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By Todd Aron
Staff Reporter
Probable Starters
Nebraska (11-1G, 410)
F Shelly Block, 5 9 Jr.
F Stephanie Bolli, 5-10 So.
C Angie Miller, 6-0 Jr.
G Maurtice Ivy, 5-9 So.
G Amy Stephens, 5-6 Fr.
Colorado (19-8, 9-5)
F Tracy Tripp, 5-9 Fr.
F Crystal Ford, 6-2 Fr.
C LeaAnn Banks, 61 Sr.
G Bridget Turner, 5-8 Fr.
G Kris Holwerda, 6-0 Sr.
A five-game losing streak will be on
Ivy named
all-conference
Nebraska's Maurtice Ivy was
named Monday to the women's all
Big Eight basketball team, as select
ed by conference coaches.
Other players selected to the first
team were Renee Kelly of Missouri,
Vickie Adkins of Kansas, Jamie
Siess of Oklahoma State and Jane
Lobenstein of Iowa State.
The second team was made up of
Carlissa Thomas of Kansas State,
LeaAnn Banks of Colorado and three
Oklahoma players, Vickie Green,
Jacquetta Hurley and LaTrenda
Phillips.
Angie Miller of Nebraska received
honorable mention.
The women's basketball news
service, which is associated with
the women's basketball coaches
association, has named three Ne
braska players to Ail-American
teams.
Amy Stephens was selected to
the first-team All-Freshman team.
Ivy was named a sixth-team Ail
American and Miller was named to
the AU-American teams.
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basketball team travels to Boulder,
Colo., Tuesday to face Colorado in the
first round of the Big Eight Postseason
tournament,
Nebraska is coming off its worst
defeat of the year, a 101-63 loss to Kan
sas State Saturday in Manhattan. The
loss dropped the Huskers to 11-16 for
the season and 410 in the Big Eight for
a seventh place finish.
Colorado has jumped from an eighth
place finish a year ago in the confer
ence to second-phce this year.
Colorado coach Ceal Barry attributes
the turnaround to recruiting.
"The assistant coaches have done a
good job recruiting," she said. "Bridget
Turner, Tracy Tripp and Gretchen DeWitt
have all contributed."
Coach Barry also said the whole
team has improved, but it was recruit
ing that made the difference.
"That's the bottom line," Barry said.
Colorado has earned the right to
host its first Big Eight tournament
game ever. Coach Barry said it is a big
stepping stone for the Buffs.
"It was a goal we set at the begin
ning of the season," she said. "It was
the only one we set and it's a real
positive thing to reach your goals."
Barry said hosting the first game is
not as big of an advantage this year as
in past years. There is so much balance
in the league it doesn't matter who or
where you play, she said.
The Buffs have been true to their
coaches word, going 5-2 on the road and
4-3 at home in the Big Eight.
One of their five road conference
wins was in Lincoln last week. Colo
rado escaped with a 68-66 win behind
6-foot sophomore Erin Carson's 26
point performance.
Nebraska must also contend with
all-Big Eight center 6-1 senior LeaAnn
Banks and 5-8 freshman guard Bridget
Turner. Banks is averaging 11 points
and 9.8 rebounds per game. Turner is
averaging 1 1.6 points and 5.6 rebounds
per game.
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KFAB radio, NU satisfied
with football, basketball pact
By Steve Thomas
Staff Reporter
KFAB made waves and not just
radio waves when it signed an
impressive contract with NU three
years ago.
But it's halftime at the negotiating
table now. And neither team KFAB
or the university is ready to make
any predictions on what will happen at
the close of the game.
In 1982, KFAB and the university
negotiated a contract for nearly $500,000
a year, which granted KFAB the rights
to be the sole network to originate
Nebraska football and basketball
broadcasts.
With the five-year contract more
than half fulfilled, KFAB and NU are
satisfied with the arrangement.
"The athletic department is the big
winner in this contract," said Lyle
Bremser, vice president and general
manager of KFAB. "And they should be.
That's what it's all about."
Prior to the contract, Sports Infor
mation Director Don Bryant said the
athletic department took in between
$50,00 and $60,000 a year for all foot
ball and basketball broadcasts.
In the contract's first year, KFAB
paid $475,000. That figure has been
adjusted each year since 1982 in con
junction with the consumer price index,
but will never dip below $475,000, Bry
ant said.
"The whole thing evolved out of eco
nomics," Bryant said. "We were getting
so very little for radio rights. I think it
can be considered one of the outstand
ing radio contracts in the nation."
Gary Fouraker, in charge of business
and finance in the athletic depart
ment, said Nebraska followed the lead
NU softball team ranked No. 2;
spring season opens this week
By Lisa M. Henkel
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska softball team starts
its spring season this week ranked No.
2 in the nation, according to the NCAA
preseason coaches poll.
The Cornhuskers finished their fall
season 15-1. Their fall record plus their
pitching staff gave Nebraska its No. 2
ranking. Nebraska assistant coach Ron
Wolforth said the ranking "doesn't
mean a heck of a lot."
