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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.
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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.
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Mason ‘drools’
over NU’s line
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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."
