The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 12, 1992, Image 8

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    Huskers to chase Kansas
at conference swim meet
By Thomas Clouse
Senior Editor
Upset is on the mind of every
member of the Nebraska women’s
swimming and diving team.
The Comhuskers are the two
time reigning Big Eight champi
ons, but they are not favored this
year.
The meet ww
will take place
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coach Ray
Huppert said
Kansas will be
the team to Huppert
beat, but added that the meet won ’ t
be a two-team competition.
“Kansas has the most talent, but
individuals from other teams will
be strong,” Huppert said. “Mis
souri and Iowa State have good
individual swimmers who will have
an effect on the total team scor
ing.”
The challenge the meet provides
is just what the Huskcr team wants,
Huppert said.
“Of the last five championships
we won, we were the favorite only
twice,” he said. “We have a great
respect for Kansas. They’ve per
formed well this year, and should
be ranked first.”
Nebraska, which has won five
Big Eight titles in the past seven
years, will have to “perform” to
win the meet, he said.
“We can’t have any false starts
or early relay exchanges,” he said.
“We can’t make any mistakes or
have any letdowns.”
Huppcrt said he is confident the
taper has helped the Huskers pre
pare for the competition. A taper
reduces the workout load so the
swimmers can swim their best times.
“When you have been working
as hard as our swimmers have, and
you change the training,” he said,
“the mind understands what you
are doing, but it takes time for the
body to adjust.
“If the individual continues to
have confidence, the good perform
ances arc naturally going to come,”
Huppert said.
T7ie Huskers’ 6-5 dual record
includes a 136-107 loss to Kansas
on Nov. 8, in Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas coach Gary Kempf.who
coaches both men’s and women’s
team, said regardless of the Jay
hawk win, Nebraska is still the
defending conference champion.
“I think it will be a good meet
with a lot of surprises and I hope
that it is the best of the year for all
four schools,” Kempf said.
Nebraska returns two confer
ence winners from last season,
including Michelle Butcher and Julie
Riegal.
Butcher won three events in last
season’s meet and was named the
Big Eight Meet Most Valuable
Performer the previous two years.
The junior from Alpine, Calif.,
also has the fastest Big Eight times
in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650-meter
freestyle events. She is listed sec
ond in the 400 individual medley.
Huppcrt said having the meet at
home should be a psychological
advantage for the Huskers.
“I think (having the meet at
home) plays a positive role be
cause our swimmers will be famil
iar with the turns and the lighting,”
Huppcrt said. “But it doesn’t play
that much more of an edge because
this is the fastest pool in the confer
ence.”
The meet will start today with
the women’s one-meter diving. The
swimming preliminary events begin
at 11 a.m., and the finals start at 6
p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
“It’s nice to be home because
this might stir up a little more inter
est in our home fans,” he said.
“I don’t think it’s unlikely or
unrealistic to think we have a shot
at the title,” Huppcrt said.
Recruit
Continued from Page 8
American at Southern Illinois.
But Billie already has earned a
long list of honors herself, including
being named the Most Valuable Player
of the 1991 USA National Junior Elite
team. The Junior Elite team is made
up of the top high school players in
the country, Begor said.
In addition to that, Winsett is a
three-time all-state selection in Indi
ana, carries a 4.0 grade-point average
and is expected to graduate as the
valedictorian of her class.
“She’s a kid who sets goals, and
she achieves those goals through hard
work and talent,” Begor said.
Begor said Nebraska still had one
scholarship to offer, and coaches were
trying to sign one more player.
Searching will be difficult, he said.
“We only found four or five play
ers at most that we thought could play
here right away,” Begor said. “We’re
at a point now where we can’t recruit
average players, we have to get ex
ceptional players.”
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Women’s Basketball
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3. HSS Bad Girls (4-1)
4. Snots (4-1)
5. Hot Shots (3-1)
6. Alpha Omicron Pi (4-1)
7. Your Loss (4-1)
8. Delta Gamma Alpha (3-2)
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1992
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M lALT
Through Tuesday
G S B T
Austria 2 2 3 7
Unified Team 3 12 6
Germany 2 2 15
Norway 1113
Italy 110 2
Finland 0 112
United States 10 0 1
China 0 10 1
France 0 10 1
Switzerland 0 0 11
Canada 0011
G-GokJ. S-SMver, B-Bronze. T-Total
Does not indude demonstration sports AP
NU wrestler
recognized
after wins
From Staff Reports
Nebraska’s Chris Nelson has been
named the Big Eight Wrestler of the
Week for his performance at the
National Dual Championships last
weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Nelson, Nebraska’s starter in the
190-pound weight class, posted a 5-0
record at the tournament, including a
7-2 decision over Iowa Slate’s Dan
Troupe, who is ranked ninth in the
country.
