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Huskers win Arby’s Classic By Mitch Sherman Senior Editor Fridays and Saturdays arc begin ning to seem like the easiest workouts of the week for the Nebraska volley ball team. Since an August loss to defending national champion Stanford, the top ranked Comhuskers had not been chal lenged heading into this weekend’s Arby’s Classic, having ripped through seven straight opponents. Make it nine straight. Nebraska easily swept Baylor on Friday and George Washington on Saturday, capturing its fourth tourna ment title in as many weeks. Against GW, a team that pushed the Huskers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament a year ago, Ne braska dominated, winning 15-5, 15 7,15-1 before a season-high crowd of 4,256 fans at the NU Coliseum. “I thought we played pretty well,” said senior middle blocker Allison Weston, the tournament’s most valu able player. “We stayed organized. Defensively, we pursued more balls than we normally do. We were all pretty focused on what we needed to do.” The 10-1 Huskers kept the Colonials off balance early, jumping to a quick 6-0 lead in the first game and forcing 6-loot-4 Russia-native Svetlana Vtyurina out of her game. Vtyurina — who has dominated op ponents this season with match totals of 56 kills and 46 kills — had just 13 kills and hit .073 on Saturday. The Colonials, 10-4, got as close as 9-4 in game one, but Nebraska scored six of the final seven points to win. Eight service errors plagued the Huskers in the second game, but Ne braska managed to capitalize on Co lonial mistakes, erasing a 3-0 deficit to lake a 10-4 lead. GW cut the score to 13-7 before a Weston kill and a Maria Hedbeck service ace ended the I game. “Serving is such an easy skill, but it’s all mental,” Weston said. “So if you arc not in it, you are going to miss a serve.” Senior Billie Winsett, who, along with Weston and sophomore Lisa Reitsma, was named to the all-tourna ment team, corrected Nebraska’s ser vice problems in the third game. With Winsett serving, the Huskers rattled off 10 straight points. The Colonials scored once on an errant hit by Husker outside hitter Kate Cmich, but Nebraska sided out and freshman Jaime Krondak served out the match, finishing GW with an ace. Against Baylor, Nebraska played without senior setter Christy Johnson. Johnson, who played Saturday, was held out for the first time in 41 matches because of a twisted ankle. Freshman Fiona Nepo Filled in and led the Huskers to a 15-3,15-6, 15-7 win over the Bears. Cross country team prepares for Invite From Staff Reports The Nebraska cross country team held out its top runners Saturday at the Doanc Invitational. But the bright spot for the Comhuskcrs was Melissa Wilson, who finished sixth overall. Wilson earned a spot on the travel team for next Saturday’s Minnesota Invita tional in Minneapolis. Even though Wilson will travel to Minnesota, Coach Jay Dirkscn said he was happy with all the run ners’ efforts. He said it was a really good meet for the people who went. “Our first real test will come at the Minnesota Invite,” Dirksen said. “We’ve been practicing hard all week.” Dirksen said that he was disap pointed by the loss of Banti Itcffa. ItefTa will miss the rest of the sea son with a broken foot. I 4 / -- RECENTLY, MORNINGSTAR CALLED US CHEAP. ITS NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET A COMPLIMENT LIKE THAT. A1 financial companies charge operating fees and expenses — some more than others. Of course, the lower the expenses you pay, the bet ter. 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And that ’s what the Comhuskers did by defeating Kansas 7-1 Friday night and Wyoming 8-0 Sunday at the Abbott Soccer Park Complex. Husker coach John Walker, who saw his team improve to 3-4, said the two wins were important for his team’s confidence. “Lots of times if you have a pretty good team that loses a couple of games, then they start to lose a little confidence and self-esteem,” Walker said. “A pretty good team then becomes an average team. We wanted to make sure we avoided that pitfall.” Freshman midfielder Dawn Riesberg scored her first goal as a Husker against Wyoming. Her goal gave Nebraska an 8-0 lead over Wyoming, setting a record for the largest margin of victory. Riesberg said the Huskers were becoming more accustomed to play ing together. She said the win was a definite confidence booster for the Huskers. Damon . Benning'^' r l"|(|g Aug. 31 Damon Benning rushes for 62 yards against Oklahoma State, but pulls a hamstring. Sept 6 Nebraska coach Tom Osborne announces that Benning won't travel to Michigan State. Sept 9 Benning is arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault. Sept 19 Prosecutor decides to not press assault charges against Benning. Sept 23 Benning rushes for a career-high 143 yards against Pacific, but leaves the game with a twisted ankle.__ Samson Continued from Page 7 “My body’s been hurt, they’ve tried to damage my character and my family has gone through a very tough time. That pretty much cov ers everything that could go wrong. “I’ve caught some bad breaks, but that’s part of life. I know every thing can’t go my way. All I can hope is to learn from this and be a better person. I know things like that happen. It goes with the terri tory.” Hopefully for Benning, a little good fortune may be part of the territory also. 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