NU soccer affirms prowess
By Jay Saunders
Assignment Reporter
After suffering two regular season
losses for the first time in two years,
the Nebraska soccer players had to
prove to them
selves they could
still play champi
onship soccer.
A 7-0 win
against Iowa State
followed by an 8
0 victory over
Arkansas last
weekend proved
the Cornhuskers
could still play
good soccer.
The Huskers will try to continue
what they started last weekend when
NU plays host to Baylor tonight at 7
and Texas Tech Sunday at noon. Both
games will be played at the Abbott
Sports Complex.
“Everything is positive (playing
at home),” junior Becky Hogan said.
“With the combination of the fans
and familiarity, you can be in your
own pattern.”
TTiat pattern will be tested against
Baylor (7-1 overall, 3-1 in the Big 12
Conference), which is currently
ahead of the No 10 Huskers (6-2 2
2) in the Big 12 standings.
Nebraska coach John Walker
calls this game the “toughest home
date of the year.”
Baylor has one of the nation’s top
scoring duos in Courtney Saunders
and Molly Cameron.
The two have already combined
to score 12 goals this season as the
Bears have outshot their opponents
209-63.
Walker said NU goalkeeper
Rebecca Hombacher and the Husker
defense, which has not allowed a goal
in two games, will have its hands full
against the Bears’ potent attack.
“They score goals at an alarming
rate,” Walker said.
“They aren’t just winning games
but are outshooting teams unbeliev
ably.”
Scoring goals has not been a
problem for the Huskers, who have
outscored their opponents 28-5 this
season.
Junior Kim Engesser, who has
scored nine goals this season includ
ing five last weekend, and Kari
Uppinghouse have provided an offen
sive spark for the Huskers.
The key to a Nebraska-victory /
may be attacking and scoring early in
the game. Opponents have only
scored one goal in the first half this
season against the Huskers, while NU
has scored 11 first-half goals.
Last weekend against Arkansas,
Uppinghouse scored a goal at the
1:53 mark, the quickest goal in
Husker history.
Both Walker and Hogan said it
will be important for NU to strike
early and often against Baylor and
Texas Tech.
“(Pressure) will always be a key
to our success,” Walker said. “There
is no doubt we will attack from the
opening whistle.”
Texas Tech also has a winning
record in the Big 12.
The Red Raiders, who led with
striker Kristy Frantz, are 4-5 overall
and 4-3 in the conference.
Last season in Lubbock, Texas,
the Raiders played the Huskers close
but NU scored two second-half goals
to secure the win.
Walker said the Tech game is vital
because it comes at an important time
in the season.
“We are in the meat of our sched
ule,” Walker said. “This is a crucial
time to see where our season is
going.”
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ever,” Gill said. “We’ll re-evaluate
what’s best for Bobby at the end of
the year.”
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younger kids mature a little more
quickly,” McLaughlin said. “We’re
making progress in many areas, and
with three new starters, I feel like
we’re right on schedule.
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ance, and we’re starting to score
more. We’re really beginning to
respond to each other.”
The emergence of sophomore
outside hitter Dawn Cady has added
to the Wildcats’ early-season suc
cess. Cady leads KSU with 4.47 kills
per game, and is in the top five of the
conference. Cady provides the team
with a more balanced attack as it pre
pares for the Nebraska match,
McLaughlin said, but the team has
not reached its overall offensive
potential.
“I’ve asked this team to buy into a
process,” McLaughlin said. “And if
we do the right things every day in
practice, the wins are going to come.
“We won’t be at the best we can
be this weekend. Hopefully, that
point will come in November.”
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Huskers so far this season. The
graduate student scored five tries
(the equivalent to touchdowns in
football) in the opening game.
But the Huskers’ success the
rest of the season depends on team
depth, Ringgenberg said.
Because Nebraska has just
enough players to form a team (15),
the squad has not determined
whether to play in the regional tour
nament in November, which is an
opportunity to qualify for the
national Sweet 16 Tournament.
