Tuesday, November 27, 1C34 Daily Ncbrcskcn m r . . By Wcrd W. Tripktt III Dii2y Nebr&s&An Eeatsr Editor Nebraska and Pittsburgh will meet in a rematch Saturday in Lincoln in the first round of the NCAA women's volleyball tourna ment. The Huskers, 27-3 and ranked seventh in the nation, beat Pitts burgh 12-15, 15-9, 15-10, 15-4 in the Tennessee Invitational in Octo ber. "I think it (the rematch) will be an advantage for both teams," Nebraska Coach Terry Pettit said. "Our biggest advantage is playing at home and not having to dis rupt the class or practice schedule." Both teams earned their way into the tournament through auto matic bids from conference tour naments. The Huskers were 10-0 in the Big Eight, while Pittsburgh easily won the Big East confer ence. The Panthers finished the season at 30-7, with three of those losses coming in the Tennessee Invitational They've really come on strong the last part of the year," Pettit said. "They're playing right at their best now." For Pittsburgh, the chance to get in the NCAA is enough to H usker cagers crush Canadian Clu By Mike Eeiliey oid Stu Pcspisil . Diily Nebra&k&n St&ff Reporters Windsor's Canadian Club went down smoother than any liquor for Nebraska Monday night. The Huskers men's basketball team tuned up for its regular sea son opener Thursday against Southern Colorado with all 7-49 crushing of the Windsor Basket ball Club. The Kusker points set a Bob Devaney Sports Center record, surpassing the 113 Nebraska scored against Augustana in the 1G83-84 season opener. Nebraskajumped out to a quick 13-4 lead on a jumper by center DaveHoppen. Junior college transfer Harvey Marshall made a successful debut, scoring 14 of his game high 20 points in the first hall An alley-oop slam dunk by Cur its Moore with 6:24 remaining in the half pushed the Husker lead to 37-21. "Curtis Moore played awfully well," NU head coach Moe Iba said. "He went out there and played really hard and got a side cramp." Moore also drew praise from Windsor coach Bob Hanson. "He really gets up there when he shoots," Hanson said of Moore. "And not only does he get up, but he really hits those boards hard." Moore finished with 14 points and a game high of 9 rebounds. Nebraska went into the locker room with a 51-28 lead and out scored Windsor 43-1 4 in the first, 14 minutes of the second half Mike Martz's tip-in with 4:03 remaining brought the Huskers to the century mark, 100-41. Hanson said he was impressed with the offensive onslaught They run their offense well," Hanson said. They should do well this season. WeVe played down in Oklahoma City and a few other places and we should have won all those games. We knew coming in here there was'no chance." The crowd also played a role in the win. This is an excellent crowd," Hanson said. There's 20 points right there. They' even &f?ected j n K r-S t: 1 5j reward the eight-member team for a good season. Shelton Collier, the filth year coach, said the honor of playing b enough for the Panthers. "We are going there with the idea ofwinning," Cclikr said. "But win or lose, it's going to be a qual ity experience for us." Pittsburgh was 11-1 and well on their way to the conference ti tle when they came to the Ten nessee Invitational. The competi tion there in the form of top 20 teams Nebraska and Texas and the host was a little too steep for the squad. They dropped all three matches and won only two sets. "It was only the second serious competition we had seen all year " Collier said, "We had been playing teams in the East that were really pretty easy to beat. "But those losses motivated us for the rest of the season. We saw what we had to do. It's helped us a lot." Pittsburgh won 12 out of their last 13 matches, including a three set sweep -over Penn State just after that team took three straight from another NCAA qualifier, Western Michigan. The Panthers are smaller than most of the Big Eight teams, with the tallest player only 5-10. They the officials. They were getting caught up in the running game." With 1:40 remaining, a cry of "We want a runza," echoed throughout the Bob Devaney Sports Center from some hungry Husker fans in the crowd of 7,547. v