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Huskie middle guard looks to press NU quarterback By Tony West Staff Reporter Following a season where he was hampered by a knee injury, Washing ton middle guard Mike Lustyk is look ing to prove himself of old. Lustyk, a senior, said he’s looking to anchor the Huskies’ pass rush when Nebraska visits Seattle on Saturday. And he’s also eager to pul some hcatonComhuskerquartcrback Mike Grant. “We’re going to get upficld and wc’rc going to try to get as many hits on him as possible,” Lustyk said. Last season, Lustyk was a part of Washington’s 36-21 win over the Huskers in Lincoln. But the week following that game, he injured his knee in the Huskies’ victory over Kansas State. He returned three weeks later and -44 We re going to get upfield and we’re going to try to get as many hits on (Grant) as possible. — Lustyk Washing ton middle guard 7,-»» - helped the Huskies to a 12-0 mark and a share of the national championship. But gone from that team is the NFL’s top draft choice last spring, defensive tackle Steve Emtman. Lustyk said that the Washington defense is still adjusting to the loss of Emtman. “Steve’s gone,” Lustyk said. “He’s going to do very well in the NFL. But we’re still around here and now it’s time for us to do our thing.” The 6-foot-3,270-poundcr said the key to Saturday’s matchup will be controlling Nebraska’sground attack. “Nebraska is an explosive team with fast backs and a strong offensive line,” Lustyk said. Lustyk said that Nebraska may be the most talented teanr^Washington will see all year, but he added that the Comhuskers’ size and speed will force the Huskies to improve on a lackluster start to the season. “I attribute the yards we’ve given up early to the first couple game jit ters. , “But all this talent on the side of Nebraska means we may have to turn Jt up a notch,” Lustyk said. “And I think we will.” cross country coach expresses optimism about first track meet By Phil Carter Staff Reporter With the first meet of the season only two days away, Com husker cross country coach Jay Dirksen is optimis tic. “Overall we look pretty good for both men and women,” Dirksen said. “The girls seem to be in good shape, and the men arc average as of now, but later in the season they should be pretty good.” Both the men’.sand women’s cross country teams open their season Sat urday at Pioneers Park in the Woody Grccno/Ncbraska Invite, which is scheduled for a 10 a.m. start. More than 22 schools and 306 run ners will take part in the meet, but Dirksen said the Huskcrs were using the meet as a luncup for upcoming weeks. “It’s our first meet and when it’s this early in the season I’m never really concerned,” he said. “It’s not a high-pressure meet, but we need to takca look at our own runners. We’ve got a lot of competition on our own teams right now. The men’s top runner — All American candidate David Iteffa— will sit out Saturday’s meet. Iteffa, who missed all of last season with a hip injury, will run in two weeks at the University of Minnesota. “We want him to train harder this week, and gel more mileage under his bell before he lakes part in any meet,” Dirksen said. “Right now, the men have a lot of good people behind him, so down the road it looks pretty good.” Leading the way for the Husker women arc two standouts returning from last season. Senior Fran ten Benscl and junior Theresa S tel ling both qualified for the NCAA national meet last season. According to Dirksen, ten Bcnsel could be one of the best runners in the nation this fall. “She’s outstanding, and I think she’s one of the best individual run ners in the United Slates,” he said. “We have a lot of athletes on the women’s team who are very good. Theresa Stclling is very good, and the >Jjst goes on.” Missing from the women’s team this Saturday, however, is third run ner Michele Schafer. Schafer may miss most of the season because of a stress fracture she sustained in prac tice. “There’s been a lot of competition on the women’s side,” Dirksen said. “And they have a lot of depth, so we just have to wail and see. Right now we’re concentrating on volume and miles because it is the first meet.” Teams from the U n iversily of South Dakota, Nebraska Wesleyan, Wichita Slate, Drake and University of Ne braska-Kearney will be among those participating in the meet on Saturday. The meet is named for Woody Greeno, a former cross country coach at Nebraska Wesleyan, and is hosted by both Nebraska Wesleyan and the University of Nebraska. Men's tennis team hopes to play better than previous opening tries By Beau Finley Staff Reporter The Nebraska men’s tennis team is hoping this year’s debut won’t be a repeat performance. The Comhuskcrs enter the 1992 1993 campaign this weekend in South Bend, Ind., competing in the Notre Dame Invitational. Sixteen teams from across the country will compete. Last year, the team