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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 •
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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.”
