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her just 13 of46 (28 percent) for the
tournament. She did lead the
Huskers with 17 points and grabbed
nine rebounds against the Monarchs.
“There’s nothing wrong with me
personally or with my physical con
ditions,” said DeForge, who last
week in practice sprained an ankle
and bruised a hip. “I just didn’t shoot
well, period.
“We’ve been prepared all year
long for this tournament, and these
types of games and to see it fall apart
like that was very disappointing.”
But what was especially frustrat
ing for Nebraska was that the
Huskers had a chance to keep the
game interesting for 40 minutes.
After surviving Old Dominion’s
opening, in which the Lady
Monarchs raced out to a 16-6 lead,
Nebraska rallied to pull within two
when sophomore Charlie Rogers hit
a shot with 10:45 remaining in the
half.
Then, the first five-minute lapse
hit, and .NU didn’t score until
DeForge made a layup with 5:48
remaining. By then, ODU had a 30
18 lead.
The Huskers kept the score with
in 10 at halftime and then came out
with a fury in the second half, shoot
ing 6 of 9 from the field to tie the
u
We didn’t show the patience that a veteran
basketball team has to show to win in this
kind of situation on the road!*
Paul Sanderford
NU coach
score.
It was then that first-year NU
Coach Paul Sanderford, who had
said on Saturday that Nebraska had
to avoid an Old Dominion knockout
punch, saw the Lady Monarchs wob
bling,
“We had them teetering on the
ropes a little bit when we tied it up,”
Sanderford said. “Coach (Wendy)
Larry made some excellent defen
sive adjustments, and we didn’t
show the patience that a veteran bas
ketball team has to show to win in
this kind of situation on the road.”
The win gave the Lady Monarchs
(29-2) 29 consecutive victories at
their field house and sent them to
Dayton, Ohio, for the Sweet 16
where they will face North Carolina
State.
Nebraska, which made its first
NCAA appearance under
Sanderford, and just the fourth in
school history, finished the season
with a 23-10 record - its fifth-best
winning percentage in school histo
ry. The Huskers also tied school
records for wins in a season.
Sanderford, who has been to 13
tournaments, said this won’t be
Nebraska’s last visit to the Big
Dance.
“I can guarantee you those
sophomores and younger players are
going to learn from this,” Sanderford
said. “This might be the first time
that I brought Nebraska to the tour
nament, but it won’t be the last
time.”
Note:
Despite DeForge’s shooting
problems, she moved into the No. 4
spot on Nebraska’s all-time scoring
list with 1,859 career points.
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Divers qualify for NCAAs
Junior All-American Danny
Bergman and sophomore Bert
Locklin paced five Nebraska
divers at the NCAA Zone D quali
fying meet as both qualified for
the NCAA Championships March
27 to 29.
Bergman qualified Friday in
Austin, Texas, after a second-place
finish in the 3-meter competition.
Bergman scored 534.65 points,
which put him behind Grant
Gritzmacher of Texas.
Gritzmacher won with a score of
550.75.
“Danny absolutely came
through when he had to,” Diving
Coach James Hocking said. “He
hit all the big dives.”
Locklin secured his spot
Saturday after finishing second in
the 1-meter springboard behind
Gritzmacher. Locklin finished
with 502.55 points. Bergman and
Darren Thombrugh finished third
and 11th respectively for NU.
In the women’s competition,
freshman Amanda Zins placed
seventh and 10th in the 1-meter
and 3-meter competition, while
freshman Molly McDonald placed
20th in both the 1- and 3-meter.
Despite neither qualifying,
Hocking said he sees a big ftiture
ahead for both Zins and
McDonald.
“Those are two peas in a pod
there,” Hocking said. “They both
work hard and they’re both going
to be great.”
Overall, Hocking said the
weekend was full of highs and
lows for the team.
“This whole weekend was an
emotional roller coaster,” Hocking
said. “We knew going in we were
up against the wall in a talent
laden field.”
NU tops No. 23 team
With two outs in the bottom of
the ninth, Nebraska first baseman
Jamie Fuente made a diving catch
to secure a 2-1 win over No. 23
Southwestern Louisiana Friday in
Houston, Texas.
