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Nebraska catcher Jeff Murphy whips his mask off to get the ball at Oklahoma State batter Lou Lucca’s feet. The Cornhuskers
will go on the road for the first time in their Big Eight schedule when they play Missouri this weekend.
Husker baseball team ready for catnght
By Peter Theoharis
Staff Reporter
Missouri awaits the arrival of
Nebraska’s baseball team this week
end as the two Big Eight foes prepare
to meet in Columbia, Mo.
The Tigers are 21-15 overall and
7-9 in the conference, having played
twice as many conference games as
the Comhuskcrs.
Nebraska is third in the Big Eight
with a 5-3 mark. The Huskcrs arc 24
14 on the season.
Missouri and Nebraska’s only
common Big Eight opponent so far
this season is Oklahoma State.
Nebraska split its four-game scries
with the league’s first-place team last
weekend, while the Tigers were swept
at home by the Cowboys.
Huskcr coach John Sanders said
his team must be prepared for a lough
weekend.
“Missouri is a good, solid ball dub,”
Sanders said. “They’re playing well
right now and we expect a real com
petitive weekend.”
The Tigers lost to Oklahoma State
to begin their conference schedule.
Since then, Missouri has split with
Iowa State, taken three games from
Kansas State and split with confer
ence co-leader Oklahoma.
Missouri is fifth in this week’s
standings, behind Iowa State (6-6).
Nebraska won’t set a goal of a
scries split or taking three of four
games, Sanders said.
“We’re looking to go every pitch
at a lime,” Sanders said. “We’re not
trying to get into prognostication.
(We’ll) let the score take care of it
self.”
Sanders said the Huskcr pitching
rotation for the weekend would be
Mike Zajcski, Jason Beauchamp, John
Izumi and Josh Bullock.
Missouri’s scheduled rotation
consists of John Dctlmcr (3-2 with a
4.60 earned run average), Chris Ebbs
(2-3, 6.82), Mike Munro (2-4, 6.26)
and Jason Mcyhoff (3-0, 3.44).
The Huskers will counter the Mis
souri staff with the second-highest
batting average in the Big Eight at
.319. Meanwhile, Nebraska pitchers
are holding the opposition to a .251
mark.
Dale Hagy is leading the Huskers
with a .375 average and eight home
runs. Hagy and Scan McKenna (.345)
arc tied for the team lead in runs
All-Time: Missouri leads the series 101-76.
Last season: The two teams split a four-game series in
Lincoln. Nebraska won 3-2 and 4-3, while Missouri won
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This season: This is Nebraska's first road trip In Big
Eight play this season. The Cornhuskers are 5-3 and in
third place in the conference standings, 24-14 overall.
Missouri is in fifth place in the conference at 7-9, 21-15
overall.
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Missouri is balling .308 overall
and .278 in conference play. The
Tigers’ leading hiuer is Chopper Liurcll
at .368 with three home runs and 24
RBI. Grant Ingram is hitting .350
with six home runs and Jake Filip is
batting .346.
Nebraska has battled health prob
Icms all season, but Sanders said the
team looked good for this weekend.
Jed Dalton (back) and Korty
Kulhanck (knee) missed action last
weekend, but returned to the Husker
lineup in Wednesday’s 8-6 loss to
Creighton.
“This is as healthy as our ballclub
has been in a while,” Sanders said.
“We’re really happy about that.”
Nebraska men’s
gym team signs
Lincoln recruit
From Staff Reports _
Nebraska men’s gymnastics
coach Francis Allen announced
Wednesday the signing of Jason
Christie to a letter of intent.
Christie, a Lincoln High senior,
is a six-time USGF Nebraska all
around champion, a five-lime
Region V al l-around champion and
an eight-time member of the U.S.
Junior National team.
Last summer, Christie earned a
15th-place finish at the U.S. Olym
pic Festival and he recently fin
ished first at the 1992 USGF Junior
National testing meet.
Mens golf team shoots
for NCAA tourney spot
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska men’s golf team will
try to secure a spot in next month’s
NCAA District V Tournament when
it competes in the Opryland Music
City Invitational in Nashville, Tcnn.,
today through Sunday.
The Comhuskers currently arc
battling Missouri, Kansas Slate,
Wichita State and Southwest Mis
souri Slate for the last spot in the
district tournament.
Missouri, Kansas State and Wic
hita State also will compete in the
meet this weekend.
