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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, february 20, 1980
eads Husker women to 82-52 win
First half spurt 1
ByTadStryker
A 19-2 scoring spurt midway through
the first half sparked the Nebraska
women's basketball team to an easy 82-52
win over South Dakota last night at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center.
An effective press and fine outside
shooting highlighted the spurt, which help
ed a 1612 lead grow to a 35-14 advantage.
Laura Tietjen and Kathy Hagerstrom
scored on long shots often to help open up
the large advantage the Huskers enjoyed
throughout the rest of the game.
Diane DelVigna led the Huskers with 25
points and added 8 rebounds. Hagerstrom
had 19. Tietjen, who has been injured much
of this year, scored 18, and Ami Beiriger
finished with 12. Freshman center Deb
Petersen led South Dakota with 13 points.
" was really pleased with the
outcome" said Husker Coach Lorrie
Gallagher. We started a few people who
hadn't been playing much. We've been
getting too many turnovers, so we decided
having more of our older players in there
would help us cut them down."
Aggressive defense
Nebraska shot well from the field, at 53
percent and most of their shots came from
outside. The Huskers' aggressive defense
forced 22 Coyote turnovers.
"We've been working on our press a
lot," said Gallagher. "That's what broke
the game open."
DelVigna was moved inside so that the
Huskers could take advantage of Tietjen's
and Hagerstrom's outside shooting, accord
ing to Gallagher.-
"Diane's only 5-8, but she can hold her
own inside," she said. "Laura hasn't scored
very many points this year since she's been
injured, but we knew she was a fine
shooter. Ami Beiriger also helped our out-
side shooting."
Guard control
The difference between this game and
the Huskers' recent outings, said Gallagher,
was the way the guards took control.
Gallagher pointed out an interesting
statistic. In the 18 games the Huskers have
won this season, DelVigna has been the
leading scorer each time. In the 14 contests
they've lost, DelVigna has only been the
leading scorer twice.
"We figure Diane has to get her 20
points for us to win," said Gallagher.
The Huskers will be looking for
DelVigna to help them win the two regular
season games they have before hosting one
of the sub-regionals of the upcoming AIAW
playoffs. They will travel to Northwest
Missouri State Thursday night, and will
take on perennial Big Eight champion
Kansas at Lawrence Saturday.
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Huskers to meet K-State E-l.frN
in conference scramble
By Paul Martin
Although both the Kansas State and
UNL basketball teams will be. trying to halt
two-game losing streaks when they square
off tonight at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center, their primary motives for winning
are different.
K-State, already assured of hosting a
first-round game in the upcoming Big Eight .
tournament, needs the game in order to
keep its hopes of a regular season confer
ence title alive, The 8-4 Wildcats, who cur
rently trail league leader Missouri (9-3) by
one game, can control their own destiny as
they will host the Tigers Saturday,
The 7-5 Huskers, meanwhile, are in a
scramble with Colorado (6-6) and Kansas
(6-6) fot the right to host a first-round
tournament game. Nebraska needs either a
wii against KSU tonight or against Okla
home Saturday to assure itself of a game in
Lincoln when the conference tournament
begins Feb. 26. - '
Stakes high
With! a great deal at stake, Acting Hus
ker Head Coach Moe Iba expects the com
petition to be fierce. ,
"I feel it's going to be a very hard
fought ballgame," Iba said, "much like the
one in Manhattan. Both teams realize that
it's a must game."
KSU Head Coach Jack Hart man sees the
game much the way Iba does and said he
feels his team will be hard-pressed to beat
the Huskers again,
'Nebraska has a very good team and has
played extremely well all year," Hartman
said, "and indications are that the game
will be the same type we had down here."
In their Jan. 26 meeting at Manhattan,
it took two overtimes before the Huskers
were'defeated 66-64. -
Tyrone Adams out
But since then, the Wildcats have lost
the services of 6-6 forward Tyrone Adams.
Adams broke his hand in a game against
Colorado and is out for the season.
"Losing Tyrone Adams has been a real
factor in our recent play," Hartman said.
"He was our second-leading scorer and
v we've had some problems offensively in
point production anyway," he said. "Our
point production was just barely getting us
by before we lost him."
Iba said losing Adams has hurt Kansas
State much as the Huskers were hindered
' when Tim West was out for several games
with an ankle injury, but said KSU "had
the players capable of replacing him."
Starters rotated
The void has been primarily filled by
6-5 Manley Ray, who has joined Rolando
Blackman, Ed Nealy, Jari Wills and Tim
Jankovich as a regular. Glenn Marshall, a
5-11 senior, has seen considerable action
during the year and may be called upon
early. . r , ,j.,t, .
