosgrove
with a fifth in the pommel horse and freshman Tcnv
Neustrom with a sixth in the floor exercise.
The NCAA meet Thursday through Saturday is at
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and senior Helen Glover all won singles matches for UNL..
The doubles teams of McVicker-Scribner, Glover
Maseman, and sophomore Chris Marcum-freshman Sharon
Rase also won.
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. The Husker women's basketball team finished fifth in
the National Women's Invitational Tournament March 18
through 20 in Amarillo, Tex. '
Freshman Darcy Williamson's 12 points paced the
Huskers in an opening round 77-52 loss to Belmont
(Tenn.) College March 18. -
The Huskers defeated West Texas State University 67
52 in the consolation round March 19. Six Huskers
scored in double figures, led by junior Kathy Hawkins
and freshman Deb Lee with 13 points each.
In the consolation championship March 20, William
son scored 29 points to lead the Huskers to a 72-69 win
over North Carolina State University.
The Huskers finished the season with a 23-9 record.
The Husker women's softball team opened its season
March 18 in Omaha with wins of 1-0 over Creighton Uni
versity and 19-6 over the College of St. Mary's.
Sophomore Jan Bartels allowed only two hits and
senior Sue Hansen scored the only run in the win over
Creighton.
In the second game, the Huskers scored 10 runs on no
hits in the first inning. They managed their 19-run total
on only three hits. .
Freshman Kris Herman son and junior Kris Schell each
scored four runs against St. Mary's.
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Two more high school football players have signed
national football letters of intent to enroll at UNL next
fan.
Running back Tim Wurth from Omaha Burke High
School and tight end-defensive end Junior Miller from
Midland, Tex., are the new signees.
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Husker sophomore linebacker Jim Wightman received a
six-month probation sentence Wednesday after earlier
entering a plea of no contest to an assault and battery
charge.
The charge stemmed from a Sept. 27 altercation Wight
man had with Omaha police officers.
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The UNL women's track team finished third of 11
teams at the Arkansas Relays Saturday in FayetteviHe.
Freshman Pam Koontz became the fourth Husker to
qualify for the national meet She threw the discus 127 ft.
1 in. to place third. Freshman Jeanene Lorenzen and
sophomore Betsy Ross took fourth and fifth in the event.
In the shot put, freshman Deb Raddatz captured third
with Koonte following in fourth. Freshman Peggy Liddick
took second in the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump,
in which she leaped a school record 17 ft. 64 in.
Sophomore Cindy Dixon placed third in the mile and
fourth jn the 880-yard run. Freshman Pam Baker took
third in the 100-yard dash and fourth in the 220-yard
dash. In the 440-yard dash, sophomore Doris Hitz set a
school record of 61 S seconds to place fourth.
In an eight-team track meet at Kearney March 20, the
Huskers took fourth. Dixon was the top UNL finisher,
taking second in the 880 with a school record 2:18.7.