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Huskers rebound
in second half
By Antone Oseka
Staff Reporter
Nebraska women’s basketball
coach Angela Beck admitted that she
was disappointed with the effort of her
team during the first half of Sunday
afternoon’s exhibition win over the
Portugese National Team.
Beck said she told her team at hal f
time to stop acting like babies, and to
start playing tougher basketball.
Tne Comhuskers did just that, de
feating Portugal 84-61 Sunday in front
of a crowd 635 at the Bob Devaney
Sports Center.
The Huskers went into the locker
room trailing 33-31 at halftime. Ne
braska fell behind early in the game,
holding its only advantage of the first
hal fat 4-2.
Portugal regained its footing
knocking the Huskers down 9-6 be
fore Nebraska battled back on £
LaToya Doage free throw to tie the
game at 11. After that, Nebraska kepi
the game close, but the Huskers
couldn’t get the run started that the)
needed. p
Nebraska’s slow start was illus
trated in the first half by the time
between Husker baskets. After the tie
at 13, Nebraska needed another three
minutes before upping its score to 15
Portugal took advantage of that time
to increase its lead to 19-13.
Portugal kept a good hold on the
Huskers for the remainder of the first
half. With 1:40 left, Husker forward
Anna DeForge hit a j ump shot to bring
Nebraska within one point. A three
pointer by Patricia Penicheiro in
creased Portugal’s advantage to 33
29, and a jumper by Nebraska’s Tina
McClain finished the first half scor
ing.
The second half was the opposite
of the first for Nebraska. A jumper by
Jami Kubik tied the game at 33, and
the offense took over after Anna
DeForge scored on a layup, giving
Nebraska a lead it wouldn’t lose the
rest of the game.
DeForge then hit a three-pointer to
put the Huskers up 38-33. Portugal
came one point closer at 40-36, but the
Huskers took over from there.
DeForge led Nebraska with 18
points in 26 minutes. Center Pyra
Aarden added 15 points and a game
high 12 rebounds, and point guard Lis
Brenden scored 15 points for the Husk
ers.
“I thought I did a better job tonight
of letting our young kids play,” Beck
said. “1 was impressed with (true fresh
man Kate) Benson’s high-low pass
: ing.”
Benson, a 6-foot-2 forward from
; Prairie Village, Kan., contributed three
points, three rebounds and two assists
: in 13 minutes of play.
The Huskers biggest lead of the
game ended up being the final score.
Nebraska led by as many as 23 during
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Nebraska senior point guard Lis Brenden dives over press row for a loose ball during Sunday’s
84-61 Nebraska win over Portugal. Brenden scored 15 points.
the game, and never let Portugal get
close during the second half, A jumper
by J.J. Jurgens with 17 seconds left
ended the scoring.
“I thought we established Pyra
Aarden really well in the second half.
I thought Tina McClain, coming off
her knee injury, looked real good,”
Beck said. “And I thought Lis Brenden
mentally kept us in there when we
were falling apart.”
Beck said Portugal provided Ne
braska with good competition.
“In the second half we played a lot
harder and more aggressively,” Beck
said.
DeForge, a 5-11 sophomore from
Niagara, Wis., said she was pleased
with the way Nebraska played Sunday.
“I just wanted to come out of my
slump that I was in in the first half,”
DeForge said. “I just wanted to pick
things for the team. We wanted to
come out stronger as a team.”
Wins leave much to be settled
By Mike Kluck
Staff Reporter
Although Nebraska swimming
coach Cal Bentz said he was pleased
with the Comhuskers’ performance
the previous four days,he doesn’t put
much stock into the team finishes.
During that time, the Husker
women’s team defeated Colorado
State on Thursday*won the Nike
Sprint Classic on Friday, and won
the Husker Shootout on Saturday
and Sunday. The men’s team de
feated Iowa on Thursday, won the
Nike Sprint Classic on Friday and
finished second in the Husker
Shootout over the weekend.
“Winning meets like this really
becomes a moot point when it comes
down to conference meet. That’s
the one that ’ s real ly going to count,”
Bentz said.
“At this point, we don’t feel we
invested a great deal in preparation
for this meet in order to beat Kansas
and fulfill that part of our plan.
There’s still a lot of things yet to be
settled.”
Nebraska’s Penny Heyns re
mained a constant for the Husker
women, breaking the Bob Devaney
Sports Center pool record in the
100 breaststroke Saturday night
with an NCAA qualifying time of
1:02.26. The previous record,
1:02.29 was set by Jeanne Childs of
Hawaii in 1983, when Nebraska
hosted the NCAA Championships.
Senior two-time All-American
Melanie Dodd finished first in the
200 freestyle with a time of 1:49.77,
a career best. Dodd also placed
second in the 100 freestyle compe
tition. Dodd currently holds Ne
braska records in the 50, 100 and
200 freestyle.
