Experience aids Huskers
in search of NCAA berth
By John Gaskins
Staffwriter
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It would be easy to understand if
the Nebraska women’s gymnastics
team performed with chips on then
shoulders this season.
After all, they finished fifth at
the Midwest Regional last year and
did not qualify for the NCAA
Championships as a team after win
ning the Big 12 Championship.
But you would not have guessed
it judging by their happy-go-lucky
demeanor in practice Thursday as
they geared up for their first meet of
the year, against Iowa State,
Michigan State and Winona State at
Ames, Iowa, on Saturday.
“As you can see, things are pret
ty loose around here,” Head Coach
Dan Kendig said. “They’re all pret
ty excited about starting the sea
son.”
Still, Kendig said the Huskers
have plenty of work to do. And the
team is set on avenging the disap
pointment of last year’s finish.
Two factors will help their cause
this season. One is experience. All
of last year’s letterwinners, includ
ing All-Americans Heather Brink, a
junior, and senior Misty Oxford,
return to the lineup. NU lost no one
to graduation.
The other factor is this year’s
Midwest Regional site - NU’s own
home floor, the Bob Devaney
Sports Center in Lincoln.
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Huskers dive into
hectic schedule
By Brands Schulte
Staff writer
, _The Nebraska men’s and women’s
swimming and diving teams kick off
the second semester schedule with a
lull slate of dual meets.
This weekend, the No. 14 Husker
men hit the road to compete against
No. 22 Iowa State and No. 11
Minnesota in two separate meets.
The No. 8 women will also com
pete on the road against Iowa State,
No. 13 Minnesota and Penn St
Coach Cal Bentz describes the
team right now as trying to get back
into die swing of things.
But don’t expect the squad to be
rusty. Over the Christmas break, the
team headed south to Florida for a 12
day training camp. While in Florida,
the team competed in the Florida
Atlantic Quadrangular.
The Husker women ran their mark
to 4-1 for the season, defeating Florida
Atlantic, 88-20, Georgia Southern, 88
19, and Purdue, 68-40; seventh-ranked
Auburn gave the NU women their first
loss of die season.
The Husker men also grabbed
three wins at the meet for an overall
record of 5-1. After narrowly losing to
No. 3 Auburn, the men beat Florida
Atlantic, 75-24, Georgia Southern, 85
14, and No. 19 Harvard, 53-46.
“We’re feeling our way through,
coming into the championship portion
of our schedule,” Bentz said. “But as
the competition gets better, we are
going to look sharper and the times are
going to be faster.”
NU heads
to Iowa
for Duals
DUALS from page 7_
duals.
When Lincoln was home to the
National Duals from 1993 to 1997, it
was important for Neumann to have
NU participate because he “didn’t
want to host a tournament and not be
in it”
In Iowa City, Neumann said he
will put less emphasis on the tourna
ment. However, the Huskers will be
looking to avenge a 31-6 loss to
Oklahoma State Jan. 3. The 16 teams
will draw first-round competitors
today art p.m. Neumann said it is
likely NU will face the No. 1-seeded
Cowboys in the second round, if both
NU and OSU win their first-round
dual meets.
The NU grapplers reacted with a
positive response after Neumann told
them they could face the Cowboys in a
second dual this season. With six
Huskers ahead going into the third
period of the Jan. 3 matches, the team
is confident this showing will be bet
ter.
“They’re all sure they could’ve
done better against their OSU oppo
nent,” Neumann said. “We’ve fixed
some of the things that went wrong.”
With National Duals considered
one of the three biggest wrestling
events of the year, wrestlers are put to
the test pi two ways, Neumann said.
One is how the teams react to the
National Duals atmosphere; the other
is how teams handle the mental tough
ness that goes along with the meet.
NU’s 184-pounder, Brad Vering,
described theXarver-Hawkeye Arena
in this way: “It’s a hostile environ
ment. Everyone is excited and ready
to go. It’s so loud. Sometimes, we
can’t even hear Coach.”
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