NLTs numbers depleted
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska football team’s
long list of injuries forced the
Comhuskers to work out Monday
with just three offensive and defen
sive units after using four squads
last week.
“By most standards,” Coach
Tom Osborne said, “(three) is still
pretty good.”
NU practiced in full pads for
more than two hours Monday at
Memorial Stadium, two days after
its first major scrimmage of the
spring season. Osborne said he was
generally pleased with Saturday’s
results.
“I’m more encouraged than dis
couraged,” he said.
Defensive tackle Jason Peter
missed practice Monday with a sore
knee. Offensive tackles Eric Ander
son (shoulder) and Adam Julch
(knee) both may need exploratory
surgery at the conclusion of spring
ball, Osborne said, but none of the
recent bumps and bruises appear
serious enough to carry over into
August.
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From Staff Reports
The Nebraska Yell Squad finished i
a school-best second place at the Na
tional Cheerleaders’Association Col
legiate Championships at Daytona
Beach, Fla.
The winner of the cheerleading
competition was North Carolina,
which beat NU by three-tenths of a
point. Nebraska finished fifth at last
year’s NCACCs.
The Comhusker dance team also
had success, finishing third behind
Brigham Young and North Carolina.
Lil’ Red, NU’s second mascot, re
ceived die only standing ovation from
the crowd as it finished second behind
the Hokie Bird from Virginia Tech.
The event will be televised on CBS
April 20 at 1 pjn.
Huskers tie
school record
From Staff Reports
The Nebraska women’s golf team
shot a school record-tying round of
296 in the second round of the Utah
Dixie Classic at St. George, Utah.
The previous 296 was shot at the
3ig 12 Fall Gassic in November.
Hie Comhuskers have a 10-stroke
ead over Wyoming heading into
oday’s third-round action.
NU freshman Hanne Nyquist of
Oslo, Norway, holds a five-stroke lead
in the tournament. Nyquist shot a 71
In the second round to go with her
first-round 74 for a total of 145.
Wyoming’s Jordan Lintz is in second
place following rounds of 78 and 72.
Shirin Homecker is in third place
ifter rounds of 78 and 73 on Monday.
Rachelle Tacha and Maureen Regan
ire tied for 11th with a total of 155.
NU’s Elizabeth Bahensky is in 31st
place with a 160.
“I knew we had a great week of
practice so I knew this was coming,”
NU Coach Robin Krapfl said. “I’m
glad the hard work finally paid off.”
Husker men
in fourth
From Staff Reports
Hie Nebraska men’s golf team is
in fourth place after the first day at
the ASU Indian Golf Classic in
Jonesboro, Ark.
NU fired an opening-round score
of292 but is nine strokes behind tour
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nament leader Iowa State. The score
tied the Comhuskers’ lowest mark of
the spring.
Senior Trent Morrison led
Nebraska’s charge with a season-best
round score of 70. Sophomore Josh
Madden is tied for seventh after shoot
ing a one-under-par 71. The Cyclones’
Jason Knutzon and Arkansas-Little
Rock’s Alex Maynard led the tourna
ment with a 69.
NU’s Scott Gutschewski is tied for
20th with a score of 74, Steve Friesen
is in 51st with a 77 and Mikkel Haug
is in 90th with an 85.
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now Thursday
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From Staff Reports
The Nebraska softball team’s
doubleheader Saturday at Iowa State
was rained out after one inning of play.
The Cornhuskers (15-15) will
travel to Ames Thursday at 3 p.m. to j
make up the games against the Cy
clones. Game one of the doubleheader
will resume in the top of the second
inning.
Huskers swing toward regional spot
TENNIS from page 9
ence matches, which will be played at
home. Nebraska is vying for (me of
six spots in the NCAA Midwest Re
gional — one of the goals the team
set at the beginning of the year.
NU will most likely have to win
one or two matches this weekend
against Oklahoma, Oklahoma State or
Texas Ibch to earn a spot, McDermott
said. As of now, Tulsa, OU, Colorado,
NU defeats the Sooners, it will make
the regional.
