Cyclones nip Huskers on controversial call
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game, that the officiating wouldn’t be
a factor. I didn’t expect a call down
the stretch. Normally, after 23 years
(of coaching), that’s what happens.”
Kubik showed shades of heroism
by scoring 15 points and picking up
the slack for injured guard Brooke
Schwartz and fouled-out center Casey
Leonhardt.
Schwartz took a finger to the eye
with 2:13 left in the second half and
never returned. The injury was later
deemed “retina adema,” and her con
dition for Saturday’s game against
Oklahoma is unknown.
Kubik was much more to-the
point answers to the game-deciding
question.
When asked if she thought she
fouled Gahan, she said “no.” When
asked if she thought she traveled the
play before, she paused, shook her
head, smiled, and said “no.’
Emotion stemming from a build
up of a game between two teams in
the Big 12 hunt and a budding inter
state rivalry contributed to a physical
ly brutal battle.
The whistles blew all night, as
both teams were called for 21 person
al fouls, many away from the ball and
many receiving violent reactions
from coaches, the players and the
crowd.
The product of all this? Both
teams took 28 free throws - ISU mak
ing one more than NU (20-19), which
happened to be the difference.
Sanderford was called for a technical
foul at the 5:52 mark in the first half,
in the middle of a 10-0 ISU run that
gave their biggest lead at 32-21 with
5:21 left.
Fennelly was on the refs’ heels
much of the first half, as well. NU
countered with its own 10-0 run to cut
the lead to one just 1:38 later. This
stretch featured two questionable ISU
fouls that resulted in four free throws,
and a reeling Fennelly. ISU led 38-37
at halftime.
The final foul call on Kubik, how
ever, will be the one the Huskers will
remember. Sanderford said of the
play, “I won’t bite into that one,” when
asked about it specifically, as a Big 12
Conference rule prevents him from
commenting directly on the officials.
He did, however, ask reporters to
ask Big 12 officiating supervisor
Becky Marshall, who was in atten
dance, about it. Marshall could not be
found for comment.
The officiating and frustration
over it overshadowed an exciting back
and forth game. Both teams had four
players in double figures and traded
several runs, with Nebraska making
valiant comebacks in the last seven
minutes of both halves - they were
down by 11 at the 5:21 mark in the
first, by nine with 7:21 left in the
game.
“(Sanderford) was proud of us,”
said NU guard Melody Peterson, who
scored a career-high 15 points. “We
had a victory tonight because we got
better ana didn’t let down. We fought
and fought and fought.”
It also overshadowed another
clutch performance from All
American Stacy Frese. Frese scored
13 of her 17 points in the second half
on 4-of-8 3-point shooting, the final
one giving the Cyclones a 75-73 lead
with 1:48 left. -*
Also lost in the whistleblowing
was Peterson’s performance and her
U (Sanderford) was proud of us. We had
a victory tonight because we got better
and didn ’t let down. We fought and
fought and fought.”
Melody Peterson
NU guard
3-pointer with 28 seconds left that
gave NU a 76-75 and sent the crowd
into pandemonium.
“It felt good,” Peterson said. “I
hadn’t been shooting the ball that
much or that well. I wanted to score
more tonight.”
The celebration ended quickly
when Peterson fouled out 11 seconds
later, prompting Frese to make one
of-two free throws to tie the game.
Desiree Francis, who scored a game
high 19 points, grabbed the most
important of her five rebounds and
called timeout.
Seconds later, NU forward Cisco
Gilmore fouled Angie Welle, who
missed the one-and-one. Kubik
grabbed the rebound, took it down for
the winning attempt, then heard the
fatal whistle blow.
Peterson was the most polite of
the Huskers about the game’s officiat
ing and said it’s just “time to move on”
to Oklahoma, where NU will battle
the league’s top team Saturday night.
“It’s hard to play as hard as you
can for that long and have it come
down to that with only two seconds
left, and there’s not much you can do
about it,” Peterson said. “Better that
happens now than the Big 12
Tournament.
“Now, we just get ready for
Oklahoma. We’re not out of any race.
We’ll come back big next week.”
ISU’S)Frese regains
touch against NU
FRESE from page 20
shoot the ball, and I figured at some
point they’d have to start going in
and luckily they did.”
Until the shots started to drop for
Frese, Iowa State hung in the game
by going inside to Desiree Francis,
who had a game-high 19 points.
Francis did most of her damage
as NU center Casey Leonhardt was
mired in foul trouble. Leonhardt was
limited to 20 minutes of action
Wednesday night before fouling out
with 4:33 left in the game.
Fennelly said Leonhardt’s foul
trouble might have been the biggest
factor in his team’s victory.
