NU golfers bounce back,
win Colorado Invitational
From Staff Reports
After a disappointing 14th place
finish in the Dick McGuire
Invitational on Saturday, the
Nebraska women’s golf team turned
in one of its best performances of
the season, winning the Colorado
Invitational on Tuesday in Boulder,
Colo.
The Huskers followed up their
school-record 292 second-round
performance on Monday with a 299
third round on Tuesday to shoot an
887 for the tournament. NU outdis
tanced second-place Missouri - a
team that had beaten the Huskers in
two previous tournaments this sea
son - by 22 strokes to win the tour
nament.
“We returned the favor to
Missouri,” Nebraska coach Robin
Krapfl said. “We knew we could
beat them and win if the whole team
played well.” j
After Nebraska shot a 939 at the
Dick McGuire Invitational in
Albuquerque, N.M., over the week
end, Krapfl said she wasn’t sure
how her team would respond with
only one day of rest before the
Colorado Invitational.
“The girls were really disap
pointed in the way they played last
week,” Krapfl said. “We were really
focused for this tournament. The
girls really wanted to prove thaCj
what happened last week was not
the way they normally played. We
put a good showing on after a disap
pointing performance.”
The Huskers were led by senior
Shirin Homecker, who shot a three
round total of 220 and finished tied
for second place. Homecker did not
play the first day of the Dick
McGuire Invitational because of ill
ness.
But the Huskers also got strong
performances from sophomore
Hanne Nyquist and senior Rachelle
Tacha, who both finished the
Colorado Invitational tied for fourth
with a score of 221. Gretchen Doerr
shot a 225, and Susie Kiene, who
played unattached, had her best
tournament ever, finishing eighth
overall with a 226.
The Huskers conclude their fall
season next Monday and Tuesday at
the Big 12 Preview Tournament.
National team sweeps Nebraska
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The Huskers should make a run at
the national championship, Weston
said.
“They have a lot more experi
ence,” Weston said. “They’ve got a
good team and should get to the Final
Four.”
Nebraska outside hitter Lisa
Reitsma, who practiced with the U.S.
team this summer, finished the game
against the national team with 11
kills. Sophomore Mandy Monson
and junior Jaime Krondak also had 11
kills for the Huskers.
But Reitsma, who finished the
night with a .000 hitting percentage,
said she wasn’t happy with her per
formance.
“I wasn’t too uptight or nervous,”
Reitsma said. “I didn’t play too well,
just by looking at my hitting percent
age. I probably didn’t get up enough.”
The match provided the Huskers
with an opportunity to play with the
best in the country, Reitsma said.
“We wanted to go into it and com
pete very well,” Reitsma said. “I
thought our blocking was. amazing.”
first real test vs. Texas
■ UT coach John
Mackovic is wary of the
Cowboys, who haven’t
been 4-0 since 1988.
By Sam McKewon
Staff Reporter
After one month of the sea
son, early grades have been
returned for most teams in the
Big 12.
But the verdict is still out on
Oklahoma State, which is 4-0 for
the first time since 1988 when the
Cowboys finished the season 10
2. However, the combined record
of OSU’s opponents this season is
1-15.
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good they are this Saturday when
they play Texas in Stillwater,
Okla. It will be Texas’ first-ever
game in Stillwater, and the first
time the Longhorns have played
in Oklahoma since Nov^TS, 1922.
“It’s going to be a challenge
for us this weekend,” OSU coach
Bob Simmons said. “We’re look
ing forward to having them come
to Lewis Field.”
Last year, after starting the
season ,3-1, Oklahoma State went
to Austin, Texas, and was dealt a
71-14 setback by the Longhorns.
The Cowboys lost four of their
last six games to finish the season
at 5-6 and out of the bowl picture.
Simmons said the Cowboys
need to improve on their perfor
mance from last season against
UT if Oklahoma State is going to
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avoid the same end to the season.
“Last year was a game we
really didn’t play well in, and
we’re hoping that’s out of the
kids’ minds,” Simmons said.
“You have to look forward in
what you’re doing right now.”
The key matchup in the game
could be the Texas rushing
offense against the Oklahoma
State defense.
UT junior running back Ricky
Williams is coming off the
biggest game of his career
against Rice in which he had 249
yards on 28 carries and scored
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Williams has 60 carries for 440
yards and eight touchdowns.
Simmons said Texas provides
the most difficult rushing chal
lenge the Cowboys have faced
this season.
“This is our biggest test to
date,” Simmons said. “Ricky
Williams is a back who has
exceptional strength when he
runs inside and great speed.”
The Cowboys are second in
the nation against the run, giving
up only 48 yards per game, and
are third in scoring defense. In
the Cowboys 35-0 victory over
Fresno State on Sept. 13, the
Cowboys held Fresno to a nega
tive 20 yards rushing.
Most of Oklahoma State’s
defensive success can be attrib
uted to a switch to the 46 defense,
which uses a different mix of
blitzes and movements on the
defensive line to pressure the
quarterback and skill players.
Texas coach John Mackovic
said the Cowboys’ defense is as
good as any in college football.
“They have just dominated
every offensive team they have
played,” Mackovic said. “Their
defensive package has been as
good as we’ve seen.”
Offensively the Cowboys
have used two quarterbacks this
season - freshman Tony Lindsay
and sophomore Chris Cnaloupka.
Against Fresno State the pair
combined for a school-record
five touchdowns; Chaloupka
threw thrge, but Lindsay had a
season-long 58-yard pass to
junior wide receiver R.W.
McQuarters.
rresnman tanoacK Jamal
Fobbs leads the Cowboys rushing
attack with 402 yards this season,
averaging 100.5 yards a game.
“They do a lot of good things
on offense and they don’t make a
lot of mistakes,” Mackovic said.
“We have to keep them out of the
end zone.” ✓
Texas enters the game with a
2-1 record after rebounding from
a 66-3 loss to UCLA in Austin on
Sept. 13 to defeat Rice 38-31 on
Saturday. The loss to UCLA was
the worst loss by a top 25 team in
the history of the Associated
Press poll.
But Simmons said that loss
doesn’t mean much.
“They didn’t have James 1
Brown, and the game just got
away from them,” Simmons said.
“They are not a team without tal
ent.”
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