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4 , PQ0 12 Daily Ncbrcskan Wednesday, Scptornbor 5, 1984 Controversy now over, lips 4 champions desire V 'S u u Daily Nsbrsskan staff photo Husker center Mark Traynowicz stretches it out daring workouts Tuesday at Memorial Stadluia. volleytall team imawes m Nebraska's volleyball team tuned up for Big Ten rival Iowa Saturday with a straight set vic tory over Wichita State at the UNL Coliseum. The 1 5-5, 1 5-6, 1 5-6 victory start ed the Huskers on what is expect ed to be a top ten rating this week r X I 7 Nebraska senior Julie Herrmann &xits a Wichita State serve 15-5 victory against the Shockers Saturday. Story on Page 14. uff aloes realize their a winning season is all By Julie Bauer Daily Nebr&skan Senior liepcrter Since Bill McCartney's arrival in 1982 at the University of Colo- rado as football coach, he has tried to rebuild a struggling pro- gram. This yesr could be the year his work starts to pay off. While the Colorado Buffaloes wont be locking for a national charnpionship or even a bowl appearance, they will work for a V if. v 'V, .i. in the national collegiate volley ball polls. Nebraska had tittle trouble with the Shockers after a sluggish start that knotted a 2-2 tie for 10 min utes. "I dont know if our intensity was way up, but it's hard to play a 0 v 'v.- i t I winning record. This wont be an easy task for the Buffaloes as they take on the likes of UCLA, Michigan State, Notre Dame and the Big Eight Conference. Right now our goal is to post a winning record, McCartney said. "We have also identified Nebraska as the team we really would like to beat this year. That would make our season." McCartney will have six start- ers back on offense, but even so, I I -r4 1 A. 4 team when you know they are not as talented as you are," Ne braska coach Terry Pettit said. "But, I thought it was a good match. I was very impressed with the way Wichita State hung with us in the first set." Continued en Ps8 14 . V. .. Dml4 CretmarDslly Nebraska daring Nebraska's 15-8, 15-5, limitations they want his offense is the major question mark for the team. MrrniA th nff w been able t0 estLblish neither a passing or running game, yet and the offensive line wss the major probiem "If we had to play a game to- morrow, our entire offensive line would be playing in their first col- legiate game ever." Continued on Pass 13 Dy Verd V. Triplet! Ill Dally Nebraska!) E porta Editor The storm passed over the Neb raska women's softball team. Only one year after its abandonment was seriously considered, the Hus kers showed up in the women's College World Series and won two games. This season, there is still talk at the softball diamond at Mable Lee field about the team's future. Only this time with a number of key returnees, two freshman pitchers with almost non-existent earned run averages and the eligibility of redshirted transfers from last year, this year's talks of championships. First, the Big Eight Championship must be de fended. Then the team returns to the World Series in May for a second shot at the sport's big guns. "It does sound like we're going to be pretty good, doesn't it?" said the coach, who led the program from a losing record to a 39-13 mark. "On paper, this will be the strong est team I've ever had," Daigle said. "I think we can be as good as we want to be." This will be the last year for Denise Eckert, a shortstop who played her way into the national spotlight last season. Eckert fin ished the year hitting .363 (22nd in the country), with nine home runs (eighth), and 52 runs batted in (ninth) in 151 at bats. Eckert all second team Ail-American. There's more. Stacy Sunny, a sophomore who led the Big Eight in hitting test year, will be moved from catcher to outfielder. Senior third baseman Ann Schroeder is one of the better players Daigle has ever coached, he said. Out fielders Peg Richardson and Wendy Turner finished the sea , son on the all-NCAA tournament and All-Big Eight teams respective ly. Then there's second baseman Lori Richins, who had the biggest fz J V . M Silly IJ;brisfc3ii riif HK?tO Denise Eckert receives en AU-Anericsn Scfib&Il player award &om Coach Wsjne BzlLz. hit of last season that brought the Huskers back into a tie with Oklahoma State in the regional playoffs, and pitcher-first base man Shelby Mertins, who scored the winning run from first in an extra-inning regional game. But it's Daigle's new players that could make the difference. Lisa Busby, a catcher, was a two year All-American for Daigle at Sam Houston State. First-baseman Ginger Cannon made the aH-tourna-ment at Sam Houston. A third player, first baseman Amy Love, also is eligible this season. Daigle also has one transfer student in outfielder Heidi Schla bach, who came to Nebraska after the softball program at Northern Colorado was dropped. But the name of the game in women's softball still is pitching, particu larly at the World-Series level of competition, where ERA's under 1 are fairly common. To that end, Daigle recruited Donna Deardorff, from Orange, whose prep ERA was 0.06, and Lori Sippel from Stanford, Ontario Sippel pitched the Canadian team to the gold medal in the Pan American games in 1982 - ball play. She won the most valu able player award in the Cana dian national championships last spring. Those two will join senior Mori Emmons in the mound rotation. Emmons was 25-5 last year in her first full season as a collegiate pitcher. While most of the action will take place next spring, the Hus kers will face all of their Big Eight foes this fall except for Kansas State. The Huskers are also in a Texas tournament with national runner up Texas A&M. Four thousand people showed up during the Huskers' appear ances in the World Series, which Daigle hopes will carry over to this season. Nebraska's only home games in the fall will be Sept. 28 and 29 in the Husker Invitational. 3 1 J :J1 'I. 1 ! ! ill