Huskers
trounce
Cyclones
By Jake Bleed
Staff writer
As a sudden rain squall pounded
against the bubbles at the Woods
Tennis Complex, the Nebraska
women’s tennis team picked up its
fourth conference victory of the sea
s o n
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Thursday.
The 8-1 victory will help NU’s
regional and Big 12 Conference
rankings although the greatest tests
of the weekend are still in store.
“This is when we had to win,”
Coach Scott Jacobson said. “We had
to win in order to have a chance (at
making the regional tournament).
What’s really going to affect it is this
weekend.”
Iowa State fell to 5-14 overall
and 0-10 in the Big 12.
The No. 66 (16-6 overall, 4-5
Big 12 conference) Huskers domi
nated the match from the start. All
six singles matches were decided in
NU’s favor in straight sets. No. 1 sin
gles Sandra Noetzel’s victory over
Noortje Cronelissen was her 75th
career victory, tying her with Iidiko
Guba for the all-time Husker record.
The new No. 1 doubles team
picked up its second victory 8-2.
Gina Pelazini was added to the No. 1
team in last week’s victory over
Oklahoma. She replaced the injured
Ndali Ijomah, who was moved to
the No. 3 doubles team.
The No. 2 doubles team of
Katarina Balan and Danica Hardy
won their match 8-1.
Amy Frisch and Ndali Ijomah
defaulted their match at No. 3 dou
bles, giving Iowa State its only point
and Ijomah a needed rest.
Ijomah has suffered from ten
dinitis in her left knee for several
weeks. But with only six active play
ers, Jacobson has been forced to
play her.
Ijomah said she suffered from
the same injury last year.
“It just gets worse as the season
goes on,” Ijomah said.
But tendinitis of the knee hasn’t
stopped Ijomah. A tough competi
tor, she has retained her No. 3 sin
gles position all season and, despite
her injury, racked up a 15-7 season
record.
Assistant Coach Lisa Hiscock
Hart said deciding to sideline
Ijomah wasn’t always easy.
“She’s never going to come up to
you and say ‘I don’t want to play,’ ”
Hiscock-Hart said. “Ever.”
NU plays hosts Baylor on
Saturday and Colorado on Sunday.
Ranked 41st and 36th respectively,
Baylor and Colorado are two Big 12
teams NU will need to beat to make
the regional tournament.
Sunday’s match is the last of
NU’s regular reason. The Big 12
Tournament starts May 29.
Noetzel’s attempt to break the
NU all-time-win record will face a
major obstacle Saturday with
Baylor’s ,Katja Kovak, ranked 57th
nationally.
Jacobson said he was very
happy with how the team played
today.
“The girls looked really, really
confident today,” Jacobson said.
Also this weekend, the Nebraska
men’s tennis team will meet Big 12
rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma
State. The Sooners arrive in Lincoln
Friday for a 2 p.m. date with NU.
The match with the Cowboys is
Saturday, also at 2 p.m.
The men and the women will be
competing for court space Saturday.
All matches are scheduled to be
played outside at the Cather-Pound
courts if the weather permits.
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behind us for a little breathing room
going into the last two weeks of the
season.”
The Huskers are led into this
weekend offensively by Ken Harvey,
who has been consistent throughout
the year. He is batting .525 with 13
homers and 45 RBI s. Justin Cowan
is also coming off a big game
Tuesday, in which he was 2 for 2 with
two home runs and seven RBI’s.
The NU pitching corps is led by
Shane Komine with a 6-1 record and
3.46 ERA. Scott Fries is 5-3 with a
4.89 ERA and Jay Sirianni is 4-2 with
a 7.53 ERA. They all hope to contain
the Cyclones, who have been scoring
runs in bunches lately.
The Cyclones, led by Aaron
Runk, with a .424 average, have four
others with batting averages above
.300.
The pitching staff is led by Josh
Twedt and Charly Bigwood with 3-1
records. They are the only two pitch
ers with winning records on the staff.
Brian Curtin is the team workhorse
with a 2-4 record and 53.1 innings
pitched this season.
NU’s steady play lately can most
ly be attributed to a “great team
effort,” Van Horn said. “As long as
we keep playing the way we have
been, being aggressive, I will be sat
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Softball gears
for big games
By Brandon Schulte
Staff writer
With a No. 4 regional ranking and
standing at fourth place in Big 12
Conference, NU’s softball team faces
a watershed weekend of doublehead
ers.
The fact Nebraska plays intra
region and conference foes Baylor
(24-16 overall and 3-3 in the Big 12)
and Texas Tech (28-23, 3-3) makes
this weekend’s contests that much
more important.
This will also be the Huskers’ last
homestand of the season barring the
reschedule of Thursday’s rain-out
games with Drake.
After a disappointing weekend,
Coach Rhonda Revelle said the team
had a talk.
“We talked about the changes we
have to make mentally and emotional
ly,” Revelle said. “We can’t get caught
up and start pressing though. We must
focus on what we can control.”
Their first line of business will be
to get the bats fired up. After four
weeks of conference play, the team is
hitting a dismal .194 (36-186), which
has been good enough for four splits.
The Red Raiders come to town
Saturday tied for fifth in conference.
They have won three of four.
Paula Workman and Kim
tt
We can’t get caught
up and start
pressing, though. We
must focus on what
we can control
Rhonda Revelle
NU softball coach
Martinez lead the offensive attack.
During this season, they’re hitting
.311 and .303, respectively, and have
combined for 14 homers. Pitcher
Amanda Renfro brings a 1.68 earned
run average and an 18-12 record to the
mound.
The Bears started strong in confer
ence play but that momentum has
abated recently, as they have lost their
last three conference contests. They
are tied with Tech at fifth place in the
Big 12 Conference
Mary Hess, with a .406 average,
leads a veteran ballclub on offense,
while Stacey Allison is the No. 1
pitcher with 11 wins and a 2.27 ERA.
Nebraska has won the last 10 meetings
between the schools.
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