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Volleyball team will face Weber State
By Mike Kluck
Staff Reporter
Nebraska will try to make Weber
State’s first appearance in the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion Volleyball Tournament a short
one.
The 32-7 Wildcats will face Ne
braska in the opening round of the
eight-team Mideasl Regional Tour
nament at the NU Coliseum Friday at
7:30 p in. Weber Slate qualified for
the NCAA tournament by upsetting
regular-season Big Sky conference
winner Boise Slate in the conference
tournament.
The 27-4 Cornhuskers will be
making their seventh consecutive
appearance in the NCAA Tourna
ment The Mh-ranked Huskers arc 5
1 in opening-round, NCAA matches
and have an 11-6 tournament record.
Bowling team
places second
By Mike Kluck
Slafl Reporter
Although the Nebraska women’s
bowling team finished 2nd behind
West Texas State for the 3rd time this
season women’s coach Roger Nash
said he was satisfied.
Nebraska was 37 pins shy of de
bating the Buffaloes, the defending
national champions, at the National
Collegiate Team Matchgamcs bowl
ing tournament in St. Louis on Satur
day. The Huskers bowled 12,157
compared to West Texas State’s
12,194. Fellow Nebraska-Kansas
conference member Wichita State
linishcd 3rd at 12,084.
Nebraska’s 977 pins a game aver
age was the 4th highest norm in the
history of the tournament. West
Texas Stale averaged 985, the second
highest norm in the tournament’s
history.
Nash said he was pleased with
Nebraska’s results in the 64-team
tournament. But he said he hopes the
Huskers continue to improve.
Nash said two players who have
shown improvement arc freshman
Kim Berkc of Beatrice and sopho
more Michelle Kelley of St. Louis.
Berkc led the Huskers with a 211
average and finished 7th in the indi
vidual standings.
Kelley bowled a perfect 31X) game
at the tournament. The tournament
was held at Strike and Sparc Lancs, a
place where Kelley has practiced. It
was her first 300 game.
The Nebraska men also finished
2nd in the 64-team field with 13,234
pins, 531 fewer than champion Wil
liam Paterson (N.J.).
Tickets to bowl
on sale Thursday
The Nebraska ticket office has
announced lhat full-time University
of Nebraska-Lincoln students may
reserve tickets for the Orange Bowl
Thursday and Friday at the Athletic
Ticket Office, 117 South Stadium.
Nebraska will lace Miami in Mi
ami Jan. 2.
The student allotment for the game
will bedividedequally both days with
reservations accepted from 9a.m. to 4
pm. each day or until the day’s allot
ment is sold.
Students reserving tickets must
pick them up at the Orange Bowl the
night of the game or at the team hotel
during times lhat will be announced
later.
Each qualified student may re
serve one ticket, two if married. Cur
rent lull-time I.D.’s will be required
of all students, and marriage certifi
cate of married students arc required.
Tickets are $30.00. Each student’s
personal check should be made pay
able to UNL and show a Lincoln
address.
Nebraska lost to Illinois in the re
gional finals last season.
“It has become a tradition at Ne
braska to be playing our best volley
ball at this time of the year,” Nebraska
coach Terry Pettit said. “Our players
have been in this position so many
times they know the level they need to
be at to be successful.”
Nebraska’s success was evident in
last weekend’s Big Eight Tourna
ment at Salina, Kan. The Huskers
defeated Iowa Stale Friday night and
Colorado Saturday to earn the Big
Eight Tournament title and an auto
matic berth into the NCAA tourna
ment.
Pettit attributed Nebraska’s con
ference title to the development of his
players throughout the season.
“Our young players have really
developed and done a good job,”
Pettit said. “Also, our older players
I
have come through for us. Our seniors
— Lori Endicoll and Angie Millikin
— have been providing g(X)d leader
ship for us.”
Pettit said the Huskers arc ready to
enter the third phase of their season.
