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The UNL women's volleyball team will
see Big Eight competition for the first
time tonight against Kansas at 7 p.m. at
the UNL Coliseum. The Jayhawks bring a
young team with nine freshmen to face
the Huskers, who currently are ranked
No. 5 in the nation and fresh off a three
game sweep in the Husker Classic.
Nebraska dominated the competition in
the two day Husker Classic by beating No.
17 LSU and No. 18 Northwestern in
straight sets. Nebraska also defeated U.S.
International in the tournament.
"We had an excellent team effort in the
tournament," said coach Terry Pettit.
"We're not hitting on all eight cylinders
yet, but we are close."
Assistant coach Jay Potter credited
Nebraska's success in the three games to
good transition volleyball.
"We go from defense to offense very
quickly," Potter said. That allows us to go
into our multiple play offense which makes
us very difficult to stop."
Nebraska proved difficult to stop in the
Husker Classic, losing only one set. North
western coach Jerry Angle also was im
pressed with Nebraska's team and com
pared them to No. 1 Pacific.
"We've played them both," Angle said.
"Nebraska may be better than Pacific.
They both can do just as much to beat
you."
Nebraska used a strong team attack in
the Husker Classic to easily defeat all
three opponents. The'Huskers were led
by the strong defensive and offensive net
play of seniors Julie Hermann and Cathy
Noth along with sophomore Karen Dahl
gren. Pettit also praised strong perfor
mances by his reserves.
"Enid Schonoewise came off the bench
to do an excellent Job as did Kathy DcDoer,
Darla Melcher and Michelle Smith," Pettit
said. "I was Impressed with the way all
the players contributed."
Despite the strong showing in the Husker
Classic, Pettit said Nebraska still has
some room for improvement.
"We have a couple of rotations that are
still not as consistent as we would like,"
Pettit said. "We are also working our
transitions."
Pettit said that the game with Kansas is
nothing to overlook.
"Our opponent is not our only objec
tive," Pettit said. "We also have several
team goals we are looking to achieve."
Kansas enters tonight's match with a
1-4 record. Only four players returned
from last year's team.
"All we need is a little experience," said
Kansas coach Bob Lockwood. "We've seen
improvement in our matches so far this
year and we hope it will continue."
Lockwood said Nebraska is very pow
erful on both offense and defense and
also credits coach Terry Pettit with hav
ing a very organized program.
"Terry is very well-organized with his
players and with his practice," Lockwood
said. "They never take a practice or an
opoonent lightly."
Nebraska will travel to Norman, Okla.,
Saturday to face the Sooners and will
then host University of DeSherbrooke of
Canada next Thursday.
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Two stages of cricket ... at left, Nebraska bowler Qamar Shaukat delivers at the goal being
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By Ward W. Triplett III
Da Nebrsckan Sports Editor
Iowa State beat Nebraska in
a sporting event over the
weekend, but this was one
case where losing a contest to the
conference rival didnt really mat
ter. The real challenge was playing
at all It was the first time in four
years that a group of UNL inter
national students had success
fully competed in a cricket match
with another schooL
All Quraishi of Pakistan, a UNL
senior, said players from Pakis
tan, India and the West Indies
played in the Saturday morning
game, which took nearly five
hours to complete.
The reason for losing wa3
because of a lack of practice,"
Quraishi said. "We had only one
day to practice with proper cric
ket equipment."
Cricket is an international form
of baseball which is played prim
arily in Pakistan, India, New Zea
land, England, Australia and Sri
Lanka. The game is played in a
large field with the offensive part
played in a small rectangular sec
tion in the middle of the field.
A bowler, or pitcher in Ameri
can terms, is allowed six deliver
ies at a time. The batter is allowed
to bat until he makes an out. Outs
in cricket are made only if some
one catches a batted ball or if the
fielders can throw the ball to one
of the six wickets (bases) before a
runner can reach it. If he thinks
he will get thrown out before
reaching a wicket, the batter can
choose not to run, and wait for a
better delivery, Quraishi said.
Single runs are made when two
runners can reach wickets on
opposite sides before the fielders
get the ball to the wickets. If the
ball, a harder, American-sized
baseball, travels beyond the field
boundaries on the ground, it
counts as four runs. A ball leaving
the field boundary in the air, the
equivalent of a home run, counts
for six runs.
Iowa State and Nebraska played
a 1 -inning game with a limit of 30
overs in each inning. (Overs being
different bowlers.) In internation
al cricket, an inning doesn't end
until each batter on each side has
made an out. Iowa State won the
match 41-36.
Cricket has been a recreation
sport at UNL, but the Iowa State
contingent receives support from
its intramural sports department.
"It was very tough to get a club
going. Nobody knew what the game
was," said Mansoor Sarwar, a
Pakistanian student from Iowa
Stata and captain of that team.
The group got funding from the
Iowa State student government
two years ago, which was used to
buy equipment such as the heavy
ball, shinguards for the batters
and wickets. .
The club has thrived for five
years now, said Shazad Mocsa,
also of Pakistan. Two years ago,
four Americans played, though
Moosa said there are none with
the club now.
Quraishi said the Iowa State
team left some equipment here
for the Nebraska team. A match
in Iowa State is planned, and
games with the Iowa and Minne
sota cricket clubs are possible.
This is the first time we have
tried to start a game with another
school," Quraishi said. "Next year,
we will try to get more players
and university help like they have
at Iowa State."