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■ She recorded a time of
52.80 seconds in the 100
meter freestyle.
From staff reports
Nebraska swimmer Therese
Alshammar set a world record Friday
in the 100-meter freestyle at the
European Short Course
Championships in Lisbon, Portugal.
The Stockholm, Sweden native,
who is redshirting this year at NU to
prepare for the 2000 Olympics,
recorded a time of 52.80 seconds.
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which bested the
previous record of
53.01, set by
China’s Le Kingyi
in 1993. The short
course designa
tion means
Alshammar com
peted in a 25
meter pool.
“This feels
wonderful,”
Alshammar said.
“This is the best I have ever had.”
Alshammar has two seasons of
eligibility remaining at NU, but she
might not return for the second
semester.
Alshammar joins current world
record holder Penny Heyns as the
only Husker women to ever break
world records.
Heyns currently owns four world
records: 50-meter breaststroke, 100
meter breaststroke, 200-meter breast
stroke and 100-meter breaststroke in
the short course.
Husker senior Michael Windisch
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This feels wonderful. This is the best I have
ever had.”
Therese Alshammar
NU swimmer
and freshman Elvira Fischer, both of
Austria, also competed in the cham
pionships. Windisch automatically
qualified for the NCAA
Championships with a fourth place
finish (at 4:14.22) in the 400 individ
ual medley, while Fischer picked up
an NCAA provisional qualifying
time (2:31.01) with an eighth place
finish in the 200-meter backstroke.
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NEBRASKA DEFENDER Sharolta Nonen heads upfieid against Texas A&M’s Jessica Martin in the NCAA play
offs. Nonen was named first team All-American by NSCAA/Adidas.
Two Huskers honored
From staff reports
Nebraska defenders Sharlota
Nonen and Isabelle Morneau
capped off stellar senior seasons
with spots on the NSCAA/Adidas
All-American team.
Nonen was on the first team
after being on the third team in
1997 and second team in 1998 and
became the first Husker to gain All
American honors three years in a
row.
The Big 12 player of the year
had 22 points this season.
Morneau, who started more
games as a Husker than anyone in
NU history, was on third team as a
defender, though she has played
several positions in her career at
Nebraska.
Morneau has won All Big 12
honors at three separate positions
during her career.
Nonen joins Kari Uppinghouse,
who was named to the first team in
1996, as the only Husker first
teamers.
Santa Clara dominated the lists
with five players placed among the
three teams. National champion
North Carolina had three.
Belcher keys win,
has 2 games left
■ Presence of recovered
players helps the Huskers
in win over Pittsburgh.
By Joshua Camenzind
Staffwriter
For the second straight game,
Cookie Belcher fought off the pain in
his wrist and showed one player can
make a difference in a team game.
Belcher led Nebraska (4-4) to a 69
57 victory over visiting Pittsburgh (5-2)
in his first home game of the season on
Saturday at the Devaney Cefiter.
Despite only taking two shots and scor
ing two points, he found ways to con
tribute.
He is such a leader out there, N U
Coach Danny Nee said. “I thought he
played great at Creighton and again
tonight. He does things that are unbe
lievable.”
The senior, who will redshirt after
two more games, nearly had a double
double with a career-high 10 assists and
nine rebounds.
“I just saw the court and saw the
players open,” Belcher said. “I could
probably get 10 assists every game if
they would catch the ball.”
But Belcher was not the only senior
who stepped it up for the Huskers after
coming off an injury. Larry Florence
had 18 points on 8 of 14 shooting with
three dunks that electrified the home
crowd of5,584.
“I thought Florence, who has been
ailing with an ankle and knuckle,
became domineering in the second half
as die game moved on,” Nee said.
Belcher and Florence hooked up on
an alley-oop with 8 minutes, 43 seconds
remaining to break a 44-44 deadlock.
“It was just natural,” Florence said.
“He likes to dunk, and I like to dunk. It
Nebraska 69
Pittsburgh 57
u
It was just natural.
He likes to dunk, and
I like to dunk”
Larry Florence
NU basketball player
was just open, and 1 reacted. He layed it i>c
up perfectly because he likes to catch
them, so he knew where to throw it”
Florence’s dunk was followed by a *
Louis Truscott slam. Truscott finished
with a career-high 11 rebounds.
