Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1993)
No. 2 tennis player dismissedfrom team By Beau Finley Staff Reporter Whatever the Nebraska tennis team does the rest of the season, they’ll have to do it without Karl Falkland. The Comhusker senior and the team’s No. 2 player was dismissed from the team for disciplinary rea sons following the team ’ s 1 -2 record at the San Diego Team Tourna ment last weekend. Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said the decision to dismiss Falkland was not sudden. “I talked with him several times and he just hasn’t responded,” McDermott said. McDermott said Falkland had expressed disappointment in not being the team’s No. 1 player, a position currently held by Matthias Mueller. Falkland had made news earlier in the year by being one of two Big Eight singles qualifiers for the NCAA Indoor Championships. He could not be reached for comment. McDermott said his players un derstood thedismissal was done for the sake of the team. “The guys know this is a disci plinary thing and we need to have discipline as a team,” McDermott said. Discipline will be a focus for the Comhuskers after a losing effort in San Diego. The Huskers, 7-3 on the season, lost to both Pacific and Yale after a victory over Pennsylvania in the tournament’s first round. McDermott said he was dissat isfied with the team’s performance and effort. “Wejustweren’treadytoplay,” McDermott said. “The guys just didn’t want it.” McDermott said the team would have to put forth a maximum effort in order to turn around its perfor mance. “We’re just going to practice really hard,” McDermott said. “We need to concentrate on hard work and having a positive attitude.” McDermott said the remainder of the season would be difficult, especially without Falkland. “Definitely, it’s going to be tougher when we play Kansas and Oklahoma,” McDermott said. “But I think we can do it.” Before Nebraska begins its Big Eight season, they will have to play Southwest Missouri State in Kan sas City, Mo., on Sunday. The Bears have not lost a No. 1 match in the region this year. McDermott said the dual would be competitive, especially for M uellcr. “It will be a good match,” McDermott said. “(Mueller) will have to play well to win.” Gymnasts Continued from Page 7 mance this weekend. The conference meet, which con sists of Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa State, is Saturday at Norman, Ok la. “I don’t think we will get an 88 at the Big Eight,” Allen said. “The judg ing will be a lot tougher at Oklahoma, and I think wecan expect an 84 or 85.” Dennis Harrison, a three time All American from Omaha, led the Husk y's with an all-around score of57.725. Harrison scored a 9.85 on the pom mel horse to lead Nebraska and scored a 9.85 on the vault, behind Che Bow ers’ 9.90. Allen said Harrison will need to continue to perform well down the stretch for Nebraska. -4* The kids performed exquisitely, but the judging was easy. —Allen Nil gymnastics coach -99 _ “Dennis has got to be a team leader for us to win,” Allen said. “He was out of shape early in the season, but now he is back in shape and he’s perform ing well.” Sumner Darling turned in the sec ond best all-around performance for the Huskers, scoring a 55.95, includ ing a team high 9.85 on the floor exercise. [ ■ The Computing Resource Center is offering free microcomputer seminars to UNL students. The seminars will feature an introduction to Microsoft Word for the Macin tosh and WordPerfect for IBM machines. No reservations are required. Lab Location Dates Times Advanced Microsoft Word for the Macintosh Andrews Tuesday, March 16 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Advanced WordPerfect 5.1 for IBM Sandoz (IBM) Wednesday. March 17 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. . ....i Another Great Reason lb Join Our Telemarketing Team. Out Newest 1_ | Belief it: j HEALTH INSURANCE IDELMAW CALL TELEMARKETING MOfl-Ffi 1-7 P-ITI. ■ " C1 476-0445 __ 809 "P' Street Toreros to make debut at tourney SDU rebounds from early losses By John Adkisson Senior Editor __ When the San Diego women’s bas ketball team learned about its first ever NCAA Tournament bid Sunday, the Toreros were flying high. About 30,000 feet high. “When we found out on the air plane that we were playing Nebraska, our players had to get out the maps and see where Lincoln was,” said San Diego coach Kathy