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<3^ 3^3 41 Sports entry deadlines near Entry deadlines for the intramural sports of men’s and women’s slow pitch softball, co-recreational flag football, men’s and women’s tennis singles and co-rec tennis doubles are Sept. 5. University of Nebraska-Lincoln students can enter on site for the Sept. 5, punt, pass and kick competition and the Sept. 6, intramural cross country meet. Punt, pass and kick will be held on the Cather-Pound recreation fields, while the meet will be at Oak Lake Park. UNL student ID cards are re quired to enter. Cassettes Nobody sells more music for less. Nobody. Winger Video also available Prince Graffiti Bridge Ivulnrmi! iMctn in I In. UiHpk $7.99 $11.99 Cassettes CDs Most everything on Sale! Paisley Park H_I I 17th & P • 237 S. 70th • 3814 Normal I DAVID GtMtN (OWMNf _J 1 One Single Topping Pizza Plus a Coke $3.50 ! NAME__ I ADDRESS_I DATE_ | PICK-UP ONLY j Limit One Coupon Per Order -1 $1.00 OFF ! Any pizza ordered 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 475-6363 i NAME__ ADDRESS__ l_PATL.^^_J Up Cross Country ~ Coach Jay Dirksen said he believes his women’s team is going to be good. “We don’t have any great stars but as a group we’re going to be tough,’ ’ he said. “I think we’re probably going to have some who aren’t going to make the top seven that could run for any team in the coun try.’’ . . . Todd El wood, who is nursing a sore arch, is starling to run longer. Also slowed are Tom Banks and Kelly O’Donnell with blisters. David Iteffa didn’t run because of a sore groin, but Dirksen said he didn’t believe it was seri ous ... Dirksen said the heat is not a factor with his teams because they are geared towards the cham pionships that take place later in the season when it is cooler. “It doesn’t matter if we get adjusted to the climate or not,” he said. Junior Varsity Football -- Freshman coach Bill Weber said his team is continuing to look at the many different schemes they’ll see against Snow Junior College. * ‘They have a lot of different sets and they run a lot of funny plays,” he said . .. Only three players arc being held out due to injuries . . . The main detriment of the hot weather has been a lack of concentration and execution, Weber said. Other quarterbacks fight to play By Vicki Burge Staff Reporter Chances are that Nebraska foot ball fans have heard of quarterbacks Mickey Joseph and Mike Grant How about the names Tom Haase and Keithen McCant? Possibly, but if not, they are the other quarterbacks fighting neck and neck for playing time. Currently, Haase is ahead of McCant on the depth chart, behind Grantand Joseph. All four players are juniors. “I’m happy where I’m at, but we are all prepared to step up in case of an injury,’’ Haase said. “Right now, I just want to be a solid backup.’’ The 6-foot, 180-pound Aurora nati ve said he docsn ’ t feel overlooked at practice. However, after starting three games as a freshman, he admits he may not start a game this year, or the next. McCant, a 1987 scholarship-re cruit from Grand Prairie, Texas, said he prepared hard to get himself in peak condition to challenge for one of the top quarterback, slots. “I never missed a day (of train ing).” said the 6-2,205-pound McCant. “I was always there and I really fo cused on reaching my maximum potential for this fall.” What does he lack? He says his speed holds him back. Coming to Nebraska as a passer, he said he had to develop himself as a runner. “Now I’m a pretty decent run ner,” he said. “I can throw the ball loo — ask anyone. But basically I just want to help the team. If all it takes is one pass, then that’s fine with me.” Haase, who came to Nebraska as a walk-on, copes with not playing much by putting little emphasis on the game. “Sports, mainly football, was no big deal tome,” he said. “ButCoach (Tom) Osborne said I could get schol arships to come play football. Re gardless of my rank, I’m happy to be here. I never expected a lot of atten tion.” He said he will be ready when called upon. “Who knows what will happen next year,” he said. “But for now, we just do what we can to be ready to contribute to the team. Whenever that may be.” Kruse wants leadership role By Benji Greenberg Staff Reporter Nebraska volleyball player Janet Attention UNL Rugby Players!! Practice Begins September 6 at 5:30 pm in front of Harper-Schramm Smith New Members Welcome Contact: Brian Chaffin 464-5204 Kruse knows the expectations of her are high this season. Kruse is more than one of the Comhuskcrs’ four returning starters. She also is a returning first-team All American, All-Mideast Region and All-Big Eight selection from 1989. “There’s definitely pressure on me, but as the season progresses 1 would like to improve more than I have, so I can ease the pressure off of me,” said the 6-fool-l junior from Fort Calhoun. With Kruse as one of the leaders, Nebraska finished No. 2 in the nation with a 294 record in 1989. With four starters back, Nebraska’s prescason rankings arc high. The Huskers open their season Saturday at the NU Coli seum against the University of Ne braska at Omaha. Teamwise the pressure is differ ent, Kruse says. “We as a team don’t feel much pressure with the high national rank ing because that shows us that we must concentrate more and stay fo cused on our objectives,” she said. ‘ ‘We as a team consider the ranking a challenge and we hope the pressure doesn’t overwhelm us.” Kruse, who also has won All Academic honors, takes volleyball seriously. “I consider volleyball to be my job and after dial’s done, I make lime to do my studies and that helps me to be successful,” she said. “This season, I would like to as sume a leadership role and repeat last year’s successes and add to them and I would like to improve on the techni cal things of the game,” Kruse said. She said she picked up some things that could help her get better this summer when she competed in the U.S. Olympic Festival for the second straight year. The goal remains, she said, to be one of the teams to reach the Final Four. “We have a lough schedule and it will test us more mentally and physi cally,” she said. “It will get us pre pared for the NCAA tournament come December.”