Neumann
signs two
wrestlers
ByAntone Oseka
SeniorEditor
The Nebraska wrestling team
added two 118-pounders to its
lineup on Wednesday, the final day
of the early signing period.
Paul Gomez, a junior college
national champion in California,
will have a chance to make an im
pact at NU immediately, Coach Tim
Neumann said.
Gomez, originally from San Di
ego, is a two-time state runner-up
in California and is currently attend
ing Lassen College in Susanville,
Calif. He is redshirting this year, so
he’ll have three years of eligibility
as a Husker.
The other signee has a much
more familiar name.
Kyle Canoyer is the younger
brother of Comhusker senior Brad
Canoyer—last year’s starting 118
pounder. Kyle Canoyer was a 118
pound state champion last year at
Riverside High School in Carson,
Iowa.
Neumann said Canoyer is one of
the top 118-pound recruits in the
country.
This year’s Nebraska team will
take to the mat for the Omaha Open
at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha Saturday at 9 ajn. Results
from the meet will determine the
starting lineup for the first team
scored meet, the Mat Town Invita
tional, Nov. 30 in Lock Haven, Pa.
Forward
signs with
Huskers
From Staff Reports
Nebraska Women’s Basketball
Coach Angela Beck signed her fifth
and final recruit Wednesday on the
final day of the early signing period.
Six-foot forward Tiaunna
Briggans from Montbello High
School in Denver averaged 14
points, 10 rebounds and six steals
per game last season as a junior.
“She is a very versatile player
and very athletic,” Beck said.
“Tiaunna is a savvy player with a
lot of maturity on the basketball
court.”
Tech seeks to repeat
victory over No. 5 NU
By Mike Kluck
Senior Reporter
When Texas Tech snapped
Nebraska’s 33-match conference win
ning streak on Oct. 26 in Lubbock,
Texas, it marked
the Red Raider
volleyball team’s
first-ever win
over an opponent
ranked in the
nation’s top five.
However,
since that five
game win, Tech
has gone 3-3 and
now must face . Nelson
the downside of beating Nebraska —
playing the No. 5 Comhuskers in Lin
coln, where NU is 112-0 against league
foes.
Nebraska plays host to Texas Tech
Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the NU Coli
seum.
“Obviously, I loved the win and it
was a real good thing for the team,”
Tech Coach Jeff Nelson said. “It was a
great win for our program, especially
building and recruiting. There are a lot
of benefits. Plus, it’s just fun to play a
great team like Nebraska.”
Nelson, who is in his second year
at Tech (23-6 overall and 10-6 in the
Big 12), was a graduate assistant at NU
when the Huskers lost to Pacific in the
national championship match in 1986.
Tech, ranked No. 21, isn’t afraid of
Nebraska, Nelson said, but he knows
the Raiders must be well prepared Fri
day.
“Nebraska forces you to play bet
ter, especially in Lincoln,” Nelson said.
“They have a great crowd, which ap
preciates great volleyball. Their home
court is the best atmosphere in the
country few volleyball. I would like to
videotape the match and use it as an
educational video few our fans.”
Husker All-American Lisa Reitsma
recorded 19 kills in NU’s first meeting
with the Red Raiders, but Nebraska hit
just few. 162 for the match. Friday, Tech
will have a difficult time keeping
Nebraska’s offensive attack under con
trol, Nelson said.
“We don’t have the size to shut
(Reitsma) down,” Nelson said. “So we
just tex)k the attitude that Lisa’s going
to get a bunch of kills, and it’s a fact
she will probably have 20 to 30 kills
in a five-game match.
“We just want to try and take the
other kids out of their game. If we can
get two or three of their kids playing
down, then we feel like we are going
to have some success.”
Duke to pose test for NU
DEVILS from page 10
last five games, capped by the victory
over Virginia.
In the initial NU-Duke meeting,
Hempen said his team had problems
with NU’s size, and one player in par
ticular: Uppinghouse, who scored the
game-winning goal at the 81:32 mark
in the second half. _
Uppinghouse, the 5-foot-l 1 co-Big
12 player of the year, also scored the
game-winner Sunday over Minnesota.
“Kari is an outstanding player,”
Hempen said. “We have a lot of trouble
matching up with her because of her
height. We can’t grow anymore.”
Duke sophomore defender Lauren
Cyran can also attest to Uppinghouse’s
abilities. Cyran played high school soc
cer with Uppinghouse at Arapahoe
High School in Littleton, Colo.
Uppinghouse, Nebraska freshman
Lindsay Eddleman and Cyran are
members of the Denver Diamonds club
team in the summer.
“Kari is truly one of the best soc
cer players I have ever seen,” Cyran
said. “She’s a real threat to dominate a
game. We’ve got to shut her down to
win.”
Cyran said she’d probably have a
few opportunities to match up against
her old high school teammate on Sun
day.
“It will be fun to go against a
friend,” Cyran said. “Hopefully we can
take her out of her game a little bit.”
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room and on pass catching,” Jack
son said. “I got a little fastermaybe,
but the thing is, in general my whole
game has improved.”
Note:
Nebraska practiced in full pads
Wednesday under a set of stadium
lights, which have been temporarily
installed for this weekend’s state
championship high school football
games.
Tomich was held out of drills be
cause a thigh bruise suffered last
Saturday against Iowa State.
Osborne — along with the major
ity of NU’s freshmen—attended a
foundation class Wednesday and
were not at practice.
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Korver slides into role
KORVER from page 10
“But it’s all about trust. I trust
her to get hie ball to me, and she
trusts me to get to the ball.”
Nepo’s improved communica
tion with Korver has allowed her to
become versatile offensively. At
times this year, she has used a back
slide, a move in which Korver starts
her approach in the middle and
swings right, receiving a back set
behind Nepo.
“The backslide has worked be
cause we’ve used it when other
teams least expect it,” Korver said.
“Sometimes it’s hard for them to get
their block set up for it.”
Despite her recent success,
Korver is not satisfied. “I can
improve in every part of my game,”
Korver said. “My quickness at the
net, my approach, my blocking and
my digging are all things I can work
on.
“Every day I come to practice
and think about focusing,” Korver
said. “I’m determined to get better,
and there’s not a better team that I
could get better with.”
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