Huskers hope to win at Iowa despite injuries
By Steve Sipple
Staff Reporter___
The Nebraska wrestling team will
go after its sixth-straight dual win
Friday night in some adverse condi
tions.
The Comhuskers, 8-4-2 and
ranked No. 10 by Amateur Wrestling
News magazine, will face 9-5 North
ern Iowa in a 7:30 p.m. dual at West
Gym in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
“If you’ve ever seen West Gym,
you’d see it’s like wrestling in a snake
pit,” Nebraska coach Tim Neumann
said. “Their crowd will keep inform
ing you that you’re not very well
liked during the match. ’ ’
Neumann said he remembered
one visit to Cedar Falls in which a
Herbie Husker doll was hung from a
basketball goal with blood coming
from its mouth.
Two years ago, Northern Iowa
pounded Nebraska 32 11 before a
crowd of about 3,000 that Neumann
said “was constantly on us.”
“Every lime we stood up, sat
down, looked at each other, they’d
comment about us,” he said. “It was
a nightmare.”
Neumann said he hopes this year’s
team will react like the 1984 Huskers.
That team downed Northern Iowa 32
19 in front of the Panthers’ home
crowd.
“That was kind of nice -- shutting
them up,” Neumann said. “Thai’s
what I hope happens this year."
Nebraska’s 1984 victory was its
last against the Panthers, who have
defeated the Huskers four-straight
years, including a 25-15 decision last
season at the Bob Devancy Sports
Center.
‘That was kind of
nice — shutting
them up.'
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In addition to having to face a
raucous crowd, the Huskers will have
to battle a rash of injuries. Nebraska
118-pound wrestler Terry Cook is out
with a broken thumb, Dave
Drocgemueder is out at 134 with a
bad ankle and Cody Olson is side
lined al 177 with a neck injury.
Cook suffered his injury during a
Jan. 20 dual against Clem son’s Don
nie Heckcl and is expected to return
for the March 5 Big EighlChampion
ships. Drocgemucllcr injured his
ankle Tuesday while walking down
the steps at his apartment and will be
out two or three weeks, Neumann
said.
Neumann said Olson will also be
out two or three weeks.
Jim Sanchez, who has a 14-12
record, will replace Cook; Mike
Hemann, 8-2, will fill in for Olson;
and Shane Snyder, 3-4, will start at
177.
Neumann said he's confident
going into Friday’s dual despite the
injuries.
“Anytime you go into a dual with
a team like Northern Iowa, you like to
have your best lineup,' he said. “But
this is the best lineup we have with
the injuries.”
Northern Iowa, meanwhile, will
benefit from the return of 158-pound
senior Chris Lcmbcck, an All-Amer
ica selection last season. Lcmbcck,
ranked No. 3 during the prcscason,
has been out the Panthers' dual lineup
since injuring his ankle during their
season-opening dual against Iowa.
In addition to Lcmbcck, Northern
Iowa is led by heavyweight Joel
Greenlee, ranked No. 2 in the nation
with a 33-0 dual record. Greenlee, a
senior, has never lost a match during
a dual, recording a 54-0-3 mark.
Husker swimmers
take their talents
on the road again
By Jeff Apd
Senior Editor
A high-powered Nebraska men’s
swimming team will be the team to
beat when it takes to the road facing
four teams this weekend.
Nebraska men's swimming coach
Cal Bent/ said the weekend is one of
the toughest that the Cornhuskcrs
have ever faced in terms of travel
because they will square off against
four teams in three days.
The 6-1 Huskcrs, who arc tied
with Florida for the seventh spot in
the latest NCAA poll, open ihcir trip
by facing Brigham Young tonight at 8
p.m. in Provo, Utah. Nebraska will
travel to Salt L.akc City to face the
Utah Utcs in an 8 p.m. meet on Fri
day, then will face lOth-ranked Ari
zona State and 5lh-ranked Stanford in
a double-dual meet beginning at 3
p.m. Saturday in Tempo, Ariz.
The Nebraska women’s swim
ming team will also lake to the road
this weekend when it faces No. 17
Arkansas on Saturday in Fayetteville.
Bcntz. said the Nebraska men
know everyone will be out to beat
them.
“We have to deal with the fact that
anytime wc get in the pool. someone
is going to try to knock us off,’' Bent/
said. “It's an enviable position that
you want to move forward but when
you gel there you have to deal with all
the problems and all comers.’’
Bentz saiu he is as concerned
about Brigham Young and Utah as he
is about Arizona Slat1' and Stanford.
Nebraska has split its only two meets
against Utah and detealed Arizona
State cn route to winning the team
title at the 1987 Huskcr Invitational.
Stanford owns a 1-0 series lead
against Nebraska, having defeated
the Huskers 74-39 seven years ago in
Palo Alto, Calif.
“Utah and BYU arc not going to
lay down for us, and in some respects
those are the meets that can cause the
most problems because you have to
really focus your efforts," he said.
“We have three competitions against
four teams, and finishing with two
teams in the lop 10 makes it espe
cially challenging."
Huppcrt said he knows the Ne
braska women will be in for a tough
challenge when they face Arkansas.
The meet marks the seventh time in
11 dual meets that the S-S Huskers
have faced a nationally-ranked team
on the road.
“We’ve been challenging this
type of team all season long ana that’s
the only way we’re going to get any
belter,’’ Huppcrt said. “We have a
young team that coming into the sea
son had little experience. Our record
might not show it, but! think our team
has responded very well to this point,
and the experience is going to pay
off."
Huppcrt said the meet is important
because the Big Eight Champion
ships arc approaching. The Huskers,
who dropped a 116-101 decision to
Arkansas last year in Fayetteville,
w ill face Kansas in a dual meet Feb.
11 prior to competing in the confer
ence championships on March 2-4 at
the Bob Dcvaney Sports Center.
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