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^MS. n ,. / - ; - ^ ~i • '*£"£ .v'- . .** •“' ’.'£rk+>~;-.-’ ■ 1 -• ■■ • ' . jig SUMMER STAFF POSITIONS «: ;j •;* * %, . i \ ; • .. - , ; . Come to our Video Presentation: Monday, January 20 8:30 p.m. Nebraska Union, see daily listing for room ■ ~ ■ ■ . ■' * . , A Christian sports and adventure camp for boys and girls ages 8-16, located in the heart of the Ouachita Lake and Mountain Region in Arkansas, is nowaccepting applications for summer staff positions. For More Info: Camp Ozark • HC 64 Box 190 • Mt. Ida, AR 71957 • (501) 867-4131 This week At ZAPC Thursday, Jan. 24 9 p.m. East Union iSfei JWfc '/w mi^n tctmUMto ' * “ ——■—————■——■—————■II ■ When your schedule isn't flexible, it's nice to know that UNL courses are. AttHtaory History^ Politicise* I Classics Management Psychology (COjSOOHCy ^ Mvlcliog Sociology ^ ByAntone Oseka Staff Reporter r >. Before the first match of the Cliff Keen National Dual Championships even started, everyone anticipated a ' matchup between top-ranked Iowa and No. 2 Oklahoma State in the finals. That's exactly what they got Sun day afternoon. The Cowboys upended the Hawkeyes 21-13 earning their fourth National Duals title in front ofa packed NU Coliseum. It was Iowa's first loss in 32-straight duals. Iowa defeated No. 23 Clarion, No. 13 Nebraska and No. 5 Minnesota to earn a berth in the finals. Oklahoma State beat No. 16 Fresno State, ninth ranked Michigan State and No. 3 Iowa State to set up the championship. In the first match, No. 7 Teague Moore scored the Cowboys’ first points by beating Iowa's Jessie Whitmer 8-5 at 118 pounds. No. 3 Eric Guerrero gave OSU a 6-0 lead beating No. 4 Mike Mena 3-2 in the closing seconds of their 126 pound match. Mena's loss upset Iowa Coach Dan Gable. “He wrestled tough,” Gable said. “He just shut down,and I don’t know why.” The Hawkeyes put their first points on the board at 13% Top-ranked Mark Ironside took on * No. 2 Steven Schmidt of OSU. Schmidt took Ironside into overtime, but lost 8 6 on a takedown. OSU swept the next two matches, taking a 13-3 lead. One big loss for Iowa was at 150 pounds. Two-time NCAA Champion Lincoln McUravy missed his match suffering from a con cussion. Instead, junior Eric Koble lost to Oklahoma State's Jimmy Arias 12 3 “If Mcllravy would have wrestled, we still, probably, would have had a chance to win the dual meet,” Gable said. Iowa scored again at 158 pounds. Fifth-rated Hardell Moore of OSU came into the match looking to knock off top-ranked Joe Williams of Iowa. Williams didn’t let Moore escape in the 30-second double overtime period to win the match. After a big win by defending na tional champion Mark Branch at 167, the Cowboys put the match out of reach at 177, when Mark Smith (brother of Oklahoma State Coach John Smith) beat Tbny Ersland 12-3. Iowa won the last two matches, but lost the dual 21 13. Smith said he is excited about the Cowboys* chances at the NCAA Championships in March. “Our goal is to win the national championship,” Smith said. “We’re the best dual meet team in the country. We’re taking the trophy home.” DeFoige leads NU to win WOMEN from page 7 some good screens on people, and I was getting some good looks,” DeForge said. “I felt really comfort able out there. Things were flowing smoothly on offense, and we were do ing the things we needed to do on de fense. Things just wait well.” On defense, the Huskers created 16 steals, most of those by point guard LaTbya Doage, who seta school record with nine steals, five of which came in the first half. After Missouri jumped out to a 2-0 lead four seconds into die game, the Huskers went on a 14-2 run and were never threatened the rest of the after noon. The run was keyed by three Doage steals and nine Missouri turn overs. Despite the quality performances of DeForge and Doage, it was Emily Thompson’s and Tina McClain’s ex ecution that pleased Coach Angela Beck the most. “I’m real thrilled that they played well,” Beck said. “Both of than are from Missouri so you had to figure they would {day well. I just had a lot of con fidence in them.” Both Thompson, from Springfield, Mo., and McClain, from Montrose, Mo., were starters at the beginning of the season, but lost their spot in the starting lineup three games ago. Against Missouri, Thompson grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds. The 6-3 junior, has averaged nine re bounds the past two games, but in the previous 12 games she had grabbed 3.6 rebounds per game. “I’ve got my mind a lot more clear,” Thompson said. “As cheesy as it sounds I tried to talk to myself and see what I needed to do for the team. I re alized that my rebounding and defense can make a difference and I wasn’t doing either one.” McClain’s lack of production has been even more evident this season. Last year, McClain averaged 13.8 points per game and led the team in rebounding with 6.8 rebounds per game. This season the 5-10 senior is only averaging 7.