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Q: Team A is called for a
three-second lane violation.
Team B is awarded a throw-in
at a designated spot along the
baseline. The ball is handed to
B-l for the throw-in. B-l moves
three steps laterally in an at
tempt to secure the ball to B-2.
Is there a violation in this situ
ation?
A: Yes. Traveling would be
called on B-l.
The thrower must keep one
fool on or over the designated
spot until the ball is released.
The designated spot is inter
preted to be three feet in width
and is established when the ball
is given to the thrower.
The thrower may move sev
eral steps directly backward to
avoid the in-bounds pressure by
the defense.
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Rain dispels coach's expectations
By Darran Fowler
Staff Reporter
Nebraska softball coach Ron
Wolforth liked his team’s chances of
winning the 23-team Florida State
Invitational this weekend.
But Wolforth’s judgment is left
only for speculation as heavy rains
forced the tournament in Tallahas
see, Fla., to be canceled.
Nebraska did play six games and
won its pool with a 4-1 record. The
sixth-ranked Cornhuskers’ loss was a
3-1 setback to Miami of Ohio in the
opening game of the tournament.
The Huskers picked up a non-tour
nament game with 20th-ranked Flor
ida Slate on Sunday. Nebraska lost to
the Seminoles 2-1 to move its record
to 9-4.
Nebraska’s victories in pool play
were over Furman 1-0, Connecticut
6-1, Southern Illinois 3-1 and Nicholls
State University of Thibodaux, La.,
3-1.
Wolforth said he thought Nebraska
was one of the three best teams en
tered in the tournament, with Florida
State and No. 9-rankcd Southwestern
Louisiana being the other two.
‘‘I thought we had a very good
chance of winning the whole thing,”
he said.
Although Wolforth did not think it
going in, he said he also thought the
Huskers competed in the toughest pool
of the tournament.
Wolforth said he was disappointed
with the way the Huskcrs opened the
tournament against Miami of Ohio.
Husker coaches spent a week telling
the players that this was a tournament
Nebraska could win, he said.
“We kept stressing how important
it was that we win this tournament,’’
he said. “And wecamcoulextremely
flat in the first ball game. That really
bothered me because all week we had
kept stressing it.’’
Wolforth said the Huskcrs did
bounce back by playing their best
game of the year against Connecticut.
“We really got after them,’’ he
said.
Nebraska pitcher Stephanie Skcgas,
who threw a no-hitter against Fur
man, remains unbeaten this season.
Her record is 7-0.
“She’s tough,” Wolforth said about
the junior from Torrance, Calif. “She’s
been the big surprise to me this sea
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son.
Pitcher Marie Bowie, 2-4, who has
been slowed by tendinitis in her throw
ing arm, showed signs of improve
ment this weekend, he said.
Bowie pitched in the loss to Flor
ida State but Wolforth cited Husker
defensive errors as the difference in
the game.
“She deserved to win that ball
game and wejustdidn’thelpher,” he
said.
Wins moveNUcloser to NCAA tournament
By Paul Domeier
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska men’s tennis team
earned wins against Wichita State
and Tulsa on Friday and Saturday in
Wichita, Kan., despite two singles
losses by No. 1 player Matthias
Mueller.
“That was the biggest disappoint
ment of the weekend,” Comhuskcr
coach Kerry McDermott said of
Mueller’s defeats at Wichita. ‘‘He let
his teammates down, and that’s usu
ally not like him.”
Mueller has been ranked as high as
32nd this season, but dropped to No.
74 in the latest rankings.
“I can’t figure him out,” McDer
mott said. “Mentally, he wasn’t there.”
Against Wichita State on Friday,
the Huskcrs led 5-1 after the singles
competition. McDermott pulled
Mueller from the doubles lineup
because of Mueller’s lack of inten
sity, he said, and jumbled the rest of
the lineup.
Nebraska lost two three-set matches
in doubles and won in straight sets at
No. 3, giving Nebraska a 6-3 victory
against the Shockers.
The next day, after the Huskcrs
beat Tulsa 5-1, McDermott said he
and Wichita State’s coach agreed to
skip the doubles because of bad weather
and a lack of interest.
The wins against the two Missouri
Valley teams ensures the Huskers a
berth in the NCAA tournament, pro
viding they win the Big Eight. If the
Big Eight champion loses to the
Missouri Valley champion, the Mis
souri Valley team would get the berth.
Wichita State, a contender for the
Missouri Valley title, gave Nebraska
good singles competition, McDermott
said. The Huskers responded with
strong outings, he said.
Ken Feuer, who recently had been
coming close but losing matches at
No. 2 singles, made up for Mueller’s
upsets with a 4-6,6-2,6-3 win Friday
against Darren Frian and a 7-6, 6-3
victory against Dean Orford on Satur
day.
“Ken showed me this weekend
that he s getting hungry as we get
closer to Big Eight matches/’ McDer
mott said.
McDermott said he will finalize
the bottom third of his lineup next
week, before the Huskcrs play in a
tournament in Alabama.
Troy Larsen filled the No. 6 spot
last fall, then lost the position when
the team moved to indoor competi
tion.
But playing outside affects Dave
Moyer and Anthony Kotarac a differ
ent way, McDermott said. They rely
on hard serves and volleys, he said,
and will have to adjust to the weather
and the slower courts.
