Wednesday, September 12, 1979
daily nebraskan
page 17
New tennis coach fourth in four years Fellowships to be given
By Ron Powell
The UNL women! tennis coaching spot changes about
as much as Nebraska weather.
For the fourth consecutive year, the team has a new
coach. But Julie Wood, this year's coach, says she isn't
bothered by the turnover, even if she is in her first coach
ing job.
"I really like it,H Wood said. MI love working with the
athletes. I've got some real good kids from both a tennis
and personality standpoint. I enjoy being around athletes
like these that are giving 100 percent and working hard all
the time."
Wood comes to UNL with tennis experience. For the
past two years, Wood taught tennis classes at the University
of Texas-Austin. She also played two years of college
tennis at Northern Iowa University.
Wood said her coaching methods would follow a
"hard but flexible" philosophy..
"There will be days when I'll run them into the
ground," Woods said. "But I know there will be days
when we will have to ease up and not go as hard."
Wood said her team is going through a round robin
tournament this week to determine the seven players who
will travel to Columbia, Mo. for the team's first fall meet.
Although fall meets do not count on the official spring
record, Wood said she intends to treat them like regular
matches.
"Our girls need to win and need to gain confidence
before the spring," Wood said.
The team returns Ave out of six starters from last
year's team and has a group of freshmen with good
potential, Wood said.
Leading the returnees is senior Sue Sloboth, a three-
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"I's going to be a lot harder this year (winning the Big
Eigh championship), and we know it," Haberman said.
"Yr j could see things getting closer last year."
'You can just see the potential in a lot of the teams,
lik; Kansas State," Melcher added. "There have been a
lot ot young teams, but everyone is getting more exper
enced." Both being setters the women said they definitely feel
there's a difference in each person they set for, the
spikers. Pettit tries to keep them in the same rotation
during a game so they can get some pattern to their
setting.
"You have to know what each girl will take and what
they won't, Jiowfcaggressive they are, and, how higlv they
get up," Haberman said. 'There's different styles and you
year letter winner and last year's number one player.
"I would guess Sue is probably our best overall
player, Wood said. "She has the most power, experience
and consistency on our team."
Wood said junior Judy Huerter, sophomore Sue Moore
and freshmen Ann Swanson and Cindy Reiman will be
the top challengers for Slobrth's spot at the top.
Huerter and Moore played numbers two and four
respectively last year. Wood calif them "good, consistent
players."
Swanson is a two-time state champion from Grand
Island while Reiman, from Peoria, 111., was one of the
state's top high school players a year ago.
They (Swanson and Reiman) should be able to push
top players but it depends on how well they can handle
the pressure ," Wood said .
Senior Sue Bauers and sophomore Carrie Schmitz are
returning starters after playing in the fifth and sixth spots
a year ago. Wood said, however, both will be pressured for
a starting spot by freshman Rocky Rissi, Beth Jester and
Kerry Distefano.
"It's going to be close for all spots because the fresh
man should be able to push the upperclassmen," Wood
said.
Wood said she thinks the team has shown some good
talent in practice, but added she can't be certain until
they play in competition.
"My philosophy is we can beat anyone in the Big
Eight," Wood said. "I think we have the talent but we
need to work on the mental part of the game and being
able to handle pressure."
"This team was last in the Big Eight last year and this
team doesn't belong on the bottom," she said. "If we
don't improve our position, I'll be surprised."
just have to adjust to each person."
The team has set some definite goals for this season,
namely repeating as Big Eight champs, winning the
Region VI Tourney again and a top 10 position at
nationals. Last year thev finished 17th of 24 teams.
Wednesday the team leaves for Texas where they will be
involved in a match against Texas Women's University and
the Mean Green Invitational at Denton.
"It's going to be a very tough tournament," Haberman
said. "I think it will be the toughest one we will play in
all year."
Melcher said she hopes the Huskers can prove better
this year than last in the Invitational. There wiH be 12
teams involved.
"We're better prepared this year than last," Melcher
said. "We were a little intimidated last year."
by science foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The National Research Council
again will advise the National Science Foundation in the
selection of candidates for the foundation's program of
Minority Graduate Fellowships. Panels of scientists and
engineers appointed by the NRC will evaluate qualifica
tions of applicants.
Final selection of fellows will be made by the founda
tion, with awards to be announced in March 1980.
The NSF Minority Graduate Fellowship Program is
open only to persons who are citizens or nationals of the
United States as of the time of application, and who are
members of an ethnic minority group underrepresented in
the advanced levels of the Nation's science talent pool-i.e.,
American Indian, Alaskan Native (Eskimo or Aleut),
Black, Mexican AmericanChicano, or Puerto Rican.
Eligibility is limited to those individuals who, as of the
time of application, have not completed postbaccalaureate
study in excess of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours,
or equivalent, in any field of science, engineering, social
science, or mathematics.
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