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Big Eight title up for grabs, coaches say By Matt Woody Staff Reporter Although the Big Eight Women's BasketballTournamentmay look like the Colorado show, six teams have a legitimate chance at the title, Okla homa coach Gary Hudson said Wednesday. The tournament will be one of the most competitive in recent history, he said. Coloradocoach Ceal Barry agreed. Calling the tournament “wide open,” she said Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma all had a shot to become the tournament champions and gain an automatic berth to the NCAA tour nament. Iowa State and Kansas State also have a chance to win a game, she said. Barry said because the Lady Buff: had been atop the Big Eight all year the other teams would be gunning foi them. “Everyone coming in wants to bea us,” she said. Colorado, ranked No. 6, had los only twice throughout the confercnc< season, once to Oklahoma and once u Nebraska. The Buffs are the No. 1 seed in the tournament, which begin: Saturday in Salina, Kan. Hudson said Colorado was the fa vorite, based on the consistency the; showed all year, but “Nebraska wil give them a run for their money.' Nebraska is the most improved lean in the Big Eight, he said. Hudson, Barry and Oklahoma State ; coach Dick Hal terman agreed on play ers who would have a significant im 1 pact on the tournament. Those play ers, were Lisa McGill of Oklahoma State, Shelley Sheet/ of Colorado and Karen Jennings of Nebraska. Hudson said Jennings, who is aver 1 aging 22.0 points and 7.9 rebounds a : game, was “the most dominating 1 player in the conference.” ; Barry said the key to the tourna ment would be offensive consistency. OSU’s Halterman said the biggest , obstacle for teams would be getting I past the first round. ’The pressure is on to win a basket 1 ball game, and once you win a game, the pressure’s off,” he said. Yedsena Continued from Page 14 during the regular season, while the Huskers swept Oklahoma. Yedsena said the team would love another shot at Oklahoma State. “We’ve had the lead the last couple of times and lost,” Yedsena said. “The attitude we’re taking in is that it’s hard to beat a good team three limes.” Junior forward Nafeesah Brown said that the main thing is for her and her teammates to remain re laxed. “I’m excited and I’m confident we will play well,” she said. “We need to go in, have a good time and win it.” . • If Nebraska makes it through Saturday and Sunday's competi tion, it may set up a championship game with first-place Colorado. TheHuskersand Buffs split their season series. Yedsena, the Huskers’ all-time assist leader, said she hopes she can contribute more points for her team in the tournament. The junior is averaging 8.2 points per game. ”1 just want to up my scoring a little bit,” Yedsena said. Coach (Angela Beck) talked to me about it and I know that's what I need to do.” Huskers outfield best in nation, coach says By Jen uriescn Staff Reporter Nebraska baseball coach John Sanders says he has the best out field in the nation in Marc Sagmoen, Jed Dalton, and Darin Erstad. Sagmoen, a senior from Seattle is the captain of this year’s team and the leader in the outfield. Last season, Sagmoen was the Big Eight balling champion with a .446 batting average in 31 games before breaking his right wrist in a game against Evansville. . In the 31 games that Sagmoen played, the Huskcrs were 20-11, and without him Nebraska went 11-14. Sagmoen said it was difficult to watch the Huskers struggle with out him at the end of last season, but he made the most of the situa tion. “It was real frustrating for me to watch the guys play without me, but I tried to keep a positive out look,” Sagmoen said. “I helped the coaches in the dugout to shift the outfielders,” he said, “and it helped me because you learn to recognize some other little things and tendencies when you’re watching from the bench.” While Sagmoen said his injury It was real frustrating for me to watch the guys play without me, but I tried to keep a positive outlook. --Marc Sagmoen NU baseball player -ft - may have