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Sports OUends Husker volleyball streak at 61 By Mike Kluck Staff Reporter SALINA, Kan. — Oklahoma handed Nebraska its second upset of the weekend Sunday when the Sooner volleyball team knocked off the Corn huskers in four games in the finals of the Big Eight Championships. In doing so, the Sooners earned their first volleyball championship in school history and ended Nebraska’s 61 -game winning streak in the confer ence. The Sooners defeated the Husk ers 3-15, 15-13, 15-4, 15-6 at the Bicentennial Center to end Nebraska’s streak of 11 straight con ference crowns. The Sooners had not defeated Nebraska since Oct. 3,1980. Oklahoma coach Miles Pabst said he knew the Huskers’ streak wouldn’t continue. “Their streak had to end some time,” Pabst said. “They couldn’t continue to win and win. I knew we could play with them — this win will give the Big Eight a great deal more credibility.” The volleyball title was i Oklahoma’s second championship of ; the weekend. The Oklahoma football : team upset top-ranked Nebraska 17-7 1 Saturday at Memorial Stadium to ( clinch its fourth straight conference i title. And Sooner fans didn’t let the I Nebraska volleyball team forget it. I They chanted “Just like yesterday” at the Huskcrs throughout the match. Nebraska coach Terry Pettit said he thought the Huskcrs lacked aggres siveness in the match. “We played hard and aggressive the first game and part of the second, but we weren’t real aggressive after that,” Pettit said. “We were very ten tative on our passing and setting.” Pettit said Nebraska already had a bid to the NCAA regionals and Okla homa needed to win the Big Eight championship to get one. Oklahoma raised its overall record to 26-7 while Nebraska dropped to 27-4. “We were already assured on an NCAA bid and Oklahoma, if they didn’t win, (was) done for the year,” Pettit said. “Sometimes that factor provides a motivational role. “Oklahoma played real well.” Pabst said he wanted to win and not leave the decision of going to the regional up to the selection commit tee. “We knew we had to win,” Pabst said. “We didn’t want to leave the choice of going to the regionals to people voting out cast who had never teen us play before. It would be great or the Big Eight if Nebraska and Dklahoma met for the regional cham )ionship.” Oklahoma senior Margaret Page tad never beaten Nebraska. She said icrfirst win against the Huskersdidn’t feel any different than other victories. Page led the Sooners with 17 kills. “We were just ready to play ball,” Page said. “There was nothing to it. We just needed to play our game and Nebraska look rattled.” Nebraska senior Kathi DeBoer, who led the Huskers with 19 kills and was named the tournament’s most valuable player, suffered her first loss to a Big Eight opponent. “My first Big Eight loss had to come on my last Big Eight game,” DeBoer said. “We didn’t play well and we weren’t organized. We didn’t get in a rhythm all afternoon.” Nebraska setter Lori Endicott, named the Big Eight player of the year, contributed 46 set assists. “Oklahoma just outplayed us,” Endicott said. “We were sporadic at times and they played more consis tent. We were running into people on the court, which shows disorganiza tion.” In the first game, a block by middle blocker Carla Baker gave the Huskers a 4-0 lead. A kill by Trcnell Carter and a Nebraska error made the score 4-2, but three kills by DeBoer gave the Huskers an 8-2 lead. The Huskers then oulscorcd Oklahoma 7-1 to end the game. In the second game, Oklahoma took a 1-0 lead on a missed set by Nebraska, but a kill by sophomore Virginia Stahr tied the score. No team could build more than a thrcc-poinl advantage after that. Two ace serves by Virginia Stahr gave Nebraska an 8 7 lead, but the Sooners used two kills by Page and two Husker errors to gain a 14-11 lead. Nebraska cut the lead to 14-13, but an ace block by Debbie Carlson gave the Sooners a 15-13 win and tied the match at one game apiece. “I thought we would win the sec ond game,” Pettit said. “I thought at some point in the game we would just come back and win it.” In the third game, Oklahoma built an 11-2 lead, but Nebraska used kills by Baker and Stahr to cut the lead to 11-4. Two blocks and a kill by the Sooners and a Nebraska net violation gave the Sooners a 15-4 win. In the fourth game, the Sooners jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but Nebraska came back to cut the lead to 5-3. The Sooners increased their lead to 8-3, but two kills by Stahr and a block by Baker and DeBoer pulled the Huskcrs to9-6. The Sooners scored the next six points — paced on three kills by Carlson and Page — for a 15-6 win. Pabst said he was “numb” after the win. “It was more satisfying to me to win this as a coach than as a player, “ Pabst aid. “Page played one of her best matches, as well as Carlson and Susan Jones. “We had Nebraska running. Wc put pressure on them and they didn’t know how to react. They seemed dis organized.” “We played great intensity-wise. The serving was a major let up in the match, and we passed well.” Page said Nebraska’s streak of conference wins didn’t matter. “History doesn’t account for much when you’re playing,” Page said. “There arc only two teams on the court, and if we kept our concentra tion, we knew