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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
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By Mike Eeiliey
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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
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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
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play a 5-1 offense, as opposed to
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runs. The best Pittsburgh players
are a pair of seniors whom both
coaches had praise for. Cathy
Rupp, a 5-8 setter iron Archbold,
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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.
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shots and recovered three turn
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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?"
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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.
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Tickets available
for Sugar Bowl
Full-time students may buy
Sugar Bowl tickets at the Ath
letic Ticket Office (117 South
Stadium) on December 3, 4
and 5. The student allotment
will be divided equally all three
days, and will be sold from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. each day or until
the day's allotment is exhaus
ted. Each qualified student may
buy one ticket two if mar
ried. Current, full-time ID's will
be required cf all students and
marriage certificate (or certi
fied copy) of majrried students.
Groups will be limited to six
seats. Students wishing to sit'
together as a group must all be
present at time of purchase.
The price b $25 per ticket
Each student's personal check
should be made payable to the
University cf Nebraska and
show a Lincoln address. Cash
payment must be in proper
amount.
