LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) – The University of Wyoming’s chief fundraiser voiced harsh criticism of coach Dave Christensen in an email to UW Athletics Director Tom Burman.

The next day Burman suspended Christensen for a week and fined him $50,000.

The email from UW Foundation Director Ben Blalock was obtained through a public records request by the Casper Star-Tribune ( HYPERLINK “http://bit.ly/Ud7z64” ).

Christensen cussed out Air Force coach Troy Calhoun following Wyoming’s loss on Oct. 13. Christensen apologized the next day and coached the following week’s game at Fresno State.

But a video of his tirade went viral, and Blalock’s email followed on Oct. 21, saying the foundation felt foolish in supporting the coach.

Christensen missed one game because of the suspension and returned to coach the Cowboys’ win over Colorado State on Saturday.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State recently unveiled a shiny new $20 million football complex that should help the program compete with their much wealthier neighbors in the Big 12.

The first order of business is to earn a reason to keep it humming in December.

The Cyclones (5-4, 2-4 Big 12) remain one win shy of bowl eligibility after falling to Oklahoma on Saturday for the 70th time in 77 tries. For a program that has reached a bowl games just 11 times, a third bowl bid in four years would represent major progress.

Iowa State travels to face No. 19 Texas (7-2, 4-2) on Saturday seeking its second straight win in Austin and that all-important sixth win of 2012.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ Nebraska basketball coach Tim Miles has announced that Deverell Biggs will sit out this season as a redshirt. Miles said Monday the decision to redshirt Biggs came after a “pretty quick conversation” between player and coach.

Biggs is eligible to play in Wednesday’s exhibition against Midland University, and Miles said the junior guard might get some minutes. Biggs is a two-time all-state selection out of Omaha Central High School. The 6-foot guard earned first-team junior-college All-America honors last season at Seward County Community College in Kansas. Biggs was the first player signed by Miles after he became coach last spring. Biggs is the first in-state scholarship player to join the Cornhuskers since 2001.

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LARAMIE, Wyo. – Led by sophomore Mike Hill and true freshman Bryce Wiedeman, the Chadron State College wrestling team performed well during its first regular season action.

In all, nine wrestlers won at least two matches.

Hill went 4-1 at heavyweight – he had two pins and two decisions – to finish in second place, while Wiedeman recorded three consecutive pins and got another pin in the consolation round to finish in fourth place at 157 pounds.

Others winning two matches for CSC included Jesse Larralde and Reed Burgener at 149 pounds, Dustin Stodola at 133, CJ Clark at 149, Tyler Smart at 165, Bret Klopp at 174 and Jordan Debus at 184.

Amateur Results

• 125 – Jeremy Inderlied, UA, dec. Jace Johnson, CSC, 7-3; Johnson dec. Nader, 13-8; Connor Bolling, UNK, pinned Johnson, :58. (Johnson 1-2)
• 125 – Matt Nader, UA, dec. Spencer Hunt, CSC, 7-3; Daniel Barraza, UA, dec. Hunt, 7-6. (Hunt 0-2)
• 133 – Jay Stine, CSC, dec. Mike Mills, UA, 4-3; Jacob Haney, UA, dec. Stine, 9-2; Caleb Walker, Western Wyoming, pinned Stine, 1:47 (Stine 1-2)
• 149 – Jesse Larralde, CSC, dec. Dillon Seely, UA, 8-2; Cory Wittwer, Colorado Mines, dec. Larralde, 11-6; Larralde dec. Carroll Conley, Colorado State, 7-2; Dillon Karjanis, Western Wyoming, tech fall Larralde, 17-0. (Larralde 2-2)
• 149 – Reed Burgener, CSC, pinned Carroll Conley, Colorado State, 1:30; Eleazar De Luca, OTC, pinned Burgener, 1:32; Burgener pinned Dillon Seely, UA, 1:38; Jake Elliott, UA, pinned Burgener, 6:35. (Burgener 2-2)
• 157 – Bryce Wiedeman, CSC, pinned John Crowley, Colorado Mines, 4:52; Wiedeman pinned Dixon Richins, Western Wyoming, 5:46; Wiedeman pinned Nick Swanson, UA, 4:19; Colton Thornton, Northwest Wyoming CC, major dec. Wiedeman, 13-3, Wiedeman pinned Eli Hinebauch, 1:46; Alex Bontz, Air Force, major dec. Wiedeman, 14-5 for third place. (Wiedeman 4-2)
• 165 – Jacob Eggers, UA, dec. Taylor Pownall, CSC, 7-4; William Goforth, UA, pinned Pownall, 2:02. (Pownall 0-2)
• 165 – Austin Dewey, UA, dec. Dylan Fors, CSC, 6-2; Fors, dec. Robinson, Wil Robinson, Colorado State, 7-3; Horacio Vialpando, UA, dec. Fors, 6-4. (Fors 1-2)
• 184 – Devan Fors, CSC, pinned Caleb Brown, UA, 2:02; Dylon Braun, Colby CC, dec. Fors, 6-2; Kadyn Del Toro, UA, dec. Fors, 2-0. (Fors 1-2)
• 285 – Tucker Erickson, Montana State-Northern, pinned Dillon Spies, CSC, 3:25; Jordan Hanson, UA, pinned Spies, 1:20 (Spies 0-2)
• 285 – Mike Hill, CSC, pinned Caleb Christensen, UA, 1:35; Hill, pinned Xavier Fisher, Colby CC, 6:51; Hill dec. Brendan Vinyard, 6-1; Hill dec. Allen Neuleib, UA, 3-0; Travis Williams, UA, dec. Hill, 9-4 for first place. (Hill 4-1)