Marpe. “We were just happy that we were going some where. Nonetheless, San Diego has been cruising, beating Santa Clara in the West Coast Athletic Conference Tour nament final to earn an automatic berth and a No. 11 seed in the West Regional. The 16-11 Toreros and the sixth seeded Cornhuskers will meet Wednesday in a first-round NCAA Tournament game at 7:30 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. “Nobody’s going to expect us to win, but we like that,” Marpe said. “There wasn’t a single person who thought we could win the conference tournament in Santa Clara’s gym.” San Diego is led by 6-foot-4 center Chris Enger, who averages five blocks per game. In addition, 5-foot-5 guard Angie Straub is the only other senior starter for the Toreros. Straub leads the team in assists and is a co-captain. “It was Chris and Angie’s dream to make the NCAA Tournament,” Marpe said. “We had a team meeting last Monday, and we talked about what making the tournament meant to those kids.” San Diego is making its first-ever NCAA appearance and Marpe, in her 13th year at SDU, is also in the tour ney for the first time in her coaching career. DN file photo Nebraska’s Nafeesah Brown goes up for a shot in a game last season. The Comhuskers will host San Diego in a first-round NCAA Tournament game Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. It s a pretty new thing for all of us,” she said. “We’re all rookies.” The Toreros started the season with a 3-5 record, which included a 99-56 loss to Texas Tech (the No. 2 seed in the West Regional) and a 71-49 loss to Stanford (the top seed in the West). Butafter being picked to finish last in their conference by a preseason poll of coaches, the Toreros rebounded to an 8-6 record and a second-place finish behind Santa Clara in the con ference. Although Nebraska and San Diego have no common opponents this sea son, Marpe said she was in the stands when the Huskers made their only other NCAA appearance in a loss at Southern Cal in 1988. “I have a lot of respect for Ne braska,” she said. “They’ve had a great year.” Marpe said she was also familiar with Nebraska coach Angela Beck through their work with the U.S. Olym pic Festivals. She said she was looking forward to bringing her team to Lincoln. 1 “I have a few friends in Nebraska, but I don’t think any of my players have connections there,” Marpe said. “It’ll be good for them. They’ll get to meet some Nebraskans.” Nebraska blasts No. 24 Tigers as Brohawn sparkles on mound From Staff Reports Nebraska’s Troy Brohawn pitched a three-hit shutout as the Comhuskers pounded No. 24 Ciemson 5-0 Mon day in the first round of the Pepsi/ Johnny Quik classic in Fresno, Calif. Brohawn struck out 16 tatters en route to the victory, and fell just one strikeout shy of tying the school record for strikeouts in a single game. Husker coach John Sanders said Brohawn pitched a near-flawless game. ‘Troy pitched a tremendous game," Sanders said. “He pitched with au thority, didn’t waver, and was solid trom the first to the ninth.’’ Clem son could manage only a first inning single, a third-inning single and a bunt single to lead off the ninth against Brohawn. He then struck out the last three Tiger batters to end the game. Brohawn, also the Huskers’ desig nated hitter, got the game winning RBI with a single in the first inning. Brohawn said the key to his win was control. “I just let Clem son put the ball into play and let the defense do the work,” Brohawn said. “I didn’t allow any runners to reach second base and stayed ahead in the count.” At the plate, Nebraska scored all of its runs with two men out. Jed Dalton, Darin Erstad and Derek Dukart collected two hits apiece for the Husk ers. The win upped Nebraska’s record to 5-1 while Clemson dropped to 11 - 4. The shutout marked the first time the Tigers have been held scoreless in 1S3 games. Sanders said his team can use the win to help gain momentum in the tournament. “It was a good start for us in the tournament,” Sanders said. “Now we need to build on this tomorrow.” The Huskers will continue play Tuesday with a game against South west Missouri State at noon central time._ Join us in the morning for muffins and coffee! Don't Forget... Gourmet Cookies 3 for $1 Tuesdays Noon-1 Thurs. Nights 8-1 Opm WERE FIGHTING FOR VCXR LIFE [American Heart Association Nebraska Affiliate DANCE CONTEST Every Tuesday 9 p.m. 1823 "0" Street NO COVER