Sports Friday, Nov. 15, 1985 13 University Daily Kansan News Briefs Women competing in final fall match The women's tennis team will begin its final competition of the fall season, today in Little Rock, Ark. The team will play dual matches against Southwest Mississippi State and Arkansas. The Kansas women have never beaten Arkansas. "Last year we lost three tough matches to them and each one went down to the final sets," said Scott Perelman, head coach. "The girls have had a good win, and wins this weekend would really give us some momentum for the spring." There was some doubt as to whether Perelman would be traveling with the team to Arkansas. He was involved in an auto accident Tuesday when the car he was driving was hit from behind while he was stopped at a traffic light. Perelman was treated and released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. But his brother Brett, an assistant tennis coach, yesterday said that Perelman would be able to travel although he was sore. No signings received The Kansas basketball office did not receive any signed letters of indent in the mail yesterday, according to Doug Vance, sports information director. High school senior basketball players who want to sign with a college or university during the early signing period have until Wednesday. If they don't sign a letter, the earliest they can sign is April. But Brown said he would wait until the players signed before announcing their names. After Friday's exhibition game with the Czechoslovakian National Team, head coach Larry Brown said, "Four kids have told me that they are coming." Brown said Tuesday that he would be disappointed if Kansas didn't sign any players during the early signing period. Runners at districts The Kansas men's cross country team, along with two members of the women's team, will compete tomorrow in the NCAA District V Championships in Stillwater, Oka. Women's coach Cliff Rovello said he was sending only Kim Sheridan and Shaula Hatcher because they were the only distance runners who were healthy. Hatcher will also be running in The Athletics Congress Junior National Cross Country Championships Nov. 30 in Raleigh, N.C. Chris McCool, a captain of the men's swim team, took a deep breath while practicing yesterday in Robinson Natatorium. The men's and women's swim teams are preparing for a meet with Southern Illinois tonight and a double-duet meet with Wyoming and Drury College tomorrow. Rigorous schedules continue By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff "We've got one of the toughest schedules in the country, and we are going to keep it that way in the future." Kansas head coach Gary Kempf said Wednesday. "This will be a good test for our team since we have never beaten SIU in the three years we have swum against them." The SIU women's team is ranked No. 5 in the country, and the men's team is No. 7. Both Kansas' teams are unranked so far this season. The Kansas swim teams will continue their rigorous schedules at 7 p.m. today in Robinson Natatorium in a meet against Southern Illinois. Kempf said he didn't know much about the Saluki teams other than their reputations and preseason rankings. He said he was more concerned with performance of his teams. Tomorrow, the men's and women's teams will host Wymong and Drury College in a double-dual meet. The meet starts at 2 p.m. in Robinson Natatorium. Kempf said that the Wyoming swim teams were almost identical to Kansas' and that Drury was not quite as strong. The women's team is coming off a split of a double-dual meet against Southern Methodist and Texas A&M in Dallas last weekend. In the meet, Karen Dionne set a pool record in winning the 100-yard breaststroke in one minute, seven seconds. KU needs to be error-free against Nebraska By Frank Hansel Of the Kansan sports staff The Kansas offense, which has produced only four field goals in that span, took another step backward Wednesday when quarterback Mike Norseth suffered a slight knee sprain in practice. But before the Jayhawks can snap those streaks, there's another streak they will have to take care of — 11 quarters without a touchdown. Kansas head coach Mike Gottfried has a personal two game losing streak against the Cornhuskers, and Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne hasn't lost to Kansas in 12 seasons. The Kansas football team will be trying to stop several streaks when they play 2. no. ranked Nebraska at 1:30 p.m, tomorrow in Lincoln, Neb. The Jayhawks will be trying to snap a three game losing streak that has taken them from 5-2 to 5-5. Nebraska has won eight straight games since losing its opening game to Florida State. Norseth, who was assisted from the field at Anschutz Sports Pavilion, practiced yesterday. Gottried said Norseth looked fine, but he would wait until after practice today to name the starting quarterback for tomorrow. Tom Quick, Norseth's backup, has been at quarterback this week in practice. Quick is also a wide receiver. Strong safety Marvin Mattox, who injured his knee in the Oklahoma game and was said to be out for the The Jayhawks also will be without tailback Lynn Williams, center Paul Oswald and free safety Wayne Ziegler, who are sidelined with injuries. Nebraska Game 11, Nov. 16 Lincoln, Neb. entire season, will play against Nebraska. "He beat the diagnosis," Gottfried said yesterday. Gottfried said the Jayhawks would have to play error-free ball if they were to have a chance