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Husker Scott Sorchik will defend Ms Kmm Relays javelin title this weekend.
Sorchik has thrown the javelin 262 ft. 1 1 in., this season for the third best mark in
the country. ,
UNL women's tennis team
not resting on past record
The Husker women's tennis team lets we left after our matches, but his year we
the facts speak for themselves. stick around and watch other matches."
Jasvelin thrower Scott Sorchik will be
trying to win his third consecutive title
when the Huskers travel to Lawrence,
Kan., today end Saturday for the 52nd
running of the Kansas Relays.
Sorchik hss won the event the kst two
years, but this year it might be tougher for
him, said UNL assistant track coach John
. Korky.
' Sorchik, who heaved the javelin 229 ft.,
10 in. at last year's meet, has a toss of 252
ft., 11 in. this year. He is ranked third in
the nation.
However, the person Sorchik defeated
in last year's meet, Robert Roggy of South
ern Illinois University, is ranked second in
the nation and has thrown the javelin a
few feet farther than Sorchik this season,
Korky said.
"Scott is one of the hardest workers,
I have seen," Korky said. "He trains year
round. He spends a lot of time for the
limited amount of meets he competes in."
Korky said the Kansas Relays rate with
the Texas Relays and the Drake Relays as
the top three big MidWest events.
'There will be teams from the Big 8,
Big 10, Southwest Conference, junior col
lege teams and some private colleges,"
Korky said. "There also will be some high
school events and I understand thafthis is
bigger than the Kansas high school state
meet to them."
He added that the Relays could be a
preview of the Big 8 Conference outdoor
meet.
""All the Big 8 teams will be there,"
Korky said, "so we'll have an oppor-
tunitv to compete asainst thsm all.1
No team scores are kept at the Kan
sas Relays because it is difficult with so
many teams, Korky said.
Individually, Korky said, the Huskers
have a chance for some winners besides
Sorchik.
"The two-mile relay team finished
fourth at the Texas Relays and they have
the ability to run with the best teams in
Kansas," Korky said.
The Kansas Relays also will feature
several well-known former Olympic
athletes.
Al Oerter, 40, the only man to win
four Olympic gold medals in the same
event (discus), will compete in his first
major meet in eight years.
The open division also will include
Olympic pole vaulters Earl Bell and Terry
Porter, sprinters Ed Preston of Arkansas
State University and Robert Taylor of the
Philadelphia Pioneers, sub-four minute
milers Mike Slack and Mike Manke and
U.S. Olympian distance runner Garry
Bjorklund.
The Huskers will take 22 athletes to
Kansas, including hurdler Jeff Lee and
discus thrower Lee Kunz. Both have been
working out with the football team.
They are 9-2 in duals, won the Big 8
Conference tournament against a highly
competitive field last Saturday, and could
be the best women's tennis team ever at
UNL
But past accomplishments will not
be enough when the Huskers meet Kansas
State University and Kearney State Col
lege in Kearney today and Drake Uni
versity in Des Moines Saturday.
"We got a good record, probably the
best .ever," said Joyce McVicker, the
Huskers' number one player. "But we're
nonchalant about it. I don't think well
have a letdown against Drake."
McVicker credited first-year Husker
coach Sig Garnett with the turn-around
from last year's squad, which - finishec
fourth in the Big 8 Tournament.
Two Husker freshmen on the six-woman
squad also have helped, McVicker said.
Sue Sloboth is the Huskers' second
ranked player and Ruth Anderson is sixth.
"We got more kids on the team and
they really help with enthusiasm," McVick
er said. "We really get excited. Last year
Anderson agreed. .
"I guess we (freshmen) are a little more
enthusiastic since it is our first year. I think
it helps them (the older players)."
Anderson added the best tennis she has
played this year was last week at the Big 8
Tourney. In that meet, Anderson won the
number six singles title and teamed with
Vicki Maseman to win their doubles match.
"1 was playing miserable two weeks
ago," Anderson said. "I played the best
I've ever played this year at the Big 8 and
got more confidence. I've played tourneys
before so I was used to the pressure."
"After I took the first set (at Big 8), I
got my confidence back."
Anderson said she has not heard the
scouting report on Drake, but "hopefully
we'll get up for them."
"There won't be as much pressure as
the Big 8 had, but it will be a good practice
for the Missouri Valley."
The Huskers will travel to Columbia,
Mo., for the Missouri Valley Conference
meet April 28 to 30.
Huskor
s to try to come out
By Rob Eirnjy
UNLt baseball team will travel to
Lawrence, Kan., today for a four-game
series with the University of Kansas (KU)
Jayhawks.
UNL is coming off four losses to
Missouri, putting the Husker: in the cellar
cf the east division of the Big 8 Conference
baseball standings. ; -
The Jayhawks last weekend took three
cf four gases from Iowa State University
to stand second in the division. Coach
Tony Sharp said the Huskers must win
two grr.es to sisy in contention for a play
eff berth.
The top two team in each division at
the tsirsa's end &izzzs to the Hz 8
tourr.rr.:r.t May 20 through 24 in Gkia-
We need t mirir.um cf two wins tnd
wa wq-di preferably like tl
Ehirp wO be ttsrtl- E'k Epaa
(2-2) in the first ne cf tha crfci todiy,
trJ J;rr Costco (3-2) ia tha u&zL Ha
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ia the fmst cf tvo terns tyfcj at the
enlcf th3 k:so3 trJ thta !i:tirs tha
e-'cn k3, th3 pyeff Efct iJ d:ter-d-i
ty C.3 H:;t cf C.3 tirlii U
tha tt?o rJioc!3,wha cil "Xterxt
jz2 the first fcsrs vZljjo to tha touna-
ment."