McDermott said he expects that
adjustment to take a couple weeks.
Chicken Heads rank first
in Class C pecking order
By Jeff Apel
Senior Editor
and Chris Hopfensperger
Staff Reporter
The Chicken Heads used a full hen
house to keep a disturbi ng streak alive
for the Tall Boys.
Chicken Heads captain Tom
Stephens said his team used superior
depth to defeat the Tall Boys 64-56
and claim the Class C independent
intramural basketball championship.
The win gave the Chicken Heads the
No. 1 -ranking in the Class C poll and
prevented the Tall Boys from snap
ping a string of also-ran finishes that
-4 4
We have more depth
than other teams.
We can go eight-to
nine deep and wear
most teams out by
the second half.
Stephens
captain of Chicken Heads
--f f
date back to their days at Lincoln Pius
X High School.
Stephens said depth has been an
asset for his team throughout the season.
The Chicken Heads displayed this
depth at the tournament, recovering
from a 2-3 mark in the regular season
by posting six straight wins.
“We have more depth than other
teams,” Stephens said. “We can go
eight-to-ninc deep and wear most teams
out by the second half.”
The Chicken Heads wore out the
Tall Boys on Sunday night at the NU
Coliseum using a balanced scoring
attack that relied on eight players.
The Chicken Heads’ attack was led
by guard Brian Thompson, who tal
lied a game-high 29 points.
Forward Jim Austin added 11 points
for the Chicken Heads, while Steve
Brown had 10.
Stephens said Thompson could have
done better.
“Our main stud Brian didn’t have
one of his best games,’’ Stephens
said. “His hair looked good, though.”
Stephens said he was not surprised
by his team’s balanced scoring or his
team’s success.
“We knew we had some good
talent,” Stephens said. “We have a
lot of big fugs on the team .”
Tall Boys captain Ken Scdlak said
those “fugs” hurt his team by play
ing an up-tempo game. He said the
Chicken Heads’ fast break took its
toll.
“We’ve had trouble all year get
ting back on defense,” Scdlak said.
“That caught up with us here to
night.”
The Tall Boys never caught up
with the Chicken Heads after Steve
Kcrkman hit a 15-foot jumpshot early
in the first half. Kcrkman’s shot gave
the Chicken Heads a 13-12 lead and
set the tone for a last-paced first half.
At halftime, the Chicken Heads led
34-31.
The second half was more of the
same. The Chicken Heads repeatedly
look 5- and 6-point leads before the
Tall Boys battled back. The Chicken
Heads finally put the game away when,
protecting a 53-51 lead, they went on
a 9-3 run that pushed their lead to 62
54 with 27 seconds left.
Sedlak said the Tall Boys second
half rally attempt was hurt by cold
shooting. The Tall Boys’ scoring ef
fort was led by John Sullivan and
Kent George, who tallied 18 and 14
points.
Sedlak said he was pleased with
his team’s effort.
“I thought we played pretty good,”
he said. “We just couldn’t get the
shot to fall late.”
Stephens said a lack of guard pro
ductivity hurt the Tall Boys. The Tall
Boys guard contingent combined for
10 points.
“Other teams that we played had
better shooters,” Stephens said. “They
just liked logo inside.”
Melissa McReynolds/Dsily Nebraskan
The Tall Boys’ Tom Bobrowski leaps in the air as the Chicken
Heads’ Jim Austin defends.
The Chicken Heads
Tall Boys box
Chicken Heads -- Jim Austin 4 2
3 11, Steve Brown 5 0-0 10, Vince
Harmon 2 0-0 4, Steve Kcrkman 2 0
1 2, Scotl Shafer 1 1-13, Doug Stephens
0 1-2 l.Tom Stephens 1 0-0 2, Brian
Thompson 10 8-10 29. Totals 25 12
17 64.
Tall Boys - Tom Bobrowski 2 0
0 5, Scott Cooper 2 0-0 4, Kent George
6 2-2 14, Mike Hall 0 0-0 0, Tim
Hartmann 1 3-6 5, John Sullivan 8 0
0 18, Ken Scdlak 5 0-4 10. Totals 24
5-12 56.
Three-point goals - Chicken Heads
2 (Austin, Thompson 1), Tall Boys 3
(Tom Rooney 2, Bobrowskr 1). Fouled
out - Scdlak, George. Technicals -
none. Officials - John Villwok, Gary
Tichota, Jason Skiff. A - 3.
1. Running Reptiles 7-3
Independent A champs
2. Law I 11*0
Independent B champs
3. Beta A-2 7-1
Frat A champs
4. A Team 7-2
Independent A runner-up
5. The Edge 6-3
Independent A 3rd place
6. SAE B 10-0
Frat B champs
7. Beta A-1 6-2
Frat A runner-up
8. The Dribblers 6-0
Open league champs
9. Law II 10-2
Independent B runner-up
10. Sig Ep A-3 6-1
Frat A 3rd place
Sigma (to B-2 9-1
ATOA-1 7-1
> The Jsys 4-2
The Bruisers 9-1
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3.
4. Sig Ep
5. The Untouchables
6. The Birds
7. Harper 7
8. Mod Quad
9. Sig Ep C-1
10. Sweet
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