The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, March 25, 1996, Page 8, Image 8

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score big
in two meets
By Gregg Madsen
Staff Reporter
Saturday night’s dual gymnastics
meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Cen
ter produced mixed results for the
Nebraska men’sand
women’s teams, but
similar reactions
from both Corn-j
husker coaches.
The men’s team,
ranked No. 5 in the
nation, scored its
highest team mark
of the season but
dropped a 231.075
229.075 decision to
No. 1 Ohio State.
At the same time, tfie eighth-ranked
Nebraska women’s team notched the
highest team score in school history
with a 195.75-192 win over Southern
Utah.
Both men’s coach Francis Allen
and women’s coach Dan Kendig were
pleased with the performances.
Kendig said the record-setting score
I didn’t surprise him.
| “I was confident we could shatter
■ the sch(X)l record tonight,” Kcndigsaid.
■ “This being our last home meet seemed
I to inspire everyone.”
| The Huskcrs set school records in
I the floor exercise (49.225) and the
IB uneven bars (49.3), and had a season
high mark in the balance beam
I (48.275).
| Junior Shelly Bartlett took the all
■ around title with a career-best 39.25.
| Senior Joy Taylor finished second at
■ 39.2, and freshman Misty Oxford was
third with a 38.85.
Nebraska gymnasts took first place
in every event. Junior Kim DcHaan
won the floor exercise with a school
record-tying 9.95 and the uneven bars
with a 9.925. Freshman Laurie
McLaughlin won the balance beam
(9.775), and Taylor won the vault with
a 9.850.
Although the Husker men weren’t
nearly as dominating as the women,
Allen said he was encouraged by
Nebraska’s performance against the
Buckeyes.
“I don’t like to lose, especially at
I home,” Allen said. “But I’m handling
this well. To me, this is the best meet of
the year.”
The cause for optimism was the
Huskcrs’ ability to hang with Ohio
State throughout the meet, Allen said.
Nebraska led 115.65-115.62 after three
I events.
“We were in it, no doubt about it,”
■ Allen said. “If we would have gone
| 1 OO.pcrcent on the horizontal bar, we
/could have won it.”
The Huskcrs posted season-high
I marks in the floor exercise (38.975),
pommel horse (38.975) and the still
rings (38.375).
Ohio State junior all-arounder and
Olympic hopeful Blaine Wilson won
theall-around with a 58.625. Nebraska
sophomores Jim Koziol (56.95) and
Bill Mulholland (56.05) finished sec
ond and third, respectively.
True freshmen Marshal l Nelson and
J.D. Reive provided a scoring boost
for the Huskcrs, Allen said. Nelson
scored career highs in the pommel
horse (9.775) and the parallel bars
(9.4).
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Continued from Page 7
“We were playing great defense,”
Fresno State coach Jerry Tarkanian
said. “We were executing our offense,
and we were doing some really good
things. Then everything went haywire
for us.”
The Bulldogs took a 34-21 lead
with 7:41 remaining before Nebraska
rallied, going on a 14-0 run and even
tually taking a 35-34 lead with 4:05
remaining in the first half.
At halftime, the Huskers led 45-40
I and opened the second half with an
other run. Nebraska came out of the
break with a 12-1 run to take a 57-46
lead.
Nee said the Huskers survived a
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first national title
-- behind Tom Caruso of Arkansas in
_ overall competition.
The Nebraska men will travel to
Austin, Texas, for the NCAA Cham
■ pionships Thursday through Satur
Wrap | day.
m — Vince D'Adamo
> Baseball
Penny Heyns became the first
Nebraska swimmer ever to win a
national title Friday in Ann Arbor,
Mich.,at the NCAA womcn’scham
pionship meet.
Heyns, a senior from
Amanzimtoti, South Africa, swam
a pool-record time of 1 minute, 17
seconds to win the 100-yard breast
stroke. Heyns added a silver medal
in the 200-yard breaststroke with a
time of 2:09.57.
Her performance led the
Comhuskcrs to 167 points, good
for 10th place, the second-best fin
ish in school history. Stanford won
the national title with 478, outdis
tancing Southern Methodist.
Nebraska junior Julia Russell fin
ished third in the 100 breaststroke
with a career-best time of 1:01.45.
In the 200 breaststroke, Russell also
placed third with a time of 2:12.12.
Sophomore Mikaela Lauren
earned a victory in the consolation
heat of the 200-yard butterfly with
a time of 2:00.40.
Husker divers T.D. Rowe and
Travis Niemeyer made their spring
break memorable at the Zone D
NCAA Qualifying Meet in
Fayetteville, Ark.
