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KU Continued from Page 9 lineup early in the season and has started 35 games, the most of any first year player. “It took a little while, but I’ve got ten comfortable,” Dalton said. “I was kind of slumping in the beginning, but I just got up there and got really re laxed. It just kind of falls into place when you relax.” Dalton said he learned a lot from h. s older brother, Jed, a former Huskcr who was drafted in the 19th round of the amateur draft last June by the Cali fornia Angels. “Ever since we were little kids, we’d go out and hit the ball, take some gro iders and stuff like that,” Dalton said. “He’s helped me a lot.” Jed Dalton, who spent much of this winier working with his younger brol her, hit .262 in Boise, Idaho, of the N< iwest League last summer. This se« n, Dalton is hitting above .300 pla^.ng in Class A full-season Lake Els’ ire, Calif. Josh Dalton, who has hit safely in 10 of Nebraska’s last 12 games, said the adjustment to Division-I baseball did not come as a shock to him. “It wasn’t so much of a physical adjustment as it was mental adjust ment,” Dalton said. “It \s the same game from high school to college; the men tal aspect is just different.” Dalton said the Huskers, who have won seven of their last 10 games, seemed to be coming together. “Pitching is coming around really good, and our bats arc pretty consis tent,” Dalton said. “So they’ve gelled pretty good. We just need to relax and play the way we can. We have the talent; we just get in our own way sometimes.” Junior Jonas Armenta will start Fri day against the Jayhawks. Armenta, who earned his first win of the year in his last start against Kansas State last Saturday, leads Nebraska with 50 strikeouts this season. The Huskers will Finish their sea son playing eight of their last 14 games against conference opponents. The Big Eight Tournament will be played in Oklahoma City, Okla., May 16-19. “The standings are so bunched, i f a team or two gets hot here at the end, they can make a serious move,” Sand ers said. “We’d like to be that team.” Sanders said he was unsure who would take the mound for Nebraska in Saturday’s game, which begins at 4 p.m., or Sunday’s 1 p.m. game. But Sanders said he was considering using Pat Driscoll or Steve Fish — both of whom threw against Kansas this week — on three days’ rest. Olympic shot takes Malesev home By Michaela Pieler Staff Reporter Petar Malcsev worries about going back to his home country. But returning to the former Yu goslavia is Malesev’s only chance to fulfill his lifelong dream—par ticipating in the Olympic Games. Malcsev, a former Cornhusker high jumper whose NCAA eligibil ity expired last spring, returns to his Serbian hometown of Novi Sad, five miles north of Belgrade, in May. There, Malcsev, the 1995 in door national champion, will prac tice to represent the Federal Re public of Yugoslavia in this summer’s Olympics in Atlanta. Spring game Continued from Page 9 like any other. Thcoffense will rack up a lot of yardage, and the defense will make its share of great plays, he said. At last year’s spring game, that was the case.; The offense shattered seven spring game records. Included in those were Reggie Baul’s 184 yards receiving, Tommie Frazier’s 228 yards passing and Todd Uhlir’s 89-yard touchdown run. The offense totaled 74 points and 1,055 total yards, 558 of which came through the air. One player who showed his talent was Stanford transfer quarterback Scott Frost. Although he had to sit out the fall, Frost completed 10 of 17 passes for 158 yards and three touchdowns. Frost, a 6-3,215-pound junior, said he was nervous playing in front of the Nebraska crowd last spring. “1 don’t think I’ll be nervous for this one,” said Frost, now the top can didate to be the starting quarterback in the fall. “Last year, 1 was nervous because I wasn’t comfortable with the offense yet. I was just going out there and actually guessing quite a bit.” This spring, though, Frost has dis played his experience. After the first two scrimmages, Osborne said Frost had taken the lead over Matt Turman in the race for the starting quarterback spot. At last Saturday’s scrimmage, Frost rushed for 101 yards on 10 carries. He has completed 13 of 31 passes in the three major scrimmages this spring for 235 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. A good showing in the spring game will prove to a lot of people he is “I’m not too excited about going back,” he said. “It’s been too long. Back home, everything is just a mess.” Because his family moved to the United States last June, nothing binds him to Yugoslavia anymore, Malcsev said. “I dedicated myself to life in Lincoln, Neb., from the first day on,” he said. Malcsev arrived in Lincoln in August 1991. He joined the Ne braska track and field team and now owns four of the top five jumps in school history, with his best a 7 foot-3 1/4-inch leap on May 26, 1993. He finished among the top 10 at the NCAA Championships four times. worthy of starting in the fall, Frost said. “I feel like it has always been wi thin my grasp,” Frost said. “I didn’t need convincing. I think everybody else did. I felt confident in myself. “I’m not saying I knew I was going to win it, but I just felt confident. I think what it took was gaining the respect and confidence of the coaches and