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Coaches hopeful to end
Huskers' volleyball reign
Nebraska's domination of the Elg
Eight Conference continued last
season despite the first season of
home and away games with each of
the five conference teams. L&st year,
only Missouri challenged Nebraska,
but this season, the Timers, Iowa
State and Oklahoma should mount
serious threats to the Busker's reign.
Here's a look at the Big Eight teams
in the order of the coaches'
consensus predictions (Nebraska
excluded).
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Missouri
Five starters return from last year's
Missouri volleyball team, which
finished second in the Big Eight Coach
Mike English said he anticipates he will
have a strong team this year.
English said he expects his team and
Nebraska to fight it out again for the
Big Eight championship.
"Well have to be at the top of our
game to beat them," English said. "We
should be stronger, but so should
Nebraska."
Missouri returns two players who
earned first team All-Big Eight honors
last season in junior Sharon Olmstead
and sophomore Sandi Orent.
Olmstead was also named to the
conference tournament team. Two
other players, juniors Ritchie
Ponquinette and Debbie Urbanckas,
were second team all-conference picks
a year ago. The fifth returning starter
is junior Dina Herzog.
English is also counting on help from
backups Dianne Berg, Jackie Clark
and Cheryl Ringen. Either Berg or
Clark will fill the final starting spot, he
said.
Jim Rasmcssen
into this season.
The Cyclones were 17-19 last season
and 5-5 In the conference. But three of
those wins came in the final two weeks
of the season, including a home-court
victory over Missouri.
Iowa State defeated Missouri again
in Columbia in the Big Eight
Championships, then lost to Nebraska
in the championships.
"We were young last year. We didnt
always beat the teams we should have.
That was part of our growing pain"
said Mary Fischl, the Cyclones' head
coach.
Fischl said her team's biggest
strength is a strong middle with co
captains Diane Doles and Sue Sawyer.
Iowa State has only those two seniors
and one junior.
Two Cyclone recruits to look for are
Amy Bonderer, a transfer student
from Jefferson Community College in
Missouri and Katie Lavery from
Knozville, Iowa, said FischL
With Nebraska only losing one
senior last year, Fischl said, "I foresee
them being even better this year."
Fischl is also looking at Oklahoma,
Missouri, and Kansas to be good
competition this season.
Janet StefansM
Iowa State
Iowa State's volleyball team is
carrying it's enthusiasm as runner-up
in last year's Big Eight championships
Oklahoma
For the first time in a long while,
Coach Miles Pabst of Oklahoma has
some depth. And he believes that that
will allow his team, only 3-7 in the
conference last season, to challenge
for second this season.
"We finally have good-size depth,"
Pabst said. "We have the entire squad
returning and weVe had a year to grow
together." ' .
"I would be very disappointed if we
aren't greatly improved this season."
Six feet, one inch junior Stephanie
Townsend and 5-11 senior Marcy
Crabtree both earned All-Big Eight
status a year ago. Townsend has made
tremendous improvements from last
season, Pabst said.
Pabst has eight players in
contention for four other starting
spots, among them 6-0 freshman
Margaret Paige, redshirt freshman
Julie Boyd and promising setters
Coach downplays victory
By Scott AMstrand
The Extra Point Club had its first
luncheon of the year, Wednesday
following Nebraska's 44-6 romp
over Penn State Monday night Tom
Osborne, the club's featured
speaker, discussed the positive and
negative points of the Husker's per
formance. Although happy with the victory
and Nebraska s overall play, 03
borne told the crowd that the score
wasnt completely indicative of the
Huskera' play.
"Usually when you win big like we
did, you're not as good as people
think you are," Osborne said.
"Sports tends to exaggerate
things. Winning seems to make all
your problems disappear. It was a
typical first game in that we made a
lot of mistakes.
Osborne said the work of the
defense was among the most
satisfying aspects of the game for
him.
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Colleen Dalton and Linda Mueller.
"WeVe spent all spring and summer
working on our passing game, and our
blocking and serving will be our
strength," he said.
"Our goal is to reach the finals of the
Big Eight," Pabst said. "WeVe been
away a couple of years. I'd like to see us
and Nebraska there again."
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A young Kansas State volleyball
team begins its season Friday against
Fort Hays State. They will be trying to
improve on last year's conference
record of 4-6 and 15-15 overall
Kansas State lost two players to
graduation, but Coach Scott Nelson
doesnt feel this will have an affect on
the team. "We were mostly a freshman
team last year and the loss of two
seniors shouldn't hurt us," Nelson said.