we would win. “Nebraska is an excellent team, but we just played better.” Pettit said he thought his team’s intensity slipped during the match. “We are a very inexperienced team, and we’ve had to work hard all year,” Pettit said. “When you’ve had to operate on all cylinders all year, it’s very tough to keep that up. “Tonight we were not operating on all cylinders, and they took advantage of it. “We did nothing to control the tempo of the match,” he said. “Okla homa was a better team, but we should bounce back. Oklahoma did a nice job, and Miles has a good team.” DeBoer said Nebraska “got a little disorganized, and then the little things that usually don’t show up starting showing up.” Husker named meet s ’outstanding wrestler By Steve Sipple Staff Reporter Nebraska junior Terry Cook won the 126-pound championship and six other Cornhuskers placed Saturday at the UNO Open in Omaha. Team scoring wasn’t kept at the tournament, which attracted 420 wrestlers. Nebraska wrestling coach Tim Neumann said he was pleased w ith the Huskcrs’ performance. “I really was,” Neumann said. “I was pleased with the effort given. It was a tournament we didn’t taper for alall. Wc used this tournament strictly as a practice meet, and the kids did really well.” Cook, named the meet’s outstand ing wrestler, defeated Iowa State’s Stcvc Knight 5-4 in the finals to raise his record to 12-1. Cook heat Okla homa starter Perry Summit 12-6 in the semifinals. Neumann said Cook’s champion ship victory over Knight was “a hell of a match.” “(Cook) took second last year in the tournament,” Neumann said. “In the past he’s done really well in the first semester and seems to slump in the second. We’re working hard on making him a consistent wrestler. “He wrestling better now than he ever has in college.” Two Huskers reached the finals but lost. Junior Jeff Coltvct was defeated 6-5 by Northern Iowa’s Chris Lem bcck in the 158-pound division, and senior Mike Radnov lost 17-2 in the 220-pound competition to Mark Cody, who was wrestling “unat tached” — not representing a college team. Coltvct, 10-1, pinned Oklahoma’s Kenny Fisher in the semifinals. Fisher is rated eighth by Amateur Wrestling News. Neumann said Coltvet’s match with Lembeck was difficult. “It wasa pretty damn close match,” Neumann said. “Jeff got dropped on his head in the first period. He got in a upper-lxxly tie-up and (Lcmbcck) dropped him on his head off the mat, and he was seeing stars after that.” Coltvcl won four of five matches Saturday to raise his record to 10-1. Radnov defeated Iowa Slate’s Eric Voclker in the semifinals and finished the tournament 3-1. Voclker won the 190-pound national championship last year. But he moved up to the 220 pound weight class for the UNOOpen. Neumann said Radnov and Voclker were tied 5-5 at the end of the match, but Radnov got the victory on a crite ria decision because he scored two takedowns in the match to Voclkcr’s one. Junior Keenan Turner, ranked 11 th m the nation, finished fourth after defaulting because of an injured ankle. He’s now 12-1. Sophomore Mark Passer, 126; redshirt freshman Dave Rowe, 134; and sophomore John Cory, 177; each finished sixth. NU swimmers fight back' and win Husker Invite By Jeff Apel Senior Editor__ Nebraska women’s swimming coach Ray Huppcrt completed his final preparations for the Huskcr f Invitational by defeating Brigham Young 136-132 Friday at the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center. Huppcrt said he was pleased with the dual meet’s outcome because Nebraska trailed by 31 points after seven events. He said Brigham Young “ambushed” the Huskers by fractionsof a second in every race. “Everybody had their jaw to the ground," Huppcrt said. “We were flat.” But after a team meeting in the locker ••oom, Huppcrt said, the Huskers recovered as divers Sherri Birmingham, Bccki Clark and Stephanie Clcnnan swept both the 1- and 3-mctcr diving competi tions to raise Nebraska’s record to 3-0. “It was the best come-from behind win I’ve ever been associ ated with,” Huppcrl said. “We were able to fight back, and we showed for a young team we were able to fight back.” Huppcrl said he isnTconcemcd about Nebraska’s early troubles in the meet because the Huskers will spend the next two weeks tapering and working on technical things in preparation for the Husker Invita tional. Tapering is a process in which swimmers rest and shave in an attempt to reduce their limes. The Husker Invitational, which includes such teams as Arizona State, Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, Wyoming, Air Force and Colorado State, will be Dec. 4-6at the Bob Dcvancy Sports Center. Huppert said Nebraska is look- • ing forward to the meet. “This is what the athletes have been working for,” Huppert said. “They’re definitely looking for ward to it.” Flexibility is important! Exercise your mind, exercise your options with flexible scheduling from the UNL Division of Continuing Studies -Choose from over 70 college courses -Take courses at the pace you set -Arrange your schedule as you want it -Study at times and places convenient to you To register or for information, call 472-1926, or visit room 269 in the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, 33rd and Holdrege on east campus. 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