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OU ends Huskers'soccer win streak Effort puts team in top 25 BY GABRIEL STOVALL iqth amnno rnmnnritnrc ■Coaches and players agree NU's miscues led to the 2-1 loss to Oklahoma. BY JAMIE SUHR Sooner or later, it was bound to happen - the Nebraska soccer team was going to lose a Big 12 game at NU's own Abbott Sports Complex. Sunday, it did. The Cornhuskers fell to Oklahoma, 2-1, suffering their first-ever conference loss at Abbott “It’s really heartbreaking,” said goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc. “The only way we lost is that we beat ourselves.” OU, who NU Coach John Walker called the most improved team in the confer ence, combined great goaltend ing and timely goals to pull off the upset Despite taking 37 shots to the Sooners’ five, the Huskers (15-1,6-1) were unable to capi talize on their chances. “You saw the game,” OU Coach Randy Evans said. “Nebraska is the better team. We were incredibly opportunistic, and that’s what you have to do sometimes.” The Sooners (8-6-1, 3-3-1) were able to score two goals despite taking only five shots on goal and just two corner kicks. The Huskers, on the other hand, had 18 shots on goal and 17 cor ners. Oklahoma opened the scor ing, taking advantage of a NU miscue. Jennifer Enos intercept ed a Husker pass intended to clear the ball from Husker terri tory and passed to Shannon Wing, who chipped the ball over the head of LeBlanc, who was 18 yards out of the goal. With less than four minutes left in the first half, Meghan Anderson’s left-footed penalty kick went just wide to the right of the post While a missed penalty kick in a one-goal game can be dev astating, Walker doesn’t believe it was the deciding factor. “One play doesn’t make the game,” Walker said. “We have chances and we need to finish them. On the flip side, you can’t allow two goals. It doesn't matter Kickers lounge, players sweat KICKERS from page 12 trainers, strength coache? to sports information people. The list goes on and on.” During a team meal prior to Nebraska’s game against Iowa State, Long said wingback Bobby Newcombe gave the kickers an earful. “But he also said, ‘I give you guys a hard time but we all still respect you. We make fun of you, but we all know you’re good ath letes.’ “It’s all good, we laugh about it" Long said. The down time that accom panies kicking, and thus becom ing the butt of jokes, is somewhat needed, said Hadenfeldt, NU’s punter. Kicking isn’t an activity the body can long endure. Aches, pains and burnout in the leg muscles can be problems for kickers, Hadenfeldt said. “It’s like pitching in baseball,” Hadenfeldt said. “You can’t go out and do it three hours a day every single day and expect to play a game on Saturday.” “It’s like pitching in baseball. You can’t go out and do it three hours a day every single day and expect to play a game on Saturday.” Dan Hadenfeldt NU punter Come Saturday, many of the players that are jealous of the kickers for their practice habits of playing catch and juggling rolls of tape are no longer so jealous. They don’t want to be the per son lining up for a 40-yard game winning field goal, Craver said. “They don’t get pressured all the time,” he said. “But when they do, it’s a real big thing they have to deal with.” Brown agreed. “They would hate to be under so much pressure,” Brown said. “But they want to be us during practice time.” 1414 O Street Mass Immigration or Moderation? r ImnUgnboo an nuke—or break—a coun&y The key issue is numbers. The US. Census Bureau projects that US. population may double within fifty V A / years—to more than Mfcn—if the current tin/ . unprecedented levels of immigration continue. 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It doesn’t matter who you play.n John Walker who you play.” Oklahoma scored that cru cial second goal after Logan Womack beat several Husker defenders to force a comer kick. On the ensuing kick, Jonette Coquat found Womack at the far side of the post to knock in the ball. LeBlanc said a miscommu nication among the players led to the score. NU finally got on the board with 22:10 remaining when Christy Harms collided with OU goalkeeper Jana Cunningham and Husker forward Christine Latham came up with the ball and blasted it into the back of the net But that was the only shot the Huskers would be able to put past Cunningham. The sophomore ended the day with NU soccer coach a career-best 16 saves. Oklahoma entered the game following a Friday night double overtime loss to Iowa State, which is 2-4-1 in conference. “The game against Iowa State was (Cunningham’s) worst game of the year,” Evans said. “Certainly we go in thinking we are going to beat Iowa State and try to give Nebraska the best game that we can. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.” It remains to be seen how much the loss will hurt the Huskers come tournament time. Nebraska did fall from No. 2 to No. 4 in the NSCAATop 25. Walker said the team would most likely be a three or four seed depending on how the other top teams finish the year. Baylor limps to Lincoln BAYIORfrompage12 said. “It’s their bread and but ter.” Baxter, a Thorpe Award can didate for the nation’s top defensive back, said the team would look at some of the tape from Nebraska’s 27-24 overtime victory over Notre Dame to see how the Irish held Nebraska’s explosive offense in check. But watching tape and actu ally making the plays on the field are two different things. “We’ve got to change our defenses and give him different looks,” Baxter said. “We need to get them into the passing game and go from there.” I————-, Effort puts team in top 25 BY QABRia STWALL_ comnetitors. Thanks to a 16th place finish at the Iowa State Memorial Classic in Ames, Iowa, on Saturday, the Nebraska men’s cross country team has reached new heights. The Husker men cracked the latest men’s cross country rank ings for the first time this season at No. 23. NU’s effort is seen to be even more impressive after knowing that over half of the 25 best teams in the nation participated in the pre-NCAA meet Senior standout Marcus Witter - last week’s Big 12 runner t)f the year - led NU with another solid performance this weekend Witter completed the 10,000 meter course in 3126.2, finishing Senior Aaron Carrizales and sophomore Mike Kamm were the other two Huskers to finish in the top half, placing 74th and 109th respectively. NU’s women saw encourag ing young leadership from fresh man Ann Gaffigan. Gaffigan improved her 6,000-meter time to 2225.8 to finish in 83rd place. The women’s team finished 30th out of the 67 teams at the meet Jorge Tones and Kara Wheeler, both from Colorado, won the men’s and women’s events respec tively. Nebraska has this weekend off, but faces its next test in Boulder, Colo., on Oct. 28 at the Big 12 Championships. 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