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Village of urec_/ 3/8 Ross Film Theater, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15 pm Japanese International Film $4 Students, $6 non-students ■vi u m: i >m David Wilson/DN NU GUARD COOKIE BELCHER gestures to a sellout Hilton Coliseum crowd after being fouled on a successful dunk attempt with 3:09 left in the game. Belcher finished with a season-high 21 points in NU’s 70-62 victory over Iowa State Saturday. NU extends win streak to six games STREAK from page 8 point until the 5:47 mark of the first half. Lue was 2 for 8 from the field in the first half, but the Huskers still led 31-29. In the second half, Lue caught fire and hit on all nine shots and matched his career high with nine assists. “In the first half, I tried to pass to get the team involved,” Lue said. “But in the second half, coach said I’ve got to look to score and take over the game.” . As a team, the Huskers shot 58 percent from the field, their second best performance of the season. Defensively, without its main stopper Florence, the Huskers limit ed the Cyclones to 42 percent shoot ing from the field. ISU fell to 12-17 overall and 5-11 in the conference. The Huskers also lost the services of Hamilton with just under three minutes in the game as he too went down with a sprained ankle with the Huskers leading 61-55. “There’s a war going on out there, and we had to participate in it, because Iowa State’s in our path into getting into the NCAA Tournament,” Belcher said. The Huskers have a first-round bye in the Big 12 Tournament and will play the winner of the Baylor-Texas A&M game Friday. Swimmers place second > The Nebraska men’s swimming anc diving team finished second at las weekend’s Big 12 Championships ir College Station, Texas. No. 3 Texas blew the competitior away, finishing with 886 points; The No. 15 Cornhuskers were next with 638!4 points. Junior Valery Kalmikovs led NU or Saturday, winning the 200-yard breast stroke with an NCAA provisional-qual ifying-mark time of 1 minute, 59.21 seconds. All-American sophomore Adam Pine placed third in the 100-yarc freestyle with a time of 44.17 seconds. NU ends trip with shutout The Nebraska baseball team endec its six-game road trip on a good note defeating Toledo 11-0 Sunday after noon at Cardinal Stadium in Louisville Ky. The Cornhuskers finished the trip with a 4-2 mark and improved theii overall record to 7-5. NU was led Sunday by sophomore Ken Harvey who blasted a three-rur homer, his fourth overall, in the firsi inning. Harvey finished the game 3 foi 5 with 5 RBIs and two runs scored. Starting pitcher Pete Lythgoe earned his first victory of the year, as five Husker pitchers combined to shui out the Rockets. The Huskers tossed two shutouts over the weekend and also blanked Louisville 1-0 Friday. Sophomore Chad Wiles (2-0) threw a complete-game shutout and struck oul four, while scattering six hits. - “All of our pitchers did an excelled job throwing strikes and keeping us ir the games all weekend,’’ NU Head Coach Dave Van Horn said The Huskers travel to Waco, Texas, next weekend to open Big 12 Conference play against Baylor. - > NU beats top competition Starting pitcher Jenny Voss led Nebraska’s softball team to two victo ries over top-ranked teams Sunday ir Columbus, Ga. The Cornhuskers (9-4 overall) downed No. 9 California 1-0 before defeating 1 lth-ranked South Carolina | 8-0 to finish 5-1 in the NFCA Leadoff : Classic. i Voss (6-3) pitched every inning of both contests, allowing five hits through i 14 innings of scoreless work. Shortstop Ali Viola provided an offensive punch for the Huskers against South Carolina as the senior went 4 for 4, knocking two solo homers. Viola hit five home runs in the tournament. The Huskers’ only loss in the tour nament came 1-0 to Washington. Nebraska will return to action next ; weekend at the Razorback Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Nebraska tallies NCAA high The Nebraska men’s gymnastics team found the confines of the Bob Devaney Sports Center friendly Sunday afternoon as it tallied the top score in the nation this year. The No. 3 Comhuskers’ score of 231.050 surpassed No. 10 Oklahoma (227.850) and No. 11 New Mexico (222.30). Freshman Jason Hardabura led the charge with a career-best 57.975 in the all-around, and Derek Leiter was sec ond with a career-best 57.600. Hardabura finished in the top four in all six events, posting career bests in five out of six. Junior Marshall Nelson, who claimed third in the all-around, won the floor exercise and parallel bars. On Friday night, NU defeated No. 15 Minnesota 229.575 to 221.275. Leiter claimed tHe all-around title with a 57.50. Nelson was second with a 56.975, and Bill Mulholland was third with a 56.900. NU will be ranked No. 1 in this week’s gymnastics poll after last week end’s scores are compiled. t ! ■ - Huskers win in last seconds Isabelle Momeau scored a goal with 10 seconds remaining in the game to give the Nebraska soccer team a 5-4 vic tory over Florida Sunday in Gainesville, Fla. In their spring exhibition season opener, the Comhuskers battled back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Gators, who finished the 1997 season ranked ‘ No. 14. “I am pleasantly surprised that we won because we lost four outstanding players from last year’s team,” NU Coach John Walker said. “Whenever you lose four big-time players like Kari Uppinghouse, Rebecca Hombacher, Tanya Franck and Stephanie Vacek, you are going to have a lot of questions. This win answered a few of those questions.” With the team trailing by two goals, forward Kim Engesser scored Nebraska’s first goal of the spring. Lauren Tatum and Jenny Benson added goals to give the Huskers a 3-2 lead. Lindsay Eddleman provided NU’s fourth goal, setting the stage for Momeau. Nebraska will travel to Clemson, S.C., March 12 to face the U.S. Under 20 National Team. NU wins three in Phoenix With three wins last weekend in Phoenix, Ariz., the Nebraska men’s ten nis team improved to 8-2. The Comhuskers defeated Weber State 7-0 Friday, Northern Arizona 7-1 Saturday and Indiana State 6-1 Sunday. NU returns home to play Kansas at 2 p.m. Friday. Huskers fall to Texas Tech The Nebraska women’s tennis team fell 5-4 to Texas Tech Sunday at the Woods Tennis Center. The 67th-ranked Cornhuskers, wjbo, had won five of their last six matches, fell to 5-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12 Conference. NU senior Lisa Hart improved to 6-2 on the season with a 6-3,6-4 vic tory over Amanda Earhart. Senior Adriana Dulic posted NU’s only other singles Win for Nebraska. “We were out completely today,” NU Coach Scott Jacobson said. “We had chances to win at No. 1 and No. 5 singles, but lost the third set in both matches. We need to win those matches to be competitive.” The Huskers will host Te^as A&M Sunday at 10 a.m.
