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Tuesday, February 25, 1986 Page 6 Daily Nebraskan Sports NIU lhrs to aweim CDira lss Li w , By Lisa M. Henkel Staff Reporter When the Colorado women's basketball team meets Nebraska tonight at the Sports Center, the Cornhuskers will be hoping to avenge an 8()-(S loss Feb. 1 in Boulder. The Lady Buffs have a young team but they've been playing like seasoned veterans, Nebraska coach Kelly Hill said. With only five returning letter-winners and three returning starters, Colorado might not have expected to improve last season's 6-22 record. "Our biggest strength is our balance," Colo rado coach Ceal Barry said. "There's not one great, great player. We have a lot of contributors." Things have turned around for Colorado, a team that usually finishes near the bottom of the Big Eight. The Lady Buffs are 16-8 and have a 6-5 conference record. Colorado's win over Kansas last week was important for the Lady Buffs, Barry said. "We'd been on a skid. It put us back into the race. The win will give us one of the home sites (for the Big Eight Tournament)," she said. Barry said the players who are responsible for Colorado's turnaround have been Bridget Turner, a freshman guard who leads the conference in assists with a 6.1 average; Tracy Tripp, a fresh man forward averaging 13.8 points a game, and all-Big Eight center LeaAnn Banks, who averages 11.3 points and 9.6 rebounds a game. "We've been playing real good. At this point in the season it's tough to change anything we've been doing," she said. The Lady Buffs game plan is to match up with the Huskers on defense and to try and stop their fast break. Barry said. Nebraska didn't play its best game against Colorado the previous time, Hill said. This time, Hill said, the Huskers are going to change their defensive matchups. "We need to improve our defense and do a better job on the offensive and defensive boards," Hill said. She said the first game was one the Huskers could have won. "We got ourselves in a hole. We're shooting to upset them. We'll have to play very good to be competitive," she said. Nebraska is working on cutting down turnov . ers and mental lapses, Hill said. "We haven't played our best game yet. I know they're (the team) saving it for sometime. We're playing like a young team. We've lacked leader ship at times, which is difficult to overcome, but we're still playing fairly confidently," she said. All the players are healthy and injury-free. Coach Hill has not been as fortunate. She injured her knee playing soccer and will have it operated on after the season. Men's tennis team wins three matches, all by same score The Nebraska men's tennis team swept three matches last weekend. The Cornhuskers defeated Southwest Mis souri State, Southwest Baptist of Missouri and Oral Roberts all 8-1. Nebraska's No. 1 singles player, Craig John son, won all three of his matches. Nebraska's only defeat in the Southwest Missouri State match came when Rodney Zernei beat Nebras ka's Chris Grabrian in the No. 6 singles. Nebraska's lone loss to Southwest Baptist was Vianney Marino's three-set win against Husker Mike Marsh. The Huskers only loss to Oral Roberts was Lee Summerfield's 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 win against Nebraska's Rob Sjoholm. Nebraska won all the doubles matches it played. Nebraska, 4-1, will play Kearney State Wed nesday at 6 p.m. The Huskers will follow that match with matches March 7 through 9. March 7, Nebraska will play Iowa, March 8, Minnesota and March 9, Gustavus Adolphus. in '0 , J. 0 all) vyuui i vJii! su u n n u O 0 Cu3 G o o ' mm mm mmW I tirf mm mm umw Bote: February S3, SI S S7, 1906 PloSG Nebraska Bookstoro cimmm ClUm (South DMSUJ. N A MtniMr FDC X J" ' f ) 0 .... -r" x C Andrea HoyDaily Nebraskan Iowa State's Stephanie Smith reaches over Nebraska's Maurtice Ivy to grab a rebound Saturday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. mm m mk & if Bytf iS i 9 ffik tffiMk II H iJ J00!k espite injuries an llnoss By Kristi Reetz Staff Reporter The Nebraska women's gymnastics team over came injuries and illness Sunday to defeat the Redbirds of Illinois State. The Cornhuskers took the lead from the start and won the dual meet with a final score of 179.1-172.70. "This was a very important meet for us to win because the last three or four times we've com peted, we've b.een beat, and we needed some confidence," Nebraska coach Rick Walton said. "We've been beaten by the number two team twice and the number five team twice (the Huskers came in third place Friday night behind No. 2 Arizona State and No. 5 UCLA), so it was really nice to come home and have a win." Nebraska took the top three spots in the all around competition. Freshman Crystal Savage placed first with a 37.05; freshman Cathy Cassa nos was second with a 35.55, and sophomore Racine Smith took third with a score of 35.20. "Crystal did great tonight, and Janet Holling did good on bars. That's really the first time she's hit bars all year, and it really helped us tonight since we only had five people competing in that event, so every score counted," Walton said. "We're a definite national contender and we'll be in the regionals next month," he said. "We're just hoping we can hit our routines at regionals. That's why we have such a tough schedule. So we'll have been in a lot of pressure meets and be prepared for regionals." The No. 7-ranked Huskers' injury situation is slowly improving. "Jeaneane Smith has the flu and couldn't compete at all on Friday night (at Arizona State), so tonight it was miraculous to me that she competed as well as she did in three events," Walton said. "Cathy Cassanos has bad shin splints and still placed second in the all-around, and team captain Renee Gould is out with an injured wrist. If we can compete well without Renee now and hang on till she gets back, we'll be in good shape for regionals." Intramurals Men's basketball Chi Phi B 39, Beta Sigma Psi B-2 34 Phi Kappa Psi C 57, Delta Upsilon C 43 Bailers 55, Beam Me Up, Scotty 40 Beta Theta Pi B-2 56, Triangle B 24 Sigma Alpha Epsilon C 35, FarmHouse C 24 Phi Kappa Psi B-2 42, Sigma Al. Ep. B-l 39 Lambda Chi Alpha C 57, Sigma Nu C 52 Delta Tau Delta B-l 52, Ag Men B 38 Acacia C 20, Pi Kappa Phi 19 Sigma Chi C 84, Theta Chi C 34 Al's Chicken 64, Whatever 60 Kappa Sigma B 51, Pi Kappa Phi 49 Alpha Tau Omega 42, Beta Sigma Psi 41 Tau Kappa Epsilon C 39, Sigma Al. Ep. C 25 Indoor soccer Caspian 10, Sigma Phi Epsilon 3 Beta Theta Pi C 4, Beta Sigma Psi 2 Vulgar Gentleman 4, Sigma Alpha Epsilon 1 Acacia 5, Theta Xi 2 Volleyball Better Late Than Never over AcaciaAOPi Delta UpsilonLil Sis. over Raymond 2 Sandoz 8 over Love Mem. Hall The Whammies over Phi Delta Phi Alpha Gamma Si.Lil. Sis. over Triangle
