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The Battalion Sports
October 14, 1982 /Page 11
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Going up to block opponants shots is a routine thing.
Acrobatics like the ones being exhibited by Maureen
Dunn, the Aggie Ladies setter-hitter who wears No. 6,
and middle blocker Sherry Brinkman, wearing No. 15,
Staff photo by Robert Snider
helped Texas A&M to down the University of Texas,
the defending national volleyball champions, before a
crowd of about 500 fans in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The Aggies are undefeated in conference action.
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
The Aggie Lady volleyball
team has staked its claim on the
Southwest Conference cham
pionship.
Texas A&M defeated the
University of Texas, defending
conference and AIAW national
champions, Wednesday 15-13,
17-15, 9-15 and 15-6. It was the
first time a Terry Condon-
coached team has ever defeated
the Longhorns.
Leading the Aggie Ladies
were Lisa Johnson, Sherri
Brinkman and Joey Vrazel but
Condon said the whole team
should be credited with the win.
“Lisa (Johnson) did a good
job at the start (of the match)
and Joey (Vrazel) played well in
the middle,” Condon said, “but
everybody pulled together to get
the win. But we still didn’t play
as well as I would have liked. We
had spots where we didn’t look
too good. I definitely think we
could have played better.”
Condon also said that the win
was good for the Aggie Ladies’
“We're not going to
walk over anyone, but I
think we should be able
to win conference and
go from there. Confer
ence should be ours if
we keep playing the way
we have lately," All-
Am erica Joey Vrazel
said.
confidence as they enter the
middle of conference play.
“We needed this game and
this win,” she said. “You could
tell we were nervous in the first
game but we got over it when the
crowd got behind us. I’m glad
there was a good crowd here
tonight. The girls needed to
know that the student body was
behind them.
“(The wan) was a real confi
dence builder. The whole night
worked out to be good for the
girls. But we have a long way to
go in conference because we still
have to play a lot of teams and
play Texas again in Austin. So
we still have to beat them again.”
Vrazel said the win helped
make the rest of the conference
schedule a little easier to handle.
“We’re not going to walk over
anyone, but I think we should be
able to win conference and go ;
from there,” she said. “We’ve
just gotten better every time
we’ve played. Conference !
should be ours if we keep play
ing the way we have lately.”
The 18th ranked Aggie
Ladies, who currently are unde
feated in conference play, will
travel to Arlington Friday to
play the University of T exas at
Arlington.
Revived Cardinals walk past Brewers to tie series
United Press International
ST. LOUIS — Jus* when it
appeared the St. Louis Cardin
als could forget about winning
the World Series, they remem
bered what got them there.
.After falling behind, 3-0, the
Cardinals parlayed their speed,
the relief pitching of Bruce Sut-
terand two dutch hits by Darrell
Porter for a 5-4 victory Wednes
day night over the Brewers, to
send the Series to Milwaukee
tied at one victory apiece.
“They came right back after
us tonight and scored a few runs
and at first 1 thought we were
going to die/’said Porter, who
tied the score, 4-4, with a two-
tun double in the sixth and a
single to set up the tie-breaking
run in the eighth. “We lost
momentum on the bench but we
scored and that brought us hack
to life.”
Sutter kept them alive long
enough for Steve Braun to draw
a bases-loaded walk off reliever
Pete Ladd in the eighth, Porter
threw out a potential base-
stealer in the ninth and the com
plexion of the series changed
drastically entering Game 3,
scheduled for Friday night.
Milwaukee’s Pete Vuckovich
is scheduled to oppose Joaquin
Andujar in a battle of right
handers.
“I don’t know' how well we’ll
play on the grass,” said Porter,
referring to the surface in Coun
ty Stadium. “We’ll try. We have
some people who can hit it out of
that ballpark.”
By treating St. Louis the same
way they handled California on
their home field, the Brewers
could prevent a return to St.
Louis.
Milwaukee started by con
tinuing the rout it administered
in Tuesday night’s 10-0 opening
victory. Charlie Moore doubled
home Roy Howell for a 1-0 lead
in the second, and Robin
Yount’s infield grounder and
Ted Simmons’ home run made
it 3-0 in the third.
Suddenly, however, St. Louis
remembered its speed and pul
led within 3-2 in the third. Willie
McGee’s stolen base ignited the
Cardinals, who received an RBI
double by Tom Herr and an
RBI single by Ken Oberkfell.
After Milwaukee extended
the lead to 4-2 on Cecil Cooper’s
fifth-inning single, the Cardin
als then used a stolen base to
develop some offense. Oberkfell
singled, stole second and
George Hendrick walked. Por
ter, MVP in the NL playoffs,
then stroked an opposite-field
double to left off starter Don
Sutton, tying the score, 4-4.
When Doug Bair tired in the
seventh after two solid Celief in
nings, Sutter entered and held
the Brewers through the eighth,
when a walk, a fielder’s choice
and a single by Porter knocked
out loser Bob McClure in favor
of Ladd.
But the big righthander
walked Lonnie Smith to load the
bases. He then walked Braun on
four pitches.
“I was rattled by the walk to
Smith,” said Ladd. “I realized it
as it was going on and I tried to
talk to myself. But I got more
involved.”
Braun detected the pitcher’s
discomfort and capitalized.
“This was my first World
Series so I’d never been in a
situation quite as important as
this one,” said Braun. “But I’ve
been in a situation where the
pitcher was having control prob
lems and I knew the pressure
was on him.”
Porter helped Sutter by
throwing out Molitor when
Robin Yount swung and missed
with the hit-and-run on. It effec
tively ended Milwaukee’s inning
and drew cheers from a Busch
Stadum crowd.
Porter has spent tw'o years
trying to persuade St. Louis Car
dinals’ fans to like him and he
just may be doing it.
Porter’s every move in
Wednesday night’s 5-4 win over
the Milwaukee Brewers in the
second game of the World Series
was accompanied by cheers,
something Porter hasn’t heard
very often since he moved to St.
Louis from Kansas City.
“It’s always nice to hear !
cheers,” Porter said. "It beats the
heck out of boos.”
Porter’s accomplishments )
made Manager Whitey Herzog
one of the happiest guys in the
St. Louis clubhouse.
It was Herzog who per
suaded Porter to leave some
adoring fans in Kansas City and
sign a five-year, $3.5 million
freeagent contract with the Car
dinals before the 1981 season.
Porter was named the Most
Valuable Player in the Cardin
als’ sweep of Atlanta in the Na
tional League playoffs. And in
the first two games of the World
Series, he has gone 4-for7.
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