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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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