The Huskers have had a week's layoff.
The U$m has a doublcheader Tuesday with
the University cf Nebraska at Omaha
(UNO), after being rained out twice.
"We would have loved to have played
UNO this week, but you can't do any
thing about the weather," Sharpe said. "We
hate to come back into Big 8 play on a
losi-g note." .
UNL, 18-8 on the year, and KU, 17-12-
1, compare similarly on paper.
In team hitting, KU ranks sixth in the
Eig 8, the Huskers are seventh. UNL leads
the league in tesa fielding, Kansas is third.
And in team pitching Kansas ranks first, .
the Huskers second.
"ICirsa is a good pitchrig cl-b and
thry- p!sy good defense " harpa said.
Their crity wesknesi is probably hitting."
Kaasu hu cr.a cf the leading hitters ia
tha conference, third fc-::nu.n Lee Ice. He
mznth ia tha Lis 8 .335
The Hirers ha.-a two cf the E?j 8'i
y .. ..jj t vX t s in ex wl 1 lwS
is hitting J73 tzi Schsrjct, a fceshaaa
tlzzis it J52.
U?L also hzz tro cf the ksiirj
pi:sh:n ii tha ccrJ"c:rr.ce. tisvz l!d.-.3-izzn
is 4-0 with a 2.23 earned run s'.t::;s
UNL hopes to qualify more
for Al AW National Meet
Husker women's track coach Carol
Frost said she hopes to qualify more mem
bers of her squad for the AIAW National
Meet when UNL hosts Northwest Missouri
State University and Fort Hays State in
a triangi!ar.meet Saturday.
Field events will begin at 1 pxn., with
running events scheduled for 1:30 pjn. at
te Ed Weir Track.
The Huskers have qualified six indivi
duals for the national meet and Frost said
.she is hopeful of qualifying more athletes.
"I am hopeful of qualifying all of our
relay teams," Frost said. "I also think
we could qualify in three or four other
events."
Frost did not say which individuals she
thought could qualify.
The Huskers have already qualified Deb
Raddatz in the shotput, Pam Koontz in
the discus, Cynthia Dixon in the 880-yard
run, Toni Midder and Pam Baker in the
100-yard dash, Baker in the 100ieter
hurdles and Jean Essman in the long jump.
i c!los
The Huskers, after Saturday, will have
three meets remaining to qualify for the
national meet at UCLA,' May 19 through
21. "
"Whether we .qualify more people or
not depends on our competition," Frost
said. We can't run it on our own. We have
to have good competition and good weath
er." Frost said she expects the Huskers to do
well in the meet Saturday. -
"I have high hopes for this meet," '
Frost said. "We have, performed well this
year and we are starting to get some of our
girls back who were injured."
The Huskers have been without the
services of their two best distance runners
for the last few weeks, Frost said.
Cynthia Dixon has been out with a
stress fracture and Kelly Hiatt has been
hampered with tendonitis, Frost said.
Frost said the Huskers defeated North
west Missouri State ia the Missouri Invi
tational meet during the indoor track season.
OgOiriS? TiOfTSQS
(ERA) to rank third, while Kirk Eymann is
2-2 with a 231 (ERA) fourth in tha
Big8.
The Huskers return fccrr.a Wednesday
for a doublcheader tgdnst Missouri
Western State ccllssa.
sports shorts
UNL's Crew team will try for its third
consecutive Big 8 Conference Rowing
Championship Saturday in Manhattan,
Kan.
If UNL wiaa the meet this year it will
giia permanent possession of the Ben Stott
'Challenge Cup for winning the Big 8 title
three consecutive years.
Tha Huskers are 3-2 this year with
victcrks ever tha University cf Uinneseta,
Washburn Unicnity and Notra Dasa Uni
versity. Tha Iksker losses hsva been to E!
8 tcimsy host Kansas Elite Unrcxsity and
Wcua Si&te Uiirrcrsity.
Hz ccs are tch:dul:d for tha vsrsity
caa'i eht, nrsity wosaa,i eight, fresh-
men c.
vsrjlty" cisa's
scuHs.
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isur with
women s eht,
ccx and sir-
:naChi fritemity is rcr.sori.ng aa
AH-Grssk Fiht Nht Ecxkg Tournament
at 7 pjn., tonight in the National Guard
Armory, 10th and Military Ave.
All benefits from the $2 ticket sales will
go to the V.'i!Is.ca home for minimally re
tarded children in Colorado. -
There will be 13 bouts.
Tickets may be parchssed from any
msr.ber cf Siaa Chi fraternity cr at tha
door. '
UNL's women's toftbaH izzzx wi3 travel
to Norman, Ckhu, Saturday for tha Sconer
IaritaticnsL
Tha Huskers are 44 en tha season and
are tchcdulai to fay a CozZlztetZzt at
Centril Stata Uniyersity, tcdjy.
.
UNL's women's gchf t;:-i r,Zl also be b
Nonnsn this wcskcr.d to defend its E 8
Ccnfcrenca Golf Ctlzzi at tha Uni
versity Gc'J Course.