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Friday, January 18, 1985 Pago 8 Daily Nebraskan S yyji - David CrearnerDsily Nebraskan Freshman Janet Hcllhsjj offers encouragement to senior Terri Furman during a victory over Iowa State Saturday. The Huskers i'&ce Georgia and Oklahoma State tonight at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Rated UNL swim teams to meet SIU, Missouri By Clieryl Petersen StalT Reporter and Wcrd W. Triplet III Sports Editor Nebraska's men's swimming team, currently ranked 20th in the country, will face a rated team tonight and its first Big Eight opponent Saturday in Lincoln. The Cornhuskers meet No. 13-rated Southern Illinois at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Bob Devaney Sports Center pool. Saturday, the men's and women's teams meet Missouri at 1:30 p.m. The Huskers are 3-1 with wins over Iowa, Texas Christian and Air Force and a loss to Southern Methodist. Southern Illinois' only previous losses have been to Southern powers Auburn and Alabama. "They've got several really good guys in distance and a couple of returning All-Americans from their distance teams," Nebraska Coach Cal Bentz said of the Salukis. "They're just a solid team, they cover pretty well in every event." The Huskers also cover each event well, Bentz said. "It just depends on how well we match up with them (tonight)," he said. The men's team is coming off what Bentz said was the "best training trip we have ever had." "I think it was an attitude thing," he said. "The fellows went to work and got down to business." The Husker women compet ed in Texas over the break, and finished last in the five-team Texas Invitational. But, the competition included No. 1-rated Texas and No. 4 University of Southern California, "My goal," Coach Ray Huppert said, "was to expose our athletes top ten competition." Huppert said six to eight swimmers might miss Saturday's dual against Missouri because of the flu, "There's no way to come up with a line-up because we don't know who is going to be healthy," he said. The Huskers are the No. 13-rated team in the country, and a good team can "overcome illnesses and injuries," Huppert said. Captain Julie Lammel, a junior backstroker from Millard, said the team will have to be mentally tough to win. "When you're rated," she said, "people are out to get you." The Huskers will be without frees tyler Kenya Kelly, who is resting an injured shoulder. Missouri's men and women are both 2-3. MEN 400-Medky Eelay (Jowdy, Drake, Edmondson, Hubner) 3:23.41 (Jowdy, Brinner, Edmondson, Hubner) 3:28.80 iGO-Freestyle Relay (Hubner, Browt!, Edmondson, Hecker) 3:01.81 SSO-Freestjie Eeky (Brown, Hecker, Dunn, Under) 6:44.45 (Rea, Jowdy, Fellows, Klaren) 6:55.62 50 FVeestjie Doug Hubner 21.19 121 ICO Freestjie JsfTBrown 1:40.33 123 2) Freestjie JeS Brown 1:40.33 128 SCO Freestjie Pat Klaren 4:31.14 121 1.0CO Freestyle Ernie Dunn 8:21.68 128 1.SI3 Freestjie Ernie Duran 15:45.80 121 V WOMEN 20O-SIcdley Relay (Stanek, Hurley, Powers, Hampell) 400-Mediey Relay (Kelly, Hurley, Powers, Ricketts) 200-Freestyle Relay (Powers, Sebesta, Kampel, Gilmore) 4W-Free8tyie Eeky (Sebesta, Powers, Kampel, Ricketts) S&Q-Freestyie Relay (Ricketts, Sebesta, Gilmore, Ricketts) 1:47.22 3:51.49 1:35.35 3:2&70 7:34.41 121 121 128 128 121 111 CO Freestyle Dana Powers 23.83 ICO Freestjie Linda Sebesta 62.13 2 CO Freestjie Emily Ricketts 1:51.74 Linda Sebesta 1:51.87 Shauna Gilmore 1:52.22 COO Freestjie Emily Ricketts 4.58.32 Huslter cacli to meet Nebraska women's gymnastic coaches Rick Walton and Michelle Love will have a bit of home tonight at 7. The ninth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs will join Oklahoma State in a tri-meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Wal ton came to Nebraska after coaching at Georgia and recruiting half the women currently competing for the Bulldogs. Love, a former gymnastics instructor at a private school in Atlanta, used to judge at Georgia meets. . "It (a win) would mean a lot to us," Love said. "Right now, we're ranked around 20th. A win would take up to UNL gymnasts travel to ISU By Rich Ccoper Staff Reporter Nebraska men's gymnastics coach Francis Allen will take his No. 4-rated team to Ames, Iowa, to take on No. O rated Iowa State and No. 12-rated Oklahoma. The triangular meet will be the first of two triangulars between the Big Eight teams. Allen said his team has one of the toughest schedules in the nation. The Cornhuskers will face four teams that are in the top 20. The only loss the Cornhuskers have suffered this season was at the Windy City Invitational on Nov. 15 to No. 2 rated Ohio State. "This Christmas break was a well deserved one for our guys because they really worked hard all fall," Allen said. By Corey Andersen Staff Reporter Who is Washburn University? That's what thousands of Big Eight basketball fans were asking each other after the Ichabods from Topeka, Kan., upset the Oklahoma State Cowboys last November. Actually, Washburn, a member of the Central States Conference, is "a very good NAIA team," according to Okla homa State's Assistant Sports Informa tion Director Steve Buzzard. "We didn't play well against them," Buzzard said. "I think we were looking ahead to Houston Baptist," the Cow boys next opponent at that time. The embarassing one-point loss in front of the home folks at Gallagher Hall in Stillwater, Okla., almost cost them a second-straight setback at the hands of Houston Baptist. The Cowboys needed an extra five minutes to subdue the visitors from Houston, but they finally squeaked out a 44-43 victory. "I think it's (the loss is) pretty much out of everybody's mind by now," Buz zard said. Since the defeat, QSU has won three straight and eight of their last 1 1 contests, as they get set to host Moe Iba's Huskers on Saturday night. By Jeff Apcl Staff Reporter Trying to improve on a 6-8 record while on the road on a basketball court described as a "pit" is no coach's dream. But that's exactly what Nebraska Coach Kelly Hill must do as Nebraska faces the 8-5 