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■1——H———Ma—feiiu-d— ll I Hi ■ h— Scott McOurg/DN Nebraska center Kimani Ffiriend blocks a shot of ISU forward Martin Rancik in the second half. Heartbreaker leaves Huskers below .500 CYCLONES from page 10 the towel." Nebraska came back, helped by the first-half bench play of senior guard Rodney Fields, who chipped in six points before intermission to help chop the Cyclone lead to 27-24 at halftime. ISU pushed the lead to 34-24 early in the second half, but the Huskers slowly came back, tying the game at 44 on senior for ward Steffon Bradford's free throw with 9:26 left At this point, Iowa State turned the game over to Tinsley, its most valuable player, who scored 11 of his team's final 16 points. Tinsley would lead all scorers with 23 points. "He can make four quality players ... great players," Cochran said. "His confidence is contagious." Cochran wasn't too shabby himself in the late going. He scored eight of his 16 points down the stretch and cut the ISU lead to 58-57 with a three pointer with 1:07 remaining. Nebraska then made a defensive stop when Horton misfired on a three-pointer. NU worked the ball down to Ffriend on its next possession, and Ffriend drew a foul with 19.7 seconds remaining. Ffriend was only three of eight from the line as he toed the stripe, and he missed both shots on this key trip, but Fields gath ered the offensive rebound and put it back in for his 11th and 12th points of the game, giving NU a 59-58 lead. “We might have celebrated a little too much too early,” Belcher said. Indeed, that would turn out to be the case after Rancik became the hero. “Final plays are always going to be the ones that are most focused on,” Collier said. After Saturday, such a state ment was never so true. Swimmers hang with Texas elite BY TOBY BURGER _ The Lone Star State didn’t make for the most hospitable confines for the Nebraska men’s and women’s swimming and div ing teams this past weekend. Both teams traveled to Texas for competition on Friday and Saturday. The women went 1-1 in a pair of duals, and the men fin ished fifth at the Dallas Morning News Classic Invitation. The women’s team opened the weekend with a 165-76 loss to No. 11 SMU on Friday in Dallas. The next day, the team traveled to San Antonio and squeaked by No. 24Ttexas A&M 152-147. Interim Coach Paul Nelsen was pleased with the women’s performances. He said the most inspiring part was how the team rallied and rebounded after the SMU defeat “It was nice to finish on that note (defeating Texas A&M),” Nelsen said. “I am happy the team came together to support each other coming off SMU.” The NU women won 11 of the 16 events at Texas A&M. Beth Karica, Elvira Fischer, Lindsey Highstrom, Jackie Lobdell and Rebecca Wolf each claimed two individual titles. With the loss to SMU and the win to Texas A&M, the women are 5-3 and 2-0 in the conference. The DMN Classic proved to be a challenge for the men. Facing five of the top 25 teams in the nation, the men only mustered a fifth-place finish, placing in front of No. 5 Auburn University. Such a performance didn't bother Nelsen though. He was pleased with how the men fared. "We were looking at getting third or fourth place the whole time,” Nelsen said. “It was a chal lenge to be there, but it wasn't like we walked away disappointed that we got fifth or we only beat one team.” Javier Botello led the NU men, winning the 200-yard freestyle, while helping gain a third-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle. Both teams return home for competition Friday against Kansas as well as Saturday vs. Missouri. _® What's your next move? 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Call 472-7435 for more info. - UNL requires insurance coverage to comply with immigration regulations. , ■ International students are to show written proof in English of comparable ' | insurance coverage or they will be billed for the UNL student health | ■ insurance plan on their tuition statements. A charge of $227 for the I | spring semester (1/1/01 - 8/14/01) will be added to tuition bills unless a . i waiver is obtained from the Student Insurance Coordinator at the University ' | Health Center. rnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I I •, : > ^ Tinsley too much for Huskers VICTORY from page 10 I°wa state was only up one and go past my guy, nobody can ———- with 6:05 left in the game when it stop my dribble penetration,” saddle to Tinsley’s back and rode became Tinsley time. Tinsley Tinsley said. his 23 points and four assists. completed a 3-point play to But NU did stop his final With his big men struggling make it 49-46 Cyclones and then drive as Kimani Ffriend swatted and his two gunners having sub- proceeded to hit five out of six Tinsley’s attempt into the crowd par games, Eustachy said he had free throws and score eight of his with .8 seconds left, no choice. But he wasn’t hesitant team’s last 11 points in the game. Tinsley said he expected to to put it all on the line with his Eustachy said the end of the see more pressure on the ensu All-American, and besides, he game just came down to running ing in-bound pass but didn't and liked the matchup. his team’s best set - spreading found Martin Rancik for the win. “I really think he'll be a better the floor and letting Tinsley work "That is what I thought they NBA player because all those his magic. were going to do,” he said. “But plays are just one-on-one,” “If I'm strong with the ball they didn’t, and I got a clean Eustachy said. and make one strong first move loolc” Hardabura wins title in return ■The Nebraska men's gymnastics team finishes second in its season opener. BY KRISTEN WATERS The return of Jason Hardabura was a happy one for both the senior gymnast and the Nebraska team. Hardabura, competing for the first time since early February of last season, won the all-around competition at the Rocky Mountain Open on Friday. His titles, coupled with strong performances by several other Huskers, catapulted the Huskers to a second-place finish in the team competition, behind only No. 3 Oklahoma. No. 15 Air Force, the host school, came in third with 194.100. “I didn’t think we’d come out and break any records this week end.” Senior Jason Hardabura said. “But the team showed a tremendous amount of heart. Everyone was a leader.” Hardabura did exactly that as he walked away with the all around tide with 51.7000 points, 1.65 ahead of OU’s second-place finisher Gabe Hansen. In team competition, Hardabura also claimed first place in the pom mel horse with a score of 8.9 and a third-place finish on the vault with a 9.0. "There were a lot of really good gymnasts there, but I just happened to be the best that day,” Hardabura said. Junior Martin Fournier fin ished third in the all-around with a scoie of 48.700. Meanwhile, three other Huskers qualified for the individual com petition on Saturday. Nebraska’s trio of freshmen exhibited an impressive per formance in their first meet. “They did an extremely good job,” Fournier said of Steven Friedman, Josh Rasile and David Hansen. “I'm just amazed at how well the freshmen did.” In the individual competi tion on Saturday, Hardabura fin ished second on vault with a score of 9.0 and marked an 8.550 for a third place finish on high bar. Sophomore Jeff Kelly scored a 8.750 on rings for a third place finish, while Hansen finished second on parallel bars. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ! ATTENTION | •international: ! STUDENTS! | Do yon need to complete the student insurance waiver form? _I Gymnasts get revenge on Cydones FROM STAFF REPORTS The Nebraska women’s gym nastics team narrowly avenged last year’s Big 12 Championship loss to Iowa State by winning 195.50 to 195.075 in Ames on Friday. The eighth-ranked Huskers improved to 3-1 on the season with the victory. “I said all week that the meet would go down to the wire, and it did tonight." NU Coach Dan Kendig said. “In some areas, we really improved from our last meet. I'm happy to cdme out healthy, which is the important thing at this point of the season.” The Comhuskers were led by freshman sensation Alecia Ingram. Ingram, who was named Big 12 Gymnast of the week Wednesday, captured the second all-around title in her young colle giate career against ISU. Senior All-American Amy Ringo finished in first place on the floor exercise with a score of 9.90 in the event Sophomore Bree Dority O’Callaghan returned to compe tition after sitting out last week because of injury to place third on the uneven bars.