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Mike Kluck Big 12 has i nothing left to offer NU That was it? Nebraska 56, Kansas State 26? | * That was the game that on Tuesday NU coach Tom Osborne said might turn into a dogfight? “Just looking at our remaining schedule and not knowing what the postseason has in store for us, Kansas State is probably the most dangerous team we have left,” Osborne said last week. But the way Kansas State is playing right now, I don’t see anyone we will play that is as good as Kansas State.” Nobody as good as Kansas State? This is a team hat had 20 yards of rushing at halftime, and that was its highest total in three years against he Huskers. Is here no team in this league that dan at least mount a challenge against Nebraska? Central Florida came to town three weeks ago searching for a con ference. Let’s sign hem up. I used to wondepvhy 30,000peo ple in this state would how up for a Husker scrimmage in April. Now I know why - it’s the toughest opposi tion Nebraska faces all year. Soon, he Big 12 presidents and athletic directors will need to start selling tickets to. their meetings, because right now they’re he only people placing obstacles in he pah ofNebiaska. Oh where, <h where have Barry Switzer and BillMcCartney gone? At least hose guys could chal lenge Nebraska. All Kansas State seems to do is offer he same smoke screen every year. Instead of telling Nebraskans the Wildcats were a real team with a chance to win Saturday, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder should have told fans of his team that KSU wasn’t playing in the Mid American Conference anymore. A_1_C nuu uuw, uic wuisi uung is inai Osborne was probably right * Nebraska travels to Baylor Saturday. The Bears are 1-3 after a 35-14 loss to Texas Tech. After thd game Baylor coach Dave Roberts didn’t offer much hope concerning his team’s chances against the Huskers. “Right now, we’re about as bad a football team as anyone in America,” Roberts said, “so we’ll just have to try and bring it out of the ashes.” After the trip to Waco, where a I visit to the site of the Branch Davidiap compound might be more , exciting than die game, the Huskers return home to face Texas Tech. If Nebraska lets the Red Raiders use all of their ineligible athletes, Texas Tech [ may be able to keep the game within 30 points. Oh well. While I’m watching these blowouts, at least I can dream about spending the holidays on the beaches of Miami Kluck b a graduate student in journalism and the Daily Nebraskan sports editor. -__ S(X)TTMcCLURaT)N LINDSAY EDDLEMAN fights past a Kansas defender Sunday during Nebraska’s 6-0 win at the Abbott Sports Complex. ^^^^k ^^^^k ^B^B ^^^^k IHI ^f^k ^B^B |B^B4^B By Jay Saunders Assignment Reporter Sixes were wild for the Nebraska soccer team Sunday. A 6-0 win over Kansas was die sixth straight victory for the No. 10 Comhuskers (10-2 overall and 6-2 in the Big 12 Conference) and was also the sixth consecutive shutout of the year, tying an NU school record. A crowd of 811 at die Abbott Sports Complex saw Nebraska erupt for five second-half goals to defeat the Jayhawks (3-9 and 1-6). On Friday the Huskers defeated Missouri 4-0. NU junior Kim Engesser led the Huskers with two goals, pushing her total for the season to 13 goals in 12 games. Engesser, who is from Huntington Beach, Calif., leads the Big 12 in scoring with 27 points. Kari Uppinghouse scored her second goal in as many games. Uppinghouse also scored in Friday night’s win over Missouri. “If people give you a good ball it makes it easier to score,” Engesser said. “A litde luck never hurts though” Nebraska found itself in an unfamil iar position against Kansas as KU mid fielder Cynthia Dahle attempted the first shot on goal just 10 seconds into the match. It was the first time in sever al games that Husker goalkeeper Rebecca Hombacher had to defend a shot before her opponent But Nebraska’s defense tightened ' and allowed the Jayhawks just one more goal attempt in the remaining 89:50 of the game as Hombacher recorded her seventh shutout of the season. Nebraska has not allowed a goal in 577:29 min utes, just off the school record of 596:37, set in 1995. The Huskers attacked the goal quickly after Dahle’s shot. Sophomore Lindsay Eddleman scored on a header in the penalty area at the four-minute mark, NIFs only goal of die half. Please see SOCCER on 10 Tourney pleases Huskers’ Revelle By Darren Ivy