In-state rival Creighton set to battle Huskers
■The two Nebraska volleyball teams
are dose on the state map but are far
apart in history, tradition and success.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
When Nebraska and Creighton
square off tonight at Nebraska Coliseum
in Lincoln, Husker fans will see the
renewal of an in-state rivalry.
Fans will also see two programs that
are polar opposites. Separated by only an
hour's drive down 1-80, the Huskers and
Bluejays are much further apart when it
comes to tradition.
CU comes into Tuesday’s match at 7
4, gunning for the best volleyball season
in school history. The Jays have had only
one winning record since the inception of
their current program in 1994.
Creighton outside hitter Melissa
Walsh, the only Bluejay to ever receive all
Missouri Valley Conference honors, will
lead the visitors in their upset attempt.
If history holds true, it won’t be easy.
Nebraska owns a 3-0 all-time record
against Creighton, with the last of those
wins coming in 1998 when NU pounded
CU 15-2,15-1,15-3 in the season opener.
The 2000 Jays’ only other match
against aTop 5 team also didn’t go well for
i _
the Jays. Now-No. 2 Hawaii dismantled
CU15-1,15-6,15-3, earlier in the year.
The rare Tuesday match will be a
reunion of many of Nebraska’s best prep
volleyball players. The Huskers have
eight, while five Nebraskans will suit up
for Creighton.
Husker notes:
NU sophomore setter Greichaly
Cepero was chosen as the Big 12’s volley
ball player of the week following the
Huskers' sweeps of Colorado and Texas
A&M last week.
For the week, Cepero \otaled 76
assists while leading the Huskers with a
.304 hitting efficiency. She also ranked
second on the team in digs and blocks
during the week.
Cepero had seven kills on .375 hitting
against the Buffaloes. She also had nine
digs, seven blocks and 36 assists in the
match.
The setter also produced another all
around performance against A&M, with
three kills, 40 assists, nine digs and four
blocks.
For the season, Cepero has helped the
Huskers post a .336 hitting percentage,
tops in the Big 12. The team also ranks
third nationally as of Sept. 24. She joins
sophomore outside hitter Laura
Pilakowski as Huskers who have captured
the player of die week award this season.
Josh Wotfe/DN
Sophomore set
ter Grelchaly
Cepero, named
the Big 12's
player of the
week Monday,
will lead the
Comhuskers
against in-state
rival Creighton
tonight at the
Coliseum.
Saunders returns to soccer team
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fighter, so I knew she’d work
hard."
Even after Saunders rejected
the redshirt, it was unclear when
she would first take the field. The
day before the Missouri game,
Walker said, he didn’t believe
Saunders would return until this
Friday’s game against Texas.
"I didn’t decide she'd play
until the day of the game,” Walker
said. “I watched her practice that
day and knew she had done the
work.”
Saunders said she felt fine
after playing for 40 minutes dur
ing NU’s 2-0 win over Missouri.
Walker said he didn’t notice
any hesitancy in Saunders’s play.
“She made a bunch of tough
tackles against Missouri,” Walker
said. “She definitely hasn't lost
any of her tenacity or courage.”
In her second game back,
Savinders was knocked to the
ground after she collided with a
Kansas player.
“It scared me for a second,”
Saunders said. “I got hit in the
side and had a shooting pain. It
was hard to breathe, butlrealized
I just got the wind knocked out of
me.”
But that was the only time
Saunders said she thought about
the injury.
After Saunders was medically
cleared to play, it was back to full
throttle, the 3Vfe-inch scar on her
back the only reminder of an
injury that nearly cost the
Overland Park, Kan., native her
Husker career.
“I have to be 100 percent to
play my game,” Saunders said. “If
I can’t play that hard, I shouldn’t
play.”
Saunders said she didn’t have
the patience to let her skills come
back to her and shake the rust off.
“I keep feeling I don’t have the
time to "work,” Saunders said. “I
need to do it now.”
More than anything,
Saunders said she wanted to win
a championship.
“That was definitely a big fac
tor,” Saunders said. "The team is
incredibly talented, and we have
a good chance to win it all. It's a
dream.”
High rankings add to rivalry
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game and may again on Saturday, though
Applewhite has logged most of the snaps after an
opening game win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Simms
may have a whip arm, but it's been the smaller,
gimpy-kneed Applewhite who has thrown for more
than 1,000 yards this season after a strong perform
ance in a 42-7 win over Oklahoma State last week.
Brown promised more of the same against OU.
“We have been a little concerned with Major's
knee,” Brown said. “He looked a little tired. Some
people forget it’s only been six or seven months
since his knee operation.
"With Chris, we know he’s going to be to great
football player. He just needs more snaps.”
