NU braces
for tough
bracket
TOURNEY from page 10
Arizona outside hitter Marisa
DaLee thinks the 21-10 Wildcats will
have a little more roar this week after
their dominating win over the Homs.
“The fact that we won in three real
ly gives us confidence going into the
Sweet 16,” she said. “Getting to the
final 16 is just incredible.”
Stanford figures to be a major
favorite over Pac-10 sisterArizona
though, owning two sweeps over the
Cats on the season.
Stanford will be led by National
Player of the Year candidate Kerri
Walsh, who recorded a triple double (14
kills, 13 digs, 11 blocks) in a four-game
win over Santa Clara in second-round
play.
Nebraska \yill be led by Nancy
Meendering of course, but Pettit may
throw a few line-up switches to the floor
if necessary.
Against San Diego, Katie Jahnke
played the majority of the match in
place of Greichaly Cepero, due to
Jahnke’s strong blocking at the net
Jahnke could see much more time
in California this week.
“If we sense that the match-up will
be better with Katie out there from the
beginning, we’ll do that,” Pettit said.
Pine 8th
in national
swim meet
"*■'* From stiff reports
The Nebraska swimming and div
ing teams traveled to San Antonio for
the U.S. Open championships this
weekend, knowing the competition
would be something fierce.
And fierce it was, as the highest
finish by a Husker for the weekend was
an eighth-place 55.37-second time by
Adam Pine in the 100-meter butterfly.
Pine was beaten by a 52.90 time
from fellow Australian Michael Klim,
the current world-record holder.
Freshman Elvira Fischer chalked in
a M^-place finish in the 200-meter
breast stroke for NU. She put together a
2:37.6 tune. - _ _
" Helene Muller was the only other
Husker woman to place, finishing 12th
overall in the 100-meter freestyle, with
a 57.41 time.
Emma Johnson placed 14th in the
400-meter individual medley race.
Johnson is a Nebraska swimmer who is
taking a year of leave to train for the
Olympics in her home country of
Australia.
NU splits
inAmeritas
HUSKERS from page 10
place.
“If I wouldn’t have come off the
bench, l would have had 19 rebounds,”
said Bradford, who had 13 points on
Friday night “I was in a slump - having
some bad games. Everyone can’t have a
great game every night. Everyone got to~
fall short every once in a while. But I am
glad that it came early.”
Complementing Bradford’s inside
game was Cary Cochran, who did not
play against Western Carolina because
of a shoulder injury. Cochran shot 4 of 5
on 3-pointers and scored 17 points in 24
minutes.
Nee said Cochran was the differ
ence.‘To be honest, if we would have
had Cary last night, we would have won
the game,” Nee said. “Not having a
piece of the puzzle like him right now is
too much for us.”
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Jahnke rallies NU
.. .
to win over USD
VOLLEY from page 10
Freshman Amber Holmquist also
took charge with career highs of her
own - pounding 15 kills (tied career
high) and 10 blocks. Junior All
American Nancy Meendering provid
ed huge plays of her own, slamming
22 kills on a .347 hitting percentage
and scraping for 13 digs.
The Huskers’ defensive effort off
set early offensive problems that gave
USD the early lead. NU held the
Toreros to a .133 hitting percentage
but couldn’t stop senior All-American
Petia Yanchulova, who finished with a
match-high 24 kills.
But the first-game comeback, in
which the Huskers scored the last
eight points, including the last three on
Angie Oxley’s serve, took the wind
out of the Toreros’ upset sails.
“It was big for us,” Jahnke said. “It
gives us more confidence in knowing
we can pull out the rest”
Joining NU and the Gauchos in
the regionals will be host Stanford,
which beat Santa Clara in four games,
and Arizona, which upset Texas in
three games.Pettit said a road trip
would fit his team well.
“(Playing on the road) doesn’t
concern me. We’ve been a great road
team this year. The only two matches
we lost on the road (to Texas A&M
Oct 2 and Texas Oct 23) were both by
two points in die fifth game. We’ll be
very comfortable.”
Tourney update:
No. 1 seeds Penn State, Hawaii
and Pacific all advanced to the region
al finals. Only UOP struggled, nar
rowly beating Michigan 19-17 in the
fifth game to advance.
The most surprising conference so
far? It could be the Big 10, which had
the most teams in the tournament
(eight) but weren’t expected to
advance many to the round of 16.
So far, Illinois, Minnesota,
Indiana, and Wisconsin remain in the
tourney with PSU.
Huskers look to snap
home losing streak
By Brandon Schulte
Staffwriter
Rarely does a game in December
| _ make or break a women’s basketball
team’s season.
But Nebraska’s game against
Washington tonight at 7:05 p.m. in the
Bob Devaney Sports Center could be
the exception to the rule.
Coming off two home losses to
Wisconsin and Drake, a win may be
imperative for the Comhuskers (2-2)
come NCAA Tournament time.
NU must find a way to solve the
Sports Center jinx. After starting out
27-0 under Coach Paul Sanderford at
the arena, NU has lost four of its last
six games in the building.
While the Huskers have fallen on
tough times at home lately, they do
have an advantage in terms of experi
ence over the Huskies, who are 3-4 on
the season. UW has no seniors on its
roster and starts two freshmen.
Junior Megan Franza is UW’s
main offensive threat. The 5-foot-11
guard leads the team in scoring at 17.9
points per game and is coming off a
career-high 24-point effort against
Boise State on Friday night
On the other hand, NU has a wealth
of experience, starting four seniors and
a junior.
Seniors Brooke Schwartz, Nicole
Kubik and Charlie Regers combined
to score 61 of 77 points in NU’s last
game against Drake on Thursday.
Rogers, who had 20 rebounds
against Drake, said she is ready to get
back to practice and turn things around.
“I’m perplexed and just a little bit
angry,” Rogers said.
“This is not the way any of us
seniors want to go out”
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