Match wins today could give
men’s tennis needed spark
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
Nebraska men’s tennis coach Kerry
McDermott is hopingtoday’smatches
will provide the spark that the
Comhuskers have been lacking in the
first half of the season.
Nebraska will
meet Southwest
Missouri State at
11 a.m. today at
Woods Park and
will face
Creighton at 4
p.m. at the Bob
Devaney Sports
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McDermott said
ifNebraska played well, it should come
out of today with two wins, which is
just in time for the Big Eight season
that opens April 7.
“I hope to get two good wins this
weekend and, if we can get both wins,
it should give us a little confidence
going into our Big Eight schedule,” he
said. “We’re just anxious to get some
wins.”
The 2-10 Huskers should get the
bigger challenge from 1-7 Southwest
Missouri State, McDermott said.
“Southwest Missouri is about like
us, as far as we both are struggling,”
he said. “I feel if we play well, we
should beat them. I think we’re both
tired of losing. I guess it will come
down to who’s hungrier.
“With Creighton, I feel we are just
the better team. They’re struggling,
and they don’t have a lot of experi
ence. I think we have a little more
talent than they do, so I expect us to
win that one.”
Nebraska is returning home for the
first time since March 11, and finished
its spring break trip in Texas with a 1 -
5 mark.
“It’s definitely nice getting back
and having a break from the road,”
McDermott said. “We felt like on our
spring break trip, that if we went 3-3,
it would be successful. Even though
we only went 1-5, we competed well,
and the guys played hard. If we have
that kind of effort (today), we should
get two wins.”
McDermott said the spots the Husk
ers played in today would be perma
nent.
The only changes will be Markus
Bergerheim playing No. 6 singles, the
No. 2 doubles team featuring Thomas
Wheat and Bergerheim and the No. 3
team of Rick Stempson and Fredrik
Riesbeck.
“At this point, everyone has been
given a chance to show what they can do
and given the chances to play,”
McDermott said. “We’ve tried different
combinations up until now and seen a lot
of different people. We’re set with this
lineup for the rest of the year.”
Women’s tennis ready
for stellar home effort
By Vince D Adamo
Staff Reporter
Even though the Nebraska
women’s tennis team is 6-9, Coach
Scott Jacobson couldn’t ask any
more out of his team.
But he would like to pick up two
wins this weekend.
Nebraska will
play host to its
first home match
of the season to
day against Iowa
State followed
by a Sunday
match against
Colorado.
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Jacobson 1# # m at the
Varsity Tennis Courts at 17th and
Vine streets. But if rain or cold
weather takes place, the matches
will be moved to the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
Jacobson said he was confident
that his team
would rise to the occasion.
“I think this will be a good chal
lenge for us,” Jacobson said. “Iowa
State and Colorado have similar
abilities to us. If we play hard and
play well, we have a good chance to
win both duals.”
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The Huskers are coming off of a
third-place finish at the Titan Gassic
on March 17-18 at Fullerton, Calif.
Jacobson liked what he saw.
“I think the trip went well,” he
said. “We had a good time and are
continuing to improve.”
The Huskers hope for more stel
lar efforts from their top three
singles players: Annie Yang, Jenni
fer Thoste and Lisa Hart. Yang, a
sophomore, went unbeaten at 5-0,
while Thoste and Hart each com
piled marks of 4-1 during spring
break.
“It will be great to play in a Big
Eight match,” he said. “We’re anx
ious and ready to go. The past 12
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Iowa State, today’s opponent,
enters the match with a record of 4
6. The Cyclones are on the heels of
a losing skid.
Colorado, Sunday’s opposition,
enters Lincoln with a mark of 10-2.
The Buffaloes notched their first
win ever against tennis power
Fresno State, 7-2. The Buffs boast
the fifth-ranked doubles tandem in
the region, Natalie Dickinson and
Karen Macintosh.
‘They’re always challenging
matches,” Jacobson said. “We’ll
see what happens.”
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