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Tigers in first despite struggles
By David Wilson
Staff Reporter
Numbers can be misleading.
The Missouri baseball team, which
is first in the Big 12 Conference with
a 5-1 record, has
a team batting av
erage of .255 and
boasts a 6.56
earned-run aver
age.
“Consid
ering where our
numbers are,”
MU Coach Tim
Jamieson said,
JanleSM “we’re fortunate
to be wfiere we are.”
The Tigers (9-10) visit Lincoln this
weekend for a three-game series
against Nebraska (5-13 and 0-6).
Today’s game, which was cancelled
because of possible freezing rain, will
be made up as part of a doubleheader
beginning at noon Saturday at Buck
Beltzer Field — weather permitting.
The two teams are scheduled to
play one game Sunday at 1 pjn.
After a 2-5 start, MU won five
straight games, but in its last nine
games, the Tigers’ only two wins have
come against Texas A&M.
“We got off to a slow start,”
Jamieson said. “We went up to Cali
fornia and got thumped a little bit.
We’ve had a tough schedule.”
Offensively, Missouri is led by jun
ior outfielder Ryan Fry, who led the
team with a .389 average last season.
This year, Fry is batting .329 with four
home mns and a team-high 22 RBIs.
But junior All-America candidate
Aaron Jaworowski, who led the na
tion with 101 RBIs last season, has
struggled. Jaworowski is batting .203
with three homers and 17 RBIs.
“We haven’t been too consistent
offensively,” Jamieson said. “We’ve
played a lot of different people in a lot
of different places in the lineup. Our
trouble is that we haven’t been able to
get consistent play from our top play
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ers.
Freshman Mike Rallo — who has
played in just 11 games—leads Mis
souri with five home runs, four of
which have tied games or given the
Tigers a lead.
“He has swung the bat well,”
Jamieson said.
Missouri will send lefty Justin
Stine and right-hander Jeremy Callier
to the mound Saturday to face the
Comhuskers. Stine (4-2) leads Mis
souri with a 4.41 ERA, while Callier
(1-0) posts a 4.98 ERA and leads the
Tiger staff with 23 strikeouts.
“We’re not as deep on the mound,”
a
You have to play
your best baseball
against conference
teams.”
Tim Jamieson
MU baseball coach
Jamieson said, “but we have some
good pitchers.”
The Tigers, who lost to Kansas in
non-conference games last Tuesday
and Wednesday, will look to take sole
possession of the conference lead this
weekend. Baylor is also 5-1 against
league opponents.
“You have to play your best base
ball against conference teams,”
Jamieson said. “We have to continue
that. It’s a very difficult conference to
be competitive in.”
The Huskers, who have been
outscored by their opponents 55-19 in
their last four games, look to snap a
13-game losing streak. Nebraska is the
only Big 12 team without a conference
win.
Opponents know NU
will break out of skid
By Mike Kluck
Senior Reporter
A different setting awaits the Ne
braska softball team this weekend as
the Cornhuskers participate in the
Cowgirl Spring Classic in Stillwater,
Okla.
The Huskers (4-8) take a break this
week from competing against Top 25
teams. In NU’s first two tournaments
of the season the Huskers faced nine
different teams ranked in the Top 25.
Nebraska will play Wichita State
(4-8) in its first game at 12:30 p.m. and
then will face Big 12 Conference rival
Kansas (10-7) at 6 p.m. in pool-play
format. Hie other half of the bracket
consists of Mississippi, Southwest
Missouri State and Oklahoma State.
Despite playing unranked teams
and games that don’t count in the con
ference race, it doesn’t mean the inten
sity won’t be as strong.
“Just because this is a non-confer
ence game doesn’t mean any less,” said
Kansas first-year coach Hacy Bunge.
“It’s going to be just as intense as if it
was a late-season game.”
Bunge, a native of Oklahoma, said
she is looking forward to seeing Husker
pitcher Angela Blackwood. Bunge’s
father, Al, coached and worked with
Blackwood when she was in junior and
senior high at Broken Arrow, Okla.
Today’s game will be the first time
Bunge will get to see Blackwood play
for NU.
Wichita State Coach Jim Maynard
is not looking forward to seeing
Blackwood.
NU and the Shockers haven’t met
since the 1995 season when the Husk
ers swept a doubleheader 6-0 and 4-2.
Maynard said he doesn’t remember
much about the game, except
Nebraska’s pitcher hitting a home run.
“I wish Nebraska was 12-0,”
Maynard said. “Them going 4-8
doesn’t affect me at all. I know they
are good.”
Maynard said he doesn’t know
much about this year’s NU squad but
he knows about the Huskers’ shortstop.
“Nebraska always seems to have a
great shortstop,” Maynard said. “Just
when they have one graduating, you’re
thinking ‘Oh, boy! She’s finally gone.’
But then they bring in a freshman who
is great, and you’re asking yourself,
‘Where did she come from?’”
Husker junior shortstop Ali Viola
fits Maynard’s description. She leads
NU with three home runs, six RBIs,
31 total bases and seven walks.
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Alamodome
new site
for game
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The
Alamodome was named Thursday
as the site for the Big 12’s football
championship game.
“We’re excited about giving
football fans in this region a chance
to see one of the nation’s premiere
championship games,” said Com
missioner Steve Hatchell.
“We have been pleased with the
bids we received from a number of
cities for the game and we are re
ally happy about the 1997 site. San
Antonio offers a great atmosphere,
many local attractions and a fine
facility in the Alamodome.”
In the first-ever title game, the
Trans World Dome in St. Louis
played host to the first game be
tween Texas and Nebraska. But the
game fell short of capacity although
it produced $500,000 in additional
revenue for conference schools.
Missouri Athletic Director Joe
Castiglione — who is the Big 12
director of athletics chairman —
said a change in venue will be good
for the game.
“The directors liked the idea of
moving the championship to dif
ferent geographical sites to offer
increased exposure in new areas for
the Big 12,” Castiglione said.
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