They were referring to a pro motional offer from the Eunza Huts of Lincoln, which give away free runzas to ticket holders if the 1 center Dots Ilcrpsa cd th3 rest cfthe Ussier brsketbs.il tessa tipped eff their lit-ueS' rS3 ssasaa llcsy niit la t!ie Dab Derssey Sports t XXzizzr Zzzti-:M et 'improved' Paiuiisrs play a 5-1 offense, as opposed to the two-setter 6-2 offense Pettit runs. The best Pittsburgh players are a pair of seniors whom both coaches had praise for. Cathy Rupp, a 5-8 setter iron Archbold, Huslcers need fans TT.2 Nebr&sSEfr-Fiitsbcrgh ?jd 'wkw JU4I V-k icIn fit 2 p.m. GitsrZzy r,t will be 3 far stsdscta e-J CI Ncbrjsifcn Cc&ch Terry Pet tit esld tie IIns!cr3 will need &hzt 2,CCO fens ta order to Czt ft heme court esSvastsa for the ecccsd rosnd. TLe NCAA tends to place tlc tccrncut et ttz cite wtiere eitend iscs hzs been tie best, evidenced Ly tie fact tksl IStli-rsn&ed Ifflnoia State will play its first round cine &t Western Hicb&sa, csiasSxd tMs season but averaging mere thin 4,CC3 fznz a game. Thts la like a fccrwl game for C3," Pettit said. "If yoa can spend $25 to go to New Orleans, yea can spend $3 to see eorae of the gresiest ath letes Nctr&ska kzs ever Lad play volleyball natch." Huskers hold their opponent to under 50 points. Windsor's Steve Heboid sank two free throws for his team's 48th and 49th points with 1:48 left. Nebraska's defense blocked two shots and recovered three turn overs as the Huskers scored the game's final 10 points. 1 CkZ TSia a scsrs cf 117 ta 3. . - V : J - -J Ohio, may have been the strong est server we saw all year," Pettit said, noting a "vicious top spin set from the backcourt" "Our strength b in our serving, and Cathy's the reason for that," Collier said. ' The other Panther standout is 5-10 middle blocker Diana Kohu tiak, one of two Pitt players from Mississauga, Ontario. Kohutiak was the licet Valuable Player in four tournaments this season. "She's probably the best spiker in this half of the country," Collier said. "What makes it so amazing is that other teams know that and double team her, but she's still managed to hit for a high percentage." Missouri found out" the hard way about the Pitt stars. In a four-set victory, Kohutiak had 40 kills and Rupp, 80 assists. The most Mils any Nebraska player has gotten in a single match is 24. Pittsburgh has been to the NCAA's twice before, finishing ninth in 1931 and losing in the first round of the 1082 tourna ment to California Polytechnic at "San Luis Opisbo. They were the Big East favorites last season but were upset by Providence in the conference tournament The prospect of playing Nebras- "I thought the crowd was hungry for points," said Nebraska forward Bill Jackman, who scored eight points in his Husker debut The transfer from Duke missed his first five shots, then finished the night with a slam-dunk. Jackman paused for a moment in the locker room, and said, "I guess they were hungry fans, weren't they?" Center. Nctrasia T?ca fcradlly i I I ka arain docsnt bother Collier, especially with the upsurge in. recent weeks. "As a result of playing Nebraska before, we're a little more confi dent we could beat them, as oppos ed to a team we've only heard about," he said. That (Tennessee tournament) was very early in the season. We're playing much better now., There's no mystery about Nebras ka, we know we're capable of beating them." The Huskers are making their third trip to the NCAA's. In 1G82, Nebraska beat Penn State et home then lost to Purdue in West Lafay ette. The Huskers lost a first round game at Western Michigan last season. Should Nebraska win, the Huskers could also host the second round, which would send the win ner of two consecutive matches to the final four in Los Angeles, Calk The other mideastern games include Western Michigan (25-7) against Illinois State (36-5), the winner of which will play the winner of the Nebraska-Pitt match. Fourth-ranked Pacific, 28-7, has abye in the other bracket, and will await t he winner of the Penn State (29-5)-Northwestern (17-9) match in the second round. i H r-nprf , n if ; ' ? 4 1 - - I---- J ..... . 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