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Baseball team on a roll with a double win
By Mitch Sherman
Senior Reporter
For the majority of the season, the Nebraska
baseball team’s pitching staff has not been its
strongest feature.
Sunday it was.
The Cornhuskers, behind the previously un
proven arms of Brian Zubor and Jason Allen,
swept a pair of games from Louisville and
Wyoming, allowing a total of three runs and 11
hits.
The Huskers won the opener 11-2 over Lou
isville and defeated Wyoming 3 -1 in the second
contest to improve to 25-14.
In the opening game, Nebraska was paced by
Zubor. The 6-foot-3 freshman left-hander, who
had pitched a total of 13 innings before Sunday,
went the distance for the Huskers, giving up
seven hits and two unearned runs while striking
out eight Louisville batters.
The Husker bats provided the spark early,
scoring eight runs in the First three innings
before the Cardinals could get on the board in
the top of the Fifth. Senior third baseman Jed
Dalton went 4 for 5 with three runs scored and
an RBI.
Junior left Fielder Darin Erstad, now batting
.479 for the season, went 2 for 5, drove in three
runs and scored twice against Louisville, which
fell to 14-27. Center Fielder Mel Motley and and
First baseman Todd Sears both added home runs
for Nebraska.
Husker coach John Sanders said he was
pleased with the pitching of both Zubor and
Allen, who shut down Wyoming in the second
game.
“It was very important that we were able to
get basically two complete games,” Sanders
said, “in a stretch where we have a bunch of
games together.”
Nebraska, which took three of four from
Louisville over the weekend, has now won 10 of
its last 13 games. The Huskers have scored in
double digits nine times during that stretch.
“It’s a great time of year to be on a roll,”
Sanders said. “In the past couple of years, we
have had to play catchup. Now, we have a little
margin of error and have a chance to Finish in a
solid win-loss situation.”
In the second game, the Husker bats were not
as productive, in part because of the cold
weather, Dalton said.
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Nebraska catcher Patrick Johnson tries to tag out Louisville’s John Weidemann during the eighth inning. Weidemann was
safe on the play and scored Louisville’s second run.
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NU tight end awarded Lifter of the Year
By Trevor Parks
Staff Reporter
Mark Gilman wouldn’t allow himself to
have a letdown after winninga national cham
pionship.
The tight end on the Nebraska football
team said he knew in January that he and the
rest of the Comhuskers had work to do in
hopes of repeating as champions.
“We celebrated, and the coaches were
very concerned with that natural drop-off
after such a climax of success,” Gilman said.
“They stressed the fact that we can’t let down
one inch because people will be gunning for
us twice as hard.”
Gilman’s efforts were recognized Satur
day when he was chosen by his teammates as
the 1995 Lifter of the Year.
“I was just happy to be at least recognized
in the top five,” Gilman said. “If I could put
some of the other guys’ names on this, I’d be
happy too.”
Gilman,alongwith defensive tackle Chris
tian Peter, comerback Tyrone Williams,
outside linebacker Jared Tomich and rover
Mike Minter, was one of five nominated as
finalists.
The award was presented before
Saturday’s scrimmage, and Gilman said it
was awkward to be honored.
“I was walking on air when I went up to
get it,” Gilman said. “My name’s singled
out, but it kind of represents the whole team
and how hard everybody works.”
The only other tight end to win the award
was Mitch Krenk in 1982.
Since the Orange Bowl, Gilman has made
great improvements during winter condi
Nebraska tight end Mark Gilman, left, blocks a defender during Saturday’s
scrimmage. Gilman was named Lifter of the Year before the scrimmage.
tioning.
He improved his 10-yard dash time from
1.74 to 1.7 and his 40-yard dash time im
proved from 4.95 to 4.82.
Uilman increased his vertical jump by an
inch to 32.5. He also increased his squat 82
pounds to 490.
Perhaps his biggest accomplishment on
the field was catching a 19-yard touchdown
pass in the second quarter against Miami in
the Orange Bowl, Gilman said, but this award
ranked close to that.
“This is the biggest award for the off-the
field workouts, and the touchdown was the
biggest award for on the field,” Gilman said.
“It’s kind of the same feeling, but it’s two
different situations.”
Huskers look
promising in
spring practice
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter
As Nebraska completed only its third week
of spring practice with a scrimmage Saturday,
Tommie Frazier looked as though it was the
middle of fall.
Frazier completed six of eight passes for 118
yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed four
times for 14 yards.
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne said Frazier’s
strong performance wouldn’t go unnoticed.
“We chart everything,” he said. “Even if we
don’t scrimmage, we still chart their completion
percentage. If, over a period of time, a guy is a
70-percent passer and another guy is a 60
percent passer, it’s something you look at. We
look at accuracy more than completions.”
Frazier led the first-team offense against a
mixture of second- and third-team defenders on
an opening drive, which covered 65 yards in six
plays and ended with a 25-yard touchdown pass
to Reggie Baul. Frazier also completed a 24
yard pass to Riley Washington duringthe drive.
In the first-team offense’s next possession,
Frazier hooked up with Baul for a 38-yard
completion.
Brook Berringer then came in for Frazier but
could not get the Comhuskers in the end zone,
as the offense only managed four yards in the
next four plays.
On the next possession by the first-team
offense, Frazier led the Huskers 65 yards against
the first-team defense and capped the drive with
a 32-yard touchdown pass to Clester Johnson!
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