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Lied Season 1996 urban bush women This Award-winning, African American dance theater combines traditional chants «, and movement with modern dance and street-smart energy. february 3,8pm A Mid-America Arts Alliance Program made possible by the Dance on Tour Program of the National Endowment for the Arts. For tickets call 402-472-4747 or toll free in Nebraska, 800-432-3231., Box Office hours: 1 lam to 5:30pm < ilbliHK t Ml! bed Center programming is supported by the Fnends of bed and grants from the Notional Endowment lor Arts M»d America Arts AHtance and he Nebraska Arts Council Injury doesn t mask wrestler’s will to win By David Wilson Staff Reporter AMES, Iowa — Despite a broken nose, Nebraska senior wrestler Tony De Anda moved up one weight class to face Iowa State’s sixth-rated 142 pounder in Nebraska’s dual meet vic tory Saturday. Alter oreaxing his nose before the National Duals on Jan. 20, DeAnda began his next match wearing a mask. But the mask didn’t stay on long. Just minutes into the match, DeAnda said he took it ott DeAnda becausehecouldn’t see or breath well. “The doctor said if it comes out of place again, we’ll just put it back,” DeAnda said. DeAnda said his doctor told him it would take at least a week before his nose would heal. “It’s still pretty tender, but I think I can go with it now,” DeAnda said. “Every now and then I get a hit, and it bleeds real easy. But I’m getting used to the pain now.” DeAnda, a senior from South Sioux City, entered Saturday’s dual as the nation’s fifth-best wrestler at 134 pounds. He said he knew wrestling at a higher weight would be tough. DeAnda said he had known his Iowa State opponent, Derek Mountsier, since high school. “He’s a tough wrestler, DeAnda said. “I just felt out-sized.” Cornhusker freshman Allen Hankins, who wrestled at 134 pounds, DeAnda’s normal weight class, set the stage with a win over Iowa State’s Matt Nurre. Hankins’ 14-3 major de cision put the Huskers on the board, lowering the Cyclones’ lead to 7-4. “It gave me momentum,” DeAnda said. “We needed all the wins we could get.” After tying his match at 2-2 with an escape in the second period, DeAnda improved his chances for an upset. But Mountsier recorded an escape with 1:55 remaining in the third pe riod and increased his lead to 3-2. Mountsier added another point for riding time and won the match 4-2. DeAnda lowered his record to 23 8, the same record that earned him a trip to the NCAA Championships last season. DeAnda finished third last year among 134-pounders. DeAnda said he would return to 134 pounds against Oklahoma on Sat urday and Oklahoma State on Sunday. Both meets will be held at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. After his career at Nebraska, DeAnda said he hoped to enter freestyle wrestling and compete inter nationally. “I’m more of a collegiate wrestler, but I’ll try to make the conversion.” As for this season, DeAnda said he had a few adjustments to make before the 1996 NCAA Championships in Minneapolis on March 21-23. “I’d like to be a national champ,” DeAnda said, “nothing less.” Baseball Continued from Page 7 the return of two players. Right fielder Matt Meyer and center fielder Mel Motley will anchor the middle of the batting order along with Sears. Meyer hit .362 a year ago,'ari<f MOftey batted .357. “Sears, Meyer and Motley are a positive sign,” Sanders said. “The key for them is to try not to do too much. They need to just do what they can.” Motley, Meyer and Sears hit in the three, four, five positions last year and combined for 160 RBI. Sanders said r he was sure they could provide solid bats in the middle of the lineup again, even without Erstad, who batted sec ond. The Huskers begin the season three weeks earlier than they did last year, facing New Mexico in a three-game set this weekend and Texas Tech-, Arizona State and Northwesterti Feb. 15-18 at the Adidas Classic in Phoe nix. “Our schedule is really good,” Sanders said. “We may have bitten off a little more than we can chew. But I’d rather play tough teams than play teams that we can hit around on and think we’re something that we’re not.” -- 1996 Nebraska Baseball Probable starters <0, Position Class Ht. WL 1 mm IB Todd Sears So. 6-6 185 ■i imping i' m wm 11 ■ ■ mmtm m or Ken McMurray Jr. 5-8 180 6-0 ; ; U68 SS Larry Hartzel Jr. 5-11 185 SfeK;I« 185 RF Matt Meyer Sr. 6-3 195 •3B' Eugene Jenkins ."Sr.' • 5-9 170 SP Steve Fish Jr. 6-1 185 S8S&? JaySirianni ISP# Fr. 5-10 175 SP Jason Allen Sr. 6-1 190 ■iPj, Johaslrmenta •••Vo^Jr/ &^S§6t6-l ^:;.220 RP Justin Gomes Sr. 6-6 200 KSU Continued from Page 7 Kansas State, Iowa State and Nebraska finished together in the standings, one team could be left out of the tourna ment. He said the tournament selection committee would look closely at the games between the three teams to de termine if all three would make the tournament. But Kansas State and Iowa State have yet to face Kansas. The No. 3 Jayhawks are 4-0 in the Big Eight after beating the Huskers 88-73 on Sunday in Lincoln. Nee said Iowa State and Kansas State would soon find out how diffi cult it was to play against the the best team in the Big Eight. After losing at home, Nee said his team must find a way to win on the road. Kansas State is 2-1 at home in conference play. The Wildcats have lost to Oklahoma and beaten Iowa State and Oklahoma State at Bramlage Coliseum . A win tonight would give Nebraska a 4-2 conference record and a chance to finish the first half of the Big Eight season with a 5-2 record. If any of the three teams jumbled behind Kansas can win five of their first seven league games, Nee said, it would be a major accomplishment. “That would be a heck of a record,” he said. “These are very important games. That’s the way I look at them.”