NU's Hill tosses shutout to complete sweep

LAS VEGAS, Nev. Junior right-hander Molly Hill tossed a four-hit shutout and freshman Ashley Guile added a career-high three RBIs as Nebraska completed a doubleheader sweep of Southern Utah with a 5-0 win in the nightcap on Monday evening in Las Vegas.

A little more than a month removed from knee surgery, Hill picked up wins in both games of the doubleheader, allowing just one earned run in 14.0 innings of work. Hill (6-3) threw 240 pitches on the night, including 93 in her four-hit shutout in which she walked only two and allowed only one runner to advance past second base.

Guile helped provide Hill with all of the run support she would need, finishing 2-for-4 and producing a pair of clutch hits resulting in three runs.

The win was Nebraska's ninth in its last 12 games, as the Huskers improved to 13-10 on the season. Southern Utah fell to 6-19, as ace Kristina Brooks (6-13) allowed five runs (four earned) on 10 hits in a complete-game effort.

Haley Long finished with two hits in the game, joining Ashley Guile and Mullin (3-for-3) as Huskers who recorded multi-hit efforts.

Defenseman Peltoma dismissed from Storm

KEARNEY The Tri-City Storm of the United States Hockey League announced Tuesday that defenseman Ryan Peltoma has been dismissed from the team for violating team rules.

Head Coach and General Manager Bliss Littler said, "Ryan has been released from our hockey team effective immediately for violating one of the team's rules. I would like to thank Ryan for the time that he has spent here and I wish him the best of luck in the future."

Peltoma played in 53 games this year for the Storm. In those 53 games, Peltoma had 1 goal and 5 assists totaling 6 points.

Wood River's Dubbs to sign with UNK

WOOD RIVER - Wood River's Markeya Dubbs, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter, will join the University of Nebraska-Kearney volleyball team for the 2008 season. Dubbs will sign with the Lopers in April.

Dubbs was a three-time all-conference pick for the Eagles. She also was selected to the Kearney Hub's All-Area team and the Grand Island Independent's All-Area team.

Dubbs has played club ball for the past two years for Nebraska Gold.

Dubbs recorded 250 kills and hit a solid .248 this season. She led the Eagles with 28 service aces and 343 digs.

Dubbs was also a member of the Wood River basketball team and competes in track.

UNK finished the 2007 season with a 33-5 record while capturing its fourth RMAC regular season title. The Lopers qualified for the NCAA Division II Southwest Regional for the ninth straight season.

Chadron State adds nine for 2008-09 team

CHADRON - Grand Island Senior High's Mike Tomlin is among nine athletes announced by Chadron State that will compete next year for the Eagles.

Chadron State College track and field head coach John Reiners has released the names Tuesday.

Lindsy Gumb of Burwell, Kaylee King of Crawford, Trae Patch of Lingle, Wyo., Aubrey Soester of Crawford, Ryan Shelton of Soldotna, Alaska, Lincoln Proud of Pinedale, Wyo., Alyssa Guy of Akron, Colo., and Phil Rivera of Apple Valley, Calif., have each committed to compete for the CSC track and field team.

"We're very excited about this recruiting class," Reiners said. "It's one of the better ones we've had this early. These kids are quality athletes and students. We're continuing to add to this class and I think there's a lot of potential with this group we have signed now."

The class is made up of five sprinters (Gumb, King, Patch, Guy and Rivera), one jumper (Tomlin), one thrower (Shelton), one hurdler (Proud) and one middle distance runner (Soester).

Second round canceled at Betsy Rawls Invite

Inclement weather conditions led to the cancellationof the second round of the 35th annual Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at The University of Texas Golf Club on Tuesday.

The tournament will be shortened to 36 holes with the finalround set to begin at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday with a shotgun start.

The Nebraska women's golf team will enter the final round in sixth place, after managing a 320 in Monday's opening round on the 6,344-yard, par-72 layout at the UT Golf Club.

Television coverage for NCAA tourney announced

ESPNU, ESPN360.com and ESPN will combine for extensive live coverage of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Friday and Saturday from the Scott Trade Center in St. Louis.

On Friday, ESPNU features more than five hours of coverage, with the quarterfinals at 10 a.m. and the semifinals at 6 p.m. For the second consecutive year, ESPNU will deliver the semifinals in a "side-by-side" format, allowing viewers to see both semifinal matches in each weight class at the same time.

ESPNU will telecast the Championship Medal Round on Saturday at 10 a.m., while ESPN will air the finals at 7:30 p.m. During the Championship Round, the referees will wear microphones, providing fans with even more access to and understanding of the action.

ESPN360.com, ESPN's signature live sports broadband network, will offer one-stop access to all rounds of the championships. ESPN360.com will complement the ESPNU and ESPN telecasts by providing live coverage of all four mats during the quarterfinals and both mats in the semifinals, offering users the option to select the match they want to see.

ESPN360.com is now available at no cost to millions of U.S. college students and U.S.-based military personnel. Users accessing ESPN360.com from an on-campus ".edu" or ".mil" network domain in the United States receive free, seamless access to the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and hundreds of other live college and professional sporting events each month. The service is also available via more than 25 Internet service providers, including AT&T, Verizon, Insight, RCN, Frontier, Cavalier, Charter, Mediacom, Conway, Grande Communications and more.

Dave Armstrong will serve as play-by-play announcer alongside analysts Tim Johnson and Olympic gold-medal winner Jeff Blatnick, with Quint Kessenich reporting. Former Iowa State coach and wrestler James Gibbons will serve as a guest commentator describing the action on ESPN360.com.