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page 10 daily nebraskan monday, april 13, 1981 Sf2)!?fe Huskers score only run to defeat Minnesota By Ward VV. Triplett III Nancy Wicks' two-out single in the top of the seventh and final inning allowed Dree McCabe to score for the game's only run as the Nebraska womens' soft ball team won its own invitational against Minnesota Sunday afternoon. "We handled the pressure real well," said Coach Nancy Plantz after the win pushed the season record to 15 and 10. At, " m I s v ( , i I I f .. 4. ... ''-"- i'i I . .. 1 1 "V 1 1 Li i-1 i-l i r. ;;l "This is the kind of Softball I expect us to be playing right now," she said. Husker pitcher Sandi Woltcrman, who pitched a two-hitter Saturday against Iowa State, held Minnesota to two hits as well, both of those coming through first inning singles by Linda Arford and Judy Knight. Arford was walked in the sixth inning for the only other base runner the Gophers could manage, but was elimin ated trying to steal second by Husker catcher Rockie Candelario. While Wolterman was shutting down the Minnesota bats, Dani Ortler of Minne sota allowed only five Husker hits and at one point retired 1 1 in a row. Two of the Husker hits were by short stop McCabe, who singled in the second, and then with one out in the seventh sent a 1-2 pitch through the gap between Gopher outfielders Gretchen Larsen and Barb Solbcrg. By the time larsen had re trieved the ball, McCabe was heading tow ard third for a stand-up triple. After Kelly Erisman grounded back to Ortler for the second out, Wicks, a right- fielder who earlier had hit into a fielders choice and grounded out to the first base man lined a clean single to right scoring McCabe. "We got the key hit we needed" Plantz said of the game. Plantz also lauded the Husker defense in the game as the best played in the tournament. Senior third baseman Shelly Scott played perhaps the best tournament going 7 for 13 in five games. Scott was responsible for the Huskers' only run against Minnesota Friday in a 2 to 1 loss. The Huskers then beat Iowa State 2-0, and on Saturday defeated Wayne State 7-0, and lost to Northwest Missouri State, 3-1 Sunday, the Huskers knocked off tournament favorite Creighton, 84 before defeating the Gophers, who had outlasted Kearney State 4-2. Nebraska, which won the invitational tournament for the first time in three years, has a double-header scheduled with Drake at Ballard field beginning at 5:30 p.m. today. The Bulldogs went 0-4 at this weekend's tournament. Five high school athletes join women's track team 1 ,t Photo by Mitch Hrdlicka Members of the UNL women's softball team celebrate their first-place finish in the Husker Invitational. Nebraska Sunday defeated Minnesota. 1-0. for the tournament title. Scrimmage tightens race Nebraska women's track Coach Gary Pepin has announced the signing of five letters of intent, including two Nebraska athletes and one foreign competitor for the 1981-82 season. They are: -Ann Edmunds of Lincoln Hast High School. Edmunds is a middle- and long distance runner. She was the state cross country champion last fall and is the de fending state champion in the 880-yard and mile runs. She also is the national champion at the 800-meter run in her age group. Edmunds was chosen to the first team all-state basketball squad last season. -Sue Lind of Albion, Neb. Lind com petes in the high jump and long jump at Albion High School. She is the defending national Junior Olympics high jump cham pion and the national Junior AAU cham pion. Last summer, she was a finalist in the U.S. Olympic trials ami placed third in the Junior Pan-Am games. Janice Ohrt of Traer, Iowa. Ohrt is a middle- and long-distance runner at Tama High School. She recently placed 10th in the Iowa High School cross country cham pionships and is the defending national champion for her age group in the 800 meter run. She also is the defending champion and Drake Relays champion at that distance. -Marcia Tait of Jamaica. She is the third Jamaican athlete to be attracted to Nebraska and-will join world-record holder Merlene Ottey and teammate Normalee Murray in the sprint and middle distances. A student at Dinthill Technical High School, Tait finished fourth place in the Jamaican Olympic trials last year. -Alicia McQueen of Great Bend, Kan. McQueen is attending Barton County Junior College and is the 1980 National Junior College 100- and 200-meter cham pion. Pepin also announced a pair of Minn esota athletes who have agreed to attend Nebraska as walk-ons: Kelly Ann Valliere of Ottertail. Minn., a middle distance run ner, and Julie Reitcr of Woodbury. Minn., a hurdler and jumper. Osborne says Husker offense ahead of defense By Tad Stryker At