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Volleyball I;Eam Set Xor Fast, Powerful Season by Ward W Wednesday, August 24, 1933 Daily Nebraskan Page 27 Volleyball i;eam set xor fast, powerful season By Ward W. III Triplctt we were able to go ahead and do it said. What Pcttit has been now," Pettit Terry saying i Adamczak will battle Julie about his Nebraska team junior volleyball .''L Hermann for the starting role. Pettit may finally sink in this season for both a former volleyball fans and UNL students who expected Lynae Loseke, Omaha World-Heral- d athlete of the could be volleyball fans if t hey gave it a chance. Year from Columbus to be in that bat- tle, but she has been lost until Sep- "One thing I'm real happy about ,..y tember to torn into this is ligaments. going season that we've Teresa will be sold 630 season Bohn, another junior, already tickets," Pcttit a backup setter, as will senior Debbie said. "Our goal was 1,000, but this and freshman walk-o- n shows we've some of Thompson developed type Jennifer Vilaha from Mexico City. following." Senior is slated for its seventh Y Sallye Ramsey Despite winning straight front court duty. first-roun- d l r , backup Big Eight championship, a NCAA Nebraska's dominance was and for ninth in Big Eight gamehere tying threatened briefly by Missouri last sea- the final NCAA poll, last season 200 to son, after the Tigers won a five-se- t 300 people per home game was a good ) t match in Columbia. That threat was crowd. ended Missouri The however, when lost to best crowds came after home Iowa State in then were football on Ames, swept games a free admittance in three sets the Huskers in Lincoln. with a football ticket. The NCAA by Missouri, also a underclassmen-dominate- d match against Penn State drew about Photo courtesy of UNL Sports Information Office 6-fo- will 19 ot squad, be one of GOO - Sharon Kramer, a sophomore from Clinton, Iowa, a spectators. a gets spike past opponents Nebraska will face this sea- "Those ticket sales have gone real Penn State blocker in last year's first round NCAA tournament victory at the UNL Coliseum. son that ranked in NCAA Top 20 at one well, since we haven't started the stu- time or another last season. dent ticket promotions yet," Pettit three players, Cathy Noth, Erin Dean Dahlgren on the other. "Our schedule is the best we've ever said. and Mary Buysse, he said. Noth and "Enid is just a superb athlete a faced," Pettit said. "We've also got "We'll have 12 home all-Bi- g matches this Buysse are setters and both little better one than we expected," games teams that were in and the will be against eight year, student price only Eight selections though only juniors Pettit said, and Dahlgren is coming off the top 10 at some time." $5 (for season tickets), which is ridicu- this season. a red-shi- rt season. Nebraska's are San low." Among oponents lously Dean, one of only three seniors on The dept h at middle-blocke- r made it Diego State in the San Diego State Inv- If the season ticket is sixth-ranke- goal reached, the squad, was an honorable mention possible for Pettit to move sophomore itational, and d California. home fans can to see All-America- n. 1,000 expect Volleyball Monthly magazine Annette Adamczak, who started most They will play a dual match against some of t he best female athletes in 5-1- 0 the The outside hitter was of last season besides Kramer, to out- Nebraska Sept. 22, then play in the country playing for Nebraska, Pettit also named to the all-Region- al team in side hitter. Husker Invitational that weekend. The said. last year's NCAA championships, "We needed a strong, physical player Invitational will include Louisville (No. "I us five-se- expect to have a very good where she had 24 kills despite a t who could really wham the ball at out- 15) and Texas A&M (No. 19). he said. We return 6 to 7 loss fast-brea- team," people to Purdue. side hitter," Pettit said. Gwen Egbert "If people like to watch k at one time or another. We The will certainly Huskers also boast a strong filled that role last season, but she was basketball, then they're going to love should be to 6-fo- ot up the physical chal- block with sophomore Sharon Nebraska's only loss to graduation. our style of volleyball," Pettit said,"Our on lenge." Kramer one side, and either "It was always in the plans to move game is just so fast and so powerful. I Nebraska's strength will center Michelle Smith, a 5-1- 1 sophomore, or Annie outside anyway, but with hope we can make the transitions as around the ball-handlin- g abilities of freshmen Enid Schoenwise or Karen Dahlgren coming on the way she has, fast all season." America's "TV team x i AL like a hot scores on NL network dog Analysis By Pat Clark with all thefixings Analysis by Pat CVDoimell Due mainly to the miracle of cable television, the This is the best time of the year for the sports National League is no longer a real baseball league. IP--, fan. Instead, it is much more appropriate to think of the Nowhere in the major leagues are the races National League as a nightly television series. Ted " i hotter than in the American League East. Bal- Turner does, and for right now anyway, it's his show. i y timore, Detroit, Toronto, New York and Mi- Given that the only thing more Ainerican than lwaukee trade the lead among themselves al- "baseball is television.what could be more American most everyday. than a baseball team that only exists on television? Many baseball fans say this is balance of The Atlanta Braves are such a team. The vast major- power, great baseball, the best competition. In ity of their nationwide army of fair-weath- er fans an absurd way, it is. None of the teams are have never been within 100 miles of the stadium in well-rounde- d enough to win the division by which they play, and probably would not go there more than a game or two. even if they had the opportunity to do so. Many of Sure the American League is more exciting. them may not even be baseball fans per se as much .it has George Steinbrenner. We haven't heard as they are simply vidiots, who watch because the much from George this year. That's the number alternatives are "Chips" and Too Close for Comfort". one reason why the Yankees are going into When Ted Turner dubbed his Braves "America's September with a shot at the pennent. George Team," he probably did not mean for the name to did have something to say last week when he become quite so accurate. lambasted the hot dogs at Fort Lauderdale, The Atlanta Braves have become so closely tied to Fla., where the Yankees have a Class A team. look v, Too cold too New York their television fandom that even their games H and stale, he told the like they have been scripted out in advance. The ) press. Heads will probably roll, he said, if he story is always the same: after eight innings, the couldn't get a hot dog with all the fixin's, on a 4-- 1 wheeze Braves are behind (sighs and curses ' - ' fresh bun. That's the way Steinbrenner keeps in bottom of v - j his team from America's living rooms). But the Photo courtesy of the Atlanta Braves winning, by keeping out. the little Brett Butler leads off with a We have heard from Billy Martin as ninth, plucky Bruce an Omaha native, is one ofthe though, single, Rafael Ramirez gets a walk, then Dale Murphy Benedict, he set an American League record for being on Braves' priae-tiin- e champion- Bob Horner hit back-to-bac- k home runs to players the twice this season and has been and give show. suspended the Braves a 5-- 4 victory. The vidiots are happy. ship thrown out of more games than American That's team out there!" they say between gargles At the bottom of the NL West, and probably des- League President Lee McPhail can count on his my Reds. Amer- of beer. "Go all the way Braves, 'cuz if you dont I'm tined to stay there, are the Cincinnati If fingers. television show to maintain viewer interest arid hold ica's Team is destined to win the division, it is only . The Kansas City Royals are in the same The soon come when it is a matter of appropriate that a team called the Reds finish dead situation they were in a year ago. .a great day may if is This national pride to cheer for the Braves, and they will last. The Reds are harmless enough now, but they team, but something missing. year, just win 10 in a row and Ted Turner will be should start to win again, President Turner-Reaga- n like last year, they are a starting pitcher short pennants a covert aid to their of the But unlike the elected president of the United States. In fact, Ted will doubtless institute plan of playoffs. last year, Royals Turner and Ronald Reagan may really be the same opponents. don't have to worry about the California National re- whose is Rod Carew.
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