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Revelle wants clutch hits
ByMekeKluck
Senior Reporter
Last weekend in the semifinals of
the Cowgirl Tournament, Nebraska
softball catcher Jenny Smith got some
much-needed advice from first
baseman Rachel Dunham.
Dunham told Smith, who was in
the on-deck circle, to just see the ball
and hit it hard. Smith heeded
Dunham’s advice and preceded to hit
a solo hone run.
Dunham may have to discuss hit
ting techniques with the entire
Cornhusker (7-9) squad today as they
open play in the Cellular One Classic
in Sacramento, Calif. NU plays No.
16 Michigan State (25-5) tonight at 7
and will face No. 17 California at 1
p.m. on Saturday.
It’s not the opposition that has
Husker Coach Rhonda Revelle con
cerned, it’s the lack of offense gener
a ted by NU in its 16 games.
"We’ve really struggled to have
clutch hits,” Revelle said. "Pitch se
lection we’ve struggled with and 1
don’t have the answer to that. It’s not
so much we’re young because every
body is struggling. We’re continuing
in our system because the last two
years we have been in the Top 15 in
the country in hitting.”
The past two years, Nebraska has
batted a team average of .309 and
scored 5.4 runs per game. This sea
son, NU is struggling, hitting just .214
and averaging 2.75 runs per contest.
The Huskers are led by freshman
second baseman Jennifer Lizama, who
is hitting .362. Shortstop Ali Viola,
who hit .421 last year, is hitting just
.331 and Smith, who finished with the
second-highest team average last sea
son, is batting .173 — seventh on the
team.
NU has seen some tough competi
tion in its first 16 games, playing No.
1 Arizona, third-ranked Fresno State
and No. 5 Michigan twice.
But Nebraska hasn’t helped itself
either, Revelle said. Last week in the
championship game against Okla
homa State, for the second time this
season, Revelle recalled, NU had run
ners on second and third with no outs
and failed to score. OSU won the game
2-1 in 11 innings.
Revelle said Nebraska will have to
gain momentum this weekend for the
rest of the season against teams the
Huskers should beat.
“There’s not a game that I look at
and think we’re going to have to play
the best games of our lives to win,”
Revelle said. “The way 1 look at the
competition for the next 12 days is we
are pretty evenly matched and if we
play our game and they play their
game we are going to have a very good
battle.”
L pounds Coyotes
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Coyotes. Durham, who raised his
average to .329, extended his hit
ting streak to 12 games.
“When you get everybody in
volved,” NU Coach John Sanders
said, “a lot of good things happen.
That was the key. We had a chance
to experiment and work with the
players.
“I told our team we’re supposed
to win these games. But it doesn’t
always work that way—it has gen
erally. To put up 20 hits each game
and 20 runs each game, that's not
easy to do. I don’t care who you’re
playing.”
The Huskers will look to extend
their six-game winning streak
when they play host to South Da
kota State today at 1:30.
In its last four games, NU has
recorded 67 hits — including five
home runs — and outscored its
opponents 67-17.
Junior Gabe Garcia provided
some fireworks for Thursday’s
crowd Of 275, knocking two
dingers — one in each game — to
give him four for the season.
As a pinch hitter in the second
game, sophomore Erik Mumm also
went yard, knocking NU’s fourth
homer of the game and the first of
his career.
Despite taking a beating from
the Husker bats, South Dakota
Coach Rob Stack said the games
were good experience for the Coy
otes, who fell to 3-9.
“We want to get ourselves to see
some good competition,” Stack
said. “They’re solid defensively and
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lb put up 20 hits
each game and 20
runs each game,
that’s not easy to
do.”
John Sanders
NU baseball coach
offensively. It was really tough for
us.”
Nebraska senior left-hander Pat
Driscoll (2-2) held South Dakota
scoreless through five innings in
the first game allowing just two hits
while striking out five.
“He’s got some good stuff,”
Stack said. “I was glad to see our
kids aggressive against him.”
Sophomore righty Jarod
Bearinger, who started the second
game for NU, improved to 2-0 af
ter allowing six runs—two earned
— pn eight hits while striking out
three.
Sanders said the Huskers are
ready for the tough competition
they will face in the Rainbow Eas
ter Tournament in Honolulu March
24-30.
The Huskers will play Hawaii,
Wichita State, New Mexico, Cal
State-Northridge and Washington
in the tournament over spring
break.
Huskers
roll into
Big 12s
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State. Oklahoma was third (192.45)
and Missouri was fourth (187.55).
The Cyclones are led by senior
Kim Mazza, who won the all-around
March 1 in ISU’s 196.275-195.1 loss
at Nebraska.
Kendig said the Cyclones will be
Nebraska’s closest competition, even
though ISU has already lost to Ne
braska twice this season.
Iowa State has done a good job,
he said. “But I don’t think we’re going
to get too worried about who is going
to be there. If it’s meant to be, then it’s
meant to be and we’ll come back and
hang another banner in here.”
Despite setting the school’s first,
second and fourth highest team-score
records this season, Kendig said Ne
braska hasn’t put together a flawless
performance.
“If we do the things we’re capable
of doing, we don’t have a weak event,”
he said. “Anything is possible. But we
feel really confident in what we’re
capable of doing.”
After struggling early in the sea
son with a thigh injury, Amie Dillman
has became a vital part of the floor
exercise lineup.
“I was ready for this after Penn
State,” Dillman said. “Now, there are
just little points that we have to cor
rect in our routines. I’m just ready for
the big meets to start rolling.”
Calhoun expects a tough test
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of 53 home games — UConn also
considers the Hartford Civic Cen
ter a home arena — Connecticut
lost seven of eight at home this year
prior to the NIT.
“Our oldest player in terms of
service had a grand total of no starts
last year,” Calhoun said. “Our
youth is unheard of. I’ve never
coached a team like this.”
But in his 11th year in Storrs,
Calhoun said, the Huskies have
shown the character necessary to
develop into a squad similar to last
year’s team. A year ago, UConn
finished 32-3 and advanced to the
Elite Eight behind the leadership
of Ray Allen and Travis Knight,
both of whom now play in the
NBA.
Forward Richard Hamilton, one
of three freshmen starters along
with two sophomores, possesses the
ability to join recent UConn greats
like Allen and Dcnyell Marshall,
Calhoun said. Hamilton scored 24
points in the Huskies’ 63-47 win
over Bradley in the NIT second
round Tuesday, and he averages
14.9 points per game.
UConn and Nebraska share just
one common opponent, top-ranked
Kansas. The Huskies lost 73-65 to
KU on Jan. 19 in Hartford. Kansas
beat Nebraska twice, but the Husk
ers (18^14) own a 5-8 record
against NCAA Tbumament teams.
“They’re an NCAA-caliber
team,” Calhoun said. “They’ve just
had some tough losses. Remember,
the NCAA Tournament is not the
64 best teams in the country. If it
was, Nebraska would be there.”
Defending NIT champ Ne
braska, which will play Florida
State Tuesday in New York if they
win tonight.
“With a young team, this can
be a great springboard,” said
Calhoun, who led UConn to an NIT
title in 1988. “The point is that the
NIT has helped an awful lot of
teams.”
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