Wolforth said the Huskers have the
best pitching staff in the natioa
'The pitchers' ERA was definitely
under one. Lori Sippel is one of the top
pitchers in the nation, if not the best,"
he said.
Donna Deardorff and Marlys Hand
ley, along with Sippel, had an ERA of
0.54 with nine shutouts and 138 strike
outs during the fall season.
The only thing worrying Nebraska's
coaches is the team's youth.
"We're awfully young. We have 10
new kids. Our season depends on how
well they mature. They've got the basic
fundamentals. We're very fast and have
a very good team attitude," Wolforth
of others in negotiating such a contract.
"Many other schools had done it,"
Fouraker said. "And it appeared to be
the most equitable way of handling the
situation."
In Fouraker's line of work, it is no
surprise that he is pleased with the
first three years of the contract.
"I have to look at the contract
strictly from a financial standpoint,
but it has been a tremendous success
for the athletic department,,, Fouraker
said.
Citing the athletic department as
the victor, it follows that someone must
come out on the short end of the con
tract. Not so according to Lyle Bremser.
"It has been a success from our
standpoint, too," Bremser said. "It's
not a big moneymaker for us, nor did we
anticipate it to be. There's a prestige
factor involved that cannot be over
looked." Bremser said the state needed Neb
raska's football and basketball cover
age, "It was something we had done for
too long," he said.
With KFAB having the rights to orig
inate the network for all games, other
stations pay KFAB for rights to pick up
the broadcasts. One station per market
area carries the broadcasts and the
cost varies from market to market,
Bremser said.
Things were set up in KFAB's favor
when the contract was drawn up three
years ago then came the onslaught
of televised football. Bremser admitted
it was not a welcome change.
"Television has had some effect on
us," Bremser said. "But Bob Devaney
has taken a good stand in trying to
protect all interests. When we're pay
said.
Although practice doesn't tell you
how the team is going to look in a game
situation, Wolforth said the Huskers
have come a long way since the fall.
"We've had a fantastic three weeks.
Overall it's gone very, very well. The
players are very intense and are hard
workers," he said.
With four teams in the Big Eight
ranked in the Top 20, Wolforth still
thinks that Kansas is the team to beat.
The Jayhawks have their entire team
returning.
"It's going to be a real challenge.
One of us is going to win the conference
and go to the College World Series,"
Wolforth said.
The Huskers have the possibility of
starting seven out of nine players that
have never played for Nebraska before.
Four positions will be filled with
freshmen, and possibly five depending
on the pitcher. Heidi Schlabach and
Shelby Mertins are the only seniors on
the team. Juniors Amy Love and Lori
Richins were voted the team's co-captains.
Even though the Huskers may be
young, Wolforth said that hitting, along
with pitching, are Nebraska's strengths.
"We have nine or 10 major college
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ing that much money, they (the univer
sity) are interested in our contract.
They don't want to cut off their nose to
spite their face."
Bremser said he would be hard
pressed to cite any losers in the contract.
. "The fans can get all the coverage
they want by flicking on a switch,"
Bremser said. "And other stations aren't
hurt because when they have exclusive
rights in a market area, they can up
their advertising rates."
Some radio stations aren't quite as
happy with KFAB's marriage to NU.
Jay Vavricek, station director at.
KRGI in Grand Island, said it has been
less profitable to carry the games since
the KFAB contract.
"I would guess some stations are
hurt somewhat by having to pay so
much more than before," Vavricek said.
"But that's all a part of free enterprise."
While Vavricek has no problems with
the contract, others do. According to
UNL attorney Richard Wood, a Seward
station has filed suit claiming the con
tract violates federal anti-trust laws.
Wood said he expects the lawsuit to be
dealt with later this year.'
With time running out on the con
tract, Vavricek offered some sugges
tions for the future.
"I'd just like to see them open the
doors to other stations and not use
money as the only criteria," Vavricek
said. "Good will, integrity and promo
tions should figure in too."
Both Bremser and Bryant said there
has been no discussion about the
future of broadcast rights for football
and basketball.
"Just from a financial standpoint,"
Bryant said, "I think we would like to
come up with something similar."
hitters. We have a solid lineup. There's
not a weak spot. We can bat nine play
ers with very good offensive potential,"
he said.
The softball team opens at Las Cru
ces. N.M., Wednesday with a double
header against Minnesota. After that .
the Huskers are at the Road Runner
Invitational at Las Cruces the next day.
"There's some really fine teams.
Hopefully, we'll have a good showing.
We'll be very competitive," Wolforth
said.
Wolforth said the team hasn't had
any injuries, which he attributes in
part to weight training.
"We're very strong. And, knock on
wood, we're very, very healthy," he said.
Nebraska can't afford any injuries
because they don't have a lot of depth,
Wolforth said. He said depth is always a
problem with softball because a team
can only have 12 players on scholarship.
Coach Wayne Daigle is in his third
season at Nebraska. His record is 136
33. Last year, the Huskers had their
best record, 59-14, and made it to the
finals of the College World Series.
Daigle came to Nebraska from Sam
Houston State University.
Ron Wolforth is in his second year as
assistant coach.
