NU offense
hits stride
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yards and three touchdowns and added
35 yards and two touchdowns on the
ground.
Split end Brendan Holbein, who
caught three passes for a team-high 69
yards, said Frost has proven that he is
capable of running the Husker offense.
“Scott has taken a lot of knocks
lately,” Holbein said, “but he has
proven what kind of quarterback he can
be.”
Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne also
said he was impressed with Frost’s 12
completions on 16 attenpts. Of his four
misses, Osborne said, two were inten
tionally grounded to stop the clock and
two were dropped.
“The perception is that we threw the
ball all over the place,” Osborne said.
“We only threw it 18 times. We just
threw it better. I was impressed with
that.”
Though NU tallied 595 yards
against Kansas, Frost said, a good of
fense must put up big numbers week
in and week out.
The 6-1 Huskcrs, ranked No. 5,
have lost 10 fumbles this season —
including three in their loss to Arizona
State—and thrown two interceptions.
Against Kansas, Nebraska lost only
one fumble, on a first-quarter punt re
turn.
“The thing about being a great of
fense is you have to be consistent,”
Frost said. “The No. 1 thing we need
to do is stop stopping ourselves.”
The Huskers will travel to Norman,
Okla., Saturday to play 2-5 Oklahoma.
Despite the “difficult environment,”
Frost said, Nebraska’s level of play
should not drop.
The Huskers’ only loss this season
came on the road to Arizona State and
in their other two road games, NU
posted its two smallest margins of vic
tory.
“As far as I’m concerned, we’ve
played two games that weren’t up to
par, and both of them happened to be
on the road,” Frost said. “I don’t think
that’s a pattern of the team. This team
has traditionally played well on the
road. I think there has just been a
couple of games where we weren’t as
focused as we should have been.”
But against Kansas, Frost said, the
Huskers were focused.
“I think (the team’s focus) is the
best it’s been since I’ve been here. Now
that we’ve done it once, I think we’ll
be able to repeat that.”
6 freshmen
to bolster
NU lineup
GYM from page 10
was sixth in the all-around at the 1995
Canadian Nationals, and the national
champion on the uneven bars.
A former member of the London
Gymkips in Ontario, Wilkinson said
the team-oriented atmosphere of Ne
braska gymnastics is a welcome change
from the intense club competition.
'‘There’s a lot more team spirit,”
Wilkinson said.
Ohlendorf’s versatility will provide
the Huskers with valuable depth in ev
ery event, Kendig said.
• “I think she’s strong on all four
events,” Kendig said. “She’ll provide
a lot of depth for us, because she can
perform well on all four.”
Both Brink and Wilkinson said they
felt like welcome additions to the team.
“The upperclassmen don’t look
down on us,” Brink said, “they treat us
as equals.”
Twin sisters Arica and Alisha
Lamb, from Lincoln, and Rachel
Tschauner from Omaha also join the
13-member team this season.
The Huskers .will hold an
intrasquad meet in Mabel Lee Hall on
Dec. 6, but the new freshmen won’t see
their first competition until Jan. 11,
when Nebraska, opens its season at
Iowa State.
CU star Wacholder
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By Jay Saunders
StaffReporter
For Colorado senior Rachel
Wacholder and the rest of the CU vol
leyball team, Lincoln has never been a
hospitable town.
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Wacholder, a 5
foot-9 swing hitter
from Laguna
Beach, Calif., has
never beaten the
Cornhuskers in
Lincoln. In fact, the
Buffaloes have bet
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Wacholder only twice in
Wacholder’s career — once in the fi
nds of the Big Eight Tournament and
; once in Boulder.
That sets the stage for tonight’s 7:30
match at the NU Coliseum. The Husk
ers ^ve already beaten the Buffaloes
this year in Boulder. In that match,
Wacholder had 17 kills and 16 digs.
“I would love to beat Nebraska in
their gym,” Wacholder said. “When I
first got here, I didn’t know who was
in the Big Eight, but from day one I
found out that Nebraska was our rival.”
Wacholder said she is excited to
make the trip to Lincoln one last time.
“It is probably the hardest place I
have ever played,” Wacholder said.
“There is red everywhere. We know it
will be loud.”
Colorado is coming off a five-game
road win over Texas Tech and a sweep
of Baylor last weekend. In the Tech
match, Wacholder had 27 kills, two
away from her career high. The Colo
rado captain is leading the team in kills
(251) and service aces (23).
Despite her impressive stats,
Wacholder said she has not been
thrilled with ho* play this season for
the 11-6 Buffs.
“I am just trying to be consistent ”
Wacholder said. “I would like to play
, better and I would like to see our team
play better.”
Although the Buffaloes are the un
derdog tonight, she said, CU will come
to Lincoln ready to play.
