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Steve Taylor unleashes a pass for the Red team in Satur
day's annual Red-White scrimmage as tight end Tom Ban
deras blocks.
KU wins tennis title
By The Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY The No. 2 dou
bles team of Chris Walker and Larry
Pascal defeated Oklahoma State's Franz
Kaiser and Deon Botha, 6-4, 6-3, in a
fifth-place match Sunday to give Kan
sas its first Big Eight Conference men's
tennis title since 1965.
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Cowboys shoot holes
in Nebraska's hopes
for conference crown
By Chuck Green and Jeff Apel
Staff Reporters
STILLWATER, Okla. The 1987 Big
Eight baseball race took a new twist
Sunday after Nebraska's four-game ser
ies with Oklahoma State at Allie P.
Reynolds Stadium.
Nebraska, which entered the series
with a half-game lead over the Cowboys
in the conference race, dropped the
first three games of the series to drop
to 2 12 games behind the Cowboys.
Nebraska tightened the conference
race by Sunday posting a 15-1 4 win. The
win leaves Nebraska 1 12 games behind
Oklahoma State with two weeks left to
play. The Huskers are 9-3 in conference
play, and the Cowboys are 11-2.
Nebraska baseball coach John San
ders said that the Huskers' victory was
important because it strapped the
Cowboys with their second conference
loss of the season. Oklahoma State's
other loss was to Missouri earlier this
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The championship marked the first
time since 1975 that it had been won by
a team other than Oklahoma State or
Oklahoma.
Kansas finished with 95 points
two more than Oklahoma State by
winning all three doubles matches
including two head-to-head matchups
with the Cowboys.
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year.
"This is a big win all the way
around," Sanders said. "It's a credit to
our players."
Sanders said Nebraska entered Sun
day's games by emphasizing that it was
the final game of the series. He said the
Huskers used a "we wale, they wale"
policy to get the come-from-behind
win.
On Friday, Oklahoma State over
came an early 2-0 deficit and took a 3-2
lead after the second inning and then
scored 17 runs during the next three
innings en route to a 21-5 win. Nebraska
walked 16 batters in the game.
In the first game of a doubleheader
Saturday, the Cowboys tagged Nebraska
pitcher John Lepley for eight runs, and
shortstop Monty Fariss drove in four
runs to lead Oklahoma State to an 8-7
win.
In the second game, Oklahoma State
used a five-run fourth inning to over
come a 7-6 deficit for a 13-7 victory.
Oklahoma State coach Gary Ward
said he was satisfied with the outcome
of the series because the Cowboys set a
goal of winning at least three games
against the Huskers.
Ward said he also was pleased be
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By Tim Hartmann
Senior Reporter
Tyreese Knox's one-yard plunge with
44 seconds remaining lifted the Red
team to 33-28 victory in the annual
Red-White game Saturday and con
cluded a big day for Nebraska's I-backs.
Keith Jones led all rushers in the
scrimmage, finishing with a Spring
Game record of 207 yards on 13 carries.
Knox added 100 yards on 13 carries,
and sophomore Terry Rodgers paced
the White team with 80 yards rushing,
76 yards receiving and a record-tying
three touchdowns.
Coach Tom Osborne said he was
pleased with the scrimmage, especially
because of the absence of serious
injuries.
"I think for the most part we came
through in pretty good shape," Osborne
said.
Three Huskers left the game with
injuries quarterback Clete Blake
man has a slight shoulder separation,
defensive tackle Paul Brungardt injured
his knee, and middle guard Brian
Edgren jammed his neck but none
were thought to be serious.
Nebraska's only major injury this
spring, Osborne said, was that of No. 1
cornerback John Custard, who had to
undergo knee surgery.
Osborne said the loss of Custard may
leave Nebraska a little thin in the
secondary.
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cause the Cowboys came back through
out the series.
"We're trying to decide something
here," Ward said. "You want to do well
and have something carry over when
you go south to Oklahoma City (for the
Big Eight tournament)."
Nebraska got its lone victory of the
weekend when Husker relief pitcher
Steve Spurgeon struck out Ray Ortiz
with the bases loaded in the bottom of
the ninth inning.
