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Dance and Cheer Demonstration
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Tryouts for Yell Squad and Scarlets
_on Saturday, April 13
Huskers to face Peru State
By David Wilson
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska baseball team has
received a much needed spark from
many standout freshmen, but seniors
Matt Meyer and Mel Motley and
sophomore Todd Scars have provided
the consistency needed to support the
Comhusker offense.
“They’re doing a dam good job
providing on-the-field leadership,”
Nebraska coach John Sanders said.
“They put up good numbers, but they
don’t take anything for granted. They
work awfully hard.”
Meyer, Motley and Sears will lead
the 8-16-1 Huskcrs intoa doubleheader
against 2-11 Peru Stateat Buck Beltzer
Field today at 1:30 p.m.
Today’s scheduled doubleheader
against Oklahoma State in Stillwater,
Okla., was canceled because of bad
weather.
But snow may still play a factor in
today’s game. The right-field line,
which is covered by a blanket of snow,
most likely will be out of play this
afternoon, Sanders said.
Freshman Jarod Bearinger will start
the first game, and Corey Miller, a
freshman who has started every game
t
in the infield this season, will pitch for
Nebraska in the second game.
The Husker offense is led by Meyer,
who is second on the team with a .363
average. He leads the offense with
eight home runs and 37 RBI.
“I think I’m playing pretty well,”
said Meyer, who is hitting a team-high
.438 in eight Big Eight games. “I’m
putting up numbers that I hope to keep
improving. I’m definitely not going to
stop with what I’m doing right now.
“I think all of the seniors are filling
leadership roles because there are not
that many of us. The young guys look
up to us, and we show them by ex
ample.”
But Motley, who is fourth on the
team with a .317 average and second
with four home runs, is not satisfied
with his performance so far this sea
son, and said he did not see himself as
a leader.
“I could be doing a lot of things
better,” Motley said. “There is always
room for improvement. I’d like to hit
the ball a lot harder and more consis
tently.”
Motley said it was comforting to be
hitting between Meyer and Sears.
Sears, who has hit safely in 14 of
—
Nebraska’s last 15 games, lias im
proved his average to .346—third on
the team.
But the heart of the order has been
backed by excellent play from four
freshman infielders.
“Craig Moore, Jason Fry, Josh
Dalton and Corey Miller are all doing
a good job, and don’t forget Todd
Sears is just a sophomore,” Sanders
said. “When you break it down, we
really only have two seniors out there
at any given time.”
Moore is third on the team with
three home runs, and Miller has been
solid at second base.
“They are playing a lot better than
what I expected them to do,” Meyer
said of the freshmen. “They made the
adjustment fairly quickly and are do
ing real well.”
Nebraska has had only one losing
season in the past 20 years, and this
year’s losingmay frustrate the players,
Sanders said. But he said they refused
to give up.
“It’s kind of like the Nebraska
ethic,” he said. “It’s hard work, you get
knocked down, you get back up.
“You’re crop gets rained out, like
we got snowed out in Oklahoma State,
you adjust. I believe in our guys. It’s
just been a real tough go right now.”
Relays to pace NU
during NCAA meet
By Vince D’Adamo
Staft Reporter
The Nebraska men’s swimming
and diving team turns its attention
to the NCAA Championships on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday in
Austin, Texas.
The Comhuskers finished the
regular season in style by winning
their 21 st Big Eight title. After fin
ishing in a 27th-place tie last year,
the Huskers are seeded No. 16 in
thisryear’sevent.
Seven Nebraska swimmers have
earned the right to participate.
Husker coach Cal Bentz said he
believed a finish in the top 15 was
within reach.
“It’s a matter of doing what you
have to do at what you have to do,”
Bentz said.
Relays should be a determining
factor for Nebraska’s success. The
200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle
relay teams all carry a top 1 Crank
ing. . *'
Three returning NCAA honor
able mention All-Americans —
Juan Benavides, Francois Boshoff
and Alex Schlcifman — will lead
the Huskers into Austin.
“You’ve got to be prepared to
compete and swim as well as you
possibly can,” he said. “Those
people who qualify and move on
see that as the next step forward.”
Benavides will compete in the
50-, 100-, and 200-yard freestyle
events. The nat ive of Madrid, Spain,
earned a spot on the Spanish Olym
pic team by returning home to the
Olympic Trials in the 50- and 100
yard freestyle events.
Boshoff and Mark Bennett will
join Benavides in the 100- and 200
yard competitions. BoshofTis look
ingtorebound lromasprained ankle
that sidelined hint from the South
African Olympic Trials. Bennett is
making his NCAA Championships
debut.
