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Officials overturn football forfeitures From Staff Reports The Nebraska football team will not have to forfeit two conference wins this season, the Big Eight Conference ruled in a meeting last weekend in Kansas City, Mo. Conference members ruled that Nebraska’s allowing fullback Omar Soto to compete with the team this year was the result of an inadver tent certification error. The forfeits were implemented when it was disclosed that Soto had played during five football sea sons. Last December, Soto admit ted to a reporter at The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post that he had participated in a preseason scrimmage at Mount San Jacinto Junior College in Cali fornia, although he never was en rolled in the school. Solo was ruled ineligible to play in the Comhuskcrs’ Orange Bowl game against Miami last Jan. 1. Had Big Eight officials ruled against Nebraska, the Huskcrs would have had to forfeit wins against Iowa State and Oklahoma. Soto also played against Colo rado State and Utah State. James O’Hanlon, Nebraska faculty repre sentative, said last week that Ne braska would get in touch with those two schools this week and offer to forfeit the games. 3 =m ■ 1 J 1 ,, 1 Planning a trip for Spring Break... but don't have the We carry canoes, tents, gs _acks. kitchen re! -» Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30am-6:30pm Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm Sudany Noon-7:00pm Outdoor W.A.R.Ea 472-4776 Room 34^^j^ecreation Center Husker gymnasts work to achieve national ranking By Robert Birkeland Staff Reporter_ In each of its past three meets, the Nebraska women's gymnastics learn has increased its season-high score. For the Comhuskers to climb up in the national rankings, they need to make it four in a row. Tonight the Huskcrs will travel to Logan, Utah, for the Utah State In vite. “The next two weekends arc cry cial to get high scores so our average will be 189 or higher,” Nebraska coach Rick Walton said. Walton said the meet would show how the Huskcrs compare with other teams in their region. “The goal this weekend is to win against teams that arc in our region,” Walton said. “If we want to get some credibility we arc going to have to beat them.” Southern Utah, Boise State, and Utah Stale will be the other three teams at the meet. Walton said Boise Slate and Utah State had scored higher than the Huskers this season. Last weekend the Huskers upset No. 11 Auburn with a season-high score 189.55. *4W/r\ a l/\l sxiit /\1 I r> a -1 kiaaI'Anri by just winning the meet,” Walton said. “We got a good score and also beat a team that was ranked.” Walton said the Huskers needed a higher score than last weekend so that last week’s score can be used in na tional rankings. “The way this system works, you keep throwing your high and low scores out and counting the average of the middle scores,” Walton said. “We cannot count last week’s score of 189.55 until we score higher.” With the meet being on a Monday the Huskers have had seven days between meets. Walton said the gap between meets allowed the gymnasts to have one complete day off. “The day off will show,” Walton said. “We have people who now feel belter and they will be able to get caught up in school. “At this time of the year some times a day of rest is better than three days of practice.” Baseball team blanks Jamestown From Staff Reports * The Nebraska baseball team im proved its record to 10-3 Friday with a 22-0 win over Jamestown (N.D.) College. Eight Comhusker pitchers com bined to hold Jamestown to one hit. That hit came with two out in the ninth inning. Jason Pflughaupt, 1-0, picked up the win. Nebraska bailers pounded out 23 hits and were led by Marc Sagmoen, who lied the school record with six hits, narrowly missed breaking the record in his last at bat with a long fly ball to the right field fence. Selective Service Registration. It's Quick. It's Easy. And It's The law. » o' *•< o.n.t«' o« • —- -——r- ——— —— -— =—: - ' * . 