Nebraska coach Larry Romjuc said
the Huskcrs must play well to finish
ahead of the schools in the region.
“This tournament and the Big Eight
meet are big ones for us,” he said.Tf
v.
wc play well, wc should be in good
shape for rcgionals.”
The 17-lcam field in ihcOpryland
Invite will play three Tounds at the
Spring House Golf Club in Nashville.
Romjuc said his team had not yet
reached its peak this spring.
“Hopefully wc arc rounding into
shape by now,” Romjuc said. “It’s
still early for us compared to some
other teams, but we can’t do anything
about that. Either you produce or you
don’t, and it’s time to produce.”
Junior Craig Poet has developed
into a consistent golfer, Romjuc said.
“Craig has been our best player all
spring,” he said. “He’s played well
enough that if the team doesn’t make
it to rcgionals, he has a shot at quali
fying as an individual.”
Sunday's Results
Soccer
Really 3, Schramm 10 2; Phi Delta
Theta 6, Chi Phi 0; Chi Phi C wbf over
Alpha Tau Omega C2, Beta Theta Pi 3,
Theta Xi 0; Teutonic Celtic United 3, AGF
0; Phi Gamma Delta 5, Phi Kappa Psi 2;
Sigma Phi Epsilon wbf over Kappa
Sigma; Alpha Tau Omega C1 3, Triangle
2. ,
Monday's Results
Soccer
Roscoe Pounders 3, Teutonic Celtics
United 1; Machine 3, Nutmegs 1; I Phelta
%
Oregon trail
to lead NU
to ‘big’ meet,
coach says
By John Gardner
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska track and field teams
head to the rainy and moderate weather
of the Pacific Northwest this week
end to compete in one of their tough
est meets of the season.
The Comhuskcrs will make their
second appearance at the Pepsi Invi
tational at Hayward Field on the
University of Oregon campus in
Eugene, Ore.
The host of the meet is Oregon, a
collegiate track and field power.
Other teams competing in the meet
include Washington and Northern
Arizona.
Coach Gary Pepin said he and his
teams were excited about this meet
— especially about the chance to
compete against Oregon.
Oregon always has one of the
best teams in the nation,” he said.
“They have everything. They have
one of the best facilities in the world.
They have great athletes and excel
lent crowd support, some of the best
in the country.”
Pepin also said this meet would be
extremely important for his teams.
“Outside of the conference meet,
this may be our biggest meet of the
season,” Pepin said. “It will give us a
chance to see athletes who arc not in
the Big Eight and are of national ►
caliber.”
And it’s vital for his teams to be at
their best, he said.
“We’ll need lo have real good,
competitive efforts in a meet like
this,” Pepin said. “A lot of the kids
will be doubling, tripling up, even
running in four events. This meet will
give us a real good idea of where we
arc at this point in the season, both at
the conference and national levels.”
Pepin said he had a pretty good
idea of who would run what, but
changes would still be made, he said.
“Right now, wc have everyone fairly
zeroed in on what events they will be
in, but come conference lime, some
options still remain,” he said. “Wc
still have the problem with expenses
and not having enough meets where
there’s good competition.”
In addition to the crew traveling to
Oregon, Nebraska sent two dccath
Ictcs and one hcptalhlctc to the Kan
sas Relays in Lawrence, Kan.
As of Thursday, Rick Schwicgcr
had a large lead in the men’s decath
lon. Gene Paulsen also is competing
in the decathlon and Michelle Shoe
maker is entered in the heptathlon.
Thi 4, Soccer Heads 3; NU Tennis 2,
Really 0; W La Topa 6, Cosmos 1; BMR
3, China 1; FCA 5, Scorpions 4
Co-Rec Softball
Chi Phi Yaks 12, Pure Athletes 9,
Beavers 10, Kappa Sigma/Phi Mu #1 0;
Painful Extractors 18, Them One GuysO;
69ers 6, Sigma Phi Epsilon/Alpha
Omega Pi 3,69ers 10, Really Rottens 0;
Beta Sigma Psi 13, For the Heck of It 2;
Beta Sigma Psi 15, Pound 8 & Co. 4;
Slicers 11, BC Boys 7, Kappa Sigma/Phi
Mu #2 wbf over Farmhouse C2, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon/Delta Gamma 13, Political
Science 5; Gabes Gang 12, Animal Sci
ence 2; SAM & The Grand Slams 11, DN
Spirit 4; Selleck 8200 wbf over TOLFG.