The pair of wins this weekend
against Baylor and Texas Tech were
the third and fourth consecutive
shutouts for the Nebraska goal
keepers. Senior Rebecca
Hombacher played the whole game
in NU’s 2-0 victory over Baylor on
Friday and then teamed with fresh
men Jackie Erdkamp and Karina
LeBlanc in wins over Tech, Iowa
State and Arkansas.
NU has not allowed a goal in
the last 397 minutes of play, dating
back to the 1-0 loss at Texas A&M
on Sept. 14. Last season, Nebraska
goalies held opponents scoreless
for 569 consecutive minutes,
including five straight shutouts.
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Isabelle Morneau scored the
quickest goal in Nebraska history
against Baylor. Morneau scored 47
seconds into the game.
That broke the record that was
set last week by Kari Uppinghouse.
Uppinghouse’s goal was at the 1:43
mark against Arkansas.
“From the other team’s stand
point, their confidence deflates a
little as soon as they go down a
goal,” Walker said.
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Texas Tech had to deal with
more than just the Huskers Sunday.
Tech coach Felix Oskam said last
week that his team would have to
adjust to the big size of the field at
Abbott Sports Complex.
^Tlje fieid,s»pihicj]t i^ l2 0 yards
long by 80 yards'Wide, is bigger
than the Red Raiders’ home field in
Lubbock, Texas. Last season,
Nebraska was held to two goals in
Lubbock.
“With the speed Nebraska has,
we can’t cover it all,” Oskam said.
“Last year, Nebraska just ran out of
space.”
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Nebraska’s well-heralded
freshman class continued to con
tribute this weekend. Julie Greco
scored her second goal of the sea
son against Texas Tech, which is
only the fourth game she has
played this year since coming off of
a knee injury. V
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NU’s seven goals this weekend 1
were scored by seven different
players. Besides Julie Greco and
Isabelle Momeau, the Huskers got
goals from Tanya Franck, Jenny
Benson, Lindsay Eddleman, Kari
Uppinghouse and Kim Engesser.
Engesser’s goal was her 10th of the
season in 10 games. Her 10 goals
and one assist give her 21 points on
the season, which leads the Big 12.
Notebook compiled by
Assignment Reporter Jay
Saunders and Staff Reporter
Nate Odgaard
Soccei
gains!
By Jay Saunders
Assignment Reporter
A 5-0 victory against Texas Tech
Sunday may not have been what the
Nebraska soccer team wanted to see.
NU coach John Walker said he
was not happy with the No. 10
Comhuskers’ (8-2 overall, 4-2 in the
Big 12 Conference) effort in the win
against the Red Raiders in front of
652 fans at the Abbott Sports
Complex.
“I don’t think we played particu
larly well,” Walker said. “Obviously
you like to score a lot of goals, but we
have to continue to improve.”
On Friday the Huskers defeated
Baylor 2-0.
Against the Red Raiders, the
Huskers jumped on the board early
when Jenny Benson stole the ball
from a Texas Tech player, raced past
Red Raider goalkeeper Lizzie Pruitt
and punched it in.
I he goal was the only scoring
Nebraska needed as the Huskers
recorded their fifth shutout of the
season.
The Red Raiders were able to get
just two shots on goal against
Nebraska goalkeeper Rebecca
Hornbacher, who injured her thumb
during pre-game warm-ups. The first
shot did not come until the 35-minute
maFKoftt^game. —
NtJ hasn’t allowed a goal in 397
minutes, behind the school record of
569 minutes and five consecutive
shutouts.
“It is good to know the team is on
the right track again,” Hornbacher
said. “The pressure we had from the
top of the field to the back helped us
win the game.”
While NU goalies didn’t face a lot
of shots against the Red Raiders, the
Husker offense was keeping Tech’s
defense busy. Nebraska attempted 17
shots on goal, with five of them get
ting past Pruitt.
Again one of the leaders for the
Huskers was junior Kim Engesser,
who scored her conference-leading
10th goal of the season at the 25
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minute mark. She also picked up her
first assist of the season when Kari
Uppinghouse scored Nebraska’s
fourth goal of the game.
The Huskers did not talk about
the ease of their 21st straight win at
home after the game, instead fresh
man Julie Greco said something was
not right for NU. Greco scored NU’s
fifth goal of the game at the 78:50
mark.
“We came out very strong but
something shut down,” Greco said.
“The score doesn’t show how we feel
we played.”
Walker said NU neither tackled
well nor won a lot of balls in the air,
which was something the Huskers
did well in a 2-0 win over Baylor on
Friday night.
Isabelle Morneau and Tanya
Franck both scored goals for NU
against Baylor in a physical contest.
The Huskers and Bears combined
for 27 fouls and three yellow cards.
Despite the physical play, the
nusKcrs were auie iu snui uui
Baylor’s scoring duo of Courtney
Saunders and Molly Cameron, who
finished the game with only one shot
on goal.
“(Baylor) was talking about how
confident they were,” Bensdn said.
“We wanted to come out and prove no
one is going to shut us down.”
But Walker said the things
were not present against Texas Tech.
“There are a lot of blue-collar
things we didn’t do particularly well,”
Walker said after Sunday’s game.
“We have to think about where we
want to be at the end of the season
and emulate that every time out.
Today we were a bit casual in some
areas.”
NU is now halfway through an
eight-game homestand that continues
Friday and Sunday with games
against Big 12 opponents Missouri
and Kansas.
“It is good to know the team is on
the right track again,” Hornbacher
said. “The pressure we had from the
top of the field to the back helped us
win the game.”
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SEVERAL MEMBERS of the NO soccer team jump off the bench after a near**
Complex Friday night. The Huskers won 2-0.
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MIDFIELDER KARIUPPINGHOUSE protects the ball from Texas Tech’s defender,
on Sunday.
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NU FRESHMAN Sarah Deacon gets fired up with her teammates during
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ISABELLE MORNEAU of Nebraska and Texas Tech’s Jamie Woods slide I
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THE DISCIN’ DOPE Frisbee Dog and his owner show off the dog’s talent during I
Abbott Sports Complex.
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