Nebraska signs three basketball recruits
By Jeff Apel
SenioT F.dilor
Nebraska women's basketball
coach Angela Beck said she sighed in
relief after signing three athletes dur
ing the first day of the NCAA’s early
signing period on Wednesday.
Beck said it is a big relief to sign the
players because of the emotional
roller coaster coaches must ride while
recruiting. She said recruiting is so
emotional that it is difficult to de
scribe.
“You just have to imagine the
process,” Beck said.
Beck said she feels comfortable
with the three players Nebraska has
signed. She said the Comhuskers
expect to sign a fourth player on Fri
day.
On Wednesday, Nebraska signed
Kim Yancey, a 5-foot-6 guard from
Holden, Mo.; Kristi Anderson, a 6-3
center from Council Bluffs, Iowa; and
Sarah Muller, a 6-1 forward from
Fremont.
Beck said part of her recruiting
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success this season can be traced tc
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chancellor Martin Massengale and
Athletic Director Bob Devaney. She
said Massengale and Devaney each
spent a half hour with each recruit.
Beck said all three players have a
chance to contribute next season. She
said all the recruits bring impressive
statistics to Nebraska.
Beck said Yancey, a preseason
honorable-mention high-school All
America, will be an excellent ball
handling guard. She said the Husker
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braska vollcvball coacn Terry Pettit
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15-10 Wednesday night at the NU
Coliseum, Pettit held a 40-minule
meeting in which Virginia Stahr said
the Huskers dedicated themselves for
the rest of the season.
“We decided we needed to rededi
cate ourselves to the team,” Stahr
said. “It has been obvious lately lhai
we have not been playing well.”
Outside hitter Angie Millikin said
that as a team, (he Huskers need to
change before the Big Right champi
onships on Nov 20.
“We discussed mental adjust
ments each one of us has to make if we
want (o achieve our goals,” Millikin
said. “We went around and each per
son said two things (hey were going to
change.”
Pettit said (he Huskers need to
make adjustments in order to achieve
their goals.
“We just wanted to talk about
some adjustments we needed to
make,” Pettn said. “There were some
things we didn’t handle as well as we
would have liked to.”
Nebraska defensive specialist
Barbie Young agreed.
“We just talked what we need to do
as a team,” Young said. “Physically,
we beat a lot of teams but mentally we
need to be more consistent. Thai’s
what’s keeping us from being a great
instead of just a very good team.”
Although Pettit said he was
pleased with the Huskers’ hilling
against Kansas, he said Nebraska
didn’t play as a team.
“We hit .400 for the match, which
coaching staff rated Yancey as the
best guard prospect in several basket
ball camps they attended this summer.
Yancey, who averaged 21 points
per game last season while playing for
a Holden High School team that fin
ished 25-3, chose Nebraska over Indi
ana, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Cen
tral Missouri, Colorado, Holy Cross
and Auburn.
Beck said Anderson will give
Nebraska a post player who can play
either inside or out. She said
Anderson’s most impressive statistic
is her 26-inch vertical jump.
Anderson, who averaged 19 points
and nine rebounds while playing for
Abraham Lincoln High School last
season, chose Nebraska over
Creighton, Georgia, Iowa State and
Michigan.
Beck said Muller will also be a post
player for Nebraska. She said Muller
is a versatile player who plays aggres
sive basketball.
Muller, who is ranked No. 1 in her
class at Scribner High School, aver
aged 23 points and 14.5 rebounds per
game last season.
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Virginia Stahr blocks a spike during Wednesday's match
against Kansas. Nebraska won the match 15-8,15-5 and 15
is great,” Pettit said. “We just need to
work on something. We made the big
movements but the little things that
make us a special team we need to
work on.”
Kansas coach Frankie Albil/ said
the Jayhawks forced Nebraska to play
hard.
“I thought we were competitive
and they had 10 play lo beat us,” Albitz
said.
“I was pleased with the way we
played but it’s difficult to be loo
pleased when you lose.”
Freshman Val Novak led the
Huskers with 14 kills and seven digs.
Stahr added 11 kills and one service
ace.
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Osborne says injuries won't slow OU
By Tim Hartmann
Senior Reporter
Although Oklahoma quarterback
Jamcllc Holieway has been sidelined
for the rest of the season after under
going knee surgery, Nebraska foot
ball coach Tom Osborne said
Wednesday the Sooners* quarterback
position still concerns him.
Redshirt freshman Charles Th
ompson will replace Holieway as
Oklahoma’s starling quarterback,
with junior Fnc Mitchel as a backup.
Mitchel, who backed up Holieway
during his first two seasons at Okla
homa, switched to halfback this sea
son.
But Holieway’s injury has forced
Mitchel back to his original position.
“They (Thompson and Mitchel)
arc very similar to Holieway in their
abilities,'*Osborne said. “if anything,
they’re a little faster than Holieway?’
Osborne said the Sooners also will
encounter very little drop-off in re
placing fullback Lydcll Carr with
Rotnei Anderson and Jarrod Oliver.
Carr also suffered a knee injury dur
ing Oklahoma’s 29-10 victor) over
Oklahoma Stale.
“Their fullbacks arc similar to
Lydcll Carr,” Osborne said. “(But) I
don’t think they’re quite as big as
Lydell.”
Osborne said Oklahoma won’t
lose any physical ability by replacing
Holicway with Thompson and Carr
with Anderson.
“The only thing I can sec the inju
ries changing is they might not have
quite the experience at those posi
tions," Osborne said. “But I thin!: the
physical (talents) won’t change very
much.”
Osborne said Nebraska will:.-pend
the two weeks it has to prepare for the
Sooners by also preparing for Colo
rado. The Cornhuskcrs will face
Oklahoma on Nov. 21 and the Buffa
loes on Nov. 28.
Nebraska originally was sched
uled to face Colorado on Nov. 14, but
Osborne said he was glad the game
was moved back because it gives the
Huskers time to work on the wish
bone and injured players a chance to
heal.
“That’s why wc look it (ihc open
dale),” Osborne said. Wc could have
turned it down and played Colorado
this week.”
Osborne said one reason the wish
brine, which is used by Oklahoma and
Colorado, is so successful is that few
teams run it.
“One of the hard things about the
wishbone is that you go along and
play a lot of I-formation teams, you
play passing teams week after week,
and then you have four practices to
get ready lor something that is very
different,” Osborne said. “Wc played
Missouri, which gave us one week of
work on the wishbone a couple weeks
ago, so I think that will help us.”
Osborne said the injuries to Carr
and Holicway won’t affect
Nebraska’s preparation lor the Soon
ers.
“It won’t change anything for us,"
< )sbome said. “If they just didn ’t have
another wishbone quarterback and
they had to go to a throwing game or
something like that, it would change
out preparations.”
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