The level of competition over
the weekend, Dodd said, contrib
uted to her success. Dodd said she.
was working to improve her times
before she left to join the Austra
lian National Team in Florida on
Sunday, and then compete at the
World Championships next week
end in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
For the men, junior all-America
Juan Benavides won the 50 freestyle
on Saturday and the 100 freestyle
on Sunday. Freshman Josh Mathias
won the 200 freestyle on Saturday.
“The attitude’s real good,” Bentz
said. “I think they have a really
healthy attitude toward the work
they’re doing and whafts expected
of them to reach their goal.”
Husker wrestlers among
winners at St. Louis Open
By Andrew Strnad _
Staff Reporter
Competitive and interesting.
Those are the two words that Tim
Neumann, coach of the second-ranked
Nebraska wrestling team, used when
describing the Big Eight Conference
this year after the Cornhuskers’ trip to
St. Louis this weekend.
The Huskers, along with many other
teams across the country, competed in
the St. Louis Open on Saturday in a
preseason contest.
Winning individual titles for the
Huskers were Darin Giese in the 118
pound weight class, Tolly Thompson
in the heavyweight class and Monte
Christiensen in the 167-pound weight
class.
“Even without four of our top wres
tiers, we were still able to go out and
wrestle well against some fine wres
tlers,” Neumann said.
Neumann was especially happy
with Giese.
“Giese has gone through some
tough times here, so it was really great
for him to come out strong to start the
year,” Neumann said.
Thompson, the defending national
heavyweight champion, dominated
everyone before winning in the finals
over one of the best heavyweights in
the world, Randy Couture, by a score
of 8-5.
Neumann said he was al so happy to
see his other wrestlers do so well this
weekend.
“Tony De Anda had a great tourna
ment and just about won the 134
pound title,” Neumann said,
Husker golf teams in position for good spring seasons
Men’s squad aims for consistent efforts
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Staff Reporter
Even though the Nebraska men’s golf team
didn’t accomplish all of its goals this fall, the
foundation has been set for success next spring.
Comhusker coach Larry Romjue said he was
pleased with the ability the Huskers displayed
this fall.
“With the effort and ability from this fall
shows there is a real opportuni ty for us,” Romj ue
said. “I’m really positive about our opportuni
ties for the spring.”
In order for the Huskers to find success in the
spring, Romjue said Nebraska would have tc
eliminate the inconsistency that plagued then'
this fall.
Those inconsistencies occurred in the third
round of both the 1995 U.S.A.F. Falcon Crosf
Creek Invitational and the Kansas Invitational
In the Falcon Invite, the Huskers were tiec
for second after shooting a 286 in the secont
round, but they shot a 295 in the third round tc
finish third. At Kansas, Nebraska shot 301 ant
295 to finish the first two rounds tied for fourth
with 596, but then shot a 307 in the third round
to finish ninth.
“Wejust had some inconsistent play, but you
have to expect that with young guys,” Romjue
said.
Nebraska’s top five golfers include fresh
men Steve Friesen and Josh Madden, sopho
mores Trent Morrison and Ryan Nietfeldt and
junior Jacque Paiement.
Romjue said Nebraska’s last two tourna
ments gave him optimism for the spring season.
The Huskers finished their fall schedule tied for
fifth in the Red Raider Intercollegiate Tourna
ment on Oct. 23-24, and second at the FAU/
PGA Intercollegiate Tournament on Oct. 30
31.
“Our last round at Lubbock (Red Raider
Tournament), we showed a lot of potential,”
Romjue said. “Then we had two good days
under excellent conditions to finish second at
the Florida Tournament. We are progressing to
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After busy fall, women golfers take a rest
By Antone Oseka
Staff Reporter
Nebraska women’s golf coach Robin Krapfl
said her team needed time off after a long fall
season.
“I think we had too many tournaments,”
Krapfl said. “We got burned out toward the end.
It did put us in a .good position regionally,
though.”
The Huskers are currently eighth in their
region. The top nine teams will be invited to the
national tournament in May. Krapfl said the
Huskers-still had a shot to accomplish the goals
they set for the season.
“All goals are still in a position to be accom
plished, and we are ranked regionally where we
need to be,” she said.
Krapfl said the golfers will take the winter
off and not hit a ball again until Jan. 8. However,
they will be conditioning and lifting weights
throughout the winter.
“I think we’ll be mentally sharper if we are
physically strong,” she said.
Krapfl’s main concern for the winter is re
cruiting players to replace seniors Heidi Wall,
Michelle Patterson and Molly Mullin.
“Recruiting looks really good,” Krapfl said.
“We hope to sign two or three good players.
Two of them will be potential starters right
away.”
The Huskers signed recruits Elizabeth
Bahensky, a two time state champion from
Kearney, and Denise Woodward, a transfer
from Alameda (Calif.) Community College.
Woodward was the top golfer at the University
of San Francisco and the National Minority
Champion before transferring.
Before those recruits swing a club for the
Huskers, the spring season for this year’s squad
will be history. And it’s a spring that has Krapfl
hopeful.
“Pm looking forward to putting it all to
gether in spring and playing great golf.”