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By Gbegg Madsen
Staff Reporter
The fifth-ranked Nebraska
women’s gymnastics team faces Big 12
Conference foe Missouri at 7:30 to
night at the Heames Cento* in Colum
bia, Mo. • '
The Comhuskers, who defeated
Southern Utah 193.725-190.75 Mon
day night, haye practiced only twice
since then in preparation for the Tigers.
But Nebraska Coach Dan Kendig said
a short week would not affect did team.
“We’re ready to go,” Kendig said.
“We’ve got some people drat we’re
going to hold back, but we still feel like
we can put up some peat scores”
Kendig said sophomore Amie
Dillman will not compete because of a
thigh bruise, and fellow sophomore
Courtney Brown’s participation is
questionable because of sore calf
muscles. NU’s depth in each event
should offset the injuries, he said.
Freshman Heather Brink will com
pete in the all-around despite a stress
fracture in her left leg.
Husks: wrestlers
(Wyoming
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ByAntone Oseka
Staff Reporter
After a surprise seventh-place fin
ish at the Cliff Keen National Duals
last weekend, the Nebraska wrestling
team hopes to ride some of that mo
mentum into Sunday’s dual with Wyo
ming. —
The 1 lth-ranked Comhuskers (9-4
in duals) wrestle the Cowboys in
Ogallala in a 3 pan. dual.
Assistant Coach Brad Penrith said
the dual was scheduled in Ogallala
because the fans in western Nebraska
don’t get a chance to see the Huskers
wrestle very often.
“The people out there enjoy the
wrestling,” Penrith said. • „ -
He said the unranked Cowboys (4
5) could be a threat to Nebraska.
“It all depends on how you catch
them,” Penrith said. ‘‘Wyoming’s al
ways wrestled us tough.”
NU track teams
open home season
By Jay Saunders
Staff Reporter
The Nebraska men’s and women’s
track and field teams open their home
season Saturday, in a meet that concen
trates solely on individual perfor
mances. ’
The Nebraska Open, in which 600
athletes and more than 25 teams will
compete, begins at 9 a.m. at the Bob
Devaney Sports Center track. Field
events begin at 9, with the preliminary
running events starting at 10. The run
ning finals are scheduled to begin at
12:10 pun.
NU Coach Gary Pepin said all of his
healthy athletes will compete this week
end, including those who are redshirting
and will compete unattached.
“About 85 to 95 percent of our ath
letes will be in their designated events,”
Pepin said. “Some may be experiment
ing in other events.”
DeForge wants
two wins on
Super Sunday
DEFORGE from page 7
In the five games since,
DeForge has averaged 20 points
per game and led the team three
times in sewing and assists. Last
week, after scoring 15 points
against Kansas State and a career
best 31 points against Missouri, she
was named the Big 12 player of the
week. % v
On Jan. 11, after Nebraska beat
Texas A&M 75-65, Coach Angela
Beck, who said she doesn’t usually
hug her players, gave DeForge a
big one after she scored 25 points
and had six assists.
Anna Derorgc is tne woman,
Beck said. “She is the person we
really look to to put it together.”
On Sunday, if DeForge scores
three points against the Sooners,
she becomes the.l 6th Husker to top
the 1,000-point mark.
“The college basketball game
is such a mental game,” DeForge
said. “Most people have the physi
cal ability but many have trouble
adapting to the mental aspect. You
have to know where people are at
all times and know how to create
scoring opportunities.”
DeForge has also emerged this
season as the team’s leader.
“I’ve been through a conference
season before and I know what it
takes physically and mentally,” she
said. “I want to make sure they can
rely on us a lot more and be able to
look to us for advice. In turn it will
help make them better players.”
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