Staff Reporter The Nebraska women’s golf team is hoping to repeat last year’s first-place finish at the Big 12 Preview in Columbia, Mo., today and Tuesday. “We won the Big 12 Preview last year, and it gave the team a lot of confidence,” said NU coach Robip Krapfl. “It was a big psychological win because it was the first time we ever beat Texas.” After last year’s Big 12 clas sic win, many members of this year’s team realized they had the talent to compete at a high level, Krapfl said. She said last year’s tournament win is helping the squad’s confidence this fall. So far this fall, the team has set two 54-hole school records. Last week at the Colorado Invitational, the team shattered its own record of 906 by 19 strokes en route to a first-place score of 887. Krapfl said her team is peak ing at the right time and she hopes the Huskers can continue to perform at the same level they did last week at the Colorado Invitational. The Huskers will also need former Big Eight champion Rachelle Tacha to play well. Tacha shot a 221 at the Colorado Invitational, her best round this '" ? « We feel we can compete with anyone in the conference....” Robin Krapfl NU women’s golf coach fall. “It really helps to have Rachelle playing well again,” Krapfl said. “She really solidi fies our lineup.” Krapfl said the Big 12 tour nament is important for her team because the records during the fall and spring count for district seedings in the spring, and sever al conference teams are in the Huskers’ district. The tournament is wide open, Krapfl said, because the league is balanced and competitive. “It will be a matter of who plays well on Monday and Tuesday,” Krapfl said. Krapfl said the things Nebraska has been working on are finally paying off, and she hopes her team will end the fall season on a positive note. “We feel we can compete with, anyone in the conference and our goal is winning,” Krapfl said. __ Victories feature offensive moves By Shannon Heffelfinger Assignment Reporter Missouri volleyball coach Disa Johnson has breathed new life into her young Tiger team this season. Saturday afternoon, an experienced Nebraska team suffocated the youth ful Tigers with a strong all-around game, leaving MU gasping for air. The Comhuskers (13-2 overall and 4-0 in the Big 12 Conference) limited the Tigers to six points in three games, defeating Missouri 15 4,15-0,15-2 in front of2,650 fans at the NU Coliseum. Friday night, the Huskers allowed league foe Iowa State 13 points in another NU three game victory. Fifth-ranked NU dominated both matches with experience and depth, strengths that Johnson said the Cyclones (9-8 and 0-4) and Missouri (11-8 and 0-4) lack. “We start three freshmen, and we’re a young team,” Johnson said. “Nebraska has freshmen, but their freshmen are better than most peo ple’s juniors and seniors. It’s realiy not even comparable. “I give credit to (NU coach) Terry (Pettit). He’s got a dynasty here that’s respected, and it’s a really classy place to play volleyball. No matter what the outcome, you learn a lot.” Missouri, off to its best start in Johnson’s four years, challenged the Huskers throughout the first game as the two teams totaled 57 sideouts. The Tigers scored their first three points with Nebraska leading 12-0 on a Renee Rosinski block of Nebraska liming wiiui anu a lviauujf u' Monson illegal hit. Missouri’s Jodi Maune pounded one of her seven kills to give MU its fourth point, and Nebraska scored the 14th and 15* points of the 45-minute game on hitting errors by Rosinski and Chandra Hopkins. “Missouri is a very good sideout team,” Pettit said. “We had to work to get points to close out that first game. Missouri never gave up, but I think as the match went on, we began to get a better feel for who they were siding out to and in what situations. Then we dbuld make some adjustments.” Pettit continued with an experi ment he has utilized occasionally this season, moving right-side hitter Lisa Reitsma to the middle-blocker posi tion and middle blocker Katie Jahnke to the outside. Reitsma totaled five blocks, a .440 hitting percentage, and led both teams with 15 kills. “When Katie is on the court, Lisa will be in the middle most of time,” Pettit said. “She gives us a bigger block, and it is a nice situation to have, because it forces other teams to adjust. “Everybody is always aware where Lisa is at Wherever she is, she becomes the focus of attention. If Please see SWEEP on 10 ^