Iba said Nebraska would open with Jack
Moore and Mike Naderer at guards, Andre
Smith at center, and Tim West at a for
ward. He said he wasn't certain who would
join West as the other starting forward.
Iba said that good shot selection and
patience would be important factors.
"The team that plays the smartest is
going to win," Iba said.
The game, the Cornhuskers' last regular
season contest at the Sports Center, is
scheduled to start at 7:35 pjn. ,
Photo by Mitch Hrdlicka
Diane DelVigna, 30, comes down with a rebound and prepares to go up for a shot in
Tuesday's 82-52 win over the University of South Dakota. Also in on the action are
Huskers Laura Tietjen, 21, Sheila Black, 5, for the Coyotes, and Husker Chris
Kowalski, 32.
Las Vegas first stop
Baseball
season neanng
By Ron Powell
For the UNL baseball team to play in
the middle of February, it must either go
south' or west. ;
Husker Coach John Sanders decided to.
follow the advice of Horace Greeley and
take the team to Las Vegas to open the
Huskers' 60-game season Thursday in the
Las Vegas , Desert Classic Tournament.
Sanders said the Huskers will be starting'
their season against some good competi
tion. .,
"To some people, (the University of
California-) Irvine and (California State)
Northridge wouldn't sound tough because
they don't recognize them as a football
power like a USC," Sanders said. "But
both of those teams can compete on the
same level as a USC or a Pepperdine (the
nation's No. 3 team a year ago) and have
beaten them on occasion.
. 'This tournament should be a good
opportunity to use other players, try some
different combinations, get some experi
ence, and, of course, do well," Sanders
said. "We're not going out there just to roll
dice?We're anxious to play baseball and get
the season started."
Sanders said he is hoping the team can .
get off to a quick start this season, and for
good reasons. Last season, his squad won
its first 14 games enroute to a 49-15 season
and a berth in the NCAA Northeast
Regional tournament. The Huskers had
wins over - Pepperdine and USC, 1978
College World Series Champion, and
Sanders said these victories helped the
, Huskers earn the at-large berth.
The Huskers return 13 lettermen from
that team last year and welcome a talented
group of newcomers. I ; .
' One of the strengths of this year's team
: will be in the outfield where all three 1979
starters return. Senior centerfielder Joe
Scherger returns despite being drafted by
the New York Mets in last June's draft. '
Scherger was an All-Big Eight selection in
1979, batting .337 with five homers and 33
; runs-batted-in. Junior Stan Haas, who hit
.280 last year, returns to left field while
senior Steve Oakley, a .278 hitter in 1979,
returns in right.
Infield starters
The Huskers return two starters in the
infield. Junior third baseman Jeff Hunter,
an All-Big Eight tournament selection, was
drafted last June in the ninth round by the
Baltimore Orioles, but has decided to play
another year for the Huskers. Last year,
Hunter had the team's top batting average
(.339) and led the team in homers with
eight. He also knocked in 64 runs.
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Husker wrestlers approaching 20-win season
By Pat Beecham
The UNL wrestling team will be looking
to improve its 1 7-7-1 dual record this week
in Utah against Brigham Voung, Utah State
and Utah. If the Husker grapplers can pull
off the three dual wins.it would give them
20 wins for the season and make Coach
Bob Fehn preseason prediction come
true.
The Huskers are coming off a good per
formance at Maryland where they went
3-1 against some tough competition,
Fehrs said. Nebraska beat the University of
Virginia, William and Mary, and the Univer
sity of East Carolina, tied the University of
Maryland and lost to the Naval Academy.
In their loss to Navy, the Huskers lost three
matches by just one point, which made the
final difference in the 19-14 score.
Fehrs said the Huskers wrestled well but
added that they would have liked to have
won all of their matches. He said Billy Sel
mon and Jim Kimsey who won four out of
five matches are wrestling well. Kimsey up
set the seventh-rated wrestler In the nation '
in his 177-pound weight class, and accord
ing to Fehrs is "developing well for a fresh
man." The Huskers will have their work cut
out for them to accomplish their 20-win
season though, Fehrs said.
Brigham Young is traditionally strong
in wrestling. They have won the Western
Atlantic Conference 14 out of the last 17
years," Fehrs said. 'They are probably the
best team we will have to wrestle out
there."
Fehrs said the Huskers were about
where he wanted them at this stage of the
season. Many of the young wrestlers are
getting better as they get more experience,
he said.
'A lot of the guys are maturing and
aren't getting as rattled in certain situations
as they did earlier in the season."
Nebraslca may not have one of its top
wrestlers at full strength, however. Tim
Neumann, the Huskers 167-pounder.came
away with a slight knee injury from the
Huskers Maryland trip, but Fehrs said he
should be able to wrestle by the end of the
.Another problem, Fehrs said, is
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performance from everyone.
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