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Staff photo by Dave Bentz
Scott Lin swims in the 200-yard individual medley during the Husker's meet with
USC and South Illinois Thursday night.
SwDinnmiefi's worn, lose at meet
By Mark Quandahl
Husker Men's Swimming Coach Cal
Bentz thought his team was "coining
along just fine" after last night's 58-55
dual victory over Southern Illinois and
6548 loss to the University of Southern
California.
"Anytime we get a chance to split two
good teams like these, I'll take that,"
Bentz said.
Nebraska started by capturing the
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time of 50.40 set a Nebraska pool record
and was also a NCAA qualifying time.
Southern Illinois' Auderz Guillhammer
followed up by winning the 1000-yard
freestyle in 9:23.02. USC ended up on
top in the 200 freestyle with a Glenn
Gehan time of 1:40.35. Husker Kevin
Wieres was second with 1:40.49.
USC also won the 50 free with Chris
Cavanaugh's 20.55. Looschen was right
on his tail with his second place time
of 20.63.
USC's Ken Fitzpatrick came back to
snag the 200 individual medley crown
in 1:55.17. Husker Rick Gilbertson was
fourth out of the field with a 1:55.75,
with teammate Matt Rye close behind
in seventh place with a 1:58.02.
USC continued to dominate by win
ning the 200 butterfly. Southern Cal's
John Yocovelle was tops with a time of
1:54.40.
Southern Illinois All-American Keith
Armstrong came back to win the 100
freestyle with a 45.34, followed closely
by USC's Cavanaugh with a time of 45.49.
Huskers Wieres and Jim Korff picked up
the fifth and ninth spots respectively with
times of 47.45 and 47.80.
Looschen shattered the previous Bob
Devaney pool record to win the 200
backstroke. His time of 1:50.23 was
also a NCAA meet qualifying mark. Fresh
man teammate Dave Hecker was third in
1:55.23. Guillhammer of Southern Illi
nois took the 500 freestyle 4:34.60 and
Pablo Restrapo of Southern Illinois won
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Hie 400-yard freestyle relay was won
by the Southern Illinois team 3:04.39,
USC was second with 3:05.56 and the
Huskers were fifth.
Diving Coach Jeff Huber said he was
"very happy" with his divers' performance.
On the 1 -meter board Husker Reynaldo
Castro was first, followed by teammate
Dave Goodwin.
"Getting second to Reynaldo, is good
enough," said Goodwin, who felt the
Huskers' success should carry through to
the Mid-Winter Invitational.
"We should handle the competition
as well as we did today," he said.
In the 3-meter board Goodwin came
out on top with a score of 320.10 followed
by Castro with a 3 1 1 .80, both of which are
NCAA qualifying marks.
"I think all four divers did very well,"
Huber said.
The Huskers next event is the Mid-Winter
invitational, which starts at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center pool tonight at 6.
Two more sessions will be held Saturday
starting at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
By Kevin Warncke
Although the Southwest Missouri State
University basketball squad might not
have the reputation of being a basketball
powerhouse, the Nebraska Cornhuskers
cannot afford to take them lightly.
"We'd better not or they will be a
basketball name soon enough," Assistant
Husker Coach Charlie Spoonhour said.
"They are a very, very good team on
the offensive end," he said. "They shoot
the ball well."
The Southwest Missouri club, in its
first year as a NCAA Division I, have
a 7-6 record including four consecutive
wins. Those wins have come against the
University of Texas-Arlington, Oral Ro
berts, Arkansas State and most recently in
a 89-83 defeat of Western Illinois.
The Huskers and the Bears have met one
common opponent - Arkansas. Both
teams lost road games to the Razorbacks.
Nebraska was defeated 64-58, while South
west Missouri State was defeated 87-66.
The Bears have the distinction of hav
ing three of their starters averaging in
double figures. Forward Joe Ward leads
the Bear attack averaging over 15 points
a game. Forward Bobby Howard and guard
Anthony Boggs also contribute over 10
points a game to the Bear cause.
The other starters for the Bears are
6-9 center Ricky Johnson and guard
Brian Smith. Johnson leads the squad in
the rebounding department with seven
per game.
"They have two good forwards on
their team," Spoonhour said. "They're
good shooters - they bring the ball down
and shoot."
"Their forwards are our size, but they're
quicker than ours," he said.
Spoonhour also said that their guard
Boggs is a good, smart basketball player.
Husker Coach Moc Iba said at the pre
sent time there will be no lineup changes
for the upcoming game and also that he
could not tell if the playing time of certain
players would increase or decrease.
"It depends on the game situation,"
Iba said.
With the conclusion of the Southwest
Missouri State game, the Huskers will
close out their non-conference season and
will begin conference play on Jan. 18
against Iowa State.
"If we can win this one, we'll finish
the pre-season with a 9-3 record and that
will give us momentum going into the
conference season," Iba said.
