NHL player strike delayed
TORONTO (AP) — The NHL
Players Association pushed its strike
deadline back to Wednesday to al
low a vote on management’s latest
proposal, but a walkout appeared
inevitable when the negotiating
committee recommended a rejec
tion of the offer.
Union head Bob Goodenow said
the absence of a contract threatens
more than the end of this season
and the Stanley Cup playoffs.
“Because of the nature of the
developments, we felt that this was
simply not only the 1992 playoffs,
but also a strike that could jeopard
ize the start of the following sea
son, ’ he said Monday.
Less than an hour before the
original strike deadline of noon
EST Monday, Goodenow an
nounced the delay following a tele
phone conference call with the
teams’ player representatives.
“I think if the players look at it,
there won’t be much change,”
Goodenow said. “Some teams did
not want to extend the deadline,
but the general feeling was to go
back and allow every player to
review all of the details of the
status of the negotiations.”
The work stoppage would be
the first in the NHL’s 75-year his
tory and would altect the unai 3U
games of the regular season. The
Stanley Cup playoffs are sched
uled to begin April 8.
“One of our overriding concerns
was that everybody understood what
was transpiring,” Goodenow said.
There were no plans for further
negotiations, but NHL president
John Ziegler returned to Toronto
on Monday to be available for talks.
“The players are unified in their
resolve in dealing with this issue,”
Goodenow said. “I don’t think it
should be taken as a change in any
leverage at all.”
Laettner’s scoring up, popularity down
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The final
box score painted a perfect picture of
Christian Laettncr, although the tele
vision cameras didn’t.
The 6-foot-10 Duke senior is going
into his fourth Final Four as the all
time leading scorer in NCAA tourna
ment history. He did it with a 31
point effort built on 10 of 10 field
goals and 10 of 10 free throws.
Laetlner c li nehed the performance
with a game-winning jumper at the
buzzer to beat Kentucky in the final
of the NCAA East Regional.
Laetlner didn’t do so well in pub
lic opinion, when he stepped on tjie
chest of Kentucky’s Aminu Timber
lake in the second half after he was
fouled.
Laettner was called for a techni
cal foul and ever since then the ques
tion of his behavior has been a big
topic.
Monday, the Division I Men’s
Basketball Committee said that after
further review, Laettner is clear to
play against Indiana on Saturday in
the semifinals at Minneapolis.
“It is so blown out of proportion,”
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said
Monday. “It was identified for what it
was, a contact technical.
“The bottom line is that he did
something that was wrong and he was
punished for it.
“What it revealed to me about
Christian is that he’s capable of being
dumb, because we lost momentum,”
he said.
“It wasn’t vicious at all,” Lacttncr
said. “I didn’t even hit him hard.
“It was a case where, a few plays
before, he pushed me down and I got
up and smiled at him and he just
smiled back. I could have stepped on
him real hard, but I didn’t want to. I
knew that would cause some prob
lems.”
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Huskers finish fourth
despite desolate roster
By Chris Hopfensperger
Senior Editor
Eight was enough for the Nebraska
women’s basketball team to Finish
fourth in the National Women’s Invi
tational Tournament last weekend.
The Cornhuskers, with only eight
players on the roster, won one game
and lost two in the tournament.
Nebraska finished the season with
a 21 -11 record after losing to Arkan
sas State, 81-70, in the third-place
game.
But after the game, Coach Angela
Bock said the tournament showed the
Huskers could compete at the na
tional level.
“It is disappointing to end the season
with a loss, but we arc going to build
from this,” Beck said. “This has been
a great group of student-athletes to
work with and lots of fun.
“The experience that they all gained
from playing here against some of the
better teams in the country, will make
us a better team next season,” she
said.
In the tournament, the Huskers were
led by junior Karen Jennings and
sophomore Meggan Yedsena.
Jennings, the Big Eight Player of
the Year, scored 83 points in the three
games, upping her total this year to a
single-season record 810 points.
Yedsena, who averaged 13 points
in the NWIT, recorded 13 assists to
set the school record for assists in a
season with 195.
TheHuskers won in the first round,
beating La Salle 79-78.
Nebraska led by as many as nine
points in the second half, but La Salle
tied the game with 18 seconds re
maining. Jennings was fouled and hit
one of two free throws with three
seconds left to win the game.
After the game, Beck said it was
the biggest win in the history of the
Nebraska women’s program.
“Our players seemed unaffected
by the fact that we were the No. 6 seed
and (La Salle) was the No. 3 ... and
the fact that we only had eight play
ers.”
It was also Beck’s 100th career
win at Nebraska.
Nebraska lost to Georgia Tech in
the second round, 78-63.
NU track opens outdoors
By John Gardner
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska track and field teams
opened their outdoor seasons by going
south for spring break.
Members from both the the Com
huskers men’s and women’s teams
competed in the Dr. Pcppcr/SMU
Invitational in Dallas last Friday and
Saturday. No team scoring was kept
in the meet.
The men’s team had two individ
ual champions and placed first in the
400-metcr relay.
Mark Jackson won the 400-hurdlcs
with an outdoor provisional qualify
ing mark of 50.8 seconds. In the 800,
sophomore Patrick Trainor placed first
in a time of 1:56. The relay team ran
a time of 40.41 to win the event.
In the hammer throw, Paul Morri
son set a new school record in the
event with a throw of 172-5. Morri
son broke his own record of 153-6.
Travis Grant placed in three events,
grabbing second in the 100 (10.2),
taking third in the 200 (21.0) and
running a leg on the winning relay.
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Jerry Marscc returned to action
after using up his indoor eligibility by
placing second in the 400 (46.8) and
tying for fourth in the 200 (21.9).
In the 1,6(X)-rclay, Nebraska placed
second in 3:13.6.
The Nebraska women’s team sent
few competitors to the meet. Lisa
Graham was the only winner in Dal
las, taking the 3,000 in 9:42.
In the shot put, Krista Mader placed
third with a throw of 48-1 1/4 and
Tina Hcrgoti look fourth at 44-4.
Three other competitors travelled
to Baton Rouge, La., to compete in
the Tiger Tracks Invitational, which
also was held last Saturday.
In the men’s decathlon, Gene
Paulsen finished eighth with 6,393
points. Michelle Shoemaker and Kwani
Stewart placed fourth (5,066 points)
and fifth (5,012) in the women’s
decathlon. Stewart won two events,
the 100-hurdles (13.72) and the 200
(24.12), both in meet record times.
Nebraska will be in action again
this Saturday at the Tyson Invita
tional in Fayetteville, Ark.
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