NU out-hits Oregon,
Ohio, racks up wins
By Andrew Strnad
Staff writer
Another weekend tournament, another clean
sweep.
The Nebraska volleyball team made quick
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Friday and Ohio State on
Saturday to win the Ohio
State Tournament at St John
Arena in Cohimbus, Ohio.
It was the second tourna
ment win in as many wedcs
as the fourth-ranked
Comhuskers moved to 6-0
cm the year
On Friday the Huskers
dropped the Beavers 15-3,
15-9,15-10 as NU hit a red
hot 382.
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“We realty caught them off-guard in die first
game.” NU Head Coach Terry Pettit said. “I
thoughts were much more organized. Overall, I
thought we were alert and quick to the ball.”
Senior middle Mocker Megan Korver led the
team with 12 kills in die match, and sophomore
outside hitter Angie Oxley added 10 kills.
Saturday night was a night to share the wealth
for the Buskers as they swept the Buckeyes, 15-8,
15-3,15-10.
The team hit over .300 for the filth time in six
matches as four players had at least six kills.
Junior middle Mocker Tonia Tauke amassed 8
kills while hitting a stratospheric .636 against the
14* ranked Buckeyes.
It was the third time this season, the Huskers
defeated a ranked team. (Stanford and San Diego
are the other two.)
According to Tauke, Saturday’s win came
much easier than some would expect
“Beating somebody in three (games), you can
tell who die better team is, five games is pretty
even.” Tauke said. “Wfe were waiting for their strong
attack, but we really didn’t have a problem with it”
Senior setter Fiona Nepo also expected a big
ger test from the Big Ten Buckeyes, but wasn’t sur
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prised the Huskers were able to sweep OSU.
“They looked pretty good on film against
Florida,” Nepo said. “But we’re playing tough com
petition, and we know we are going to be good.”
Nepo andTaube credited toe wealth of offensive
weapons as reason for the Huskers’ strong start
With junior Mandy Monson nursing a sore
knee and senior Jaime Krondak slowly recovering
from a foot sixain, the Huskers have found new
ways to make big plays offensively.
“When teams focus on one person that just
leaves somebody else open.” Tauke said.
“Ith realty easy for me when we have four or five
attackers,” Nepo said. “All I do is put up the balL”
NU will need another strong performance
from its corps this weekend for die US Bank
Tournament.
At this yearls tournament the Huskers will play
host to 11“ ranked Florida, 17th ranked Loyola
Marymount and Wyoming.
The tournament begins Friday night at the NU
Coliseum at 5 p.m. beginning with a match
between Wyoming and Florida, to be followed by
Nebraska and LMU.
From staff reports
In its first tournament of the fall season, the
Nebraska men’is golf team placed third Sunday
in the Falcon-Cross Creek Invitational at the
United States Air Force Academy, Colo. The
Comhuskers finished with a five-under-par
859(291-285-283).
NU senior Steve Friesen captured the tour
nament title in the field of 120 golfers. Friesen
fired a seven-under-par 209 (71-67-71) to beat
California’s Han Lee by two strokes. The win
gives Friesen his third tournament victory ofhis
collegiate career.
Josh Madden finished next for the Huskers
in a tie for fifth with a two-under-par 214 (73
74-67). Madden shot a 67 Sunday, just one off
his career-best score.
NU’s next tournament is the Kansas
Invitational Sept 21-22 in Lawrence.
NU achieves wins over Stanford,
Clemson despite several injuries
SOCCER from page 10
back and played all 90 minutes. She stopped
all four Stanford shots on goal, which gave
NU its first shutout of the season.
LeBlane’s return moved Anderson back to
her midfield position, but she continued to
grab the attention. Anderson assisted the
Huskers’ final two goals.
The first goal came from Engesser on a
penalty kick in the 27th minute. The Huskers
scored two second-half goals, closing the door
on a Cardinal comeback.
Stanford Coach Steve Swanson said the
penalty kick swayed the momentum in
Nebraska’s favor.
“Giving up the penalty was unfortunate,”
Swanson said. “That one gave them some con
fidence. I think things would have been a little
different if we would have gone in 0-0 at half
time.”
Both wins were considered upsets accord
ing to the NSCAA/Umbro Top 25, but Walker
said he doesn’t think much of the polls; only of
how the Huskers perform on the field.
