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I —III i li Shannon Hefielfinger KSU knows how to win; its fans don't Eric Crouch walked toward the Nebraska football team’s locker room Saturday, tears in his eyes, mentally and physically drained because he had left everything he came to Manhattan with on the field. One might have expected the classy fans that Kansas State claims^ to have to salute Crouch. Instead, a group of six fans stood above him and yelled, “You suck, loser!” * What a perfect way to top off a day of obnoxious displays by the KSU fans and support staff. The Kansas State fans were brim ming with excitement when the gates to Wagner Field opened Saturday, and understandably so. A defeat of Nebraska would catapult the entire program and everything associated wiJk&iStodbe ^ioaakipotlight. For g — mg more than their program to be labeled a winner. rrom me moment tnose gates opened, it was anything but. Purple-clad fans poured into the stands two hours before game time, so Kansas State decided to entertain them. Five drunk guys in red jerseys performed a skit with KSU’s Wildcat mascot^; imitating, the Husker offense, they fell over trying to snap foe bali aud were eventually all tack led by foe Wildcat. The crowd roared. I have never seen Nebraska or any other program belittle an opponent before foe game. Respected pro grams are class acts. Good teams don’t need to convince themselves and their fans of their opponents’ ineptitude. The crowd then turned its atten tion to KSU’s fraudulent Husker Vision-like screen, where the tacky pre-game ceremonies continued. A train with a Wildcat head as an engine raced through the Arizona desert and ran over a dumb-looking Herbie Husker holding a sign that advertised Fiesta Bowl tickets for sale. The crowd went nuts as a dis play on the screen read: “Today! One dynasty falls... and another begins!” mere are several problems with this statement. A dynasty lasts more than one year. The Wildcats list 25 seniors on their roster and lose every one who matters (Michael Bishop) after ttkia seasom JfCSy better have four Division II directional schools But don’t get me wrong. I am not a fan girl. 1*1$ not writing with a sour grapes attitude. I hope the Wildcats win the national title. I hope they have fun with their one-year “dynasty.” It’s not gomg to last long if the bigppt victory in the history of their program torus ouf to be a win over an 8-3 NU team. The Wildcats won Saturday. But > they and their fans have yet to learn how real winners act. Shannon Heffelfinger is a junior news-editorial major and a Daily Nebraskan senior staff writer. TEXAS A&M GOALIE MELANIE WILSON lies on the ground after giving up the Huskers’ seventh and final goal Sunday at the Abbott Sports Complex. The Aggies have not allowed so many goals since the inception of the program. The Huskers will go on to face Notre Dame in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday in South Bend, Ind. Aggies to gain rematch with Notre Dame By Darren Ivy Staff writer The first 15 minutes of Sunday’s NCAA Tournament soccer game between Nebraska and Texas A&M resembled last week’s Big 12 semifinal game won 3-2 by NU in triple Nebraska 7 overtime. - Afili n The ^5 minutes 16X2$ A&M U were nothing like it, though as the No. 13 Cornhuskers defeated the unranked Aggies 7-0 in front of974 fans at die Abbott Sports Complex, earning NU a rematch with Notre Dame. “The difference was we kept it going,” Nebraska Coach John Walker said. “We weren’t satisfied.” With a 15 to 20 mph south wind behind its back, Nebraska (17-3-1) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 15 minutes of the game, much like it had last week. Lauren Tatum and Meghan Anderson got the goals in the net laiuin s goal came one minuie ana live seconds into the game ojff assists from Lindsay FiVUpman Sharolta Nonen. Anderson got her fifth goal of the ^ 0P a free kick from 25 . BigitwasEddleman’sgoal two minutes and 17 seconds later that sealed it, Walker said. “Once you’re up 2-0, the next one is crucial,” Walker said. “If they score, then it’s a one goal game. That (third goal) clinched it ft psychologically is hand to come bock from three goals down.” Bddtonayi tacked on another goal at the 14:55 mark. On that goat, junior IsabeHe Moraeau gave Eddleman a pass that was hallway between her and Wrisoa Both girls went for toe ball and collided • “She went to dear the ball, and instead she cleaned my slnn,” Eddleman said After toe collision, both players lay on toe field for a few minutes. « “I was wondering if toe ball went in toe net” said Eddleman, who injured her ankle after a similar colli sion with Wilson her freshman year. be a one-goal game. “Soccer is a fimny game. I don't tunic we pfapad any different that against Baylor. We dominated in the air. We lost that l-O. Today we finished all our chances.” After last week’s game, which A&M dommated, the Huskers woe motivated to not let that happen again “We wanted to prove we woe better than them again,” Eddleman said. “I was thinking about my freshman year. It was fee exact samf UiMQ fet hapy.mil,” sfaeaaid. 4 Eddteraa®«at out thereat of the half. Butfeefirst hatfonsbughi continued as Morneau scored at33:15. By halftime, the game was 5-0. _ Big 12playeroftheyearKimEngesseraod junior midfielder Amy Walsh capped off the scoring in fee second half. “I never in a million years would have thought that (we’d win 7-OX” Walker said. “I thought it would Texas A&M coach, players react to NlTs dominance in 7-goal rout ByLisaVonnahme Staff writer Like snow blanketing die earth on a winter’s day, the Nebraska soccer team froze Texas A&M in a 7-0 shutout Sunday. “When you’re facing an avalanche you can either duck and take it, or you can try to do some thing to salvage yourself,” Texas A&M Coach G. Guerrieri said. “Our team showed great determina tion and great pride in each other when they went out and did that” Despite the shutout, which brought an end to Texas A&M’s season, quitting was never part of the Aggies’ mentality during the second-round game of the NCAA Tournament, Guerrieri said. The 5-0 lead that the Comhuskers (17-3-1) managed to rack up by halftime came as a surprise to the Aggies (14-7-1), who lost to the Huskers 3-2 in triple overtime only 11 days ago in die Big 12 Championships. “Nebraska was probably the greatest team on the face of the Earth today,” Guerrieri said. “They finished off any half chances they had. They turned those into goals.” Seven goals were not what Guerrieri and his team, which declined to comment after the game, were expecting from NU on Sunday afternoon at the Abbott Sports Complex. Guerrieri said he anticipated a closer game - one that was like the $igl2 Championship semifinal. * “I don’t know who that was today,” Guerrieri sad, “Nebraska was a whole new team. A few days { ago it was 18$degrees..the other way, where we were the dominant team.” With the Huskers supporting a five-goal half time cushion, Guerrieri told his team they had one r thing to do in the second half-score at least six goals. 44 Our balls would go right to the goalkeeper. Their balls would find the side netting. Its just one of those days.” G. Guerrieri Texas A&M coach « But the Aggies’ attempts to get its offensive attack going during die second half failed to get past NU goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc, who record ed seven saves for the day. “Our bails would go right to the goalkeeper,” Guerrieri said. “Their balls would find the side net ting. It’s just one of those days.” The early lead by NU was what hurt the Aggies, Guerrieri said. The Huskers led 2-0 at the 14:29 mark of the first half. “Nebraska does a very good job of coming out and trying to end the game in the first 15 minutes,” he said. “They did that today. Heck, it was 1-0 65 seconds into the game.” Even though NU dominated, the Aggies were aggressive for the entire 90-minute game, Guerrieri said. “Nebraska should be commanded,” Guerrieri said. “(I&J Coach) Walker does a great job with them as far as creating a hard-nosed, aggressive, bhie^dbr team. On other days we’ve been able to go nose-to-noae with them. “Today, a kx was going against us. But the girls kept with it, and I was proud of that”
