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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, february 16, 1977
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By Jim Hunt
Third place in the Big 8 Conference will
be on the line tonight when the UNL
basketball team travels to Norman, Okla.,
to battle the University of Oklahoma,
The Huskers, 15-10 on the season and
74 in the Big 8, moved into a tie with the
Sooners by beating the University- of,
Missouri 60-58 Saturday. While the
Huskers were beating the Tigers, the'
Sooners, 15-8 in the season and 7-4 in the
Big 8,) were dropping a 79-65 decision to
the University of Colorado in Boulder.
The Huskers and Sooners have split in
two meetings this season. The Huskers beat
the Sooners at the Big 8 Preseason Tourna
ment 66-56, but OU dumped the Huskers
65-58 in Lincoln.
'"Oklahoma played a fine game against
us in Lincoln and well have to play a lot
better game in Norman if we expect to
win," Husker coach Joe Cipriano said.
"Oklahoma plays very similar to us, both
offensively and defensively, so we'll just
have to play our game better, along with
controlling Al Deal, who has been playing
very well for the Sooners during the Big 8
season."
Deal, a 6 ft. 9 in. freshman center, is
averaging 8.3 points and 7.3 rebounds a
game. In the Sooner's loss to CU, Deal led
OU in scoring with 19 points.
Beal will be joined in the starting lineup
by guards Eddie Fields arid Cary Carrabine
and forwards John McCullough and Drew
Head.
McCullough and Carrabine are the lead
ing scorers for the Sooners, averaging 14.7
and 10.8 points a game, respectively.
Sooner coach Dave Bliss said he was dis
appointed in his team's performance at CU.
"I was disappointed on our loss at
Colorado and we'll have to come up with a
better performance against Nebraska Wed
nesday night if we expect to win" Bliss
said.
. "UNL is a fine defensive team and I've
always been impressed with the job Joe
Cipriano and his staff does," Bliss said.
The Huskers have been allowing their
opponents 60.1 points a game, 59 points a
game in the Big 8 play, to rank sixth
nationally in team defense.
The Huskers will be led by a pair of
sophomores from Hammond, Ind., Carl
McPipe and Brian Banks. McPipe has aver
aged 15.1 points and eight rebounds a
game. Banks has averaged 14.2 points a
game.
Cipriano will be looking for his 200th
victory as coach of the Huskers after
coming to UNL in 1963.
Tipoff for the JIusker-Sooner game is
scheduled for 7:35 p.m. The game will be
broadcast on KFOR, KFAB and KLIN
radio.
Women's team i win at UNO
.would put UNL in regionals
By Rob Barney
Nebraska's women's basketball team
travels to Omaha tonight for "an important
game" with the University of Nebraska
at Omaha, said head coach George Nico
demus. "It's an important game for us," he said.
"Whoever wins the best out of three series
goes to regionals."
If the Huskers beat UNO tonight they
would have to beat the Mavericks in their
last home game of the season Monday
to go to regionals. The regional meet will
be March 10 through 12 at Decorah, Iowa.
However, if UNO defeats the Huskers in
one of their two remaining regular season
games; a playoff would be required next
week in Omaha.
If the Mavericks beat the Huskers in
both contests, they would go to regionals.
The Huskers have won all three encoun
ters with UNO this season, 62-56 in
Omaha, 5441 in the championship of the
Northwest Missouri State Invitational and
at home three weeks ago, 75-52.
"They should know what we're going to
be up to," Nicodemus said. "They should
really be up, especially if Crouch (sopho
more forward Jan) cant play.
Fractured foot
Nicodemus said Crouch would visit her
doctor this morning to see whether or not
she could play tonight.
Crouch, the team's leading scorer, has
missed the last two games because of a
hairline foot fracture. Her place in the
starting line-up has been filled by sopho
more Marta Prichard.
For the UNO game, Nicodemus said, he
might go with somebody different. Candi
dates for the starting job are Prichard and
freshmen players Sue Roubal, Linda Jans
sen and Karen Frazee, Nicodemus said.
Other probable starters for the Huskers
include center Jeanne Boiler, guards Kathy
Hawkins and Sherry Brink and forward
Deb Lee.
The Huskers will ha'-; to battle a tall
Maverick front line. UNO starts players
6 ft. or taller, including 6 ft. 4 in. center
Niece Jochims.
Pressure outside players
We're going to have to put pressure on
their outside people," Nicodemus said.
"We have to plug up the middle so they
have to lob the ball inside. That will give
our defense a chance to steal the ball.
"We will have to shoot about 50 per
cent like we did in oar last games against
them. If we shoot like we did against
Wichita State (27 per cent) in our last
game well be yi trouble."
The UNO game is the first of three
games this week for the Huskers.