"We really haven't talked about
many goals yet, but I do feel we could
be a top team in the regular season if
we have great progress," he said.
One reason Kansas State could be a
top team is because of the play of
senior Sharon Ridley.
Ridley is one of the best volleyball
players in the country and may be the
best in the conference," Nelson said.
All the players are good athletes and
very quick which helps on their
defense, he said.
"At times we can play some very
excellent defense and we have an
explosive offense, he said.
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Athletes face mortals' trials for now
What does a team that finished 1-9
in the Big Eight last year have to look
forward to this season? Improvement
and maturation, said Coach Bob
Lockwood of the Kansas University
Jayhawks.
Lockwood said he expects
improvement not so much in the
physical strength and abilities areas as
he does in the team's attitude. The
women are up for the approaching
season, he said.
The Jayhawks' energetic attitude
may have been ushered in with the
addition of two new faces, he said
Lockwood b looking to recruit Jan
Hunt from Johnson County Junior
College for leadership and expertise at
the setter position. Hunt's team was
rated fourth nationally among junior
colleges for the 1G32 season.
Lockwood also expects 6-0 fresh
man middle-blocker Julie Esther to
add improvement to KlTs playing.
Well be young, and weVe got a lot to
learn just to play together. But by the
middle of the season we should be
veterans," Lockwood said.
Top veterans from last season's
squad who are returning include
senior Lori Erickson, a second team
All-Big Eight selection. Erickson has
worked on a strength development
program during the summer and has
been jumping well at preseason
practices, Lockwood said. Erickson
wiB be the team's leading attacker.
LatulHoppls
The Nebraska football program could
gross more than $500,000 from the
kickoff classic in New Jersey where
they obliterated the Nittany Lions of
Penn State.
Some of us might naively assume
that because the football team is part
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of the university, the money will go
toward academic endeavors.
So, when told that it would probably
go toward building a new training
table facility, I was a little upset
Admittedly, the athletic dining room
in the Selleck Quadrangle is old, but it
still serves better food than most nor
mal college students see unless they're
on a first date. -
Besides, a new training table would
cost 200,000 to tZQQJOQO.
Like I said, I was upset But I have
changed my mind alter hearing the
reasons why the athletes want the new
training table. .
A Monday, article in the Lincoln.
Journal reported "Nebraska's current
training table in Selleck Quadrangle is
located in the middle of campus, does
not have parking and often creates a
hardship on athletes squeezed for
time."
The article also said the training
table is too small, and athletes some
times had to wait in line.
Can you imagine the inconvenience
caused by Selleck's location and size?
Those athletes have to walk all the
way over to Selleck from the stadium,
stand in line and then walk all the way
back over to the stadium.
That must be at least two blocks!
All that, and they only get steak
twice a week.
Well, naturally your first impulse is
to say ley, give them the new training
table. And listen, forget using the Clas
sic money for it Go ahead and add a
tuition surcharge. Well gladly pay it to
save our beloved Cornhuskers from
any convenience."
Personally, Pra not that altruistic.
My mind immediately tried to think of
some practical alternatives, other
than a new dining facility.
I first came up with, of course, the
most obvious solution chaufTeured
limousines from the stadium to Cclleck.
Much to my surprise, this didnt
prove feasible. At JG5 an houri three
meals a day, for 250 days a year, 25
limousines would cost 855,250.
You could build a new training table
for what a year's worth of chauffeured
limousines cost!
I thought of a few other solutions,
but none of them held water. For
example:
An underground subway system.
Agsin, too costly.
Move Selleck Quandrangle beside
Memorial Stadium. Too difUcult
Move the Stadium beside Selleck.
It couldnt be completed before the
season started, but possible future
alternative. -' .
A giant conveyor belt Too embar
rassing. The athletes would feel like'
dirty dishes.
Move the athletes into the regular
Selleck dining room (which is much
larger) and make Selleck residents
walk half a mile to Ilarper-Schramm-Smith
to eat (I better net say that,
they might take me seriously.)
None cf my ideas seemed good. I
even began to think cf totally ridicu
lous ideas. Fcr instance, dent build a
new training table and just let them
continue to walk. It mihht be a small
inconvenience, but it went cost a half
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But, like I said, that's pretty ridicu
lous. Cive them the new training table.
