UNK announces nine added to track team

KEARNEY Nebraska-Kearney head track and field coach Andy Meyer announced the names of nine high school seniors (six men, three women) who will compete for the Lopers next year.

The women include Tabitha Kreutzer (Holdrege), Skylar Rohde (Ansley) and Mackenzie Schulz (Omaha/Millard West).

The men's newcomers are Brian Itzen (Thayer Central H.S.), Nick Kizzire (Bayard H.S.), Austin Muench (Omaha/Millard North), Alex Paul (Gothenburg), Al Sanabria (Minden) and Teran Walford (York).

* COLLEGE SPORTS

UNK Blue-Gold golf dates announced

KEARNEY The Annual Nebraska-Kearney Blue-Gold Golf Scramble/Dinner Auction will be held this year on June 8-9th.

The dinner auction will take place in the evening on the 8th (Sunday) while the golf scramble will begin on the morning of the 9th (Monday) at Kearney Country Club and Meadowlark Hills Golf Course.

More information will soon be sent out to past participants and sponsors.

For more information, contact UNK athletics at 865-8514.

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UNK beats Augustana, University of Mary

KEARNEY The 5th-ranked Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team finished the regular season in style by easily defeating the University of Mary, 46-6, and Augustana, 38-3, Friday afternoon in Sioux Falls, S.D.

The Lopers finish with a 14-6 mark, the fourth straight year the team has won at least 14 duals in a season.

Against the Mary Marauders of Bismarck, N.D., UNK racked up three tech falls and had two falls to win by 40 points. Mary also forfeited at 125 and 141 lbs.

In the win over the homestanding Vikings, UNK had four wins by decisions, two major decisions and a fall.

UNK will travel to New Mexico Highlands next Saturday for the RMAC Championships/West Regional. The NCAA Championships in then two weeks later in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

* SOFTBALL

Nebraska weekend schedule altered again

The Nebraska softball team's schedule at the Cardinal Classic in Louisville, Ky., this weekend has been altered for a second time due to travel problems for the Huskers. NU will now play two games back-to-back beginning at 1 p.m. (Central) on Saturday and at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Nebraska was scheduled to arrive in Louisville early Thursday evening, but inclement weather in the Louisville area forced the cancellation of the Huskers' original flight, as well as a second flight. The Huskers had been scheduled to play the first game of the day on Saturday, but given the travel problems and late arrival, Nebraska will now play the final two games of the day.

The minor schedule change marks the second new schedule for the Cardinal Classic. Originally scheduled as a four-team, round-robin format tournament, the schedule was originally altered to feature only Nebraska and Mississippi, along with host Louisville. Northern Illinois was originally scheduled to compete, but the Huskies will instead stay home as part of a campus-wide "Week of Healing" to help the university community deal with the tragic shooting that claimed the lives of five people on Feb. 14.

Friday's games were also canceled due to expected bad weather, as forecasts called for temperatures in the mid-30s with a 70 percent chance of rain.

The revamped schedule has Nebraska playing Louisville at 1 p.m. (Central) on Saturday and at Noon on Sunday. The Huskers will face Ole Miss at 3 p.m. on Saturday and at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Live stats will be available for all games this weekend, while live, pay video will be available when the Huskers play Louisville through uoflsports.com.

* COLLEGE TENNIS

Nebraska women down Iowa State, 6-1

AMES, Iowa The Nebraska women's tennis team passed its first road test of the season on Friday as it defeated Iowa State 6-1. The Huskers took their first Big 12 match of the season and improved their overall record to 8-0.

Nebraska narrowly missed its eighth consecutive sweep to start the season against the Cyclones, losing its first singles and doubles matches of the season. NU Head Coach Scott Jacobson needless to say was still very pleased with his team's effort in its first match away from Lincoln.

"It's a great start to the Big 12 season," Jacobson said. "It was our first dual match away from home, and I saw a lot of positives in our play. Our kids played with a lot of heart."

The Huskers started off by taking two of the three doubles matches, including a pair of 8-2 victories at Nos. 1 and 2. Kara Hickey and Liza Wischer of Iowa State handed the Huskers their first doubles loss of the season at No. 3, as they defeated NU's Amber Chandronnait and Stephanie Evans, 8-4. The Huskers still won the doubles point and took a 1-0 lead.

Nebraska quickly took a 3-0 lead after Wiveca Swarting at No. 3 singles and Abby Buxton at No. 6 singles each recorded 6-2, 6-1 victories. Senior Imke Reimers clinched the match for the Huskers with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles, before ISU's Caitlin Loprinzi defeated Evans at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-2, to give the Cyclones their point. Jana Albers and Chandronnait each went three sets before putting away their Cyclone opponent, rounding out the 6-1 Nebraska victory.

The Huskers return to the Nebraska Tennis Center at 11 a.m. Sunday with a match against Southeast Missouri State. The match is the first of five-match homestand for Nebraska before they hit the road again March 20.