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Friday, December 2,1988
Nee hones Huskers recover at tournament
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By Mark Derowitsch
Senior Reporter
After Wednesday’s 77-75 loss to
Michigan Stale, Nebraska basketball
coach Danny Nee isn ’t very confident
entering this weekend’s Amcritas
Classic.
Nee said the loss to the Spartans at
the Bob Devancy Sports Center and
last year’s tournament may play a part
in this year’s classic. Last season, the
Comhuskers lost to Ohio Slate 72-63
in the championship game.
“I certainly think, from last year,
that there’s no guarantee,” Nee said.
“We have to come out, play hard and
play smart and get the job done.”
The Huskers open the tournament
with a 6:38 p.m. game Friday against
North Texas Stale. In the other first
round game, San Jose Slate will face
Army following the first game.
Saturday’s championship game
will begin at 8:08 p.m., preceded by
the consolation game at 6:08.
Nee said if Nebraska, 1-1, plays
well, they can win the second-annual
lournamcni.
“Being the host team, you always
think you’re the favorite,” Nee said.
“But you’re supposed to think that
anyway because v >u‘rc playing on
your home court.”
Nebraska center Rich King said
the Huskers must improve and avoid
mistakes they made against Michigan
Stale in order to win the lournamcni.
King, a 7-foot-2 sophomore from
Omaha Burke High School, isaverag
ing 7 points and 7.5 rebounds a game
this season.
Against the Spartans, the Huskers
blew a 16-poinl first-half lead. Ne
braska committed 15 turnovers and
were out-rebounded 42-32 lor the
game.
“We haven’t made those type of
errors until (Wednesday),” King said.
“It was lough to lose like that because
it’s the first time we’ve done it. Now
we can look at it and work on those
things.”
King said the Huskers will also
have to improve on playing against
man-to-man defense.
“Against that defense, I’d say we
haven’t been able to execute against
it,” King said. “I know it sounds like
a cliche, but (against Michigan State)
we were unable to gel the big plays
when we needed them.”
In the first round, the Huskers will
play North Texas State, a team which
finished with a 17-13 record last sea
son. The Mean Green Eagles ad
vanced to the National Collegiate
Athletic Association tournament but
were defeated in the lirst round by
North Carolina.
The Green Eagles are led by center
Ronnie Morgan. Morgan scored 16
points in North Texas Slate’s season
opening loss to Louisiana Tech.
Morgan was named the Southland
Conference newcomer of the year last
season.
San Jose State returns three start
ers Irorn last year’s team, which lin
ished 14-15. The Spartans are led by
6-1 guard Steve Haney. Haney, a
senior from Lansing, Mich..averaged
12.6 points a game last season.
This season, the Spartans opened
the year with a win against Sonoma
State.
Army, which comes into the game
w i th a 2-1 record, is led by sophomore
Derrick Canada. Canada, a 6-2 so
phomore form East Orange, N.J.,
averaged 13.9 points a game last
season.
Volleyball team to face 'confident’ Weber State
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By Jeff Apel
Senior Reporter
When Weber State volleyball
coach Cindy Fredrick watches her
squad play, she secs a team that has
made great strides during her four
years with the program.
When Fredrick watches films of
the Nebraska volleyball team, she
secs a talent-laden squad that serves
as an ideal role model for her players.
Fredrick said it is because of those
reasons that she has mixed emotions
entering Weber State’s match against
Nebraska in the first round of the
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Midcast Region portion of the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa
tion Tournament. The match, which
will be the Comhuskers’ final home
appearance of the season, begins at
7:30 p.m. at the NU Coliseum.
Fredrick said she is looking for
ward to the match because it serves as
a nice reward for Weber State. The
Wildcats reversed a 9-24 record four
scasonsagobycompilinga32-7mark
this season en route to winning the
Big Sky Conference title.
But Fredrick said she is cautiously
optimistic because the match will be
Weber Stale’s first appearance in the
NCAA Toumamcni.
Nebraska, 27-4, qualified for the
NCAA Toumamcni by capturing the
Big Eight tournament title Nov. 26 in
Salina, Kan. The Huskers arc seeded
second in the Midcast Region, while
Weber Stale is seeded 7th.
The remaining opening-round
matches in the Mideast Region are
lop-seeded Illinois against eighth
seeded Illinois Slate, third-seeded
Oklahoma against sixth-seeded
Western Michigan and fourth-seeded
Notre Dame against filth-seeded
Penn Stale. The first-round matches
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“I know that Nebraska is an ex
tremely good team. I know they’re
very physical and very power-ori
ented,” Fredrick said. “B ul we have to
be looking forward to the match. If we
weren’t, we might not be ready to
play.”
Fredrick said Weber State needs to
play as a team and be fundamentally
sound in order to defeat Nebraska.
She said she isn’t concerned about her
squad being intimidated by the tradi
tion-rich Huskers.
“We arc not easily intimidated,”
Fredrick said. “We’re confident that
we will play well.”
Fredrick said her biggest concern
entering the match is the presence of
Nebraska All-America setter Lori
Endicotl. She said Endicotl, a pre
season All-America selection who is
the two-time Big Eight player of the
year, is as good a player as there is in
the country.
“She’s outstanding,” Fredrick
said. “She’s a good setter.”
Nebraska volleyball coach Terry
Pettit echoed Fredrick’s thoughts. He
said Endicotl is the best collegiate
setter in the country.
“She has the ability to w in matches
in a lot of different ways,” Pettit said.
“She is an excellent server, one of the
best blocking setters in the country
and a very good defensive player.”
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Nebraska vs. Weber Stale
7:30p.m. NU Coliseum
Pettit said he is confident Endicott
and the rest of the Husker starters —
outside hitters Val Novak, Angie
Millikin and Janet Kru^e and middle
blockers Carla Baker and Virginia
Stahr— will play well. He said Ne
braska focuses on the NCAA Tourna
ment.
“Obviously, we can’t get to the
Final Four if we don’t beat Weber
State,” Pettit said.
Pettit said his only regret entering
the match is it’s being staged on the
same night as a Nebraska basketball
tournament. The Amcritas Classic,
which includes Nebraska, North
TexasStatc, Army and San Jose State,
begins at 6:38 p.m. Friday at the Bob
Dcvancy Sports Center.
“We’d prefer to be playing on a
different day,” Pettit said. “It’s im
portant to have a good crowd.”
NU wins Sprint Classic
By Lori (Jriffin
Staff Reporter
Spectator interest sparked the
Nebraska men’s swimming and div
ing team toa victory at the first annual
Husker Sprint Classic at the Bob
Dcvancy Sports Center Thursday
night.
Nebraska coach Cal Bent/, said he
was pleased with the reactions of the
crowds.
“I think (the Husker Sprint Clas
sic) was a good idea,” Bentz said. “It
is important for Nebraska to do ex
ceptionally well against nationally
ranked teams.
“The crowd was supportive and a
well-behaved swimming crowd.”
Nebraska outdistanced second
place Southern Methodist University
60-48. UCLA was 3rd with43 points,
followed by defending national
champion Texas with 27. Stanford
finished in 5th place with a 23-point
total.
The Cornhuskers uxik first place
in four events. The Huskers won the
2(X) medley relay in I minute, 30.85
seconds.
Nebraska’s Peter Williams won
the 1 (X) freestyle in an NCA A qual ily
ing time of 44.50 seconds.
Junior Scan Frampton won the 50
breaststroke in of 25.52 seconds.
Nebraska also won the 200 freestyle
relay in a lime of 1:21.18.
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