—
Weekly polls rank NU volleyball team
The Nebraska volleyball team
is ranked seventh and ninth in this
week’s polls.
The Comhuskers, 6*0, are
ranked seventh by the American
Volleyball Coaches Association.
That poll is compiled by coaches.
Nebraska is ranked ninth in the
NCAA poll.
Hawaii is first in both polls, and
UCLA is second.
The remaining top-10 teams in
the AVCA poll are Long Beach
State, Pacific, Stanford, Illinois,
Nebraska, California and Texas.
Pacific is ranked third in the
NCAA noil, followed by Long
Beach State, Stanford, Illinois,
Texas, California, Nebraska and
Arizona.
In addition to Nebraska, the
only other Big Eight team ranked
is Colorado. The Buffaloes, 8-4,
are ranked 11th in the NCAA poll,
but were left out of the AVCA
selections.
Iowan leads the Big Eight in rushing
Iowa State running back Blaise
Bryant continues to lead die con
ference in rushing.
Bryant, a junior, is averaging
155 vards per game. He has rushed
for 311 yards on 56 carries while
sewing four touchdowns this sea
son.
Nebraska’s Ken Clark is second
in the conference, as the senior
from Omaha has rushed for 298
yards and two touchdowns on 36
carries. Clark is averaging 149
yards per game.
Nebraska is leading the Big
Eight in team rushing with an aver
age of 443.5 yards per game.
rn—m■aai—i—mu ■■■ wotb—mwict
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
BUDWEISER PITCHER $2.00
HOTDOGS 25c
(DURING GAME ONLY)
Suite 9 Lounge 2137 Cornhusker I
Al Schaben/Dally Nebraskan
Nebraska linebacker Mike Petko flies over the Utah line.
■ Jgllljr,
PETKO from Page 15
ell is one heck of a passer,” Petko
said.4 ‘He caused us a lot of problems
defensively.”
Petko caused at least one problem
for Mitchell. On first-and-10 at the
Nebraska 40-yard line, Mitchell
dropped back to pass and drilled the
ball to Utah wide receiver Darrell
Hicks. But Petko saw the play com
ing.
4‘I just stepped in front of the re
ceiver and grabbed the ball,” Petko
said. ‘‘It was like slow-motion. It
kind of made up for my earlier mis
takes.”
Petko returned the interception
five yards to the Nebraska 31. Eleven
plays later, fullback Bryan Carpenter
bolted 29 yards for a touchdown,
which, with Chris Drennan’s extra
?oint, extended Nebraska’s lead to
5-16.
But Petko couldn’t forget his mis
takes earlier in the game.
‘‘They were alignment and as
signment mistakes,” he said, ‘in the
dime, there’s just so much to know,
and I didn’t know it yet. There was a
lot of pressure on me.”
Before the season, Petko said, his
goal was “to make the travel roster.
44 Now, I just want to improve,” he
said. ‘‘I guess I don’t really have any
personal goals. I just want a national
championship. And I think we have a
good chance to do it.
‘‘I just hope I have a part in our
success.”
EXITING from Page 15
“They’ve got a good team and
you’ve got to consider them in the
hunt for the national championship,”
Pettit said.
Stanford’s Bev Oden was re
garded as one of the top players out of
high school last year, Pettit said, and
“we have some freshmen we think
can play.”
Leading the Cardinal attack is
Kristen Klein, who earned first-team
All-America honors last season as a
freshman.
In addition to Oden and Klein, the
Cardinal’s probable starting lineup
includes seniors Lara Asper, Jennifer
Chaffe and Laura Olescn, and sopho
more Amy Cooper.
Freshmen Carrie Feldman, Kristi
Paaso and Laurie Sawin also are
expected to contribute.
Kentucky, which finished ninth
nationally last season, is 10-0 this
year. That mark is the best start the
Wildcats have compiled since 1983,
when they started out 9-0.
Kentucky leads the scries with
Nebraska 2-1.
“I’m sure that Kentucky has some
good athletes, and they have an expe
rienced setter,” Pettit said.
Laura Linder, who was all-confer
ence last season and also was named
the most valuable player in both of
Kentucky’s tournaments, is the Wild
cats’ setter.
Pittsburgh is 8-2. The team’s last
loss was to Pacific by scores of 15-5,
15-13 and 18-16 in the Notre Dame
Invitational.
Nebraska leads the series between
the two teams 6-0.
The Panthers’ top seven players
include seniors Julie Sheils, Lori Silk
and Kelly Malheis, juniors Michele
Adamson and Jenelle Lantagnc and
sophomores Dee MacAulay and Sue
Zonneville.
SPONSORS from Page 15
helped with the development and the
increase in popularity of Nebraska
volleyball in the last few years, Pettit
said.
Between the second and third
games of all Nebraska matches, a
serving contest open to all spectators
is held.
Sponsors of the serving contest
include Arby’s, Burger King,
Schlotsky’s, Dominoes and Valenti
nos, and contestants who serve the
ball into a marked area receive a
certificate from one of the sponsors.
Arby’s also has given free meals to
members of opposing teams who
come to Lincoln.
The Misty’s restaurant in the
Havelock area has helped with the
Huskers’ increasing popularity by
reserving wall space strictly for vol
leyball memorabilia. Misty’s also has
done the same for the Nebraska foot
ball team.
Pettit said that these sponsors are
equally important to the success of
the Husker program.
