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Golf team ties for second From Staff Reports After holding a nine-stroke advantage through the first two rounds, the Nebraska men’s golf team settled for a tie for second in the Louisiana Classics Tournament Tuesday. Tulsa claimed first place in the tournament with a score of 896 after shooting a 295 on Tuesday. Nebraska and Arkansas finished five strokes back at 901. The Cornhuskers shot a 311 Tuesday to lose their lead. NU junior Jamie Rogers fin ished second among the individu als after shooting a 74 Tuesday to push his total to 219. ; ' Husker Steve Friesen was the only other Nebraska golfer who finished in the top 10 with a 224. NU’s Josh Madden shot a 228, Scott dutshewski shot a 230 and Ryan Nietfeldt shot a 244. The Huskers return to action Monday in the Cleveland Golf Collegiate in Aiken, S.C. PEACE CORPS is now in 87 c ' ' ' S# " ?5* 7,5 I I INFORMATION TABLE ■■■■■■■ 9 am - 3 pm BBRNH Nebraska Union HhHHHHH "Completely Alive" March 12th, 3 pm Nebraska Union _I _4" '.a.iO. i 1 I Lue, Hood meet again LUE from page 7 gious summer tournaments in Atlanta and Las Vegas and finish second in a Los Angeles tournament I 1 Lue said he and Hood were good friends in high school despite being opponents and still talk on the phone in college, although Lue said not as much this season and “certainly not before this game.” “When I go back to Kansas City, we hang out a lot together,” Lue said. “He likes it where he is, and I like where I am.” Lue and Hood almost ended up in the same place. Lue said Hood wanted him to go to Arkansas so they could continue to.be teammates. But Nebraska already had heavi ly recruited Lue, and the recruitment of current Arkansas guard Kareem Reid left Lue heading to Lincoln. “I thought about it for a second,” Lue said, “but I didn’t want to go to Arkansas. “I asked Derek if he wanted to go to Nebraska and he said, ‘Hell no, I’m not going to Nebraska.’ So we school, both players have takbi 4$ ferent paths since reaching college. Lue is a first-team All Big 12 player, while Hopd is ^ role ptoy^j- fyr tjiq Razorbacks, averaging 8.5 points per game and 6.4 rebounds per gamei | i Lue said although'popdhps t^pjf had the individual career Lue has had, Hood is pleased with his choice. “He seems happy there,” Lue said. “He went down there because they had won a national champi onship and he’s part of a good team.” Arkansas helped set up a David and Goliath situation this season for the Huskers andLue. “I don’t think too many people think we can win,” Lue said, “mainly because of our history in the tourna ment.” Shot doctor helps Huskers improve SHOT from page 7j_i , Ord. Markowski said he knew of Johnson while he was in high school but didn’t start working with him until last summer. Markowski enjoys spending time with Johnson because he wants to be a high school coach some day and because Johnson is a good friend. “He is always the first person to call and congratulate you,” Markowski said. “He is just a joy to talk with.” People who watch NU games probably don’t see much change in i Markowski’s shooting, but tye staid tti^t is because he has struggled makjing the transition between! practice and ganWsl “In practice, I make seven or eight out of 10,” Markowski said.This slow improvement also frustrates Johnsori. > “When I struggle, Jack struggles,” Markowski said. “Htjjbefylfyjy^lj make the free throw that^nakes tn^ dif ference Thursday.” ' ' The Huskers will face Arkansas Thursday at 9:20 p.m. in Boise, Idaho, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Verzi serves as tennis team \father* PINKO from page 7 McDermott to move Verzi to No. 1 singles for five matches last season. This season, Verzi started again at the No. 2 singles spot. After a 6-1 start to the season and an injury to senior Magnus Grahn, who started the season at No. 1 singles, Verzjii stepped into the No. 1 spot again. Since taking over on Feb. 27, against Weber State, Verzi has gone unde feated in four matches. “There’s not a whole lot of differ ence between No. 1 and No. 2,” McDermott said. “The big thing is he gets the experience of playing other teams’ No. 1 players.” Singles isn’t the only thing Verzi I has excelled at as a Husker. Since the fall season in 1996, Verzi has been paired with senior Markus Bergerheim in doubles. This year at No. 1 doubles, Verzi and Bergerheim have a 9-2 record. Even though he has compiled a very successful record in both singles and doublles, Verdi sSjdlfthUe team record is the most important. This ^ea* son, for the first time since 1991, NU is ranked in the ITA Collegiate Tennis rankings. The Huskers are ranked 69th. “Maybe (individual recbrds) count to Coach,” Verzi said, “but the; team record is what rbalfy cbimi Jjf the team keeps play qig likethis! maybe we will qualify for nationals.” I At the Dawn of the 21st Century: SHARPENING OUR FOCUS Dr. Marcus Borg Dr. Craig Evans Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University. One of the leading historical Jesus scholars of this generation; prolific author and lecturer. Head of Biblical Studies Department, Trinity Westerii University] langley, BC. Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin for Bityicql Research. Author: )esus & His ' * ' Contemporaries (1995) Sponsored By: •The Ralph E. and Vyrl W. Swan Lectureship •Nebraska Wesleyan University Forum Committee •Nebraska Wesleyan University •The University of Nebraska Research Council •University of Nebraska Program in Religious Studies •The Corner College Commission on Continuing Education • Corners tone-lJMHE -■----J—-- t > i