Friday, May 3, 1985
NU-OSU baseball series
to decide conference title
Daily Nebraskan
ByJelTApel
SUfT Reporter
The Oklahoma State baseball team
will put its conference leading 14-2 Big
Eight record on the line this weekend
in a pair of doubleheaders against
Nebraska in Stillwater, Okla. The Sun
day game will be televised live on
ESPN.
For Oklahoma State, the games are
critical because it's a chance for the
Cowboys to expand on their conference
lead. For Nebraska, the series is a must
if the Cornhuskers have any aspirations
of winning their first Big Eight title.
"We know what we've got to do, and
we're going to hopefully get it done,"
Nebraska Coach John Sanders said.
"We feel confident going into this
series."
In posting a 43-11 overall record,
Oklahoma State has averaged almost
12 runs a game while maintaining a
.344 team batting average.
"We rely on our offense to carry us,"
Oklahoma State Coach Gary Ward said.
"Particularly early on in the season,
when our offense was carrying the
team."
Leftfielder Pete Incaviglia, who is
considered to be one of the best players
in the nation, carries most of the offen
sive load for the Cowboys.
Through the ft
l?;nfrom Pebble Beach, Calif, is hitting
.449 with a conference leading 34 home
runs of 102 RBI.
If the offense is to be successful,
Ward admits, it's Incaviglia who has to
generate that success.
"Our offense is built around our top
five hitters, particularly Pete," Ward
said. "But it's net like we run a one
man offense, either. We rely on several
other individuals as well."
All-Big Eight centerfielder Doug
Dascenzo, second baseman Randy
Whisler, catcher Mike Day and right
fielder Billy Smith also are heavily
relied upon in the Cowboy attack.
"Teams that choose to pitch around
Pete (Incaviglia) generally get burned,"
Ward said. "Billy (Smith) has come up
with the big hits for us throughout the
season."
In the event of a season ending tie
between the two schools for the con
ference title, both coaches have agreed
to use the final televised game as the
tie-breaker.
"It's going to be a big game for us,
playing on ESPN," Nebraska pitching
coach Mike Evans said. "We know what
they can do, now all we have to do is
slow them down. We feel confident
going into this series because we feel
that we know more about them than
tney Know about us.
UNL track athletes gearing up
for weekend s Big Eight meet
By Bob Asmussen
Staff Reporter
For the first time in more than a
month, Keith Jones will run in compe
tition without fear of being tackled.
The freshman I-back from Omaha
Central will become a freshman
sprinter again today and Saturday at
the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in
Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jones was the Big Eight Indoor
champion in the 60-yard dash. He will
compete on Nebraska's 400-meter relay
team in South Dakota and might run in
the Big Ei ght championships May 1 0-1 1
at Manhattan, Kan.
Jones isn't the only football player
competing this weekend for Nebraska.
Jon Kelley, an I-back from Lincoln, will
team up with Jones, Dennis Wallace
and Anthony Small in the 400-meter
relay. Freshman football player Chris
Hale will long jump this weekend and
Dirksen said Von Shepard will jump in
the Big Eight meet.
Nebraska assistant track coach Jav
Dirksen said the meet will give the
Huskers a good tune-up for the Big
Eight meet. He said the meet will give
some of the team's younger performers
a chance to gain some confidence.
"It's a little bit of a low key meet,"
Dirksen said. "But it's not the type of
meet where you just have to show up to
win. We expect to get some good
competitioa" .
Two Nebraska athletes won't com
pete in the Howard Wood meet because
they will compete in another meet.
Gerard O'Callaghan and Jean Verster
both will run the 1,500 meters at the
National Invitational meet in Indiana
polis. Several Nebraskans have qualified
for the NCAA meet. Kurt Russell has
qualified in the 3,000-meter .steeple
chase, Darren Burton in the high jump,
Marcia Tate in the 400-meter dash,
Laura Wight in the 3,000, Rhonda Blan
ford in the 100-meter hurdles, Sha-Ri
Pendleton in the triple jump and Deb
bie Clark in the heptathloa
Men's golf team
faces uncertainty
at Big Eight meet
Uncertainty is the key word for
the men's golf team. The Huskers
will compete in the Big Eight golf
championships at Oklahoma City
May 12 through 14.
"I really don't know who we
are taking," said Coach Larry
Romjue, "it could be anyone of
seven guys."
The team hasn't performed as
well as Romjue had hoped. Last
fall, the team beat all the Big
Eight schools except Oklahoma
and Oklahoma State, but the
team's opponents have won this
spring.
The leaders of the tournament
should be Oklahoma and Okla
homa State, both rated in the
national top 10. Oklahoma State
is led by Scott Verplank, a na
tional amateur champion as well
as a returning Big Eight cham
pion. Oklahoma, third in the
nation last year, is rated third
now.
"The Southern schools like
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State
nave a real advantage with the
weather," Romjue said. "Our
weather hurts because it is so
inconsistent."
Mike Schuchart will lead Ne
braska. Romjue said Schuchart
has a good chance to finish
among the leaders at the tourna
ment. "Hopefully, with the end of
finals coming and with the
weather coming around, we'll be
able to do a little better," Romjue
said.
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