Nelson, who earned All-America
honors lastseason,currently is ranked
seventh by Amateur Wrestling News.
Nelson’s other wins at the meet
came by major decision, technical
fall or pin. The wins improved his
season dual record to 20-5-2.
Nebraska Coach Tim Neumann said
Nelson is back on track to contend for
more national honors this season.
“He wrestled as well as he has all
year last weekend,” Neumann said.
“He had been in a bit of a slump, but
he worked hard and improved his
conditioning, and he is right where he
should be in terms of challenging for
the national title.”
Nelson and the rest of the Com
huskers are now preparing to face
Oklahoma Saturday at the Bob Dcva
ney Sports Center. *
U.S.A. gets hockey shutout
ALBERTVILLE, France (AP)
— Tuesday’s highlights at the
Winter Olympics:
MEDALS
Austria was shut out but still
leads with seven medals overall.
One behind was the Unified Team
of former Soviet Republics which
won four of the day’s nine medals.
FIGURE SKATING
Natalia Mishkuticnok and Ar
tur Dmitriev won the eighth- straight
gold for the former Soviet Union in
pairs’ competition. It’s the longest
streak of golds in Olympic history.
ALPINE
Italy’s Josef Polig won the men’s
combined when leader and defend
ing champion Hubert Strolz of
Austria was disqualified for miss
ing a gate near tne end of his sec
ond run in the slalom.
HOCKEY
The U.S. learn raised its record
to 2-0, its best start since 1960,
with a 2-0 win over Germany as
goalie Ray LeBlanc stopped 46
shots.
INJURIES
Two more women downhill
skiers, including Austrian star
Sabine Ginther, were hurt in train
ing crashes. Ginther was picked to
win the downhill and combined,
but will miss the rest of the season
with a back injury.
WEDNESDAY’S HIGH
LIGHTS
Medals at slake in four events:
women’s luge and 1,500-mctcr
speedskating, men’s 10-kilomcier
biathlon and Nordic combined.
Top American in action:
Specdskatcr Bonnie Blair.
Rec Scoreboard
Thursday’s results
Volleyball
Law & Disorder 2, H 4 S Aces 1; Ace
Makers 2. Love 3/Cather 9 0; Misfits 2,
ASGSA 0, Stephens Leepers 2. NWA 0;
Mr Happy 2, FCA 2; Net Violators 2,
Having Fun 1; Tappa Mi Kegga 2, Co
Wrecks 0; Schlongs 2, Gums 0; Farm
house B2 wbf over Phi Delta Theta;
Black tops 2. Smashers 0; Kappa Sigma/
Delta Gamma II2, The Doors 1; Phi Beta
Lambda 2, PMS 0
Basketball
Ex-Skers 4 A Warrior 66, Cather 7
Alums 53, Pitt Panthers 56. T.Q.S 38;
Aztec Mummies 60, Gunnin' Gauchos
55 The Sober Sformers 63, Ice Cold 54;
St Andrews Slicers Caskey 79, Crash N
Thunder 58, Hot Shots 31. Tall Cool
Ones 29; Beavers 83, The Gnu's 43;
Lady PTP's 29. Law 4 Disorder 27; HSS
Bad Girls 34, Dribbles 24; Love Hall 42,
W ...
Kappa Delta 31; Burr II Brewers 31,
Cather 13 29; Burr I West 48, Harper 8
39; Abel 6B wbf over Harper 2.
Sunday s results
Basketball
Trf Delta 33, Alpha Xi Delta 20, Alpha
Omicron Pi-A 49, Delta Gamma A 31;
Kappa Alpha Theta wbf over Alpha Phi;
Delta Tau Delta B1 29. Kappa Sigma 21;
Gym Rats 69, Schlongs 62.
Monday's results
Indoor Soccer
The Machine 3, Schramm 10 1; Gal
era 3, China 1; W La Topa 12, Army
Pete's 0; BMR 2, Cosmos 0; NU Tennis
3, Teutonic Celtic United 2; Phi Gamma
Delta wbf over Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta
Theta 3, Sigma Phi Epsilon 1; Sigma Nu
A 5, Alpha Tau Omega-A 4.
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