Tezak to undergo surgery, miss remainder of season

LINCOLN University of Nebraska Baseball Coach Mike Anderson announced Monday afternoon that senior Jeff Tezak will undergo season-ending knee surgery later this week.

Tezak originally suffered the injury earlier in the year, but was able to safely practice and play with a functional knee brace before electing to undergo surgery on his left knee. This season, he started NU's first seven games at designated hitter, hitting a homer against UC Riverside on Friday and driving in two runs on the season in helping the Huskers to a 5-2 record. He will apply for a medical hardship in order to be eligible for the 2009 season.

"He showed a lot of courage trying to play through it and he was unselfish in tying to help his team, but it is in his best long-term interest to have the surgery now," Anderson said. "We're disappointed that he will be out for the rest of the season, but also thankful that he should be recovered in time for the start of next season."

Tezak earned second-team All-Big 12 honors at designated hitter last season, hitting .335 with three homers and 37 RBIs in 56 contests.

The Huskers will continue their homestand Tuesday afternoon, as they take on the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers. First pitch from Hawks Field is set for 1:35 p.m., and the game will be carried on selected Husker Sports Network stations, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln, and on the Internet at Huskers.com.

Morningside leads GPAC All-Sports Trophy race

SIOUX CITY, Iowa The 2007-08 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) winter sports season is complete and Morningside College, with 127.5 points, leads the GPAC All-Sports Trophy standings with 12 of the leagues 19 sports completed. Morningside and Nebraska Wesleyan are the defending GPAC All-Sports Trophy Co-Champions. Winter GPAC Championships went to Morningside (Women's and Men's Basketball), Doane (Women's and Men's Indoor Track and Field), and Dana (Wrestling). Hastings College is currently third with 119.0 points. Northwestern is second with 122.0.

UNK women fall over weekend to UNO, Air Force

The Nebraska-Kearney women's tennis team had a very busy day this past Saturday, first facing Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha in the afternoon, then driving to Lincoln to face Division I Air Force for a night time dual.

UNK (2-4) was just a couple of points away from beating Nebraska-Omaha but ended losing by a 6-3 score. The Lopers then fell to the Falcons 9-0.

Looking for a rare win over UNO, the Lopers won at No. 2, 5 and 6 singles. However, UNO managed a 9-7 win at No. 3 doubles and saw Sara Bredenfelt edge Bellevue senior McKenna Irwin at No. 4 singles (7-5, 2-6, 10-7).

Winning their matches in the dual were senior Jenna Eichman (Hastings), junior Callie Erickson (Fremont) and sophomore Kristen Messbarger (Kearney Catholic).

Huskers ranked No. 16 in latest GymInfo poll

LINCOLN - The Nebraska women's gymnastics team is ranked No. 16 nationally this week in the latest GymInfo poll released Monday. The poll, which is calculated by team RQS, also ranks NU fourth in the South Central region and third in the Big 12 Conference. In addition, the Huskers rank 11th nationally in team beam scoring (48.945), 12th on vault (49.075) and 19th on floor (48.90)

Individually, senior Emily Parsons is fourth on vault (9.935), 10th in the all-around (39.34) and 17th on beam (9.85). Senior Desire' Sniatynski is 20th in the all-around (39.14) and 24th on beam (9.84.)

Nebraska travels to Palo Alto, Calif., this Friday for a triangular with No. 9 Stanford and No. 6 Alabama. Competition begins at 9 p.m. at Maples Pavilion.

G.I. Vikes teams win tournaments

Two G.I. Vikes volleyball teams won two tournaments over the weekend.

The G.I. Vikes 17s team won the Gold Volleyball Tournament at the Bluejayfest in Seward. It posted wins over University of Okoboji NW Iowa, Diamond Dazzlers, Northeast NE Jrs 17-1, and GICC Power in the finals.

Team members are: Melissa Costello, Lydia Myers, Katie Rauert, Jenna Rouzee, Shayna Schacher, Amber Riedy, Kyla Havranek, Kayla Faaborg and Taylor Johnson.

The team is coached by Dave Rouzee and Pam Schacher.

The G.I. Vikes 13-1 team won the Gold Volleyball Tournament at the Grace Classic in Omaha.

Team members are: Alisha Coleman, Kelsey Faaborg, Jessica Saddler, Niki Broich, Megan Post, Morgan Mallory, Emma Meyer, Taylor Sandoe and Briana Vitera. The team is coached by Stacy Kelly and Nancy Broich.

G.I. Northwest Gold Nuggets win at Hoops Mania

The 8th grade Northwest Gold Nuggets team finished first in their bracket at Hoops Mania over the weekend. The Gold Nuggets team defeated St. Paul, Amherst and Hasting teams. Players were Eric Hurley, Josh Klein, Adam Zlomke, Evan Swartzbaugh, Edgar Ramirez, Dylan Krosschell, Judd Garner.