“It was important because she
dominates the lane so much,”
Fennelly said. “You want to double
team her but then you leave the 3
pointers open. It opened up the mid
dle a little bit. You never want to lose
a key player, and that was a big loss
for them
The foul bug also caught Iowa
State as its leading scorer at 15.5
points per game, center Angie Welle,
was in foul trouble. Welle avoided
fouling out, but she spent a consider
able amount of time on the bench
and finished with only nine points.
But Iowa State got contributions
it needed to win from Megan Taylor
and Tracy Gahan. Gahan scored 12
points, including the winning free
throw with two seconds left, and
Taylor scored 13 points.
Fennelly was proud of the way
his team stuck together and made
the plays it needed to down the
stretch.
“We showed the kind of determi
nation that we showed at the end of
last year,” Fennelly^said, “when you
lost a lead, and the crowd is in the
game and you’re starting to look
around at each other.
“They looked at each this time
and said, ‘Come on, lets go’ and
everyone is making a play. It was
one of those games where our kids
hung in there in a tough situation,
and that’s where good teams find a
way to win.”
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Nil’s Windisch to swim in Olympics
By Brian Christopherson
Staff writer
There’s a quiet, easygoing confi
dence in the way Michael Windisch
talks.
His speech carries the same
smoothness of his swimming stroke
as he discusses the climax of his
swimming career, which stares the
Nebraska swimmer directly in the
eyes over the next few months.
He sits at the pool side unwaver
ing in his goals, carrying a swagger,
because he knows very few have
touched the wall before him in races
this year.
“It just all fell into place, and I
really have felt it coming together this
last month. I’ve come to the pool
every day motivated,” Windisch said.
Windisch should be confident,
and maybe he should assume the
nickname of Mr. January.
Windisch was named Big 12
Swimmer of the Month just yesterday.
He hasn’t lost a race throughout last
month, staggering the competition in
the 400 individual medley, 200-yard
butterfly and 400-yard freestyle.
Throw in the fact that Winchsch’s
times are clearly under what pe’ll
need to qualify for the Austrian
National team for the Olympics, and
he could be a train that will be hard to
stop in these upcoming months.
“It’s pretty well understood that
Michael Windisch is going to repre
sent Austria in the Olympics,”
Nebraska Coach Cal Bentz said.
Windisch’s parents are from
Austria, and he is eligible to partici
pate for their team, despite the fact
that he was recruited by Nebraska out
of South Africa, where his parents
now reside.
South Africa’s political views
make it difficult for Olympians to
qualify, unless they are assuredly
medal contenders, making
U It just all fell into place, and I really
have felt it coming together this last
month. Ive come to the pool every day
motivated!*
Michael Windisch
NU swimmer
Windisch’s decision to swim for
Austria an easy one.
It’s been a long road to reach this
stage, but Windisch has thrived in the
chase of improving in his four years at
Nebraska, climaxing with the ulti
mate gratification of swimming in the
Olympics. .
“The training for the Olympic
Trials is a process which goes for four
years, and then once you make it, the
training process continues up until the
Olympics,” he said.
Before Windisch gets his hands
on the Summer Olympics, he has
some unattained goals to work on
before this collegiate season comes to
a rest.
His goals lie as high as a national
championship, although he is not
about to be duped into guaranteeing
anything.
“NCAAs are definitely a goal,
and the fact that it is in meters instead
of yards, and the unpredictability of
not knowing how the different swim
mers will react to that makes it excit
ing,” he said. -
Windisch is confident about
swimming in meters instead of yards.
The NCAA’s decision to switch to
meters compliments Nebraska.
Nebraska had already changed to
meters to be better prepared for the
NCAAs.
Windisch particularly has his eyes
set on the 400-individual medley
race, which he specializes in. One of
his main competitors, Joey
Montague, comes from Texas.
Windisch said Montague.can have
the conference meet. He’d rather be
on top for the NCAA meet.
“Big 12 will be more preparation
than anything for me, because I prob
ably won’t be shaven or tapered until
NCAAs,” he says.
Coach Bentz may want to look at
sneaking another year of eligibility
for Windisch.
The coach says it’s the leadership,
and not even so, much the talent, that
he will miss next season.
“Michael’s been a leader since he
arrived here freshman year,” Bentz
said. “Sometimes it’s more difficult to
replace swimmers that bring the good
attitude to the team than it is to
replace just the talented swimmers.”
Windisch is filling the role of co
captain this season, and he says the
turnaround in the team’s success has
been as important to him as his indi
vidual accomplishments.
“I’m willing to give it more when
I see that the team is giving it more,”
he $aid. “When you know that every
point counts, I’m not just swimming
for myself, but also for the team.”
The team appreciates Windisch,
national title or not. “I won’t guaran
tee anything, but it’s definitely the
goal,” he says.
The confidence is there, and that
confidence and a load full of talent
are a lethal combination.
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