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'By Kevin Schnepf
Dedication and talent seem to be the answers .for the
UNL baseball team's nine-game winning streak, according
to head coach Tony Sharpe.
Sharpe, coaching in his 33rd year, said every player has
been working hard since last fall's practices.
"We have dedicated young men who have a lot of
talent," Sharpe said. "We have more talent than in the
past few years with some bench strength."
The Huskers, who last weekend boosted their record to
15-4, are off to their best start since 1955. UNLhas won
14 of its last 15 games.
UNL swept Morningside College in a doubleheader
Friday, 9-7 and 7-3, and shutout University of Nebraska
Cliff Faust, 3-1 on the year, pitched a four-hitter in the
first game followed by a one-hitter pitched by senior left
hander Kirk Eymann, who has a 2-1 record.
With its nine-game winning streak on the line, the Husk
ers played Creighton University Tuesday in Omaha
in a doubleheader lo open its 12-game road trip.
, The Huskers travel to Columbia, Mo., Friday to face
the defending Big 8 Champion, the University of Missouri
Tigers. The Tigers return with every player except the
catcher from last year's team.
The series, with a doubleheader on Friday and Satur
day, will begin the Huskers division play. UNL, Missouri,
-back, fullback spots are still open
By Mike McCarthy
Decisions, decisions, decisions-that is what Husker
backfield coach Mike Corgan has to make.
After two weeks of Spring ootball practice, Corgan
said a Husker has yet to claim an I-back or a fullback spot
for next Fall.
"Nobody has got a spot wrapped up," he said. "And
that's the way you want it."
It is not that UNL graduated last year's starters, but
the players have similar abilities, Corgan said.
Last year's starting fullback, senior Dodie Donnell,
is fighting for his spot with junior Keith Steward.
Donnell failed to finish a t quired conditioning class
before spring training began. Now that he has finished it,
Donnell has started practicing with the team. His .late
appearance has limited him to one full-scale scrimmage.
The top five fullbacks are the same as last season,
Donnell said.
"It's just a matter of timing and execution. I still have
a lot to learn and should be in better shape," he said.
Corgan said, "I'm just not going to move Steward out
just because Donnell has returned."
Junior Rick Bems and senior Monte Anthony have
been slowed by injuries after sharing the I-back slot last
year.
"Monte is coming off two operations and Bems has a
bruised thigh," Corgan said. "Monte is pretty anxious to
get going."
Although Anthony will not play any spring football,
Corgan said Bems should be running Wednesday and play
in Saturday's scrimmage.
Corgan added that Anthony may be moved to fullback.
But while Anthony and Bems are away, junior Byron
Stewart is ready to play. The Oxen Hill, Md., native is
sharing first string I-back with Berns.
" "There's a lot of competition," Stewart said. "1 ueie is
so much pressure, you must be on your toes all the
time."
"I hope to be number one," he added, "but with four
guys, (I-backs) the competition is so great the coaches
have to split up the playing time."
"Each player might get only 10 minutes to prove what
he can do. If one I-back pulls off a long run, that means
you have to, too."
Husker racqueteers
shoot down Mavericks
By Kevin Schnepf
The Husker men's tennis squad boosted its season '
record to 14-7 as it netted victories in every match against
the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) Tuesday on
the Men's Physical Education tennis courts.
The Huskers, who won three of four meets last
weekend in Colorado, played without Phil Woog and Dan
Sloboth who are the number one and two players.
Head coach Jim Porter said Woog was out with a sore
shoulder and Sloboth had a sore elbow but he said neither
injury was serious. "
Porter said he was pleased with the squad's sweep of
UNO, noting the play of , freshman Larry Rugg and
Sophomore Kevin McDermott who filled in the vacancies
caused by the absence of Woog and Sloboth.
Rugg and McDermott defeated UNO's Tom Wulff and
Bob Johnson in a doubles match, 6-1,6-1. Rugg defeated
Wulff in singles, 6-2, 6-1, while McDermott defeated
Johnson 6-1,6-1.
"The entire squad is playing good," Porter said. "We
have some depth this year in case of any injuries.
"We're really starting to come around. We have a
winning attitude for a change and everyone is playing
serious tennis.
"By the time the Eig 8 meet comes around, well be in
top form," Porter said.
The Big 8 Championships will be May 19 and 20 at
Oklahoma City, Okla. But before the Huskers have to
compete in the Eig 8, they must play in seven matches
and two tournaments.
UNL travels to Topeka, Kan., Thursday for a match
against Washburn University followed by Saturday's
match in Maryville, Mo., against Northwest Missouri State
University.
In the singles matches, number three man Jeff
Schmahl defeated UNO's Kerry Sutton, 6-3, 6-3. The
Huskers number four man, Chris Wilcox, defeated Tim
Noon 6-2, 6-0, and number five man Russ Wiltse defeated
.Paul Green, 6-3, 6-2.
