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Senior Joe Erdkamp was victori ous in the 3 5-pound weight throw after hitting 66 feet 9% inches on his first throw. This throw surpassed the NCAA provisional qualifying mark by over 3 feet and beats jiis personal best, which breaks his own record of sec ond-best throw in Nebraska history. * “I wanted to put more on it in the later ones,” Erdkamp said, “then turn it up. But it’s all right. This was a good throw to start with, and a good ing out Kansas State with 96 points, throw for competition.” “The women had hoped to come Senior sprinter Vincent Brown back and beat K-State,” Pepin said, claimed top honors once again this “What I hadn’t realized was K-State week in the 60-meter dash, with a has the top dual meet team in the time ot 6.69 sec onds to provision ally qualify for the second time this season. “I run my race,” said Brown. “I don’t worry about other peo ple - period ” Senior All American Shane Lavy took first in u I run my race. I don’t worry about other people - period.” Vincent Brown NU senior sprinter country. Junior Carrie Braness took first place honor in the women’s high jump at a height of 5 feet 10.5 inches. This jump was a personal, best and surpassed the NCAA provision al qualifying mark. me nign jump clearing a height of 7 feet 3lA inches, just under the NG AA automatic qualifying mark. The women also came out on top with a final score of 115 points, beat She had a real good week of practice,” Pepin said. “She had a real sub par performance last week. It’s nice to see smiling rather than crying.” . ■ --——-——I NU women right ship by blasting OU By Jay Saunders Staff writer For weeks, Nebraska Women’s Basketball Coach Paul Sanderford has refused to admit to the media that any particular game was a “big” one. But when the Comhuskers lost for the fourth time in five games Thursday at Iowa State, the second year coach changed his tune after a 85-62 win over Oklahoma. “I was a little scared coming into this one,” Sanderford said. “This was a big game for us. We needed this one for our confidence.” A Bob Devaney Sports Center crowd of 4,579^ saw junior Brooke Schwartz score a team-high 20 points. Backcourt teammate Nicole Kubik added 10 assists in die 23-point win. Nebraska’s full-court press both ered OU freshman point guard Stacey Nebraska 85 Oklahoma 62 Dales^!h<nurae^E^a!^ve^? times. The freshman couldn’t keep up with NU’s point guards. Dales also did not have die help of shooting guard LaNeisha Canfield, who had four fouls in the first half. The Husker defense controlled the first half, allowing only 28 points. The Sooners went without a field goal dur ing a stretch of 8 minutes and 30 sec onds. i Oklahoma turned the ball over 27 times. “We’re back to die old defense we used to play,” Schwartz said “The pres sure just eats up their offense.” Not only did NU (15-6 overall and 4-4 in the Big 12 Conference) hold the top scoring team in the conference 15 points below its average, but the Huskers also outrebounded the Sooners. Schwartz and senior Lisa Reitsma led the Huskers with eight rebounds each, helping the Huskers win the rebound war 51-47. “I challenged the kids to take care of the basketball ” Sanderford said. “It looked like the old Nebraska rebound ing team today.” The “old” Nebraska team continued its dominance at home and against Oklahoma (8-10 and 2-6). In the last five games against OU, the Huskers have won by an average of 24 points. The win puts NU back at the .500 mark in the Big 12, which Kubik said the team knew would happen. “We wanted (the win) super bad,” Kubik said. “We knew we were going to win, there wasn’t any doubt.” Husker swimmers strong in victories By Brandon Schulte Staff writer Seniors on the Nebraska swimming and diving teams closed out their home careers at the Devaney Center in sty le by defeating Kansas and Missouri over the weekend. The No. 15 Nebraska men knocked of No. 23 Kansas men 144.5-98.5 while the eighth-ranked NU women defeated their counterparts from KU 152-89. Anthony Rogis and Adam Pine were both double win ners for the huskers. Rogis took the 100- and 200-yard freestyle, while Pine hit the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. The Johnson girls were at it again against Jayhawks. Unrelated, each won a pair of events, with Shandra taking the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke, and Emma winning the 200-yard Individual Medley and the 500-yard freestyle. Divers Danny Bergman and Eric Cook wait one-two in the 1- and 3-meter springboard competitions against KU. Cook won the 1-meter while Bergman took the 3 meter. Molly McDonald took the 1-meter springboard com petition for the NU women, but die team suffered a blow as sophomore Amanda Zins was held out with a stress fracture. Against Missouri, the women won 14 of 16 events to win by the score of 189-106. Jump-started by four seniors, the NU men beat MU 171-120. Seniors David Foster, Eric Rasser, Josh Mathias and Bergman all picked up two victories apiece for the Huskers. Foster was victorious in the 100-yard backstroke and the 100-yard butterfly. Rasser bested the field in the 1,000 yard freestyle and die 200-yard backstroke. Mathias took the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events and Bergman won both the 1- and 3-meter springboard competition. Therese Alshammar and Terrie Miller both posted two victories apiece: Alshammar in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle and Miller in the 100- and200-yard breaststroke. Coach Cal Bentz was happy with this weekend’s per formance. “We have to be pleased,” Bentz said “Seeing where we are at this point, all of my assistants have to be pleased also.” Snyder keys upset of ISU SNYDER from page 7 remaining two periods with Snyder coming out on top 3-2, and Nebraska avenging a 22-13 loss to ISU last season. “I knew everyone was depending on me,” Snyder said. “I knew I had to come through.” With the redshirt freshmen coming through for the Comhuskers, NU was able to come back from a 15-0 deficit after the 197-pound match. For Nebraska, the 1-point win over ISU signified much more than just victory. “This was a huge win for our team,” Henson said. “We’ve been stuck at one level, and haven’t t>een able to get out of it This win puts us up another level.” Nebraska battles for win in gymnastics By John Gaskins Staff writer , The No. 17 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team got off its two-meet losing slide Friday night, defeating Missouri, 194.55-192.575, at the Heames Center in Columbia, Mo. The Huskers improved to 4-2 on the season, and 2-0 in Big 12 Conference duals, after a disappointing showing at Washington last week. NU used its third-highest floor exercise score in school history (49.325) to overcome a half-point deficit after two rotations. “I was pleased with our attitude and the way we compet ed tonight,” Nebraska Coach Dan Kendig said. “Last week, we had some adversity and struggled, but tonight, we stepped up and turned it around.” ' Junior All-Americans Heather Brink and Misty Oxford . tied for the floor exercise individual title at 9.90. Freshman Bree Doritv Finished third with a 9.875, her career high in the -i event. Nebraska individuals won two of the other three events. Senior Courtney Brown took the balance beam with a 9.875, while Brink finished first on the vault with a 9.80, her third consecutive title in the event Brink was unable to capture another all-around tide, as Missouri’s Amanda Peterson won with a Mizzou school record of 39.10. Brink finished third at 38.75. After opening the season with three straight road meets, Nebraska will begin its home schedule Friday against Oklahoma at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