Rowe,a freshman, finished .sixth
in the 3:mcter dive with 437.80
points. She also finished fourth in
the 1-meter board. Niemeyer fin
ished third on the l-meter board,
totaling 490.30 points, and he
scored 560.40 points in the 3-metcr
event. Niemeyer came in second
The Nebraska baseball team fell
to 2-6 in the Big Eight and 8-16-1
overall after being swept by Mis
souri in a three-game series this
weekend.
The Tigers improved to 16-7 on
Sunday after defeating the
Comhuskcrs 10-8 in 12 innings.
Junior Jonas Armenta made his
third start of the season, allowing
six earned runs on eight hits in 71/
3 innings. Armenta, who struck out
a career-high eight batters, lowered
his camcd-run average to 9.22.
Junior Steve Fish entered the
game in the eighth with the bases
loaded and one out. The Tigers
took a 6-5 lead after Fish walked in
a run and gave up a two-run single
to first baseman Aaron Jaworski.
The Huskcrs reclaimed an 8-6
lead in the ninth, capped by a two
run triple by left fielder Matt Meyer,
who then scored on an error. Meyer,
who increased his average to .363,
leads the Huskcrs with eight home
runs and 37 RBI.
Missouri followed with two runs
in the bottom of the ninth to tie the
game at 8.
The score remained locked until
right fielder Ryan Fry hit a game
winning two-run home run in the
bottom of the 12th inning.
Second baseman Corey Miller,
who has started in all 25 games, was
hit by a pitch for the 19th time in the
fourth inning of Sunday’s game.
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ish last year. Canoyer lost on Thursday
and exited the meet Friday morning.
At 126, Jeramie Welder lost two
matches on Thursday, both in the “pig
tail” portion of the bracket. He was the
first Husker to exit the tournament.
A surprise for Nebraska was 142
pound quali fier Dusty Morris. He won
in the pre-tournament “pigtail” brack
ets, and won again in the first round.
Morris lost in the second round of the
championship bracket, and again in
the consolation rounds, endinghis tour
nament at 2-2.
For two seniors, this was their last
shot at a national title. Tony DeAnda
ended his career on Friday afternoon,
losing in the consolations at 134
pounds.
At 177 pounds, Erik Josephson lost
Friday morning in the consolation
rounds.
Thompson will work to regain his
status as the national champion next
year. He won the title in 1994, but lost
it in Minneapolis.
“He came back from something I
can’t describe,” Nebraska coach Tim
Neumann said of Thompson’s third
place performance on Saturday. “I’m
sure he was up soul searching all night
long.”
Thompson wasn ’t the only one soul
searching Friday night. Neumann said
he woke up feelingthe effects of losing
eight matches and four wrestlers from
the tournament on Friday.
“I’ve never known what an anxiety
attack was until Saturday morning,”
Neumann said.
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Beck said Doage was what the
Huskers needed to erase a 14-point
second half deficit and take a one
point lead with 46 seconds remaining
in the game.
“1 really want to credit LaToya,”
Beck said. “If that is any indication of
what she can do for us next year, I’m
terrible start to become the third Ne
braska team to make the NIT Final
Four, joining the 1983 and 1987 Husker
teams.
“I felt like we took Fresno’s best
shot at the beginning of the game,”
Nee said. “We calmed down a little bit
and then just started playing basket
ball.”
Vcnson Hamilton scored 12 points,
Terrance Badgett contributed 11
points, and Tom Wald added 10 points
for Nebraska off the bench.
Erick Strickland scored a team-high
17 points, Jaron Boone 13 and Mikki
Moore added 14 points and grabbed
10 rebounds.
The four Nebraska seniors who saw
action Friday—Wald, Badgett, Boone
and Strickland — scored 58 points.
looking forward to that.”
The Huskcrs took a 62-61 lead when
junior Tina McClain made a layup
with 46 seconds remaining. But 15
seconds later, McClain touled Colo
rado State senior Teresa James. James
made both the basket and free throw to
give the Rams a two-point lead.
Nebraska senior Kate Galligan trav
eled on the next possession, and the
Rams made two free throws to ice the
game.
The Bulldogs’ lone senior, Brandon
Bakke did not score.For the third
straight game, Nebraska shot better
than 50 percent (51.8 against Fresno
State) and scored more than 80 points.
All were NIT wins. The Huskers btfat
Colorado State 91-83 March 14, Wash
ington State 83-71 Tuesday before
beating the Bulldogs.
Nee said those outings had brought
the return of the team that started 15-4
before collapsing during the Big Eight
season.
“It’s our old team,” Nee said, “the
one you saw in December and early
January. It’s absolutely the old basket
ball team. We’re not living in the pa$.
Senior Reporter Trevor Parks con
nted to this report