Elite Results

• 133 – Valyen Rauser, Utah Valley, pinned Josh McCance, CSC, 1:01; McCance dec. Jackson Adams, Colorado State, 4-1; Jake Eltzen, Wyoming, dec. McCance, 10-5. (McCance 1-2)
• 133 – Dustin Stodola, CSC, major dec. Jake Eitzen, Wyoming, 17-6; Daniel DeShazer, UNK, dec. Stodola, 6-3; Stodola dec. Sam Bauer, Northern Colorado, 7-4; Valyen Rauser, Utah Valley, major dec. Stodola, 14-1. (Stodola 2-2)
• 133 – Perry McAfee, CSC, dec. Sam Bauer, Northern Colorado, 2-1; Kasey Garnhart, Wyoming, dec. McAfee, 9-5; Jake Eitzen, Wyoming, major dec. McAfee, 14-3. (McAfee 1-2)
• 141 – Kyle Komata, Wyoming, dec. Leandro Arias, CSC, 5-4; Travis Himmelman, Boise State, dec. Arias, 6-1. (Arias 0-2)
• 149 – CJ Clark, CSC, dec. Austen Moore, Grand Canyon, 10-5; Clark dec. Chase Burns, Great Falls, 9-5; Robert Stroh, Wyoming, dec. Clark, 7-2; Justin Schumacher, Colorado Mesa, pinned Clark, 4:27. (Clark 2-2)
• 157 – Zachary Young, Colorado Mines, dec. Bruce Zurek, CSC, 3-2; Ryan Leonard, Great Falls, major dec. Zurek, 9-1 (Zurek 0-2)
• 165 – Ethan Smith, Utah Valley, dec. Phil Bullington, CSC, 9-2; Jace Jensen, Wyoming, dec. Bullington, 7-1. (Bullington 0-2)
• 165 – Taylor West, Boise State, dec. Tyler Smart, CSC, 7-2; Smart, dec. Joshua Brown, Colorado Mines, 7-1; Smart dec. Cameron Fox, Colorado State, 12-5; Daniel Baucke, UA, dec. Smart, 3-2. (Smart 2-2)
• 174 – LJ Heiberg, UA, dec. Bret Klopp, CSC, 6-5; Klopp, dec. Ray Hall, CSU-Pueblo, 9-5; Klopp pinned Michael Poulos, Wyoming, 5:49; Max Payne, Montana State-Northern, major dec. Klopp, 16-4. (Klopp 2-2)
• 184 – Nick Bayer, UA, dec. Jordan Debus, CSC, 4-0; Debus dec. Joseph Giron, CSU-Pueblo, 7-5; Debus major dec. Keith Johnson, Northern Colorado, 16-7; Shane Woods, UA, dec. Debus, 6-3. (Debus 2-2)
• 197 – Cody Dixon, Boise State, dec. Chris Leak, CSC, 5-3; Andrei Melnac, NW Kansas, dec. Leak, 3-0. (Leak 0-2)
• 285 – Sears Tiernan, Great Falls, pinned Ryley Dawson, CSC, 4:56; Cody Davis, UA, pinned Dawson, 5:29. (Dawson 0-2)

Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director

 

CHADRON – The Chadron State College women’s volleyball team won the first set during Friday’s match with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs but the Mountain Lions rebounded and won the final three en route to their 21-25, 25-27, 25-22, 25-15 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory.

Three UCCS players had double-digit kills led by Nikki Kinzer’s match-high 16. Kim Catlett and Jordan Banich each had 10 kills apiece and Amy Einspahr and Amanda Bloom chipped in seven apiece.

In the opening set, Chadron State, now 4-22 overall and 2-15 in the RMAC, hit .310 but the Eagles’ offensive numbers diminished in each following set.

For the match, UCCS hit .322 while the Eagles managed to hit .166.

Four Chadron State players had at least eight kills. Erika Roybal finished with a team-high 12 kills, Mallory Irvineand Lexi Hoagland, who hit. 400, had nine and Mollie Jones finished with eight.

Both squads blocked well, finishing with 10 total blocks. Kinzer led UCCS with four and Irvine also had four for Chadron State.

Also for Chadron State, Justine Ackie and Alyssa Bauer combined for 37 set assists and Kristina Harter had a team-high 14 digs.

Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director

DENVER – Both the Chadron State College men’s and women’s cross country teams wrapped up their seasons in a successful fashion Saturday at the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships hosted by Regis University.

The Chadron State women finished 18^th out of 24 teams and the Eagles’ men were 19^th out of 22 teams.

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference dominated the team standings. Adams State, Western State and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs went 1-2-3 in the women’s division, while Adams State, Western State and Colorado School of Mines took the top three spots on the men’s side.

Adams State also had both individual champions. Alicia Nelson was the top women’s finisher in 21:44 and Kevin Batt won the men’s race in 32:09.

Ashley Riesen led the Chadron State women with by finishing in 44^th place with a time of 24:05 in the women’s 6K.

Also for the CSC women, Jayme Nunes finished in 25:28, Becca Volf wasn’t far behind in 25:56, Miranda Karn timed in 26:06 and Ashley Appelt rounded out the team’s score with 27:11.

Nathan Faulkner led the Chadron State men with a time of 37:18 and Simon Gudeta wasn’t far behind in 37:49.

Also for CSC, Michael Steube (38:08), Domingo Torres (38:56) and Jake Moore (40:44) added to the team’s total.

Lincoln – Jordan Hooper scored 26 of her game-high 32 points after halftime to lead the No. 18 Nebraska women’s basketball team to a 68-38 exhibition win over Nebraska-Kearney on Sunday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., finished with 32 points, nine rebounds, three steals, two blocks and an assist to give the Huskers their second exibition win of the week, following a 78-34 win over Pittsburg State on Oct. 29.

Senior point guard Lindsey Moore added 19 points, six assists, four rebounds, two blocks and two steals in the win.

The Huskers, who only had six players compete in the game, got seven points and seven rebounds from freshman Sadie Murren, and three points, eight rebounds and three assists from freshman Courtney Aitken. Both of NU’s active freshmen played the full 40 minutes.

Junior center Adrianna Maurer added six points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots in a solid effort, while sophomore forward Katie Simon rounded out the NU contributors with one point, six rebounds and two assists.

Senior forward Meghin Williams did not play while nursing a foot injury, while five Huskers sat out the game because of a decision by Coach Connie Yori.

“We hold our players to a high standard of accountability,” Yori said. “We expect our players to live up to those standards. They did not play today, and as long as they live up to the standards that we have set for our team, we do not expect to have any issues moving forward.”

Freshman Laramey Lewis led the Lopers with nine points on 2-of-3 shooting from the field and 4-of-4 free throw shooting, while Ivy Jones added eight points, four boards and three assists.

