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David CreamerDaily Nebraskan
Missouri's Renee Kelly tries to block Maurtice Ivy's shot in
Saturday's Missouri-Nebraska game at the Hearnes Center.
Tennis team drops
its season opener
The Nebraska men's tennis team
opened its 1986 spring season by
losing a 5-4 decision to the Wichita
State Shockers. The match was
played at Wichita.
In individual matches winners
were:
Singles
Number One Jeremy Grubi,
WS, defeated Craig Johnson, NU, 7
5, 3-6, 6-4.
Number Two Steve Jung, NU,
defeated Steve Salthouse, WS, 6-4,
4-6, 6-2.
Number Three Robert Sjoholn,
NU, defeated Andy Winrich, WS, 7-5,
6-4.
Number Four Chris Braaten,
WS, defeated Mike Marsh, NU, 7-6,
6-4.
Number Five John Thorpe, WS,
defeated Stuart Jung, NU, 6-3, 6-7,
6- 0.
Number Six Jon Errson, WS,
defeated Pat Carson, NU, 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles
Number One Johnson-Sjoholn,
NU, defeated Grubi-Winrich, WS,
7- 5, 6-3.
Number Two Salthouse-Thorpe,
WS, defeated JungJung, NU, 3-6, 6-
3, 6-4.
Number Three Marsh-Carson,
NU, defeated Braaten-Errson, WS, 6-
4, 6-3.
Nebraska will play its next match
Feb. 20 against Bethany College at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The
match begins at 2 p.m.
By Lisa M. Henkel
Staff Reporter
Oklahoma State will challenge the
Nebraska women's basketball team
tonight at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
Although having home court is an
advantage for the home team, the Cow
girls enjoy playing in Lincoln, said
Oklahoma State assistant coach Jack
Easley.
"We beat them (Nebraska) last year
there," he said. "We're coming up
thinking we're going to win. We like the
facilities. They're the best in the Big
Eight."
The Cornhuskers defeated Oklahoma
State, 75-70, when the two teams met in
January in Stillwater, Okla. Easley said
the Cowgirls hope to even that score
this time around.
"We felt we had every chance to win
last time. If we do the things we're
capable of doing, we have a chance," he
said.
Oklahoma State has had turnover
problems all year.
"If we cut them down we'll be in a
better position," Easley said.
He also said the coaches weren't sat-.
isfied with the team's play in the ear
lier game with Nebraska.
"We had too many turnovers," Easley
said. "We didn't play like we're capable
of. Nebraska's a good team. They're
hard for us to match up with, they're all
good shooters. We need to shut them
all down."
Turnovers aren't the only problems
the Cowgirls have. Oklahoma State will
bring only eight players to Nebraska for
the game because of injuries and scho
lastic ineligibility.
"We're down to playing with six
people and are just trying to survive
right now," Easley said.
Two players still in the game for
Oklahoma State play important roles.
Clinette Jordan and Jamie Siess have
both been consistent players for the
Cowgirls. Siess is the leading scorer
and rebounder. She's 5-11 and has
played nearly every position for them,
Easley said.
"We thought she'd be good out of
high school. She started for us as a
freshman," he said.
Nebraska coach Kelly Hill agrees
that Siess and Jordan are Oklahoma
State's key players. She said the Hus
kers will have to keep them both off the
boards.
"Jordan had an excellent game (the
last time the two teams met)," Hill
said.
Jordan scored 19 points in that
match-up.
Hill said she considers Oklahoma
State a "scrappy team." She said that
the Cowgirls took away Nebraska's
inside game last time. .
"They really sagged in on us. Our
perimeter will have to be hot," she
said.
The Cowgirls played well enough to
win the previous time Hill said but,
"they're capable of knocking us off."
"We'll have to rebound better. We'll
have to play a consistent ballgame,
control Jordan and Siess and hope the
others aren't effective," Hill said.
Tip-off between the 10-11 Huskers
and the 12-10 Cowgirls will be at 7:30 at
the Sports Center.
"I anticipate it'll be a very tough
game," Hill said.
Husker women's swim victory
snaps 10-year KU win streak
By Dawn O'Malley
Special to the Daily Nebraskan
LAWRENCE, Kans. Both the Neb
raska women's and men's swimming
teams continued their season-long
dominance of the Big Eight conference
by sweeping a dual meet at Kansas
Saturday.
The Husker women's team, now 10-2,
squeaked out a 58-55 victory over the
Jayhawks when the Nebraska 400-free-style
relay team of Lorie Kappenman,
Cindy Hampel, Linda Sabesta and Emily
Ricketts edged out Kansas in the
meet's final event to secure the victory.
The loss snapped the KU women's 10
year win streak in dual meets at home.
Nebraska's Mike Irvin and Doug
Hubner each won two events to lead
the Husker men's swimming team to a
70-43 victory over the Jayhawks.
The victories raised Nebraska's
combined dual meet records against
Big Eight Conference opponents to a
perfect 6-0 this season.
"We were hoping we had the kind of
team who could go undefeated in the
Big Eight," Nebraska women's swim
ming coach Ray Huppert said. "That
certainly doesn't mean that everybody
will lie down and give us the Big Eight
championship. We're going to have to
fight for it."
Nebraska men's swimming coach
Cal Bentz agreed with Huppert, but
also said that his Huskers weren't try
ing to concentrate on the meet's final
score.
