Huskers confident about Colorado matchup
Player says NU
to rebound from
Saturday’s loss
By Tony West
Staff Reporter
The third time was the charm for
the Colorado volleyball team against
Nebraska on Saturday in the Big Eight
championship match.
But the fourth match between the
two this week will terminate one
team’s season.The Comhuskers will
be pitted against Colorado in a first
round NCAA Tournament match at
7:00 p.m.'Thursday at the NU Coli
seum, and Nebraska outside hitler
Allison Weston said playing a famil
iar team will be an advantage.
“It helps to know all the rotations
and strategies that they like to play,”
Weston, a freshman outside hitter,
said.
The Huskcrs were playing without
All-American Stephanie Thaler on
Saturday night. Thatcr is out with an
ankle injury she suffc’rcd before the
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to play on Thursday.
Now, the Huskcrs find themselves
rebounding from a loss and looking
for a replacement for Thaler.
Weston said the Huskcrs aren’t
looking for one person to step up, but
rather uWsc a team effort.
“We arc playing well and I think
everyone is just trying to step their
play up a little,” Weston said. “The
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Nebraska outside hitter Laura Luther (center) and Billie Winsett dive for a ball in the Big Eight Championship match against
Colorado. The two teams will meet again in a first-round NCAA Tournament match Thursday at the NU Coliseum.
loss of Thaler is a big blow, but she is
at every practice and being real sup
portive for the rest of the team.”
•Weston said the Huskers didn’t
execute on Saturday, but that the team
is trying to correct those mistakes in
time for Thursday’s match.
“We didn’t pass on a dime and
missed serves. Wc didn’t get to hit
what we wanted; we had to hit what
wc could instead,” Weston said.
The Buffaloes may have more con
fidence, Weston said, after their win
on Saturday.
By playing on their own home
court and in front of their national
leading crowd in attendance, the Husk
ers will have some advantages even if
Thaler isn’t in ihc lineup.
The winner will advance to play
the winner of the Ohio State and llli
nois game in the semifinals of the
Midcast Regional.
Weston said she’s confident that
the Huskers will play well.
“There is no question we can beat
them, if we put our minds to it, even
without Thaler,” Weston said.
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Baseball appoints panel
to investigate Reds’ Schott
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s
executive council, responding to alle
gations that Marge Schott made state
ments offensive to minorities, ap
pointed a four-person committeeTucs
day to investigate ihcCincinnati Reds
owner.
The 11-member council met for
about one hour in a telephone confer
ence call and decided to appoint the
committee “to investigate the alleged
racial and ethnic remarks attributed”
to Schott.
American League president Bobby
Brown, National League president
Bill White, California Angels execu
tive vice president Jackie Autry and
Pittsburgh Pirates director Douglas
Danforih will be on the panel. Mil
waukee Brewers owner Bud Selig,
the executive council chairman, said
NL lawyer Robert Khcel will be the
counsel for the probe.
“The committee has been asked to
conduct its investigation thoroughly
and with all appropriate dispatch,”
the commissioner’s office said in a
statement.
The committee is to report its find
ings to the executive council, which
assumed the power of the commis
sioner when Fay Vincent resigned
Sept. 7.
The Schott probe will be the third
major investigation for major league
baseball since 1989.
Huskers
Continued from Page 7
when Ycdsena injured her ankle.
The Huskers started slow in the
second half, and the Sun Devils tied
the score at 47 on a three-pointer by
Ryncldi Bcccnti with 14:50 remain
ing.
Freshman Kate Galligan gave the
Huskers a two-point lead with a driv
ing basket with 14:29 left in the game.
The lead then seesawed.
Galligan hit a three-pointer to give
the H uskers a 58-56 lead, and Jennings
then hit a four-foot jumper in the lane
with 9:46 left to give Nebraska a 60
58 lead.
Arizona Slate came back, taking
their last lead at 68-67 on a basket by
Lisa Salsman.
A jump shot in the lane by Galligan,
gave Nebraska a 69-68 advantage and
the lead for good. Offringa pul Ne
braska up 75-69 with a three-pointer
with 3:50 left.
Yedsena then hit six free throws in
the final three minutes to seal the
victory.
Even with the win, Beck said she is
hoping for improvement on defense.
Wildcats
Continued from Page 7
us,” Barta said. “We’re going to be
doing a lot of different things there.
“It’ll be a different atmosphere, so
both teams arc going to have to pre
pare well and concentrate on play
ing.”, .
Barta said he hoped that the Wild
cats could build on last year’s game
against the Huskers.
In that game, Kansas Stale came
close to winning the contest against
the Huskers.
The Wildcats led 31-24 going into
the fourth quarter, but Husker running
back Derek Brown look away the
hopes for an upset with two touch
down runs to give Nebraska a 38-31
win.
Barta said that even though they
lost that game, it gave the Wildcats
confidence that they could play with
Nebraska.
“Thatgame moved the Kansas State
football program to a new level,” he
said.
After last season’s 7-4 record and
. the near upset of the Huskers, cxpcc
laiions were high for this year’s Wild
cat team.
Kansas State has struggled this
year to a 5-5 record.
Barta said that they could have
done better.
“This has been a disappointing
year,” he said. “This is the first year
since I’ve been here where we haven’t
lived up to expectations.”
Even with the Wildcats’ disap
pointing season, Barta said that Iowa
Slate’s 19-10 upset of Nebraska had
given them added confidence that
they could beat the Huskers.
“Most people in the nation realize
that any team can beat any team,” he
said. “But Nebraska is an awfully
good team and a national power every
year.”
Barta said he hadn’t let the team’s
disappointing performance affect his
play.
Barta, who made second-team All
Big Eight last year, made honorable
mention all-conference this year, de
spite being second in the conference
and in the top 20 in the nation in
tackles with 127.
“I have played every bit as well, if
not better, as I did last year,” he said.