failed to get a player into the semifinals and only Mike Garcia, a freshman at the time, made the quarterfinals in his bracket. Garcia said he had not forgotten the poor team performance. - H We took it in the chin last year ... we’ve got something to prove. —Garcia Nil men's tennis player -99 - “Wc took it in the chin last year.. . we’ve got something to prove,” Garcia said. Despite the players’ focus on the tournament, coach Kerry McDermott said he warned lo make the event a steppingstonc. “Our main goal is lo improve,” McDermott said. “We want to estab lish our lop six and the doubles teams and then build momentum for the Big Eight season.” The team momentum will center on the return of redshirt senior Matthias Mueller. Mueller, the top NU player two years ago when he was ranked as h igh as 26th national ly, also has some thing to prove. “(Mueller) had a good year but didn’t finish strong,” McDermott said. If experience is any indication, the NU tennis team should not be at a loss for depth strength. Red Sox players settle scoring teud BOSTON (AP) — Roger Clemens and Wade Boggs cooled iheir sim mering feud Wednesday, a rare bit ol good news in a frustrating season for ihc last-place Boston Red Sox. They held peace talks with man ager Butch Hobson less than 24 hours alter Clemens said he had lost respect lor his teammate for influencing an official scoring change that increased Clemens’ ERA. The change didn’t help Clcmpns’ chances for a fourth Cy Young Award. I’ve got Roger’s respect back,” Bogus said after the 25-minutc ses sion before Boston ’ s game against the Milwaukee Brewets. “Thai’s all I need.” “When you get cards out on the table and talk about it, it’s over and done with,” Clemens said. “We’ll go on to try to finish up the season strong, look forward to next year. It’s been frustrating on everybody.” Asked if two of the greatest players in club history had apologized to each other, Hobson said, “They shook hands.” All three said the controversy was behind them. The play that launched it was a hard fifth-inning grounder by Tony Phillips in the Detroit Tigers’ 9-5 win Saturday. It went between Boggs and third base and was ruled an error. After talking with Boggs, official scorer Charles Scoggins changed the call to a hit. The two runs Detroit scored in the inning became earned, raising Clemens’ ERA from 2.24 to 2.31. Clemens (18-9) still leads the American League in ERA. Kevin Appier of the Kansas City Royals is second at 2.46. Clemens became upset Tuesday after hearing that the scoring change was made after Boggs questioned the decision. “I hope (the controversy) doesn’t get in the way of what I’m trying to accomplish”by winning theCy Young Award, Clemens had said Tuesday night, “but I’m going to need my teammates ’ help. Singer _ _ _ Continued from Page 19 environment. The Huskers will have achance to utilize all of their weapons in dry weather, but if it rains, then the Washington defense will reign as well. Bad weather will hamper Nebraska’s passing game more than Washington’s, since Hobert and Brunell could probably each pass for 250 yards in a blizzard. Therefore, the Huskers will be forced to run the ball. And when Nebraska is forced to be one-dimensional without the passing game, it usually spells the beginning of the end for the Big Red. Tickets available for Tokyo game From Staff Reports Fans wishing to purchase tickets to the Nebraska-Kansas State game at Tokyo on Dec. 5 may do so through the UNL ticket office. The game will be the first ever outside the United States for the Comhuskers. The tickets cost $80 and $230 each and must be ordered through the ticket office by Wednesday, Sept. 23. For more information, call 472-3111. Visa and MasterCard orders will be accepted. i Rainy weather this weekend would be like Captain Ahab going into Moby Dick’s home territory, and instead of ■ using a harpoon, the captain tries to conquer the whale by throwing rocks at him. So if the Huskers are to achieve these five goals, Nebraska just might leave Washington with a surprising victory. If not, another generation of Husker fans will have to keep track on their calendars and wait for the next time Nebraska will be able to pull off an upset on the road. —Singer is a senior news-editorial and politi cal science major and is a Daily Nebraskan sports senior reporter. Sunday Nights Free Dance Lessons 7-8 pm Country Dancing 8-LZ pm Friday Nights Rock & Roll Sept. 18 THE RUMBLES Sept.25 STREET LEGAL •Big Band Dancing • Special Party Rental Available. 6600 West ”0" Street Grandpa's Ribs Restaurant Vastine's Blues Band" Fri. Sept. 18 Sat. Sept 19 $1 Cocksuckers! Rib or Pork Dinner $7.99 Buy l Get 1 FREE! (Exp. Oct. 1) St. Paul United Methodist Church Sunday Worship at ^ q 9:30 a.m. & ^l|l| 11:00 a.m. t; ■ Other Fellowship, Social & Study Activities for College Students! (Just South of Campus) 1144 M St. 477-6951 ' ^ .