Jayhawks stop Huskers’
bid for baseball sweep
By Peter Theoharis
Staff Reporter
Kansas burst out of a three-game
offensive slump as the Jayhawks rolled
over Nebraska 10-3 to win the fourth
game of the four-game Big Eight
Conference series between the two
teams.
The 18-8, 3-1 Comhuskers were
able to take the first three games of
the series, and they could have jumped
out to a 4-0 conference mark to avenge
what the Jayhawks had done to Ne
braska last year. Kansas swept the
1991 scries in Lawrence, Kan.
But Jayhawks Darryl Monroe, Kent
Mahon and John Wuycheck greeted
Nebraska starter Jason Beauchamp
with three hits to start the game. The
first five Jayhawks reached base as
Kansas grabbed a 3-0 lead after one
inning.
Beauchamp was relieved in the
second inning for the Huskers as Kansas
went on to score four runs in the same
inning and two in the third.
The Jayhawks improved to 16-11
overall and 2-6 in the conference.
Nebraska Coach John Sanders said
Beauchamp was ready for Monday’s
start despite picking up the win in
Friday’s game.
“(Beauchamp) said he is better
with two days rest than three or four,”
Sanders said. “Sinker and slider guys
are usually better with two days rest.”
The sinker and slider pitches that
Beauchamp uses make him very similar
to Kansas starter Curtis Schmidt,
Sanders said. The right-hander
Schmidt, 4-2, pitched a complete game
nine hitter.
“(Schmidt) is a below the bats
guy,” Sanders said. “He lives and dies
with the sinker. He gives his fielders
chances to make routine plays. They
bounced back from three games and
he gave them a chance to do that.”
John Wuycheck provided the big
bat for Kansas. The first baseman
went 3-for-5 with five RBI in keeping
Nebraska from completing the four
game sweep, which Sanders said was
in the back of his team’s mind.
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(I) feel bad for the play
ers. Revenge shouldn’t
be a motive, but you can’t
deny the fact we lost four
down (in Lawrence) last
year.
John Sanders
Nebraska baseball coach
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“(I) feel bad for the players,” Sand
ers said. “Revenge shouldn’t be a
motive, but you can’t deny the fact
we lost four down (in Lawrence) last
year.
“(You) look and say 3-1, that’s not
bad, but that’s not what we are look
ing for. The point gets down to when
you have a three-game run you are
looking at a one-game series and (the
loss) is disappointing.”
With Kansas leading 9-0 going
into the bottom of the third inning,
Nebraska got started with two runs.
Jed Dalton and Dale Hagy both
scored in the inning with Hagy’s single,
which was the only hit the Huskers
had.
Kansas went on to add a run in the
seventh, which Nebraska answered
with a run of its own as Dalton scored
on an error by Jayhawk second base
man David Soult.
Schmidt went on to set the Husk
ers down quietly in the eight and
ninth innings.
The loss kept the Huskers from
lying Oklahoma State atop the Big
Eight standings. The Cowboys started
off their conference schedule by
sweeping Missouri March 20-22.
“We were so close to jumping on
top,” Sanders said.
Sanders said he believes the con
ference race will be wide open this
season.
“(It) looks like parity again,” Sand
ers said. “The fact that Kansas Stale
can gel a game won (over Oklahoma),
proves that.”
Nebraska shortstop Darin Petersen attempts to advance to second base, but Kansas shortstop
Arturo Ayala tags him out. Nebraska’s record fell to 18-8, and 3-1 in the Big Eight with the loss to
the Jayhawks.
UNL women’s tennis team shines through rain
to win 2 out of 3 duals in ‘sunny’ California
By Jeff Singer
Staff Reporter
FULLERTON, Calif. — Rain
dampened the courts but not the
spirits of the Nebraska women’s
tennis team as the Comhuskcrs won
two of the three duals they played
over Spring Break in unusually wet
weather in Southern California.
Nebraska opened its week in the
Golden State with a 9-0 loss to the
University of California at Irvine,
but rebounded the following day to
defeat both Oregon and Cal-State
Fullerton. The Huskers scheduled
match against Long Beach State
was canceled due to rain.
Nebraska was supposed to open
its week against Oregon in Los
Angeles, but California’s answer
to its drought delayed the Huskers’
match against the Ducks for two
days.
Nebraska was forced to play
Oregon in the morning and follow
that with a 30-milc drive to a dual
against Cal-Statc Fullerton that
afternoon.
The Huskcrs defeated the Ducks
5-4 and went on to beat the Titans
7-2,ending their Spring Break with
a winning record.
Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson
said he was impressed with his
team’s effort in netting the wins.
“Having to play two matches in
the same day is diffcult and a lot of
tennis,” Jacobson said. “I was
impressed that the team still had a
lot of fight in them against Fuller
ton.”
The Huskers split their singles
matches with Oregon, as No. 1
player Zarina Galvan, No. 3 Ann
Flannery and No. 5 Heidi Junius all
came away with victories. Doubles
wins by No. 1 tandem Flannery
and Rachel Collins and No. 2 pair
Galvan and Frauke Hachlmann
clinched the Nebraska victory.
Junius said she didn’t know if
she would be able to be competi
tive later in the day against Cal
State Fullerton following her
matches against Oregon.
“My feet were hurting and I had
blisters and thought I didn’t want
to do this,” Junius said. “But it was
weird, I got my second wind and
didn’t think it was that bad.”
Junius and her teammates proved
the only thing that was bad was the
Titans’ play, as the Huskers won
the bottom four singles matches
with Flannery, Collins, Junius and
Tina Coutretsis, as well as sweep
ing all three doubles matches for
the victory.
Flannery and Collins again won
at No. 1 doubles, as did Nebraska’s
new doubles teams of No. 2 Gal
van and Junius and No. 3 Hacht
mann and Jane Startin.
Jacobson said the duals over
Spring Break were vital for his
team for the rest of the season.
“These matches were essential,”
Jacobson said. “Hopefully we now
have more confidence and less
nervous tension and that will be
helpful in preparing us for Big
Eight.”
The Husker coach said the
weather was disappointing, but it
still was belter than playing in
Nebraska.
“The weather for California was
as bad as it gets for out there, but
the important thing was we still got
to play outside,” Jacobson said.
Nebraska, 3-2, will open its Big
Eight season this weekend when it
plays host to conference rivals Iowa
Stale and Colorado.
NU mens tennis team places 15th in tournament
By Jeff Singer
From Staff Reports
IRVINE, Calif. — The Nebraska
men’s tennis team gave Brown Uni
versity all it could handle over Spring
Break, but that was all the Com
huskcrs could accomplish during
competition in California.
After defeating Wichita State
5-4 in a pre-Break match in Wic
hita, Kan., the Huskers traveled to
California to split their dual matches
and finish 15th in the 16-team UC
Irvine Team Tournament.
Nebraska lost to Dartmouth 5-2
and followed that effort with a 5-4
win over the Brown Bears before
playing in the tourney.
The Huskers opened the tourna
ment by getting blanked 9-0 by the
host Anteaters and followed that
effort with a 5-0 loss to Big Eight
rival Colorado and a 2-5 loss to the
University of Nevada at Las Ve
gas.
Nebraska rebounded from the
losses to once again defeat Brown,
this time 5-1, and salvage 15th
place in the tourney.
Nebraska coach Kerry McDer
mott said many positives came out
of the Huskers’ trip.
“I said if we win three matches
it would be a good trip for us, so we
reached our goal there,” McDer
mott said. “The guys are used to
outdoors now, so it was good expe
rience in preparation for this week
end.”
The 6-7 Huskers will open their
Big Eight season this weekend, as
they host Iowa State on Friday and
will try to avenge last week’s loss
to Colorado when they play the
Buffaloes on Saturday.
Men s swimming,
diving team takes
27th in tourney
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska men’s swimming
and diving team finished 27th in the
NCAA Championships, which look
place last Thursday through Satur
day.
Comhuskcr coach Cal Bentz said
he was pleased with the team’s scor
ing.
“We scored twice as many points
as we did a year ago with half as many
people,” Bentz said.
William Campbell finished his
career at Nebraska with two All
America honors.
Campbell placed 11th in the 400
melcr individual medley with a lime
of 3:52.09, and 12th in the 200
breaststroke with a time of 1:59.97,
which setanew Huskcr and Big Eight
record.
Bentz said he was impressed with
Campbell’s effort.
“He swam his personal best in the
preliminaries, and bettered his place
in the final,” Bentz said.
Diver Kevin McMahon placed 10th
in the 1 -meter event with a score of
467.5 points in his first NCAA com
petition.
McMahon’s performance also gave
him All-America honors in the event.
He then competed in the 3-mctcr diving
event and finished 27lh with 426.30
points.
Husker diver John Arcaroli also
competed in the 3-meter event and
finished 34th with 373.90 points.
Nebraska swimmer Scddon Key ter
competed and placed 18th in the 50
freestyle (20.26), and 24 in the 100
freestyle (44.61), but did not score
any points.