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NU sweeps Cats, KU --—-----—r— : — From Staff Reports Experience won out over fatigue as the Nebraska volley ball team defeated Kansas 15-8, 15-7, 15-2, Saturday night before a season-best NU Coliseum crowd of 4,350. ***' ikers (21-6 overall and i Big 12 Conference) hg the third match in and NU Coach Terry Pettit said he noticed a difference in his players. Nebraska defeated Texas Tech in three games on Tuesday in a match originally canceled by last month’s blizzard. Then on Friday, the Huskers defeated Kansas State 15-11, 15-4, 16-14. Both matches Were played at the coli seum. V “I think we were a little fatigued tonight, and I could see it this afternoon in practice,” Pettit said. “I tell you how I knew we were. When we put in those subs who hadn’t played in those matches, all of a sudden they looked really fresh.” The Huskers didn’t look fresh at all in the first game against Kansas as the Jayhawks jumped out to a 6-4 lead. But NIT outscored the Jayhawks 11-2 the rest of the game. Nebraska sophomore outside hitter Mandy Monson finished the game with three of her match high 10 kills and had just one hit ting error Saturday. She also served the fin^l three points in ‘K-State really played hard against us last night, and even though it only went three games, it was a tough match,” Monson said. “I don’t think I really felt (fatigued). I just thought maybe we had some troubles just getting going against Kansas, but once we got some things started, we had some really good runs.” Nebraska had trouble getting started in the second game, too, as KU took a 5-4 lead before the Huskers outscored the Jayhawks 10-2 to win the game. Kansas Coach Karen Schonewise, a former Husker All-American, said Nebraska’s experience becomes an important factor in those matches. “We’re a little more inexperi enced,” Schonewise said. “It is - • - - easier forinexperienced teams to fight early in a game, and then the more experienced teams usu ally take over later in the game. “The experienced teams know how to push through and finish let Ae ms takes phiase them, or distract them.” . Nothing distracted the Huskers in the third game as Nebraska jumped out to a 12-1 lead. NU All-America senior outside hit ter Lisa Reitsma served nine straight points. Reitsma also finished the match with 10 kills. “I think she got comfortable,” Pettit said. “Every team can play welL It’s how long you play well. The better me team you are, the longer before you let go.” Pettit said he planned to give the team Sunday and today off before returning to practice on Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for a rematch with Texas Tech and Baylor on Friday and Saturday in Lubbock and Waco. Markowski leads NU to win By David Wilson Senior Reporter A 22-0 run in the first half jetted the Nebraska basketball team to a season-opening 75-51 victory over North Carolina-Greensboro-before 7,229 at the Bob Devaney Sports. Center Sunday afternoon. Shooting killed the Spartans, who missed 18 straight field goals during the Cornhuskers ’ run. The Spartans shot 14.7 percent from the floor in the first half, and were 1 of 11 from the 3-point range. “I think that was our best defen sive performance since I’ve been here,” NU point guard lyronn Lue said. Nebraska (1-0) was propelled offensively by forward Andy Markowski, who scored 14 points in the first half. The Spartans matched Markowski’s total, falling behind NU 39-14 at the half. Markowski, a junior from Ord, set career highs with 16 points and 11 rebounds. “I thought he really played like we knew he could play,” NU Coach Danny Nee said. “He was very smart with the ball.” NU center Venson Hamilton also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lue added 14 points and seven assists, while sophomore guard Cookie Belcher scored 11. The Spartans held Lue to four points in the first half, but the junior from Mexico, Mo., picked up his game in the second half, scoring 10 points in nine minutes. Stopping Lue, was important* UNC-Greensboro Coach Randy Peele said* but offensively, the Spartans shot themselves in the foot “I didn’t think we played with a sense of purpose,” Peele said. “I did n’t feel that we utilized or really understood what our roles were for this game.” Spartan guard Derrick Nix led UNC-Greensboro with 10 points and played well against Lue, Peele said. But neither Nee nor Lue was wor ried about Lue’s slow start. Lue led the Huskers with an 18.8 point-per game average last season. “I think Lue is going to be under the microscope all the time - in that what he does is going to be magni fied,” Nee said. “But I think Lue is a very good defensive player. I think he runs our offense, he breaks down the defense with his speed. I thought he did a nice job - especially against Nix.” Forward Troy Piatkowski started in place of Larry Florence, who sat out for missing classes last week. Piatkowski played solid, Nee said, scoring eight points and grabbing five rebounds. But most of the starters took a seat in the second half and things got sloppy as the Huskers got a chance to test their bench. Freshmen center Brant Harriman snagged three rebounds and scored eight points - all on free throws, while the rest of the NU bench combined to score five points in 59 minutes. The Huskers return to action Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. against Western Illinois at the Devaney Center. i
