NU baseball coach invites Kansas State rematch
By Jason Bruhn
f Staff Reporter_
The Nebraska baseball team is
leaving for Manhattan, Kan., today
for an unscheduled rematch against
Kansas State. The game between the
28-18, 9-7 Huskers, and the 26-23
Wildcats, 8-12 in conference play,
will not count towards the conference
standings.
The Wildcats split a four-game
series with the Huskers in Lincoln
over the weekend.
Coach John Sanders said he initi
ated the game with a call to Kansas
State coach Mike Clark to keep his
team sharp heading into the big scries
this weekend at Iowa State and Okla
homa.
“I wanted to get some play in against
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instead of Southwestern Louisiana or
somebody,” he said. “It’s a good game
for us to simulate a road trip.”
Tim Seaton, senior co-captain and
third baseman, said the Huskers were
familiar with Kansas State after the
series this weekend. He said he was
confident that the Huskers would win.
“We pretty much know their hit
ters,” he said, “We don’t know who
will be pitching against us yet, but as
long as we play like we can, we
should win. We just need to do the
little things right, good pitching, play
good defense. Just the little things
and we should win.”
Sanders said Kansas State would
be a good challenge for the Huskers,
“(The Wildcats) arc aggressive or
offense, they compete hard. We need
to put together the kind of game wc
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The Huskers, who are third in the
conference, are facing a difficult
weekend, but can still help them
selves by closing in on the Big Eight
Tournament, Sanders said.
“We’ve got a tough eight games
ahead of us,” he said. “People are
really beating up on each other in this
league. We can’t assume anything,
and we won’t assume anything. We
control our own destiny.”
Seaton said the trip to Manhattan
would be good to start the Husker’s
push into the end of their Big Eight
season.
“I think it will be good for us and
get us ready for Iowa State and Okla
homa when they come up,” he said.
“We just have to take it one pitch
and one game at a time, and we should
have a good closing to our Big Eight
vrar ” Sraitnn said.
All-Time: Nebraska leads 111-70.
This season: The two teams split a four-game series
this past weekend.
This meeting: Although it Is a meeting between two Big
Eight teams, the game will not count Tn the conference
standings.
Predictions offered for upcoming seasons
This is my last column as the Daily
Nebraskan sports editor.
That being the case, it would be
easy for me to write one of those
teary-eyed columns about how much
fun I’ve had and talk about what went
on in the world of sports this year.
But that would be far too easy —
and boring. After all, everyone was
, there the first time it happened so I
would just be repealing something
that is already known.
So what I’m going to write about is
something new, something different.
In other words, I’m not sure what
to write about, so I’m employing an
old column-writing technique —
predictions.
As I sec it, it’s never too early to
look ahead. A little speculation never
hurt anyone. And it’s always fun to
watch the looks on people’s faces
when they read a column full of ludi
crous projections.
First of ail, the United Slates will
win the basketball gold medal at the
Summer Olympics.
Maybe not the most ludicrous
prediction, but there is no way a team
made up of Michael Jordan, Karl
Malone, John Stockton, etc., can
possibly lose. I don’t want to hear the
argument about how a team of All
Stars won’t be able to develop any
team chemistry.
These arc 12 of the best players in
the world and they know how to win.
And they will. Period.
NBA Finals picks? Chicago and
Golden State,
It’s not the first time I’ve gone out
on a limb on a choice like this. Since
they’re never right, I figure I’m due.
Don’t ask me who will win. I’ll
take Golden State and the upset, but I
won’t be watching. Give me college
basketball over the NBA any day.
Speaking of college basketball, will
Duke win three in a row?
Don’t rule it out. But don’t count
on it, cither.
I like Kansas and Indiana in the
championship game. Both arc loaded
for next year and will be tough to
beat. Michigan and Duke round out
my Final Four. Oklahoma is my sleeper
team of the year.
The Barcelona Dragons will win
the World Bowl.
In that other professional football
league (the NFL, is it?), I’ll play it
safe and say an NFC team will win the
Super Bowl. The AFC hasn ’t won the
Super Bowl since 1984 and the streak
will only grow longer next year.
If Deion Sanders can make the
transition from baseball back to Toot
Nick
Hytrek
ball quickly, you’ll be watching the
Atlanta Falcons win their first Super
Bowl in January.
On to baseball where the season is
just about to move into its second
month.
The best overall divisions arc the
American League West and the Na
tional League West. But the World
Series will be made up of teams from
the other two divisions.
The Detroit Tigers arc going to
surprise everyone and win the World
Scries, beating the St. Louis Cardi
nals in five games — another sur
prise.
Moving closer lo home, let s look
at the Comhuskcrs.
The football team will have a new
quarterback. Sure, that’s stating the
obvious, but it’s one of only three
things that I know for certain about
next year’s team.
The other two?
Nebraska will not win the Big EighL
You’ll be hearing “Boomer Sooner”
in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s
Night.
Nebraska fans will be convinced
“this is the year” after the Huskers
roll over Utah and Middle Tennessee
State in the first two games. Then the
entire state of Nebraska will be in
mourning the day after the Washing
ton game.
