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Student TNVOLVEMENT ^-I Mount Marty College Yankton, South Dakota Director of Institutional Research Mount Marty College, founded in 1936, is a Catholic, Benedictine, coeducational col lege. The 80-acre campus complex, in historic Yankton, SD (population 13,000), overlooks the Missouri River. The campus is minutes from Lewis and Qark Lake, South Dakota's most popular water-based recreation area, attracting over one mil lion visitors annually. Responsibilities: Establish a new Office of Institutional Research. Research and analyze data regarding internal and external environmental scanning, assessment of student learning, ani overall institutional effectiveness. Key areas of focus will include employment trends, economic, technological, and sociological indicators, marketing and enrollment development, opportunities for potential internal and Qualifications: Graduate degree. At least three years of successful experience in research techniques, statistical analysis, planning, and data processing. Experience in writing and presenting results of research expected. Must be able to work effec tively with diverse population groups. Please send cover letter and resume to: * Office of the President Mount Marty College 1105 W. Eighth Yankton, SD 57078-3724 Applicants must address specifically the above responsibilities and qualifications. Mount Marty College is an Equal Opportunity Employer \ ' .* Freshman’s role changes Suhr looks to find voice at first tourney of season By Darren Ivy Senior staff writer As a softball player at Papillion LaVista High School, Nebraska fresh man Leigh Suhr said she was a little crazy. Suhr chattered at batters, was vocal with teammates and wore her emotions on her sleeve. To her Nebraska teammates, these descriptions may seem uncharacteristic. Since enrolling at NU in the fall, Suhr has been reserved. But when the No. 8 Comhuskers open their 1999 season today at the Fiesta Bowl tournament in Tempe, Ariz., against unranked Maryland, look for Suhr to pop out of her shell and return to her high-school form. “It’s hard for me to go out and be how I was in high school just because I don’t want to draw more attention to myself than usual,” said Suhr, who will bat leadoff. “I think once I get in a game and get playing, that (personality) will come out in me. “I think I will be more vocal and more emotional than I have been in the fall and in practice.” Suhr will start at shortstop, a posi tion All-American Ali Viola played last year. Coach Rhonda Revelle said Suhr is a good athlete and is ready to assume the starting job. “She’s very competitive and expects a lot of herself,” Revelle said- “She’s very much a spark plug. She’s willing to put it on die line: dive, steal home or do whatever it takes.” NU will need Suhr’s intangibles this weekend as it plays UNLV, No. 21 Florida State, No. 18 Arizona State and Utah State. “I like our schedule,” Revelle said. “We play two ranked teams, and the three who aren’t (ranked) are reputable teams. There is not a gimme game in the bunch.” All-American pitcher Jenny Voss will throw the first game, freshman Leigh Ann Walker the second and Lori Tschannen the third one.Heather Martin.and Ellen Middleton will split time at die catcher’s spot Revelle said another player to watch is first baseman Jamie Fuente. “Fuente had a real strong fall,” Revelle said. “She’s made great strides in consistency offensively.” Establishing new offensive weapons and a starting lineup will be the goals for the tournament “We’re going out and trying to establish ourselves as* consistent ball players,” Revelle said. “If you do that, the other things will take care of them selves.” -- She s very competitive and expects a lot of herself She s very much a spark plug” Rhonda Revelle women’s softball coach Netters look to rebuild character after Iowa loss By Jake Bleed Staff writer The Nebraska women’s tennis team will face a serious test in their home opener Friday, meeting a new and apparently improved Drake team on the heels of Saturday’s disappoint ing 9-0 loss to Iowa. “This will be character-building experience, a true test of character,” Coach Scott Jacobson said. “We’ll find out how ready they are to bounce back.” The team started the season with a 9-0 victory over Southwest Missouri State. “Those two programs (Iowa and Southwest Missouri) are at very differ ent levels,” Jacobson said. “And we’re somewhere in between.” Jacobson, in his eighth year with NU, said a large number of good play ers were lost to graduation. “Last year we lost probably the best graduating class I’ve ever had So, it’s tough to replace,” Jacobson said Another player, Kelli Clark, trans ferred to Wichita State. Jacobson