“I don’t pay any attention to the polls,”
Walker said. “That means absolutely nothing
to me.”
Gay, who scored Nebraska’s second goal
against Stanford, said the team tries not to
look too much at the rankings. But the upsets
were a nice way to redeem last weekend’s loss.
“It is good to bounce back after losing last
Friday,” Gay said. “It feels good to come into
our own tournament and beat two top 25
teams.”
Full squad revives the Huskers
SQUAD from page 10
season.
Husker Coach John Walker said having the
players back on the field increased the level of
play throughout the entire team.
“The team is experienced, and was more
confident coming in the week,” Walker said.
“We were winning tackles, finishing better, and
the intensity level was raised.”
With the Canadian National team players
now back with the Huskers, and Eddleman
back from injury, Nebraska wanted to show the
nation that the Huskers are not to be regarded
lightly.
“We were not here for the loss, but the loss
was real disappointing for the entire team,”
Walsh said. “Clemson was a must-win for us,
and now we can go from here and more on with
the season.” __
Blackshirts shine in California-Nebraska match-up
DEFENSE from page 9
quarter. A Vedder pass to Dameane
Dowlas from the Bears’ 23-yard line
fell incomplete on Cal’s first play of
die series.
Vedder connected with White for
9 yards to set up third-and-one. But
Cal failed to convert when Kelsay
blasted through the line of scrim
mage and stopped Mike Fields from
rushing up the middle.
Nebraska did not allow California
to reach NU territory the rest of the
game.
“We faced plays like that all day
today,” Kelsay said of the third-down
stop. “Those are the kinds of plays
that we haven’t been stopping so far
this year, but things are starting to fall
into place for us now.
“I think stopping them and hold
ing them to points - especially after
some of the things we haven’t done
this season - is a big confidence
booster for us.”
NU Coach Frank Sotich praised
Nebraska’s defense, which held the
Bears to 236 yards.
“I thought there were a lot of
opportunities for both teams to make
something happen that could change
the outcome of the game,” Solich
said. "Both defensive units played
outstanding, and I think our defense
was the difference in the game.”
Vedder’s second-longest pass of
the day helped produce Cal’s only
score. Vedder - who completed 14 of
32 attempts for 224 yards and two
scores - hit Douglas with a 40-yard
strike for a first down at the Nebraska
25. But the Bears could not take
advantage, settling for a 38-yard field
goal with 6:42 remaining in the third
quarter.
The following series, third-string
quarterback Monte Christo entered
the game when a strained hamstring
began to limit No. 2 quarterback Eric
Crouch, who started in place of the
injured Bobby Newcombe.
Christo, a fifth-year senior who
has enjoyed little playing time
throughout his career, completed 9 of
12 passes for 106 yards and a touch
down.
The Kearney native closed the
door on Cal with 3:54 remaining in
the game when he hit Shevin Wiggins
with a 5-yard touchdown pass that
capped a 70-yard scoring drive and
gave NU a commanding 21-3 lead.
“Eric played as hard as he could
for as long as he could,” Christo said.
“I was ready. After all the things I
have been through (with injuries), it
was nice.”
NU center Josh Heskew praised
Christo and the Huskers’ injury-rid
dled offense.
“We had a gut-check today com
ing into the fourth quarter at 14-3,”
Heskew said. “And I think we
responded by coming down the field
and putting it in our end zone.”
The Huskers scored for the final
time on a 41-yard field goal by Kris
Brown.
“We came out hard and initially
put some points on the board,” Solich
said. “I thought it might get to the
point where we would move the ball
well enough to have a chance to take
over the game. But Cal came back
and played hard.”
Nebraska struck on its first series
of the game.Correll Buckhalter
rushed for 4 yards on a draw play
before Crouch ran up the left side of
die field for 9 yards and a first down.
After runs of 18 and 6 yards by
Joel Makovicka, Buckhalter took a
pitch from Crouch 29 yards, setting
up a 1-yard touchdown run by
Crouch that capped a 67-yard scoring
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To me and the
players, 3-0 sounds
really good right
now.”
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NU head coach
drive. Crouch scored again with 9:55
remaining in the second half on a 3
yard run.
“To me and the players, 3-0
sounds really good right now,” Solich
said. “We’re banged up, there’s no
doubt about it. But the players
responded well and this will provide
us with depth and make us stronger in
the weeks to come.”
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