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NU beats K-State, Abilene
By Crystie Nichols
Staff writer
Nebraska’s track and field teams
ran over their competition Saturday
in the Kansas State/Abilene
Christian Triangular.
The men’s team outscored run
' ner-up Abilene Christian by 24
points and had top finishers in six
events.
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.”
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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.