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Jamie’s father said he tried not to
encourage his son to pitch when he
was younger.
Jamie Splittorff, drafted by the
Royals out of high school, said he
wanted to someday pitch in the major
leagues like his father did.
“I’m in a glamorous position being
the son of a former major leaguer,” he
said. “My dream is to someday play
major league baseball.
r‘I guess I’ve got it in the genes, so
that may help.”
Paul Splittorff is now a broad
caster for the Royals. He tries to get to
as many Jayhawk games as his job
permits.
“I missed Jamie’s last two starts,
but I was able to get the Oklahoma
game when we were in New York,” he
said. “The station had the system
rigged, so I could hear it on the radio.
“Another time when we were in
Minneapolis, I had the press secretary
call the press box in Lawrence every
20 minutes for updates on how Jamie
was doing.”
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Chandler remains hopeful
about NBA draft chances
By Susie Arth
Senior Reporter__
Derrick Chandler is working on
beefing up his resume.
Chandler, who was the lone senior
on the Comhusker basketball team
last season, said his chances of find
ing a job in the NBA were looking
pretty good.
He just got back from a profes
sional camp in Virginia that took the
top 64 college players, and the scouts
liked what they saw.
He got invited to another camp in
Chicago for the top 48 players at the
end of the month, and he’s looking
forward to showing them what he’s
got one more time.
“That will be the last chance the
pro scouts can see you,” he said. “It
will be a good opportunity to show
case my skills.
“Right now the word is I could be
an early second-round pick,” Chan
dler said. “This year’s draft is really
up in the air.”
Chandler, who will be graduating
from the University of Nebraska-Lin
coln May 8 with a degree in human
development, said the scouts told him
they liked his rebounding and de
fense', but they felt he needed to get
quicker so he could play power for
ward.
“They want me to have more fi
nesse than power.”
And Chandler will do what it takes
to make it in the NBA.
“I figure I’ve got my whole life to
work a nine-to-five job,” he lsaid. “I’m
young and healthy now; I want to play
basketball.”
Chandler said he had spoken to
former Husker Rich King, who plays
for the Seattle Supersonics, about play
ing in the NBA.
“(King) told me you’ve got to be
strong and you!ve got to work your
butt off,” he said.
Chandler said he could bring those
things to any NBA team.
“I’m a great rebounder with a strong
body; I’m a team player, a role player;
and I work hard day in and day out.”
But if the NBA doesn’t work out.
Chandler’s got some other possibili
ties, including checking out the bas
ketball leagues in Europe.
“The dream is always to play for
the NBA,” he said. “If that doesn’t
work out. I’ll step back and look at the
situation.
“A lot of people have asked me
what I thought about playing in Eu
rope ... it would have to be the right
situation.”
Perhaps a more likely option, Chan
dler said, would be for him to return to
die Washington, D.C., area and open
a recreation center for kids.
Ultimately, he said, he hopes to be
able to act as a big brother or coun
selor to kids in urban areas.
“Iwanttogive back to the com m u -
nity and help the next person up,” he
said. “People look up to you because
you’re a basketball player. I would
give them somebody to talk to or a
place to stay or whatever.”
But first, Chandler said he hoped
to find a place for himself in the NBA.
“I haven’t got all the basketball out
of my system yet,” he said.
Tennis team looks for individuals
to win first Big Eight team title
Injury-ridden OSU
is first obstacle
By Beau Finley
Staff Reporter
Nebraska men’s tennis coach Kerry
McDermott is hoping that his 12th
trip to the Big Eight Tournament will
be a little different lhan previous years.
' This time, he hopes his team will
give him a win.
The Comhuskers open the Big
Eight Tournament against Oklahoma
State in Kansas City, Mo., on Friday
after finishing third in the Big Eight
regular season race. The tourney fin
ishes with the championship match
on Sunday afternoon.
McDermott said he wants this
weekend's tournament to be signifi
cant for the program.
“We just want to go down there
and make some history,” McDermott
said.
Nebraska has never won a Big
Eight championship.
McDermott expressed confidence
in the team’s opening round match
against the injury-ridden Cowboys.
“We’re not going to have a lot of
trouble with them,” McDermott said.
“They’ve had quite a few injuries and
they’ll probably have to forfeit two
matches.”
That was the case a week ago when
the Huskers defeated Oklahoma State.
In the dual, the Cowboys were forced
to forfeit at No. 6 singles and at No. 3
doubles after sustaining injuries. Ne
braska won 5-2.
With wins, the Huskers will likely
face Kansas in the tournament’s semi
finals and Colorado in ihc champion
ship match. The Huskers lost to both
teams during the regular season.
McDermott said the team must
think of its individual jobs in order to
be successful as a team.
“Everyone has to perform and no
one has to take the lead,” McDermott
said. “They have to be self-motivated
to win their own point, then they can
come off the court and worry about
the rest of the team.”
McDermott said the lineup for the
weekend is set except for the No. 6
singles position.
Both Anthony Kotarac and An
thony Cunningham will vie for the
final singles spot.
McDermott will wait until today’s
practice to make the decision but did
say he would “go with whoever will
win.”
KU D
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Brohawn out at the plate.
“If you make mistakes, you are
going to get beat,” Nebraska coach
John Sanders said.
Sanders said the Huskers’ incon
sistent play is hard to explain, but he
remains positive that his team can
tum it around.
“We got enough pitching to win
today, we just didn’t get any hitting,”
Sanders said. “The good sign is that
we at least pitched.”
Brian Martin took the loss on the
mound for the Huskers Wednesday,
allowing four runs on eight hits in 7 2/
3 innings.
The bottom of the Kansasorderdid
most of the damage as the last three
hitlers combined seven hits and scored
three runs. The other two hits came
from leadoff hitter JefT Bcrblinger.
Kansas scored a single run in the
second and added two more in the
fourth inning. They scored their final
run in the seventh to take a 4-0 lead.
Chris Com picked up the win for
the Jayhawks, improving his season
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Sean McKenna provided the only
Husker highlight of the day with a
towering two-run homer to left-cen
ter field in .the bottom of the eighth
inning.
Petersen reached on an error by
Kansas third baseman Brent Wilhem
to lead off the eighth. McKenna fol
lowed a fly out by Sagmoen with his
second homer of the season.
Nebraska’s next action will be this
weekend as the Huskers travel to
Ames, Iowa, for a three-game scries
against Iowa State.
Streak at 8
as NU loses
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska softball team set the
record for the longest losing streak in
school history after the Comhuskers
dropped a doubleheader Wednesday
at Wichita Slate.
Nebraska lost 7-6 and 4-2 to the
Shockers and ex tended its losing streak
to eight games. Overall, the Huskers*
record dropped to 11-20.
In the first game, senior shortstop
Shae Sloan went 3-for-4 with four
RBIs. The Huskers took a 4^0 lead to
the top of the third inning, but Wichita
State rallied to tic the game in the
sixth inning and win in the bottom of
the seventh.
Cody Duscnberry (5-11) picked up
the loss for Nebraska.
In the second game, senior catcher
Kris Vucurevic was 2-for-3 with an
RBI and a stolen base. Wichita Slate
scored four runs in the fifth inning off
Husker starter Jody Splichal, whose
record dropped to 6-9.
Nebraska will resume action Sat
urday with a home doublehcader
against Iowa Slate beginning at 1 p.m.