NU tennis teams outperformed by Oklahoma schools
From Staff Reports
Both of Nebraska’s tennis teams
were looking for the quickest route out
of the state of Oklahoma after Sunday.
The state seemed to brifig out the
worst in the Nebraska men’s tennis
team this weekend, and the women did
n’t fare much better.
The men tangled with Oklahoma
on Saturday, then traveled to the
Sooners’ bedlam brother Oklahoma
State on Sunday, losing both in big
ways.
NU plummeted to 7-12 for the sea
son after the weekend’s play, losing 7-0
to the Sooners and 6-1 to the Cowboys.
Only No. 3 player Andan Hadzialic
pushed a Sooner to a decisive third
game in singles play Saturday.
Hadzialic claimed the only Comhusker
point of the weekend Sunday against
OSU, winning 64,2-6,6-3.
The women made both Oklahoma
schools fight more for their wins but
lost both matches 5-4. The Husker
women dropped to 18-5 for die season.
Nebraska’s No. 40 ranked doubles
pairing of Sandra Noetzel and Gina
Pelazini were upset 8-6 by Viviana
Mracnova and Angela Stroup of OU to
help secure the deciding doubles point
for the Sooners on Saturday.
The twosome of Pelazini and
Noetzel came up on the short end of the
stick by a score of 8-5 Sunday.
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Huskers beat Irish
2-0 in spring game
uyjosnua camenzina
Staff writer
Revenge can be a wonderful
thing.
The Nebraska soccer team got a
little taste of it Saturday night as it
beat Notre Dame 2-0 in its final game
of the spring season.
Despite coming in the form of an
exhibition game, Husker Coach John
Walker said a little redemption was
received, as NU has seen Notre Dame
end its last three season in the NCAA
Tournament.
“We never talked about it before
the game or anything like that,” he
said. “I am sure personally, deep
down, they all remember losing in the
NCAA Tournament, but believe me,
winning an exhibition game doesn’t
replace an NCAA Tournament.”
Walker said his team was more
focused on winning the game
because they had tied Florida and
North Carolina in its two previous
games.
“We were more concerned about
finishing the spring on a strong note,”
- Walker said. “The thing we talked
about was that it was not good
enough to tie Florida and North
Carolina. These are teams we have to
beat.”
And beat the Irish they did.
NU scored its first goal at the
19:31 mark of the first half on a
penalty shot by Meghan Anderson
after a handball in Notre Dame’s box.
It would be NU’s only goal of the
HUSKERS 2
IRISH0
half - one in which the Huskers out
shot the Irish 13-4 and did not see the
Irish get a shot on goal.
Walker said his team should have
gotten more out of its opportunities
and capitalized on the wind more.
“By halftime, we should be up
several goals,” Walker said. “And
maybe the face of the game changes a
little bit.”
But Nebraska scored quickly out
of the gate in the second half: a goal
by Najah Williams at the 47:03 mark
pleased Walker and gave NU some
breathing room.Williams’ goal,
which was assisted by Christine
Latham, was against a brisk, cold
wind that NU used to its advantage
the entire first half. Notre Dame tried
to capitalize on that same wind in the
second but could not put one in the
net, despite out-shooting NU 14-7.
The Irish did fail to convert those
shots into shots-on-goal. Husker
goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc made
only three saves in the game, all in the
second half.
All in all, the game marked the
end to spring drills for Nebraska, the
first in which the Huskers did not lose
to a college team.
“To be honest, this has been our
most productive spring,” said Walker.
Walker said he knew 20 minutes
into NU’s first exhibition game
against Florida that he was going to
have a very good team.
Th reeformer Huskers
picked in NFL draft
Mike Warren/DN
MIKE BROWN, a rover while at Nebraska, was picked in the second round
and was the 39th pick overall by the Chicago Bears in the NFL Draft on
Saturday.
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sonnel director for the Pittsburgh
Steelers on ESPN.com. “The Bears
probably felt that he fit better than some
of the other safeties.”
Warren, who played defensive line
for the Huskers, sat in his Springfield,
Mo. home and wondered when his
name was going to pop up.
It popped up, but it was further
down die list than he thought it would
be. Green Bay drafted Warren with the
74th pick in the third round. Warren
said Thursday he believed he would be
drafted between Nos. 20 and 60, possi
bly an outside first-round pick.
“I was real nervous and just ready
for it to get over with last night’’he said
“It was a very long day.”
Warren said the Packers told him
they were thin at his position, and he ‘,.
might get a chance to start negrt season. '*
Saturday’s three rounds ended
without Ralph Brown’s name feeing
called, but Ralph Brown, who watched
his best friend Mike Brown get drafted
said he took it all in stride
“My family was more stressed out
than me,” he said. “The only thing that
was tough was when Mel Kiper had me
rated as, like, theNo. 2 defensive back
in the second round and there were 14
other defensive backs taken before
me.
Ralph Brown received the good
news Sunday morning when the New
York Giants took him as the 140th pick
in the fifth round. Brown said it went
pretty fast, considering he was sleeping
when the Giants called to tell him he
was about to get drafted.
“I was sleeping, and my mom woke
me up and told me New York was on die
phone,” he said from his home near Los
Angeles.