said he has set some high expectations for his squad this year. He said he wanted to finish the season among the top fifty teams in the nation. NU placed 60“ last year. Drake faces the task of meeting the 66th-ranked Huskers on Friday at 5 p.m. and another match up with Wyoming on Saturday afternoon. NU will meet the Cowgirls for a Valentine’s Day match Sunday at 9 a.m. Wyoming (1-3) will arrive on a two-match losing streak, having dropped matches to New Mexico and Texas-El Paso last weekend NIAC to prepare Huskers From staff reports The Nebraska track and field teams will get a valuable chance to rest their key athletes this weekend, while other athletes will get an opportunity to make the team for the Big 12 Championships. NU co-hosts the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference Championships at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Saturday. The meet starts at 10 a.m. and continues through the rest of the day. The Huskers, who moved up to fourth in the men’s dual rankings and second in the women’s dual rankings, will get a chance to pre pare for the Big 12 meet that will take place Feb. 19-20 in Manhattan, Kan. Head Coach Gary Pepin sees the meet serving two purposes. “It appears that the majority of our key people are healthy,” Pepin said. “We’ll use this weekend as a tune-up, but we are still going to have to make some improvements to be ready for the Big 12 meet.” NU hopes to end road woes ROAD from page 7 Sanderford said. “We have to forget about history, because we can’t change it.” NU’s 0-5 conference record had been balanced by a perfect record at home. That securitHjlanket unrav ^Ibd Wednesday wflfflBajdor beat the Huskers 59-53. Two separate BU runs sank the Huskers into holes they could not dig themselves out of. Sanderford said he hopes the Baylor game taught the team a les son they can carry into Lawrence. “It doesn’t matter if you are home or away,” Sanderford said. “If you aren’t mentally and physically ready, you won’t be successfiil.” Success is not something that has come easy for NU on the road since beginning the conference season. But Sanderford said he doesn’t think it’s a road thing - it’s a lack of consistency. Twice this season, Nebraska has followed 20-point wins at home with losses on the road. “You have Sandferford said. TT^iTlKtratm^TO me. I can’t tell when we are going to be consistent.” Consistency could start with a win at Kansas, but the Jay hawks cur rently have a six-game winning streak. Now that the Huskers’ 27-game home-court winning streak is over, KU holds the active Big 12 record. “Is it harder to win on the road? Yes.” Sanderford said. “But can it be done? Yes. I think Baylor proved that last night.” Huskers face grudge match with Baylor By Jake Bleed Staff writer The men’s tennis team welcomes the Baylor Bears to the Woods Tennis Center in the first home match of the season Saturday. And despite the match’s close proximity to Valentine’s Day, no love is expected to be lost in the matchup. Last year’s Baylor-NU match ended in a decisive Husker defeat. “Their guys were kind of shoot ing their mouths off at the end of the match,” Coach Kerry McDermott said. McDermott said he told the Baylor team to wait until this season to renew the rivalrv. NU (1-2) goes into Saturday’s match after rolling past Lamar 7-0. McDermott said he was happy with the team’s attitude and was hoping the team would rally behind his chal lenge. And a challenge it is. Baylor (2-1) is currently ranked 19th nationally, and will arrive in Lincoln T>n the heels of back-to-back victories against top-ten opponents. Eighth ranked Pepperdine and ninth-ranked SMU fell to Baylor in close matches earlier this month. “We’re really stressing this week for our guys to play with their hearts,” McDermott said. Sophomore No. 2 singles player Lance Mills, who sat out the season opener at Texas A&M after food poi soning from local cuisine handed him his first defeat of the season, said he thought the team was capable of winning big games this season. “We’ve got incredible potential if we can just put it together,” Mills said. Mills is a transfer from Virginia Tech and said he was much happier playing for Nebraska. “It makes a big difference when you’re playing in a place you like,” ! Mills said. v - ^ . SeniorNo. 1 singles player Dinko Verzi said defeatist thinking before big matches would hurt the team. “If you think like that right away we don’t evert need to play,” Verzi said. “If everyone plays well, we’ve got a pretty good chance.” Another factor in NU’s favor is the indoor facilities. Baylor practices outdoors and may not be comfortable under the plastic bubbles at Woods. “Our guys feel comfortable play ing indoors,” McDermott said.