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High school senior commits to next year's Husker team COMMIT from page 7 “This summer I played all over the country and played against some of the best kids in die nation,” Bowling said. “I felt that I was good enough to play at the Division I level, but I thought I had a better chance at play ing time in football.” He also considered playing foot ball at Colorado State, Air Force, Iowa State, Purdue and Wyoming, but Bowling said he chose Nebraska for many reasons, including facilities, coaching and graduation rate. “I know Nebraska is going to be really tough,” Bowling said. “I’m just going to go down there with the right attitude and play hard.” Bowling is the Huskers’ fifth in state commitment. Nebraska has received verbal commitments from Chris Kelsay, a 6-4lA, 235-pound rush A k u I know Nebraska is going to be really tough ” Jon Bowling Lincoln Southeast High senior end from Auburn; Nate Kolterman, a 6-4, 310-pound offensive lineman from Seward; DeAntae Grixby, a 5-9, 190-pound I-back from Omaha Central; Dahrran Diedrick, a 6-1, 210-pound I-back from Scarborough, Ontario; and Jeremy Slechta, a 6 foot-5, 260-pound defensive lineman from Papillion. High school seniors cannot sign letters of intent until February. A A _«—1 — 'tp'' You're invited to the. . . v* COLLEGIATE ^ p HEALTH & FITNESS m ^ TOUPI ^ Including these \ °c(- Q- exciting events: . tj+jt w 2 Bungee Run! Flu Shots! and PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES!!! October 14-16, 1997 # 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. lWm In the loop east of the stadium » * at 14th and Vine Sponsored by: Well Worth It Program University Health Center 1 Homecoming Committee Campus Recreation # Social Responsibility Committee .'V.r.'y»■ 18 Put Big $$$ in Your Schedule $8.SO/Hour* Immediate Evening Openings for Outbound Telesales Flexible hours and relaxed environment ' • • "-t" solid in tough pack ] I By Sam McKewon Staff Reporter __ Amid the strongest field in the regular season, the Nebraska men’s and women’s cross country teams held their own in the Furman Invitational in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday. The women finished eighth in a field that included 11 ranked teams. The men finished in the middle of the pack at 13th. Top ranked Stanford won both the men’s and women’s competitions. Husker coach Jay Dirksen said he thought both the men’s and women’s teams competed well in the meet, which is seen as the pre cursor to the NCAA Championships. “This meet didn’t hurt us at all,” Dirksen said. “We competed hard, and both teams ran pretty well. We can still be better than we are now, but we’re getting better every week, which is good.” On the women’s side, freshman Amy Wiseman was again the top Husker, finishing 33 rd overall with a time of 18:00. Sophomore Jaime Pauli was 35th with a time of i 18:01, senior Nora Shepherd fin ished 52nd with a time of 18:15, freshman Kate Centerwall was 73rd at 18:32, and sophomore Melinda Mohr was 74th with a time of 18:33. Dirksen said he was happy with all five runners, and he was espe cially pleased that only 33 seconds separated the Huskers’ top runner from their fifth runner in the race. Dirksen said he was happy with Pauli’s effort in South Carolina. “That was the best race of Jaime Pauli’s collegiate career,” Dirksen said. “She really ran a well-managed race. She didn’t get out too fast and saved a lot of her self for the end of the race.” On the men’s side of the com petition, senior Cleophas Boor and freshman JerOen Broekzitter again led the way for the Huskers. Boor, still recovering from injuries sus tained in a bike accident, finished sixth in the race with a time of 24:25, while Broekzitter made a strong move at the end to finish ninth at 24:44. Senior Aaron Johnson was 64th, freshman Marcus Witter was 128th and junior Lou Petricca was 126th. Dirksen said Boor is finally working into the form he had last . ■ year. “Cleophas is getting back to running the way he’s used to,” Dirksen said. “He’s almost at that level where he’s going to be up in first of second in each race.” Dirksen said that Broekzitter put on one of the more impressive kicks at the end of the race in the entire