The WSU win came on the heels
of a tough start to the weekend.
In the loss to CU, the Buffaloes
picked up the doubles point and won
four of six singles matches against
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freshman Andrew Wiese—who was
the lone Husker to go 3-0 over the
weekend—won at the No.2 and No.
6 singles in three games.
McDermott said NU had its
chances to win, especially in the three
game matches.
“There were a lot of points that we
needed to win that we didn't win,”
McDermott said. “They came off play
ing a little bit better than we did.”
NU had tittle chance at upsetting
the Jayhawks Saturday in Lawrence.
Wiese picked up the team's only
singles win, while KU rolled to
straight-game victories in the other
five matches en route to the 6-1 win.
“We got beat by a better team,”
McDermott said. “We didn’t compete
as well as we should have.”
All three matches will go a long
way to determining NU’s position in
the Big 12 Tournament at Austin,
Texas. Right now, McDermott said,
the Huskers would like to avoid play
ing the league’s top two teams—Kan
sas and Texas — in the first round.
“We want to get into that seven or
eight spot somewhere,” McDermott
said, “and play a team comparable to
our ability in the first round, like a
Baylor or Oklahoma.”
Overall, McDermott said, NU has
to play its best tennis during crunch
time.
“We can win the last three matches
of the year if we compete well,”
McDermott said. “We’re good enough
to play with them.”
Sears helps Huskers
SJEAKS from page 9
Though Sears said he considered
going pro out of high school, he de
cided to continue his education at
Nebraska while NU Coach John Sand
ers prepared him for the next level.
And so far, Sanders has kept his prom
ise, Sears said.
“He’s helped me tremendously,”
Sears said. “He’s always been there for
me and he’s helped me out in every
way. I just can’t say enough about
him.”
Last season, as a sophomore, Sears
hit .380 with six homers and 62 RBIs.
And in one year’s time, experience and
help from Sanders have made Sears
feel more confident at the plate.
“Last year, there were times when
I felt comfortable,” Sears said, “but
most of the time, I didn’t feel like 1 do
right now. I’m feeling real comfort
able at the plate. I think it’s because
we changed a little bit in my swing.”
Sanders worked with Sears’ stance
to enable the left-handed hitter to start
his swing earlier, which has improved
his power, Sears said.
In a three-game series against Kan
sas State last weekend, Sears finished
6 for 11 with three home runs, giving
him a total of nine on the season —
one shy of his career high.
“He's a very patient hitter,” Sand
ers said. “He doesn’t have to swing.
He’s (me of those kids that says, 'I’m
going to look for my pitch up to two
strikes. And then when I get two
strikes, I will adjust and look away.’
“He’s one of the mature hitters who
has the confidence to be patient.”
Only five players in Nebraska his
tory have finished a season with an
average higher than .400. With 21
games remaining this year, Sears is
dangerously close to becoming the
sixth.
NU senior Francis Collins, the
newest member of the .400 club, hit
.424 last season and is second on the
team this year, batting 370.
Both Collins and Sears have pro
vided consistent offensive punch all
season long, Sanders said.
Sears said he hopes to pass on what
he has learned to the younger players
on the Husker squad. Nebraska added
23 new faces to its roster this season.
“I just try to help them out,” Sears
said. “I tell than what the Big Eight
Conference was like last year and what
to expect from pitchers. Just little
things like that.”
The Big 12 Conference, Sears said,
offers tougher competition. The Husk
ers (18-19) are 4-8 in the conference
this season, but Sears said he is confi
dent that NU will continue to improve.
“We had a couple of bad games,”
Sears said. “But when you lode at the
standings, we're not doing so bad.
We’re playing a lot better.”
The top six teams in the Big 12
will compete in the conference tour
nament May IS through 18 in Okla
homa City.
But no matter where the Huskers
finish the season, Sears will have
made his mark in Nebraska baseball
history.
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