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Offensively, the Huskers will be
led by junior center fielder Francis
Collins, who is looking to extend a 26
gamc hitting streak to tie the school
record today. Collins leads Nebraska
with a .406average, which ranks fourth
in the Big Eight.
Ken Ramos, now with the Class
AAA Tucson Toros in the Houston
Astros’ organization, hit in 28 straight
in 1987. Ramos has the longest hitting
streak in Nebraska history and the
second-longest in Big Eight history.
Chicago White Sox third baseman
Robin Ventura owns the longest streak
in NCAA history. Ventura hit in 58
straight in 1987 while playing for Okla
homa State.
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Blackshirts anchor title defense
By Trevor Parks
Senior Reporter
With the conclusion of spring prac
tice Saturday, the countdown begins
as the Nebraska football team pre
pares to defend its back-to-back na
tional titles.
That countdown stands at 114 days
until the first fall practice and 137 days
until the kickoff of the season Sept. 7
against Michigan State at Memorial
Stadium.
And the Comhuskers are as moti
vated as ever to do something no NCAA
team has ever done—win three straight
titles.
Coach Tom Osborne said the de
fense impressed him this spring, and it
might have to carry the Huskers at
times next fall.
“It’s the age-old quandary that asks
if your offense isn’t good or if your
defense is good,” Osborne said. “I
think that it’s probably more of the
latter.”
The defense has been suffocating
this spring.
The Blackshirts dominated the first
team offense in all four scrimmages,
and the front seven may be the fastest
in school history.'
Defensive tackles Jeff Ogard and
Jason Peter will be in charge of plug
ging up the middle. Ogard forced two
fumbles in the spring game and picked
up valuable playing time after Scott
Saltsman was injured.
Next to the tackles are rush ends
Jared Tomich, a first-team All-Ameri
can, and Grant Wistrom, a third-team
All-American.
The linebackers are led by Mike
linebacker Jon Hesse, who recorded
12 tackles in the spring game. Behind
Hesse at the middle linebacker posi
tion is sophomore Jay Foreman, who
started all 12 games last season at Sam
linebacker before movingover to Mike.
Foreman recorded seven tackles Sat
urday.
Now at the Sam linebacker spot is
Jamel Williams. At that position in the
Fiesta Bowl, Williams sacked Florida
quarterback Danny Wuerffel for a
safety in the second quarter.
On the opposite side of Williams is
second-team All-American Terrell
Farley. Farley missed the spring game
because of a minor disciplinary viola
tion.
Tomich said the defense accom
plished everything it wanted to in the
spring.
“Our defense is really stable right
now,” Tomich said. “We sti 11 can work
on executing a little bit better and cut
down on some of our mistakes.”
In trying to replace starters Tony
Veland and Tyrone Williams, the sec
ondary suffered through an injury
filled spring.
Right cornerback Michael Booker,
free safety Eric Stokes and rover Mike
Minter survived the spring, but the left
cornerback position wasn’t as lucky.
Mike Fullman returned from a groin
injury to play in the spring game, but
his backup, Leslie Dennis, missed all
of spring drills after knee surgery.
Redshirt freshman Jerome Peterson,
also banged up this spring, benefited
by picking up valuable practice time
with the top units, Osborne said. In
coming freshmen Ralph Brown and
Mike Brown may be asked to add
depth in the secondary next season.
Kicker Kris Brown did not miss a
field goal or an extra point in the four
major scrimmages this spring and was
4 for4 on field goals Saturday. Brown’s
backup, Ted Retzlaff, also did not miss
an extra point or a field goal in the
major spring scrimmages.
Punter Jesse Kosch had two punts
for an average of45.5 yards per punt in
the spring game and Brown, who did
not punt last season, boomed a 58
yard punt Saturday. Five punters com
bined to average 45.8 yards on 12
punts.
Osborne said good special teams
play was important in the drive for
three straight championships.
