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Cornhuskers enter third week of football practice
By Paul Martin
Greeted by record breaking 90 degree weather, Tom
Osborne's Nebraska football team began their third week
of practice Tuesday.
The scramble to get a foothold on the quarterback
duties continues, as it has all spring, to be one of the most
hotly -contested 'positions.
While all of the quarterbacks have had good days this
spring, according to Osbome, nothing has been settled
yet.
t4OveraU, Nate Mason probably had the best day
Saturday, Osborne said, "but Wednesday Mauer (Mark)
was almost flawless."
. In Saturday's scrimmage, sophomore quarterback Steve
Michaelson suffered a shoulder separation ana underwent
surgery Sunday. Returning letterman Jeff Quinn remained
out of action with an ankle sprain.
Although Quinn "still isn't a hundred percent,"
Osborne said he will hopefully be ready for tomorrow's
scrimmage.
"He (Quinn) stilt can't accelerate and cut very well but
he has almost got to scrimmage Wednesday," Osborne
said after Tuesday's practice.
After a potent performance Wednesday, the offense
sputtered Saturday, which Osborne said concerned him
somewhat.
"Our quarterbacking (Saturday) was probably the
poorest of the spring but the defense did very welj,"
Osborne said. "I think they're (quarterbacks) under a
little more pressure than usual and there's not quite as
much concentration as there should be."
Osborne said that Saturday the offense had four or five
interceptions and fumbles and while "some things were
caused by the defense," the Huskers were primarily
plagued "by our own ineptitude," according to Osborne.
The offensive turnovers led Osborne to say the unit
was 'lacking consistency.
"When you don't have any continuity in that way,
it wrecks your momentum and timing," Osborne said.
"We had the ball inside the 1 5 about four times but that
extra 10 yards just didn't come."
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Despite having ditticumes getting the oaii in tne en a
zone Saturday, Osborne is confident the problems can be
overcome.
"I'm not at all discouraged," Osborne said. "We'll im
prove offensively as time goes on.
Defensive back Randee Johnson, who was seriously
injured when he broke his neck earlier this spring, is
"gradually improving, according to Osborne.
Osborne said the Lincoln Northeast graduate "can
stand up with assistance' and has progressed to where
he is "able to lift his left leg.
As of yesterday's practice, running back Duke Vair
from Papillion had quit the squad, according to Osborne.
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Ruggers say comradeship sets their sport apart
By Tad Stryker
A bond of friendship and brotherhood
between competitors makes rugby refresh
ingly different from other sports, according
to several rugby players.
"There's a lot of comradeship among
the team members and between teams,"
said senior Scott Carlson, a member of the
UNL Rugby Club, "You play hard out
there and try to beat the other guys, but
after the game, both teams always get
together to drink, sing, party and have a
good time."
Traditions that have been with the
game since it began in Europe make the
game unique, Carlson said. One of the
important rituals is the post -game party.
"You don't have the animosity or
resentment between players that's common
in other sports," said Scott Burcham, a
junior member of the UNL ruggers. "We
realize that it's just a game and we try to
have as much fun as we can."
Money rarely involved
"It's always been a club sport," Carlson
said. There's never been a lot of money
involved like in football. Only guys who
really love the sport and are real team
players stay with rugby very long."
You can't go into a game thinking
about yourself," Carlson said. "Guy? who
look for glory don't last very long."
The club is not sponsored by the
athletic department and, except for its
name, is not associated with the university.
A local beer distributor has helped the
team buy equipment, besides supplying re
freshments for the past three years.
z 'We're independent of the university,
even though we're all students," Carlson
said. "And we like it that way.
Hie UNL Rugby Club was organized in
1975 by several students, including present
coach Vince Powers. Powers younger,
brother, Jim, is co-captain along with Dan
McGuire. Both are seniors and are four
year members of the club. Stan Studheit,
Charles Rothwell, and Carlson also have
been with the club four years.
Family tradition
Rugby is a family tradition for the
McGuires of Wisner, Neb. Before Dan, two
McGuires, Kevin and Tom, were members
of the UNL club and now Bobby (in his
second year on the team) and Jerry (first
year) are players. Next year a sixth
McGuire , Dave , is expected to join .
Another part of the sport is the tradi
tional singing fest after each game.
