Team gets double dose of quarterback health
By Jeff Singer
Senior Reporter
After losing several quarterbacks
to injuries during spring practices, the
Nebraska football team got some good
news as their healthy quarteiback
population doubled on Saturday.
Brook Berringer and Tony Veland,
who have been hampered during the
spring season with injuries, returned
on Saturday to join Tommie Frazier
and Matt Turman on the Comhusker
depth chart.
Berringer, who is recovering from
groin and elbow problems, and
Veland, who has been bothered with
a sprained ankle, returned by posting
dissimilar numbers in Nebraska’s fi
nal scrimmage before this Saturday’s
annual Red-White game.
Berringer completed 11 of 19
passes for 137 yards and a pair of
touchdowns, one for 38 yards to
wingback Riley Washington and the
other for nine yards to light end John
Vedral. The redshirt freshman from
Goodland, Kan., also ran for 35 yards
on six carries, including an eight-yard
scamper for a score.
Veland, on the other hand, had
trouble getting on track against the
Huskcr defense. Veland completed
one of eight passes for 14 yards and a
pair of interceptions. His rushing num
bers weren’t any better — minus 36
yards on the ground on five rushes.
Ncbraskacoach Tom Osborne was
happy just to have the pair back on the
field.
“I was glad to see Veland do some
things. He’s still a little rusty, but he
did a few good things I thought,”
Osborne said. “Brook is pretty healthy
now, so we got a good look at him.”
Berringer said he was pleased with
his performance on Saturday.
“I feel good about today’s scrim
mage," Berringer said. “I missed a
little bit, but I’ve just got to gel more
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I know that Coach
Osborne was getting
a little bit stressed
out when we were
down to having only
two guys. ...It will
come down to who
stays the healthiest
and who plays the
best.
—Berringer *
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reps and just get everything ironed
out.”
Berringer has been bothered by a
sore elbow since last year, but he said
he was happy with the progress he has
made with it so far this spring.
“All fall, my elbow was bothering
me. It was to the point toward the
Orange Bowl where I couldn’t even
hardly throw a football,” he said.
But with rehabilitation on his el
bow during the off-season, Berringer
said, “It’s felt pretty good so far.
As for competing with Frazier for
the lop spot on the depth chart,
Berringer said he was more interested
in his own play than where he would
end up in the fall.
Berringer said just being able to
slay healthy in the spring goes a long
way when trying to figure out who
will play when the season starts in
September.
“I know that Coach Osborne was
getting a little bit stressed out when
we were down to having only two
guys,” Berringer said. “The name of
the game is trying to stay healthy. U
will come down to who stays the
healthiest and who plays the best.”
Michelle Paulman/DN
Quarterback Tommie Frazier tries to evade linebacker Donta Jones during the Nebraska
football team’s scrimmage Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Notes:
• No major injuries were reported
in the scrimmage. Among those held
out included split end Corey Dixon
(sore hamstring), comerback Dave
Alderman - (sore hamstring),
comerback Eric Stokes (sore ham
string), I-back Willis Brown (knee)
and outside linebacker Ryan
Terwilliger (groin).
• Junior I-back Calvin Jones, who
missed lime earlier this spring wilh a
sore hamstring, rushed for 21 yards on
three carries.
NUmen triumph; women blanked
From Staff Report* __
The Nebraska men’sand women’s
tennis teams traveled to Oklahoma
this weekend, but they left with their
seasons headed in completely oppo
site directions.
The men beat Oklahoma State 5-2
Saturday afternoon and completed the
sweep by defeating Oklahoma 4-3
Sunday at Norman, Okia.
Meanwhile, the women were shut
out 9-0 by both Oklahoma and Okla
homa State.
The Nebraska men were led by No.
3 singles player Jan Andersen and No.
5 singles player Andy Davis. Both
won their singles’ matches.
Andersen also teamed with An
thony Cunningham at No. 2 doubles
to win both weekend matches.
TheHuskers’ No. 1 singles player,
Matthias Mueller, beat Oklahoma
State’s Andrew Carswell but fell to
the Sooners’ Joe DeLuna.
For the women, No. 1 singles player
Zarina Galvan was beaten 6-4, 6-3
Saturday by Oklahoma State’s Chris
tina Sirianni and lost Sunday 6-1,6-0
to Oklahoma’s Nicole Kennedy.
Both teams will play at the Big
Eight Tournament in Kansas City,
Mo., this weekend.
NCAA
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he said. “But wc were not able to
perform up to our capabilities, and
Stanford performed extremely well.”
Howard said the loss was disap
pointing for the team.
“Nobody likes to lose the national
championship, especially when
they’re sitting in the driver’s seat,” he
said. “They were certainly disap
pointed that they weren’t able to per
form up to the expectations.”
Despite the loss, Husker gymnasts
received several individual honors.
Grace became Nebraska’s fifth
gymnast to win a national champion*
ship in the floor exercise. Che Bowers
was second on the high bar and third
on the pommel horse. Josh Saegert
placed second on the parallel bars,
and Dennis Harrison placed sixth on
the parallel bars.
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