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NU’s match with Missouri features return of McFadden By Tim Pearson Senior Reporter Nebraska was leading 6*2 in the second game of its match Saturday night when Cornhuskcr middle blocker Jen McFaddcn strode onto the court. The NU Coliseum crowd of 3,179 roared its approval as McFaddcn, who had been out the last five matches with an ankle sprain, returned to ac tion in the 15-10, 15-6, 15-3 win over Missouri. Although McFaddcn played in only one of the three games, Nebras ka coach Terry Pettit said he was encouraged by the play of the 6-foot 2-inch freshman from Dubuque, Iowa. In her brief stint on the court, McFaddcn had two kills and one block. “Our goal was to play her in one game,” Pettit said. “It’s real impor tant to get her out there. It’s good to have her back. “She’s a great player.” McFaddcn leads the Huskcrs in blocks and is third on the team in kills with 205. Her average of 1.9 blocks per game leads the Big Eight and is second nationally. McFaddcn said she came down on someone’s foot and sprained her ankle before the Huskers’ Oct. 27 match against Kansas State. Three weeks later, she’s glad to be contributing again. “It feels really good to be out there,” MeFadden said. “It was hard sitting out, but by the time the Big Eight tournament comes, I hope to be playing a significant amount.” MeFadden and the No. 14 Husk ers were glad to be back at home after completing all of their road matches this season. Nebraska, 20-4 and 8-2 in the Big Eight, is 10-0 at home this season. All of the Huskers’ losses have been on the road. Sophomore middle blocker Allison Weston said the Huskers played well in front of the Coliseum crowd. “It’s very uplifting to play in our home environment.” she said. The Tigers, who fell to 10-16 and 2-7 in the conference, gave the Husk ers a scare early by scoring the first four points of the match. But the Huskers battled back to score the next six points. . The score was eventually tied at 10, but Nebraska pulled away, scor ing the game’s final five points. Pettit said his team struggled out of the gate, but he credited tnat in part to Missouri. “We were a little flat to start off,” he said. “But there’s a tendency for teams that don’t have anything else to play for but pride to play hard at the end.” The Huskers stormed out to a 6-1 lead in the second game on the strength of three service aces, two by Kim Tonniges and one by Kelly Aspegren. Missouri stuck with Ne braska, cutting the deficit to 8-6. But the Tigers weren’t able to score am other point in the second game. Nebraska jumped out early in the third game and won 15-3. Weston, who finished with six kills and three service aces, said the Husk ers’ serving was a key to the match. The Huskers recorded 10 aces, one short of their season-high set against Iowa in the first match of the season. But Pettit said he didn’t notice the Huskers’ serving dominance. Instead, he was looking to the future. “In a match like this, you’re work ing on different things,” he said. “We wanted to get faster sets to Aspegren and (Maria) Hcdbcck and we experimented with Hcdbcck on the right side. These are things we may have to do later on.” HEW 6 GREAT TOPPINGS V JLfTTl£ PRICE PepperoniMushrooms, $*#%99 Beef and Pork toppings Onions and Green Peppers DELIVERY/CARRYOUT Not valid with 1/2 price pizza or any other offer. 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Extra serving practice helps Huskers sweep MU By Tony West Staff Reporter At the end of every practice, Ne braska’s volleyball team works on serving. That extra work paid off during Nebraska’s three-game sweep over Missouri on Saturday. The Comhuskcrs managed 10 service aces — one short oflast year’s three-game match record of 11 against Iowa. “Getting down to the end of the season, serving is probably most im portant,” said Kelly Aspegren, who leads the Big Eight in scrvicc-acc percentage. Allison Weston led the Huskcrs on Saturday wuth three service aces. Aspegren and Kim Tonnigcs had two apiece. Nebraska assistant coach Cathy Noth said the Huskers needed that kind of quality serving. “We believe the game is serving and passing,” she said. “Serving de termines how the opponent is going to run their offense.” And the players seem to be put ting more effort into their serving. Noth said. “All of the players are taking re sponsibility when they go back to serve,” she said. Aspegren agreed. “Probably within the last four weeks we have put more focus on serving,” Aspegren said. “As a team, we focus on serving tough instead of just serving the ball in.” Women qualify for nationals From Staff Reports When the Nebraska cross country team left Lincoln for Carbondalc, III., and the NCAA Division V meet last Friday, they had one goal in mind. That goal was to get both men and women teams to the national meet in Bethlehem, Pa. on Nov. 22. Only half of that objective was accomplished. The Nebraska women qualified with a second-place overall team fin ish, while the men fell short with a third-place finish. Although the team didn’t achieve its goal, Nebraska coach Jay Dirksen said he was pleased with the effort. Four of the Nebraska men placed in the top 22 and six of the Nebraska women placet in the top 34. “Obviously we wanted both teams to go, but they ran well,” Dirksen said. “It wasn’t for lack of perfor mance. Wc just got beat by two bet ter teams on the men’s side.” Iowa State took the men’s title and Oklahoma State finished second. Kansas won the meet for the women by a score of 77-89 over 13th-ranked favorite Nebraska. “It was a little discouraging wc didn’t win (on the women’s side),” Dirkscn said. “But, the whole idea was to get to the national meet and wc did that.” Dirkscn said he was also pleased with some individual performances on both the men’s and women’s side. Senior Theresa Stclling led the Huskcr women with a second-place finish on the 5,000-mclcr course. On the men’s side, Kevin Miller led the Huskcr team with a 1 Oth place overall finish in a time of 32:47.6 on the 10,000-metcr course. Husker wrestlers win eight titles From Staff Reports The Nebraska wrestling team start ed where it left off last season by winning eight individual titles at the Wyoming Open in Laramie, Wyo., Saturday. The Cornhuskcrs, who finished third last year at nationals, won five titles in the open division. Senior Scott Gonyo, a transfer from Drake, took first at 118 pounds. Two All-Americans from last year — Mike Eierman and Frank Velazquez — also took titles. Eicrman, who was fifth last year at nationals at 142, won at 142 by defeating teammate Justin Ware 17 6. Eicrman scored 100 points in his five victories in the tournament. Velazquez, one of three seniors on coach Tim Neumann’s squad, won his division at 134 pounds by defeat ing fellow teammate Steve Baer. Sophomore Chad Nelson, at 167, and freshman Tolly Thompson, at heavyweight, were the Huskcrs’ fi nal two titlists. Nebraska’s next action will be Saturday at the Omaha Open.