For the game, Nebraska hit just 33.9 percent (20-59), including just 22.2 percent (6-27) from three-point range, but connected on 22-of-28 free throw attempts (.786). But NU held UNK to just 22 percent (13-59) shooting from the floor, including just 2-of-13 from long range. The Lopers did hit 10-of-12 free throws. UNK also outrebounded the Huskers, 47-44, but NU forced 22 turnovers while committing just 13 of their own.

Nebraska and UNK both got off to a slow start, as the Huskers led just 6-5 after the game’s first nine minutes, as the two teams combined to go 4-for-28 from the field to open the game. NU led just 16-13 with 3:35 left in the first half.

Hooper did not find the scoring column until hitting her first jumper with 7:34 left in the half, but finished with six points and seven rebounds in the opening period to send NU to the locker room with a 26-17 halftime edge.

After scoring the final four points of the first half, the Huskers outscored UNK 18-2 in the first 5:09 of the second half to put the game out of reach. Hooper scored 13 of NU’s 22 points in the seven-minute stretch to push NU’s lead to 44-19 with 14:51 left. She added 14 more points in the game’s final 10 minutes, including NU’s last six points of the contest.

Nebraska opens regular-season action by playing host to North Carolina A&T on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Devaney Center. Tip-off between the Huskers and Aggies is set for 7:05 p.m.

Official Basketball Box Score
Nebraska-Kearney vs Nebraska
11/04/12 2:05 p.m. at Bob Devaney Sports Center- Lincoln, Neb.

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VISITORS: Nebraska-Kearney 0-0
TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
30 Williams,Nadia…… f  0-2    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   4   0  0  2  0  0  13
44 Norman,Melissa…… f  0-8    0-0    1-2    4  5  9   2   1  1  2  1  0  25
05 Jones,Ivy……….. g  4-10   0-3    0-0    1  3  4   3   8  3  3  1  1  24
22 Levings,Reed…….. g  1-7    1-5    0-0    0  3  3   3   3  0  1  0  0  21
35 Zimmerman,Shelby…. g  3-10   0-1    3-4    1  6  7   2   9  1  3  0  2  29
01 Arp,Nicole……….    1-3    0-1    2-2    0  5  5   1   4  0  4  0  1  17
10 Seberger,Sydney…..    0-2    0-0    0-0    1  0  1   0   0  0  0  0  1  11
11 Ohamara,Queen…….    0-4    0-0    0-0    2  2  4   0   0  0  1  0  0   9
12 Mullings,Sydney…..    0-4    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  1  0  0   7
15 Lewis,Laramey…….    2-3    1-1    4-4    3  1  4   1   9  0  2  0  0  16
20 Hix,Sarah………..    2-5    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   0   4  0  1  1  0  17
32 Luther,Shara……..    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
33 Kersten,Danielle….    0-1    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   2   0  0  1  0  0  10
TEAM…………….                         3  2  5             1
Totals…………..   13-59   2-13  10-12  17 30 47  19  38  5 22  3  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  6-30 20.0%   2nd Half:  7-29 24.1%   Game: 22.0%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-7  14.3%   2nd Half:  1-6  16.7%   Game: 15.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-4  100 %   2nd Half:  6-8  75.0%   Game: 83.3%    1

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HOME TEAM: Nebraska 0-0
TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
35 Hooper, Jordan…… f 10-27   4-13   8-11   2  7  9   2  32  1  3  2  3  32
55 Maurer, Adrianna…. f  2-6    0-1    2-2    3  6  9   0   6  2  1  5  0  27
00 Moore, Lindsey…… g  5-15   1-6    8-9    2  2  4   0  19  6  1  2  2  35
21 Murren, Sadie……. g  3-9    1-7    0-0    1  6  7   3   7  0  1  0  2  40
22 Aitken, Courtney…. g  0-1    0-0    3-4    2  6  8   3   3  3  4  0  0  40
14 Simon, Katie……..    0-1    0-0    1-2    3  3  6   1   1  2  1  1  0  26
TEAM…………….                         1     1             2
Totals…………..   20-59   6-27  22-28  14 30 44   9  68 14 13 10  7 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-30 33.3%   2nd Half: 10-29 34.5%   Game: 33.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-16 12.5%   2nd Half:  4-11 36.4%   Game: 22.2%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  4-6  66.7%   2nd Half: 18-22 81.8%   Game: 78.6%    1

