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TOURNEY from page 9
Tournament. If the seventh-ranked
Huskers win the Big 12 Tournament
this weekend, they are nearly assured
of hosting an NCAA regional, which
could pave the way to a birth in the
College World Series.
“We’re still going in with some
games left, and we want to host region
al,” Smith said. “But we can’t look at
| that because we have to take things one
step at a time. That is the thing that’s
| made us successful all year.”
The Huskers have produced their
| most successful season in recent histo
ry with the combination of several
I strong individual performances.
NU pitcher Jenny Voss leads the
I nation with 32 wins and owns a strike
. out ratio of four to one.
Shortstop Ali Viola leads the team
■ with a .400 batting average, and her 18
I homers this season rank 10th in NCAA
I history and is an NU school record.
' And last week, designated hitter
| Christie McCoy became just the ninth
player in NCAA history to hit three
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Maybe we ve had some players individually
step with great performances, but as a
whole, we ’re capable of much more.”
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home runs in a game.
Despite the impressive individual
performances during the past two
weeks, Smith said, the Huskers have
not yet reached their peak.
“I don’t think we’ve reached it at
all,” Smith said. “Maybe we’ve had
some players individually step with
great performances, but as a whole,
we’re capable of much more.”
It all starts with the Tigers, who
Smith is excited to play. The Huskers
defeated Missouri 8-7 and 9-2 in a dou
bleheader April 18.
“I’d rather play Missouri. I’d like to
show them what we’re all about,” Smith
said “It was mid-season, and our bod
ies were starting to get fatigued”
But Smith said the Huskers “will be
ready for whoever we play.” Their only
objective is to win the tournament, and
Smith doesn’t care who the opponent
is.
“We’re really excited to have the
chance to go down and win the tour
nament as well as the conference,”
Smith said. “We’d be really disap
pointed to come home with anything
less.
“That trophy case hasn’t seen
some action in awhile; it would be
nice to add to it.”
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Father’s influence helps Wiseman
WISEMAN from page 9
Lee’s Summit, Mo., to Kansas City,
Mo., for track practice.
That travel began to pay off in high
school. While most track athletes
would end their season at the end of the
high school season, Amy’s would just
get started.
“He’s the reason I am where I am
today. A lot of people quit training after
the high school championships,” Amy
Wiseman said. “Others would hang out
and quit training, and that is where I got
my edge.”
Beginning her freshman year of
* high school, Wiseman began to be
j noticed nationally. Her father then
! drote'her to irfajor competitions
around the country.
The Wisemans traveled from
California to Florida to compete against
the top competition.
“My dad enjoyed it and loved the
atmosphere,” Amy Wiseman said.
“He had some time and we both liked
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For a freshman, she has progressed
further than most normally do. ... ”
JayDirksen
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it, so it was something we wanted to
do.”
In high school, Wiseman was a
nine-time Missouri state champion,
including three in the 3,200 meters and
four in the 1,600 meters.
The major competition in high
school is now paying off for Wiseman
at Nebraska. Track Distance Coach
Jay Dirksen said the travels in high
school have paid off for Wiseman.
“She was very successful, but didn’t
overdo it,” Dirksen said. “For a fresh
man, she has progressed further than
most normally do, but there is a lot she
can do to get better.”
Two years ago, Wiseman ran at the
Junior Nationals at Mt. Sac in Walnut,
Calif. That past experience helped her
reach new heights this year, she said.
At the Mt. Sac Relays this year,
Wiseman clocked a personal best and
NCAA provisional mark of 16 minutes,
31.20 seconds in the 5,000 meters.
her,” Dirksen said. “If she hadn’t had that,
she would not have had the experience.”
Dirksen also had high praise for
Wiseman’s attitude when running.
“She’s a ferocious competitor on the
track,” Dirksen said. “For her age she
probably competes as well as anybody
I’ve coached, and we’ve had some very
good runners here.”
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NU’s Revelle, Viola take
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Nebraska Softball Coach Rhonda
l Revelle was named the Big 12 Coach
I of the Year, and senior Ali Viola was
■ named the Big 12 Player of the Year
Thursday.
In her sixth season with the
w Cornhuskers, Revelle has com
* piled a 197-133 career record. This
season, NU earned its first confer
ence title since 1988 while going
40-10 in the regular season.
Revelle also was named the 1995
Big Eight Conference Coach of the
Year.
Viola led the Huskers this season
with a .400 average along with a con
ference-high 18 homers, which ranks
third nationally.
Viola also earned Big Eight
Player of the Year honors as a fresh
man.
Three other Huskers were named
on the All-Big 12 first team, includ
ing Viola at shortstop, Christie
McCoy at designated player, Jenny
Voss at pitcher and Jennifer Lizama
at second base.
Second-team honors went to NU
catcher Jenny Smith and first base
man Jamie Fuente.
Former NU star Erstad
hits homer to lead Angels
BOSTON (AP) - Former
Comhusker Darin Erstad went yard
as the Anaheim Angels downed the
Boston Red Sox 7-2 Thursday
night.
Erstad dropped a bomb to lead off
the sixth inning - his sixth homer of
the season. With a l-for-3 effort,
Erstad maintained his team-leading
.333 batting average. Erstad, who has
reached base in 25 of Anaheim’s 26
games, also owns a team-high 17
RBIs.
The Angels, 14-11, are cur
rently four games behind Texas in
the American League West
Division.
Ken Hill won his third straight
start, and Cecil Fielder and Dave
Hollins also homered as the Angels
ended their road trip with a 6-1 -
record.
The Red Sox, who won 10 of their
first 11 home games, have lost two of
their last three at Fenway Park.
Hill (5-1) allowed eight hits,
walked two and struck out two in 7
1/3 innings, the fifth time in his six
starts that he’s lasted at least six
innings. In his previous two games,
against Baltimore and Tampa Bay, he
gave up just four runs in 14 1/3
innings.
Robinson Checo (0-1) went 5
1/3 innings in his first start of the
season, leaving during a three-run
sixth in which the Angels went
ahead 5-1.