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Weekend wins raise wrestlers' dual meet recor
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By Jim Kay
UNL's wrestling team overcame the loss
of several seasoned wrestlers at the
beginning of this semester to win a double
dual at the UNL Sports Center Saturday
night. .
- The wrestlers raised their dual meet
record for the season to 5-3 with wins over
South Dakota University (SDU), 34-18,
and the Colorado School of Mines (CSM),
45-0. The Huskers won six of ten matches
against SDU and swept every contest
against CSM.
"As young and enthusiastic as these kids
are,' this was an awfully, important win,"
coach Orval Borgialli said. "They worked
real hard during practice last week and I
think discovered you only get out of life
what you put into it."
The Huskers had seven double winners '
in the meet, including two freshmen.
Winners against both SDU and CSM were
junior Mike Vranicn, freshman Agron
Vasha, nior Pat Arthur, freshman Dave
Finken, sophomore Steve Hill and sopho
more Jim Calvert.
Borgialli indicated he was pleased with
the overall team effort, and particularly'
with, the big winners.
"You have to credit Pat Arthur with the
success," Borgialli said. "He had his boxing
match and wrestling meet all in the same
evening and won all three opportunities.
That's really going above and beyond the
call of duty."
Arthur won his fight in the Southeast
District Golden Gloves Boxing Champion
ships Saturday night in the 139 pound
weight division before winning twice for
the UNL wrestlers at 134 pounds.
"It's also pleasing that the . freshmen
won," Borgialli said. "We know we've got
an excellent wrestler in Vasha, and we're
relying on him for' some big things in the
future. Last year, Dave Finken wrestled
at 105 pounds in high school in Iowa and
this year he's winning at 150 pounds for
us."
Borgialli also cited Vranicn for "execut
ing some real advanced technique" in his
matches and Calvert who "performed quite "
well and showed some spunk while wrestl
ing at 177 pounds instead of 167 where he
had been previously."
"The competition was a little lighter
than it will be from here on out," Borgialli
said. "But, overall, I was happy with our
performance."
The wrestlers' next action will be Satur
day night at the Sports Center gainst fifth
rated University, of Minnesota and
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
which ranks high in Division 2 circles in the
NCAA.
Women's gymnastics on up-swing
as Kansas, Chadron fall to UNL
By Rob Barney
The University of Kansas (KU) and -Chadron
State College (CSC) tumbled to "
UNL's gymnastics team in Friday night's
triangular at the Women's Physical Educa
tion Bldg. ,
The Huskers totaled 119.50 points for
the four events, (vaulting, uneven bars,
balance beam and floor exercise), outdis
tancing KU (75.30) and CSC (34.10),
However, the Huskers entered four girls
in each event while CSC and KU did not.
Despite the Husker victory, UNL's
gymnastics coach Judy Schalk said she
was not happy with her team's perfor
mance. "We did not perform that well," Schalk
said. "We got off to a bad start on vault
ing (the night's first event) and that should
be one of our strong areas."
Vaulting was the only event the Huskers
did not win. Karen Mundy of KU scored
an 3.65 in the competition topping Husker
Crissy Robertson's 8.60.
Kathi Ruddick topped teammate Peggy
Liddick (8.05 to 730) to capture the un
even bars title. Robertson gained revenge
on KU's Mundy, with an 8.00 to 7.70
victory on the balance beam, and Carrie
Buckley won the floor exercise.
The Huskers swept the top three places
in all-around competition. Robertson won
it with a tour-event total of 32.40.
"I knew she (Robertson) would be
strong," Schalk said. "She's a real consis
tent performer for us."
Buckley, competing in her first meet,
finished second with 28.50 while Sandy
Czaplewski placed third with 28.40.
"For a first meet Carrie did quite well,"
Schalk said. "She did well in the floor
exercise and the vaulting and she did better
on the beam than I expected. She had a
hard time on the bars and that eventually
should be her best event."
Saturday the Huskers compete in an
invitational at Iowa State University in
Ames.
Schalk said it will be a tough meet for
her team.
