The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, November 25, 1986, Page Page 6, Image 6
Tuesday, November 25, 1986 Page 6 Daily Nebraskan rl Team ready By Rich Cooper Staff Reporter Nebraska volleyball coach Terry Pet tit said the odds are good that the Cornhuskers will play their first game of the 1986 NCAA Tournament in the Nebraska Coliseum on Dec. 5. The No. 7-ranked Huskers won their 11th consecutive Big Eight champion ship by defeating Oklahoma 15-:J, 15-10, 1 5(5 Sunday afternoon at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City. Enid Sehonewise led Nebraska with 15 kills against the Sooners while Karen Dahlgren and Kathi DeBoer added 14 and nine kills, respectively. Pettit said his team played well in both matches but at times seemed unorganized. "We have been dominating the Big Eight throughout the year," Pettit said. "We're the type of team that can play unorganized and still pull things together to win important matches, like the Big Eight championship." In Nebraska's first match of the tournament against Iowa State, the Huskers lost their first game 15-12. Behind DeBoer's 21 kills and Dahlgren's and Schonewise's efforts, through, Nebraska rolled to a 15-10, 15-2, 15-8 victory to advance to the final where they defeated Oklahoma. Pettit said Nebraska should get the first game of the NCAA Tournament at home because they're the No. 1 team in their region. Pettit said he doesn't know whom Nebraska will play. ; Nebraska, 22-4, has one more match left in their 1986 regular season, when they host Miami of Ohio Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Nebraska Coliseum. Pettit said Miami of Ohio is a very good team. The Redskins have been ranked as high as No. 6 in Nebraska's region. Miami-Ohio finished second in the Mid. American Conference with a J 3-2 conference record behind Western Michigan. Miami of Ohio is 27-7 overall ; See HUSKERS on 7 if 4 V V; J - Closing in! t -. , f ,'., . ; i III i ' ........ !t v 1 - . ; , -w ; I r i I , ; - f " . $ .. . . .; I j' . H. r , ii . r'' -In 4 f t I x i' ;: :wf , t "Itt'-iV '.X yf- ,y f '; ; ' - " -: J Nebraska linebacker Kevin Parsons chases Sooner quarterback Jamelle Holieway in the first quarter of Saturday's 20-17 Oklahoma win. Parsons had 11 tackles in the game, nine of which were unassisted. - -r::;-T...r, ;irv,;v: Mmtf$w TOgldl fSSLfflKBS t 1tSlt NHJ C -.T irkJ . . ., iNee: naying on cne roaa m college uasiuauau id vcij By Jim Ballard Senior Reporter Nebraska men's basketball team will head west to open its regular season. The Cornhuskers will travel to Califor nia, to take on the Calfornia-Irvine Anteaters this Friday. Nebraska coach Danny Nee said he hasn't seen the Anteat ers play, but be knows his players are ready. "We're looking forward to getting started. It's been a long pre-season," Nee said. "We're excited about playing someone else, because practice gets old." Cal-Irvine was 17-13 a year ago and qualified for the National Invitational Tournament. They also finished second We're looking forward to getting started. It's been a long pre-season.' Nee in their conference, handing Nevada Las Vegas its only two league losses. Last year, Nebraska suffered its first loss of the season at the hands of the Anteaters, as they upset the Huskers 97-80 in the Bob Devaney Sports Cen ter. This year, they'll be on Cal-Irvine's home court a nice place to play according to Nee. "We're looking forward to playing there. I've been there and it's a nice place, it's really sharp," Nee said. The Anteaters have two players listed at 6' 8": Starting center Mike Doktorc zyk and forward Wayne Engelstad. The other three are returning starters from last season. They include forward Mike Hess and guards Joe Buchanan and ynn. .: . . ? i , . n 1 r " s A 1 A J k :U ,. .t,... 