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daily nebraskan
friday, november 18, 1977
Brink: didn't get la fair chance to prove herself
By Rob Barney
and Mike McCarthy, sports Editor
r Sherry Brink, covergirl for the 1977-78 women's ath
letic basketball brochure, will: not be a team star this
season and will not get her fourth letter.
Brink, a three-year starter and letter winner for UNL,
quit the women's squad last week.
Brink, the team s only senior, was listed on the third
team by the squad's first-year coach, Marcia Walker.
Brink said she quit because she did not think she got a
fair chance to prove herself.
"I was put down to third string and I had started for
three years," she said.
"I didn't think it was worth my time and effort to stay
out for basketball." ' (
Walker said Brink had reacted too early by quitting.
"It was so early in the season, I hadn't picked my first,
second or third team," Walker said. "I felt cheated that I
didn't get the chance to find out how well she could
play."
Brink said she was looking forward to playing for the
new coach at the beginning of the season.
"I had praise for her (Walker). We started out pre
season with a conditioning program. And she started out
practices teaching us fundamentals, which we needed,"
Brink said.
But when the team was being chosen, Brink said she
found herself on the third squad.
Game Saturday
UNL's annual Red-White intrasquad basketball game
will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the McDonald Belton
Gymnasium at Mid-Plains Community College in North
Platte. '
Red White
10 Mike Naderer, G, 5-11, Fr. 12 James Caldwell G. 6-3, Sr.
14 Pat Hodges, F, 6-5, Jr. 22 Brian Banks, G, 6-0, Sr.
20 Greg Gideion, F, 6-5, Fr. 24 Mark McVicker, F,6-7, So.
24 Srebrenko Despot, F, 6-8, 30 Bob Moore, G, 6-3, Jr.
Fr.
40 Andre Smith, F, 6-7, Fr. 32 Terry Novak, F, 6-4. Sr.
42 Eric Eckelmai, F, 6-7, Fr. 50 Curt Hedberg, F-C. 6-8, Jr.
44 Gerard Myrthil, G, 6-2. Fr. 54 Carl McPipe. C. 6-8. Jr.
52 John Ploetz, C, 6-8, Fr.
Women cagers
open at home
The UNL women's basketball team will be "out to get"
Simpson College Saturday at their home opener at 7:30
p.m. in the UNL Coliseum.
Coach Marcia Walker said the Huskers were "out to get
anyone on the floor" after two losses last weekend at the
hands of the University of Winnipeg in Winnipeg, Canada.
"They (UNL players) played well," Walker said. "They
just got beat in the first game .The second game was taken
away from, them, The officiating was atrocious. It is not
that Winnipeg played rough, it was the one-sidedness of
the officiating."
The team lost the first game, 76-57 anjl the second,
105-79.
, Walker said,, she thinks UNL will perform
"exceptionally well" against Simpson because they are
"fired up." The players should be strong on the boards,
she said. :
UNL beat Simpson in overtime last year, 64-60.
The Huskers suffered the loss of Laura Tietjen in the
first half of the second game in Winnipeg and "it had to
hurt overall because of the way she was playing," Walker
said. Tietjen made 10 points prior to her injury.
Walker said Tietjen may be able to play 'against
Simpson, but if not, Marta Prichard will take her place.
Other starters will be Jan Crouch, Darcy Williamson,
Jeanne Boiler, who had. 10 points and 11 rebounds in the
second game and Linda Jansen.
After playing Simpson, the team travels to Plainview,
Tex., for a Nov. 24 through 26 tournament against seven
other schools. ' . 3 ; j .
Walker said the Huskers play Wayland Baptist College,
the hosts of the tournament, in the first round. Wayland
Baptist is rates number one in the country, she said.
sport., shorts
The UNL women's volleyball team today will compete
in the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
(AIAW) Region 6 championships at Grand Forks, N.D.
The top two teams in the region will qualify for the
national tourney Dec. 8-10 at Brigham Young University
in Pxovo, Utah.
'
The Husker women's swim team will be in Norman,
Okla. Saturday for a dual meet with the University of
Oklahoma.
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Freshman Donna Fox was the only Husker women's
cross country member to qualify for the AIAW national
meet Saturday in Austin, Tex. Fox finished seventh at
the Region 6 meet in Ames, Iowa to qualify for the meet.
"The main reason I quit is that she didn't see my
potential," Brink said. "She put me on third string and
blew my three years of experience right off the table.
"She knew my statistics and she had talked to people
who had seen me play," she added. "She claimed I wasn t
putting out in practice. I don't think that's right."
Walker disagreed.
"Sherry is bitter toward basketball," she said. She
talked to me and said she wasn't having fun playing bas
ketball anymore. I told her I felt disappointed she was
quitting but I didn't try to influence her decision.
As a three-year performer, Brink said she thought she
would get some extra consideration.
