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f Thursday, November 5,1987/The Battalion/Page 9 Sports Lady Aggies bomb Baylor By Brad Marquardt Reporter The Texas A&M volleyball team continued its winning ways as it breezed by the Baylor Bears, 15-8, 15-9, 16-14 Wednesday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Lady Aggies (12-19 over all, 2-5 in the Southwest Confer ence) have won their last two con ference matches by defeating teams that had previously beaten them. “They made a goal not to lose to anyone twice,” A&M Coach A1 Givens said. “All but one of the matches in conference could have easily went the other way.” Sophomore setter Vvonne Van Brandt said, “We know we can’t win the conference and we’re just trying to be a spoiler. We are re ady to play in the second half of conference play.” The Lady Aggies not only had overcome the Baylor Bears, but also mental errors in the third game. The team had to come back to win as untimely service er rors hurt it. "I was disappointed with that aspect of the match,” Givens said. “I think if we hadn’t had that many errors, the third game wouldn’t have been so close.” Kelli Kellen, who was last week’s SWC player of the week, led the Lady Aggies with 10 kills and two solo blocks. Vivian Viera also had 10 kills and Cheri Steensma added eight. As usual, the Lady Aggies were led by Van Brandt with 33 digs. Van Brandt leads the SWC in digs and assists percentage. “Yvonne has been consistently setting in the .400 mark and you almost have to set at that level to be successful,” Givens said. “When you have that kind of per centage you’re going to win some ballgames.” One week ago the Lady Aggies were mired in a six-game losing streak, and now they have won three of their last four matches. rrf JHH! il wFj Mathews signs 4-year contract despite displeasure over terms % mm d\ ** km Photo by Robert W. Rizzo Texas A&M’s Krista Hierholzer hits the ball over the net while Bay lor’s Jennifer Putty attempts to block it. Hierholzer spurred the team with 11 digs and had five kills in nine attempts in A&M’s win. “I think the key is that we’re playing better as a team,” Givens said. “The chemistry on the court is really good right now. They are much better now and that comes through maturation and just spending time on the court toge ther.” Freshman outside attacker Amy Cumings missed the match due to an illness and was replaced in the lineup by sophomore Dena Zalesky. “Dena did a real nice job of stepping in and taking the re sponsibility,” Givens said. “She did a good job for not having started and not finding out about Amy until Tuesday.” HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Oilers signed Bruce Matthews Wednesday to a contract worth nearly $1.6 million over four years, ending the veteran offensive tackle’s season-long holdout. Matthews signed with the NFL team Wednesday morning and worked out at the Oilers training fa cility, Oilers spokesman Gregg Stengel said. “We got it done for what we said back in May we would do it for,” General Manager Ladd Herzeg said. “We said we would not pay him as much as we were paying (guard) Mike Munchak, and we signed him for $1.55 million for four years, and that’s less than $400,000.” Matthews, who had filed suit seek ing to become a free agent this year, was not enthusiastic about the deal. “If circumstances were different, I wouldn’t have come,” Matthews said. “I mean, if I had a big old bank wad set away I think I’d still be fight- Earlier this week, a judge in Los Angeles turned down Matthews’ re quest for a temporary restraining or der against the Oilers to sign with any team in the league. A Nov. 23 hearing date also had been set on his request for a temporary injunction. “There was a lot of uncertainty on how the court was going to rule,” Mathews said. “I really felt the per centages weren’t in my favor in try ing to get me something that would help me for this year.” Under the collective bargaining agreement between NFL players and owners reached in 1982, Mat thews had the right to negotiate with other teams until April 15. But after that date, he was re quired to accept employment with the Oilers or sit out the 1987 season before becoming a free agent. The complaint he had filed said at least four other NFL teams had- ex pressed an interest in negotiating with him, but were unable to do so because Houston insisted that he re main on its reserve list. Matthews’ attorney had alleged that the Oilers and the National Football League were engaged in! a price-fixing conspiracy to set his s4l- ary at less than he is worth. On Wednesday, Stengel said tlie Oilers will seek a two-week roster exemption for Matthews and it !is then up to the coaching staff to de cide when he will be able to play. “He most likely will miss .this week’s game,” Stengel said. “He tnay be ready to play against Pittsburgh in two weeks.” Matthews, a 6-foot-5, 280-pound former University of Southern Cali fornia standout, was the Oilers’ No. 1 draft choice in 1983. Prior to his hold out, Mathews had been a starter with the offensive line for 63 consecutive games. Rockets’ McCray agrees to undisclosed 6-year deal HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Rockets forward Rodney McCray agreed to the terms of a 6-year con tract and will be in uniform for Fri day night’s season opener, General Manager Ray Patterson said Wednesday. The Rockets’ Twin Towers, Ralph Sampson and Akeem Olajuwon, ear lier signed long-term contracts and McCray’s agreement will reunite the nucleus of the Rockets’ starting unit. “We’ve reached agreement and all that has to be done is draw up the contract for me to sign,” McCray said. “It’s basically a relief. It seems like a long time since I’ve played a game.” Terms of McCray’s contract were not announced. He had been seeking $1 million per year and the Rockets had been offering $700,000 when McCray was represented by Howard Slusher of Los Angeles. But McCray replaced Slusher with David Falk and negotiations re sumed at a faster pace. “The attorney I had at first had a different strategy,” McCray said of Slusher, known for holding his cli ents out as a bargaining chip. “I de cided a change was necessary for the benefit of Rodney McCray.” McCray, starting his fifth season with the Rockets, led the club in as sists and free throw percentage and established a club record by hitting 54.2 per cent of his field goals. McCray reported to the Rockets’ offices Wednesday and later talked with Rockets Coach Bill Fitch. “Coach Fitch just told me that, once the contract was signed, he’d expect me on the court and I’m really happy with that,” McCray said. Guest columns All right Aggie sports fans, here’s your chance to express your viewsinprint. just like The Battalion Edito rial Page that runs guest columns, the Sports Page is open to any in teresting or exciting sports topic you feeldeserves a comment. 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