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Nebraska junior Robert Perry attempts to put the tag on a Kansas player last season.
Nebraska denied from series,
index to blame, coach says
By Tim Pearson
Staff Reporter
For the first time ever, two Big
Eight baseball teams — Kansas and
Oklahoma State — made it to the
College World Series this year.
The Nebraska Comhuskers didn’t
get the chance to be a third, although
Nebraska coach John Sanders said he
thought they deserved it.
“We’re very disappointed at not
getting in,” Sanders said. “We felt we
were playing at regional level. We
played well at the end, and our scores
indicated that.
“We beat Kansas two of three at
Kansas, and we beat Oklahoma in the
tournament. We felt we were right
there.”
The Comhuskers went 23-8 in the
final month of the season, but that
finish was not enough to earn them a
regional berth to the NCAA playoffs.
Husker All-American center
fielder Marc Sagmoen said he also
thought ihe Huskers deserved a chance
to prove themselves with a regional
berth.
“Now that we see Kansas and Okla
homa State in the College World Se
ries, it makes us even more disap
pointed,” he said. “They’re both teams
that we’ve beaten. We thought we’d
have a good chance at winning the
regional if we got in. '
“I think we got robbed,” he said.
Sanders said one reason the Husk
ers did not get a regional berth was a
weak power index rating.
The Ratings Percentage Index is a
computer ranking of all Division I
teams. The ranking is broken down
into three parts, with 20 percent based
on Division I winning percentage, 40
percent based on opponents’ strength
of schedule and 40 percent on oppo
nents’ winning percentage.
Nebraska was able to play only 15
of its 58 games against the top 50
teams in the RPI. Sanders said he had
an excellent schedule set up, but the
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NU competes atNCAAs
By Tony West
Staff Reporter
The NCAA Outdoor Track and
Field Championships brought disap
pointment to some Nebraska athletes,
but they succeeded by competing,
coach Gary Pepin said.
“We had some people who did
really well there,” Pepin said. “Most
everybody who was there did well just
by being there.
“If you just get to the meet, that’s
a major accomplishment.”
After the women’s team won the
Big Eight championship and the men
fell to Iowa State in the regular sea
son, the men finished in a tie for 25th
and the women tied for 14th at the
NCAA championships.
The headliner for was Nebraska
senior Fran ten Bensel. Running in
her last collegiate meet, she placed in
the top Five of two different events.
Ten Bensel placed fourth in the 1,500
meter run with a time of 4:21.95 and
second in the 3,000 meters with a time
of 9:07.39 to give her a second All
American honor.
Ten Bensel said her finishes
weren’t quite what she was hoping
for.
“I was disappointed I didn’t win a
national championship,” she said. “I
wanted to go out with a national cham
pionship, but I was pretty happy.”
Ten Bensel said her last season as
a Husker wasn’t the best, but said she
was satisfied with her career at Ne
braska.
“This season wasn’t the best for
me,” she said. “But, I guess I have to
look at all my years here. I have really
improved and I had a really great
career.”
Although her career at Nebraska is
over, ten Bensel still has races to run.
She will be competing in the USA
Track and Field National Champion
ships in Eugene, Ore. this weekend,
which is not limited to collegiate ath
letes. She will be accompanied by
teammates Andy Meyer, Kevin
Coleman and Theresa Stelling.
The women’s 4x100 relay team
also had cause for disappointment.
The Huskers were propping for the
relay finals on Saturday night when
an overturned disqualification of the
UCLA relay team replaced them. The
relay team still placed ninth with a
time of 1:36.90.
On the men’s side, freshman Rob
ert Thomas placed 13th in the triple
jump competition with a jump of 51
feet4 1/2 inches and ninth in the long
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Golf shootout benefits camp.
By Derek Samson
Staff Reporter
With one swing of the golf club,
you could become a millionaire.
The Woodmen Accident and
Life Company is sponsoring a $ 1
million shootout at North Forty
Golf Course in Lincoln June 14
19.
The event was brought to Lin
coln by coordinator Chuck Stetanek
of the American Lung Association
of Nebraska.
“Recently, I was out in Albu
querque, N.M., where they had
something similar," Stetanek said.
“It looked like it had quite a bit of
potential and with golfs popular
ity I think it should be a big event."
The qualifying round will be
held during the week of June 14
19. Each contestant that lands a
ball in a four-foot diameter circle
from 100 yards qualifies for the
semifinals.
On June 20, the semifinalists
will have a shootout and the top 40
shots will qualify for the finals.
Each finalist will then get one shot
for a hole-in-one and the million
dollars.
Closest to the pin prizes will
also be awarded. The closest shot
will receive two round-trip tickets
anywhere in the continental United
States. Second place will win a
$100 gift certificate from Nevada
Bob’s and all 40 finalists will get
golf balls, shirts and prizes.
All proceeds will go to the
American Lung Association.
“It will benefit all of our pro
grams in Nebraska,” Stetanek said.
Principally, it will support our
summer camp for children with
asthma."
As Bulls edge closer to championship, nightmare begins
Not again.
Please, not again.
My worst nightmares are coming true as the
Chicago Bulls edge closer and closer to another
NBA championship. *
One step closer to the screaming, band
wagon fans. One step closer to Michael Jordan
on every TV commercial, billboard or maga
zine advertisement in the United Stales.
In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m not
one of the millions of adoring Bulls fans.
I can’t claim objectivity in my feelings
about Chicago. I’ve never liked them, but the
straw that broke the camel’s back was when
they beat the Lakers in the Finals in 1991.1 love
the Lakers.
Unlike everyone else I’ve ever met — after
the Bulls won their first championship — I do
not love the Bulls.
Jeremy
Fitzpatrick
It’s probably hypocritical of me to hope the
Bulls don’t win a third championship. The
Lakers won five titles in 10 years during the
1980s, and I’m sure there were plenty of people
then who couldn’t stand championship after
Championship going to Los Angeles.
It’s just how the Bulls win. They whine, they
complain, they cry. If they don’t get a foul
called every time someone brushes up against
them, they hire a lawyer and sue the referee for
damages.
If a foul gets called on Chicago — or if the
world come to an end and one is called on
Michael Jordan — watch out. The team should
be called the untouchables instead of the Bulls.
Listening to the NBC announcers during a
Chicago game doesn’t help, either.
If a player other than Michael Jordan scores
or makes a good play, announcer Marv Alberts
will calmly say the player’s name and the score
of the game. But if Jordan does anything right,
Alberts shouts, “YES! Jordan on the play!”
Only Alberts doesn’t call him Jordan. It’s
Michael to his friend Marv.
If the Bulls win again, I’m going to have to
put up with Bull-mania for another whole year.
I think I’m going tobe all right.though. The
Bulls are outmatched io.Jhetr fight against.
Phoenix, and the Suns have the home court
advantage.
Chicago is quicker and can shoot better from
outside. But the Suns are tough inside, and they
will abuse Bull’s center Bill Cartwright game
in and game out.
The interior game will prove crucial, as will
rebounding. Phoenix will own both.
If Charles Barkley can keep his mouth shut
and concentrate on his play, the leagues Most
Valuable Player—not Jordan—will decide the
championship.
Chicago is probably the favorite in the se
ries. But don’t order your “three-peat” shirts
just yet.
Fitzpatrick is a senior political science major and the
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