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Friday, January 18, 1985 Daily Nebraskan Pago 9 Wrestlers struggle m nst ai. 1 odds' By Kirk ZeboLsky El&rrKepoiter One problem Nebraska's wrestling team has not had this season is a lack of quality competition. While the freshman-dominated squad has struggled with inexperience and injuries, the team has faced five of the nation's top seven teams. Another one, Oklahoma State, i3 scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Last year Oklahoma State won the Big Eight tournament on the way to an unde feated season. The Cowboys placed second in the NCAA tournament. This year the Cowboys feature four wrestlers ranked in the nation's top three of their div isions, and one ranked number six. Conversely, Nebraska graduated two of its wrestlers who made it to nationals. This sea son the team has lost duals to Clemson, Lock Haven, Oklahoma, Iowa State and Arizona State. The Kuskers scored on two forfeits and a draw in the loss to the Sun Devils in Lincoln Tuesday. In last season's dual, Oklahoma State won 4 1-5. Nebraska hasn't beaten Oklahoma State in 19 tries. Nebraska has two wrestlers in the nation's top five, fourth-ranked Matt Campbell at 118 and fifth-ranked heavyweight Gary Albright. However, Campbell, a junior with a 16-3 record will wrestle top-ranked Mark Perry, 22-11. Albright, 112-1, will wrestle the third ranked heavyweight, Kahlen O'Hara, who owns a 17-3 record. The rest of Arizona State's lineup includes Bill Dykeman at 158, ranked second with a 27-3 record, John Smith at 134, ranked second with a 25-1 record, and Luke Skove at 142, ranked sixth with a 22-3-1 record. Dykeman, Skove and Perry placed in last year's NCAA tournament and are Big Eight champions. Nebraska will pit six freshmen against the Cowboys. Those six are: Teny Cook, (14-9) at 126; Mike Monfore, (5-13) at 134; Keenan Turner, (15-6) at 150; Jeff Coltvet, (8-13) at 158; Cody Olson, (6-13-2) at 177; and Craig Thalken, (0-11) at 180. Thalken is a true 177-pounder who was moved up after the injury to Kyle Jensen. In addition to the freshmen, sophomore Bill Feme, 16-10, is at 152 and Jake Sabo, 8-6, will wrestle at 167. Track teams welcome foes By Bob Asir.ussen SfT Reporter After four months of training, the Nebraska men's and women's track teams will get to do something they haven't done since June of 1984 compete in a track meet. The Comhusker teams will host a quadrangular Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center with the men's and women's teams from Kansas State, Drake and Colorado. Nebraska Coach Gary Pepin said his team is ready for the meet. "This will be the first meet of the year for the majority of the team," Pepin said. "I think what we're basically trying to find out is where the athletes are. They're kind of getting stale and tired of training." One Comhusker who won't be in the meet will be Olympic long jumper Angela Thacker. The junior, who finished fourth in the long jump in Los Angeles, is competing in the World Indoor Championships in Paris. Pepin said he expects the meet to be close. He said both of Kansis Stele's teams should give Nebraska a strong challenge. "We'd like to win the meet point-wise," Pepin said. "But we haven't set up our entries to specifically win the meet. We want to try people out in different events and see what they can do." Pepin said several new faces should improve the men's team. Pepin mentioned Jean Verster and Regis Humphrey in the middle distances, Phillips George in the sprints, Craig Duncan and Robert Metz in the jumps and distance runners Bryan Clark and Kraig Vanderbeek. Another new face Pepin said should help improve the team is freshman sprinter Keith Jones. Jones, from Omaha Central High School, played on the varsity football team this season and saw some action at I-back. Pepin said he wasn't sure Jones would compete Saturday. "It will be his first meet and he hasn't been out very long," Pepin said. "I'm kind of interested to see how he'll do." Nebraska has had several football players run track in the last few seasons. Another current football player on the track team is long jumper Von Sheppard. Pepin said despite the fact that Sheppard hasn't been training very long, he thinks he will have a good season. "Von's got a year of experience and we think he'll be improved," Pepin said. The men's team will be captained by middle distance runner Glen Cunningham, distance runner Tom Hoffman End. high jumper Jeff Lcescher. The women will be captained by Thacker, hurdler RhoiuU Stanford and distance runner Jill NoeL 'Big guns'... Continued from Page 8 "Our remaining three players are all new to the starting line-up this year," he said. "Our two guards (Lisa Campbell, averaging 5.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game) and Jamie Siess, (6.4 points, 3.1 rebounds) are both inexperienced and our other forward (Irenetta Henley, averag ing 6.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game) is playing small forw ard when I'd really like to have her at guard." Oklahoma State's starting line up isn't the only area where the Cowgirls have had problems. "Two players, forward Stephanie Matthews and forward-center Joyce Johnson, were aca demic casualties at mid-semester. "Stephanie didn't play much, but the less of Joyce really hurts us because even though she didn't start, she was our team's third leading scorer (averaging 9.1 points per game) as well as our third leading rebounder (averan? 4.7 per game)," Halterman said. Add that to the fact that Oklahoma State plays "sagging" defense, and Halterman said he may find more problems. 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