Fans attend fall events
despite warm weather
By David Wilson
Senior Reporter
Though it is still summer outside,
fall sports have arrived.
But heat and humidity didn’t keep
fans from attending home openers at
the Abbott Sports Complex and
Memorial Stadium last weekend.
The Nebraska women’s soccer
team kicked the fall season off Friday
evening with a 4-1 victory over
DePaul in front of 1,220 fans.
“It was the first game, and I’m
glad we got one under our belts,” NU
coach John Walker said.
The following day on the other
side of town, the Comhusker football
team opened with a 59-14 win over
Akron before 75.124 fans. The weath
er didn’t take away from the excite
ment of the first game, senior quarter
back Scott Frost said, but 89-degree
heat was intensified on the field and in
the stands.
“Every time I got off the field, 1
made my way over to that fan,” Frost
said. “It was pretty hot.”
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Every time I got
off the field. I made
my way over to that
fan. It was pretty
hoty
Scott Frost
NU quarterback
In 90-degree weather on Sunday,
the soccer team returned to the field to
take on Southern California. The
Buskers downed the Women of Troy
2-1.
The volleyball team saw the sun in
Gainesville, Fla., where the Buskers
won two matches before losing to
fourth-ranked Florida in the Sun Trust
Invitational.
Despite the variety of sports, one
thing remained constant last weekend.
Everybody drank a lot of water.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: THE NU SOCCER TEAM opened the season against
DePaul on Friday night in front of 1,220 fans. Last year the Huskers aver
aged 944 fans per game.
ABOVE: JEFF WIESE OF OMAHA watched the Husker-Zip game through col
ored glasses. Actually, he watched them through Husker-red colored glass
es.
TOP LEFT: FIVE-YEAR-OLD SARAH HOSFORD of Omaha, tries to fight the heat
Saturday afternoon. NU quarterback Scott Frost said sitting in the sun was
just as hot as playing in the afternoon heat.
BOTTOM LEF'H THE NU MARCHING BAND’S tuba line prepares to take the
field for the halftime show at Saturday’s game against Akron.
Photos by
Matt Miller /DN
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