The men’s basketball team will
return to the NCAA Tournament.
Coach Danny Nee has a solid re
cruiting class coming in. The Big
Eight will be tough again but the
Huskers should finish in the top half
of the league and will win their first
ever NCAA Tournament game.
While I’m hot, I’II even say they ’ll
make it to the Sweet 16.
The women’s basketball team will
also make it to the NCAA lourna
ment. Coach Angela Beck also has
done a solid job of recruiting and has
Karen Jennings, the best player in the
league, returning.
Volleyball coach Terry Pettit can
look forward to another successful
campaign. Another Big Eight cham
pionship will follow the Huskers back
into their home at the Coliseum.
And there will even be one na
tional championship won by a Ne
braska athletic team.
The men’s gymnastics team nar
rowly missed out on a title this year,
and everyone returns to the team.
Add in one of the top high school
gymnasts in the country, and Coach
Francis Allen will be making room in
the trophy case for his eighth title.
Just ask him. It’s more than likely that
he’ll tell you himself.
So there you have them.
Call your bookie and pul your
money down now. Just don’t come
looking for me when you lose your
student loan check.
Hytrck is a senior news-editorial major
and the Daily Nebraskan sports editor.
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Tennis
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was the big winner over the weekend for Ne
braska. Rahme, a native of South Africa, made
the most of his new spot in the lineup. He was
the lone Huskcr to win both of his singles
matches.
McDermott said the lineup change was
beneficial to Rahme, who finished the Big
Eight regular season with a 1-5 record at No. 1
singles.
“He seemed to be real hungry this week,”
McDermott said. “He showed the intensity
he’s been lacking all year.”
Along with Rahme, No. 1 singles player
Karl Falkland, No. 3 Mike Garcia and No. 4
Andy Davis all came away with victories in
Sunday’s win over Iowa Stale. Doubles victo
ries by No. 1 tandem Rahme and Falkland and
No. 2 pair Garcia and Davis capped the Huskcr
victory.
McDermott said that although his team fin
ished with an average result, the addition of
two redshirts and some highly touted recruits
should make next year’s trip to Kansas City
more successful.
“I feel like next year’s team has the potential
as being one of my best teams ever and will
give us the opportunity to make a name for
ourselves,” McDermott said. “I’m so anxious,
I wish the season could start tomorrow.”
On the other side of the net, the women’s
tennis team equaled the feats of its male counter
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lowing Sunday"s 5-4 victory over Oklahoma.
Nebraska got to the fifth-place dual against
the Sooners after losing 5-2 to Colorado on
Friday and rebounding to beat Missouri 6-0 on
the teams that finished higher than us.”
Jacobson, who finished his first season as
head coach of the women’s team, said this had
been a memorable season.
“In my 12 years of coaching, this has been
the most fulfilling year that I’ve ever had in
coaching and is a credit to the individuals that
I’ve had the opportunity to work with,” Jacob
son said.
Saturday.
Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson said his
squad played up to expectations.
“We finished where we were expected to
finish and played well enough to play up to our
seed,” Jacobson said. “1 was impressed that
once we didn’t accomplish our initial goal, we
were able to bounce back and accomplish the
most that we could.”
Nebraska swept all six singles matches against
the Tigers on Saturday and followed that effort
by gelling four more singles wins from Flan
nery, Junius, No. 4 player Rachel Collins and
No. 6 Tina Coutrctsis on Sunday.
Collins said a fifth-place finish was satisfy
ing, but didn’t reflect the actual talent in the
conference.
“It was a nice way to finish the season, but
we had the ability to finish higher,” Collins
said. “I don’t consider us as the fifth team in the
Big Eight, and I think we’re better than some of
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back Tyrone LegeUc.
Three more conference players were taken
in the fifth and final round Sunday and the draft
resumed Monday. Tampa Bay took defensive
back Rogerick Green of Kansas Stale — the
118th player overall; Miami picked Wildcat
offensive tackle Chris Percy as the 124th selec
tion, and Oklahoma linebacker Joe Bowden
went to Houston as the 133rd player picked.
“Our coaches made mention throughout the
course of the 1991 season that our strength lay
in the underclassmen,” said Tim Allen, assis
tant Big Eight commissioner.
“They seemed to have indicated the Big
Eight would be stronger in the next few seasons
by their comments over the course of the year,”
he said. “Those two sentiments would seem to
point to why there was not an abundance of
NFL-type talent among the senior class.”
Mitchell s pass-catching abilities were
considered far superior to his blocking skills.
Coach Tom Osborne used Mitchell mainly in
passing situations, and left the run responsibili
ties to junior-blocking specialist William
Washington.
In Monday’s early rounds, Nebraska wing
back Nate Turner was selected as a light end by
Butlalo in the sixth round, while Husker cor
ncrback Curtis Cotton went to the Los Angeles
Raiders. Nebraska wide receiver Jon Bostic
went to Denver in the seventh round.
Later in the day, Husker linebacker Mike
Petko was taken in the 11th round by New
England, and Nebraska quarterback Keilhen
McCant was selected by Cleveland in the twelfth
round.