"She (Walker) doesn't think a senior has any privileges
over other players, everybody is even," Brink said. "I
might be old fashioned but I have a different feeling. I
think a senior should be given a chance before a
freshman."
Brink said Walker, told her she had the ability to
become a good player.
"I'll be down to watch the games," the Ceresco resi
dent said. "I have a lot of friends playing."
Those friends might have some problems this season,
according to Brink.
"I think they'll have a tough time winning state this
year," she said. "With her (Walker's) style of play, there
are too many individuals on the team. The players aren't
working together.
it ua n feiifia thv were coins to lose the two games
in Canada, just by the way they were performing in prac
tice. They were sloppy." UNL lost to Winnipeg
University, 76-57 and 105-79.
However, Walker said some disorganized play is normal
so early in the season. t
"With a new coach and a new system, of course that s
to be expected," Walker said. "I've been putting the girls
through some pretty rigid workouts. I don t know. Some
. of them just don't want to put out that much. They seem
to have other activities outside of basketball.
"College and high school basketball takes a different
kind of dedication," Walker added. "Some find that out
later."
Brink is a physical education major and wants to get
her coaching endorsement. She said she wants to coach
either in a high school or college.
She said she has some different philosophies from
Walker
"It seemed to me she knew who she wanted way
before the season started. She told me she had a lot of
freshmen athletes coming down to try out. She said if
they were not all-state or had no state-wide recognition,
not to even bother coming out," Brink said.
"I don't like some of her ideas," she added. "They
seem too simple. I don't think she's a college-caliber
coach, but I have nothing against her."
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Husker kicker Billy Todd (14) will have the battle of the toes with Uwe Von Schamann when UNL meets
the University of Oklahoma Nov. 25.
Game may be Big 8 battle of toes
as kickers vie for field goal record
By Kevin Schnepf
The two top kickers in the Big 8 will have a battle of
the toes when the University of Oklahoma and UNL
collide in Norman, Okla. Nov. 25. The winning team will
head for the Orange Bowl.
Uwe von Schamann, the Sooner's soccer-style kicker,
leads the league in field goals, while the Husker's left
footed kicker, Billy Todd, runs a close second. Von
Schamann has hit 13 of 20 field goals this year, and Todd
has made 12 of 17,
Todd, with 12 field goals this year, has broken the
record of the most field goals in one season, held by
Paul Rogers and Al Eveland. His 55-yard field goal against
the University of Kansas last week tied Rogers' record for
the longest field goal.
Von Schamann, who kicked the winning field goal
against Ohio State University earlier this fall, will enter
the nationally televised game as the number two scorer
in the Big 8. The junior from Berlin, Germany has made
42 extra points and is averaging, 8.1 points per game.
Todd, a 6-foot4, 190-pound junior transfer student
from Mesa Arizona Junior College, said he thinks the
kicking game will play an important role in the Husker
Sooner battle.
' " Most important game
''I'm looking forward to the game," Todd said. "This
is definitely our most important game ofihe year. This
is what we've been working for all year. Hopefully, I'll
be able to contribute to the game."
"Other Big 8 teams play this Saturday, but UNL and
Oklahoma have two weeks to prepare for their match.
Todd said the layoff will help the team and his kicking.
"We've been going strong for ten games with Sunday
the only day off," he said. "The break will be good and
when I come back it will be like a fresh start."
The Huskers had Monday and Tuesday off and began
practice again Wednesday.
Todd began his high school career in North Carolina.
During his sophomore year he moved to Chandler, Ariz.
Todd went to Mesa Arizona Junior College without a
scholarship, where he made 28 extra points, eight field
goals and punted 52 times for a 40.2 yard average.
"I wasn't sure what 1 was going to do after that (junior
college)," Todd said. "I had three or four offers and
Nebraska seemed to be a good opportunity. I happened
to be in the right place at the right time with both (Al)
Eveland and (Randy) Lessman graduating. Bowl games
and the winning tradition at Nebraska were also
incentives."
Helped maturity
"I'm just trying to do the best that I can," he said.
His exposure at UNL has helped his maturity, he added.
For the most part, I've been pleased with my field
goals he said. "1 was glad to get a shot at that long one
(his 55-yard tie-breaking field goal) because someone
made the comment that I wasn't a long-range kicker."
However, Todd said he has been displeased with his
extra points and kick-offs this year.
"I ran into a few problems at Missouri," Todd said of
his two missed extra points. "Last year I was more
consistent at getting the ball into the end zone. This year
it seems that I'm kicking the ball higher and not longer."
Hie most important part of kicking field goals and
it't??,e?cthC C,C1tCr Snap$ thc bal1' 1 mwe forward, if
i 1 1 .t-3p' 1 h3VV walt" Todd said. "We've done a
good job this season, though.
"They've (holders) had to make quite an adjustment
tins year since I'm left-footed," Todd Lid. auJUSt,'lcnt