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Sports JPFUI — 1 .. h* ■ HI JiiMtlliW^M^.Ka-^BPgTaPBiaWBWI^^^MMMWBWM&aBMWBBailift^Mga Osborne wants quicker start By Mark Derow itsch Senior Reporter Nebraska coach Tom Osborne hopes the No. 10-ranked Comhuskers decide to show up for the start of Saturday night’s game at Memorial Stadium. Osborne said the Huskers have been a slow starting team so far this season, but that that attitude better change soon. He said it will take a four-quarter effort to defeat Arizona State. “Maybe we’ve talked so much about being a great 4th quarter team that we thought we didn’ t have to play in the 1st quarter,” Osborne said of Nebraska’s slow starts. “They seem to be very confident that we’re going to be really good in the end. So maybe we need to emphasize a fast start a little bit more.’’ Kickoff for Saturday’s game is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN (Cablevision channel 23). In Nebraska’s first three games, opponents outscored Nebraska 35-14 in the 1st quarter. Nebraska’s 14 1st quarter points were all scored against Utah State. But Osborne said the Huskers usually make up for their slow start with a strong 2nd half. w c also did not play well early in New Jersey (a 23-14 win over Texas A&M in the Kickoff Classic),” Osborne said. “Then, the last three quarters, we played satisfactorily. Particularly, in the last half of the games, we’ve played well. But I don’t think we can afford to do that and have a good season. So we need to play well early, and we need to play well through the whole ballgame. “Everyone, myself included, is concerned as to what is the real Ne braska football team.” ' ‘Everyone, myself included, is con cerned as to what is the real Ne braska football team.’ — Osborne ■ Arizona Stale coach Larry Marmic said he doesn’t think the Huskers will play any different in the 1st quarter than they do in the last quarter. “UCLA got a couple of big plays early in the game, but those things happen,” Marmic said. “I don’t an ticipate cither team winning or losing the game in the 1st quarter.” Marmic, who succeeded John Cooper as Arizona Stale’s coach last January, said the Sun Devils must contain Nebraska quarterback Steve Taylor. Taylor, a senior from Fresno, Calif., has rushed for 230 yards on 41 attempts in leading the Huskers to a 2 1 record. He also has completed 32 of 61 passes for 393 yards and four touchdowns thus far this season. Last season against Arizona Stale, Taylor gained 122 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns, and threw for another score. “I think I saw enough of him last year,” Marmie said. “I wish I could see someone else back there this year. He’s a great athlete and he’s a little underrated. I think he’s a great quar terback who happens to be a great athlete. He can beat you so many ways and he has a lot of football smarts.” But Osborne said Sun Devil quar terback Daniel Ford could be as big a factor as Taylor. Ford, a senior from Tulsa, Okla., has completed 65 percent of his passes this season, including three for touchdowns. ‘‘They’re a lot like UCLA in that they have a good quarterback (who) throws very well and who is very experienced,”Osborne said. “They’ll throw the ball enough so that we’ll have to concentrate on both the run and the pass.” Marmic said Ford has improved since last year. “We think he’s a big asset for us,” he said. “Danny’s started 12 games for us, and wc have a record of 9-2-1. He’s gained a lot of experience. He’s been playing much better.” Marmic said Arizona State will have to run the ball well to beat See SUN DEVILS on 10 I- -1 j September 24,1988—6:15 pjm. (CDT)—Memorial Stadium—Liricoln, Ne Tempe, Arizona 85287 41,540 Sun Devils Maroon and GoM Pacific-10 Larry Marwle (Eastern Kentucky, 1965) I and split hack multiple 7-4-1 3-3-1, fourth place tie 33 (18 offense, 13 defense, 2 specialists) 16 (6 offense, 10 defense) Series 1-1-0 Last season, Nebraska I-back Keith Jones sprinted 62 yards to the Arizona State 8-yard line, setting up a 3-yard touchdown run by Steve Taylor with 3:37 remaining giving the Cornhuskers a 35-28 win Jones led the Huskers with 145 yards on 17 carries I Wyoming wants fans in the stands By Jeff Apel Senior Reporter Any homecourt advantage that the Nebraska volleyball team has in this weekend’s Nebraska/Prairie Maid Invitational will quickly disappear when the Comhuskers face Wyo ming. Wyoming volleyball coach Mike English said the Cowgirls plan to negate the Huskers’ homecourt ad vantage by using their Nebraska ties to their advantage. The Wyoming roster includes four native Nebras kans who will play key roles in the Cowgirls’ success by contributing on the court and placing Wyoming fans in the stands. Nebraska will open its portion of the tournament against Wyoming at 7’^Onm FriHflv al fhp. NII rYilicAiim A 5:30 p.m. match between Indiana and Kansas State preceding. Nebraska will face Kansas State and Wyoming will square off against Indiana at 10:15 a.m. Saturday. The two-day tournament will then be closed out with a Nebraska-Indiana match at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and a Wyoming-Kansas State match at 6 p.m. English said the presence of three Nebraskans in the Cowgirls’ starting lineup will work to his team’s advan tage. The Nebraskans that start for Wyoming arc freshman outside hitter Kim Smith of Lincoln, junior outside hitter Darcy Cudaback of Exeter and senior middle blocker Katie Donahue of Inland. Wyoming’s remaining player with Nebraska lies is Karen Soukup, a freshman outside hitter from Millard. In addition, the Cowgirls’ assistant coach Julie Hermann played tor the Huskers Nebraska from 1981-84. English said he has spoken to Smith, Cudaback, Donahue and Soukup about performing in frontof a home crowd. “We’ve talked about it and they’re planning on putting a lot of spectators in the stands,” English said. “They know they want to have a strong showing in front of their home crowd.” ‘Our fans are chomping at the bit to get back and see us play. We need to spend some time in Lin coln.’ — Pettit English said Smith was forced into the starting lineup earlier this season when outside hitter Ginger Brucre suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury. He said Brucrc’s loss was a big one because the 6-5 Cow girls arc now inexperienced at the outside hitter position. “We’re just hoping our system starts pulling itself together,” English said. “We haven’t been pleased with the way we ’ ve been play ing but at this point we’re just taking one match at a time.” Nebraska volleyball coacn terry Pettit is looking forward to the tourna ment because of its high level of competition. He said he is also anx ious for it to begin because the invita tional will mark the Huskers’ first home appearance since they defeated Florida and Pacific in the Nebraska/ FirsTier Invitational on Sept. 3. “Our fans are chomping at the bit to gel back and see us play,” Pettit said. “We need to spend some time in Lincoln. It’s a time we can devote to training, studies and mowing our lawns.” Pettit said he is concerned because the 8-2 Huskers have not put together lengthy scoring spurts. He said de fense and ball handling problems have prevented Nebraska from be coming an explosive offensive team. “We haven’t been scoring like we have in the past,” Pettit said. “You score points on defense. You score ■■ .Lam • > s-v • a Mnnr nM/1 nut ikn kail pv/111to vtiivii jvu pttao unw in play.” Indiana volleyball coach Tom Shoji said offense hasn’t been a prob lem since the Hoosiers reeled off six straight victories after opening their season with losses to Notre Dame and Stanford. He said Indiana is getting ‘‘better and belter” each time it takes the court. “We’ve won six matches in a row, so I’m confident we will play well,” Shoji said. “We’re approaching this tournament with a lot of confidence.” Shoji said his team is looking for ward to facing Nebraska. He said the Hoosiers would gain some needed national recognition if they beat the Huskers. “It’s a challenge to us,” Shoji said. “It’s going to be a real eye opener." ■_ Carroil/Daily Nobr.'Skan Nebraska freshman outside-hitter Monica Carey prepares to return a shot during practice Wednesday at the NU Coliseum. Carey and the rest of the Cornhuskers will begin play in the Nebraska/Prairie Maid Invitational at 7:30 p.m. against Wyo ming Friday at the Coliseum. Cal Bentz to appeal unfair FIN A ruling By Richard Cooper Suff Reporter Nebraska men’s swimming coach Cal Bentz said Thursday he thinks Comhusker swimmer Peter Williams is being treated unfairly by the Federation Internationale de Natation Ama teur. FINA met this week at the Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and disallowed the world record time of 22.18 seconds that Williams posted in the 50-meter freestyle at an April 10 Olympic time trial qualifying meet in Indian apolis. The story first appeared in Tuesday’s edition of USA Today newspaper. Bentz said that although he has not received any official notification from FlNA»he is qp?et,, about the way Williams is being treated. “I’m fired up,” Bentz said. “I think the way Peter is being treated in this incident is unfair. FINA could have at least notified Peter about the decision before they released it in a press release.” Bentz said that FINA’s reason for its deci sion was that Williams could not prove he was not a member of the South African Swimming Federation. South Africa is not a member of FINA and is banned from Olympic competition because of its apartheid racial policy. Williams said Wednesday that the last time he swam in a meet sanctioned by the South African Swimming Federation was in February wd.the.l^um^ he signed ,wjtb the S ASF, was in October 1986. Williams said that when he and Bentz ap plied to FINA for the 50-meter record, they were not asked to produce evidence proving he was not a member of the SASF. He said the incident is ridiculous because athletes in South Africa register with the SASF in six-month time periods. “I can prove to them that I’m not a member of the South African Swimming Association,” Williams said. “Technically, I’m a member of the American Swimming Association because I swim here at UNL.” Bentz thinks FINA made the decision so Tom Jager’s old record of 22.23 could be broken in the Olympics’ 5p-piet$r final Satur day, • “It’s a hell of a lot easier to break a world record when its slower,” Bentz said. “I think FINA wants a new world record broken at the Olympics.” Bentz said that when he does get official notice from FINA, he will appeal the decision. Williams, a sophomre, said he suspected FINA would deny his record. He said the incident — whatever the outcome — will i motivate him to swim even faster. “I really don’t care what happens even though it’s unfair,” Williams said. “This kind of thing motivates me to swim faster and if they take the record away from me, then I’ll just have to go out and break it again.” ♦ »