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UNL’s Hesch twins play together j
By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
Sara and Sue Hesch have spent
their lives playing sports together, but
they still haven’t outgrown it.
That’s why the Hesch twins said
they always knew that if they played
a sport in college, they would play it
together.
“We’ve always planned on going
to college together,” Sara said.
‘We’re really close and it would be
hard for us to split up.”
Sue agreed.
“We played together all of our
lives, so it would be different playing
against each other,” Sue said.
Even though the Heschcs knew
they were going to be together, they
said, they didn’t know for sure which
sport they would participate in until
last February.
While at Wahpcton High School in
Wahpcton, N.D., the sisters played
basketball and volleyball.
Sara was an honorable-mention
Converse High School AH-America
selection in basketball and shared the
North Dakota Miss Volleyball title
with Sue during her senior year.
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Sue was a Converse High School
baskclball All-America selection and
was named North Dakota Miss Bas
ketball and female athlete of the year
during her senior year at Wahpcton
High School.
But Sara and Sue said they both
wanted to terminate their basketball
careers in favor of volleyball.
“You can go a lot farther in volley
ball than you could in basketballSue
said. “You can play volleyball when
you’re 34 years old. But basketball
pretty much stops after college. Plus,
professional volleyball is on the rise,
while pro basketball is not around for
women any more.”
The twins were recruited by more
than 50 schools for either volleyball or
basketball, Sara said, but chose Ne
braska for a number of reasons.
“We wanted to play close to
home,” Sara said. “And Nebraska’s
just like North Dakota. People are
really sports fans here, and we really
liked the people in the volleyball
program.”
Even though they both decided to
attend Nebraska, the Hcsches’ plans
may change because Cornhusker vol
leyball coach Terry Pettit said he
might rcdshirt Sara. ]
“It (Sara’s rcdshirting) depends on ]
our health,” Pettit said. “If no one else j
gets injured, then there is a good i
chance.” )
Pettit said Sara’s rcdshirt season ]
will help Nebraska build for the fu- ]
ture. *
“We only have one senior, and we J
want to have more than one person in *
next year’s class,” Pettit said.
Sara said the decision to redshirt I
was made in August. She said the i
deciding factor was that the Huskers J
already had three middle blockers — i
Virginia Stahr, Carla Baker and J
Linda Barsness.
“It’s been really frustrating be
cause I can’t travel with the team,”
Sara said. “I feel sort of left out. I also
don’t get to play a lot in practice.
“I want to learn as much as I can
this year.”
While Sara is rcdshirting. Sue said
she has been happy with how the
season is progressing.
“I want to develop as much as I can
and to get some playing lime in, ’ Sue
said. “I just want to improve for next
year because this year is for improving
and developing.”
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NU coach pleasantly surprised
Nebraska cross-country coach
Jay Dirksen received a pleasant
surprise Saturday when the Com
huskers traveled to the Illini Invita
tional in Mahomet, 111.
Dirksen said the surprise came
when the Husker women won the
14-team invitational title. He said
Nebraska used a team effort to hold
off second-place Purdue and third
place Indiana.
Dirksen said the Husker men
also provided a surprise even
though they finished third to Ar
kansas and Illinois. He said Ne
braska ran as well as any team he s
ever coached.
“It was a whale of a meet,”
Dirksen said. “Wc really ran to our
ability.”
Dirksen said the top Nebraska
women in the meet were freshman
Kelly Loos, sophomores Michelle
Marthaler and Juliet Prowse, and
junior Sammic Rcsh. Resh won the
meet in 17:09, Prowse finished
sixth, Marthaler was seventh and
Loos was 12lh.
Dirksen said the top performers
for the men included seniors Bryan
Clark and Jean Verster, and fresh
man Joe Kirby. Clark finished
fourth, Verster was fifth and Kirby
was eighth.
“They all did a good job,” he
said.
Dirksen said both teams will
spend the week training for the
Minnesota or Stanford Invita
tional. He said the women’s team
and three of the men will travel to
the Minnesota Invitational, while
seven of the men will attend the
Stanford Invitational.
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