Oklahoma State Cowgirls in Stillwater, Okla. "Basically, anytime you play in Gal lagher Hall, you're playing in a real pit," Kill said. "It's drafty and it's poorly lighted. It's just like playing in a big bam." iLiXpei to seek i Husker women to battle GBIP s 4Mg nuns' 12th." The Huskers will go into the meet with six gymnasts. Sophomore Renee Gould and freshman Jackie Casselo are out with injuries, leaving Nebraska with two seniors, Terri Furman and Annette Madigan, junior Char Hage mann and three freshmen, Racine Smith, Janet Holling and Liz Bertolotti. The short lineup means Nebraska will not have the luxury of using specialists in any event. The Huskers defeated Iowa State Saturday with 178.80 total points. Georgia has had several higher scores "Now we can really concentrate on winning the big meets." Allen said his team is confident going into this meet because the Corn huskers have beaten both Iowa State and Oklahoma twice this season. In their first meeting of the season, the Cornhuskers won the Big Eight Invitational, while Oklahoma and Iowa State finished in sixth and eighth place respectively. The second meeting of the year was in the Windy City Invitational in Chi cago, III. The Huskers finished second while Iowa State finished in seventh and Oklahoma eighth. "I don't see Iowa State improving that much because they lost all five of their starters from last year, so they are a pretty young team," Allen said. "But Oklahoma, they could come on this denced Cowboy cagers burth strai The tip-off is set for 8:10 p.m. Buzzard said the Cowboys "started playing much more consistent since the Oral Roberts game in December," but "there's still room for improve ment." Oklahoma State didn't fair well in most Big Eight pre-season polls. They were picked to finish no better than sixth in the conference. Buzzard insists, though, that "this is not a last-place team." Buzzard said he wasn't sure why the Cowboys were picked to finish so low in the conference, especially since they returned nine lettermen (only Okla homa had more), including four starters, and lost only two lettermen. "We lost a good player in Raymond Crenshaw," Buzzard said, and "every body's got great taient." Buzzard said the home-court is an advantage, but "you've got to be able to intimidate people on your own court." Oklahoma State is led by starting forwards, 6-6 senior Charles Williams and 6-7 junior Joe Atkinson. Both are one-two in scoring and rebounding on the team. Atkinson is averaging 13.4 points per game compared to Williams' 12.8. Atkinson also leads the Cowboys in rebounding with a 6.8 while Williams is second with 5.3. Winfred Case and Besides the problem of the playing building, the Huskers also will encoun ter two other problems forward Jackie Glcsson and center Kathy Schulz. They are considered the "big guns" in the Cowgirl attack. Glcsson, a 5-11 senior, is averaging 17.6 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, while Schulz, a 6-1 senior, is averaging 17.8 points and 7.3 rebounds a game. "Obviously, stopping, or at least controlling both Glcsson and Schulz has to be our number one priority," KiP said. "Were going to be trying sortie special things to hopefully accomplish just that." old team this year, Love said, while Oklahoma State has scored in the mid-70s. Love said Nebraska will have one advantage over Georgia tonight that being in the form of rest. The Nebraska stop is one of four the Bulldogs are making in one week. "When you travel like that, it's diffi cult to maintain a level of perfor mance," Love said. The Cowgirls had a strong recruiting year, Love said, and may be able to sneak up on Nebraska and Georgia, even though their scores this season have been lower. spring and maybe even beat us if we get into trouble with injuries." Iowa State is led by junior Mark Diab. Diab was the Big Eight champion in the still rings and finished in sev enth place in the still rings at the NCAA last year. Other key people to watch will be junior Shane Sanders, the Big Eight champion in the floor exercise in 1983, and Rick Atkinson, who holds a per sonal best of 9.2 in every event. Last year Oklahoma stole the Big Eight Championship from Nebraska by a tenth of a point. The Sooners will have senior Mark Oates returning. He was one of the key performers last year in the Big Eight Championships. Oates is the Big Eight co-champion in the floor exercise and he also finished in second place in the horizontal bar. win bill Self will start at guard Saturday night, while 6-9 senior center John Nielson completes the Cowboy starting five. Buzzard said Shawn Baker, who started last year, and Rick Andreson have provided help off the bench this season. "That's one area in which we've improved a lot. We're much deeper than last year," Buzzard said. In addition to a convincing 92-71 victory over Oral Roberts University, OSU also has played respectably on the road, losing only to top-20 teams Southern Methodist and Tulsa. Saturday's game marks the 74th meeting between Nebraska and Okla homa State in a series that began in 1927. Nebraska leads, 45-28, and has won the last three in a row, including a two-game sweep last year. The Huskers won in Lincoln on David Ponce's short, off-balance baseline jumper with two seconds left in overtime and 67-64 at Stillwater after leading by as much as 56-41 with fewer than nine minutes remaining. Nebraska's win at Still water last year was the first for a visitor in 14 games in the series. It also ended a ve-game losing streak for the Huskers in Gallagher Hail. No matter what Nebraska tries against Glosson and Schulz, Cowgirl Coach Dick Halterman isn't worried. "Jackie and Kathy are both four-year starters and they're both such out standing players that anyone who thinks they can hold either one of them from getting their 18 points and eight or nine rebounds apiece is really just kid ding themselves," he said. Halterm art's remaining three star ters, however, aren't nearly as explo sive scorers or as experienced as either Glosson or Schulz. Continued on Pss 9
