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three-game loss to
NU.
By David Wilson
StaffReporter^
The Texas volleyball team came
to Lincoln Saturday seeking re
venge from the Comhuskers, who
defeated the
Longhorns in last
season’s national
championship
match.
And
though they
didn’t return
home with a win,
UT coach Mick
Haley said, the
Haley match was a step
in the right direction for Texas.
“Basically, it was a positive
match for us,” Haley said after
Nebraska’s 17-15,15-5,15-10 win.
“Nebraska won this match, but we
didn’t lose it. They earned it.”
Eighth-ranked Texas, which de
feated Colorado Friday in Boulder,
fell to 12-4 and 6-2 in the Big 12.
Haley said this year’s Texas
team is a much different group than
the 1995 Longhorns, who also lost
a three-game match to Nebraska in
the regular season.
“Our stats would indicate that
we are not any better than we were
at this time last year,” Haley said.
“And we were not good last year at
this time. That’s why I’m optimis
tic, because! think we’ll get a lot
better.”
Nebraska downed UT 15-4,15
i 13,15-4 on Nov. 4 in Austin, Texas.
Texas recorded 11 straight vic
tories after the loss, including four
NCAA Tournament matches, be
fore falling to NU in four games at
the Final Four.
Big 12 Conference play will
help Texas improve and possibly
meet with the Huskers again in the
postseason this year, Haley said. But
Nebraska, which is 16-2 and leads
11/2/91 Nebraska 3-0
11/6/93 Texas ' 3-0
10/19/96 Nebraska 3-0
* National Championship Match
the Big 12 with an 8-0 conference
mark, will also have a chance to get
better, Haley said.
“Right now, we’re not trying to
find out who we are,” he said.
“We’re just trying to get better.”
The key to Saturday’s match,
Haley said, was the 45-minute first
game.
“The first game was critical to
our chances to win,” Haley said. “If
we keep the hitting errors down, we
have a longer match and maybe a
first-game win.
“We wanted to test the water,
and we let them take control of the
match right then.”
Nebraska held Texas outside hit
ter Demetria Sance, a returning sec
ond-team All-American, to a .098
hitting percentage — more than
.200 below her average.
“Demetria saw a pretty good
block and a great defense,” said
Haley, who is currently negotiating
with USA Volleyball to leave Texas
and become the coach of the U.S.
Women’s National Team.
“You have to give Nebraska
credit for holding her down.
But I don’t think we can rely just
on Demetria to have a good team.”
T splayers
compete for
NCAAspots
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By Jay Saundebs
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska men’s tennis team is
hoping to find out what it’s made of
thisweek.
Thursday through Sunday, five
players will compete for a spot at the
NCAA Championships at the Region
Five Rolex Championships in Wichita,
Kan.
The tournament features 64 singles’
players and 32 of the top doubles’
teams in the region. Only the finalists
of the singles’ draw and the champi
ons of the doubles’ competition ad
vance to the NCAA Championships
later this fall.
“We would like to let people know
that we have a stronger team than we
did last year,” Comhusker Coach Kerry
McDermott said.
To let the rest of the region know
NU has improved, the Huskers will
have to qualify a player for NCAA
Championships, something they
haven’t done since 1991.
“It would be good to see someone
take that next step,” McDermott said.
“It would be a huge confidence builder
for the whole team.”
The Huskers’ best hopes for an
NCAA bid could rest on the shoulders
of junior Marcus Bergheim and sopho
more Dinko Verzi.
Bergheim is the team’s No. 1 seed
and has taken the nation’s eighth
ranked player to three sets twice in the
last year. Verzi went three sets with
Wichita State’s No. 1 player, who is a
returning All-American. Bergheim and
Verzi team up to form the Huskers’ No.
1 doubles team.
“It would be nice to see two guys
in the quarterfinals and try to make
some things happen,” McDermott said.
“We have had some good and sane not
so good practice days.
“We are trying to teach the kids it
is what you do Monday through Fri
day that sets the tone for matches on
Saturday and Sunday.”
The Nebraska women are also in
action this week. They are participat
ing at the Rivera All-American Cham
pionships in Los Angeles, today
through Sunday.
NU’s Rucker hits new level
RUCKER from page 7
It wasn’t just Rucker who knew he
had to get stronger. Nebraska Coach
Tom Osborne and Rush Ends Coach
Tony Samuel both said Rucker’s dedi
cation during the off-season has helped
him earn more playing time this year.
“He knew all along you had to work
hard to play here, and that got trans
lated into action,” Osborne said. “Over
the winter and summer, he has really
laid it on the line a lot better.”
Rycker’s improvement has helped
to make the 1996 rush end position one
of the strongest in Osborne’s 24 years
as head coach. Throughout the season,
Osborne has called Wistrom and se
nior Jared Tomich the best pair of rush
ends ever to play at Nebraska.
However, when Rucker and sopho
more Chad Kelsay replace the two
starters, Osborne said, the Huskers
don’t lose a lot.
“He has a lot of potential,” Samuel
said. “He has made some key plays for
us this season, and has had some cru
cial sacks.”
As long as his mom continues to
help him set his goals, Rucker said he
knows he can improve every game.
Even OU has a shot at title
SOUTH from page 7
After winning its first three games,
Baylor (3-3 and 0-3) has lost three
straight. The Bears play host to Iowa
State Saturday.
“Somebody is going to have to step
up in the south to win it,” Baylor Coach
Chuck Reedy said. “It’s wide open right
now. It’s going to take someone get
ting hot and winning out the rest of the
season.
Oklahoma State (4-3 and 1-3)
snapped a two-game skid with a thrill
ing 28-27 win over Iowa State Satur
day.
The Cowboys, who play at Mis
souri this week, have already lost to
Texas Tech and Texas.
“If we want to win the conference/’
OSU Coach Bob Simmons said, “we’ll
have to win the rest of our games. We
have to win at least seven if we waht to
go to a bowl game.”
Meanwhile, Oklahoma, Texas
A&M and Texas Tech have rebounded
from rocky starts. Oklahoma (2-4 and
2-1) goes for its third-straight win Sat
urday, playing Kansas State in Man
hattan, Kan.
Despite OU’s recent success,
Sooner Coach John Blake said the team
must not get ahead of itself.
“I don’t think we’re ready to con
tend for the conference title yet,” Blake
said. “We’re still making a lot of mis
takes.”
Texas A&M (3-4 and 1 -2) has won
two of its last three and will play host
to Texas Tech this week. The Red
Raiders (4-3 and 3-2) had won three
straight before losing to Nebraska 24
10 Saturday. . . . : 1 _
At 4-3 overall, Tech and OSU have
the division’s best record. Texas A&M
Coach R.C. Slocum said he would have
been shocked at the beginning of the
season ifhe had been told that no South
Division team would have five wins by
late October. _
“I wouldn’t believe it,” Slocum
said. “The football is bettor than that.”
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