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Nebraska gymnasts roll over Iowa State By Erik Unger Staff Reporter Most of the competition for the Nebraska women’s gymnastics team members was among themselves. The Comhuskers divided up al most all of the individual awards leaving just three third-place finishes for Iowa State to claim in Nebraska’s 186.95 to 179.95 victory. The victory, Nebraska’s highest point total of the season, came de spite some difficulty on the beam. “We lost two points there,” Ne braska coach Rick Walton said. Walton said those two points would have gotten the Comhuskers into the 189 range, which, he said, Nebraska will need to compete well nationally. Walton said this dual gave a couple of gymnasts the confidence they needed. Shelly Pendley, one of two Ne braska freshmen competing in the all around, won the beam and the floor exercise en route to a 37.7 score and second place behind Husker senior Lisa McCrady, who scored 37.9. “This is the biggest thing that can happen to (PendSey),” Walton said. He said Pendley now knows she is capable of scoring 9.5 per event. Another freshman, Robin Richter, rebounded from a disappointing per formance last weekend to finish sec ond in the vault, beam and the uneven bars, an event she struggled with against Missouri. She said she took out one trick in her bars routine and that made all the difference. “I have no doubts now,” she said. “I know I can do it.” Nebraska upgraded the difficulty of several routines, including some on the vault and beam, but Walton said his team still lacks difficulty on the floor and bars. Consistency wasn’t a problem, however. Nebraska had only one score below 9.0. Sophomore Shane Foster didn’t compete because of a sprained el bow. Nebraska will travel to Minneapo lis, Minn., next weekend to take on Minnesota. I CHAMPION - RUSSELL - GEAR - INSPORT - WOOLRICH in . „ Lisa McCrady of Nebraska spins Sunday in the vault. McCrady won the event with a 9.55. Tennis team loses The Nebraska women’s tennis team lost to a pair of tough teams this weekend in Las Vegas, Nev. The Comhuskers lost 8-1 to No. 11 Pcp perdine and 7-2 to UNLV. ‘‘I wanted (the Huskers) to see what it takes to play a top team,” Coach Bob Hampton said. ‘‘Oh, man, they loved every minute.” The win came at No. 6 singles, where Heidi Junius defeated Amy Tortolani 7-6,6-2. The UNLV dual score was decep tive, Hampton said. ‘‘Against UNLV it could have gone either way,” he said. “We could have won the match 5-4.” Ildiko Guba defeated Sarit Shalev 64,6-2 at No. 1 singles and Guba and Ann Flannery beat Shalev and Becky Markosian 6-1,6-3 for the t wo Husker points. — Paul Domeier _SPORTS BRIEFS Coach pleased despite swimmers’ loss Despite a four-point loss at the hands of No. 15 Arkansas Satur day, Nebraska women’s swimming coach Ray Huppert was impressed by his team’s performance. “It was a great meet for us. Everyone swam well. We had some season-best times and some real gutty performances,” Huppert said. “Our strong performances overshad owed our disappointing loss. “We gave the 15lh-ranked team in the country the meet of their life.” The Comhuskers lost 152-148 to the Razorbacks. The result was in doubt until the final event, the 400 freestyle relay. Huppert praised sophomore Leanne Maruk, winner of the 100 and 200 meter breaststrokes, and her 200 time of 2:22.92 was a sea son-best. The diving portion of the meet was dominated by Husker All American Amy Aarsen, winner of the 3-meter and 1-meter competi tions. Aarsen scored a career-high 302.25 on the 3-meter. — Benji Greenberg NU gymnastics team drops close meei The Nebraska men’s gymnas tics team was halfway home against Ohio Slate Saturday night when it hit a detour. “We gave it to them on the last two events,” Nebraska coach Francis Allen said of the Buckeyes’ 278.7 to 275.8 victory at Columbus, Ohio. “Halfway through the meet, we were doing pretty dam good.” The Comhuskers trailed 184.6 to 184.5 after the first three events, but were outscored by more than a point in both the horizontal bars and the parallel bars. “We had six misses on the last two events and that did it,” Allen said. Nebraska will play host to Minnesota Sunday in the Huskers’ first home match of the year. — Todd Cooper Rec Scoreboard Results from Thursday’s games. Men's basketball Independent A Beer Nuts 58, Team 3 44, Bombers 55, TCOB 40; The Hosers 77, Dribblers 51. Independent B Establishment 49, Law I 28; GC Browns tar-Leiting 53, Harbingers 41; Lil Ed & t Cruisers 65 Academic Probation 52; Hammer Time 77, Slee Stacks 50; St Andrews Slicers by forfeit over Finkler’s Boyz Bug Eaters 69, SS Squad 54, Scooba Alpha Bisque 47, Pure Athletes 31; Misfits 53, NA4 39; The Strabes 71. Trousers 49; Status Quo 75, Reriobs 48; Midnight Blue 81, Islanders 32; Cowboys 70, Country Boys 42. Independent C S4D 47, Strange Brew 40; Planes, Trains, 4 Autos 50, Gunners 46; Your Mamma 39, The Good Morticians 32; Tallboys 43, Jager 33; Squid Row 72, Demolition 45; Super Jocks 47, Ice