"The main thing we wanted to
accomplish in this meet was to swim
some good swims," Bentz said. "When
we get to the Big Eight championships
we will also be concentrating on how
well we swim, because if we concen
trate on how many points we score or
how many Big Eight teams we beat, it's
possible that we could win the Big
Eight championship without improving
our times."
'We were hoping we
had the kind of team
who could go unde
feated in the Big
Eight. That certainly
doesn't mean that
everybody will lie
down and give us the
Big Eight Champion
ship. We're going to
have to fight for it.'
Huppert
Huppert said that although the No.
14 Cornhuskers still have a lot to work
on in their preparations for the Big
Eight championships, he was very
pleased with the way Nebraska per
formed. "There were several athletes who
performed exceptionally well for us,"
Huppert said. "Kenya Marshall swam
really well, although her performances
won't show up in the scorecard, and
Shauna Gilmore's third place finish in
the 500 freestyle was great because
that is an event we don't train her for."
Huppert said that he was also pleased
with the clutch performance of All
American Erin Hurley.
Hurley, a sophomore, edged Kansas'
Becci Ream in the 200-yard breast
stroke to set up the women's come-from-behind
vcictory.
"Erin (Hurley) knew going into that
race that she had to win it if we were
going to win the meet," Huppert said.
"She (Hurley) lost to her (Ream) last
year so it was a big win for ha."
Bentz said that he was particularly
pleased with the performances both
Irvin and Hubner delivered in what he
described as a "difficult" meet. :
Picking up a conference win at this
point in the season, Bentz said, defi
nitely gives the Huskers confidence
going into the Big Eight championships.
"That's our focus for the season, the
Big Eight championship and the nation
als," Bentz said. "We're four weeks
away from the conference champion
ships, so we've got a lot of work ahead
of us."
Kansas coach Gary Kempf said that
although both his men's and women's
squads came out on the short end of
both meets, he was pleased with the
way that the Jayhawks performed.
"Nebraska is a good club," Kempf
said. "We never should have lost (the
women's portion of the meet), but we
didn't push them (Nebraska) to the
hill."
diverse
break
By Doug Carroll
Staff Reporter
Come spring break, instead of sitting around
the same old hometown, you could be snorkeling
in the Sea of Cortez, backpacking in the Grand
Canyon, or Whitewater canoeing in Arkansas.
Those are some of the activities offered
through UNL's Office of Campus Recreation. The
biggest trip offered over spring break will be to
the Islands of the Baja. The trip costs $750,
which includes air fare and will involve camping
on a desert island 18 miles offshore of La Paz, a
city in Baja, Calif., Mark Ebel said. Ebel is the
outdoor recreation coordinator for the rec office
and is the leader of the Baja trip.
Activities for the trip include snorkeling, fish
ing, whale watching, traveling to other islands,
and a "variety of other ocean activities," Ebel
said.
The less adventurous can work on their sun
tans because all activities are optional, Ebel
said. The trip leaves March 22 and will return
March 30. A deposit of $375 is required by Feb. 2 1
for those wishing to go and the sign-up is on a
first come-first served basis. Ebel stressed that
no previous experience is required for this trip,
but participants will need a birth certificate or
passport
The rec office is also offering a backpacking
trip to the Grand Canyon. The trip has been
offered several times in the past and has been
one of the office's most popular, Ebel said.
The trip costs $225, which Ebel called "
reasonable and a real bargain." The cost of all
the trips includes all travel, food and equipment
on the trip, except for meals en route.
The backpacking trip will include hiking from
the canyon rim to the bottom and then making
excursions from a base camp. Ebel said four
people have already signed up and the minimum
number required for the trip is eight. The trip
will be led by Dan Klammer, a natural resources
major who has worked with the outdoor program
for two and a half years. No experience is
required for this trip.
The third trip offered by the outdoor recrea
tion program is Ozark Whitewater canoeing. The
canoeing will take place on the Buffalo River in
Arkansas, the nation's first national scenic
riverway. Ebel said the river combines the
beauty of the Ozark mountains with a moderate
degree of Whitewater. Some previous canoeing
experience is recommended for this trip, Ebel
said. The trip will be led by Bruce Rischar, an
animal science major who has been working for
the Office of Campus Recreation for two years.
Because of only moderate Whitewater, Rischar
said the trip will provide a good introduction to
Whitewater canoeing for those people who have
only canoed on slow waterways. The deadline
date for this trip is March 6. The cost is $205.
For those people who can't afford these trips,
or who have other plans for spring break, several
other trips are planned for this spring, most of
them offered after spring break.
For those people who can't wait that long,
there is "Birds! Birds! Birds!," a canoe trip down
the Platte River when the migration of waterfowl
is at its peak, Ebel said.
The trip will be March 7 through 8. Canoers
will camp overnight and get up before dawn to
see the birds while they're still on the river. The
canoe route is about 15 miles long and provides
an "excellent opportunity for photography,"
Ebel said. Some of the birds that will be seen
include sandhill cranes, Canada geese, ducks
and perhaps bald eagles. The cost of the trip is
$35 and the deadline is March 6.
For more information about these and other
trips, contact Mark Ebel at the Office of Campus
Recreation, 1740 Vine Street. The telephone
number is 472-3467.