The Cornhuskers, who also
defeated Tarleton State 5-2 and
Bowling Green 10-0, improved to
14-5 on the season. Three
Nebraska pitchers earned com
plete-game victories.
NU ace Jenny Voss tossed nine
innings of five-hit ball against
Southwest Louisiana. The sopho
more struck out eight in the effort.
Senior Christie McCoy
allowed two runs in seven innings
against Tarleton State, and fresh
man Lori Tschannen tossed a
three-hitter against Bowling
Green.
The Huskers advanced to play
Texas Tech Saturday at 10 a.m.,
but the game was rained out.
Tennis team wins two
The Nebraska women’s tennis
team defeated Drake 7-2 Friday
and Eastern Michigan 7-2
Saturday. Both matches were
played in Des Moines, Iowa.
The Comhuskers (8-6) were
led Saturday by Sandra Noetzel,
who defeated 34th-ranked Jean
Kansuthi.
Against both teams, the
Comhuskers won all but one sin
gles and one doubles match.
NU returns to action Thursday
at Baylor.
Women’s golfers finish 10th
The Nebraska women’s golf
team finished 10* over the week
end at the Betsy Rawls
Invitational.
North Carolina shot rounds of
299 and 301 to finish first among
the 14-team field with a score of
600. The Comhuskers put rounds
of 333 and 327 together to finish
60 strokes behind the Tar Heels.
“We are still struggling around
the greens,” NU Coach Robin
Krapfl said. “We just need to try to
end the tournament on a positive
note and play better in our short
game. I really don’t know the
answer to our problems right now
because the entire team is strug
gling.”
NU’s Hanne Nyquist finished
34* overall, shooting rounds of 78
and 84 for a total of 162. Rachelle
Tacha finished 43rd with rounds of
84 and 80 for a total of 164.
Elizabeth Bahensky finished 49th
with rounds of 85 and 81 for a total
of 166. Shirin Homecker finished
52nd with rounds of 87 and 82 for
a total of 169. Gretchen Doerr fin
ished 65* with rounds of 86 and
88 for a total of 174.
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Jayhawks out early at NCAAs
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Roy
Williams and his two All-Americans
will be watching this year’s Final Four,
not playing in it
Top-seeded Kansas got outstand
ing performances from Paul Pierce,
and Raef LaFrentz, but didn’t have the
quickness to stay with No. 8 seed
Rhode Island, which won 80-75
Sunday to advance to the Midwest
Regional semifinals . ^
The early exit was another bitter
loss for Williams, who hasn’t coached
a Final Four team since 1993. His
Jayhawks were top-ranked when they
lost to Arizona in the regional semis
last year. This team was ranked No. 2.
“I’m not sure how this one tanks
(compared with the Arizona loss),” a
red-eyed Williams said afterward.
“But I told the kids in die locker room
I was sorry if I caused them a problem
by talking about my desire to win a
national tide.
“If it put extra pressure on diem,
then I apologize.”
Rhode Island (24-8), led by guards
Cuttino Mobley and Tyson Wheeler,
was every bit as relaxed in advancing
to just the second regional semifinal
in school history.
Wheeler, a point guard, had 20
points, eight assists and five
rebounds. Mobley had 27 points, five
assists. Wheeler had five 3-pointers,
Mobley three.
The Rams advance to play surpris
ing 13th-seed Valparaiso, which upset
Florida State 83-77 earlier in the day.
Rhode Island Coach Jim Harrick,
who led UCLA to the national title in
1995 but was fired after the following
season, is in his first year with the
Rams.
Harrick is good friends with
Valparaiso Coach Homer Drew. He’s
even better friends with one of Drew’s
assistants - Jim Harrick Jr.
“There is a heavenly father and he
was in die building this weekend, I’ll
tell you that,” Harrick said, “because it
couldn’t be more magical than it was.”
In the South region, top-seeded
Duke slipped past eighth-seeded
Oklahoma State 79-73, second-seed
ed Kentucky downed lO^-seeded St.
Louis 88-61, fifth-seeded Syracuse
defeated No. 4 seed New Mexico 56
46, and No. 6 seed UCLA beat third
seeded Michigan 85-82.
In other Midwest region action,
third-seeded Stanford defeated No. 11
seed Western Michigan and second
seeded Purdue beat No. 10 seed
Detroit 80-65.