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Good Friday, ApriJ 29th ONLY Good at 16th&Qor48lh&VanDom r Home of the Mix-in! • Super Premium Homemade Ice Cream • Gourmet Flavors • Gourmet Waffle Cones • Low Fat Frozen Yogurt • More Than 25 Mix-in Ingredients 1 JOE PESGI If you want • degree go to Harvard. BRENDAN FRASER MOIRA KELLY PATRICK DEMPSEY JOSH If you want an education goto Simon Wilder. HAMILTON Starts Friday, April 29"' Father’s heart attack helps student-athlete change outlook By Trevor Parks Staff Reporter ___ Nebraska softball junior Amy OfTenbacker hasn’t had a typical sea son of ups and downs. Sure, she is having a career year at the plate while her team is struggl ing. But one thing has overshadowed the normal peaks a nd val leys of a soft ball season. Her dad, Robert OfTcnbackcr, had a heart attack at the Nebraska Softball Complex while Nc _ u l, braskaandthcUni Oftenbacker VersityofMissouri Kansas City waited to resume play on April 14. AHer being revived by traincrChris Oclling and softball assistant coach Lori Sippcl, Robert Offcnbackcr is recovering from six-vessel bypass heart surgery. He returned home from the hospi tal about a week ago, AmyCMTcnbackcr said. She took a four-game leave from the softball team to be with her father. Although she has returned physi cally, she said, she hasn’t come back completely mentally. “It was very lough to come back,” she said. “It had an effect on my play, because I haven’t played as well as I was playing.” Nebraska softball coach Rhonda Revelle said she was not surprised Amy Offcnbackcr came back so quickly. “The softball team represented a family away from her family,” Revelle said. “Her dad’s a softball fanatic, and he probably gave her a little kick in the butt to get back.” Amy Offenbackcr agreed. “After my dad got out of intensive care, he was asking me why I wasn’t at Oklahoma State,” she said. “He wanted me to do it. And I needed to get back to something.” She is also coming ofTarthroscopic surgery to her shoulder in the fall. However, she said, her arm is in the best condition it has ever been. “Whatever the surgeon did, it worked,” she said. That has showed in the batter’s box, as Amy Offcnbeckcr is hitting .359, the second-highest average on the team. She is also second on the team in home runs with two, is second in slugging percentage at .544 and has 17 RBIs. Revcllc said she knew Amy OlTcnbackcr could be successful at the plater"' “I always knew she had the poten tial,” Revcllc said. “She’s always had the tools physically.” Although she has turned things around at the plate, Ainy OfTcnbackcr said, she is more worried about her 21-29 Cornhuskcr teammates. “I don’t really look at numbers,” she said. “My individual success has been insignificant as far as the team goes.” And her team’s struggles arc in significant compared to her dad’s struggle two weeks ago. “It really docs change your out- ’ look.” she said. “It’s not as important anymore to be winning or losing.” Sweep Continued from Page 7 tant because it got the Huskcrs back on the winning track and in position to make a move before the end of the season. “Friday. Saturday and Sunday were tough losses,” he said. “Those were close games and we came up short.” Nebraska struck first in the opener when third baseman Derek Dukart scored on a single to left by Shepherd in the second inning. The Tigers tied the game with a run in the third inning, but Shepherd held Missouri scoreless for the rest of the game. The Huskcrs took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on an RBI double by shortstop Darin Petersen. Nebraska scored two insurance runs in the seventh and one in the eighth to seal the victory. In the second half of the double header, Missouri jumped out to a lead in the first inning when left fielder David Sanderson scored on a single byfirst baseman Jay White, whoended up 4-for-4 in the game. Nebraska came back with a run by center fielder Jed Dalton i n the bottom half of the first on a sacrifice fly by right fielder Mall McKay. Left fielder Darin Erslad gave the Huskcrs ihc lead for good with a two run, two-out double in the third in ning. Erstad later scored when Dukart ' grounded out to shortstop, giving the Huskcrs a 4-1 lead. Nebraska lacked on a run in the fourth, three in the fifth and single runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings. Tom Bergan, 5-4, earned the win for the Huskcrs. Bergan pitched seven innings and allowed four runs and nine nits, while striking out three. Mike Bellows relieved Bergan in the eighth and allowed one run and four hits in two innings. Dukart, who had five hit^injbe two games,extended his hitting streak to 25 games. He is now three games offthcHuskcrrecord.whichisheldby Kenny Ramos. Ramos scored a hit in 28 straight games in 1987. Sanders said the Huskcrs, who play Creighton at 3:30 p.m. today in Omaha, can capitalize from the sweep. “(The Tigers) are tough to beat in a doublcheadcr,” Sanders said. “They are a resilient team and they reflect their coach. “We have some quality games left. Playing well at the end of the season is a key.” Dukart Continued from Page 7 But Dukart said he hasn’t thought about the streak too much. Dukart, who is batting .395 on the season, said his recent success may have resulted from a new attitude at the plate. Dukart said Nebraska coach John Sanders told him to focus on hitting line drives. So far, the advice has paid off. “This year, I came in just trying to hit the ball in the gaps," he said. “I think I’m more of an alley hitter. I’m not a power hitter. I’m not trying to hit home runs.” Nevertheless, Dukart is second on the team and seventh in the Big Eight with eight home runs. Sanders said Dukart could extend his streak a long way. “He has a golfer’s men tali ty,” Sand ers said. “I don’t think he puts any < pressure on himself, he just builds on that.” CASH FOR YOUR BOOKS City Campus: April 28 8:30-5: April 29 8:30-5: May 2 & May 4 8:30-5: May 3 & May 5 8:30-6: May 6 8:30-5: East Campus April 29 9:00-4: May 2 - May 6 9:00-4: :30 00 30 00 00 30 30