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Officials: Roy Gulbeyan, Ann Schroeder, Missy Brooks
Technical fouls: Nebraska-Kearney-None. Nebraska-None.
Attendance: 1976
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Nebraska-Kearney…………..   17   21  –   38
Nebraska………………….   26   42  –   68
Exhibition Game

East Lansing, Mich. – The Nebraska volleyball team (18-5, 10-4) dropped a five-set (13-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 15-17) heartbreaker to the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday evening.

The Huskers trailed 1-0 in the match and came back to even the match at two sets apiece twice before eventually falling in the fifth. With the loss, the Huskers dropped back-to-back conference matches for the first time since 2009.

Gina Mancuso led the Huskers for the second-straight night, recording 20 kills and six digs for NU. Meghan Haggerty notched nine kills, while Morgan Broekhuis had seven and Hayley Thramer notched six. Lauren Cook tabbed 49 assists for NU and Lara Dykstra led Nebraska defensively with 16 digs.

The Huskers hit .188 in the match, while Michigan State tallied a .283 hitting percentage. NU was out-dug 55-49 and was out-blocked 14-9.

Nebraska took a 6-2 lead in the first set on an ace by Mancuso, as the Huskers and Spartans were all tied up at 10-10. MSU strung together three straight points, taking a 13-10 lead and forcing Nebraska to call a timeout. The run did not stop as MSU then went up 16-10 on NU. Nebraska could not muster enough offense to take down the Spartans in the first set, falling 25-13.

Mancuso had three kills for NU in the first set, while Broekhuis had two. Cook tabbed seven assists, but the Huskers hit -.036. Michigan State hit .417 in the first set and totaled two team blocks, as NU had zero.

The Huskers and Spartans battled early in the second set, as the two teams tied at 5-5 on a kill by Broekhuis, while Cook gave Nebraska an 11-8 lead. Mancuso tied the set at 16-16, as Cook put NU up 18-17. Fien notched a kill as the Huskers took a 20-19 lead, but MSU came back to tie the set at 21-21. Alicia Ostrander then came in for NU and recorded a kill as the Huskers went up 22-21. Mancuso notched a solo block of her own for a 24-22 lead as she then powered the Huskers to the 25-23 second-set win.

Mancuso and Broekhuis both had three kills in the second set, while Fien notched two. Cook had 10 assists as the Huskers bounced back with a .242 hitting percentage. MSU was held to .158 hitting and just two blocks as Nebraska had three.

An ace by Zarda put NU up 3-2 in the third set, but MSU came back with three consecutive points to take a 7-4 lead. Mancuso put NU within two at 15-14, but the Huskers would once again fall 25-18 in the set.

Mancuso notched five kills in the third set, while Haggerty had three. Nebraska hit .219 as a team, while MSU notched a .483 hitting percentage and out-blocked NU 5-1.

Nebraska opened the fourth set with a 4-1 lead on a block by Thramer, but the Spartans bounced back to take a 7-4 lead. A kill by Fien put NU within two at 11-9, MSU, while Alexa Strange led NU to an 18-17 lead with a service ace. The Spartans then took a 22-19 lead, but an error by MSU put Nebraska within 22-21. A double-stuff block by Cook and Thramer gave NU a 23-22 lead, as Mancuso powered NU to the 25-23 fourth-set win.

Mancuso led Nebraska again in the fourth set, totaling four kills, as Thramer and Haggerty both had two kills. NU hit .206 in the set, while holding MSU to a .094 hitting percentage.

Nebraska opened the fifth set trailing 5-1 to the Spartans. A kill by Mancuso and a pair of blocks from Haggerty and Ostrander eventually put NU within 7-6. A hitting error by the Spartans tied the set at 8-8, while Ostrander came on strong for NU again with a kill, giving Nebraska a 9-8 lead. FIen notched a kill as NU went up 11-9, then taking a 14-11 lead on a kill by Haggerty. Fighting off numerous set points, Michigan State came back to take the fifth set 17-15 and the match 3-2.