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Hogan wants NCAA title NU player says 4-0 loss to USC in 1995changed direction of program -- By Darren Ivy Staff writer Becky Hogan is not ready for her soccer career at Nebraska to end Hogan has seen the hard times, such as when NU went 10-8 and lost to Creighton. She also has experi enced the good times since that season, in which the Cornhuskers have piled up a 58 8-1 record. Many fond Hogan memories already exist, but she wants to add a few more. She has visions of how she wants it all to end. “I will be walking off the field at Greensboro, N.C. (site of the NCAA Championships), with cheers of cele bration and tears because it’s over,” Hogan said. “There will be a whole conglomerate of emotions. I’ll be proud of what I did and grateful to . those who helped me.” Hogan has been a winner her whole life, and she wants to go out as one. In high school, she was a winner in basketball, soccer and track. Then she came to NU. She main tained her winning attitude, despite a 10-8 season. Fellow senior Sandy Smith recalled Hogan’s first game. “We all lived in the dorms,” Smith said. “She came down and knocked on our door. She had shaved an “N” in the back of her head and painted it red. I realized this girl would do anything for this sport and program.” Hogan led NU in scoring that sea son with 20 points, coming on seven goals and six assists. But the second year program struggled. “It was a total jumble,” Hogan said. “It was Kari (Uppinghouse’s) . -? , II I will be walking off the field at Greensboro, N.C., with cheers of celebration and tears because its over. There will be a whole conglomerate of emotions.” Becky Hogan NU soccer player first year. (The program) wasn’t estab lished” Reflecting back to 1995, Hogan said it seems “so long ago.” But a post game talk by NU Coach John Walker after the second to last game of the season still sticks with her to this day. The Huskers lost to Southern California 4-0, and Walker was not a happy camper. “He said, ‘It was a pivotal time for the program. How well you do now builds the program for the future.’” Hogan said. “I realized how important college soccer was.” Smith also remembered that “low point in Nebraska soccer history.” “Coach Walker laid into every one,” Smith said. “He said we’d set the program back, and basically we’d played with no heart.” Hogan took the speech to heart and worked harder than she ever had. Though she was just a sophomore, she inspired her teammates through her hard work, talks and poems. The Huskers went 21-0 the next regular season and finished it with a 23-1 record after losing to Portland in the NCAA quarterfinals. Hogan earned third-team all-cen tral region honors that year, but she rarely received media attention. That suited the West Jordan, Utah, native just fine. “Somebody’s got to do the dirty work,” Hogan said. ‘Time after time, you make the 40-yard runs to get back just in case die ball gets through- In all those times, it’s been beneficial to be back four times. There’s no glory in it.” Those sprints tire out most players, but not Hogan. The former track standout takes pride in the fact that she is in great shape. “There is no one who is going to outrun me,” Hogan said. In the Big 12 Championship game Nov. 8, Missouri switched off three players on Hogan. “That was the biggest compliment for me,” Hogan said. “It means I have the stamina of three people, roughly speaking.” Against A&M in the Big 12 semi finals, Hogan’s day in the spotlight came. She headed in a comer kick for the game-winning goal at the 125th minute. It was just her second goal of the season. “It’s not every day I score the game-winning goal,” Hogan said. “It was the most important goal of my career.” Hogan has scored 17 goals in her career at NU. She may score more. She may not. But the way Hogan sees it, she has four more games to try. Whether her career ends in the NCAA final in Greensboro on Dec. 6 or sometime before that, one thing is for certain. “I will be very sad,” Hogan said about how she will feel after her last game. “I will probably cry myself to sleep.” NITs Johnson makes return after broken leg in midsummer JOHNSON from page 12 When Johnson’s coach, Associate Head Coach Kelly Nordell, first saw her, Nordell realized Johnson’s potential. “I counted my blessings,” Nordell said. “She has a tremendous amount of talent, the heart of a lion, likes to compete and is hungry. Those quali ties make her a great athlete. She just needs a little fine-tuning.” Her athletic prowess was never more evident than this past summer. 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