Huskers defeat Ohio State
Pommel horse win
separates teams
By Susie Arth
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska men’s gymnastics
team Sunday defeated Ohio Slate
283.60-280.05 at the Bob Devancy
Sports Center in a dual meet between
the nation’s top two teams.
Comhuskcr coach Francis Allen
said the victory over the Buckeyes
was an important one for his team.
“We beat the No. 2 team in the
country with a good score,” he said.
“I think this victory will help us ma
ture.”
Allen said the Huskcrs’ perform
ance on the pommel horse was the
difference in the meet. Nebraska
oulscored Ohio State by nearly 1.5 in
that rotation.
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We re well-balanced and
we feel equally comfort
able on all events. We’ve
got three, four or five of
the best all-arounds in
the country.
Francis Allen
NU men's gymnastics coach
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“The horse carried us today,” Al
len said. “That was the whole meet
for us.”
Allen said the Huskcrs’ main
weakness was on the rings.
“We only had five guys on rings
and we had a major break,” he said.
“That hurt us.”
Allen said the meet would have
been much closer if Ohio State’s Kip
Simons would have competed for the
all-around title.
Simons, who has an injured ankle,
competed only in the pommel horse
and the rings.
“Add Kip and they get hot,” Allen
said. “You can add a whole point to
their score with him in there.”
The Huskcrs, who lost to Ohio
Slate twice last season, were led by
Dennis Harrison.
Harrison, a sophomore from
Omaha, won the all-around title. He
placed first in the floor exercise and
vault and tied for second place in the
parallel bars.
Huskcr freshman Richard Kicffcr
tied for second place in the all-around
with Kevin Crumley of Ohio Stale.
Allen said he also was pleased
Shaun $artin/DN
Nebraska sophomore Dennis Harrison competes on the
rirallel bars Sunday against Ohio State. Harrison scored a
55 in the event and helped lead the top-ranked Corn
huskers to a 283.60-280.05 win.
with Richard Grace’s performance
on the pommel horse, Louis Ball’s
performance on the vault and Che
Bowers’ overall performance.
“We’ re well-balanced, and we feel
equally comfortable on all events,”
he said. “We’ve got three, four or five
of the best all-arounds in the coun
try.”
~ Allen said he thought his young
team would show much improvement
before the NCAA Championships.
“We only have one upperclass
man on the whole team,” he said.
“Some of these guys will improve a
lot before the NCAAs.”
Allen said his team had a difficult
schedule left ahead of it to help pre
pare for the NCAA meet.
“There ’ s not another easy meet for
us,” he said. “It’s time to pick up the
pace.”
The Huskcrs’ next meet will be
Feb. 15 at Minnesota.
NU women gymnasts
lose dual to Missouri
By Robert Birkeland
Staff Reporter
Missouri’s 11 -year drought against
Nebraska in women’s gymnastics came
to an end Saturday night as the Tigers
beat the Comhuskers 190.35-188.25
at Columbia, Mo.
It was the first time Missouri beat
Nebraska since Feb. 21,1981, and the
first-ever loss to Missouri for Husker
coach Rick Walton.
The Huskers were led by Robin
Richter and Nicole Duval.
Richter, a sophomore from Lin
coln, had a career-best performance
of 9.8 on the balance beam. Duval, a
Lincoln Christian High School gradu
ate, placed second in the floor exer
cise with a score of 9.75 and third in
the all-around behind Missouri’s Kim
Leslie who had a score of 38.70 and
Jennifer Sand at 38.20.
Walton said the reason for the loss
was easy to sec.
“We didn’t perform — that is the
whole thing,” Walton said. "We got
to the beam with a chance to win the
meet and didn’t do it.”
The Tigers took advantage of
Nebraska mistakes throughout the dual.
Missouri hit 22 of 24 routines and
Nebraska hit only 15 of 24.
“You’re jusl nol going lo win any
meets falling off that many times,”
Walton said. “We had nine routines
that had falls in them.”
Walton said Missouri did about as
well as was possible.
“They arc not going to get any
better than they were,” Walton said.
“They did a nice job; you have to give
credit to their kids for taking the
opportunity and getting it done when
they had the chance.”
Walton said his team should be
embarrassed and he said he hoped the
loss would give his gymnasts motiva
tion to work harder.