The Huskers had taken a 15-13 lead
in the top of the ninth inning when Ken
Sirak doubled to drive in Jeff Taylor
and Ron Crowe. Taylor had doubled off
Oklahoma State pitcher Pat Hope with
one out and moved to third base when
Crowe reached on a fielder's choice.
Oklahoma State cut the Husker's
lead to 15-14 when Adam Smith's infield
single drove in Robin Dentura.
The win raised Nebraska's record to
31-13 overall, while Oklahoma State is
now 43-5.
Nebraska's next game is today against
Bellevue College at Buck Beltzer Field
at 3 p.m. Nebraska also will meet
Creighton in a home-and-away series
later" this week and will play Mis
souri at home this weekend.
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But the play of the I backs showed
the I'uskers are not lacking talent at
the skill positions.
"Keith Jones has become a fine, fine
player, and Tyreese did some good
things as well," Osborne said.
Jones opened the scoring in the
game when he raced 84 yards for a
touchdown with 4:50 remaining in the
second quarter. The run broke the
Spring Game record for the longest run
from scrimmage, set by Dave Koile in
1954. It also helped Jones break Paul
Miles' single-game rushing record of
137 yards set in 185.
The Reds, mostly first- and fourth
string players, scored twice in the first
half. Quarterback Steve Taylor scored
on a four-yard run with 1:57 remaining
to cap a three-play drive highlighted by
a 45-yard, over-the-shoulder catch by
sophomore split end Morgan Gregory.
On the first play after the Whites
regained possession, linebacker Doug
Welniak stripped quarterback Jerry
Dunlap of the ball and Lorenzo Hicks
recovered it at the 14-yard line. Knox
took a pitch from Blakeman and scored
on the play to give the Reds a 21-0
advantage.
The Whites scored when Rodgers
took a screen pass from Gerry Gdowski
and bounced off and broke through
several tackles before outrunning the
rest of the defense for a 76-yard touch
down. A two-point conversion made the
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White team.
Men's gymnastics team
takes second at NCAA
From Staff and Wire Reports
Tony Pineda, who finished sev
enth in the individual all-around
competition on Friday, came back
Saturday afternoon to lead the UCLA
E!ruins to the team title in the NCAA
men's gymnastics championships.
Nebraska finished second.
Pineda earned 9.9 sccres on the
pommel horse and parallel bars and
score 21-8 in favor of the Reds at the
half.
Rodgers said he was glad to have the
big day because it showed just what he
could do.
"It was really important because I
was injured during the beginning of the
spring," Rodgers said.
In the second half, Jones again
opened the scoring. His 22-yard touch
down run with 2:54 left in the third
quarter gave the Red team a 27-8 lead
and was his final run of the afternoon.
Jones attributed his record-setting day
to his offensive line and said the record
surprised him.
"I'm very thankful to God," Jones
said. "I wasn't expecting it, and I'm
very thankful."
At that point the Red team's 27-8
lead appeared to be comfortable enough,
but the White team came back.
Rodgers scored the next two touch
downs, on runs of 45 and 1 1 yards, to
cut the lead to 27-20. Then Dunlap hit
wingback Jamie Worden for an 80-yard
touchdown. A two-point play on a pass
from Dunlap to tight end Monte Krat
zenstein gave the Whites a 28-27 lead
with 7:37 left in the game.
Osborne said that the White come
back was partly because many of the
lower-unit players were on defense for
the Reds at that time. However, at
times the first string was in.
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(19) on the way to one of three
a 9.8 on the high bar to pace the
Bruins, who haven't lost at Pauley
Pavilion since 1982.
UCLA finished with 285.30 points
to Nebraska's 284.75. Penn State
finished third with 284.20.
The Huskers were paced by Tom
Schlesinger, the individual all-around
champion. He scored 1 13.25, outdis
tancing teammate Kevin Davis, who
finished second in the all-around
with 112.05.
The Lincoln Journal-Star reported
that Schlesinger and Davis tied for
the parallel bars individual title
with scores of 9.75. Schlesinger also
tied for second in the horizontal
bar. He scored a 9.9. Davis finished
sixth in the pommel hcrss.
Nebraska finished ICth last week
end in the 12 team NCAA women's
gymnastics championships in Salt
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