"Iowa State has always been good, and
they are scoring comparable to what we
are," she said. "Drake (University) also
will be there. We beat them by twc-tenths
of a point in a match earlier this season."
To win we're going to have to do a
better job than we did Friday. And we are
perfectly capable of doing it," she said.
bwim team osss. out Keta
gets wish for improvement
By Kevin Schnepf
UNL swim coach John Reta said he
wanted improvement, and improvement is
a , a .
wnat ne got wnen nis nusxers swam against
the University of Missouri Saturday at the
UNL Sports Complex- ; -
' Although the Huskers lost the dual,
66-46, Reta said he was pleased with the
Huskers performance. .
"I don't like to lose," Reta said, "but
Missouri has fine tern?. We can see some
improvement in our times at every meet
now." ;,
One improvement was another record
breaking swim by freshman Robbie Ingle.
He broke his own UNL record in the
500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:49.854.
Lngle broke the 4:53.7 mark he set last
week. ; "
Reta also sdd he was pleased with Pat
Murphy's performance in the 1,000 yard
freestyle.
'Tat improved his time bv four sec
onds" Reta said. "That's what we're look
ing for, improvement and consistency.
Tern worked hard
Murphy, who Crashed third in the event
with a time cf 10: 17 .5, said the whole
team had been working hard the week
before Saturday's dual.
"I felt really good today," he sdd. "I.
think that's the fastest I've swam in a dual
rret." '
Murphy said MU is one of top teanu in
the Big 8 Conference along with Iowa State
- and Kansas Universities.' ,-' - v '
Reta agreed that MU was a contender in
the Big 8 race, but said the Tigers won't ,
' win the conference.
' "This was one of our tougher meets of
the year, but Missouri doesn't have the
depth that Iowa State has, he said.
The Huskers, now 1-2 in dual action,
grabbed first and second places in two
events, the 50-yard freestyle and the 200
yard breaststroke.
Paul Duxbury was first in the 50-yard
freestyle with a time of 22.218, followed
by Husker Mark Crowder with a time of
22.2. -,.;-: v
" First place '
In the 200-yard breaststroke, Pat
DiBiase finished first with a 2:11. 9S0 time
and Bryan Moss placed second with a
2: 14.406 time.
Husker diver, Rick Grahn also was a first
place .finisher with his 20 1 .65 point perfor
mance in the three-meter diving competit
ion. Reta also praised Clay Smith for im
provement in the 500-yard freestyle. Smith
placed third with a time cf 10:3 1 .6
MIF depth was viable as seven differ
ent swimmers were first place finishers.
MU also wpn the 400-yard medley with a
time of 3:40.757 and 400-yard freestyle !
relay with a time of 3 : 1 6.1 34.
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Husker center Carl McPse didn't have much luck when he missed this stuff
shot against the University of Oklahoma. The Huskers didn't have much luck
Saturday either losing to the University of Missouri, 76-63.
sports shorts
UNL's basketball team lost its second game
in a row Saturday against the University of
Missouri, 76-63.
Kim Anderson led MU in scoring with
27 points and the Huskers were paced by
Bob Siegal, Allen Holder and Brian Banks .
with 14 points each.
UNL's women's basketball team cap
tured second place in the Big 8 Confer
ence tournament in Boulder, Colo., this,
weekend.
The Huskers lost Saturday to Kansas
State University in the finals, 60-50.
Jan Crouch was named to the All-Tournament
team after scoring 51 points in the
tournament. .
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Two school records were broken Satur
day as the UNL women's swim team de
feated the University of South Dakota,
1 16-15 at a dual meet in Omaha.
Huskers Melanie Jakob and Cindy Agee
broke UNL records. Jakob set a record in
-the 100-yard individual medley with a time
of 1:03 J. Agee set her school record with
a" time of 0:30.6 in th 50-yard backstroke.
Husker gymnasts Larry Gerard and
Duane West each won two events as the
Huskers took a 21 1.45-196.45 victory over
the University of Colorado in Boulder Sat
urday. Gerard won the still rings and the high
bar events and West placed first in the
vaulting and floor exercise.
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