Friday and Saturday nights they will be
in Tarkio, Mo., to play the University of
Missouri and Tarkio State respectively.
The Huskers defeated Missouri 67-61
in the semi-finals of the Big 8 Conference
tourney in Boulder, Colo., three weeks ago.
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UNL's Jeanne Boiler (45) easily out-jumps her Wichita State University opponent.
The Lady Huskers final home game of the season is February 21, against UNO..
UNL squad up to bat in four weeks, 11 lettermen return
By Rob Barney
UNL's baseball team will swing into action in four
weeks, playing at Baylor University, March 12.
Coach Tony Sharpe's team has been practicing Monday
through Friday afternoons for five weeks in the fieldhouse
to prepare for its annual trip south to start the season.
'We've been concentrating on conditioning and the
basics, hitting and fielding," Sharpe said. "Next week we
also will workout on Saturday." .
The 1977 Hivskei baseball team comprises 29 players.
However, last season's leading hitter, Bobby Thomas
probably won't play.
"It doesn't appear thai Bobby is going to play for us
this year," Sharpe said. "He was out practicing with us
a few times, but I'm not sure he is eligible to play.
" Returning lettermen f -
"It will be disappointing if Bobby can't play, but we
do have 1 1 returning lettermen to form a good nucleus."
The returning nucleus includes Senior Steve McMana
man, second team All Big 8 Conference designated hitter,
and honorable mention All Big 8 outfielder Senior Paul
Haas. :
'Tad has been a regular for three years and he Is a
hard worker," Sharpe said. "We're going to look to him
for senior leadership." .
Sharpe also is counting on Senior pitcher Kirk Eyman
to provide leadership for the younger players, he said.
"He's been throwing for us for three years now and
we're looking toward him to head up the pitching staff.
"Right now the pitchers axe just getting to the point
where they should be throwing close to full speed," he
said.
Sharpe has high hopes for two freshman pitchers:
righthander Gary No! ting and left-hander Cliff Faust,
both from Millard. - .
Two ne members on the Husker team who could
see considerable action are outfielders Tim Carroll and Art
Serafinski, Sharpe said.
Carroll ' is a junior college transfer from Arizona
Western Junior College, where he played under Husker
assistant baseball coach John Sanders.
Top prospects
Other top prospects mentioned by Sharpe are
outfielder-first baseman Joe Scherger, and shortstops
Chuck Schnoor and John Dingledine. Dingledine is a
sophomore transfer from Toledo (Ohio) University.
"John sat out last season after transferring," Sharpe
said. "He did play quite a bit as a freshman for Toledo.
He and Chuck should have quite a battle for the shortstop
position."
Sharpe said no positions on the team are definite et,
but he said he is optimistic about the upcoming season.
"Most of our returning people have good talent and
most of our new people have good talent. We had a good
recruiting year. All the younger boys need is to gain some
experience."
Winter training program for all Husker athletes
By Jim Kay . , - .
For an athlete, staying in condition is not just a sea
sonal thing.
George Sullivan, head physical therapist for the "UNL
Athletic Dept., is in charge of a winter training program
for Husker athletes. The program began Jan. 31 and will .
run seven weeks until spring football practice starts.. . . . .
"I want to stress that this not just a conditioning pro
gram for football players," Sullivan said. There are
others in here. They all must have passed a physical be
fore we let them in."
Sullivan said the program, which meets five days a
week, is worth one credit hour to participants.
"Monday, Wednesday and Friday we work on agility
drills, quick weights and some speed work," he said.
Tuesdays and Thursdays the "work is more with bulk
weights. The main thing that is stressed is agility, strength
and endurance."
Athletes tested
Sullivan said the athletes were tested on several things
including conditioning, strength, and explosive power as
well as the measuring of cardio-vascular response. -
"When we are working on weights we have eight dif
ferent stations besides the one testing station," Sullivan
aid.
There is form running, speed drills, quick drills, a
combination form and strength running with the use of
ropes and agility drills, using a mini-obstacle course set
up," he said. "Also the endurance run, quick weights and
rope skipping." '
There are 20 to 22 athletes in each group and around
200 participating, Sullivan said.
The weight program is set up by weight-lifting coach
Boyd Epley on a group basis. However, some athletes
haw individual programs for themselves.
Fersonsl weight pia prorans
"If a specified individual felt the need to gain weight,
then we would work out a program for him to work with
bulk weights," Sullivan said. "Others may prefer strength
and endurance exercises."
Sullivan said the tendency for most of the athletes was
to gain weight during the course of the program.
"I suppose some could actually lose weight if they
wanted to " Sullivan said. "But because of the rigors of
the program most of them wiH gain weight. Our main
emphasis is just to stay in condition."
