Gymnasts earn
season-best score at meet
Kiley Timperley/DN
Nebraska’s Dennis Harrison competes in the still rings in Sunday’s Big Eight Triangular at the
Bob Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska won the meet by scoring 284.65 points.
It was the fifth-straight time the Cornhuskers scored more than 280 points — the first time in
school history that Teat has been achieved.
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Team, personal
records broken
By Chuck Green
Senior Reporter
Late Sunday afternoon, Nebraska
men’s gymnastics coach Francis Al
len looked bored.
His top-ranked Cornhuskcrs had
just won the Big Eight Triangular in
front of 1,013 fans at the Bob Dcva
ney Sports Center.
Nebraska scored a season-best
284.65 to outdistance second-place
Oklahoma, which mustered a 281.25.
Iowa State was third with a 264.20.
It was the fifth-consecutive lime
this season the Huskcrs have scored
more than 280 points — a first-time
regular-season accomplishment for
Nebraska.
The score also will improve Ne
braska’s nation-leading season aver
age of 283.80.
But Allen wasn’t excited. Happy,
but not excited. It was just another
day at the office for him and his team.
“Overall, I was pleased,” he said.
“The thing I’m most pleased with is
our younger kids, who showed that
they can score some points.”
The Huskcrs scored season-high
marks in the floor exercise (48.05),
vault (47.35) and high bar (48.10),
and Nebraska sophomore Burkett
Powell scored career highs in the high
bar, still rings and parallel bars.
Nebraska’s Dennis Harrison won
the all-around, scoring a 56.70, edg
ing teammate Richard Grace by one
tenth of a point.
Harrison said he was disappointed
with his performances on the pommel
horse and parallel bars, where he earned
scores of 9.10 and 9.25, respectively.
“I didn’t expect to miss on two
events,” Harrison said. “On the horse,
I don’t know what happened, and 1
was still upset about it on the parallel
bars. I know I can do much better on
both.”
Harrison said he wasn’t surprised
with the team’s high score in the
triangular.
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If we hit on all of our
routines, we can beat
anyone in the country.
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NU men's gymnastics coach
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, “It was good for us to gel that
(score),” he said. “I think if we hit on
all of our routines, we can beat any
one in the country.
“Hopefully, that will be the case.”
Nebraska junior Josh Sacgcrt.who
competed for only the second time
since emergency surgery in Decem
ber to remove scar tissue from his
small intestine, competed in the still
rings, but popped one of his stitches
during the routine, Allen said.
“He was scheduled for the parallel
bars, too, but we decided to hold him
out,” Allen said. “I want to save him
for later this season. I’m greedy.”
Sacgcrt was replaced by freshman
Rich Keiffcr, who scored a 9.55 in the
event.
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Women gymnasts give best effort
Season-high score
overturns Illinois
By Robert Birkeland
Staff Reporter
Sunday was one of the best days of
the year for the Nebraska women’s
gymnastics team.
The Comhuskcrs beat Illinois
189.05-187.95, a season-high score
for Nebraska.
“It’s starling to come together,”
Nebraska coach Rick Walton said.
Nebraska had several personal-best
routines in the meet.
Martha Jenkins, who won the all
around, had a personal best-score of
38.70 and also had personal-bests in
the vault (9.70) and in the uneven
parallel bars (9.80).
Walton said he was happy with
Jenkins’ performance.
“She (Jenkins) is a freshman and
has performed all year at about 80
percent with a shoulder injury,” Walton
said. “She has a good future in front
of her.
“I was kind of surprised,” Jenkins
said.
Kristi Camp, another freshman,
placed second in the al I-around with a
personal-best score of 38.00. She also
had two other personal-best scores in
the balance beam, which she took
first in, and the uneven parallel bars.
Husker baseball team shuts out Illinois
By Jeff Singer
Staff Reporter
II was freshman day at Buck Bclizcr
Field Sunday.
Jed Dalton, Darin Petersen and
Craig Sanders, all freshmen, helped
lead the Comhusker baseball team to
a doubleheader and weekend sweep
of Western Illinois.
After beating Western Illinois by
scores of 9-7 and 6-3 on Saturday,
Nebraska added salt to the Leather
necks’ wounds by sweeping Sunday’s
games as well.