1 i Nebraska's Chris Cressweil defends against Oklahoma guard Brent Price during the Cornhuskers’ 107-85 loss in the first round of the Big Eight Tournament Friday in Kansas City, Mo. The Huskers will play Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday in Cincinnati. Huskers Continued from Page 7 game. The Huskers, who fell lo 19-9,7-8, hil 27 of 81 from the field, and 24 of 31 from the frcc-lhrow line for a 77 percent average. The Sooners scored the first two points of the game, but the Huskers answered and the game was lied 11 - 11 with 16:25 left in the first half. Oklahoma then went on a 14-2 run lo take the lead at 25-13 with 13:12 left. The Huskers answered back with a 18-2 run of their own to take a 31 -27 lead with 7:44 left in the half. The teams then battled to a 40-40 tic at the 2:39 mark, but Oklahoma went on a 9-3 run led by Angelo Hamilton’s two three pointers in the last two minutesof the half to give the Sooners a 49-43 hallliinc lead. Nee said the six point-halftime deficit didn’t worry him. “I didn’t feel ‘Oh God we’re down six and we can never recover,’” Nee said. “I felt very comfortable that wc had an opportunity to recover during the game.” In the second half, Oklahoma’s lead was cut to four points at 51-47 just 50 seconds into the half, but the Huskers never got any closer. ‘‘I felt we could shtxH better in the second half, but I didn’t plan on all those kids fouling out,” Nee said. Nebraska center Derrick Chandler fouled oul of the game wilh 15:41 lefl in ihc second half. Husker guard Michael Hughes also fouled oul wilh 12:50 remaining. Tubbs said Chandler’s cxil from ihc game helped ihc Sooncr’s inside game. “1 fell a critical poini was when Chandler lefl the game,” Tubbs said. “He jusl kicks us. The Huskers were led by Eric Pialkowski’s 18 points. Seniors Dapreis Owens and Carl Hayes both scored 17 points in ihcir final Big Eight game. Nee said the team’s youih hurl ils chances against ihc more seasoned Sooner squad. Nebraska.43 42 — 85 Oklahoma .49 58 — 107 Nebraska — Hayes 6-14 3-5 17, Chubrek 4 8 2-2 10, Chandler 2-7 0-1 4, Johnson 2 94 4 10, Piatkowski4-16 10-11 18, Owens 6-13 5-8 17. Hughes 0-1 0-0 0, Cresswell 3-110-09, GlockO 2 0-00 Totals 27-81 85 Oklahoma — Patterson 8-14 1-2 19, Webster 8-13 7-7 23, Sallier 7-12 2-4 16, Evans 4 6 2-3 13, Price 5 9 6 8 18, Vanish 1-3 0-0 2, Vann 2-6 0 1 5, Gallien 1-2002, Hamilton 3 8 1-2 9 Totals 39 73 107 Three-point goals — Nebraska 7 29 (Hayes 2 6, Johnson 2-5, Piatkowski 0 9. Cresswell 3-8, Glock0-1), Oklahoma 10-14 (Patterson 2-2. Evans 3-4, Price 2-4, Vann 1 -1, Hamilton 2-3) Assists — Nebraska 15 (Cresswell 5), Oklahoma 17(Evans 7, Price 6) Total fouls (dq) — Nebraska 22 (Hughes, Chandler) Oklahoma 24 (Saltier) Turnovers — Nebraska 16 (Hayes 3 Chandler 3, Owens 3), Oklahoma 16 (Ha milton 4, Webster 4) A — 16 870 NCAA • Continued from Page 7 Club lo watch CBS’ broadcast of the brackets. Cheers filled the room when Ne braska was announced as the eighth seed in the Southeast Regional. Con necticut is the ninth seed. The Huskies, 19-9, tied for fifth in the 10-tcam Big East. At one point, Connecticut was ranked as high as fifth in the Associated Press poll, but fell completely out after losing eight of its last 11 games. Connecticut last lost in the quar terfinals of the Big East Tournament Friday, falling to St. John’s 64-59 in overtime. Despite the Huskies’ recent struggles, Owens said he still respects Connecticut as one of the nation’s top teams. “They’re still a great basketball team with great players,” he said. "I know they’ve had some injuries, but I’m sure thcv’II be ready to play.” Ncc agreed, but said his primary focus will not be Connecticut, but getting the Huskers ready to play. “We’ve got all the things that we deserve,” Ncc said. “Now, we’ve got to live up to the expectations and earn our stripes. We’re going to go into Cincinnati and be ready to play.” NOTES: — Ncc said his players have pul last Friday’s 22-point loss to Okla homa in the Big Eight Tournament behind them. “The only thing we’ve got is bruised egos,” he said. “We got embarrassed on Friday, and we know that.” — The biggest surprise in the 64 tcam field. Chandler said, is that 25 4 Wisconsin-Green Bay, a team Nebraska beat, didn’t make the field. “They looked like an NCAA team to me,” Chandler said. — Ncc said the fact that six Big Eight teams (Nebraska, Kansas, Okla homa, Oklahoma State, Missouri and Iowa State) made the tournament is a “tribute to the league and the coaches.”