Oxygen-starved muscles. Torn knee ligaments. Mangled ears. Broken teeth he had to spit out mid-match, requiring an emergency root canal. Former Nebraska wrestler Jordan Burroughs rolled all of that hardship into two national titles and an ongoing pursuit of an Olympic gold medal.

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Friday's 6-2 loss to No. 6 seed Ohio State bounced the Huskers from the Big Ten tournament after a mistake-filled effort in their final game of the season. NU had plenty of chances, but it ended up getting outplayed and outexecuted in front of a reporter-estimated 500 at Huntington Park — what was a familiar display, coach Darin Erstad said.

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NU coach Darin Erstad was watching Ohio State's 5-4 loss to Purdue Thursday night. He saw Brian King warming up in the bullpen. At least three times. No way would King last long in his start Friday, right? That may have been a legitimate assumption, which is why King's six innings caught the attention of Nebraska's coach during the Buckeyes' 6-2 win, which eliminated the Huskers from the Big Ten tournament.

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Nebraska's No. 31 ranked doubles team of Christopher Aumueller and Benedikt Lindheim fell 6-1, 6-4 to Virginia's Drew Courtney and Jarmere Jenkins, ranked fifth, in the first round of the NCAA men's doubles championship Thursday. Aumueller and Lindheim ended the regular season with a 32-9 doubles record and both finished their careers ranked in Nebraska's top five in career victories.

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Three more Nebraska athletes qualified for next month's NCAA track and field championships Friday at the West Region preliminary meet. Two members of the women's team advanced in field events by finishing in the top 12.

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Jamie Williams will bring along somebody to Nebraska who could eventually be of help to the Husker football program. His son. Evan Williams, a 6-foot, 175-pound quarterback from San Francisco, plans to walk-on at NU starting next season.

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Nebraska's Ryan Hander knew it was only a matter of time before the high-powered NU bats heated up. But he couldn't let an elimination game get out of hand. So as he twice teetered on the brink of disaster, the junior right-hander reminded himself not to lose his poise. Stick to the approach, he thought. Give your teammates a chance.

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Nebraska will be a desperate team playing simply to extend its season on Friday. Problem is, both of its potential opponents are in the same scenario. If Ohio State and Michigan State want to keep playing after this weekend, they have to win the Big Ten tournament. The Spartans do have an outside chance at receiving an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament, but they'll likely be overlooked if they finish 1-2 in Columbus.

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University of Nebraska golfer Steffi Neisen of New Prague, Minn. and former Husker JC Weaver of Grand Island will play in next month's 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship after advancing through sectional qualifying Thursday at Wilderness Ridge Golf Club.

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Stacy Underwood was named Nebraska rifle coach on Thursday. Underwood is a former member of the NU rifle team and had been an assistant at Kentucky.

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Nebraska's Chris Phipps, Mara Griva and Luke Pinkelman qualified for the NCAA championships Thursday at the NCAA West Regional. Phipps and Griva qualified in the long jump and Pinkelman in the shot put.

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