The 7-0 Huskers opened Sunday’s
barrage with a 10-7 victory, which
was aided by home runs from Pe
tersen and Dalton. Petersen’s two-run
shot came in the Huskers’ six-run
fourth inning, which enabled Nebraska
to rally from an early 6-1 deficit.
Petersen said his first home run as
a Husker came at a good time because
it seemed to spark the squad into
coming from behind after being down
by five runs.
“It was kind of a surprise since I
just wanted to hit the ball hard,” Pe
tersen said. “I think it helped gel
everybody going.”
Dalton followed his teammate’s
lead with his own inaugural homer
that came the following inning. The
rightfielder’s home run was part of a
three-run inning for Nebraska, and
helped give reliever Tom Samuels his
first victory of the season.
Unlike the first three games, the
Nebraska pitching staff was in con
trol the whole time in the fourth game,
with Sanders picking up the win.
Sanders, who hails from Lincoln
and is the son of Coach John Sanders,
pitched a complete game three-hiiicr
in Nebraska’s 7-1 final win. He was
pitched a no-hitter through four in
nings and never was threatened seri
ously by Western Illinois.
Coach Sanders said he was proud
of his freshmen’s effort.
“It was just 12 months ago that
these guys were playing in high school,
so this was definitely a big step,’’
Sanders said.
The Huskers will need to make
even bigger steps on Tuesday, as they
will hit the road to battle Wichita
State — the nation’s No. 1 team — in
Wichita, Kan.
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more Meggan Ycdscna, the only other
Huskcr in double figures, scored 12.
Junior Sara Offringa opened the
scoring, giving the Huskers a 2*0 lead.
But Colorado scored the next eight
points on the way to a 35-26 halftime
lead.
“Colorado set the tempo with their
defense and our offense was not in
rhythm,” Beck said.
Nebraska shot just 39.1 percent
from the floor in the first half and
committed 28 turnovers in the game.
The Lady Buffs turned the ball over
13 times.
The Huskcrs’ next game is in the
first round of the Big Eight Tourna
ment.
Nebraska will meet the No. 6 seed
at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Bicentennial
Center in Salina, Kan.
Nebraska.26 37 — 63
At Colorado.35 48 — 83
Nebraska—Taylor 0-21-21. Russell 3
7 0-16. Jennings 9-14 7-8 25. Yedsena 4-9
4-512. Offringa 3-0 0-0 6. Yancey 0-2 2-2 2.
Hesch 2-3 1-5 5, Collains 0-1 0-0 0, Wither
spoon 0-1 1-1 1. Anderson 2-2 1-35 Totals
23-49 17-24 63.
Colorado — Henry 3-5 3-4 9, King 6-11
2-5 14, Wirts 1-3 1-2 3. Sheetz 10-20 7-11
31. Mathern 2-7 4-6 8. Mack 3-4 4-4 10,
Lang 3-110-1 6, McKinney 1-3 0-0 2, Jacob
son 0 0 0-1 0 Totals 29-64 21-34 83.
Three-point goals — Nebraska 0-4
(Jennings 0-2, Yedsena 0-1, Yancey 0-1),
Colorado 4-0 (Sheetz 4-8). Rebounds —
Nebraska 35 (Yedsena 6), Colorado 43
(King 11). Assists — Nebraska 13
(Yedsena 5), Colorado 11 (Sheetz 5). Total
fouls (dq) — Nebraska 31 (Taylor, Jen
nings. Yancey). Colorado 23 Turnovers —
Nebraska 28 (Russell 6), Colorado 13
(Sheetz 5). A — 2,183. ^
Track
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relay.
Kathy Travis brought home three
championships, leading a one-two
three-four sweep in the 55 with a time
of 6.87. Travis also won the 200 (23.88;
and ran a leg on the winning rela>
team (3:43.86).
Travis broke the Anschutz Sports
Pavilion records in both the 55 and
the 200. Her 200 time also is a new
Big Eight record.
Double-winners included Fran ten
Bcnscl in the mile (4:38.11) and the
3,000 (9:44.24), Shancllc Porter in
the 400 (54.02) and the relay, and
Kwani Stewart in the long jump (18
101/2) and the 55-hurdles (7.81). Ten
Benscl’s lime in ihc mile was a new
Anschutz Pavilion record, as was
Porter’s 400 time.
Susan Rehm captured the 600-yard
run title, winning in 1:21.60. Finally,
Cris Hall showed why she’s one of
the better athletes ever to compete at
Nebraska by winning the pentathlon
title.