the other players.” Peter said Frost had proved himsel f to the team. “Scott Frost is a hell of a football player,” Peter said. “He will be fine in the fall. He’s got the ability alone, and that makes him a great quarterback. "A lot of people question whether he’ll be able to handle it or not, but he’s already played Division-I compe tition.” In 1994 as a freshman, Frost com pleted 33 of 77 passes with two touch downs and five interceptions while filling in for injured Steve Stenstrom at Stanford. Frost also rushed for 143 yards on 38 carries. He started the second half of the Cardinal’s 46-28 win over Washing ton and the final two games of the season. » Both Peter and Frost said they looked forward to playing in front of a big crowd this weekend. “It’s definitely a workout,” Peter said, “because we want to get some things accomplished and find out where we are coming out of spring ball. I think it’s also kind of a reward.” Said Frost, “I want to have a good spring game. I did well in last year’s spring game. Hopefully I can do well again this year, and that can be a tram poline for the season.” NOTES: • Before the game, former Ne -- ■■■ ■ -i “I was lucky to escape the war years at home,” he said. But even now, Malesev said he wanted to go back only for two months to try for the Olympics. One jump separates him from Atlanta. According tohiscountry’s requirements, Malesev must repeat his personal-best jump of 2.28 meters last year. The deadline is July 1, he said. “There’s not too much time left,” he said. “I’ll have to leave Lincoln right after graduation in May.” So far this year, Malesev said he had jumped 2.24 meters. The world record is 2.45 meters, or 8 feet, 1/2 inch. Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said he was certain Malesev could make the Olympics if given the opportu nity. The 6-foot-7 Malcscv made great contributions to Nebraska’s team during his four years as a Husker, Pepin said. “His height helps him to high speed and a high jump,” Pepin said. “He is a very fine all-around athlete and certainly capable to qualify.” After the Summer Olympics, Malesev would like to stay in the United States, he said. He plans to pursue either graduate studies or a full-time job and said he wanted to become a U.S. citizen. “I sec my future in the United States,” he said. “Yugoslavia, at its present state, is not what I seek. I would like to believe that peace is there to stay. Time will show.” 0 Spring Game Starters Memorial Stadium I Offense Oefense SE 5 Brendan Holbein, Sr. 5-9 190 U01SH 57 Chad Ketsay, So. 6-2 260 IT 77 AdamTreu, Sr. 6-6 300 DT 99 Jason Wiltz, So. 6-3 295 LB 75 Chris Dishman, Sr. 6-3 310 BT 72 Tom Milius, Fr. 6-3 270 C 67 Aaron Taylor, Jr. 6-1 305 BRUSH 84 Mike Rucker, So. 6-6 250 R6 64 JonZatechkaJr. 6-2 290 SAM 46 Brian Shaw, Fr. 6-1 215 RT 70 Eric Anderson, Jr. 64 300 MIKE 56 Jay Foreman, So. 6-1 225 IE 88 Sheldon Jackson, So. 6-4 250 WUL 49 Quint Hogrefe, So. 5-11 210 QB 7 Scott Frost, Jr. 6-3 215 LCB 48 Dave Alderman, Sr. 5-10 190 FB 45 Joel Makovicka, So. 5-11 230 RCB 26 Jerome Peterson, Fr. 5-7 185 IB 30 Ahman Green, So. 6-0 210 ROW 4 Octavious McFarlin, Jr. 5-11 190 WB 25 JonVedratSr. 5-11 205 FS 3 Eric Warfield, jr. 6-1 195 PK 35 Kris Brown, So. 5-10 200 P 19 Jesse Kosch, Jr. 6-0 185 SHensn Helens** SE 82 Ryan Held, jr. 62 185 UWSH 93 Jared Tomlch, Sr. 62 260 LI 73 Fred Pollack, Jr. 64 305 DT 97 Jeff Ogard, Sr. 66 300 Lfi 68 James German, Fr. 62 305 BT 95 Jason Peter Jr. 64 285 C 59 Josh Heskew, Jr. 63 280 BRUSH 98 Grant Wistrom, Jr. 65 250 86 62 Matt Hosldnson, So. 61 280 SAM 28 Jamel Williams, Sr. 62 205 RT 72 Ben Gessford, So. 62 280 MIKE 44 Jon Hesse, Sr. 64 250 IE 81 TJ.HeBates.Fr. 63 235 WU. 91 Ryan Terwilliger, Sr. 65 255 QB 18 JeffPerino, Fr. 62 195 LCB 20 Michael Booker, Sr. 62 205 FB 42 Josh Cobb, So. 5-11 240 RCB 12 Mike Pullman, Sr. 5-7 170 IB 31 James Sims, Jr. 61'215 R0V 10 Mike Minter, Sr. 5-10 190 MB 33 Sean Wletingjr. 5*9 190 FS 16 Eric Stokes, Sr. 5-11 185 PK 13 Ted Retzlaff, Jr. 6-0 190 P 23 Bill lafleur, Fr. 5-11 200 1 braska quarterback Tommie Frazier will have his jersey retired. # No. 1 tight end Tim Carpenter will miss the spring game after having surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ante rior cruciate ligament. # Twelve other Huskers will be kept out with injuries or because of the coaches’ decision. Split end Riley Washington, Will linebacker Terrell Farley, right comerback Leslie Den nis, fullback Billy Legate, split end I Kenny Cheatham, wingback Lance Brown, quarterback Frankie London, defensive Scott Saltsman, left rush end Bryce Miller, I-back Jason Olncs, de fensive tackle Larry Townsend and tight end Aaron Wills will not play. • No. 1 fullback Brian Schuster, who returned to practice during the spring's final workout Wednesday at Memorial Stadium, is doubtful after being hampered by a hamstring injury most of the spring. For Any little King 6" Sandwich! In honor of Little King's 27th Anniversary, for every Little King 6" sandwich you buy at regular price, you get a second Little King 6' sandwich for only 27c! It's our way of saying thanks for 27 great years together. Offer Good Saturday, April 20th, Sunday, April 21st & Monday, April 22nd ONLY. |27c sandwich must be 6‘ and of equal or lesser value. Limit 6 per customer! 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