Track
Continued from Page 7
Dirksen said.
Saturday’s quadrangular is a good
meet for this time of year and espe
cially for the younger athletes to get
used to col lege-level competition, he
said.
Pepin said the score of Saturday’s
meet will be unimportant because he
is just looking for the teams to pro
vide some good individual competi
tion.
Pepin said NU’s strength lies in its
depth.
The Huskers are unique because
they are well balanced in all areas,
whereas Saturday’s competition, as
well as some Big Eight teams like
Oklahoma, are strong in some areas,
but do not compete in others, he said.
“No one group can make or break
our team,” Pepin said.
The Huskers got a bad break,
however, when middle distance run
ner Kirk Petit broke his foot last Sat
urday at the Nebraska All-Comers
Meet.
Pepin said that injury was damag
ing because middle distance is one of
the areas where the Huskers lack
bodies.
The team had some strong per
formances during the last meet, he
said. Some highlights were provided
from Stephen Golding’s 55-meter
hurdle time of 7.34 seconds and Ty
son Smith’s 7-foot 1/4-inch high jump.
Michelle Paulman/Dally Nebraskan
Nebraska freshman Jeff White clears the bar at last weekend’s All-Comers Meet. White finished 14th with a high mark of 13 feet,
101/2 inches.
Coach: NU needs fewer errors
By Erik Unger
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska women’s gymnas
tics team will face a Missouri squad
that is a lot like them, and a lot differ
ent.
Both teams arc undefeated, have
the ability to score big points and
have ihe luxury of only two or three
experienced gymnasts, said Com
husker head coach Rick Walton.
But Walton said the difference
between the teams shown Iasi week is
what worries him the most about
Sunday’s meet.
He said Missouri made only one or
two mistakes en route to a 188-point
performance at home, while Nebraska
struggled through eight mistakes to
score 183 points on the road.
“To make us competitive, we need
the ability to string together routines,”
Walton said.
Consistency will be difficult be
cause Nebraska still has an injury
problem, especially on the bars, but
Walton said the lineup is fuller in the
other three events.
Shane Foster, who sat out last
week’s meet with an elbow injury,
will compete, and Walton said he
hopes to have her on the bars, Ne
braska’s weakest event.
Despite injuries and mistakes
against Illinois, senior Lisa McCrady
said team members, especially the
freshmen, were more confident in
practice this week.
“It’s easier getting one meet under
their belt,” she said. wThcre will be no
surprises.”
Walton said last week’s meet helped
the freshmen feel like part of the
team. It added morale and should
help the Comhuskers’ performance,
he said. It gave them a definite role on
the team, he said.
Sunday’s meet at the Bob Dcva
ney Sports Center begins at 2 p.m.
and will be over before the Super
Bowl begins, Walton said.
Rec Scoreboard
j Results from Wednesday night's games.
Men* basketball
Independent B
Brown House 56, Mann's Men 32; SS
Squad 60. GC Brownstar-leiting 39;
Cather 7 Ind. 52, Gators 46; Bug Eaters
57, Slee Stacks 50; Young Guns 76,
Sigma Mu Upsalon Tau 30; The The 90,
FCA Reserves 62; Hammer Time 77,
Harbingers 56.
Fraternity A
Phi Delta Theta 53, Acacia 38, Beta
Theta Pi 69, Delta Upsilon 52; Alpha Tau
Omega 62, Ag Men 1 42.
Fraternity B
Beta Sigma Psi 37, Sigma Aipha
Epsilon 29; Phi Kappa Psi B1 63, Acacia
50; Delta Upsilon Bi 70, Phi Delta Theta
28
Fraternity C
Sigma Alpha Epsilon by forfeit over
Farmhouse; Farmhouse Magic by forfeit
over Delta Tau Delta C1; Sigma Alpha
Epsilon 33, Triartgle-Screamin C Men 32:
Chi Phi C1 24, Kappa Sigma 22; Chi Phi
C2 30, Theta Chi 22; Beta Sigma Psi 56.
Tau Kappa Epsilon 30; Sigma Phi Epsi
lon 67, Sigma Nu C1 19; Sigma Phi
Epsilon C1 by forfeit over Delta Tau Delta
C2; Alpha Tau Omega 42, Phi Gamma
Delta 17; Pi Kappa Phi 42, Alpha Gamma
Rho 20; Phi Delta Theta 58, Delta Upsi
lon 35.
Residence B
Spurs 38, Burr 3 West 35; Abel 7 50,
Cougars 36; 8100 76. Schramm 2 64
Residence BC
Harper 2B 44, Abei 6B 18; Cather 13
B 58, Burr West B 30. Falcons B 67, Abel
12B34.
Residence C
Abel Niners 45, Selleek 8200 25; Abel
11 55, Abel 6 18; Cather 11 64, Cather 9
24
Women's basketball
Musketeers 35, Nu Crew 12; Volley
bailers 72, Ballbusters 30; The Whippers
46, Haven't Got A Clue 42.40T.
Ok 1
Continued from Page 7
83 points.”
The Sooners, who have four play
ers averaging double-figure scoring,
are led by junior Carin Stiles. The 5
foot, 9-inch guard averages 19.1 points
a game, second in the Big Eight.
