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.”
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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.
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The kids performed
exquisitely, but the
judging was easy.
—Allen
Nil gymnastics coach
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“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.
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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
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