Schleifman will accompany the
three “killer B’s,” Boshoff,
Benavides, Bennett, and Josh
Mathias in the 200-yard freestyle.
Schleifman, an honorable mention
All-American, also will compete in
the 200-yard medley relay.
Mathias, the lone travel ing fresh
man, has been a valuable asset for
Nebraska. The Mundglein, 111.,
product capped off the regular sea
son by finishing fifth at the confer
ence meet in the 200 freestyle.
Travis Niemeyer represents the
Husker divers. The second semes
ter addition from Seattle is making
his second trip to the NCAA meet.
Niemeyer competed in the 1993
meet for Southern Illinois.
Golf team
sixth after
first round
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska women’s golf team
shot a 314 Tuesday to place in sixth
heading into today’s second round of
the Rainbow Wahinc Golf Invitational
in Honolulu.
The Comhuskers were led by se
nior Michelle Patterson, who fired a
76 Tuesday. Patterson, who had five
birdies in Monday’s practice jpund, is
five shots behind leader Heather Graff
of Arizona.
Seventh-ranked Arizona had the top
three individuals in the first round and
sits 15 shots ahead of second-place
Texas Tech with a first-day total of
288. Brigham Young is in third place,
followed by Oklahoma State, Georgia
and Nebraska. Colorado, which shot a
337, is 13th among the 18 teams par
ticipating in the tournament.
The Nebraska men’s team shot a
final-round score of309 to finish third
at the Southwest Missouri State Invi
tational in Springfield, Mo., Tuesday.
The Huskers finished eight strokes
behind Jackson State, which shot a
623 for the three-day tournament. Kan
sas State finished second. Junior
Jacques Paicment, who finished in a
tie for third place, was Nebraska’s top
individual golfer.
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throw line. The Green Wave scored
only eight points in that span.
The Huskers made 23 of 28 frcc
throw attempts in the second half.
Tulane was led by Jerald Honeycutt,
who scored 16 points. Four other play
ers — Correy Childs (11), Chris
Cameron (11), LeVeldro Simmons
(12) and Patrick Lewis (13) — scored
in double figures for Tulane.
The Green Wave, 21-10, will play
Alabama in the consolation game
Thursday night at 6.
In the first hal f, Nebraska took con
trol after a Hamilton putback made the
score 24-11. The Huskers led twice
more by 13, 37-24 and 39-26, before
the Green Wave made their first run of
the game.
Tulane trailed just 42-41 at the half,
outscoring Nebraska 15-3 —all three
of Nebraska’s points came on Hamilton
free throws — as Nebraska did not
make a field goal in the final 4:16 of
the opening half. - »
“We just didn’t panic when Tulane
made the runs at us,” Nee said. “We
handled them and never gave up the
lead.”
St. Joseph’s to face
Huskers in title game
By i revor parks
Senior Reporter
NEW YORK — St. JoesplTs
earned the right to play Nebraska in
the championship of the National
Invitation Tournament with a 74
69 overtime win over Alabama
Tuesday night at Madison Square
Garden.
The Hawks, 19-12, blew a 17
point halftime lead as the Crimson
Tide tied the game on an Eric Wash
ington 3-pointer with seven sec
onds remaining in regulation.
In overtime, St. Joseph’s made
only two field goals, but outscored
Alabama 9-5 to seal the victory.
St. Joseph’s was led by Terrell
Myers, who scored 20 points and
was 8 of 11 from the field. Wash
ington was Alabama’s leading
scorer with 26 points, including five
3-pointers.
Hawk Coach Phil Martelli said
his team, which led 39-22 at half
time, was determined to win in the
extra frame.
i ne key to the overtime was the
heart of our team,” Martelli said. “I
looked in their eyes and this group
wasn’t dragging.”
Despite a great second-half
comeback, in which Alabama
outscored the Hawks 43-26, Tide
Coach David Hobbs said the game
was decided in the first half.
“They made the plays, and we
didn’t in overtime,” Hobbs said.
“You can’t play 20 minutes and
expect to win a basketball game.”
St. Joseph’splays in the Atlantic 10
Conference, whose champion, Mas
sachusetts, will play Kentucky Sat
urday in the Final Four at the Mead
owlands.
The Hawks beat Iona, Provi
dence and Rhode Island to earn the
trip to New York. As for his next
opponent, Martelli said he knew
very little about the Comhuskers.
“I know it is located in the center
of the country,” Martelli said. “And
Tommie Frazier is a great quarter
back. He should have won the
Heisman.”