Husker gymnasts to battle the Nittany Lions for pride
By Lori (Jriffin
Staff Reporter
Pride will lx* on the line when the
Nebraska women’s gymnastics team
laces No. 14-rankcd Penn State to
night at the Bob Devaney Sports
Center.
Nebraska women’s gymnastics
coach Rick Walton said the Corn
huskers were lacking intensity and
. emotion during a 183.5-182.65 loss
to Ohio State Friday night at the
sports center.
But Walton doesn't expect Ne
braska to be caught sleeping when it
faces the Nittany Lions. Thcjincci
begins at 7 p.m.
“Ohio Stale got us on a night when
it didn’t look like we were w illing to
compete,” Walton said. “And the
girls could be a little angry about
Friday night. You’re going to sec a
different meet. I think the girls let
themselves get a little embarrassed. 1
think they were embarrassed with
iheir performances.”
Walton said he hopes the embar
rassment will inspire Nebraska. He
said the Huskers spent the weekend
watching film from the Ohio State
meet in hopes that they would learn
something about their performance.
“No one sustained anything other
than pride,” Walton said.
Walton said the Husker coaches
have taken a different approach to the
Penn State meet.
Walton said Nebraska went
through a light workout Sunday night
to correct minor errors in their per
formances. He said the Huskers
worked on expression and on sticking
their landings so they would not have
to lake an extra step.
“That’s all you can do,” Walton
said. “In order for us to score in the
186-188 range, which we are capable
of doing, you can’t just go through
the motions. You need to have a lot of
energy and we were off because we
did not have much intensity and
emotion.”
Walton said Nebraska will need to
stay one step ahead of the Nittany
Lions to maintain control of the meet.
“We never took charge of the meet
(Friday night),” Walton said. “We
opened too many doors toOhio State.
We just opened one door too many.”
Walton said the Huskers don't
plan to do the same things against
Penn State.
“I’d like to sec the girls take
charge right away,” Walton said. “I
like to see them take charge of each
event like we did at Missouri and at
Oklahoma.”
Penn Suite women’s gymnastics
coach Judi Avcncr said the Nittany
Lions will enter the meet tired be
cause they competed in the Purina
Cat Classic in Columbia, Mo., last
Friday and Saturday.
Penn Suite, which is ranked No. 2
in the Northeast region behind Ohio
Suite, is led by junior Debbie
O'Brien. O'Brien scored a 36.75 in
all-around competition earlier this
season.
Avener said Penn State s major
goals for the meet will be to have a
good performance and to stay
healthy.
The Nittany Lions top perform
ers are being hindered by chronic
ailments. Avcncr said Kathy Parody,
Susan Repmann and Pam Braun have
all seen limited action this season
because of injuries.
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Allen pleased with team’s score
as NU upsets three top 10 squads
By Richard Cooper
Staff Reporter
Although all-arounder Tom Sch
lcsinger competed in only three
events Sunday night because of an
injury, Nebraska gymnastics coach
Francis Allen was still pleased with
his team’s score of 281.10.
The No. 11-ranked Cornhuskers
defeated No.5 Iowa, No.7 Houston
Baptist and No.8 Arizona State in a
quadrangular meet at the Bob Deva
ney Sports Center. Schlesinger, who
competed in the floor exercise vault
and pommel horse, injured his ster
num two weeks ago while practicing
on the parallel bars.
“Forme 281 is a real good score for
this team without Schlesinger," Allen
said. “That is an excellent score.
Some good things that have happened
is that Bob Stclterand Patrick Kirksey
are doing what they arc supposed to
do by scoring around a 56.”
Stelter finished third in the all
around with a 56.45 behind Houston
Baptist University gymnasts Alfonso
Rodriguez and Miguel Rubio, respec
tively. Rodriguez won with a 57.05
and Rubio scored 56.85.
Allen said he was impressed with
Houston Baptist. The Huskies fin
ished second behind Nebraska with a
score of 278.35. Iowa Finished thirdat
273.55 and Arizona State finished
w ith a 272.4.
“HBU is gonna be good,” Allen
said. In fact I think they are good.
1 hey had two all-arounders that
scored 56.8(5)and 57.05 and that will
hold them up.”
HBU gymnastics coach Hutch
Dvorak, whose team lost to No.l
ranked Illinois 284 to 280 on Thurs
day night, said he thinks Nebraska
and Illinois will battle for the NCAA
title at the NCAA Championships
April 14 to 16 in Lincoln.
“Nebraska hit better than Illinois
hit," Dvorak said. “But Illinois really
has some talent and I know with
Schlesingcr and Kevin Davis at full
strength Nebraska is going to be a lot
better. It’s really hard for me to
compare them.”
Nebraska will meet the Fighting
Illint at the UCLA Invitational next
weekend. UCLA, Minnesota, Ari
zona State and New' Mexico also will
compete in the meet.
“Illinois is way over-scored,” Al
len said.
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