Following a Belcher steal with 7:26 to
go, Florence jammed again to make it
50-46. All three dunks were assisted by
Belcher.
Nebraska came out strong in the
first half and capitalized on poor
Panther shooting. Coming into the
game, Pitt had been shooting 50 percent
from the field and 43 percent on 3
pointers. But NU held them to 36.9 and
26.1 percent in those respective cate
gories. The Panthers were led by guard
Jarrett Lockhart, who scored 17 points,
and Ricardo Greer, who had 10 points
and 11 rebounds.
The Huskers shot nearly 50 parent
from the field (26-53) and did shoot 50
percent (7-14) from beyond the arc.
NU led from the opening tip and
trailed only at the 10:28 mark of die sec
ond half, 44-42. The Huskers went on a
13-2 run and never looked back.
The Huskers dominated the boards
46 to 32 but also led in a category that
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Nebraska turns season frustrations into win over CU
By Matthew Hansen
Staffwriter
It has been a season lull of frustra
tion for the Nebraska women’s basket
ball team.
Sunday, the Huskers took full
opportunity of the chance to take out
this frustration on in-state rival
Creighton.
It was the Bluejays (5-2 overall)
who left the Bob Devaney Sports
Center frustrated, as NU (4-4) was
never seriously challenged in a 77-69
victory.
Not that everything went wonder
fully for the Huskers. In the garnet first
minute, freshman Stephanie Jones went
down with a tom anterior cruciate liga
ment and is out for the season. Coach
Paul Sanderford said die good feeling
from the win was tempered by the loss
of Jones.
“Steph is a devastated young
woman right now,” he said. “It was a
typical Steph Jones play - diving on the
floor for a loose ball. She Is been a hard
worker for us since she got here.”
It is currently unclear whether die
freshman will be granted a medical red
shirt. Nebraska will appeal for the red
shirt following the season.
After Jones’ injury, Nicole Kubik
was the catalyst for much of
Creighton’s frustration. The senior
guard scored a Nebraska-high 22 points
and harassed the Bluejay guards into
multiple turnovers, finishing with five
steals.
Kubik said it was evident that
Creighton didn’t appreciate the
Nebraska pressure.
“We concentrated on playing phys
ical this week,” she said. “We’re not try
ing to hurt anyone, but we may knock
you down, and we may get called for
some fouls because of it Creighton did
n’t like the physical play. We got into
their heads a little bit because of it”
Evidence of the physical play by
both squads was found in the foul
totals. The Huskers committed 25 per
sonal fouls, while the Bluejays were
whistled for 21.
Nebraska Head Coach Paul
Sanderford said die win wasn’t pretty,
but following a 24-point loss to BYU
on Thursday, it was an important win to
his team.
“That was an ugly game, especially
in the second half,” Sanderford said.
“But coming off what was maybe the
worst second half of my coaching
career (against B YU), our team showed
a lot of character, and that gives me
hope for the season. We desperately
needed that win.”
Nebraska jumped out to an early
10-1 lead and led by as much as 16 in
the first half. Creighton inched closer
and trailed by eight, 43-35, at halftime.
After the Husker lead was whittled
to six with 18:29 left, Nebraska
outscored the Bluejays 21-12 in the
next 10 minutes.
Creighton Head Coach Connie \bri
gave die Huskers credit for getting the
ball inside, saying it was the key to their
win. Nebraska’s starting front line of
Nebraska 77
Creighton 69
Charlie Rogers, Naciska Gilmore and
Casey Leonhardt and reserve forward
Paige Sutton combined to make 17
shots in only 21 attempts from the field.
Leonhardt was NU’s second-lead
ing scorer with 13 points and chipped in
10 rebounds, while Rogers had a game
high 11 boards coupled with four
blocked shots.
Creighton, meanwhile, did much of
its damage from long range.
The Bluejays shot 25 three-point
ers, making nine. Angela Timmons was
5-9 from beyond the arc and scored a
game-high 26 points, including 20 after
halftime.