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NU wrestles ISU in final home dual
wnen iney lost iour spots m uic na
tional rankings, dropping from third
to seventh. ISU went 2-3 finishing
sixth in the Gift Keen National Du
als Jan. 18-19.
Iowa State (4-5-1) has lost twice
to top-ranked Oklahoma State, No. 2
Iowa, fourth-ranked Penn State and
No. 6 Michigan State. The Cyclones
tied No. 16 Pennsylvania.
Coach Bobby Douglas said his
team struggles in dual meets.
“We’re a better tournament team,”
Douglas said. “We’re an average top
20 team in dual meets. Any one of
them could beat us.”
Especially Nebraska.
-The Huskers went 3-2 in the Na
tional Duals finishing seventh, one
spot behind ISU. NU is also coming
off a big win over Wyoming last week
end.
Nebraska Coach Tim Neumann
said the Cyclones will test the Husk
ers.
“They’re a challenge for us,”
Neumann said. “I expect it to come
down to the last three weights.”
The last wrestler fix the Huskers,
heavyweight Tolly Thompson, is wres
tling his last match for Nebraska. Th
ompson, die most successful wrestler
in Nebraska history, shattered the ca
reer wins record earlier this month.
At 158 pounds, Jason Kraft will also
wrestle his final home meet for the
Huskers.
“It’d be nice if they could go out
with something special,” Neumann
said. “I’m sure they’re both going to
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win.
Neumann said he expects Iowa
State to put forth its best to stop Th
ompson and Kraft from winning theii
final home dual.
“They’re probably going in favored
just a little bit,” Neumann said.
Douglas, however, thinks the dual
is “up in the air.”
“Nebraska’s a well-coached team.
I expect a good match.”
Both coaches agree that NU holds
advantages in three classes and ISU
holds an advantage in three other
classes so the four weights left are
tossups.
Iowa State is favored at 126 pounds
with No. 4 Dwight Hinson, at 150
pounds with Chris Bono and at 177
pounds with Berry Weldon. All three
wrestlers are rated in the top five in
the country.
Neumann said he expects great
individual matches at 126 and 167
pounds.
Nebraska 134-pounder Brad
Canoyer, the 158-pound Kraft and
Thompson are favored.
Neumann hopes to use the momen
tum from the win over Wyoming along
with a good performance from
younger wrestlers Scott Munson, 190
pounds, and 167-pounder Monte
Christensen to win the dual for the
Huskers.
Douglas said his team is going to
need to win those same matches to
take a win back to Ames.
“We expect a dog fight,” he said.
“It’s always a good match.”
Washington weary of NU crowd
BtMkeKluck
Senior Reporter
Nebraska Coach Angela Beck
would like to see at least 10,000 fens
at the Bob Devaney Sports Center
Sunday afternoon
when the
Cornhuskers face
No. 12 Kansas.
A good
crowd for the 4
p.m. regionally
televised game
(Fox Sports, cable
Channel 58) will
please Jayhawk
Coach Marian
Washington, but not 10,000.
“I understand why she (Beck)
wants a good crowd,” Washington
said. “But we want to have a crowd to
play in front of. Women’s basketball
is looking for fan support, but more
importantly, people need to start ap
preciating this game.
“Women’s basketball is very excit
ing, and no doubt Sunday’s game will
be an exciting ball game.”
Both No. 12 KU and Nebraska
have put some excitement in their
games this season.
Nebraska (16-1 overall and 7-1 in
the Big 12) is off to its be^t start in
school history after defeating Iowa
State 76-52 Thursday night. Kansas
improved to 15-3 and 6-1 after beat
ing 1 lth-ranked Texas Tech 69-52
Thursday in Lawrence.
The Jayhawks’ three losses this
season have been to then-No. 4 Ten
nessee, No. I Connecticut and 10th
ranked Texas.
“We’ve been in situations this sea
son for our team to have some suc
cess,” Washington said. “All of our
losses have , come by the way of na
tionally-ranked teams.”
One of the reasons the Jayhawks
have had success is the play of their
All-American candidate Tamecka
Dixon. The 5-foot-9 senior guard av
erages points per game, but in
her last three outings Dixon has aver
aged 27 points.
Despite the Jayhawks’ loss to
Texas last week, Dixon was named
Big 12 Conference player of the week
for her performance. Kansas lost to
1 Oth-ranked Texas 82-72, but defeated
Big 12 rival Colorado 61-58 at Allen
Fieldhouse. Against the Buffaloes, the
Huskers rallied from a 14-point first
half deficit.
The 5-9 senior from Linden, N J.,
also leads KU in steals — 2.5 per
game—assists — 3.9 a game — and
is second on the team in rebounding,
grabbing 5.4 boards a game.
“She’s doing everything we have
asked of her and probably more,”
Washington said. “She’s really stepped
up her scoring and she’s playing much
more consistent I’m really pleased.”
Against Nebraska, Dixon has re
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In two games last season, Dixon
scored 62 points against NU. Dixon
scored 35 points in Kansas’ 94-85 win
over NU Feb. 11,1996—the second
most she scored in her career.
Washington said the Jayhawks
could not do without their team leader.
“Tamecka is somewhat like the
heartbeat of our team,” Washington
said. “It helps us tremendously for her
to play the game and it would be a
key loss for us.”
Huskers play host to Razorbacks
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StaffReporter
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Two of the nation's elite track and
field programs will clash Saturday af
ternoon at the Bob Devaney Sports
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Arkansas,
winner of 12 of
the last 13 men's
NCAA indoor
eral Att-Americans, begins at 11:30 am.
Nebraska Coach Gary Pepin said
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he expects the meet to be as competi
tive as any the Comhuskers take part
in this season.
“This is the kind of meet where we
can have a good, strong showing and
still finish in third place,” Pepin said.
The Arkansas men are a big favor
ite to win the NCAA indoor title in
March, and Pepin said the Razorbacks
are close to being a perfect team.
“They’ve got the complete pack
age,” Pepin said. “I’d say they’re fa
vored to win the NCAA Champion
ships by about 40 points.”
The top-ranked Razorbacks reeled
off 12 straight men’s indoor titles from
1984 to 1995 before George Mason
stole the crown last season.
Abilene Christian isn’t new to the
Nebraska Quadrangular meet. The
Wildcats finished ahead of the Husker
men a year ago. Pepin said Abilene
Christian will field another fine team
Saturday.
“Abilene is definitely a Division I
caliber team,” Pepin said. “They’ve
had a lot of injuries early this year,
but they have the athletes to compete
with Arkansas.”
The Huskers are battling some
early-season injuries as well. Sprint
ers Byron Ibpps and Jamel Williams
— formerly a Sam linebacker on the
NU football team—are nursing sore
legs. Tom Fish remains the only
healthy sprinter on the men’s side.
The status of indoor S5-meter
record-holder Riley Washington is still
undetermined. Washington will not
compete until after his trial for sec
ond-degree attempted murder and use
of a firearm to commit a felony.
“We’d certainly like to see Riley
out here running, but we’ll just have
to see what happens with his current
situation,” Pepin said.
The Husker women are favored to
win the meet this weekend. Compet
ing in her first event of the year is jun
ior heptathlete Janet Blomstedt.
Blomstedt, who has been plagued by
a lower-back injury since last spring,
joins the NU lineup this weekend. She
competed unattached in last week’s
Nebraska Open.
