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Swimming & D‘'
Gymnastics meet up in the air
By Trevor Parks
Staff Reporter
Nebraska women’s gymnastics
coach Dan Kendig doesn ’t know what
to expect when the Comhuskers open
their gymnastics season this week
end.
The Huskers
play host to Utah
State Sunday af
ternoon at 1:30 in
the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
Kendig said the
first meet of the
year would be a
good measuring
Kendig stick for his
team’s ability.
“It will be interesting,” Kendig
said. “I doubt either one of us will be
totally ready, but it’s a starting point.”
Kendig said the two teams were
very similar. Both Nebraska and Utah
State will be vying for a spot at
regionals later in the year.
Last year, both teams had similar
seasons.
The Big Eight champion Huskers
finished the season 11 -S last year, and
the Aggies are coming off a 7-3 sea
son.
“It will be interesting. I doubt either one of us will
be totally ready, but it’s a starting point. ”
u
DAN KENDIG
Nebraska women’s gymnastics coach
Kendig said he didn’t expect great
results because it was the first meet of
the year. But he hopes the meet will be
a springboard to the future.
“We’re going to water down our
routines a little just to hit (our land
ings),” Kendig said. “These are two
evenly matched teams, and if we can
just hit our landings, we will win.”
But the Huskers will enter the
match banged up.
Senior Martha Jenkins has a sore
ankle, and senior Jennifer Hawkinson
is slowed by a foot injury.
Kendig said senior Nicole Duval
had X-rays Thursday for a stress frac
ture in her leg.
The Huskers will miss the three
seniors, Kendig said.
Their injuries could hamper the
Huskers, because Kendig said the
team’s most important asset was ex
perience.
Kendig said he was not worried
now, but he would like everyone to be
healthy by the time the Big Eight
Championships roll around in March.
The only newcomer to this year’s
team is Laurie McLaughlin.
The freshman from State College,
Penn., will participate in the uneven
bars, and may compete on the balance
beam, Kendig said.
Kendig said Sunday would be a
good test for everyone on the team,
and should show him areas the team
needs to improve.
“Out of all the events, we’re most
ready for the (uneven) bars,” Kendig
said. “Also on the beam, I’d say we’re
more ready to go.”
Swimming coach predicts tough meets
for well-rested but ready men’s team
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska men’s swimming
team won’t get to ease its way back
into competition after having more
than a month off.
But according to coach Cal Bentz,
his team hasn’t exactly been on vaca
Bentz said
Nebraska
should be ready
when No. 13
Arizona State
travels to Lin
coln Saturday
for a 1 p.m. dud
at the Bob
Devaney Sports
Bentz Center.
“We haven’t
had any competition since the Texas
meet in the first week of December,”
Bentz said. “But we’ve worked very
hard during that time. We had a two
week training camp and went at it
really hard.
“After competing at Texas, we had
pretty well peaked for the first semes
ter. With finals and Christmas, we
took some time away from the train
ing, but we went back at it strong.
We’re excited to get back to some
competition.”
The dual will include 13 events,
beginning with the 400 medley relay
and ending with the 400 freestyle
relay.
Arizona State shares the No. 13
rating with Iowa, whom Nebraska
will face next week.
“We’re going to really be tested,”
Bentz said. “We go against two pretty
good teams. We’re coming up on an
important time of year just because of
the level of our competition. It will be
interesting to see how we fare.”
Bentz said if there was any part of
the season he wanted to see times
improve, it was now.
“I hope we’re in better shape, and
we’ll see some pretty good times
against Arizona State,” he said. “We
have to hope to improve week to week,
especially when we have five meets in
the next four weeks. We really can’t
afford to be satisfied with where we’re
at. We need to improve.”
For now, Bentz said he was only
concerned with what happens against
the Sun Devils.
“We know it’s going to be a tough
one,” Bentz said. “But it is just one of
those meets where you have to stand
up and see how you measure up to
some good competition. The (team)
feels like it will race well.
“We’re coming up on an
important time of year
just because of the level
of our competition. ”
m
CAL BENTZ
Nebraska swimming coach
“I think it is going to be an excel
lent meet, and it will be a lot of fim for
the fans to come out and see.”
The women’s team will not com
pete until Jan. 20th, when it travels to
Minnesota.
NOTE:
The Nebraska men’s and women’s
diving teams have already had a head
start on the second half of the season.
Jeff Bro, Ted Ramsey, Kevin Gre
gory, Cheryl Kartye and Jen Hamly
all competed in the Texas All-Ameri
can Diving Invitational Jan. 4-8.
Hamly was the only diver to reach
finals, finishing seventh in the one
meter, one-meter open and the three
meter boards.
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Huskers prepped for win
after two losses at home
By Trevor Parks
Staff Reporter
Nebraska women’s basketball
coach Angela Beck’s patience is wear
ing thin.
After an 8-2 start to the regular
season, the Comhuskers have lost
three of their last four games, and are
off to a 0-2 start in.the Big Eight for
the second straight year.
Except this time, those losses came
at home.
Nebraska lost74-70to Kansas State
and 77-64 to Kansas last weekend at
the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Now Nebraska hits the road for
two games at 9-4 Oklahoma Friday
and at 8-4 Oklahoma State Sunday.
The road trip may be just what her
team needs, Beck said.
“I really felt like my young team
had a lot of pressure on them at home,
Beck said. “I don’t think they feel as
much pressure on the road, so hope
fully we can put a better performance
together.”
However, Nebraska lost at Okla
homa last year and hasn’t won at
Oklahoma State since Jan. 22,1986.
The Cowgirls currently have the
eighth-longest home winning streak
in the country.
“It’s kind of interesting starting
the Big Eight season,” Beck said. “I
don’t believe that we’ve gone 0-2 at
home since I’ve been here in eight
years, so it’s testing my patience as
far as where we’re at and where we’re
going.”
This weekend’s trip to Oklahoma
will help Beck tell what direction the
Huskers are heading.
Beck said Nebraska still had time
to finish in the top four of the confer
ence.
“I really feel we have the compo
nents to be a very good basketball
team in the Big Eight,” she said, “and
I’m really happy with our players as
regards to the quality of players that
we have.”
It will be difficult this weekend,
though.
Nebraska may be without sopho
more guard Chris Dillavou, who suf
fered a badly bruised ankle Tuesday
at practice.
Beck is hoping this weekend can
turn the Huskers’ season around.
“I’m just trying to get us back on
track to be a winning team,” Beck
said. “We’re going down to Okla
homa and Oklahoma State and try to
get a split at least.”
