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Monday, October 3, 1994 ^
Lung injury could sideline NLPs Berringer
By Todd Walkonhoft
Staff Reporter
Nebraska’s second-string quarterback Brook
Berringer was released from Bryan Memorial
Hospital on Sunday, after being treated for a
partially collapsed lung during Saturday’s game
against Wyoming.
Berringer’s hospitalization put his playing
status tor next week s ukia
homa State game in doubt,
said Dr. Lonnie Albers, di
rector of athletic medicine
for the University of Ne
braska.
“The lung was able to be
re-expanded well,” Albers
said Sunday. “His status as
Tar as playing is uncertain
Berringer at this time.
“He’s having some discomfort, especially
with deep breaths.”
Berringer became the second NU quarter
back in as many weeks to be hospitalized. He
returned to Bryan Memorial Hospital Sunday
night for additional tests, a hospital spokes
woman told the Daily Nebraskan, but wasn’t
“The lung was able to be re-expanded well. (Bemnger s) status
as far as playing is uncertain at this time. He’s having some
discomfort, especially with deep breaths.
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DR. LONNIE ALBERS
director of athletic medicine
readmitted.
Berringer, a 6-foot-4, 210-pounder from
Goodland, Kan., started against Wyoming in
place of junior Tommie Frazier, who was treated
for a blood clot in his leg last week.
Frazier missed the Wyoming game and also
will miss next week’s game against Oklahoma
State.
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said that
Berringer suffered the lung bruise on the last
play before halftime when Berringer had the
ball and scored from five yards out.
“He complained a little bit about a shortness
of breath in the second half,” he said. “I asked
him a couple of times if he was okay, and he
said, 'Yeah, he was fine.’”
Osborne said he didn’t think Berringer’s
injury was too serious.
“He appears to be stable,” Osborne said.
“Hopefully he’ll be back to practice later this
week.”
The rash of injuries that have hit the Husk
ers isn’t unusual, Osborne said. It’s just some
thing that his team has had to deal with.
“We don’t have a waiver wire,” he said, “but
we’ll find something. We’ll work it out, no
prooiKiii.
Osborne said last week that free safety Tony
Veland may have to move back to quarterback,
his former position, if either Berringer or No.
3 quarterback Matt Turman was to get hurt.
Veland has been taking snaps at quarter
back in practice.
“If one of the other quarterbacks go down,”
Osborne said, “Tony (Veland) will have to go
to quarterback full-time.”
Albers said that Berringer’s condition will
be monitored closely by Dr. Deepak Gangahar.
“He will be followed up very closely in the
next several days with repeated chest x-rays
and visits with Dr. Gangahar,” he said.
Albers said that Berringer had not suffered
a rib fracture but did sustain a small contusion
on the surface of his lung.
Berringer complained of chest pains at the
conclusion of Saturday’s game and was exam
ined and then later taken to the hospital, Albers
said.
“This is unusual,” Albers said. “It’s an
unusual injury, and I think we have had an
unusual season here at Nebraska with inju
ries.”
The Associated Press also contributed to this report.
Rallies lead Huskers past Duke
By Trtvof Patfci
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska volleyball team was
pushed to the limit on Saturday night.
And the Comhuskers responded
with comebacks in the first and third
games to defeat Duke for the second
time last weekend and extend their
winning streak to 14 matches.
The second- and third-ranked
Comhuskers defeated the No. 18 Blue
Devils 15-12, 15-7 and 15-13 before
4,148 at the NU Coliseum. On Fri
day, the 14-0 Huskers defeated Duke
15-12, 15-1, 15-8.
Nebraska's Allison Weston led the
Husker attack Saturday night, knock
ing down a match-high 19 kills. In
the third game, Weston had three
service aces late in the game to put the
Huskers in the lead for good at 13-11.
Husker coach Terry Pettit said he
wanted his team to get the ball to
Weston more in the third game.
