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A AA Tfc % r I ' Friday, Oct. 11 @ 7 p.m. Nebraska vs. USA Volleyball Tickets are still available. For more information call Ticket Office @ 472-3111 or 1-800-8BIGRED. • Reserved -$8 • Genera) Admission -$6 mewri— "" ia spSot OWW* _I IT United Airunes snw?.wwrs )i Fire up before i\ 4 the game with bw-3! J Stop by bw-3 and pick up some great tasting wings before the V game. Wings are the perfect thing to £\ grab for pre-game tailgateparties! 3T Celebrate with some spicy BBQ Buffalo y style chicken wings and some ice cold \\ beer. You can also satisfy your game > time hunger with our other great tast- y ing menu items including Pocket Pizzas, Grilled Chicken Sandwiches, V Beef-on Week Sandwiches S\ and Weckbureers. >7 1 Endicott I highlights exhibition VOLLEY from page 9 we might score one or two points a game.” But Endicott’s return is the main focus of the match, Pettit said. I “It’s a way for us to say thank you to Lewi,” Pettit said. “It’s a way J for our players to realize she is a part of this tradition.” The 29-year-old Endicott, from Springfield, Mo., is a major player in NU’s tradition-rich program. She is one of only three players to have her jersey retired. Endicott played for Nebraska from 1985 through 1988, earning All-Big Eight honors all four seasons, All-America hon ors in 1987 and 1988. She joined the national team in January 1989. Endicott burst on to the interna tional scene and was selected as the best setter at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, leading the Americans to the bronze medal. She was also the setter on the team that finished sev enth in the Atlanta Games. XI U1UUA/U IvCIvvkl uiv iiauuucu team, she said, she may pursue a master’s degree in physical therapy or play in the National Professional Volleyball Association, a league currently under construction. “I never thought I would still be playing volleyball at my age,” Endicott said. “For so long, my ca reer has been volleyball, and I have enjoyed it very much. Everything has been worth it.” Pettit said the young Huskers, many of whom grew up idolizing the U.S. National Team players, will benefit from experiencing world class volleyball. U.S. Coach Terry Liskevych has announced he will retire in Decem ber. Liskevych has coached the Olympic teams since 1988 and has compiled a 337-280 international record. “The issue is not whether you win or lose,” Pettit said. “But how could you deny your players an op portunity to play against some of the best players in the world?” Buskers concentrate on meeting with OU r-1 Reitsma is rolling into Sunday’s match after breaking an NU kill record. By Trevor Parks Senior Reporter The Nebraska volleyball team is trying not to get too caught up in the attention being placed cm its match to night against the U.S. National Team. That's because the Comhuskers know they have to turn around and play a conference match with Oklahoma Sunday afternoon. Sixth-ranked Nebraska, 13-2 over all and 5-0 in the Big 12, plays host to the Sooners, 9-6 and 04, at 1:30 p.m at the NU Coliseum. The match is sold out. NU enters the match on roll, hav ing won eight straight matches since losing to North Carolina Sept. 13. All but one of those wins have been three game sweeps. xxic nusiteis may uc wiuioui uui side hitter Renee Saunders, who in jured her left ankle against Colorado Wednesday night. Before coming to Lincoln, the Sooners have a match at Colorado to night. In Nebraska’s sweep of the Buf faloes Wednesday, Lisa Reitsma shat tered her own school record with 29 kills—the most ever in a three-game match. “Oklahoma always gives us a big challenge, and we have to be up for them,” Reitsma said. “This is the part of the Big 12 that I have been looking forward to.” Next weekend, No. 8 Texas and No. 12 Texas A&M will visit the coliseum — where Nebraska has won 22 con secutive matches. NU Coach Terry Pettit said the Sooners, who have lost four straight matches, are an athletic team that has always given Nebraska problems. The Huskers have won eight straight over OU and lead the all-time series 45-5. “They are a very good, very physi cal and very big team,” Pettit said. Young OU team looks for a win By Shannon Heffelfinger StaffReporter The Oklahoma volleyball team appears to have a split per There is the team that started the season red hot, win ning nine of its first 1 1 mat ches. This Pabst same Sooner squad — which will play No. 6 Nebraska Sun day —almost pulled off a huge upset of eighth-ranked Texas, eventually losing in five games. Then there is the OU team that lost to Kansas State and Kansas last weekend, handing KU its first Big 12 win. Oklahoma Coach Miles Pabst said he isn’t sure which Sooner team will show up Sun day at the NU Coliseum. “At times,” Pabst said, “the lack of experience has hurt us. We’re getting better everyday, though.” The Sooners are still search ing for their first conference win. OU will be hard pressed to find that win Sunday, Pabst said. “Nebraska is a very good team,” Pabst said. “We always look forward to playing them.” The 9-6 Sooners are led by returning all-conference outside hitter Patrice Arrington, who is averaging 4.79 kills per game. N U runners reach crucial point By Gbegg Madsen StaffReporter The Nebraska men’s mid women’s cross country teams will travel to Au burn, Ala., Saturday for the 40-team Auburn Invitational. Comhusker Coach Jay Dirksen said both the men’s and women’s teams are at a crucial point in the season with the Big 12 Championship Meet only three weeks away. “This meet is going to be pretty tough, with a lot higher competition than a normal invitational,” Dirksen said. But mat s what we want. We re just trying to get ready, so we can be competitive in the conference.” The women’s team, ranked 25th in the nation, is poised for an outstand ing meet, Dirksen said. “The women have been practicing great,” he said. “I just feel like they are ready for something great,” Dirksen said. “I think that there are quite a few of them that aren’t even close to what they could run. So I’m excited.” Senior Christina Blackmer and jun ior Nora Shepherd, both of whom qualified for the 1995 NCAA Cham pionships, will lead a young squad into the women’s 5,000-meter race, which is set for a 9:15 am start at the Indian Pines Golf Course. On the men’s side, juniors Cleophus Boor and Jonah Kiptarus, who finished 1-2 at the Roy Griak Min nesota Invite on Sept. 28, will help the No. 21 Huskers contend for a top-10 team finish in Alabama, Dirksen said. Senior Balazs Tolgyesi, who ran in the 1996 Summer Olympics Games for Hungary, will see his first action as a Husker this season. Tolgyesi had been easing back into a regular training schedule after competing internation ally in the 1,500 meters this summer, Dirksen said. :-shirt! October 12 @ 11:30 Meet NU head Coach Danny Nee and the Nebraska basketball team before the NU vs. Baylor football game near Gate 20 on the east side of Memorial Stadium. Get autographs and shoot the hoops. um i malffi a Iron thmui uni i uiin a | t-Shift! H fc -t-s-;-1 'T'11 1 1 .