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Baseball recruits happy with change of schools Shaun Sartin/Dailv Nebraskan Second baseman Tim Seaton transferred to Nebraska from Creighton this summer. The baseball team plays York Col lege today at Buck Beltzer Field at 7 p.m. By Todd Cooper Staff Reporter When fall ball began, a change of environment was welcomed by one Nebraska baseball recruit who trans ferred from a four-year college. Dale Hagy, a junior from Eastern Washington University, signed with Nebraska in late August after the surroundings in Cheney, Wash., were no longer suitable. "1 wasn’t happy with the program at all,” Hagy said about Eastern Washington. “The football team hated the baseball team. . . none of the sports really got along. It was proba bly the biggest mistake of my life, going there originally.” Fortunately tor this middle infieldcr, Eastern Washington dropped its base ball program after the 1990 season, and he doesn’t have to sit out a year for transferring. The baseball program was dropped primarily because the biggest reve nue-producing sports belong to a dif ferent conference than that of the baseball team. “The program was independent of the school. . . it was in a different conference than the other sports, so the conference didn’t fund us,’ ’ Hagy said. That’s part of the reason why Hagy has found that Nebraska’s program rates a level ahead of where he came from. “Everything’s done right here,” he said. Hagy was not the only player to arrive at Nebraska from another four year college. Tim Seaton, a junior, came from Creighton University to play for the Huskers. But he didn’t leave his former pad as bitter as Hagy. Seaton says Creighton and Ne braska’s baseball programs are on the same level, and there is not much difference in the campus environment. “I have nothing against the pro gram there,’’ Seaton said. “I just needed a change from everything.” Creighton coach Jim Hendry sup ported Seaton in his decision to leave and play for the Blue Jays’ state ri vals. “He was pretty good about it,” Seaton said. “He said he’d sign the release if anyone was unhappy there.” Seaton, a second baseman, said he would like to contribute immediately during the spring season. The Husk ers currently are going through an exhibition season against several community colleges. Today they play a 7 p.m. game with York College at Buck Bcltzer Field. “Everybody wants to play, and I’ll have to play pretty well (to start), ’ ’ Seaton said about next spring. “There’s definitely some tough competition.” Nebraska does have a hole to fill at second base with Kevin Jordan de ciding to turn professional after last season. The position is up lor grabs between several middle inlielders, Seaton said. “I’ll just take it one step at a time,” he said. “I’ll think about the spring when it comes.” As far as when Creighton and Nebraska meet for their spirited home and away contests, Seaton said he doesn’t regret his decision. “1 have no regrets and I don’t think it’ll be too much of a problem,” Seaton said. “I’ll just treat it like it’s just another team, just another game.” Comeback, depth mark Kansas State’s play KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - If nothing else, the non-conference schedule has proven that Kansas State and Iowa State own one of the most precious commodities in football — quarterback depth. At Kansas Slate, Paul Watson replaced the injured Carl Straw against New Mexico Saturday night and ran for two touchdowns and passed for another in the 38-6 romp. At Iowa Stale, freshman Bob Utter turned out to be a splendid fill-in for a couple of weeks when Chris Pedersen was hurt. “Chris Pedersen is back and will start (Saturday against Kansas) and that’s good news because he is an exceptionally fine quarterback,” Iowa Stale coach Jim Walden said. “But I’ve never known, ever, two quarter backs any better for four weeks than we’ve had with Chris Pedersen and Bob Utter.” Besides depth, there is another sure sign of improvement for the long UNL rugby team suffers first loss From Staff Reports The University of Nebraska Lincoln men’s rugby team suf fered its first loss of the season and finished third at the sixth annual Wyoming Rugby Jacka lope Tournament in Laramie, Wyo., over the weekend. UNL, now 5-1, lost to the Air Force Academy, the two-time defending national champions, 21-16 in the opening round, before coming back to beat Colorado School of Mines 42 6, Wyoming 26-0 and Colorado State 26-3. UNL has outscored its opponents 169-30 this sea enn suffering Kansas State Wildcats. They beat New Mexico Saturday night immediately following a loss at North ern Illinois when the Wildcats blew a two-touchdown lead in the fourth period. “That was a real lough loss, and traditionally when Kansas State has lost a tough game like that, they’ve had a difficult time coming back and winning the next week,” said Kansas State assistant coach Bob Cope. “We felt we grew a little and took a for ward step because we were able not to be overwhelmed by adversity.” Brooks Barta, the Wildcats star hnebacker, was named the Big Eight’s defensive player of the week. “If you go up to the board and pul up all the physical characteristics for a Big Eight linebacker, he doesn’t have many,” Cope said. “But if you put up the intangible qualities, he has an overabundance of them. Brooks certainly falls into the category of an overachievcr.” Colorado came through a tough non-conference schedule with a 3-1 1 record. Colorado won’t draw many No. 1 votes, but the powerhouse teams the Buffaloes were facing will harden them for conference action. The Buffs, who beat No. 12 Wash ington 20-14 Saturday, have not played a team yet that wasn’t ranked or re ceiving votes for the rankings. “We as coaches have played against enough good teams now that we can evaluate the performance of our play ers and special teams,’ ’ Colorado coach Bill McCartney said. “We can sec the strengths and weaknesses of our