field. “Other than the guy who won the race, Jeroen was moving better than everybody out there at the end,” he said. “His kick is a big part of racing ability.” Colorado’s Adam Goucher won the race with a time of 24:00, and the Buffaloes finished second with 72 points. Next week is Ann Arbor, Mich., where NU will take part in the Wolverine Inter-Regional. Dirksen said after Furman, the Huskers are ready for anything. “After a field like this,” Dirksen said, “we’re confident that we can go anywhere.” on their feet By Nate Odgaard Staff Reporter e After a shaky performance in its first and only home meet of the year Saturday at Sun Valley Lanes, the Nebraska womens’ bowling team rebounded with a solid effort Sunday in Omaha. The result is a one-point leSd oyer Wichita State in the Great Plains Conference Tournament, one portion of which was ran by the Huskers and University of Nebraska at Omaha this weekend. Nebraska currently has 62 points in the ongoing tournament. Each of the four other represented teams in the tournament will hold r"1^ _ ■ competition in its home bowling all^y beginning in January. Scores will be accumulated from each site to deter mine the champion. Other teams competing in the tournament include Central Missouri, Southwest Missouri State, Kansas, Wichita State and UNO. The tournament involves a match game format in which each team bowls against one another. One point is awarded for each of the five indi vidual head-to-head games, and three points go to the team that accumu lates the most points from the indi vidual results. Junior Jen Daugherty said Nebraska redeemed itself Sunday after “struggling a bit” at Sun Valley Lanes. “I think we really stepped it up a notch,” she said. “Our intensity level was a lot higher.” The Huskers were more focused and more supportive of each other, Daugherty said “We started out slow, but we built on that, and that’s what I see continu ing,” she said. Daugherty and sophomore Jen Davis led Nebraska with averages of 215 and 207, respectively. Transfer Stacy Rogers and sopho a Our intensity level was a lot higher’ Jen Daugherty NU bowler ( more Lori Hillman competed for the first time as Huskers this season on Sunday. Both are battling for a per manent spot in the top five. “I was nervous. I got in the groove pretty fast, though,” said Hillman, who averaged a 192. Nebraska coach Bill Straub said both women performed well. The Nebraska men’s team took a step forward over the weekend, Straub said. The Huskers, who placed seventh in the Milwaukee Tournament two weeks ago, finished first with 63 points and now lead Central Missouri State by 11 points. Freshman David Spencer bowled a 222 average, and junior Dan White rolled a 215. ISPRIN6BREAK 98 I — 6UARAMTBED!| *\LL INCLUSIVE” I FARTYPAkI I mj ■ ] | 11W ■» 1 BAYLOR from page 7 “I think the linebackers, as a whole, played well,” Ortiz said. “We knew what we had to do, and % we just came out and did it.” But the solid linebacker play wasn’t just a freak occurrence, junior rush end Chad Kelsay said. When the defensive line does its job, the linebackers get more plays. And both played well Saturday, Kelsay said. Nebraska’s defensive line knocked down 15 tackles - includ ing three for losses. But tackles, Kelsay said, shouldn’t always nec essarily be made by the linemen. “If we can get our linebackers making tons of plays, that’s great,” Kelsay said. “Our job is to take guys out and free up our lineback »> ers. The rain at Floyd Casey Stadium Saturday created slippery footballs, which made passing a chore. So Nebraska knew it would see a lot of Baylor’s running game, Will linebacker Eric Johnson said. Other than an 80-yard break away run by Baylor senior tailback Jerod Douglas, the Huskers held the Bears to 57 yards on 36 attempts. Douglas’ run made Nebraska focus, Ortiz said. “We were upset about that,” Ortiz said. “But what makes great teams is how we respond. We just played hard-nosed football and kept pounding them.” Overall, Osborne said he was not pleased with the play of the second and third team players. “Some of the things we.’ve been seeing in practice, we saw out there tonight ” Osborne said. “I think sometimes the lose a little bit of their intensity. We need to play better than that.”