Miller takes on starting duties
MILLER from page 9
looks forward to the challenge.
Running Backs Coach Dave
Gillespie didn’t want to make any
comparisons between Miller and
past fullbacks.
“Willie is Willie, and this is a
new year,” Gillespie said. “We have
been very pleased with him. He has
demonstrated those things that you
want from a fullback. He knows the
offense well, and his spot is one
where you must have a feel for the
offense.”
Along with added responsibili
ty, Miller has taken a more active
leadership role, Gillespie said.
Kingston said Miller is an easy
guy to get along with.
He lightens things up,
Kingston said.
“Sometimes, we take things too
serious, and he is always cracking
jokes to keep us loose and make
things fun.”
Miller even jokes with Solich
about going back to 1-back.
“He just smirks,” Miller said,
“and says, ‘No, Willie.’”
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Florida ready to avenge
last fall’s loss to Huskers
By John Gaskins
Staff writer
Florida Volleyball Coach Mary
Wise hopes her trip to Lincoln this
weekend for the State Farm Classic will
be a better experience than her last trip.
She will probably get her wish.
After all, it can’t get much worse
than her team’s devastating 15-4,15-8,
15-0 blowout loss to Nebraska in last
year’s US Bank Invitational at the NU
Coliseum.
The match left the Gators physical
ly and mentally drained after three
matches in two days and left Wise angri
ly reeling about Nebraska Coach Terry
Pettit’s scheduling tactics.
Wise implied that Pettit intentional
ly scheduled Florida to play NU in the
last game of the tournament, when the
Gators would be worn down (which she
said they were). She commented after
that match that if she had the chance to
do the same thing when Nebraska came
to Florida, she would do so.
“I called Terry afterward and apolo
gized for those statements,” Wise said.
“I think, if anything, my main regret is
that we didn’t give the Nebraska players
the focus and spotlight they deserved.
They were a great team. We just didn’t
play our best volleyball.”
However, Wise said her team is
eager to come back to the Coliseum for
44
I think, if anything,
my main regret is
that we didn -t give
the Nebraska players
the focus and
spotlight they
deserved. They were
a great team.”
Mary Wise
Florida volleyball coach
Friday and Saturday’s pre-conference
season tournament, which will get
under way with the No. 8 Gators’ match
against No. 1 Penn State Friday at 5 p.m.
No. 3 Nebraska and No. 6 Pacific
will square off in a 7 p.m. match. The
winners will advance to Saturday’s 7
p.m. tournament final, which will fol
low the consolation match at 5 p.m.
Wise said the motivation behind her
players’ excitement for making the trip
go beyond playing against marquee
teams in a marquee arena. She also
admitted she is not quite as thrilled to
come here as her players.
“As a coach, I’d rather do this in a
month, because I’m not sure we’re
ready,” Wise said. “But the players are
all for playing because they get a chance
to get away from practice.
“But it’s a great opportunity for us to
see where we are. We will come out of
this tournament a better team than if we
would’ve just had practice over the
weekend,” she said.
The reason for Wise’s hesitancy to
expect a great turnout from her team is
the loss of four starters from the 1998
team.
“There are definitely some spots to
fill, and we have a lot of inexperience,”
Wise said. “We’re a little green in some
areas.”
But don’t expect a Florida lineup
thin with talent.
The Gators come into the 1999 sea
son fresh off of their third straight
NCAA Final Four appearance, where
they lost to eventual national champion
Long Beach State in the semifinals. In
fact, Florida will aim to go undefeated
in the Southeastern Conference for the
seventh time in eight seasons.
“What Mary does such a good job at
year-in and year-out is highlighting her
talent,” Pettit said. “You always expect
to see good athletes on the other side of
the net when you play Florida.”
A large portion of the talent that
made up the 1998 team, which finished
35-3, returns in All-America candidates
~ Jenny Manz, a right-side hitter, and set
ter Jennifer Sanchez.
Nebraska junior All-America out
side hitter Nancy Meendering knows
plenty about the level of play Manz and
Sanchez will bring to the court. She was
trained with the two in Lake Placid,
N.Y., and competed with them on the
U S. World University Games team in
Spain.
“Manz is very physical and vocal
player and a lot of fun to play with,”
Meendering said. “It won’t be very
much fim playing against her.”
Nebraska may not face the Gators
this weekend, depending on which
teams win the Friday games, but the two
won’t have to wait long if they don’t
clash this weekend.
The two are scheduled to play Sept.
5, at Florida’s SunTrust Invitational in
Gainesville, Fla. - in the final game of
the tournament - just as they did in
Nebraska’s tournament last year.
Any chances that Wise may be
looking for revenge from last year’s
tizzy in Lincoln?
“No, not at all,” Wise said. “We have
nothing but respect for Nebraska. We
always look forward to playing them.
They’re the program we use as a model
of success to go by at Florida.”