squad maybe more clearly than a team that hasn’t played against as many good teams and players.” But a killer schedule docs have its drawbacks besides an occasional tie or loss. “You don’t get a lot of momen tum doing this, or sustain a lot of confidence,” McCartney said. ‘‘You get those things when you win and play a lot of guys. But I feel good about the fact we’ve been in this kind of competition. Now we’re gearing up for the Big Eight and it’s real important that we see ourselves where we are and make the right adjust ments and improvements..” Improvement is certainly the watch word at Kansas as well as at Kansas Slate. Kansas may have lost 31-17 to Oklahoma, but the No. 7 Sooners were outgained by the 42-point un derdog Jayhawks 396 yards to 261. In the second half, Oklahoma managed only 43 yards. ‘‘I thought we had our best effort to date,” said Kansas coach Glen Mason. ‘‘I was really proud of our team. They showed a lot of guts, a lot of grit. We got lucky on a couple of plays, and made some plays by the skin of our teeth. But we still made them ” Makell Continued from Page 7 finish track season because he won’t have to go through spring football. Alter graduating from Omaha Bryan High School, Makell worked for about two years. Then he joined the Army. He enlisted for three years, but served less than a year because he had fallen arches, a condition made worse by his army boots. After that, Makell went back to work at retail stores in Omaha. At the clothing stores, he watched the whole sale buyers and decided he wanted to be one. “1 had observed and knew what was going on, but I couldn’t be con sidered without a college degree,’ ’ he said. So Makell decided 10 go lo col lege. At first he majored in business marketing, but eventually changed to criminal justice. Along the way, Makell decided to go out for football. “I run all the lime, so I thought I’d go out for track,” he said. ‘‘I was playing intramural football and we were beating everyone we played, and a couple of guys said I should try out for the (football) team.” Makell said his age means he looks at things a bit differently than many of his teammates. ‘‘I think about a lot of stuff,” he said. ‘ ‘ 1 ’ll be sitting off lo the side and everyone will ask ‘What’s wrong with you?”’ Many of his younger teammates are concerned with their social lives, bui Makcll said a social life is “whal you make of it.” He said he socializes by playing pool and cutting hair, and also enter tains himself with television. He watches “All My Children” and “One Life to Live’ ’ and any show that deals with the criminal justice system, he said. Makcll had his first catch in a game Sept. 8, against Northern Illi nois. He said everything seemed to be in slow motion as he watched the quarterback shift his shoulder. “I thought, ‘He’s actually going to throw it,”’ Makcll said. After making the catch, Makcll rotated out of the game. As he got to the sidelines, he heard his teammates. “Way to go, Gramps.” Osborne wants more players on travel roster From Staff Reports Cornhusker coach Tom Osborne had a gripe after Tues day’s practice. Osborne said the NCAA 60 man limit on travel roster is “kind of ridiculous.” The Husk ers would benefit from taking more players on their bus trip to Kansas Slate in Manhattan, he said. “We put about 72 players in the Nebraska Center before home games, and they’ve played a key role in our games,” Osborne said. Last week against Oregon Stale, the Huskers played 77 players. The week before, 104 played against Minnesota. Husker players have been performing in front of scouts from several National Football League teams this week, includ ing the Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers. About 10 scouts a day have been at the practices. Osborne said quarterback Mickey Joseph missed the full pad practice after being sick Tuesday morning. He said Jo seph was having “stomach problems.” Free safety Tyrone Byrd was held out of practice with an in jured ankle, and Osborne said defensive tackle Paul Brungardt was “hurting a little bit’ in practice. I— I plump tomato pizza co. On Campus - in the Reunion 477-6122 OPEN UNTIL 1:00 AM - 7 days a week FREE DELIVERY ($4.00 minimum) SLICES TOO!) [COMETAKE A STUDY , BREAK!!! - Single Slice of Pizza & Reg Drink 4 $1-99 .j 4. _ Jtgaegf v} _ J Trev Continued from Page 7 on Nebraska’s pass defense is a nice break from the rigorous sys tem and rules of playing outside linebacker. “I’m in the three-point (stance), and I’m rushing,” he said. “It’s not too hard to learn, not ux) many techniques.” Nebraska traded the Beavers 7 3 at halftime but, Alberts said, the coaches weren’t unhappy wi'h the defense holding Oregon Slate to 83 yards of total offense in the first half. “They were pretty happy with how we were doing,” he said. “We made a few mistakes and it doesn’t matter who you’re playing. If you make some mistakes, some fumbles, it’s going to be a tough game.” -Uil ^ ro® up Cross Country - Head coach Jay Dierksen said the runners had a “really great workout" on Wednes day, as the men and women pre pare for separate meets on Oct. 15 Dierksen said the team is as healthy as it has been all year, with junior Kelly O’Donnell the only runner still nursing an injury. O’Donnell reinjured a hip in last weekend’s Mountain West Invita tional in Missoula, Mont. Dierksen also praised the ef forts of senior Joe Kirby, who on Monday was named as Big Eight Runner of the Month for his victo ries in two tournaments. “Joe beat some outstanding people,” Dicrkscn said.4 ‘It’s good to sec all the hard work he’s put in finally start to pay off.” VolleybalL - The team geared up for tonight’s Big Eight opener at Kansas by working on^lelensivc skills and ball handling, said Assis tant Coach John Cook. No scout team work was done, C(x)k said, because Kansas has been changing their offense all season. “We really don’t have that much we can go on,” he said. Cook said the team is healthy heading into tonight’s match.