OU has Josh Heupel at quarterback, who oper
ates the Sooners’ passing offense with a steely con
sistency.
A “coach’s kid,” as Brown calls him, Heupel
directed the Sooners to a 17-0 lead in last year’s con
test before UT put on a scoring blitz of its own, shut
ting down the Oklahoma attack enough in the sec
ond half to roll out a 38-28 win.
Over the summer, Stoops said, he felt some
pressure to beat Texas this year, especially as it
comes at the front end of critical stretch of games
that will likely define OU’s season. Kansas State is
Oklahoma’s next opponent; Nebraska visits two
weeks later.
Stoops said he’s received more pressure from
boosters to beat Texas than Nebraska, a longtime
holdover rival from the Big Eight Conference.
In Texas it’s much the same but an even higher
scale. Former UT Coach Darrell Royal used to say
beating OU came first, then beating Texas A&M,
then winning the national championship.
Brown seems to have adopted the philosophy.
“You don’t win, and there’s a lot of people very
angry with that coach,” Brown said. “You win,
there’s a lot of people that are very happy.”
In a rivalry, it’s that simple.
Iowa State prepares for NU
NOTEBOOK from 10
stretched the Cyclone lead to
31-3 at the half.
Baylor was able to mount a
late surge under new quarter
back Guy Tomcheck, who took
over for injured program-savior
Greg Cicero in the Bear’s second
game. But Tomcheck was
unable to overcome three first
half turnovers.
Iowa State (4-0; beat Baylor
31-17; will play Nebraska)
Hie Cyclones were led by Big
12 Offensive Player of the Week
Ennis Haywood, who ran for 241
yards and two touchdowns.
ISU enters its matchup with
the Huskers having reached the
400-yard mark in total offense
every contest thus far.
Texas (3-1; beat Oklahoma
State 42-7; will play Oklahoma)
The Longhorns continued
their success when Major
Applewhite is under center, but
UT coach Mack Brown stressed
that Chris Simms will continue
to see action in upcoming
games.
Texas’s anemic rushing
attack came alive against the
Cowboys, with sophomore
Kenny Hayter leading the way
with 122 yards on 20 carries.
Colorado (0-4; lost 44-21 to
Kansas State; will play Texas
A&M)
Buffs Coach Gary Barnett
said his team has lacked confi
dence the past two games after
playing its heart out against
Colorado State and Washington.
The Buffaloes then proceed
ed to lose to USC and to the
Wildcats, further dropping their
spirits and morale.
CU freshman Craig Ochs’
debut was a successful one, as
he completed 15 of 24 passes for
208 yards in just over two quar
ters of play. Ochs threw and ran
for a touchdown against the No.
1 defense in the nation.
Nebraska (4-0; beat
Missouri 42-24; will play Iowa
State)
NU’s defense continued to
show vulnerability against the
Softball team opens
with solid showing
BY KRISTEN WATERS
The Nebraska softball team
opened its fall season this week
end with a 4-1 record at the nine
team Augustana Tournament in
Sioux Falls, S.D.
“It was a great start for us,”
Assistant Coach Terry Schweikert
said. "It gave the freshmen a
chance to get their feet wet and
allow them to find some comfort
for the spring season.”
The Huskers captured its first
victory on Saturday morning at
Bowden Field with a 4-0 shutout
ofMomingside.
NU would experience its first
loss in the second game of the
tournament. Last season’s NCAA
Division II National Champion
North Dakota State knocked off
the Comhuskers 4-3.
“We just needed to adjust in
the batter’s box a litde bit earlier,”
Schweikert said.
The Huskers bounced back in
its third and'final game of the day
grabbing a 6-2 win over tourna
ment host Augustana.
NU would have more success
on the last day of tournament
play.
The Huskers checked out with
a 2-0 record for Sunday after beat
ing South Dakota and Minnesota.
“There was a great improve
ment from the first day of play to
the second day," Schweikert said.
NU breezed by South Dakota
8-0 by controlling the game from
the start
The Huskers’ bats fell asleep in
the second game as Nebraska
slipped by the Golden Gophers 2
1.
“Overall, the team did very
well,” Schweikert said. “It’s a good
base for us to build on for the
spring."
The Huskers will see action
this weekend as the team travels
to Salt Lake City for the Utah
Tournament
Tigers, giving up the most points
to Mizzou in Lincoln since 1978.
Improvement was seen on
special teams play as Bobby
Newcombe received the Big 12
Special Teams award for the
week after his 94-yard punt
return on Saturday.
As far as dropping from No. 1
to No. 2 in the AP poll, the team
seems indifferent to the matter -
they’re more concerned with
staying undefeated.
“We are still in the ballpark
to reach our goals,” NU Coach
Frank Solich said.
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