Women cageirs face Cyclome
By Ward W. Triplett III
After sneaking past Oklahoma Wed
nesday night, the Nebraska women's
basketball team will try for two straight
Iowa State comes to town.
The Cyclones and the 10-3 Huskers
will meet at 5:15 p.m., prior to the men's
basketball game against Southwest Mis
souri State. Four more conference double
headers against Kansas, Colorado, Mis
souri and Oklahoma State are scheduled.
"We're expecting a tough game here,"
Cornhuskers coach Colleen Matsuhara
said. "I've always said Iowa State plays
the best defense in the conference, and
I'll have to see differently to change my
mind."
Matsuhara 's praise comes at a time when
Iowa State Coach Debbie Oing is question
ing her defense.
"We're trying to become more aggres
sive on the defensive end," Oing, a former
Ail-American at Indiana said. "Right now,
teams are shooting great percentage-wise
on us, but most of that has been due to
us. We haven't been giving them many
problems."
Oing's Cyclones were much like the
Huskers at the beginning of last year,
with five returnees and seven freshmen.
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For some reason the National Football League moguls
have decided to call the NFL playoffs this year a "tourna
ment." I don't know why. Probably to jazz up an already
jaded season. It's not going to work, boys. But, as a friend
of mine said the other day, "I've gotten pretty interested
in the NFL playoffs this year. I think it's because I've
realized there isn't going to be any more college football
this year."
And for all of you who are wondering how this all is
Unlike Nebraska, only two of those fresh
men returned.
With a total of six letter-winners back,
Oing again has seven freshmen suiting up,
and another rebuilding year. '
The best of the returnees is sophomore
center Tonya Burns, (16.3 points per
game, 8.2 rebounds). The 6-1 Burns is
flanked at forward by 6-1 senior Margaret
Elibee (5.1; 3.3), and senior Robin Saw
yer (5.3; 4.1). Sophomore Cerita Cain,
6-0, averages seven points off the bench as
a frontline sub.
At guard, the Cyclones boast three-year
letter winner Jolene Leseman (14.8;
6.0), whom Oing said has been the one
consistent player over the last few games,
and freshman Jane Lobenstein (7.6; 3.2).
"We were 4-4 at Christmas break,"
Oing said. "But since that lay-off we've
had a difficult time coming back. We
went up to Michigan State, then down to
Texas, so we' haven't been playing cake
teams either. We simply haven't been
playing very well."
Nebraska's team was reduced from 12
to 10 players since January, as senior
Amii Beiriger received her degree in educa
tion m December, while freshman Stilin
Woodberry was declared academically
ineligible.
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National Football Conference: Minnesota goes to
Washington to take on the Redskins, and the Packers
renew an old rivalry with the Cowboys.
The Vikings are one of those what-are-they-doing-here
teams. They just manage to scrape by.
The Redskins, on the other hand, have probably been
the most impressive team in the NFC. this year, Of course,
none of that means anything in this game. As the saying
goes, "On any given SundaySaturday any team can beat
another. Blah, blah, blah."
As any fool can tell you (any fool can tell you, but no
not always in print), experience is the key to the playoffs
Neither of these teams has any great experience in the
playoffs, but the Vikings have made the playoffs more
than the 'Skins have. (Even if ihey did lose all of those
Super Bowls.) Plus the Vikings have a stronger bench
They, after all, have Jarvis Redwine. No other team in the
NFL can say that. Therefore: Minnesota 24, Washington
The Cowboys and Packers meet in the playoffs again
after many years. The last time these teams met in the
play-offs, Bart Starr and Don Meredith were at quarter
back instead of Lynn Dickey and Danny White.
There are two keys to this game.- The first is the
Packers offensive line. They allowed 30 quarterback sacks
this year, third highest in the NFC.
Then there's the experience of the Cowboys. Guys like
Harvey Martin, Drew Pearson and Randy White have been
through this many times before. If the game comes
down to a critical play, they aren't going to choke. All of
this adds up to: Dallas 24, Green Bay 14.
As for the championship game, well, it's been awhile
since the Cowboys have been to the Super Bowl, and NFL
bylaws say they have to appear at least once every four
vears. Ergo: Dallas 28, Minnesota 10.
Now to the American Football Conference. San Diego
gees to Miami in a rematch of last year's classic. The Jets
boogie out to Los Angeles to play the Raiders
Air Coryell pulled out a win last week against the
Steelers, but they'll have trouble doing that against the
Dolphins. e
The Dolphins' defense has been tough all month Of
ni!inf ' ",i .)dy C?n shut the Char8ers 0l,t bu the Dol
plnns will slow them down enough for Andra Franklin
to wear down the Chargers. The Dolphins get revenge
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Tlie Raiders aren't extinct, but they are unloved
Scorned in Oakland and not accepted in Los Angeles
the Raiders are still undaunted. Marcus Allen has Sed
up in the pros where he left off at Southern Ca lifo nia
and 1 Jim P unkett has had a solid, if unspectacu ye r
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