helped him, it also helped Dalton come into his own. Dalton, a sophomore from Papillion, started 42 games last season, including 17 incenterfield after Sagmoen was injured. Baseball America voted Dalton a second-team freshman All American after he finished with a .358 batting average. Dalton said he is expecting to have a better season because of the experience he gained last year. “I learned a lot last season,” Dalton said. ”1 matured as a player as far as the mental aspect goes.” Erstad, a freshman from Jamestown N.D. is expected to join Sagmoen and Dalton in the outfield. Erstad was rated as the 13 th best freshman in the country by Base ball America, and was also its pre season Big Eight Freshman ot the Year. Coach pleased with team s ettort in tennis dual loss to Minnesota By Tony West Staff Reporter Poise, character and effort. That’s how Nebraska women’s ten nis coach Scott Jacobson described his team’s comeback effort at the Minnesota Triangular last Saturday. The team came away with a 1-1 record from the meet and Jacobson was pleased. They defeated Western Michigan 5-4, but lost to Minnesota 9-0. Jacobson said he was most pleased with the way his team bounced back to defeat Western Michigan. Western Michigan was picked to win over Nebraska and was ranked ahead of Minnesota going into the competi tion. The Huskers were down at 4-1 in We showed a lot of character. We have the ‘Never say die' attitude. -^Jacobson Nil women s tennis coach -ft * the match against Western Michigan, but won the last four matches to squeak out the victory. “Western Michigan was a close dual,” Jacobson said. “We showed a lot of character. We have the ‘Never say die’ attitude. “We really showed a lot of poise.” Although the Huskers lost by a lopsided score to Minnesota, Jacobin said he was pleased with his team’s effort in the match. “Minnesota is a good team,” Jacobson said. “We played hard, but they are just at a higher level than us ” Nebraska now has a 4-2 overall dual record and is looking forward to heading to Wichita, Kan., to battle Wichita State and Tulsa in two weeks. Jacobson said he was confident about his team’s progress this far into the season and liked his team’schances going into the two duals. “These are going to be two good duals,” he-said. “They are good comparatives.” \_ Kansas Continued from Page 13 for those kids,” Williams said. “This was a fantastic night; this was the way to go out.” Strickland, who was (me of six Huskers playing for the first time in Allen Fieldhouse, said he actually enjoyed playing before the enthusias tic Kansas fans. “This is what you look forward to is playing in this atmosphere,” said Strickland, who finished with nine points. “It’s tough, but I think it’s more fun than tough.” Strickland said despite the loss, the Huskers were still optimistic. “We came up short, but that’s all right. We’re not down," he said. “We’re going to come back, work hard, try to gel the win against Okla homa and look forward to the (Big Eight) Tournament, where we might see (Kansas) again." Nebraska (13-0) — Badgett 4-81-3 10. Chubk* 2-6 0-0 4, Chandler 3-12 0-0 6. Johnson 8-10 0-0 18, Platkowski 8-18 2-2 23. Best 2-3 0-0 5. Strickland 4-8 0-0 8. Gregory2-32-46, Boone0-00-00,WooWdge ( 1- 2 0-0 2. Totals 35-72 5-8 83. « 6- 15 6-8 18, Jordan 4-8 0-0 10. Woodbeny 7- 1411-1226, Rayford 0-00-00, Richey 1- j 2 4-4 6, Ostertag 1-30-0 2. , ' ' ‘ Totals 32-65 26-32 84. 3-point goals — Nebraska 8-16 (Piatkowski 3-6, Johnson 2- 3, Badgett 1-1, Best 1-1, Strickland 1-5). Kansas 4-15 (Jordan 24, Woodberry 1-3, Walters 1-8). Rebounds — Nebraska 38 (Chandtor. Best 8), Kansas 38 (Pauley 8). Asaists — Nebraska 18 (Piajkowski 5), Kansas 17 (Jordan 6). Total fouls — Ne braska 25. Kansas 13. A —15,800. Classified .. CLASSIFIED INDEX mm.'.'.+.m.;..'.m.i.m..AiM..i,,j;:m„V,.».',£ ± V. "ii FOR SALE 64 Printing ^Copying *■**66 Recycling 2 Appliance* 72 Rent** 3 Bicycle* 74 Tanning 4 Book* 75 Tattooing 5 Clothing 76 Travel 7 Jewelry 60 Typing A Resume* 6 Computers . - • Furniture NOTICES 9 Oarage Sales 10 Mac. 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