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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1980
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Ags host championship
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today
By MIKE BURRICHTER
Battalion Stall'
Women representing eight Texas
universities will grace the G. Rollie
White Coliseum main court this
weekend in competition for the state
volleyball championship.
The Texas A&M team, having fal
len upon hard times for the past cou
ple of weeks, couldn’t be happier to
host the event. Action starts this
morning at 11.
A winner in only two of their past
13 matches, the Aggies have just re
turned from a week-long debacle in
California in which they lost five
straight. But even though that re
cord is not too impressive, A&M
head coach Terry Condon was not
terribly pessimistic.
“We didn’t play that badly, we just
got beat by some of the better teams
in the country,” Condon said, after
her team lost to Pacific, Utah State
and Washington, three teams ranked
in the nation’s top 10 at the UCLA
Invitational. “We didn’t play that
well either.
“It was really good experience for
our young players. We played in a
very tough pool, but we didn’t get
blown out by anyone. Also, the gym
we played in had six courts on the
main floor, which is mass craziness,
and if you can play there, you can
play anywhere.”
Condon said the team to beat in
this tournament is UT-Arlington.
The Mavericks are seeded first, fol
lowed by Houston, Texas and Texas
Tech. The Aggies have lost to all of
these teams en route to their present
19-30 record, but the matches have
always been close. The most frustrat
ing thing about coaching, Condon
said, is losing the close ones when
she knows her team can pull it out.
Condon said her team should go
into the tournament as the fifth-rated
team of the eight, with Lamar, North
Texas State and Texas Women’s
University bringing up the rear. If
the Aggies play their game, she
said, they could take first place.
“if they play up to their capabili
ties, they could win this tourna
ment,” sbe said. “We have just as
much talent as anyone in this state,
maybe even more. That’s the frus
trating part, getting these girls to put
it all together. I wouldn’t mind so
much if we just had a terrible team
and lost this many games, but we
should be winning more.”
Experience is the reason Condon
has given all season, and with a look
at the team’s roster, it’s easy to see
why. Four juniors, three sopho
mores and four freshmen suit up for
the A&M squad. Condon has been
shuffling the starting lineup all sea
son and is still uncertain who will
start this weekend.
“Five of the positions are filled,”
she said. “The other spot is between
three girls. But I plan on changing
things around anyway.”
Slated starters are juniors Kristen
Bloom, Marianna McNamara and
Wendy Wilson, sophomore Sue
Wetzel and freshman Lisa Sanders.
Junior Krista Sodich, sophomore
Elizabeth Echternach and freshman
Lisa Johnson will vie for the other
position, with sophomore Anne
Yardley and freshmen Michelle Hla-
vinka and Cathy Frederick providing
the team with capable reserves.
The aspect of the game in which
the Aggies need the most work,
according to Condon, is attitude.
“They’ve got to be relaxed on the
courts, but they’ve got to want it,”
she said. “They’ve also got to be
mentally prepared. A lot of these
girls are not mentally prepared for
the matches. That’s 90 percent of any
sport. I mean, if you’re not mentally
prepared, you might as well call it
quits.”
Last year at this time, the Aggies
were in roughly the same position
going into the state tourney. Given
spoiler’s role, the Aggies finished
sixth in the state tourney, but still
received an at-large bid to the re
gional tournament, where they
finished fourth.
“I guess they just peaked at the
right time last year,” she said. “I
hope they can do that this year.”
She said the top three teams in the
state tournament will receive bids
for regionals, but at least two others
should receive at-large bids.
Team members, who rarely get to
play on their home court, are elated
at the opportunity to play such a big
tournament here.
“I’m really excited about it,” Yard-
ley said. “It’s always fun to play in
front of your friends, you try a lot
harder. I mean, if you play lousy at
someone else’s court, you don’t care
as much because it’s not as embarras
sing.
Condon said a big crowd at G. Rol
lie is a must. “If we can get some
people out there, we have a really
good chance.”
