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He said they are even more intense than the Olympics, which pit two swimmers from each country against one an other. “This is the most intense meet ol its kind,’’ Bentz said. “At the NCAA's you have all those Olympians plus several athletes who are just a irac tion slower.’’ Bentz said the meet’s quality field makes him reluctant to make any predictions about Nebraska’s chances in this year’s meet. He said he will not know anything definite about the Comhuskers team-wise until the meet is concluded Saturday night. “We’ll let the smoke clear and add up the points on Saturday night,” Bentz said. “Then we’ll sec how we did. “This is an excellent team and one of the best ones I have ever coached. They are hard working, and they want to go down to the NCAA (meet) and do as well as we can. That’s all I can ask.” Bentz said Nebraska will try to at least equal the lOth-placc finishes it has compiled at the last two NCAA championships when it opens this year’s version of the three-day meet today at Indianapolis. The Huskcrs will have five individuals and five relayscompcting.afactwhichcaused Bentz to be optimistic. * ‘We are pleased with the guys we arc sending,” he said. ‘‘We arc ca pable of scoring enough points to break into the lop-10. I just hope it happens.” Nebraska’s Tom Stus said it will. In fact, Stus said, the Huskcrs want to do belter than 10th. ‘4 We’d like to move that up a little bit,” Stus said. If Nebraska is going to improve on its lOth-place finishes, it is going to need a big performance from Jan Bidrman. Bidrman is the Huskcrs lop individual qualifier, as he will com pete in the 200- and 400-yard individ ual medleys and either the 200 butter fly or 200 breaststroke. In addition to Bidrman, Nebraska’s other individual qualifiers include six time All-America selection raer Williams and Broken Bow native Bob Fitzpatrick in the 50-yard freestyle, senior Sean Frampton in the 100 breaststroke and freshman Matt Eastin in the 1-meter diving competition. The I luskers 200-, 400- and 800 yard freestyle relays also will com -4 4 We ewe capable of scoring enough points to break into the top-10.1 just hope it happens. Bentz Men's swimming coach --f f ~ pete, as will Nebraska’s 200.and 400 medley relays. Individuals and relays qualify for the NCAA championships by completing their event in a speci fied lime, while divers qualify by tallying a certain amount of points. “We feel we have as fine of team as we have ever had here,’’ Bentz said. “We feel we can beat a lot of people. Four teams that Nebraska may have trouble beating, Bentz said, are Michi gan, Stanford, USC and Texas. The Longhorns are the defending national champions, while Bentz said USC has a plethora of great sprinters. Bentz said Stanford has an abun dance of athletes qualified for the competition, while Michigan left the majority of its squad untapered while capturing this year’s Big 10 champi onship. Tapering is a process in which swimmers attempt to improve their times by resting and shaving. “Michigan kept so many people unshaved for their conference meet, Bentz said, “that they may be the team to beat.” Bentz said Michigan’s presence docsn’tmeanhciscounting Nebraska out. “I think our team is peaking at the right time,’’ he said. “Everytimc we swim, the limes arc getting faster and faster. “You really can’t predict too many things when it comes to the NCAA meet, but I think our team will do well if (swimmers perform) to their capa bilities. This could be a good week end for Nebraska swimming.” Player voices concern about team contacts By Paul Domeier Senior Reporter Ken Feuer expressed concern Thursday that dissension is tearing apart the Nebraska men’s tennis team. Feuer, the lone senior on the Com husker squad, did name names. In fact, he said, most of the team has fallen the rift Wherever the fault line lies, though, he said the personality conflicts Piuir are bothering him. reuar “It’s been like this the whole year,” he said. “You can cither be a baby and cry, or be a man and ignore it.’’ Ncbraskacoach Kerry McDermott said the conflicts have gotten worse in the last week, as he nears final decisions for the Big Eight lineup. “Tennis is an individual sport, with a lot of egos involved,” he said. “Once they let go of the egos, things will be OK. They all want to coach; that’s the problem.” Feuer admitted he was “pulling a Henderson.” Senior guard Phil Hen derson blasted his Duke basketball teammates for immaturity two weeks ago after the ACC tournament, and the Blue Devils have responded with two wins in the NCAA tournament But Feuer said he expects the Husk ers’ attitude to drift further and fur ther from the unity which character ized Nebraska his first three years. “I don’t think it will be the same,” he said. Feuer helped Steve and Stuart Jung, Brad Schcidcggar, Pal Carson and Robert Sjoholm turn the Huskers into a Big Eight power. Those players. Fcucr said, had their own conflicts, citing a quickly resolved near-fight between Carson and Steve Jung last season, but the Huskers always pulled together to play as a team. Now only Fcucr, last year’s Big Eight cham pion at No. 4 singles, remains. “It bothers me this year,” he said. “I don’t like to see the Nebraska tennis team a different way.’’ McDermott said the Huskers went through this before Fcucr joined the team, loo, but Nebraska has been lucky in recent years. “In the past I’ve been really blessed with guys who got along,” he said. “Now I feel like I’m really having to coach more. I’m trying to let them sort themselves out. It’s a matter of growing up.” The team problems this year arc coming to head as the Huskers ap proach the conference season, when Feucr said he bears down. The Husk ers will play their Iasi non-conference matches -- duals against Kearney Slate on Monday and Nebraska Wesleyan Tuesday plus the Blue-Gray Tennis Tournament in Montgomery, Ala., March 29-31 -- during Spring Break. The Blue-Gray tournament will include about half of the top-20 teams in the nation, McDermott said. “The Drake coach told me it’s belter than the NCAA tournament,” McDermott said. But for the Huskers lochallcngc in April for their conference title, they must bury the distractions, and Feucr as a team leader, offered maxims that mirrored his coach’s. “Separate problems on the court, off the court,” Feucr said. “Every body's here to get an education. Just come in and play tennis and help the tennis team.” Tough mental attitude helps N U pitcher throw 37 scoreless innings this season By Darran Fowler Staff Reporter There is more lo Nebraska junior softball pitcher Stephanie Skegas this season. Skegas is7*0 this spring season and has given up just two runs, one earned in 49 innings. She “I opened the season with 37 scoreless innings, including the second no-hitter of her career against cwonae Furman last week end at the Florida State Invitational. She has totaled 23 strikeouts to lead the No. 6-rankcd Cornhuskers to a9-4 record this season. She has given up nine walks while compiling an earned run average of 0.14. Last year, Skegas, who transferred from Creighton, finished the season 18-16 during her first year at Ne braska. Skcgas, of Torrance, Calif., said the difference this year is she’s men tally tougher. She said that means she is more confident, more focused, more mature, more consistent . . . more everything, including having more pitches. “My goal was to start the season right and then keep improving and gel mentally tougher as the season goes along,’ ’ Skcgas said. ‘ This year I’m more mentally tough than I was last year. “I’m a better pitcher because I have more confidence and my mental approach is far off belter than it was last year.” This year, for the first lime, Ne braska softball coach Ron Wolforth started holding an hour-long class room everyday to prepare the players psychologically. “That has helped tremendously,’’ Skcgas said. “The imagery that we do helps a lot. “It’s a big part of the reason why BEFORE YOU CAN FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, YOU'VE GOT 10 FOLLOW THE RULES. Rtfisltr With SflMtivi Strvitt. It's Qwidt. It's Easy. A»d It's Th« Law. A public wrvK* pi »K<» public ahon ... nimiiiii mi.....111111111111.mm my menial altitude is a lot heller. I wasn T really coni idem at all Iasi year, and I wasn’t consistent. I would have a good game, and then I would have a bad game. This year I find myself concentrating more on the mound.” Being coached by former Nebraska star and All-America selection Lori Sippcl also has helped, Skegas said. Sippcl, whose 93 victories, 1,052 strikeouts, 10 no-hitters and career 0.50 earned run average all logged in the Nebraska record books, joined the Husker coaching staff last fall. She completed her eligibility in 1988. Skegas said she has learned new pitches and better techniques on some of her old pilches from Sippcl. “I have a lot more variety of pilches,” she said. ‘‘We’ve worked on perfecting my pitchcsand now I’m getting better spin on my ball.” Sippcl taught Skegas to throw a slow drop ball and an off-speed pitch, both of which Skegas said she couldn’t throw effectively last year. The spin and control of her riser is also better, she said. Sippcl also helps during games by setting up the batters with pitching signals from the bench, Skegas said. “It’s good to have someone who is a great pitcher backing you up when you arc out on the mound,” she said. Skegas said her approach for the rest of the season will remain the same as it was in Nebraska’s first two tournaments this season. I’m going to just try and pilch my best,’’ she said. “If we lose, we lose. But I’m not going to give up. "I’m going to go out with the attitude that we’re going to win every ball game.”
