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Kremer’s three home runs power Nebraska
By Lori Griffin •
and
Mike Kluck
Staff Reporters
When Nebraska shortstop Jane
Kremer steps to the plate, all she is
looking for is a hit
This weekend at the Husker Invita
tional the senior from La Motte, Iowa
was surprised at a hitting spree that
included three home runs to help lead
the Comhuskers.
Nebraska finished the tournament
with a 3-1 record, which was the best
record in an eight-team field. The
Huskers defeated Iowa State 3-1 Fri
day night, Northern Iowa 4-0 Satur
day afternoon and Creighton 3-2
Sunday night. Also on Saturday night,
Nebraska lost to Illinois State 3-2.
Kremer had home runs against
Iowa State, Illinois State and
Creighton. Her home run against
Iowa State came on the first pitch
thrown to her this season. The home
run against Creighton gave the Husk
ers the winning run.
Kremer had a .345 batting average
last season and now has 20 career
home runs. She trails Nebraska rec
ord-holder Denise Eckert by 13.
“When 1 step up I just want a hit,”
Kremer said. “I can’t be satisfied
because the next time I come up to bat
the hit may be just as important as the
last.” Nebraska coach Ron Wolforth
said Kremer’s hitting is important,
but there are other tools in her game
plan.
“It is immeasurable what Jane
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Nebraska’s Ruth Chatwin takes aim in the third inning against Creighton. The Huskers won the game 3-2.
Thorell: Win wont lead to complacency
By Kyle Schurman
Staff Reporter
After posting a record-setting vic
tory against the St. Thomas (Minn.)
junior varsity , it would be easy for the
Nebraska junior varsity football team
Vbe overconfident entering today’s
game against the- Bethany (Kan.)
junior varsity.
But Nebraska coach Shane Thorell
said complacency won’t be a problem
because the 1-0 Comhuskers made
some mistakes while routing St.
Thomas 84-3. He said Nebraska
knows it has some things to work on.
Thorell said Nebraska committed
too many penalties and missed some
blocking assignments against Sl
Thomas. The Huskers were penalized
13 times for 144 yards against the
Tommies, but also set junior varsity
records for scoring and margin of
victory.
“(The mistakes) were mainly tech
nical things,” Thorell said. “We need
to be more mentally into the game."
Thorell said Nebraska didn’t work
on many of its offenses and defenses
against St. Thomas because the score
was so lopsided. But, he said, the
game still helped Nebraska because
almost everyone got a chance to play.
“Everyone got to play quite a bit,
which was good,” Thorell said. “It
was the First game and everyone was
pretty excited. It was a positive expe
rience for them. ’
Thorell said Bethany, which
dropped a 62-0 decision to Nebraska
last season, runs offenses and de
fenses which arc similar to the Husk
ers. He said he expects a much closer
game against Bethany than the Husk
ers had against St. Thomas.
"It’d be nice if we could go through
the season winning like we did,”
Thorell said, "but I don’t think that
will happen. No matter what the score
is, I just hope they play hard.”
Thorell said Nebraska’s talented
offensive backficld should continue
to lead the Huskers. He said he has a
lot of confidence in quarterback Mike
Grant, who rushed for 67 yards, threw
for 81 yards and was involved in four
of Nebraska’s 12 touchdow ns against
Sl Thomas.
Running backs Andre McDuffy,
who rushed for 68 yaids against Sl
Thomas, Scott Baldwin (58 yards)
and Jerry Kieidosty (58 yards) also
played well against the Tommies,
Thorell said.
Thorell said starting left corner
back Jim Mullen has been slowed by
an ankle injury, but should be ready
for Monday’s game.
Kickoff is scheduled for at 1:30
p.m. at Memorial Stadium.
Cross country teams win meet,
«r
overcome course, warm weather
From Staff Reports
A tough course and some warm
weather didn't stop the Nebraska
men’s and women s cross country
teams from turning in some hot per
formances during the Nebraska Invi
tational Saturday at Pioneers Park.
Nebraska cross country coach Jay
Diiksen said he was pleased with the
Comhusker’s season-opening per
formance because they overcame a
difficult course that was plagued by
recent rainstorms and warm tempera
tures en route to capturing their re
spective titles.
The Nebraska men won their por
tion of the meet by tallying 15 points
while Kearney State finished 2nd
with 77. Midland College of Fremont
was 3rd with 83 points, while North
west Missouri was 4th with 86 and
Tarkio College of Bellevue was 5th
with 88.
The Nebraska women captured
their title by placing five runners
among the top 10 finishers to defeat
Iowa State 27-51. Kearney State fin
ished 3rd with 92 points, Midland was
4th with 97 and the University of
Nebraska at Omaha and Northwest
Missouri rounded out the six-team
field by scoring 106 and 153.
Dirk sen said he was pleased with
theperfpqQatyje^fpie women’s team
— especially with Sammie Resh and
Tracy Smith.
Resh won the women’s individual
title by recording an 18:14.2 clocking
in the 5000-meter competition and
Smith, a freshman from Milton, On
tario, finished 6th as the Husker’s No.
3 runner. Nebraska’s Juliet Prowsc
finished 3rd and Michele Marthaler
and Dawn Gale finished 8th and 9th.
7 think we have a
good team but we
don’t have as
much depth as we
did last year. But
as the season pro
gresses, this team
wilt get a lot bet
ter.’
— Dhksen
“1 think we have a pretty good
team this year,” Dirksen said. ‘*Sam
Resh has established herself as one of
the top runners in the nation and with
Tracy Smith, Juliet (Prowse) and,
Michele (Marthaler) we have a pretty
good nucleus. And if Dawn Gale can
stay healthy, we could win the Big
Eight championship this year. “
Resh said she was surprised by her
performance.
“This was a hard race because the
course is hard and the heat just made
it tougher,” Resh said. “We haven’t
been doing any interval training yet sc
this was the fastest I had run since last
June.”
Dirksen said he was also pleased
with the performances of the Husker
treshmen who ran unattached. Fresh
man Sylvia Veit finished 14th, Fran
tenBensel was 16th and Kimball’s
Angie Lippold finished 18th.
The Husker men were led by Jac
ques van Kensburg, who won the
10,000-meter competition by finish
ing in 32:47.1. Sophomores Joe Kirby
and Lesion Blackburn added 2nd and
3rd-place finishes, while redshin
freshman Pat Day and Tom Banks
finished 4th and <kh.
Dirksen said the Nebraska men
need to gain experience before they
compete in the Big Eight champion
ships Oct. 29 in Stillwater, Okla.
“I think we have a good team but
we don't have as much depth as we
did last year,” Dirksen said. “But as
the season progte$ra,;|his team will
get a lot better?* v .
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