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m all over sent ifortingthefam. r are not alone d of another if Battalion Sports 'V said studentik ' p sense of cair,* ?ry special tot lo as students ggies host GTE Soccer Classic mple, Silver Ta: lies, the parerti s and lettere.Tl >seness.” louston, Ohio State, ivy also ready to rticipate in tourney. newn BY REECE FLOOD The Battalion ached my or iid. ie texas A&M Soccer Team will host the enjoy being a; Solcer Classic this weekend at the A&M because it give Complex. he said. “Withi tnh\g Aggies in this year’s tourna- ed to be in$pir?> will be the University of Houston, otes there are State University and the United States in television, il Academy. o seethemcarie lournament will kick off tonight at 5 lis business,!!; a game between Houstoh and.Ohio State, orks," shesaid ill’s first game of the tournament will be omethingthaie30 p.m. against Navy, i the near futune fteams will have a chance to regroup iTved as an rdav before play resumes Sunday. Hous- md Navy will start competition Sunday t 11 a.m. The Aggies will end the tour- ent with a game against Ohio State at p.m. mibr forward Mandy Davidson said the es have never played against Navy or < State and are not sure what to expect, he team knows what it will take to win. *Ve don’t have to know, much about a i,” [she said. “We just know we need to go now howsor .'omposed and play to win. We should ex- nd producec, the same thing from every team, a tough ne are able: e. ” them a big; aphnmore midfielder Amber Childers said not necessar expects a challenge this weekend. 1 think they’ll [other teams] give us a i match,” Childers said. “We’re ranked 10 now, so 1 think they’ll come in now want to knock us off.” Ithpugh concerned about the competi- , Childers said she is confident in her Iscarforherr n ’s abilities and does not think the they m ofa Z^sscr tdd change their practice methods, had the reqi. We come to the game thinking ‘We’re go- iance with t0 kick their butts anyway’, so we prepare i same way.” ar the first Thath Lies.'al 'ter Jason, wi ed a happy set r food for the roncentrate o as not involve. > and watchin 1 could do yi )w 34, lost m ?n she was of measles, stardom CODY WAGES/Thk Battalion A&M freshman forward Heather Ragsdale moves the ball against Oklahoma State University Aug. 27 in College Station. The Aggies will host the GTE Soccer Classic this weekend. A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri said he will use the same strategy he uses for every game. “We’ll always try to outwork and outthink and outperform,” Guerrieri'said. “Our strate gy is to try to remain balanced in how we at tack, how we defend and how we keep pos session of the ball.” Davidson said one new gameplan Aggie fans may see this weekend is a more aggres sive defense. “The last two games, [in] our defense, we’ve been kind of laying off teams,” she said. “So this weekend we’re really concen trating on making sure that our defense steps up and we play more compact as a team.” This new style of play should allow the Ag gies to pressure their opponents as other teams try to advance the ball down the field and cut down on opponents’ shots on goal. The Aggies hope playing at home will give them an advantage this weekend. Guerrieri said playing in Texas might have an effect on the other teams. “We’ll be playing against two teams from north of the Mason-Dixon line, so I think cli mate will be more to our comfort,” Guerrieri said. “Playing in familiar surroundings is al ways an advantage.” see Soccer on Page 8. Page 7 • Friday, September 10, 1999 Tennis visits Houston for Rice Invitational BY BETH MILLER The Battalion After spending the summer playing against the pros, the Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Team is back and ready to take on Louisiana State University, the University of North Carolina and Rice Univer sity this week end at the Rice Invitational. A&M assistant tennis coach Scott Triebly said most of the players earned points in profes sional circuits in California, Mis souri, Mexico and Spain this June. He said he has been im pressed with their performances in practice this semester. “They have come back pretty fit,” he said. “They worked out a lot this summer. I am really pleased.” TYiebly said the circuits pre pare players for the competition they will face both in college and professional-level tennis and in other career choices. “In one way or another they want to be pros, whether it is in tennis or in life,” he said. “The circuits put them around pros. It puts them out on the circuit, liv ing their own, traveling on their own. It makes them appreciate college.” This weekend’s opponents are top-35 teams. LSU, a top-four team, won the Southeast Con ference championship last year. Juniors Shuon Madden and Dumitru Caradima, who earned All-America and All-Big 12 Con ference honors and were named the Intercollegiate Tennis Asso ciation Doubles Team of the Month for February and April last season, will not play in the invitational so they can prepare for tournaments in the upcoming weeks,Triebly said. TYiebly said that while all matches are of value to the team, the invitational this weekend is similar to football’s Kick-off Classic. It allows the team to get match experience early in the season and helping coaches to evaluate team and individual strengths and weaknesses. Sophomore Keith From who played in the California and Mis souri circuits, said the experi ence taught him independence. “Traveling, in general, makes you more dependent on your self,” he said. “You learn more about yourself and things that you will use every day, like how you react to different situations.” From said this year’s season will be challenging because the Aggies will play eight of the na tion’s top 15 teams and many of the matches are away from Col lege Station. From said he is looking for ward to the Aggies being No. 1 in the nation this year. “Goalwise, I think it’s up to us,” he said. “We have to decide what we want. 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