“If we went to regionals, we’d
have to have 20 dedicated girls and
lots of funds,” Ringgenberg said.
“You have to be ready because
there are some good teams we’ll be
competing against.” -
Most of the money for travel
and other expenses are paid by the
players themselves, Ringgenberg
said.
NU coach Chris Ford, who took
over coaching the team in the
spring, is greatly responsible for die
team’s improvementHusker
sophomore Sharon Liles said, taill
“He’s devoted a lot of time am
effort in helping our women’s team
succeed,” she said.
The men’s team has also done
its part in supporting the women’s
team, Ringgenberg said. Among
other things, the men often attend
the women’s games and offer to
travel with the women’s team.
“The guys have done wonders
for our team,” Ringgenberg said.
“They’ve gone out on a limb. They
always cheer us on and coach us.
They are a great bunch of guys.”
The men’s club team has picked
up where they left off a year ago.
The Huskers are 3-0 with wins
over Central Missouri St. (34-12),
Omaha Men’s Club (60-5) and the
University of Nebraska at Omaha
(24-5).
Nebraska is coming off its best
year, finishing 12-1. The Huskers’
only loss came in the western
regional tournament, where they
placed fifth.
Despite last year’s success,
Nebraska stills lacks the respect
from competitors, co-captain Josh
Rehtmeyer said.
But Nebraska will have an
opportunity to make a name for
itself Oct. 4 in Kansas City, Mo., at
the Heart of America Tournament,
which includes 40 teams. Truman
State, Rice, LSU and Air Force are
some of the top teams in the region
that will be present.
The Huskers are smaller and
younger than a year ago but they
have the heart to be as competitive
as their 12-1 squad, co-captain Eric
Zimmerman said.
“There’s potential,” he said.
“We’re really tough and focused.”
The men’s and women’s teams
play home-day games at Whittier
Junior High School at 22nd and
Vine streets. Their night games are
at the Mabel Lee Hall Field.
Both teams are still accepting
new members, and no experience is
necessary.
Dirksen expects solidarity
team
By Sam McKewon
Staff Reporter
It will be a measurement Saturday
when the Nebraska men’s and women’s
cross country teams run against strong
competition at the Roy Griak
Invitational in Minneapolis.
Eight ranked teams, including No.
21 Nebraska, will be competing in the
women’s race. Included in the tourna
ment will be Wisconsin, Northern
Arizona, Providence, Oregon,
Colorado State, Coastal Carolina, Iowa
State and Boston College.
While the men’s race will be small
er than the women’s, the 15th-ranked
Huskers will face better teams than
those faced at the Woody Greeno
Invitational in Lincoln last weekend.
NU coach Jay Dirksen said he is
looking forward to seeing how well his
teams have progressed.
“We’ll find out how realistic our
rankings are right now,” Dirksen said.
Dirksen said he feels good about
the women’s chances.
The Huskers are led by freshman
Amy Wiseman, who was this week’s
Big 12 Cross Country Runner of the
Week for her third-place finish in the
Woody Greeno Invitational.
looked solid in practice.
One runner Dirksen expects to per
form well is sophomore Amie Finkner,
who did not run a good race in the
Woody Greeno. But Finkner has had
one of her best weeks of practice this
week, Dirksen said.
“Amie really came out and ran well
this week,” Dirksen said. “One day she
came out and kicked everybody’s butts.
We need her to run well this weekend.”
In the menls race, Dirksen said the
main goal is not to win, but to improve.
Dirksen said he would expect freshman
Jeroen Broekzitter and senior Cleophas
Boor to place in the top 25 and get
strong supporting races from the three,
four and five spots.
“This is the closest group of guys
that I’ve been around in all my years of
coaching,” he said. “The women are
always that way, but the guys have stuck
together as a team instead of going then
own separate ways, like some teams
have gone in the past. It’s helped them.”
Dirksen said the meet will help
both teams gain the experience for big
ger meets this season.
“We’re still at that point where
we’re getting better and learning how to
improve,” Dirksen said. “This meet
wifi help us.”
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