On the offensive side, some ques
tions still remain.
The offensive line of tackles Adam
Treu and 12-game starter Eric Ander
son, guards Chris Dishman and Jon
Zalechka and center Aaron Taylor has
been solid for most of the spring after
a shaky start.
Last season, Taylor played left
guard and Dishman played left tackle.
In the backfield, sophomore Ahman
Green is the top returning rusher and
Damon Benningand James Sims have
experience as backups. DeAngelo
Evans, a true freshman, may be needed
if anyone is injured.
At fullback, the top two players,
Brian Schuster and Joel Makovicka,
were hurt most of the spring. Of the
healthy fullbacks, Ben Kingston made
the biggest impression, rushing for 114
yards in the four scrimmages.
Next fall, receivers Brendan
Holbein and Jon Vedral will lead an
inexperienced group, which was ham
pered by tight end Tim Carpenter’s
knee surgery after the first week of
spring drills. Carpenter is question
able for the beginning of fall drills in
August, Osborne said.
The biggest question mark is at
quarterback.
Scott Frost emerged as the front
runner to start in the fall, overtaking
Matt Turman. But developing an ex
perienced quarterback is still a top
priority, Osborne said.
“Scott Frost is a fine runner, and
he’s a good leader,” Osborne said.
“We’ve got Jeff Perino and Monte
Christo and Frankie London available
in the fall, but we don’t have a whole
lot of depth with experience.”
Huskers seek to end slide
By Mike Kluck
Senior Reporter *\
The Nebraska softball players who
visited Cornhusker coach Rhonda
Revelle’s office on Tuesday did not
talk about softball.
Instead, the players and coach talked
about other things, including school,
classes and final exams.
“I wanted to deter from softball
conversation today because we need a
break,” Revelle said. “It’s tough in a
72-hour period to have five games
slammed down your throat.”
The Huskcrs were swept in a three
game series by Oklahoma, 8-2,8-2,4
1, Saturday and Sunday in Norman,
Okla. Then on Monday in Stillwater,
Okla., Nebraska lost a doujMcheader
to Oklahoma State 11-2 and 9-6.
The five losses dropped the Husk
crs to 31-18 overall and 5-7 in the
conference. Nebraska is sixth in the
Big 12 Conference, which has only
eight teams competing in conference
play this season.
Revelle said the Huskers struggled
throughout the five games against the
Sooners and Cowgirls.
“Mentally we weren’t strong,”
Revelle said. “Physically, we didn’t
execute in pressure situations. It was
an extremely disappointing and frus
trating weekend.”
Most disappointing for Revelle was
that the Huskers had leads in three of
the five games and were unable to hold
on. In the last game against Oklahoma
State, the Cowgirls scored six runs—
four ofwhich came on a grand slant by
Regina Attenbury — in the bottom of
seventh inning to steal a win from
Nebraska.
The five-game skid marks the Husk
ers’ longest losing streak since drop
ping 10 straight in 1994.
“I’mreal concerned,” Revelle said.
“I really feel like a lot of responsibility
falls on them. There are some things
that they need to do to make sure we
can win the ball games. They need to
be able to sense the victory and slam
the door.”
Nebraska did have a few bright
spots last weekend. Freshman out
fielder Kelly Pinkepank hit her first
career home run, and sophomore
catcher Jenny Smith had a hit in all five
games.
Now, Revelle must see if her team
can respond, beginning today when
the Huskers play host to Creighton in
a doubleheader starting at 6 p.m. at the
NU Softball Complex.
“Creighton’s very competitive, and
they’re coming in hungry,” Revelle
said. “We do have an edge and we
have to use that edge. We have to
attack their weaknesses.”
Nebraska has won 13 of the last 14
games against Creighton and holds a
40-26 lead in the series. On Feb. 24,
the Huskers swept a doubleheader from
the Lady Jays in Omaha, winning 19
8 and 8-3.
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