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Sun Devils, Huskers expect tough game
Nebraska
fullback hopes
for repeat
By Todd Cooper
Senior Reporter
Although changes have been and
will be made, Nebraska’s battle with
Arizona State Saturday night may be
reminiscent of
years’ past, Corn
husker fullback
Lance Lewis said.
“I remember in
1988 when I was a
true freshman, we
lost to UCLA worse
than we did to
Washington (this
year),” Lewis said.
Lewis “We came back and
ended up beating Arizona State bad
and went on to win the Big Eight title.
“And that’s our goal right now.”
Nebraska beat Arizona Stale 47
16 in 1988, after losing to UCLA 41
28 the week before. During the era of
Coach Tom Osborne, Nebraska has
lost two straight regular season games
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Nebraska’s Stephanie Thater and Eileen Shannon miss a block attempt against UCLA earlier this season. The Cornhuskers will
host Georgia, Maryland and Colorado in this weekend’s FirsTier Invitational at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Upset possible, but unlikely, Buff coach says
By John Adkisson
Staff Reporter
For Brad Saindon, the scenario for
an upset is almost too perfect.
Saindon, the Colorado volleyball
coach, is bringing his Lady Buffs and
a four-match winning streak to Lin
coln to play Nebraska in the FirsTier
Invitational tonight.
Meanwhile, the 7-3 and ninth
ranked Cornhuskers have struggled
lately, losing three consecutive matches
for the first time in almost a decade.
Despite those facts, Saindon said a
Colorado upset is still unlikely.
“We’ve been chasing Nebraska for
the last three years,” he said. “We
have some momentum, but I’m sure
they’re gearing up for this tourna
"U
ment and will be trying to end that
streak.”
The tournament, which begins with
a 6 p.m. match tonight, also includes
Georgia and Maryland. Nebraska will
play Colorado at 8 p.m. tonight,
Maryland at noon Saturday, and
Georgia at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Nebraska Coach Terry Pettit said
beating 10-4 Colorado will take no
less than a top-notch effort from his
Huskcrs, who have lost consecutively
to UCLA, Brigham Young and New
Mexico.
“(Colorado) has one of their better
teams,” Pettit said.
“They run a swing offense and they ’re
well-coached.”
Last season, Nebraska finished
undefeated in the Big Eight, but got
its biggest test in a live-game match
at Colorado. Saindon said he thinks
his team is "close” to challenging the
Huskers for a conference title.
“Our two main goals arc to win at
least a share of the conference, and to
make the NCAA tournament,” Sain
don said.
Beating Nebraska, according to
Saindon, will be more a matter of
slowing down the Huskers* big guns
instead of trying to stop one person.
“They come at you with so many
weapons,” he said. “We will be see
ing them hopefully two more times
this season, so we’ll also be trying to
learn some things tomorrow night."
Pettit said his team must try to stop
the powerful hitting of Lady Buff
junior Tiffany Jesladi, who already
has pounded 153 kills for a .264 hil
ling percentage this season.
“Their best player is their right
side hitler, Jestadt,” Pettit said. “She’s
the set of choice.”
The Colorado match will be the
first home match of the season for
Husker senior outside hitter Janet
Kruse, who missed eight games early
with an ankle injury.
Pettit said his team has put last
week’s losing road trip, in which the
Huskers finished 0-2, behind them.
“I don’t have any thoughts about
it,” he said. “We’ve put that all be
hind us and arc focusing our energy
toward this weekend.”
Maryland, the Huskers’ next op
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ASU coach
expects big
NU rebound
By Chuck Green
Senior Editor
According to Arizona State Coach
Larry Marmie, Nebraska’s loss was
the Sun Devils’ loss. *
Marmie said lha ' ' ‘ *
the 16th-ranked
Comhusker football
team is a difficult
task anytime, it will
be especially tough
after Nebraska’s 36
21 loss to Washing
ton on Saturday.
“They’ll be
pretty mad,”
Marmie said. Marmie
“They’re not too accustomed to los
ing. It doesn’t happen very often, so
when they do, they’ll be looking to
come back strong and prove what
they’re made of.
“I just hope we’re made of enough
to hang in there with them.”
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Tournament
offers peek
at Big Eight
By Jeff Singer
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska women’s tennis team
will be seeing some familiar faces
this weekend when it opens its season
playing host to the Huskcr invita
tional.
Three Big Eight foes will get a
glimpse of the Huskcrs in the tourna
ment beginning today.
‘This tournament will show us how
we match up with some of our Big
Eight opponents,” Cornhusker Coach
Scott Jacobson said.
Colorado, Iowa State and Kansas
State arc in the tournament, though
no team scoring will be kept.
Jacobson said he wants to sec his
players give their all in this week
end’s play.
T want the girls to go out and give
a 100 percent effort, both menially
and physically,” Jacobson said. “1
want them to be satisfied with their
performances, win or lose.”
Jacobson said he would be satis
fied if the Huskcrs put the same type
of dedication into this weekend’s
tournament as they have been in prac
tice.
Senior Rachel Collins, who will
play at No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles
with newcomer Zarina Glavan, said
the invitational will show her a lot of
things.
“I’m looking forward to compet
ing and seeing how well I play with
my new doubles partner,” Collins said.
“This will also give us a chance to sec
how the singles and doubles lineups
look.”
Other squads competing in the eight
team tourney include Baylor, Minne
sota, Texas Tech and Wichita State.
Competition will begin at 9 a.m.
today and continue throughout the
weekend at the Cather-Pound courts.
The singles championships will start
at 9 a.m. Sunday and die doubles
finals will follow at 2 p.m.