The Huskers have a slight height
advantage over the Sooners, but a
large margin on the boards. Nebraska
leads the league in rebound margin,
out-rebounding the team’s opponents
by 6.6 rpg. Oklahoma is the worst in
the conference, being out-rebounded
by 7.2 rpg.
With Wednesday’s loss, the Husk
ers fell into a five-way bottleneck for
second place in the Big Eight. No. 24
Oklahoma State leads the league al4
l.
“We just have to keep ourselves in
a position where we are still in reach.”
Beck said.
She said the productive previous
week may have contributed to the
Huskers’ loss. The week before the
Kansas game, Nebraska won at Iowa i
State 81-68, knocked off Oklahoma
„ State67-64andcrushedColorado68
t 53.
J “After that week, I don’t think we
, ever put the Kansas game in focus,” |
i Beck said. “We just didn’t have the {
1 consistency we did in those first three (
[ games.” I
I ——I
For information about
FREE
FOOD
for pregnant women,
infants, and children under
the age of 5, call:
i l-soo-ytflcllim
! c.ii o». Get a Medium
! 475-7672 One Topping Pizza for
» 611 North 27th , ~~ 3
| UNL — Main &
i East Campus *9 '
! a7« 07«7 w'*h t*ie Purchase of a
! nih&cornhuTker Large Regular Priced Pizza
I Belmont With this coupon. Not Valid with other offers.
I Harper-Schram-Smith Additional Toppings Extra.
a* Coupon expires February 28, 1991.
Good at listed locations.
TM
Fast, Free Delivery
Limited delivery area.
- 1986 Domino’s Pizza, Inc.
Our drivers carry less than
_SPORTS BRIEFS_
Notre Dame player to enter NFL draft
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) —
Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, Notre
Dame’s talented flanker, rusher and
return specialist, said Thursday that
he will give up his final year of
college football to enter the NFL
draft.
Ismail had said repeatedly dur
mg the 1990 season that he would
return for his final season. But he
said the death of teammate Chris
Zorich’s mother made him rethink
his decision.
“It made me feel that I wanted
to do something foi my mother and
my family,” Ismail said.
All-btar Game to feature Michael Jordan
NEW YORK (AP) — Leading
vole-getter Michael Jordan of Chi
cago will join Detriot’s Isiah Tho
mas, New York’s Patrick Ewing,
Philadlphia’s Charles Barkley and
Boston’s Larry Bird in the Eastern
Conference starting line-up for the
NBA All-Star Game.
David Robinson of San Antonio
received the most votes of any
Western Conference players. Also
starting for the West team will be
Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles
Lakers, Kevin Johnson ol Phoenix,
Karl Malone of Utah and Chris
Mullin of Golden State.
The All-Star Game will be played
Feb. 10 in Charlotte, N.C.
Swimmers to face Missouri
By Benji Greenberg
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska women’s swimming
and diving team will try to stay in the
flow Saturday in a dual with Missouri
at the Bob Devaney Sports Center
pool.
Last weekend, the 20th-ranked
Comhuskers lost to Minnesota and
opened their Big Eight season by
beating Iowa State.
“We saw good things at Minne
sota despite the loss, but we got back
into the flow at ISU,” Nebraska coach
Ray Huppen said. “We need to have
a positive attitude against Missouri,
because they aren’t going to be a
pushover.”
Huppert said Missouri has some
excellent individuals, especially Alex
Kay in distance and butterfly.
“Mizzou is much improved from
last season and coach John Little has
recruited the people he wants for them
to be successful,” Huppert said.
“They’re better than the last place
team from last season.”
The Huskcrs enter the meet 5-1 in
duals.
Nebraska suffered a blow this week
when freshman distance freestyler
Jenny Melrose was ruled out for the
rest of the season because of a blood
clot in her lung.
Huppert said even without
Melrose’s injury, the team already
was thin at distance freestyle but that
he would shift people around.
“We’re climbing a ladder so we
can work our way up to the confer
ence championships,’’ Huppert said.
“We know what our potential is, and
we still haven’t done what we’re
capable of doing.”
NU swimmers host Tigers
By vicKi Burge
Staff Reporter
Saturday’s dual between the Ne
braska and Missouri men’s swimming
ind diving teams will be the third day
>f a three-day meet for the Com
mskers — sort of.
According to Coach Cal Bentz’
blan, the dual that starts at 1:30 p.m.
it the Bob Dcvaney Sports Center
will follow hard practices Thursday
ind Friday to simulate a three-day
meet.
And the swimmers also will be
shifting around in the meet, which
will be broadcast on Nebraska Edu
cational Television. Distance swim
mers and sprinters won’t be swim
ming in their normal races.
“Individual medley swimmers will
he swimming distance freestyle and
^distance swimmer) Richard Johannsen
will swim back-to-back races in the
1000- and 200-yard freestyle,” assis
tant coach Rick Paine said.
With all that going on, NCAA
qualifying times are unlikely.
“I don’t expect NCAA times, but a
few might come close,” Bentz said.
‘‘Missouri will fight... I’ll admit they
have never been afraid of us, but the
difference is we will let our number
three and four swimmers go for the
big points.”
Diving coach Jim Hocking said he
is looking forward to the meet as a
chance for redemption for last week
end’s dual against Iowa State.
‘‘I was really disappointed in our
performances at Iowa State,” Hock
ing said. “I was so glad that Cal had
some good swimmers, because if the
team had to rely on just our points, we l
wouldn t have won the meet.”