2 . j j. .1 urnm-- .... "-yr ... . . J 1 . ,, -, Nebraska forward Bernard Day shoots over two Bosnia players in last Saturday's 90-82 Nebraska exhibition win. Day will try to lead the Huskers past Cal-Irvine Friday night. Scott Brooks. Brooks is the leading scorer returning from last year, when he averaged more than 10 points a game. Nee said the Huskers are reasonably healthy entering Friday's game. Joel Sealer and Mike Martz are getting back into playing from after early injuries while Richard Van Poelgeest is still out with a broken foot. "Our kids' attitudes have been great and each week we've been improving," Andrea HoyDaily Nebraskan ' ' 1 1 4-Ull io Nee said. "We've got a long way to go, but everybody's been working hard." In exhibition action, Irvine handed the Norwegian National team a 1 13-101 loss. The same Norwegian team beat Oregon 91-90. The Ducks will be Nebraska's opponent in the Huskers' home-opener on Monday. Oregon returns four starters from last year's team which finished 11-17. They are led by 6-4 junior guard Anthony Taylor, who was an honorable mention ecK By Rob White Staff Reporter Nebraska women's basketball team opens its season this weekend by host ing the Nebraska Invitat iona1. Corn husker coach Angela Beck said that her squad is ready. "I think we'll win the tournament," she said. "1 don't mean to be boisterous or anything like that, but winning the tournament is our goal. Everyone has done a really good job for us and we'll be ready to play." Montana State, Ball State and Tulsa are the three teams that will travel to Lincoln for the Firday-Saturday tour nament and, like NT, all are adjusting to new coaches. "You might want to call it the 'New Coaches' Classic,' " Beck said. "All three of our opponents have had new leadership in the last one or two years. "I think we have more experience than the other teams since we've had two Red-White scrimmages and our game with the Yugoslavian team, and we had good crowds at all of them," Beck said. "We ve been able to scrim- Beck said. "We defined roles for eve mage a lot with this team and that was ryone last week and they seem to be one of our goals, because I really didn't happy with them. But Ivy is the catalyst know what to expect from them." of our attack and she has really teen a Montana State takes on Ball State in team player." " Friday night's 6 p.m. opener, with the Huskers playing Tulsa at 8 p.m. It will be the first regular season action for all four teams. Beck said she expects to face Mon tana State in the final game Saturday. "Montana State should be the toughest team besides us," Beck said. "These are, really, lower level Division I teams and they're all young teams. Tulsa starts three freshmen and their inexperience in both the front and back courts should hurt them. The probably aren't ready to play at this level yet." One newcomer to the Tulsa squad is 5-9 junior Cherylie Meppelink, who averaged over 23 points per game at Seattle Pacific in 1984-85 before trans- ubn. Ward WilliamsDaily Nebraskan All-Pac Ten player a year ago. The Ducks open their season this Saturday against Wyoming. After the Oregon game, Nebraska goes on the road for their next three games at Creighton, Southern Illionois and Texas A&M. "We play four out of our first five games on the road and that's a very difficult way to start a season," Nee said. "Playing on the road in college basketball is very t ough." conn f erring to Tulsa. Meppelink was No. " in the nation among all NAIA players and earned honorable mention All-America honors. "I'm not. t tying to be over confident," Beck said, "but I think they'll need more than just one girl to get the job done. They could surprise me, though." Ball State finished a 13-14 season and has All-America candidate Emma Jones returning. Jones averaged 20.3 points per game in 1985-S!). "Ball State had one of their best season's ever last year." Bock said, "but it was still under .-lOO and they're struggling to do the things at the level they need to." "Montana State had a good season last year, they played aboe ."(H), and they are one of the better teams in their conference (Mountain West)," Beck said. The Nebraska attack is led once again by All-America candidate Maur tice Ivy, but Beck said that she is look ing for more balance from her offense. "We've got six kids that we expect to be scorers and produce points for us," Beck said she was especially pleased with Ivy's performance in the club's final Red-White scrimmage. "She was 10 for 12 from the field and her shot selection and control of the offense was excellent," Beck said. "I think that before there was a lot of pressure put on her to do more on offense, but now we have more kids to score." Beck said she is also encouraged by her team's defensive efforts. "Some of our defensive systems look good," Beck said. "I think this team did a good job of learning a new system quickly and is further along than any of my past teams at this point. They have a good self-concept about the team and a lot of pride and I'm excited." .dent