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on/Pagu iber 1 sports Battalion/Page 19 November 1, 1982 James impressed with defense SMU praises A&M effort by John Wagner Battalion Staff IRVING—It was over so fast. What was shaping up to be a iber-sharp grudge match be tween the Southwest Confer ee's leading rushing offense nd the leading passing of fense timed out to be as one-sided as butter knife. The SMU Mustangs were ible to live up to their reputation a high-powered offensive nachine, piling up 421 yards ind six touchdowns as they mried the Aggies 47-9. But with Gary Kubiak under he X-ray machine at Irving tommunity Hospital, Texas W:M’s hopes for an upset and a hance at a bowl bid were bu t ied nasea of red, white and blue iniforms. Kubiak left the game with 11:47 left in the first quarter, indthe Aggies never recovered, ry lost to! Respite a valiant effort by the dits SMI e Saturdai .er e y n def. Ciii .a. Tech),fi h), 3-6,24 def. Forlt ico), 6-2,4 A&M rail arnament: inson lost: 1-6 def. Cm 6-3, 6-4 ns def. Do 6-1 | lo def. i def. Cl don (IT).' ■ def. Dm 6, 7-6,6-i 7rozier(0i . SpikeJof 6, 6-0, (H ) page H Texas A&M defense to try to ;eep the Aggies in the game, umoversand the Mustangs’ re- entless attack wore them SMU coach Bobby Collins ichoed the statements of nearly the Mustangs when he said he outcome of the game was really affected by Kubiak’s isttoYauft mkle and hip injury. Ta.), 6-3,0 “Losing Gary put them (the Ysgies) at a tremendous dis- r def. To avantage,” Collins said. “He’s , 2-6,7-6 def. Get* .'est La.),6 such a gifted football player. He can really throw the ball, and they have tremendous confi dence in him. “It was a severe blow at the time. I’m sure it changed their game plan.” The Mustangs, however, nev er deviated from their standard style of play. Eric Dickerson, the Heisman-candidate half of SMU’s Pony Express, rushed for 200 yards and three touch downs. And when the Aggies jammed the line of scrimmage with seven or eight players, Mus tang quarterback Lance Mcflhenny went to the air, com pleting nine of 16 for 133 yards and two touchdowns. Collins said the Ponies’ pas sing attack is still in the develop ment stages. “We see our players have more confidence in our passing game. Its been improving each “We see our players have more confidence in our passing game. Its been improving each week, and they now think we’re going to make the big plays off the pass,” he said. “As long as people keep crowding us on the line with eight or nine men-lines, we’re going to continue to make the big plays.” To Collins, the victory was as important as the Mustangs’ 30- 17 victory over Texas the pre- Weekend (continued from page 18) ,Y & )AY T ancer n An er it. 0 p.n 1 ' WPLEX J Alkio def. Robert Bazon (UT), 6-2, 6-0 — (seminfinals) Kettenacker def. Hill (A&M), 6-2, 5-4 (Hill withdrew during second set) Alkio lost to Crozier (UT), 2-6,3-6 Both teams will hold tourneys again this weekend, with the men hosting Texas Tech and Southwest Texas State, and the women’s team hosting Houston, Oklahoma State and North Texas State. The Aggie women’s vol leyball team defeated the Ken tucky Wildcats Saturday night to win the championship of the A&M Invitational tournament. The match lasted more than two hours, with Texas A&M emerg ing victorious by scores of 15-9, 10-15, 16-14, 10-15 and 15-11. The Aggie Ladies, now 27-4, have won 20 straight matches, three short of the state record set by AIAW national champion Texas in 1981. The tourney title was Texas A&M’s third of the season. T exas A&M, ranked No. 15 in the NCAA poll, now swings west for its toughest road trip of the season, playing Long Beach State today and No. 2-ranked San Diego State Tuesday night at 7:30. 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SMU limited to the Aggies to 189 total yards and only 75 yards passing. But how much Kubiak’s injury helped the Mustang de fensive cause is impossible to tell. Mustang free safety Blaine Smith said it was SMU’s defense — not Texas A&M’s injuries — that shut down the Aggies. Smith intercepted Aggie quar terback John Elkins twice, with one interception being wiped out by a Mustang penalty. “We’re pretty pleased we con tained A&M’s passing attack, but people still don’t give us the credit we deserve. They think we haven’t been challenged yet, but I’d say we’ve played tough enough against some good pas sing teams to get a little more credit. “We’re just going to let peo ple keep talking and we’re going to keep playing.” Craig James, Dickerson’s Pony Express sidekick, said the Aggies impressed him, especial ly after the emotional blow of losing Kubiak. “I was suprised, (that the Mustangs won so handily) but turnovers will kill you,” James said. “You can’t turn the ball over and win, and when Kubiak went down, you could just see a little flutter go out of their offense. “You hear that defenses should bend and bend and bend, and never break, and that’s how the Aggies were. When we were watching film from the first of the year, they (the Aggies) didn’t have a lot of guys who seemed excited about playing defense. “Bqt we could see that in the last couple of weeks their de fense started to get excited ab out being out there. 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