He said Nebraska’s volleyball season
is divided into a pre-conference
phase, a combined regular Big Eight
season and conference tournament
phase and an NCAA Tournament
phase.
The Huskers have successfully
completed the first two phases and
plan to do well in the NCAA, Pettit
said. He said one of Nebraska’s goals
going into the season was to return to
the NCAA Final Four.
Nebraska’s last Final Four appear
ance was in 1986 when the team lost
to Pacific in the championship match.
The winner of the Nebraska
Weber Slate match will advance to
the regional semifinals Dec. 8
through 11 at four sites. If Illinois, the
top seed of the region, wins its first
match the Mideast Rcgionals will be
held in Champaign, III. But if Illinois
State defeats the Fighting Illini, other
sites, including Nebraska, would be
considered.
‘She’s just an in
credible player.’
— Pettit
The regional champions will ad
vance to the NCAA Final Four Dec.
15 through 17 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Pettit said the probability of Ne
braska playing, its final home game
Friday night should also be incentive
lor fans to attend the contest.
“It will be the last chance for uni
versity people to see our seniors,”
Pettit said.
He said pcopleshould also want to
get a final look at Endicott,
Nebraska’s All-America setter.
“1 feel Lori Endicott is the best
collegiate player in the country,”
Pettit said. “Anybody who is a Ne
braska fan who hasn't had the oppor
tunity to see her play is missing one of
the truly beslalhlctes that have played
at Nebraska.
“She’s just an incredible player,”
he said.
Pettit said Monday morning that
he was still trying to compile a scout
ing report on the Wildcats. Friday’s
match will be the first meeting be
tween the two schools.
“I know they’re a good team and
have some good wins,” Pettit said.
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Nebraska guard Amy Stephens battles a Wisconsin
Green Bay player for a loose ball during Saturday s
championship game at the Wimmer’s Invitational
women’s basketball tournament at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center. Stephens scored a career-high 35 points
against Wisconsin-Green Bay in the Cornhuskers’ 63
57 win.
Loach bans Stephens
from shooting at practice
By Jeff A pel
Senior Reporter
Amy Stephens, a pre-season
All-America selection who led
Nebraska to the team title in last
weekend's Wimmer’s Invitational,
will be missing from the
Cornhusker’s offense today and
Wednesday.
Nebraska women’s basketball
coach Angela Beck said Monday
that Stephens, who collected most
valuable player honors by averag
ing 25 points a game in the
Wimmer’s Invitational, will not be
allowed to shoot during the Husk
ers’ next two practices. She said
that plan’s purpose is to show
Nebraska’s remaining four starters
that they need to develop more
balanced scoring.
Beck said Nebraska did not get
enough balanced scoring during its
63-57 victory against Wisconsin
Green Bay in the tournament’s
championship game Saturday at
the Bob Devancy Sports Center.
The Huskers, 2-0 and ranked 25th
by USA Today, opened the four
team tournament by defeating
Minnesota 90-77.
The only other Huskers who
tallied double-figure scoring fig
ures in the tournament were center
Kim Harris and guard Sabrina
Brooks, who averaged 16.5 and
10.5 points, respectively. Nebraska
remaining two starters, guard Amy
Bullock and forward Ann Halsnc,
averaged 2 and 1.5 points, respec
tively.
“I want Amy Stephens to get 35
points per game,” Beck said during
her weekly press conference ai the
sports center, “but I want every
body else to get 10. We’re going to
have to get scoring from somebody
else.”
Beck said the Wimmer’s Invita
tional showed her that Nebraska
docs not have the chemistry it
needs. She said the Huskers over
came unbalanced scoring, lack of
chemistry and 28 percent shooting
from the floor by using tough de
fense to sink Wisconsin-Green
Bay.
“If you only shoot 28 percent
and you win, you have to be play
ing some good defense,” Beck
said. “Luckily, our defense won
that basketball game for us.”
Beck said Nebraska can over
come its poor shooting if it learns to
be more patient.
