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Reitsma shows signs of stardom
in loss to top-ranked Stanford
By Mitch Sherman _
Senior Editor
In the Nebraska volleyball media
guide, nine returning players were
asked which Comhusker would sur
prise people the most this season.
Lisa Reitsma didn’t vote for her
self.
But seven of the other eight Husk
ers did. ‘
Since her arrival on campus last
fall, the 6-foot-4 sophomore from
Sanborn, Iowa, has been consistently
labeled as an “untapped talent.”
Consider the tap turned on.
Starting for the first time this week
end in the State Farm NACWAA Clas
sic. Reitsma led Nebraska with 35
kills in two
matches.
“LisaReitsmais
still really a babe,”
Nebraska coach
Terry Pettit said,
“and yet she
played like a
dominant player.
And when she
knows what she is
doing, she is go
ingtobeeven bet
Reitsma
ter.
Against defending national cham
pion Stanford, Reitsma led all players
with 24 kills and a .408 hitting per
centage. At times, the left-handed out
side hitter dominated the match.
For much of the fourth game — in
which the Huskers lost a 14-6 lead and
couldn’t capitalize on four game points
— Reitsma was Nebraska’s main of
fensive weapon.
“I wasn’t happy with my blocking
or my defense,” Reitsma said after she
was named to the all-tournament team.
“But I’ve improved quite a bit. I have
learned so much. When I got here, I
didn’t even know how to attack. I
“Lisa Reitsma is still
really a babe, and yet
she played like a
dominant player. ”
TERRY PETTIT
Nebraska volleyball coach
couldn’t set the ball right. I didn’t
have the right approach.”
A year ago, Reitsma played spar
ingly until the final weeks of the sea
son. She showed flashes of brilliance
against Penn State in the final match
of the year.
During spring practice, Reitsma
said she began to notice significant
improvement. She said she learned a
great deal from Kelly Aspegren, a
senior last year, who started- at
Reitsma’s spot for the past two sea
sons.
penn Mate coacn kuss Kose was
impressed with Reitsma, who partici
pated in the U.S. Olympic Festival
this summer in Denver.
“Reitsma brings an entirely differ-,
ent component 1o the game,” Rose
said. “Aspegren was a great player
and did a lot of great things for Ne
braska, but Reitsma just about shuts
off the entire court.” v
After losing to Stanford, the Ne
braska players met with Pettit, Reitsma
said, and then talked among them
selves. At the end oftheir meeting, the
Huskers’ huddled and chanted, “one.”
“That’s our statement, our goal this
year is to be one,” Reitsma said. “We
are just one. We’re just happy. There’s
a lot to improve on, but we’ll take it.”
A loss early in the season, Reitsma
.said, will prove beneficial. Last year,
the Huskers rolled through the regular
season without being challenged. They
were 31-0 and had never been taken
past the fourth game of a match until
losing to Penn State in the Mideast
Regional final.
“It (the easy schedule) hurt a lot,”
Reitsma said. “If you play people like
thi s all year, you are going to be ready
for them at the end of the year. Last
year, I don’t think we were ready at
all.”
Despite losing to the Cardinal,
Reitsma said she saw plenty of posi
tives this weekend. The Huskers com-.
mitted 17 service errors against
Stanford, a statistic that will stand out
in the minds of all the players all
season. Many of the service errors,
she said, came at crucial times in the
match.
It you are on a roll it just com
pletely takes you out of your game,”
Reitsma said. “You can always come
back, but it just takes a lot out of you.”
Reitsma said she was impressed
with the play of Stanford, which was
without its top player, Kristin Folkl.
But she said the Cardinal were playing
much nearer to their potential at this
point in the season than^ebraska.
Stanford’s depth was a decisive
factor,she said. Twelve Cardinal play
ers saw action in two games or more.
Only one of Nebraska’s three true
freshmen played more than one game.
Once the Husker freshmeP mature,
Reitsma said, Nebraska will be much
closer to Stanford’s level.
If Nebraska meets Stanford again,
she said, the Huskers willlcnow what
to expect.
■“This loss obviously doesn’t bother
me nearly as much as losing to Penn
State last year,” she said. “This is a
great time to lose. It shows us exactly
what we have to do to win. It’s almost
like you take this loss, and it’s a great
experience. I wouldn’t trade this ex
perience for anything. I loved it. It was
so much fun.”
Long friendship figures into hiring
of new NU assistant track coach
By Mike Kluck _.
