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Episode Date: March 9, 2026

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Back to one-on-one with D.P. Sponsored by the Downtown Lincoln Foundation on 93-7 The Ticket. Yes, welcome back to one-on-one with D.P. here on 33-7, the ticket. I'm Jake Bockerman in studio with Nebraska women's tennis coach, Hermann, Delmago, Dick Pearson. Out today. Should be back for tomorrow. A little bit of travel issues here. But we have had a great show, a lot of fun so far with Herman, as we're talking, Nebraska, women's tennis. Once again, the Huskers at this point are seven and four on the year and heading to Michigan this week to take on Michigan and Michigan State. Michigan will be the Friday match on

like I said, March 13th, then Sunday, March 15th in East Lansing with Michigan State. Again, Hermon, for some of those some of those that are maybe new to the sport are trying to catch up a little bit. Who are the kind of the powers that be in the Big Ten? What is the Big Ten structure kind of looked like. Yeah, so before the new additions with UCSVLA, Washington, Oregon, Michigan and Ohio State kind of ran the table the last like 10 years. I think they kind of won, Michigan won the most of them. I think this year, maybe Ohio State is the favor. I think they're number two in the country right now. But we have UCLA's number six, I think, in the country. USC is like 12 and Michigan is probably like 8 or 10, you know, around there. So we have four top

10 and then I think Washington is 14 or 15 and then Wisconsin is top 22. So we have 16 in the top 25 and they kind of been the front runners the last few years. And then there's like about another group of five, six teams, you know, they're kind of right there as well. And then we're trying to be there. We're trying to get into that conversation. So what is, yeah, they're Ohio State of Michigan. They kind of been the front runners, I would say, for the last, you know, at least 10 years or so.

you know, they're the powerhouses. So the, but the additions to, to the Big Ten, too, I mean, now you're as you're kind of explaining, that's a lot of ranked teams up there in the top 25. I mean, we added three, three of the four from the, from the Pack 12, they're all the top 15, you know, the last

three years they've been, they've been in the conference. So before then, they were good, they were really good, so, they didn't get good when they came here. They were really good. You know, UCLA has won Insulays, USC has won one insolays. You know, it's only a handful teams that have won won't insolet championship.

championships and USC and UCLA are two of those. And then, you know, I think Michigan was in the final four last year. Ohio State were in the final four just a few years ago. And I think this year they look like a final four team. So, yeah, a little challenge ahead. But I think it's good. I think it makes our conference better. But I also challenge us, you know, on a daily base.

And every time we play them, you know, I think it's a good kind of measure sticked up to see kind of where we are and what we need to work on. And, you know, some of sometimes those really good teams expose you to some, some of your weaknesses, which sometimes I think is good to kind of help you get better, you know. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it's just interesting, you know, with, you know, with that realignment and all that, how it affects each sport with the new teams coming in. Yeah, it's like each sport is kind of different, you know, hours in tennis.

They just happened to, in Westminster, specifically. They happen to be really good. Yeah. You know, in Oregon, it's not too far behind, actually. So, but, but yeah, they just happened to be really good. those three teams, you know, like Washington, USC, UCLA, all three happen to be in the top 15. So they're really good.

But I think it's good for our league. Yeah. And we've also talked about on the show today kind of strategies and how you're kind of getting the doubles teams together. What is the percentage of time, I suppose, that you in practice work on doubles teams or compared to singles? You know, some weeks, depending on doubles is going and how our pairs are going.

Sometimes we spend a little more time. So one day it could be just doubles, you know, and the next day it could be a combination of both, or one day it could be no doubles and then all singles. We try to always touch base just about every single day, a little bit of doubles, whether we're just, instead of playing points or stuff, we might just working on specific drills,

maybe reaction ballets or returns or specific plays. And then at times, you know, if you feel like it's going well, we pay a little, not like less attention, but we might work less. You know, the end of the day, you know, that you have seven points to play, you know, singles is worth six points and doubles is worth one. Yeah. So you do want to put emphasis on doubles, but I also want to put emphasis on, on the singles that is worth six. You know, each match is worth a point, right? So, but doubles

is important. You know, let's say yesterday, we won the doubles point. We win the match. And then we lost the doubles point. You know, on Friday, we had a much point to win the doubles point, and then maybe the momentum shift. So, so doubles is important. It's not a deal breaker, but it is important. You know, so yeah, at times, you know, tomorrow we'll probably touch in doubles, mostly, you know, I think because it will be, uh, come maybe, uh, some changes, you know, so, so we'll work on more on doubles. And then Wednesday will be a combination of both.

And when you're kind of like recruiting or looking, is there something that makes a player better as a doubles? Like, are there's people that thrive in doubles and something that struggle a little bit? Absolutely. Yeah, there's, uh, there's players that are much better in doubles. and singles and vice versa. Players that are much better in singles and doubles. And then some that have a ball,

which is kind of like what you want to find at times, right? Yeah. But yeah, there's players that feel more freedom. They feel more loose and their strength. Much really worth for doubles. And then there's sometimes players that need more a little more adaptability, you know, the double score. So we try to kind of work on that and try to put the players that are, you know,

best at each spot. Yeah, so that's, if you're, if you're falling along, it will be exciting to kind of look. I know you're back there in the lab now. So we'll see maybe if we got some some different doubles teams coming out. We'll see. Yeah, it should be a little bit of fun. As we mentioned, Nebraska is on the road this week at in Ann Arbor in East Lansing. But I do want to say, if you're kind of looking ahead, want to make it to one of these matches.

Friday, March 20th will be your next chance against Washington. And then Oregon will be coming in that Sunday, March 22nd as well. So as you mentioned, some pretty good programs should be exciting competition as going to get there. Yeah, please come support. Thanks for having me. Thanks again, Herman. That's Hermann Del Morrow of Nebraska.

Women's Tennis. Always great to have him in. That'll wrap it up for one-on-one on 93-7. The ticket, the Adam Carrier Show coming up next year. We'll be right back after this break.