against the Big Eight co-leader. Nebraska is 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the conference. said. Pinekicker Jeff Johnson will retain his starting job against Nebraska, Gottfried said. Johnson, who was replaced by Chase Van Dyne after missing two field goals against Colorado, had to win his starting job back in competitions this week at practice. Oklahoma is 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the conference. "The thing for us to do is put ourselves in a position to be around in the fourth quarter. We have to we have to play aggressively and make things happen." Osborne said that despite KU's three game losing streak and 1-4 conference record, the Jayhawks were one of the better teams in the Big Eight. "I think there is a tendency on the part of some people to compare Kansas with Kansas State and Iowa. I think that is a mistake." Oshorne said. Osborne said the KU offense was similar to Iowa State, a team Nebraska defeated 49-0 last week, but the Jayhawks had better athletes. "I think the strength of their team is obviously Norseth." Osborne said. "If you get a hot hand and their quarterback plays well, and we don't play well defensively and offensively, we stand a very good chance of getting beat." Gottried said Kansas would have to stop the Nebraska running attack, which is led by Doug DuBose's 1,027 yards, in order to win. "We have to stop the run, but not fall prey to the play-action pass," Gottfried said. "They can hull you to sleep with the run and then spring the pass on you." On defense, Gottfried said Nebraska was strong at every position, and Kansas would have to execute better than in recent weeks in order to have a chance. If they don't, the streaks could continue. Top guard commits to KU Rv Heather Fritz Of the Kansan sports staff Lisa Braddy has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Kansas next season, women's head basketball coach Marian Washington announced yesterday. Braddy, a 5-foot-9 guard from St. Teresa's Academy in Kansas City, Mo., chose Kansas over more than 20 other schools that recruited her, including USC, UCLA, Louisiana Tech, Long Beach State and Georgia. "I'm just ecstatic about Lisa's decision," Washington said. "Her natural ability makes her one of the best to come along in a while. She has the innate ability to see the entire floor and make special things happen. A player with her kind of talent will really make our program." "I'm just ecstatic about Lisa's decision. Her natural ability makes her one of the best to come along in a while.' - Marian Washington She became St. Teresa's all-time leading scorer last year with 1,300 points in two seasons. Braddy transferred to the academy from Schagle High School, where she averaged 16.5 points per game as a freshman and was picked as the national newcomer of the year by B-C Times, a national recruiting publication. Brady was picked twice to Street and Smith basketball magazine All-America teams, and has been named to USA Today's All-America team. Last year Braddy led St. Teresa's to a 29-1 record and to the semifinals of the Missouri A-4 state tournament. The Jayhawks are expected to sign two more recruits early next week, including Kerri Hawley of Rogers State junior college in Claremore, Okla. Hawley played at Kansas State last season. Football Predictions
CarothersConboyLazzarinoGraves
Kansas at NebraskaNebraska 52-6Nebraska 35-21Nebraska 45-24Nebraska 48-7
Iowa State at Kansas StateIowa State 10-7Kansas State 23-22Iowa State 24-7Iowa State 28-14
Oklahoma State at MissouriOklahoma State 34-13Oklahoma State 32-24Oklahoma State 31-3Oklahoma 31-17
Colorado at OklahomaOklahoma 30-20Oklahoma 28-10Oklahoma 35-10Oklahoma 54-10
Auburn at GeorgiaGeorgia 21-19Georgia 21-20Georgia 28-21Auburn 28-24
Air Force at BYUAir Force 100-99Air Force 28-24Air Force 41-35BYU 34-21
Notre Dame at Penn StateNotre Dame 28-24Penn State 28-17Penn State 17-13Penn State 21-20
Maryland at ClemsonMaryland 21-17Maryland 24-21Maryland 20-17Clemson 24-7
Mississippi at TennesseeTennessee 42-10Tennessee 27-10Tennessee 17-16Tennessee 28-14
Wisconsin at Ohio StateOhio State 35-14Ohio State 35-14Ohio State 24-10Ohio State 21-17
Season Totals53-34-3—.60960-27-3—.69063-24-3—.72452-35-3—.600
The predictors are James Carothers, associate professor of English; Bill Conboy, professor of communication studies; Chris Lazzarino, Kansan sports editor; and Bryan Graves, Kansan photo editor. Paul Goodman/KANSAN Mónica Spencer, a seller on the Kansas volleyball team, concentrates on a low shot. The Jayhawks were practicing yesterday in Robinson Center in preparation for this weekend's Kansas Tournament. Tourney to begin tomorrow By a Kansan reporter The Kansas volleyball team will end its season by hosting the Kansas Tournament this weekend in Robinson Center. Tournament play begins at 10 a.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. on Sunday. Allen Field House between Kansas and Kansas State Sandwiched between tournament play tomorrow will be a Big Eight conference match at 7:30 p.m. in The Jayhawks, 15-11 and 2-7 in the conference, will play Texas-EI Paso, Tulsa and Illinois-Chicago in the tournament. Kansas will try to rebound from losses last week to Oklahoma and Iowa State. "We're going to come out with around a .500 season." KU head coach Frank Alberts said yesterday. "It would be nice to bring that record up and into the Big Eight and see what damage we can do." 1