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Sophomore Terrance Badgett plays defense in a game against Kent State last season.
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Huskers dominate
on every field, court
By Derek Samson
Staff Reporter _
If you like college football, the
University of Ncbraska-Lincoln is the
place to be.
But last year’s success of tradition
ally less-celebrated sports showed
UNL’s athletics is not just about foot
ball Saturdays.
In addition to Nebraska’s football
success, the men’s and women’s bas
ketball, volleyball and men’s gym
nastics teams all earned NCAA tour
nament bids.
i Thcbiggcsthcadlincsstill belonged
to football, however, as the Com
huskers won the Big Eight title and
earned a trip to the Orange Bowl for
the second-straight year. The Huskcrs
lost the game to Florida Stale 27-14.
Football coach Tom Osborne said
a strong effort helped the Comhuskcrs
have a successful year.
“I think we played very well on
several occasions. In the Colorado,
Kansas and Oklahoma games we
played quite well,” Osborne said.
“Even in the bowl game, we made
some mistakes, but the effort was
there.”
The Comhuskers celebrated home
coming by beatingColorado 52-7,
snapping the Buffalo’s 25-game Big
Eight unbeaten streak. Entering the
game, both teams were tied for the
eighth spot in the nation and the
Husker’s victory was their first against
£0lwado j^jee 1988.
The Huskerx stumbled when they
were upset by Iowa Stale 19-10 on
Nov. 14, but ended the year with
victories over Oklahoma and Kansas
Slate.
“That (recovering from the Iowa
State loss) was big from the stand
point of the Big Eightchampionship,"
Osborne said. “We needed to win the
rest of our games if we wanted to win
it and its always a major goal to win
the Big Eighl championship."
Looking ahead to the fall,Osborne
will have the luxury of 13 returning
starters, including the 1992 Big Eighl
leading rusher, Calvin Jones.
“We think we’ll have a very good
team. We’ll have a good, strong line
and we have excellent speed at the
receiver positions," Osborne said.
“The backficld gels somewhat thin.
but with experience reluming at quar
terback with (sophomore) Tommie
Frazier, we should be a lot stronger at
the quarterback position.”
Osborne said going undefeated in
1993 isn’t anunrcachable goal, but
said Nebraska must take it one game
at a lime.
“There is always the possibility of
going undefeated,” he said. “We try
to recruit players to put us in that
position. Of course, having good
enough players to do it and then actu
ally doing it arc totally different.”
The Nebraska men’s basketball
team, second to football in success
and interest, earned a third-straight
NCAA tournament bid last season
and continued to cement its position
as a winning program.
The Cornhuskers finished second
in the Big Eight, their highest finish
since 1980-81. The third-straight
NCAA tournament bid was a school
record.
Nebraska will lose only two play
ers from Iasi year’s squad. Starting
center Derrick Chandler finished his
eligibility and reserve guard Andre
Woolridgc transferred to Iowa.
Basketball Coach Danny Nee said
he had high hopes for theComhuskers
next season.
“I’m very optimistic. We have a
really fine nucleus back. Our senior
class have been starters for a long time
and arc proven quality players. Nee
said. “We have quality players in our
(sophomores) Eric Strickland,
Terrance Badgctl and Jaron Boone,
plus Jason Glock, who redshirted last
year.”
Badgctl is a reluming starter along
with seniors Bruce Chubick, Jamar
Johnson and first team All-Big Eight
selection Eric Pialkowski.
“I’d real ly I ike to see our seniors do
well,” Nee said. “The last time we
had this type of nucleus coming back
was three years ago with Rich King,
Beau Reid and those guys.”
The 1990-1991 Huskers went 26
8, including a 14-1 home record. But
Nee said the two teams shouldn’t be
compared.
“This team will not have a domi
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students benefit from working out at campus recreation
By Tony West
Staff Reporter
Students looking foracti viticsothcr
than lifting weights need not stay
away from the UNL Campus Recre
ation Center, an official said.
Bill Goa Jr., associate director for
facilities management, said the goal
of the rec center was toofferaclivitics
for all students.
“The goal is to offer something for
everyone,” Goa said. “We arc getting,
there, however, I don’t think you can
ever 100 percent accomplish that.”
Last August, the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Finished final con
struction on the roc center. The project
took six years to complete, and cost
$14.9 million. The first phase of con
struction was the Cook Pavilion, an
indoor full-length football field and
track.
The second phase, the Lee and
Helene Sapp Recreation facility, was
designed with courts for volleyball,
basketball, badminton, racquctball
and squash. The Lee and Helene Sapp
facility is also home to the second
largest weight room among Big Eight
schools, a lounge, first aid and train
ing room and a shopping area.
The third phase of construction
was the coliseum renovation, which
added a sauna in both men's and
women’s locker rooms, a fitness/
aerobics room, the court for Women's
Intercollegiate Volleyball and four
more basketball and vojlcybalI courts
and six more badminton courts.
Campus recreation also has facili
ties located on East Campus, Mabel
Lee Hall and the Military and Naval
Science building.
The rec center has been a popular
attraction for students since final con
struction was completed, Goa said.
“We have seen a dramatic increase
in participation,” he said. “This last
year over a half million peoplo came
into the indoor facility.”
From playing intramural sports to
going on outdoor expeditions or being
employed part-time, the recreation
center has an activity and place for
evt nc, he said.
recreation center not only of
fers a place for students to go but also
offers an intramural sports program
with ova 150 activities. The activi
ties range from table tennis to basket
ball for men’s, women’s and co-rcc
rcational teams.
“The idea behind the intramural
program is to provide activities for
students,” Linda Beacom, intramural
sports coordinator, said. “Basically,
we just give them an opportunity to
enjoy themselves with other people.”
Students looking foraclivitiesoul
side can also utilize the rec center
through its outdoors program.
Jim Fullerton, outdoor recreation
coordinator, said the outdoor program
had come a long way since it began.
Only about two or three trips were
made a semester in the 1970s, n$ said,
but now the outdoor adventures pro
gram offered two or three trips on
weekends.
“For some people (the outdoor pro
gram) is a tremendous offering, he
said. “Campus Recreation offers a
variety of things and outdoor adven
tures arc a small part of it, but l feel we
arc an important part.”
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