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    Monday, April 16, 1C34
Daily Nebrcskan
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After Kansas tied the game in the fourth on a
single, a double and a sacrifice fly, by Todd Schwci-
gart; Nebraska regained the lead in the fifth inning.
Rich Kins? walked, then scored oh Mark Davis'
double that a diving Schwcfcart failed to field.
Nebraska executed a double steal pcrlcctly in the
seventh inning, King outracing Kroeker's pitch to
the piste.
Jeff Koonirman went the distance to pick up his
third victory, allowing five hits while striking out
seven.
In Sunday's second game, Nebraska broke a 1-1 tie
with two fifth-inning runs set up by four walks and a
single.
Bill McGuire walked, and King reached base on a
bunt that eluded the pitcher and first baseman.
Tennis team drops matches,
but performance pleases coach
By W&rd V. Tripklt III Hawkins wasn't the only one to notice
an increased intensity on Nebraska's
If how you play the game is really part. Oklahoma State Coach Ike Groce
more important than whether you win also said Nebraska looked like they
or lose, the Nebraska women's tennis were playing "out of their heads."
team can look back on the weekend's "Nebraska played as well as I've ever
conference dual losses with a bit of seen them play," Groce said,
pride. . "But everybody does that for us. It
Friday, Oklahoma State, 25-4 and gets a little frustrating sometimes when
nationally ranked, crushed the Hus- everybody in the conference gets psych-
kers in one sense by a score of 8-1. But ed up for us and nobody else."
four matches went to three sets and Groce also got a second chance to
the one victory was an upset over the see his daughter, Cari, the No. 5 singles
conference's No. 1 doubles team. and half of the No. 2 doubles team for
Then Oklahoma defeated Nebraska Nebraska, play against his team.
5-4 on Saturday to improve its season "She almost beat us in doubles a
dual record to 17-5. But last season, while ago," Groce said, as Cari, after
the Huskers lost 9-0 and all four victo- losing the first set to Stacy Swanson
ries were in singles. It was enough to 6-0, won the first game of the second
lead Nebraska Coach Kathy Hawkins set.
to believe the team is ready to give the "Playing against her is always tough,
conference powers a run at the Big my wife told me she wanted us to lose
Eight tournament in Kansas City April No. 2 doubles and No. 5 singles, but win
After a fielders' choice, Jeff Carter walked and
Hooper drove in King on another fielder's choice.
Hooper stole his 62nd base before Meyers and
Mike Duncan walked to force in the second run.
Chris Knust, after giving up a first-inning run on
. Hugh Stan field's triple and Bill Yelton's single, scat
tered five hits before giving way to reliever McGuire
in the sixth.
Saturday, Nebraska came from behind m tne
. opener with four seventh-inning runs, all scoring
after two men were out. Phil Harrison and McGuire
then shutout Kansas on four hits in the nightcap.
Nebraska will prepare for next week's showdown
at league-leading Oklahoma by playing double
headers with UNO in Omaha Tuesday and Missouri
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"We knew that if we played well, we
could beat Oklahoma and play Okla
homa State close," Hawkins said. "After
losing those three doubles to Okla-
everything else. Me, I've still got mixed
feelings." ,
Swanson, a junior from Grand Island,
outlasted Groce 6-4 in the second set.
Against Oklahoma, the doubles
homa, I was very happy to see us come teams failed to come through. Pisarcik
back in the singles. The scores there in
the doubles indicated that on any
given day, we could beat them."
In Friday's match against Oklahoma
State, the Huskers also lost the first
two doubles matches against the Cow
girls No. 2 and No. 3 teams.
But Liz Mooney and Jamie Pisarcik
upset Robyn Lamb and Mary Boud
reau at No. 1, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3, in a match
that took two and a half hours to
complete.
"We played well today," said Pisarcik,
a junior from Pittsburgh, Pa. "We islo
ated on one of their players (Lamb)
and Mooney lost to Allison Ingram and..
Wendy Mikkelson 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, while
Groce and Jill Pisarcik lost to Jasna
Stefanbvic and Tracy Wells 2-6, 7-5
and 6-4. The OU No. 3 team of Diane
and Michael Fernandez had little
trouble with Nebraska's Lisa Brooks
and Jean Halahan, winning 6-1, 7-6.
But Pisarcik surprised Ingram, the
top seen in the region at No. 1, with a
6-2, 6-3 decision. Mooney defeated
Wells 6-2, 6-1, Groce beat Walters 6-4,
6-2 and Brooks defeated Fernandez 7
5, 4-6, 6-2. Jill Pisarcik lost a close .
match to Mikkelson at No. 3, 6-4 and
who was having an off day, and just 6-3, while Halahan took Stefanovic to
tooknt one point at a time." three sets at No. 4 before bowing 6-2,
Mooney called it the biggest win of 4-6, 7-6.
the season for the duo, now 6-5. "We're still looking at the Big Eight
They (OSU) usually clear every meet, tournament, and those four points will
and I think they won Big Eights last help us there," Hawkins said. "Depend-
year at No. 1. We were really concen- ing on next weekend's play, we should
trating and we weren't letting our- be right behind Oklahoma going into
selves get down," she said. - the tournament."
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