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Pepin optimistic for season but won’t make predictions PEPIN From Page 7 The returning All-Americans in clude Linetta Wilson in the sprints, Renita Robinson in the triple jump, Sammie Resh in the 3,000-meter run and Toyia Barnes in the shot put. Wilson qualified for the NCAA in door meet in the 400-meter run with a time of 54.94 seconds at the Sas katchewan Indoor Games. The top recruits for the Nebraska women are Yvonne Van Der Kolk, a middle-distance runner from Illiver sum, The Netherlands, Nora Rocken bauer, a javelin thrower from Budapest, Hungary, Ximena Res repo, a sprinter from Columbia, South America and Frank tenBensel, a distance runner from Arapahoe. Pepin said the Nebraska men will also be bolstered by the return of two All-America selections and a solid recruiting class. The returning All Americans include Regis Humphrey in the middle distance events and James Morris in the triple jump. The top recruits for the Huskcr men are James Cob, a sprinter from St. Louis, and Kevin Coleman, a weight specialist from Elgin, III. “We have some real outstanding athletes who didn’t compete last year,” Pepin said. “But this year they will and it’s almost like having a new recruit coming in.” Pepin said he’s optimistic about his new recruits. He said he does not' want to make any bold predictions about them because he has not seen them compete enough on the colle giate level. “I’m a bit conservative in telling just how good the young athletes really arc,’’ Pepin said. Pepin said Nebraska continued its preparations for the Big Eight’s in door season by staging the Nebraska Open Saturday at the Bob Devancy Sports Center. He said the goal of the meet was to prepare his teams for the Big Eight and national meets. The highlight of the Nebraska Open occurred when senior sprinter Mark Perry qualified for the NCAA meet by completing the 55-meter dash in 6.21 seconds. “What I saw was flashes of good athletes and good performances,” Pepin said. “Some kids were com peting (at the collegiate level) for the first time and were really nervous.” Pepin said the next couple meets are important because they will pro vide Nebraska with some strong competition. He said the Nebraska men will be tested when they lace Arkansas on Feb. 4, while the Husker women will be tested when they compete in the Frank Scvigne Husker Invitational on Feb. 10 and SPRING BREAK IN MANZANILLO, MEXICO VIA CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 8 DAYS, 7 NIGHTS AS LOW AS $699°° Prepaid quad occupancy, March 25th return April 1st Price Includes Round I rip air from Omaha. I lotel located on the beach, overlooking Santiago Bay and the Pacific Ocean, 3 meals daily, unlimited domestic beer, wine and cocktails daily and nightly. 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Cima _.„u > „ u.nui:nki^ r\. i rcA ran^n/l By Steve Sipple Siatf Reporter The Notre Dame wrestling team won’tcalch Nebraska by surprise this season. The 16th-ranked Fighting Irish will go after their second-straight dual victory tonight against 14th ranked Nebraska in a 7:30 p.m. match at the Joyce Athletic and Convoca tion Center in South Bend, Ind. Last season, Notre Dame stunned Nebraska with a 21-18 dual victory at Bob Dcvancy Sports Center. The Fighting Irish, 4-2 at the lime, took the Huskers by surprise, Nebraska coach Tim Neumann said. But tonight, the Fighting Irish enter the match with a 6-0 dual record and the attention of the 7-4-2 Corn huskers. “Last year, I think that they were n’t expected to win the match,” Neumann said. “This year, I honestly don’t think they can win.” Neumann said he didn’t know Notre Dame was undefeated. “I didn’t realize that. I’ll be darned,” he said. “I guess we’re the underdog then.” Notre Dame coach Fran McCann disagreed. “No way. He’s (Neumann) play ing games,” McCann said. “They’ve beaten some good people. My good I IIIVJ *V UVUl IV/ TT U UUIIV U1IW Lock Haven (Pa.) -- those are solid teams. We’ll have to wrestle our best to beat them.” Nebraska defeated Big Eight rival Iowa State 19-14 Dec. 10 at the Sports Center and recorded a 22-12 win against No. 6-ranked Lock Ha ven in a Jan. 14 dual at Lock Haven, Pa. Notre Dame has recorded dual victories against Air Force, Purdue, Ohio University, Ohio State, Illinois State and Adams Slate. McCann said his team’s most impressive win came against un ranked Ohio State. Notre Dame scored a 21-18 victory against Buck eyes, who carry all-4-1 dual record, in a Jan. 15 dual at Columbus, Ohio. ‘ ‘That was our best meet as far as a total team effort,” he said. ‘‘Tobeat Nebraska, we’ll have to have that kind of effort.” Neumann said Nebraska and Notre Dame are evenly matched. ‘‘This vear’s dual should aodown to the wire,” he said. ‘‘We both match up real good. There’ll be some really good matches -- it’ll be our good guys against theirs. We'll sec who’s better.” Neumann said the dual’s 134 pound match between Notre Dame’s Jerry Durso and Nebraska’s Dave Droegemueller will be one of the Halt'll J ingiii— 3th with a 21-3 record will face Droegemuellcr, who is ranked No. 1*7. “That match should be a dandy,” Neumann said. Another of the dual’s best matches will feature a Nebraska wrestler against a former Husker recruit. Neumann said he recruited Notre Dame’s Todd Layton, a 150-pound wrestler with a 16-5 record. Layton will face 17th-ranked Paul Herrera tonight. Nebraska will go alter its fiflh straight dual win without its surling 118-pound wrestler, Terry Took. Cook suffered a broken thumb on his right hand during a 20-7 victory against North Dakota’s Greg Schmitz Sunday at the sports center. Nebraska defeated North Dakota 41-3. Neumann said Cook underwent surgery Monday to repair the thumb and should return to the Huskers’ lineup in time for the March 5 Big EighlChampionships in Ames, Iowa. “He’s depressed,’’ Neumann said. *4 He’s had a tough year as far as bad breaks.’’ Cook relumed to Nebraska’s lineup last Friday and scored victo ries in duals against North Dakota Slate and Clcmson. He made his re turn after recovering from arthro scopic knee surgery and bone spurs in his neck. OU recruits will redshirt, expert says EMFINGER From Page 7 West Covina, Calif., defensive line man Gerry Irons of Woodlands, Texas, lineman Lance Larson of Moorhead, Minn., wingback Vernon Powell of East St. Louis, III., safety John Recce of Jersey Village, Texas, tight end Billy Wade of Spring, Texas, linebacker Darren Williams of Chicago and Omar Soto, a fullback who is transferrins from Arizona Western Junior College. Em finger said the states top player is Anderson, with Hoskins following close behind. He said Bryant trails both of those players in terms of skill. Emfinger said NCAA probations that were placed on Big Eight rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma Stale did not affect Nebraska’s recruiting. He said Oklahoma and Nebraska will both have strong recruiting years, while Oklahoma State wifi suffer slightly. Oklahoma was banned from tele vision for one year and placed on probation that includes scholarship reductions for two years for recruit ing violations. Oklahoma State’s probation prohibits them from ap pearing on television for two years and reduced their number of avail able scholarships for three years. “Oklahoma is still Oklahoma. All recruits will do now is go up there and redshirt,” Emfinger said. “I think probation is going to affect Okla homa State because now they won’t have the most fabulous class they’ve ever had. But they’ll still do all right because they do a great job of evalu ating players and letting them de velop.