“I told Christy Johnson in the third
game we had to get her the ball,”
Pettit said. “I think we did a lot of
good things to win, but that's because
our best attacker was there when we
needed her.”
The Blue Devils jumped out to an
8-1 lead in the first game, but Ne
braska rallied to score eight of the
next nine points in the game.
After Duke took a 12-9 lead, Ne
braska scored the final six points of
the match with Johnson serving.
Duke coach Jon Wilson said let
ting the first game get away was
difficult for his team to recover from.
“We had a slight lead most of the
game,” Wilson said. “We made some
simple mistakes, and they did too, but
with their firepower, they can get
away with them.”
Pettit agreed.
“The first game was critical, and
we won that,” Pettit said. “I think
they lost some energy from that.”
Nebraska took some of that lost
energy and used it to take an 8-0 lead
in the second game.
Duke rallied to cut the lead to 9-5,
but Nebraska scored six of the final
eight points to close out the game.
But the Blue Devils continued to
give Nebraska problems in the third
game, taking a 4-0 lead.
After the Huskers tied the game at
7-7 on a Weston kill, Duke again
scored four straight points to take an
11-7 lead.
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Hedbeck serving and Nebraska trail
ing 11-9, the speaker system at the
Coliseum made a loud noise that
caused Hedbeck to serve the ball into
the net.
After a five-minute delay, Duke
was awarded the serve, much to
Pettit’s dismay.
When the Huskers got the serve
back, Weston served three aces, in
cluding two consecutive ones, as Ne
braska regained a 13-11 lead.
Duke tied the score again at 13, but
a Weston kill followed by a Peggy
Meyer ace gave Nebraska a 15-13
win.
Nebraska ’ s B i 11 ie Winsett, who had
15 kills, said the match, especially
the third game, should help the Husk
ers.
“It’s never good to be down,”
Winsctt said. “It’s a good character
builder in any situation where you
need to come back.”
Pettit said he was happy that the
Blue Devils kept coming back to chal
lenge his team.
“They showed they’re a team with
a lot of confidence, because most teams
would have laid down,” Pettit said.
“It wasn’t pretty, but we got the job
done.”
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Nebraska’s Danielle Boswell heads the ball while Telkyo
Westmar goalkeeper Carmen Pratt tries to defend during
the Comhuskers’ 7*1 win on Friday.
Huskers notch win
onnewsoccerfield
Ily Clay Short
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska soccer team
opened the gates to its new field,
the Ethel S. Abbott Soccer Park
Complex, on Friday with a 7-1 win
over Teikyo Westmar.
Led by the feet of two freshmen,
the Comihuskers scored seven un
answered goals in the first half en
route to the win before a crowd of
327.
Freshman midfielder Danielle
Boswell scored three goals within
the first 17 minutes of the game.
All three shots were eight- to 10
yard rockets that left Westmar goal
keeper Carmen Pratt stunned.
The other freshman, Jamie
Riley, lined two 20-yard shots past
the Eagles, a team from Le Mars,
Iowa. Both shots were from out
side the goal box, the second one
putting the Huskers up 5-0.
Husker coach John Walker was
pleased with the win.
“It was a nice way to open here
at our new field. I enjoyed the
atmosphere,” Walker said. “It was
like having a second home opener.”
Nebraska’s defense didn’t al
low any shots on its goal in the first
half and only two in the second
half.
Husker freshman Kristina
Ritterbush scored on a header to
push the score to 6-0, and Dixie
Wehrman closed out the scoring
with a goal after the ball was de
flected off Pratt.
In the second half. Walker
cleared the bench, using every
healthy player on the roster.
Nebraska had 27 total shots,
compared to 4 for the Eagles.
The win propelled the
Comhuskers to 5-2 in their first
ever season, while Teikyo Westmar
dropped to 4-4. Nebraska will be
back in action at Abbott Soccer
Park on Oct. 7 when it takes on
Oral Roberts University.