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DATE_ J EXPIRES 12-2544 r $1.00 OFF i Any Pizza Ordered 11 a.m.-4 p.m. j 475-6363} | Name_ | ■ ADORE**_ a ■ DATi——--I L ■ ■ *■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■Ifc Bin a Wolfortli, Osborne share woes as NU softball team plays poorly By Mike Kluck Staff Reporter Nebraska softball coach Ron Wolforth says he’s having the same problem Comhusker football coach Tom Osborne — his team isn’t play ing up to par. Last Friday, the Huskers, 7-1, turned in a sub-par performance in their 7-2 and 4-2 victories against the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Wolforth said. Osborne was similarly dissatisfied with Nebraska’s 48-6 victory against Nevada-Las Vegas on Saturday. Wolforth is looking for better execution from the Huskers when they play in the Creighton Fall Invita tional Saturday and Sunday. The Huskers will face UNO Satur day at 11:30 a.m. and Kansas at 4:30 p.m. On Sunday, Nebraska plays Southwest Missouri Stale at 11:15 a.m. and Creighton at 2:45 p.m. “We have the potential to be an outstanding softball team, but if we accept a sub-par performance as we had last week, it will come back to haunt us,” Wolforth said. “Those are some war zone games in Division I we will be playing in this spring and if we’re not ready to go, we are going to get beat.” Wolforth said the Huskers need to work on their defense. He said he was disappointed with the play against UNO because the Huskers committed four errors in each game. “I’m really looking for our team to play consistent defensively,” Wolforth said. “I think the offense will come around, but I’m looking to play consistent defense. I think we played very well defensively against Creighton and against Iowa Slate in the first weekend, but since then I haven’t seen a really quality defense that I would like.” Nebraska defeated Creighton 3-2 and Iowa Slate 3-1 in the Husker Invitational earlier this season. Creighton coach Mary Higgins ‘ Id she thought the Bluejays’ first ontest against Nebraska was a great” ballgame,” but said Sunday s rematch could be different. Higgins said the Bluejays won’t be at full speed for the tournament be cause starting pitcher Cheryl Cameron and outfielder Beth Herod will be held out because of injuries. In addition, Creighton’s top hitter, Jody Recm, might sit out because of a sore arm. Higgins said the Bluejays suli have the potential for success against Nebraska. . . ‘We have the potential to be an out standing softball team, but if we accept a sub par performance... it will come back to haunt us.1 —Wo!forth “Our pitchers have to hit the spot and defensively we have to take care of the ball,” Higgins said. “We need to be real aggressive.” Creighton won’t be the only team in the tournament at less than full speed. Wolfortli said the Huskers w ill be without starting left fielder Janelle Frcsc, who injured her knee earlier this week playing intramural Hag football. “It is going to hurt us immediately because Janelle was just about as hot as anybody last week,” Wolforth said. “To me, any injury to any of my seniors is going to be devastating.” Higgins said the Blucjays need to be smart at the plate against Nebraska freshman pitcher Marie »owie. Bowie, 6-1, pitched Nebraska’s first victory against Creighton. The Huskers will have to be men ially prepared for each game this weekend, Wolforth said. He said that although the fall record doesn t count toward a Big Eight championship ora national ranking, it’s still important for Nebraska to win. “It’s really important to win these ballgames because if you start to drop games consistently to people, that is always something to draw from in the future,” Wolforth said. “If you get swept by them than that is always something that is in the back of your mind when you go play them, so it is important to do well in these games. Kansas coach Kalum Haack said the Jayhawks, 7-2, will have only one goal when playing Nebraska. “We want to beat them,” Haack said. The Jayhawks’ losses this sea son arc to Creighton and Kearney State — teams Nebraska has de feated. Haack wants the Jayhawks to play consistently and for their pitchers to stay ahead of the hitters in the count. He said he hasn’t seen Bowie pitch, but thinks she is similar to his fresh man pitchers. “Every now and then I expect her to make a freshman mistake and I hope we capitalize on it,” Haack said. Oakland leads 2-0 in playorts BOSTON (AP) - Rookie Walt Weiss, the ninth-place hitter in a lineup of sluggers, singled home the tie-breaking run in the ninth inning Thursday night and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4 3 for a commanding 2-0 lead in the American League playoffs. The Athletics headed home, where they swept all six games from Boston this season and have won 14 of the last 15. Game 3 is Friday night with Oakland’s Bob Welch facing Mike Boddickcr. Jose Canseco, who led the majors with 42 home runs and 124 RBI, homercd for the second straight game and Mark McGwire hit an RBI single in the seventh for a 3-2 lead before Rich Gedman’s home run in the bot tom half of the inning lied it. But while Oakland’s Bash Broth ers brought the Athletics back against Roger Clemens, it was the bottom part of the order that won it. Ron Hassey singled with one out against Red Sox relief ace Lee Smith and took third on Tony Phillips’ two-out single. That brought up Weiss, a .389 hitter against Boston this year, and he escaped an 0-2 hole against the foot balling Smith and lined a single jastfci front of diving center fielder Ellis Burks. Dennis Eckersley, who led the majors with 45 saves, got his second save of the scries. llTtygiet^ UNL rugby team to play Saturday The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rugby Club will play the University of South Dakota S atm day at 1:30 p.m. at the cast Campus softball fields. SaUnuay’s game will be the 1-3 Corn buskers' final home game r f the season. A victory Saturday would guarantee the Huskers a spot in the finals of the Great Plains Regional Tournament, which will be held this spring. If Nebraska def eats South Dakota, it will play the winner of a game between Creighton and South Dakota. Nebraska basketball tickets still available Nebraska basketball season student-ticket applications are still being accepted at the South Stadium ticket office. Floor bleacher seats are available. Student tickets cost $37.50 and the ticket office is open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Anheuser jjr Royal Busch Grove presem The Comedy Magic Show fea.uring Rick Gerber Friday Oct. 7 — Showtime 9 pm FREE ADMISSION BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR LOCAL BUSCH « BIDWK1SER DIAUR-DID DISTRIBUTOR ROYAL GROVE Lincoln s Entartainmant Oasis 340 Wast Cornhuskar Lincoln, NE 66521 _ (402) 477-2026 Mason ‘drools’ over NU’s line KANSAS from Page 7 son said. But the Jayhawks’ offense could be altered somewhat because of a knee injury sustained by wide re ceiver Willie Vaughn in the New Mexico State aame. Vaughn, a 6-foot senior from Kansas City, Kan, has caught 10 passes for 27S yards and four touchdowns, but he might not play against the Huskers. “He’s supplied us with the big play threat,” Mason said. Mason said Kansas’ defense must slow down the Huskers’ offense if the Jayhawks hope to win. Kansas has given up 293 yards rushing and 540 yards of total offense a game so far this season. Nebraska is averaging 454.2 yards of total offense per game, including 353.4 yards per game rushina. “As always, when you look at Nebraska’s offensive line as a coach, you drool,” Mason said. “Taylor is a great athlete who has the ability to turn a nothing play into something big."