Staff Reporter
A friendship that began 25 years
ago has helped Nebraska find a new
assistant track coach.
' Nebraska track coach Gary Pepin
announced the hiring of former Texas
assistant Billy Maxwell as Nebraska’s
sprint, hurdles and sprint relay coach
Thursday.
Maxwell began his college coach
ing career in 1970 at Tennessee, where
he was the sprint and hurdles coach
and also served as meet director of the
Dogwood Relays and Tom Black
Track Classic.
Maxwell said that while coaching
at Tennessee he met Pepin, who was
an assistant at Kansas, and the two
started a friendship.
“Gary and I are pretty good friends,”
Maxwell said. “I have always re
spected Gary, particularly his work at
the University of Nebraska.” -
Pepin said that although he felt that
up until the last couple of months, he
didn’t know Maxwell very well, he
had always respected his work as a
track coach.
Pepin said Maxwell’s hiring would
bring many added benefits to the
Husker program.
“I don’t-know anybody who works,
any harder,” Pepiri said. “We are very
pleased Billy Maxwell decided tojoin
our staff. He is recognized throughout
the track and field community as one
of.the premier sprint coaches and re
cruiters in the country. He will bring a
wealth of insight that will do nothing
but benefit our program.”
’ Some of Maxwell’s success in
cludes coaching Willie Gault while at
Tennessee. Gault went on to become
ah Olympic gold medalist and a
standout in the National Football
League.
Maxwell also coached more than
100 NCAA All-Americans and 19
NCAA champions in his 13 years at *
Tennessee. •
Maxwell then led the men’s and
women’s track and field programs at
Louisiana State from 19S3 to 1986.
At LSU, Maxwell transformed the
Tigers into a national power. He led
LSU’s women’steam to a 1985 NCAA
runner-up finish and coached four
NCAA champions and dozens of
NCAA All-Americans.
The past three seasons Maxwell
has been an assistant sprints and jump
coach at the University of Texas.
Pepin said he had the most applica
tions ever for the coaching position,
but said Maxwell was the most quali
fied coach the Huskers could have
hired.
Pepin said besides Maxwell’s
coaching abilities, he was also look
ing forward to Maxwell’s recruiting^
“We felt like over the years he has
done a great job of recruiting,” Pepin
said. “He is one of the best recruiters
in the country. There were many times
over the years when we were recruit
ing some of the same people, and they
decided to go with him instead of us.”
Although Maxwell has been a head
coach before, he said he had no desire
at this time to be a head coach again.
He said he had only one objective on
his mind.
“I’m excited and I want to get up
there and get started,” Maxwell said.
“My goal is to get up there and win the
Big Eight Men’s and Women’s Track
Championship.”
Maxwell replaces Steve Rainbolt,
who left the Huskers in August to take
the men’s and women’s coaching po
sition at Kent State.
Cornhusker soccer team earns a scoreless
tie with No. 17 Vanderbilt in exhibition
V.
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska soccer team finished
its exhibition season Sunday with a
scoreless tie against Vanderbilt in
Nashville, Tenn.
The.Commodores were ranked 17th
in Soccer America’s preseason NCAA
Division I poll.
The Cornhuskers, in just their sec
ond year of competition, faced the
Commodores, who last year competed
in the NCAA Tournament and fin
ished the season ranked 19th.
Nebraska coach John Walker said
he was pleased with the way his team
performed against Vanderbilt.
“We turned in a good perfor
mance,” Walker said. “It was a good
even game, and we played everybody.”
Walker said the Huskers dominated
the first half of play and were able to
withstand Vanderbilt’s attacks on goal.
He said he was pleased with the Husk
ers’ ability to hold possession of the
ball.
Walker said the exhibition contest
would be a good learning experience
‘ for his young team. y
“It’s nice for our players to know
that we can compete with the No. 17
team in the nation,” Walker said.
Walker said freshman defender
Heather Brown of Cobourg, Ontario,
played well against the Commodores.
Brown, who did not play against
Queen’s because of a clearinghouse
problem with the NCAA, is expected
to start at defender for the Huskers.
Brown played on the Qntario provin
cial team from 1992 to 1995 and won
a gold medal in 1995 when her team
captured the Canadian national cham
pionship.
The Huskers open their regular sea
son at the Ethel S. Abbott Soccer Park
Complex against Creighton Univer
sity Sunday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m.