At the Texas A&M Invitational in
September, a ranting crowd of about
50 sat in the stands at G. Rollie, and
even did some yells to rattle TWU
and Texas. The Ags knocked off the
women from Dallas, but came up a
bit short against the Longhorns.
With a significantly larger crowd ex
pected this weekend, Condon and
the rest of the team are expecting big
things for the maroon squad.
Preliminary matches will be play
ed all day today beginning at 11 a. m.
The Aggies must face UTA, Texas
Tech and North Texas State today.
The top two finishers in each of tbe
two pools will play in the champion
ship bracket Saturday, and the bot
tom two from the pools will play in
the consolation bracket. Those
matches will be contested all day
Saturday.
Condon said the team’s California
performance did not sit too well
with many of the players, and that
they are really looking forward to
this weekend.
Here’s a look at some sports events
happening in Texas A&M sports this
weekend:
SWIMMING — The Aggies will
be in New Orleans taking on Tulane
Saturday. The meet will be the first
of the 1980-81 season for A&M.
MEN’S SOCCER — The men’s
soccer team, 6-3-2, will play Rice at 2
p.m. Saturday in Houston. The
match is especially important be
cause it means the difference be
tween a third and fourth place finish
in the SWC Soccer League.
WOMEN’S SOCCER — In the
meantime, the women’s team, 6-0,
will be the top-rated team in the Au
stin Tournament in Austin which be
gins Saturday. The tournament will
bring teams from all over the state,
and A&M has won the event the last
two years.
AGGIE QUADRATHALON —
This event will be held at Carter
Lake, and will be sponsored by Texas
A&M professor Mike Shively. Shive
ly, an accomplished canoist, came up
with the idea for a swimming, pad
dling, running and riding competi
tion that will pit individuals from all
over the state against one another.
Individuals wishing to compete
should call 5-2828 for information.
Although participants may compete
in all of the four event categories,
they may also compete in any one,
two, or three of the events with
awards for each individual category.
Also, individuals may sign up at
the event on Saturday morning.
ROADR UNNERS CL UB — Will
sponsor the First Miller Lite 10,000
Meter Road Race, sponsored by Bra
zos Beverages, Inc., and KAGC
Radio. The race will be held at 2
p.m. Sunday at the Brazos Center.
VOLLEYBALL — The women s
team will host the state volleyball
championships starting at 11 a. m. to
day in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
TENNIS — The Aggies will be in
Lake Conroe today through Sunday
for the April Sound Invitational.
BASKETBALL—The women, 1-
1 in scrimmages so far, will play arch
rival Houston at 5:30 p.m. Saturday
at Cy Fair High School in Houston.
Golf team in Florida!
Holley eyes win at tourney
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M women’s golf
team travels to Gainesville, Fla.,
next Tuesday to compete in the Lady
Gator Invitational on the campus of
the University of Florida.
The tournament will be held next
Friday through Sunday. The Ags will
send a five-woman team to Gaines
ville.
Coach Kitty Holley said her team
has come close but ha§ faded out on
the final day of competition in the
previous three tournaments.
“But as long as we’ve been close,
we at least have a chance to win, ” she
said.
The Ags finished fifth in a field of
24 at the first tournament of the year,
the All-College Classic at Oklahoma
City. Kim Bauer led the team
finishing fifth.
At the Dick McGuire Invitational
at Albuquerque, N.M. the Ags
finished sixth in a 16-team field.
Bauer again led the team finishing a
very respectable third. Then, the
team improved to a fourth place fin
ish in a 22-team field at the Georgia
Invitational at Athens. Monica
Welsh led the Ags in this tournament
with a fifth place finish.
The Ags will take Kim Bauer,
Monica Welsh, Shirley Furlong, Sue
Yantis and Jackie Bertram to the
tournament. Seven golfers com
peted for the two positions open for
the Lady Gator tournament.
“Kim, Monica and Shirley were
exempt from competition for this
tournament,” said Holly. The battle
for the other two spots was tough.
she said and the competitii)ii
the entire team.
She said the team hasp
together and is playing well |
“Hopefully, we can{
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win this tournament insteij
coming close,” she said.
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