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.
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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.
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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.”