State tourney tickets, T-shirts available at GICC

Tickets for Grand Island Central Catholic's first-round game at the Class C-2 State Girls Basketball Tournament can be purchased at GICC until noon on Thursday. The cost is $5 for students and $7 for adults.

State girls basketball T-shirts can be purchased at the school until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The cost is $10.

The Crusaders face Cambridge Thursday at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Southwest.

* Softball

Weather cancels Sunday's NU action

LOUISVILLE, Ky. With snow flurries beginning to pick up in intensity and the wind chill hovering in the mid-20s, the Nebraska softball team had Sunday's scheduled games cancelled due to inclement weather.

Nebraska's first scheduled contest with Mississippi was called of at 10 a.m. (Central) as the Huskers were concluding their pre-game warm-ups. NU then took infield and outfield for nearly an hour with the hope that the snow would stop and the temperature would rise, allowing the Huskers to play a single game against host Louisville.

That game was then called off around 11:15 a.m. with temperatures still hovering near the freezing mark and light snow continuing to fall. The Huskers will be in action next weekend at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga.

* baseball

Hastings College splits doubleheader with Regis

DENVER Hastings College split a doubleheader with Regis University Sunday afternoon.

The Broncos dropped game one 19-4 but rebounded in game two for a 6-5 win. Alex Kucera was given the loss as he started on the mound for the Broncos.

Joe Jeanjaquet had another home run while Mick Krupski had a double and a home run.

In game two freshman David Bates was the winning pitcher for the Broncos in his first collegiate start as he threw five strong innings. Jeanjaquet continued with his bat as he had his third home run of the series. Bret Compliment also had a home run for the Broncos.

Pat Morey was credited with the save as he pitched out of bases loaded with no outs to preserve the win.

The Broncos are now 3-6 on the year. Hastings will be back in action when it travels to Salina, Kan., to take on Central Christian and Kansas Wesleyan. The Broncos will play Central Christian on Saturday starting at 2:30 p.m. in one seven-inning game. Hastings will then play Kansas Wesleyan at 5 p.m. in one seven-inning game. On Sunday the Broncos will play Kansas Wesleyan in two seven-inning games starting at 1 p.m.

* wrestling

Huskers fall in regular-season finale

AMES, Iowa Brandon Browne earned his team-leading 29th win of the season with a 7-3 decision over Iowa State's Aron Scott, but it wasn't enough for a Husker team win as the Cyclones topped Nebraska, 22-12, on Sunday in front of more than 3,330 fans at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.

Browne and the Huskers suffered their first Big-12 loss in the final dual of the season to finish with a 3-1 record in conference play and now stand 14-3 overall. The record marks the sixth straight season and 18th time in the last 19 years that the Huskers have won at least 10 duals. Nebraska's 14 team wins are the most since the Huskers recorded 19 in the 2004-05 season.

Browne, a junior, scored a takedown in each period to help him to victory at 174 pounds and up his season record to 29-2 on the year. Sophomore Stephen Dwyer (165) is close on Browne's heels after notching three reversals in a 6-5 decision over Iowa State's Jon Reader to move his season record to 28-6. Fellow sophomore Jordan Burroughs (149) had three takedowns in his 11-5 victory over ISU's Mitch Mueller to break the Husker's single-season dual takedown record. Burroughs now has 98 takedowns in duals this season. Senior Paul Donahoe (125) earned a 5-4 decision over Tyler Clark as the Huskers won four of the 10 contested matches.

Nebraska begins postseason action with the 2008 Big 12 Championships at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., on =March 8. Thirty-eight wrestlers will qualify for the NCAA Championships, including the top-three finishers in each weight class and eight wild-card selections.

* tennis

Nebraska women win ninth in a row

LINCOLN The Nebraska women's tennis team won its ninth straight match on Sunday with a 7-0 sweep of the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at the Nebraska Tennis Center. The sweep is NU's eighth out of nine matches this season, and the Huskers have outscored their opponents 62-1 so far this season.

The Huskers got off to a fast start, taking the doubles point with three quick victories, including a pair of 8-1 victories at Nos. 1 and 3 and an 8-2 victory at No. 2. Head Coach Scott Jacobson utilized a new duo in the match, pairing freshman Abby Buxton with fellow freshman Amber Chandronnait at No. 3 doubles. Chandronnait had played all of her doubles matches so far this season with freshman Stephanie Evans.

Jacobson also inserted junior Marianne Cicmanec into the singles lineup for the first time this year. Cicmanec, who played in every match for NU a year ago and won a combined 17 matches, was impressive in her 2008 debut, recording a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 6 singles.

Stephanie Evans rebounded from her first singles loss of the year on Friday against Iowa State with a 6-0, 6-0 victory of her own at No. 5 singles.

Imke Reimers improved to 9-0 at No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Bryce Kristal, while Jana Albers, Wiveca Swarting and Chandronnait each won their ninth singles match as well this season, as they each notched straight-set victories.

The Huskers will look to improve on their undefeated record next weekend with two home matches, against Air Force on Friday, Feb. 29 and Northern Iowa on Sunday, March 2.