"The singing is real important," Carlson
said. "Rugby songs have been around tor a
long time. It gives both teams a feeling of
togetherness-the singing and drinking
together. Every club has its own song,
too. You'd be surprised at how many songs
we. come up with."
All the factors help create a "common
bond among rugby players," Burcham said.
"And in a lot of other sports you don't see
too much of that any more."
Huskers split with Mavericks
By Ron Powell
If injuries and sickness are part of
sports, they're the part UNL Softball Coach
Don Isherwood would like to forget.
Despite having only ten players, three of
Volleyball team wins AA tourney
The Cornhusker volleyball team won
the United States Volleyball Association
women's AA championship Sunday at
the UNL Coliseum.
UNL defeated Southwest Missouri
State 6-15, 17-15, 15-9 in the title
match, completing its USVBA regular
season with a 27-6 record.
Baseball wins bring
UNL closer to lead
- The Huskers took a four consecutive
game sweep from Iowa State in
weekend Big Eight baseball action and
pulled to within one game behind
Eastern Division leader Missouri.
The Huskers tripped Iowa State
5-4 and 8-2 in a double-header Saturday
after claiming 2-1 and 6-2 victories in
Friday's games.
Jeff Hunter and Joe Scherger each
hit home runs in the final game Satur
day to lead the Huskers. Hunter raised
his season total to nine.
Nebraska used strong pitching from
Tim Burke and Cliff Faust to post
Friday's wins, both throwing five hitters.-
Oklahoma State claimed three of five
weekend contests against Colorado to
raise its conference record to 9-3 and
take a three-game lead over Oklahoma
in the Western Division.
Graceland College won the men's
AA division championship for the third
straight- year. Graceland and the UNL
women's team qualified for the national
USVBA tournament scheduled for the
week of May 10 in Portland. t
Husker Coach Terry Pettit cited
Omaha sophomore Lori Zimmerman for
her play in the championship match.
"Lori ran the 5-1 offense with her
as the only setter and enabled us to
come back after losing the first game,
Pettit said.
Nebraska beat Iowa State 154,
15-13 in the quarterfinals and then
beat Southwest Missouri 15-2, 15-12
in the semifinals. Southwest Missouri
finished second.
Husker crew team
wins three events
The Husker crew team won three
events Saturday in the Big Eight
Conference crew championship in
Lawrence, Kan.
The Huskers won the freshman
women's eight, varsity women's four
and freshman men's eight, which the
UNL B boat won.
In the varsity men's eight, Nebraska
had no varsity entry but the freshman
team finished second.
which Isherwood estimated to be at full
speed, the Huskers managed a split with
the University of Nebraska at Omaha in a
doubleheader Monday night at Ballard
Field..
The Mavericks won the first game 2-1 in
eight innings, but the Huskers came back
to win the nightcap 5-1 , bringing their sea
son record to 17-12.
The Huskers brought back more than
just a fourth-place finish at the Big Eight
tournament in St. Joseph, Miss, and a
"victory over the nation's ninth-ranked
team, Oklahoma, last weekend. Unfor
tunately the flu bug also came home with
the Huskers. Isherwood said all but three
girls caught it.
"About 11 this morning, I thought
about trying to postpone the games,"
Isherwood said. "But I checked with the
training staff and there were only one or
two that were doubtful."
But then Monday afternoon, pitcher
Connie Gonyea came down with the flu as
well as shortshop-pitcher Linda McCrea.
Despite taking the loss, Gonyea gave up
only three hits while striking out five
through seven innings. But illness forced
her to the sidelines after facing one batter
in the eighth after UNO's Diane Winemire
tripled to lead off the inning.
Winemire and Caroline Reither scored
on Husker errors to win for the Mavs.
McCrea was the winner in the nightcap,
giving up four hits while striking out seven
in six innings. McCrea also helped her cause
with an RBI single in the third inning and a
single in the fifth. McCrea later scored on a
bases-loaded walk to Jo Ann Johnson.
To make matters worse, the Huskers'
regular third baseman Shelley Scott was hit
in the nose by a UNO flyball during warm
up, forcing her out of. the games. Isher
wood said X-rays were to be taken this
morning to see if the nose was broken.
The Huskers are playing at Iowa State
today.