Friday, January 18, 1985
Pago 8
Daily Nebraskan
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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."
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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.
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