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. Saturday, McClain tied her season-best scoring 14 points. She also grabbed seven rebounds. Huskers drill Tigers MEN from page 7 _ conference loss Jan. 4 in Boulder. The Buffaloes lead the Big 12at 5-0 after a 70-45 drubbing of No. 8 Iowa State on Saturday. “We had to prove ourselves after losing to Colorado,” said Nebraska center Mikki Moore, who scored 18 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds Saturday. “We felt by win ning four straight at home that would be something. But we’ve still got to earn respect from the nation.” Missouri (9-8 and 1-4) jumped ahead 7-0 in the first 214 minutes, but Nebraska used a 15-2 run — capped with a Moore bucket after a no-look pass from Tyronn Lue—to gain con trol. The Huskers extended their lead to 31-19 when Venson Hamilton con verted two straight offensive rebounds with 7:21 to play in the first half. . Hamilton led all players with 20 points, a career high, and nine re bounds. Larry Florence added 12 points for NU, and Lue, who scored 58 points in Nebraska’s twc wins, contributed eight poi minutes. The Huskers led 43-26 at the inter mission, and Missouri did little more than show up in the second half, allow ing NU to run off the first 13 points and eliminate any chance of a Tiger comeback. MU, led by Jason Sutherland's 13 points, scared its first field goal of the second half at the 12:36 mark. TVo minutes later, Moore’s 15th and 16th points, on an assist from Alvin Mitchell, gave NU a 30-point lead, at 63-33, before Nee substituted freely. “We ought to be able to play better than that,” Missouri Coach Norm Stewart said. “We just had a bad ballgame, that’s all.” The Tigers, dealt their worst loss by Nebraska since 1937, get another crack at the Huskers on Wednesday in Columbia, Mo., the first of seven road games in 31 days for the Huskers. “We take it one week at time,” Nee said. ’‘Their attitudes have been super. They’ve listened well, and they've car ried out the plan. I think we are grow ing together as a team.” \ '•••. • Walker wins top honor From Staff Report* Nebraska Soccer Coach John Walker was named national coach of the year on Sunday by the Na tional Soccer Coaches Association of America. Walker led Nebraska to a 23-1 record last season and a berth in the ^ NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, where the Cornhuskers lost to Port land. Nebraska, in only its third year, finished with a No. 6 ranking after sweeping through the first-ever Big 12 Conference season. NU gymnasts open with win From Staff Reports The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team cruised to the team title Fri day night at the Rocky Mountain Open in Colorado Springs, Colo. Junior Bill Mulholland and freshman Derek Leiter paced the Comhuskers to a score of226.650, helping Nebraska defeat Oklahoma (222.40) and New Mexico (219.075). Mulholland was second in the all-around with a 56.3, and Leiter was third (54.5). Oklahoma’s Casey Bryan won the all-around with a 57.30. Swimmers beat Iowa From Staff Reports The Nebraska men’s swimming; team improved to 7-2 with victories over Iowa and Iowa State this week aid. The No. 15 Comhuskers beat the Hawkeyes 140-103 Friday and won 133.5-101.5 at Iowa State Sat urday. Senior Juan Benavides and sophomore Danny Bergman each won two events against Iowa Fri day. Benavides won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.62 sec onds and wan the 100-yard freestyle in a time of45.66. Bagman swept the one and 3-meter diving compe tition as NU captured nine of 13 events against the Hawkeyes. The No. 16 women's team (5-3) won all but one event beating the Cyclones 156.5-81.3. Huskier men, womensplit From Staff Reports The Nebraska men’s and women’s track teams opened their indoor season with 13 first {dace finishes at the Kansas State Open Saturday. The women scored 200% points and had eight first place finishes. Jessica lliompson and Kerry Doetker tied for first place in the high jump with leaps of 5-feet 9 3/ 4 inches. TVessa Thompson won the shot put with an NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 54-11 %. Angcc H enry won the 55-meter dash (6.95 seconds), Jill Myatt won the 600 yard run, LafTisha Croon won the 800-meter run and Chrisitina Blackmer won the mile. The men’steam finished second behind die Wildcats, who edged the Huskers 132-124. ChrisWright won the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.41 seconds, and Scott Wiarren won the 35-pound weight toss with a per sonal best throw of 65-7 3/4.