Roc's 45; The Bailers 63, Primetime 59; Gi Express 73, The Rag Attack 43; Just Do Me 75, Lucky Draws 65; Rapidly Aging Slow Guys by forfeit Bus Drivers; Skiv's Sooners 48, Court Gnomes 45, Slicers 70, 4 Jerks & a Squirt 58. Residence A Cather 3 59, Abel 6 51; Abel 4 A2 50, Abe! 4 A1 44; Abel 11 A1 62, Abei 11 A2 40 Lightweight Phi Delta Theta 47, Chi Phi 1 37. Small fry Phi Kappa Psi 57, Triangle 54 Beta Sigma Psi 64, Chi Phi 2 42; Alpha Tau Omega 69, Kappa Sigma 54 Women's basketball U N. Nuns 43, Brew Crew II 29; Burr II East 35, Bombay Shooters 22; The Holy Hits 46, Pound WVNB 20. Co-rec volleyball AB Beta Sigma Psi 2, Delta Sigma Pi 0; Beta Sigma Psi 2, Chi Phi 1; Chi Phi 2, Alpha Xi Delta/BDT 0; Pi Kappa Phi/KAT 2, Delta Sigma Pi 0; Pi Kappa Phi/KAT 2, SA Spikers I! 1; Alpha x!i Delta/BDT 2, Triangle 0. BC The Reprise 2, Amused Confused 0. Sweethogs 2, Vitals 0; UNMC-COD 2, Sharks & Minnows 0; Law I 2, ASGSA 0; FCA2 2. AFROTC Falcons 1; Redsand 2, Phi Beta Lambda 2 0; Phi Slamma Jamma 2, Carrot Top 0. r'JUMPING ROCKING BLUES PETERSON IS A TRIPLE THREAT PLAYER EXCELLING ON GUITAR. PIANO. AND ESPECIALLY HAMMOND ORGAN " —WASHINGTON POST TRIPLE PLAY. THE NEW RELEASE BY LUCKY PETERSON ON ALLIGATOR CDs. CASSETTES. LPs ^asseues ^ $5.77 CD's (to 77 ll^ J J 434-2500 . 6105-CTSl 434-2510 Prices effective through 2-11 Cowboys Continued from Page 9 played in a game like this for awhile.” Husker forward Carl Hayes, who led the team with 14 points, said defending against Oklahoma State was frustrating. ‘‘We’d play tough defense for 40 sec onds, and then somebody would step up and hit the shot,” Hayes said. “It got a little tiring.” Nebraska pulled to within 64-63 when Rich King hit a jumper with 2:54 left, but got outscored 17-5 to end the game. On one trip downcourt, the Cowboys grabbed two offensive rebounds off missed free throws and were fouled three times before Ne braska could regain possession. “The ball was like butter,” Reid said. “We had it in our hands a couple times, but it just kept slipping out. We’ve got to get that. It was crucial.” Rebounding was only part of what Nee called “poor execution” on the Huskcrs’ part. “(Proper execution) has been a problem with us,” Nee said. “We’ve just got to take care of the basketball and execute better.” Houston led the Cowboy scoring attack with 22 points, two below his season aver age. Guard Darwyn Alexander added 18 for Oklahoma State, which improved to 15-4 overall. Nebraska’s next game is at Kansas Wednesday night. The Jayhawks have won six straight games, including an 85-78 vic tory at Iowa State Saturday. Reid said the Huskers will need to im prove their game in order to stay with Kan sas. “If we don’t play better and get better at executing, Kansas has the ability to make you look real bad,” Reid said. “But I don’t see any reason why we can’t go down there and play real well.” Oklahoma State ... 37 44 — 81 At Nebraska. 37 31 —68 Oklahoma State—Potter 2-4 0-0 6, Pittman 3-6 1-4 7, Houston 7-98-1322, Alexander6-105-6 18, Sahlstrom 1-21-24, Sutton 4-10 0-0 11, Hatcher 0 2 2-2 2, Williams 4-6 3-4 11, Brown 0-1 0-0 0, Burbank 0 1 0-1 O Totals 27-51 20-32 81 Nebraska—Farmer 2-6 3-5 7, Hayes 5-84-514, King 5-122-312, Scales 3-7 0-0 8, Reid 2-6 6-8 10. Piatkowski 4-11 0-0 10. Ramos 1-2 0-0 2, Chubick 0-0 0-0 0, Moody 2-4 0 0 5. Totals 24 56 15 21 68 3-polnt goals—Oklahoma State 7-10 (Sutton 3-5 Potter 2-2, Sahlstrom 1-2, Alexander 1-1), Ne braska 5-15 (Piatkowski 2-8, Scales 2-3, Moody 1 2, Reid 0-2) Rebounds—Oklahoma State 40 (Houston 11), Nebraska 27 (Farmer, King 6) As sists—Oklahoma State 20 (Alexander 6), Ne braska 15 (Reid 6). Turnovers—Oklahoma State 18 (Alexander 4), Nebraska 15 (Scales 4) Total fouls (dq)—Oklahoma State 21 (Sahlstrom), Ne braska 23 (Hayes). A—14,255 Alexander robs Hushers of win oy nick rcyirek Staff Reporter Oklahoma State guard Darwyn Alexan der said he didn’t plan on being a late-game hero — it just happened that way. The 6-foot junior scored nine of his 18 points in the last four minutes to help the Cowboys pull off an 81-68 upset over No. 11 Nebraska on Saturday. “I wasn’t looking for the ball,” he said. “At the end of the game we try to get the ball in our guards’ hands. It just happened that I got it. Alexander, a 90 percent free-throw shooter, hit five of six free throws down the stretch to keep Nebraska at bay. Alexander said the Cowboys’ goal going into the game was simple — play as hard as possible. “The league is so balanced that a couple of plays here and there will decide a game,” he said. One of Alexander’s plays helped decide the game. With Oklahoma State leading by two, Alexander stole a pass and scored on a layup, putting the Cowboys up by four with 2:11 to play. “On our defense, we try to take away the passing lanes. I was at the right place at the right time,” he said. Tempo was the key to the game, Alexan der said. “We don’t play as fast on the road as we do at home,” he said. “We don’t take shots that we might take at home. We try to get better shots.”