“Playing Nebraska is always a big
one for us,” Wacholder said. “It is the
match that we get the most excited for.”
The match could mean more than
just playing an old rival. A win against
a team like seventh-ranked Nebraska,
she said, would help the Buffaloes’
chances for an NCAA Tournament |
berth.
“We have to start beating ranked
teams, but it wouldn’t hurt us all that
much to lose,” Wacholder said. “What
we want to do is feel that we played
well—win or lose.”
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Two gym stars
commit to NU
By Gregg Madsen
StaffReporter
Two of the top prep gymnasts in the
country have verbally committed to
attend Nebraska next year.
Kathy Ligon of Houston and Amy
Ringo of Phoenix both said they are
happy with their decisions and are
looking forward to competing for the
Comhuskers.
“It’s a really good school,” said
Ringo, a senior at Arcadia High School
in Phoenix. “Lincoln is a nice town and
the team was great. They were all so
close; it was kind of like a family.”
Ringo had scholarship offers from
Utah, Washington and 1996 national
champion Alabama before picking
NU.
Ringo’s coach at the Xtreme Gym
nastics Club in Phoenix, Jon Aitken,
said he was happy with her choice.
“She’s always told me that she
wanted to go out of state,” Aitken said.
“When she met (Nebraska Coach) Dan
(Kendig), she really liked him. When
she came back from Lincoln, she said,
'That’s it.’”
Ligon also attracted the attention of
national powerhouse Utah, along with
Oregon. State and Auburn.
And like Ringo, Ligon said coach
ing was the main factor that caused her
to choose Nebraska.
“Mainly, it was Dan,” Ligon said.
“I really liked him and I liked the girls
as well. I guess Lincoln is the town I
was looking for.”
Kendig is not allowed to comment
on the recruits until their commitments
become official after signing letters of
intent. The fall signing period begins
a
Mainly, it was Dan. j
I really liked him,
and I liked the girls
as well. I guess
Lincoln is the town
I was looking for. ”
Kathy Ligon
NU gymnastics recruit
Nov. 13.
Ligon and Ringo have compiled
impressive records in national compe
tition, and both said they hope to com
pete in the all-around at Nebraska.
Ringo finished sixth at the 1996
American Classic and seventh at the
U.S. National Festival in Colorado
Springs, Colo. Ligon placed ninth at
U.S. Nationals last year and won the
all-around at the Texas state gymnas
tics meet.
Ligon is a member of the Cypress
Academy of Gymnastics in Houston,
the same club that produced Husker
sophomore Amie Dillman.
Coach Debbie Kaitschuck said
Ligon’s work ethic should allow her to
make an immediate inpact in Lincoln.
“I think she’s going to make a great
college gymnast because she has a
great \york ethic,” Kaitschuck said.
“She comes from a family that has a
great work ethic, and she’s just very
disciplined and well-rounded.”
Strickland makes Mavs
By Peter Mahhoefer
Staff Reporter
Former Nebraska guard Erick
Strickland officially made the Dallas
Mavericks Tuesday.
Strickland is the fifth guard in a
rotation that includes all-star Jason
Kidd, veteran Derek Harper, Jim Jack
son and Tony Dumas. The Mavericks
:ut Jimmy King to make room for
Strickland, who was not drafted last
spring.
Strickland, who averaged 14.7
joints and 4.9 rebounds per game last
season at Nebraska, was introduced at
i luncheon with other Maverick play
;rs Monday afternoon.
“The veterans gave me a standing
ovation,” Strickland said Tuesday from
Dallas. “It really made me feel great to
be a part of the organization. I’ve still
got a lot to learn.” g
x ~ The 6-foot-3 Strickland, who haf
been bothered by a nagging shoulder'
injury, said he feels healthy and ready
for the Mavericks’ season opener Fri*
day night at Denver. Dallas finished the
preseason 34.
“I’m tired,” he said. “It’s hard to
be enthusiastic, but I’m very happy I
made it.”,
Strickland, who will wear No. 20,
said he is hoping to be more than just
the Mavericks’ last guard off the bench.
“I’m not content with just making
the team,” he said. “I want to play.”
Dallas returns home to Reunion
Arena to play Sacramento Saturday.
TCU, SMU
up next for
No. 5 NU
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska soccer team re
mained No. 5 in this week’s NSCAA
Coaches’ Poll after weekend wins over
Baylor and Texas Tech.
At 17-0, the Comhuskers are the
only Division-I team in the nation with
a perfect record. NU will play in the
Puma Classic Saturday and Sunday
against Texas Christian and Southern
Methodist
Nebraska will face either Texas
Tech or Missouri in the semifinals of
the Big 12 Tournament Nov. 9 in St.
Louis.
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