The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, February 10, 1995, Page 11, Image 11
Tennis coach happy with team By Trevor Parks Staff Reporter For the Nebraska women’s tennis team, the future looks very bright. The Comhuskers’ top three singles players are freshmen and sophomores, and Coach Scott Jacobson can’t wait to see how they do. Jacobson said he couldn’t help being optimistic about this year’s team. “At one-two-three, that’s the strength of our lineup,” Jacobson said. “We just put people where they be long depending on their skill level, and they are our best three players.” This past weekend the two fresh men got their first taste of collegiate competition. No. 2 singles player Jenny Thoste, a newcomer to the team from Ger many, and No. 1 singles player Annie Yang, sophomore, both went 3-0 this past weekend. Jacobson said he was surprised to see Thoste do well since she had played on clay courts all of her life. Another freshman, No. 3 singles player Lisa Hart, went 1-2 last week end. Hart lost a 3 1/2-hour, three-set loss to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Allison Light, 7-6, 3-6, 3-6. Jacobson said the top three players in the lineup were turning out to be very experienced. “The freshmen don’t play like freshmen, and Annie certainly doesn’t play like a sophomore,” he said. The Comhuskers as a team fin ished the Washington State Quadran gular with a 1-2 mark. Nebraska swept Lewis-Clark State 9-0 before losing to the host Cougars Saturday, 7-2. The Huskers ended the tourna ment by losing a tough 5-4 match to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Sunday. Although the Huskers lost two matches, Jacobson said the match against Washington State was the best Nebraska played all weekend. “The cohesiveness of the team and the high level of maturity was very important,” Jacobson said. “I’m re ally happy with the way the girls played.” Jacobson said the match against Washington State gave the Huskers a chance to play outside, a chance they haven’t had all season. “It’s critical to play outside in the elements,” Jacobson said. “The next time we get outside might not be until over spring break.” Thoste will move up to the No. 2 singles spot in place of Hart this “The freshmen don 'tplay like freshmen, and Annie certainly doesn't play like a sophomore." .■ SCOTT JACOBSON UNL women's tennis coach weekend, Jacobson said. Hart will play in the No. 3 singles spot. This weekend the Huskers travel to Omaha and will compete against Southwest Missouri State Friday and Creighton on Saturday. Jacobson said this weekend was another building block for the re mainder of the season. “This is the first time in the last three or four years we’ve been to Omaha,” Jacobson said. “The main thing is to continue to focus on im proving.” Neumann awaits dual with UNO By Andrew Stmad Staff Reporter State bragging rights will be on the line when the No. 4 Nebraska wrestling team takes on the Univer sity of Nebraska-Omaha at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday night. Comihusker coach Tim Neumann is looking forward to the dual meet with the Mavericks. “UNO will be exceptionally fired up for us, and besides that, they have a great team,” Neumann said. “They'would beat more than half of the Division I teams, and they really want to take advantage of the chance to wrestle us.” UNO is ranked second in Division II with a 7-1 record. Nebraska, fresh off shutouts of James Madison, Clemson and a 28 13 victory over 19th-ranked Ohio State, will first take on Northern Iowa Friday night in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Panthers are 3-9 on the season and are led by sixth-ranked heavy weight Justin Greenlee. Greenlee will take on Nebraska heavyweight Tolly Thompson, who is one of three ranked Huskers. Neumfflin said he hoped his team would continue to wrestle well dur ing the final three duals of the season. “The main thing we want to do is continue improving our technique,” Neumann said. “These duals will be our last competition before a two week layoff before Big Eights.” Nebraska concludes its dual com petition with a meet at Missouri on Feb. 15. Neumann said he hoped to fix a few technical things before the Big Eight Championships, which are to be held on March 5 at the NU Coli seum. “If we don’t get those (technique) things fixed now, we probably never will,” he said. Allen Continued from Page 9 “We usually don’t do that,” he said, “but we’re defending national champions, and we owe it to crowds to go to these places.” Nebraska was originally scheduled to compete at Penn State on Feb. 12, but the meet was moved to tonight because of a scheduling conflict with the basketball team. Allen said the Huskers added Penn State to the schedule this year to make up for a home meet the Huskers will play host to next year against the Nittany Lions. Penn State and the Huskers appear to have many similar characteristics on paper, and the meet should be relatively even, Allen said. “Penn State is in the same boat as we are,” Allen said. “I think it’s going to be a dam good meet.” The Nittany Lions should put some pressure on the Huskers that they have not felt this season. Allen said that this meet would be good for his young team. “We need to be pushed because we haven’t felt any pressure to this point,” Allen said. “It should be a classic Penn State-Nebraska matchup. “It comes down to how well we can perform. If we can perform well, we can win.” The Huskers then took the oppor tunity to schedule a meet at William & Mary for the same road trip. James Madisonwill also be competing in the triangular meet. “It will be a chance for them at William & Mary to see something that they usually don’t,” Allen said. The Huskers are hoping to take advantage of the road trip, Allen said. Cyclones Continued from Page 9 good teams. I believe, though, that we ’re a better team now than we were before.” Iowa State, which will be playing its first game at home since Jan. 30, is led by senior guard Fred Hoiberg. Hoiberg, an Amesnative, was lead ing the Big Eight in scoring with a 24.6 average going into the week, but scored only 16 in a loss at Missouri Wednesday night. Nee said the combination of Hoiberg and his hometown was some Championship Door Prizes Bud/Bud Light $1.25 all night . • 935 0 Street 435-9171 thing the Cornhuskers must over come from the opening tip. “Playing in Ames is hard, and I really just think Hoiberg is the key,” he said. “He’s a great, great player. (A good start) is really important. When you get a good start, it takes the crowd out of the game. It will be a game of spurts, and I just hope we can handle their pressure, execute and shoot like we’ve been shooting.” After Nebraska’s 100-86 victory over Colorado Wednesday night, Nee said the Huskers had regained their shooting touch. 1 -v : “ ■ ■' r ■V f COMPUTER > RENTAL S In house and off-site rental. IBM compatibles and Macintosh available. Support and training on most popular packages. Open weeknights and weekends. When you need a computer for an hour, a day, a week or a month. Discounts with Student I.D.. 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