“We get nervous if there’s 20
seconds on the clock,” she said.
“We just need to gel a little more
poised.”
Beck said patience and strong
defense will be critical when Ne
braska travels to Missoula, Mont.,
to compete in the Domino’s Clas
sic. The tournament will begin
Friday at 8 p.m. with Nebraska
playing U.S. International. Mon
tana wiil face Pacific at 10 p.m.
The tournaments consolation
game will be staged at 8 p.m. Sat
urday, with the championship
contest set for 10 p.m.
Beck said she is looking for
ward to the tournament because the
Lady Griz always draw good
crowds. She said the tournament
will also provide Nebraska with
stiff competition.
Reid’s absence to restrict Huskers
By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
Nebraska forward Beau Reid will
probably miss Wednesday night’s
game against Michigan State, C’orn
husker coach Danny Nee said Mon
day.
Reid injured his left ankle during
the opening minutesof Saturday’s 86
77 win against Creighton at the Bob
Dcvancy Sports Center. Nee said
Reid’s ankle either has a deep bruise
or is severely sprained.
“We’ll take it on a day today basis
and wait for the doctors and trainers to
release him,” Nee said. “I wouldn’t
expect to rush him back with all the
games we have coming up this week
end if we could get by without using
him. I would hope we could have him
back by Friday. We’ll lake him along
slowly.”
Reid, a 6-foot-7 sophomore from
Lancaster, Ohio, averaged 8.3 points
per game last year.
Nebraska, I-0, will lace Michigan
Slate in a 7:35 p.m. game at the sports
center. The Spartans faced Furman
Monday at East Lansing, Mich.
Nee said Reid’s injury really limits
the Huskers’ player rotation.
"When Beau went out like that, I
wasn’t prepared,” Nee said. “Every
thing was scrambled for the last 10
minutes of the first half.”
Nee said Reid is important to the
Huskers because he offers so many
dimensions to their game.
“Beau plays three positions,” he
said. “When you lose a player like
him, you lose an extra passer and
offensively, he has an impact as a
scorer. Plus, we lose his intensity.”
Ray Richardson, a 6-foot-7 junior
from Hiwasscc (Tenn.) Junior Col
lege, will start in Reid’s absence
against the Spartans, Nee said.
Richardson scored 15 points against
Creighton.
Nee said he might have to play 10
or 11 players if Reid doesn’t play
Wednesday.
Nee said freshman guard Eric
Dolc/al, senior guard Todd Koca and
sophomore guard Jed Bargen may
have to pick up the slack with Reid
out.
• “I don’t think we want to play with
a 10- or 11-man rotation ail year,”
Nee said. “But those guys arc on
scholarship and their job is to contrib
ute when they have to.”
Nee said Bargen and Dolc/al
played well against the Blucjays.
“I think they handled the extra
pressure well,” Nee said. “Jed is a
very steady, hard-nosed player. He’s
played within himself. Bargen has
gotten a raw deal over the past few
weeks and he’s handled himself
well.”
NOTES:
• This weekend, the Huskers will
stage the Amcritas Classic at the
Sports Center. Nebraska will face
North Texas State Friday at 6:38 p in.
In the other semi-final game, Army
will play San Jose Slate at 8:30 p.m.
The finals will be played Saturday
night at 8:08, while the consolation
will start at 6:08.
Last season, Ohio State defeated
Nebraska 72-63 in the finals of the
tournament.
•Neesaid hedoesn’icxpeclscnior
guard Eric Johnson to score 31 points
per game, like he did against
Creighton.
But he said Johnson could do it if
the Huskers needed it.
“The microwave (Johnson’s nick
name) was hot,” Nee said. “He just
took over the game Saturday.”
• Nee said he’s glad the Huskers
are playing a lot of games in a short
period of time.
"Creighton was a very lough
opener,” he said. "We’re truly getting
tested early.
"I ’d rather be playing than practic
ing and I’m sure the team feels the
same way.”