W2tse, a freshman from Lincoln, said he thought he
played fairly well Tuesday. Wiltse also teamed up with
E21 Jackson to win a doubles match against UNO's Sutton
and Bob Slezar, 6-3, 7-5.
Li other doubles action, Wilcox teamed up with
Weaver to defeat Noon and Green, 6-3, 6-2. Weaver also
wen his singles match defeating Sezar, 6-2, 6-2.
Stewart said the backs help each other out, but "when
there are three or four guys fighting for the spot, the con
clusion is one guy gets it."
Corgan said junior I-back Isiah Hipp also is vying for
the starting role.
Corgan' said Hipp's bid for a starting spot was no sur
prise. ', ,
Sophomore fullback Chris Juehring from Davenport,
Iowa, also has been looking strong at fullback, Corgan
said. Juerhing is now listed third on the depth charts
behind Steward and Donnell, who share the number one
position.
University of Kansas and Iowa State University make up
one division while Kansas State University, Oklahoma
State University, and the Universities of Oklahoma and
Colorado are in the other division.
Sharpe said eight of the 12 division games the Huskers
play are on the road. He said Iowa State is the only home
series in division play. , ru
The Huskers are injury free for the road trip, Sharpe
said..
He said centerfielder Paul Haas, who did not travel to
Texas with the team two weeks ago, still is bothered with
a hamstring pull. Sharpe said there are no arm troubles
with pitchers for the road trip.
The Huskers face UNO again Friday in Omaha in a
doubleheader followed by a four pme series with Kansas
University in Lawrence, April 22 and 23.
The Huskers, led by the hitting of Haas with a .500
average, are hitting .272 as a team. Freshman left fielder
Joe Scherger has five home runs and is batting .400.
"Well be playing better competition against Missouri
and Kansas," Sharpe said. "Kansas played decent down in
Texas, losing two close ones against a good Texas A & M
ball club."
'These games (winning streak) have been helping our
confidence," he said. "Hopefully, well meet the chall
enge against the tougher competition."
Missouri won two of four games in a series with Big 8
contender Oklahoma State two weeks ago. The Tigers are
batting .284 as a team through 23 games and are led by
pitcher Rob Pietroburgo who has a 3-1 record.
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Junior I-back Richard Bems, shown here when he was the Huskers leading rusher last season, has been hampered
by injuries during spring football practice. '
Dakota cowboys round up top spots
around title with the help of a first place finish in saddle
bronc riding and a second in bareback bronc riding. He
scored 184 points.
The women's all-around winner was a familiar face to
followers of the UNRA event. Shelly Haskins Mueller
of Wisconsin-River Falls won the all-around for the fourth
straight year. She won the barrel racing event and took
fourth in breakaway roping to finish with an individual
total of 145 points.
Other individual winners were Monty Carson of BHSC
in bareback bronc riding, first-day leader Rex Payne of
NCB in calf roping, a threeAvsy tie for the saddle bronc
riding title between Johnson, Mark Hughes of NCB and
Mark Melvin of BHSC, and Dean Churchill and Kelvin
Sharp of Chadron State in team roping.
Other winners included Bruz Luger of ECC in steer
wrestling .Billy Zurcher of NCB in bull riding, Mueller- in
barrel racing, Charlotte Johnson of SDSU in breakaway
roping and Amy Logan of SDSU in goat tying.
. Top finishers for UNRA members were afourth rhce
finish in team roping by Bill Peterson and Mike Untsr
seher and a third place for Carol Drake in barrel racing.
The rodeo had 313 entries from 18 colleges in the
Great Plains Rodeo Association.
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Dakota schools dominated the University of Nebraska
Rbdeo Association's (UNRA) tenth annual intercolle
giate rodeoFriday and Saturday at the State Fairgrounds
Coliseum.
The National College of Business (NCB) in Rapid City,
SD. recaptured the men's team title they lost a year ago
by scoring 362 points in the two-day competition. NCB
teams had also won the championship in 1974 and 1975.
Dickinson State College of Dickinson, ND. finished
second with 305 points, followed by South Dakota State
University (SDSU), 244, Chadron State College, 120 and
Bismarck Community College (ECC) of Bismarck, ND.
with 110.
The UNRA men's team finished back in the pack with
40 points.
SDSU, last year's men's winners, won the women's
team championship this year. Three cowgirls of the
Brookings, SD. school tallied 300 points to win the wo
men's competition.
' The UNRA women's team fared better than the men's
finishing fifth with 40 points. Second through fourth
place went to Elack Hills State College (EHSC) in Spear
fish, SD. with 205 points, the University of Wisconsin at
River Falls with 145 points and North Hatte Community
College with 0 points.
A record crowd of 2,850 showed up for the Saturday
night finals.
Junior Clint Johnson of SDSU won the men's all-
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