“Hopefully, we will gel in the gym
and prepare better for the next meet
and nol take things for granted,” he
said. “The competition just gels bet
ter every week we go. The better the
competition, the (fewer) mistakes you
can afford lo make.
“Sometimes you need lo lose a
meet to get a wake-up call.”
The Huskers will have the oppor
tunity to show that they heard it Fri
day when they meet Oklahoma in
Norman, Okla.
“If certain members of this team
answer the call by the time the (Big
Eightchampionships) roll around, we
will be in position to win the meet,”
Walton said.
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NU baseball team
comes back to win
By Jeff Singer
Staff Reporter
It took nearly four hours, but the
Nebraska baseball team finally
caged the Peru State Bobcats in
dramatic fashion.
Second baseman Dale Hagy’s
two-run home run in the bottom of
fc the ninth inning capped a rally that
saw Nebraska come back from an
8-4 deficit in the eighth inning to
upend the Bobcats 9-8 Saturday at
Buck Bcltzer Field.
The Cornhuskers, who were
outhit 12-11, played before 415
people in the earl icst season opener
in school history. *
Hagy said his dramatic hit over
the left-field fence was more a matter
of timing than anything.
“It just happened to be the right
„ pitch at the right time,” Hagy said.
“It was what you play the game
for.”
The Huskcrs had scored three
runs in the bottom of the eighth
inning to get within one at 8-7.
After the Bobcats were shut out
in the top half of the ninth, Hagy
followed left fielder Troy Brohawn’s
leadoff walk with his home run.
Hagy said Nebraska coach John
Sanders was questioning what to
have him do, with Brohawn al
ready on base, representing the tying
run.
“Coach asked me if I’d rather
bunt or swing,” Hagy said. “I’m
glad he let me swing.”
The Huskcrs dug themselves into
a hole early, as they allowed the
Bobcats to have consecutive three
run innings in the litlh and sixth.
But Nebraska came back from
the 6-2 deficit, thanks in part to a
solo home run in the seventh in
ning by center fielder Marc Sag
meon.
Peru State increased its lead to
8-4 in the eighth inning, which set
the stage for Nebraska’s rally.
The NAIA Division II Bobcats’
ability to play competitively with
the Huskcrs on Saturday means
Peru State is a team that shouldn’t
be taken lightly, Sanders said.
“A lot of teams in the NCAA
tournament last year had trouble
with NAIA teams,” Sanders said.
“So being down 8-4 and coming
back to win is good against any
one.”
Sanders said his team was con
fident of a win even when it was
behind by four runs late in the
contest.
“Our team fell we would win
even when we were down,” Sand
ers said. “We had the attitude to
just find a way.”
To go along with their home
runs, Hagy and Sagmocn had big
days overall. Each had two of
Nebraska’s 11 hits and also drove
in four of the Huskcr runs.
Steve Boyd pitched a perfect
ninth inning for Nebraska, as he
struck out two Bobcats in the in
ning to cam the win. Peru State’s
Mike Fitzpatrick, who exited the
game nearly as quickly as he en
tered it, pitched only to Hagy, giv
ing up the homer to lake the loss.
NU baseball team
comes back to win
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Neumann said he didn’t know why
the Huskers looked so sluggish against
Missouri.
“We had the greatest two weeks of
practice we’ve had all year preparing
for Oklahoma State (last weekend),”
he said. “We didn’t wrestle to our
potential, and it’s lime to do it.”
Sunday night's results:
118 — Jeremie Eckley (NU) won by forfeit
126 — Buddy Smith (MU) dec Jared
Johnson (NU), 6-4.
134 — John Hiffernan (NU) pinned Eric
DeVenney (MU), 6:44 ——
142 — Kenny Liddell (MU) maj. dec over
Joe Stephens (NU), 21-9
150 — Chip Bunner (MU) by injury default
over Rick Coltvet, 319.
158 — Shaon Fry (MU) dec Matt Lindland
(NU), 3-1.
167 — Tommy Robbins (NU) drew with
Jason Sexton (MU), 3-3.
177 — Corey Olson (NU) pinned Steve
Nuhn (MU), 52
190 — Chris Nelson (NU) tech fall over
Dale Maxville (MU), 27-11, 5 08
Hwt. — Rulon Gardner (NU) dec Jeremy
Lay (MU), 3-0
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