Miami remains No. 1 in AP poll
By The Associated Press
A Miami-Florida Slate rematch
moved closer to reality Sunday.
Third-ranked Florida Stale doubled
its lead over No. 4 Texas A&M in The
Associated Press college football poll,
virtually guaranteeing the Seminoles
another shot'at No. 1 Miami if No. 2
Alabama loses to Florida next week in
the Southeastern Conference cham
pionship game.
If Miami and Florida Slate finish
1 -2 in the poll, they would be required
NU swim teams
trail Minnesota
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska men’s and women’s
swimming and diving teams each fin
ished second in the Gopher Invita
tional in Minneapolis this weekend.
Both teams finished behind Min
nesota in the meet, which had six
teams on each side.
The Cornhuskcrs took home three
of four relay titles on the women’s
side, while the men took home four
first-place finishes in the relays.
The diving team captured one in
dividual title, with Kevin McMahon
winning the one-meter springboard
competition. McMahon also finished
third on the three-meter board.
to meet in the Fiesta Bowl under rules
established by the new bowl coali
tion. Miami handed Florida State its
only loss, 19-16, on Oct. 3.
If Alabama wins, the Tide would
play Miami for the national title in the
Sugar Bowl and Florida State would
go to the Colton or Orange bowls. But
if Alabama loses, Florida State would
almost certainly move up to No. 2,
setting up a Fiesta rematch with Mi
ami.
Miami (11-0) remained a near
unanimous No. 1 after routing San
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Notre Dame (9-1 -1) remained No.
5, idle Syracuse (9-2) moved up two
spots to No. 6, idle Michigan (8-0-3)
stayed No. 7, and Georgia (9-2) rose
one notch to No. 8.
Colorado (9-1 -1) climbed one spot
to No. 9, and Washington (9-2) moved
up one notch to No. 10.
Nebraska is 11th, followed by
Florida, North Carolina State,
Stanford, Ohio State and Boston Col
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Nebraska middle blocker Stephanie Thater (middle) looks on
at the championship match of the Big Eight Volleyball
Tournament. Thater sprained her ankle and missed both of
the Cornhuskers’ matches this weekend.
Buffs Anally end
Husker mastery
By i im Pearson
Staff Reporter
OMAHA — The grin on Michele
Kohler’s face said il all.
Kohler was all smiles as she ac
i copied ihc Big Eight Tournament
Championship trophy after she helped
Colorado to its first-ever volleyball
victory over Nebraska.
After 15 straight losses to the
Cornhuskcrs, the Buffaloes ended that
streak with a 16-14, 15-11,9-15,15
8 win in the finals of the Big Eight
Tournament Saturday night at Civic
Auditorium.
Kohler, a 5-foot-7 outside hitter
and the only senior on this year’s
Colorado team, said she had been
waiting four years for the moment.
“My goal before 1 left was to beat
Nebraska,” she said. “It’s a little bit
sweeter to beat them for the Big Eight
championship.”
Buffalo coach Brad Saindon said
he was pleased his team had finally
beaten the Huskcrs.
“We’ve been chasing Nebraska for
six years, and to finally get a piece of
them, it’s an indescribable feeling,”
he said. “It’s like a dog chasing a
rabbit. When the dog finally gets a
hold of the rabbit, il doesn’t know
what to do with it.”
The Buffaloes almost let the rabbit
go after winning the first two games.
The Huskers came out and won the
third game.
Just one night before, Nebraska
had overcome a two-game deficit to
beat Oklahoma in five games.
Were Saindon and his Buffs wor
ried about history repeating itself?
‘ My team has been in some pretty
big matches the last three years that
we haven’t been able to pull out,”
Saindon said. “We’ve had five or six
matches where we’ve been right in
the hunt, but we’ve let them off the
hook.
“We’ve had enough experience in
these kind of matches. It was nice to
hold on and finally pull one off.”
Kohler was named the
tournament’s Most Valuable Player,
and three other Buffs — Nicole
Vranesh, Staci Wolfe and Karric
Downey — were named to the all
tournament team.
Despite earning the MVP award,
Kohler didn’t lake all the credit for the
victory.
“Every single person played great,”
she said.
Saindon said he was proud of all of
his players, especially Kohler.
“I’m so happy for Michele after
she didn’t make all-conference, which
I thought was unjust,” he said.
Saindon said the absence of Ne
braska middle blocker Stephanie
Thaler, who was out with an ankle
injury, hurt the Huskcrs.
“We wanted to play Nebraska at
their very best,” he said. “They could
always depend on Stephanie Thaler
for the big play, big kill, or big block.
Saindon said Thaler played a big
role in the Huskcrs’ win over Colo
rado earlier this season.
“She was the deciding factor in the
match in Boulder,” he said. “Tonight
it seemed like no one really stepped
forward for Nebraska. I was sorry to
sec her go down. I mean that very
sincerely.”
Tournament
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to score six straight points and even
tually win the game.
But Colorado again look control of
the match in the fourth game, rallying
from an 8-6 deficit to score the final
nine points and close the match.
Pettit said the difference — espe
cially in the final two games — was
Colorado’s ability to run points on
Nebraska.
“The teams played evenly; the dif
ference was runs,” Pettit said. “I kept
feeling that we were getting better,
but we just took a breath at the wrong
time in the fourth game.”
Colorado was led by two hitters —
Karric Downey and 5-foot-7 Mich
cllc Kohler — with 23 and 22 kills, '
respectively. Kohler, Colorado’s only
senior, was named the tournament’s
Most Valuable Player.
Nebraska was led by senior Eileen
Shannon, who finished with 24 kills
and a .396 hitting percentage. Shan
non and Luther were the only two
Huskers named to the all-tournament
team.
Now the Huskers, who fell to 21 -5
with the loss, must try to regroup for
a first-round NCAA Tournament
match —again against Colorado at
7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Pettit said he expected Thatcr to
play in the return match.
“We’re planning on her playing,”
Pettit said. ‘‘We’ll do so unless we
hear different.”
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