this stage of spring practice, the offense is ahead of the defense. At the quarterback spot, Nate Mason might have tightened up the so-called "race" by having his best competitive day of spring practice. So said Coach Tom Osborne after the Huskers' scrimmage at Memorial Stadium Saturday. Football ticket sale to begin April 21 The spring sale of student football tickets will be April 21 through 24 at the Athletic Ticket Office, 117 South Stadium. The office is open 9 a.m. to noon and I p.m. to 4 p.m. Only full-time students arc eligible to buy tickets (12 hours undergraduate, nine hours grad uate). Each student must present a current identi fication card and a personal check for S30 to be eligibe for the lottery. Students will draw one lottery number, or if a group of students are buying tickets, a represent ative may present identification cards and personal checks or cash for each student and draw a number for the group. Tickets bought in the spring lottery can be pick ed up at the ticket office beginning Sept. 9 at 9 a.m. Students must bring receipt, current ID and if buying a ticket for a spouse, a marriage certifi cate. Each buyer must claim and sign for his or her own ticket in the fall. Students who do not order tickets in the spring still will be eligible during the fall sale held in September. "Overall, our offensive execution was better today," Osborne said after the two-hour scrimmage. He said the performance of the quarterback was good. "Mason has his best day, but (Mark) Mauer played well, and others did some good things, too," Osborne said. Mason completed 6-of-6 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns. The scores came on a 40-yard pass to fresh man Jim Thompson and a 53-yard pass to freshman Irving Eryer. Bruce Mathison and Turner Gill each threw one touch down pass. Mathison. a sophomore this spring, threw a 44-yard bomb to split end Ricky Simmons. Ereshman Gill hit freshman Scott Kimball on a 19-yard scoring play. Other touchdowns were scored In sophomoie fullback Paul Smith on runs of four and six yards, Roger Craig a one-yard run, and Mathison a six-yard run. Osborne said his main concern with the team .it this point is the lack of defensive depth. "We really don't have much behind our No. I defense and even it bent some today." he said. "We're hurting a little there." Osborne said that although he was pleased with the quarterbacks' passing, most of the long completions were the result of poor pass defense. Mason agreed. "They (defensive backs) aren't very experienced yet," he said, "and they made a lot of mistakes, but I think today I started to play the way I should. 1 concen trated more today. I wanted to make sure I threw the ball good, because I know people have been saying I can't drop back and throw the ball." The kicking game is another spot of concern, according to Osborne, who called it "disappointing," and said it needs to improve. Regular kicker Kevin Seibel missed all three of his field-goal attempts and made one of two extra point tries. Osborne said poor snaps from the center might have made some difference. Punting, he said, was "adequately" handled by Seibel and junior college transfer Grant Campbell. No serious injuries were evident at the end of scrim mage. Ereshman quarterback Craig Sundberg hyperex tended his knee, and Mason and Mauer were slowed by a sore ankle and hip, respectively, but Osborne said the injuries were minor. Craig was the leading rusher with 66 yards in seven carries. Simmons led all receivers with four catches for 81 yards. Tackle regains spot on new depth chart Offensive ' .cklc Randv I heiss regained Ins fust -team position, according to the new depth chart released by Nebraska football Coach Tom Osborne I riday . Jeff Kwapick had overtaken Theiss for the top spot in last week's chart. first team, sharing the posmorvvu on the shart was Dean Steinkuhlcr. who was moved from left guard to second-team right guard. Members listed on the first team are: Offense tight end, Jamie Williams and Dan Hill left tackle, Randy Theiss; left guard, Mike Mandelko; center, Dave Rimington; right guard, Tom Carlstrom; right tackle, Dan Hurley; split end, Todd Brown and Scott Woodard; quarterback, Mark Mauer; 1-back, Roger Craig and Mark Moravec; fullback, Phil Bates and Mark Moravec; wingback, Anthony Steeh Defense-left end, Jimmy Williams; left tackle, Toby Williams; middle guard. Curt Hineline and Denr.is Wees; right tackle. Henry Waechter; right end, Todd Spratte and Mike Ridder; strongside linebacker, Steve Damkroger and Mike Evans; weakside linebacker, Steve McWhirter and Mike Evans; left cornerback, Ric Lindquist; right cornerback, Rodney Lewis; monster. Chris Van Norman and Sammy Sims; safety. Jeff Krejci
