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sports Battalion/Page 19 November 18, 1982 WC title match Saturday © 1 —© *"=*<§) «—© <=© <=<§) f ^ II Royal oaks e /Wv RACQUET CLUB V // U n \Yj Spikers lose to Coogs C'olleg^- 10% off to Aggies by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor itt's been a long haul for the gie women’s volleyball team. Vhile in the midst of its ghest-ever series of tourna- |nts, Texas A&M has man- id to creep up to No. 13 in the BAA rankings and to the top jthe Southwest Conference Sidings during the past two nonths. \fter traveling to California I Tennessee during the first jto weeks of November, Coach Irry Condon’s players are Id. | But they can’t afford to let up (jow, because Wednesday ;ht’s loss to the Houston gars tightens things up even imore in the heated league race ween Texas A&M and Texas. The Aggie Ladies, who en tered the match with an 8-0 SWC record and a 32-10 overall record, lost to Houston 9-15, 15- 11, 11-15, 15-1, 10-15 in G. Rol- lie White Coliseum. The Lady Longhorns, who are 8-1 in the SWC after a victory over Baylor, are even with Texas A&M in the race for the league crown and a berth in the NCAA tournament. And now it’s all come down to one match. Texas A&M meets UT in the final match of the reg ular season Saturday at 2 p.m. in Austin, with the title and post season play on the line. To make the setting even more interest ing, consider that Texas’ only loss of the conference season came at the hands of the Aggie Ladies on Oct. 13. The situation is simple: if the Aggie Ladies win Saturday, they’ll win the SWC champion ship and gain the national tour nament; if UT wins, it’ll gain an automatic berth in the NCAA tourney by virtue of its league title. If the Aggie Ladies had defe ated the Cougars and lost to the Lady Longhorns, Texas A&M and UT would have held a one- match playoff in Austin Tues day at 7:30 p.m., with the winner earning the crown. Condon, in her third year at Texas A&M, said her players showed a little wear and tear in Wednesday night’s match. “Houston played real well and we didn’t play real well at all,” she said. “I don’t know ex actly what it was. I think we’re a little tired from tlVe last two weeks. We were tired tonight mentally ... and we didn’t play well. “Houston’s a real scrappy team. They play real good de fense and get a lot of balls back. We just weren’t ready — we might have been looking too far ahead. “I guess you live and learn — the hard way,” Condon said. But the Aggie Ladies received good news late Wednesday afternoon. Joey Vrazel, the team’s junior all-America setter- hitter, was given the OK to play after having sustained a bad knee sprain over the weekend in the Tennessee Invitational. Ear lier in the week, it was believed that Vrazel would miss the re mainder of the season, but doc tors say she can play if her knee is well-taped and she wears a knee brace. 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Jseason.butSMUcoachBob- -" l,llu : f Collins said nothing could 1 'tompare to Arkansas’ defense. }" ""f. ®“We’ve not faced a defense Oaklandjoi| likes of Arkansas - defense,” 1 mana S er ieSMU coach said in a tele- , lone conference with repor- Martin y L in Little Rock Wednesday, tlar with th™ ( tough adtH “They’re an outstanding wilt their* U P’” he . said - “ The y do a id ni()itiotfr' endous j 0 ^ a g a i ns t the run, oiiml Bl l‘ nst the pass. They do all the dartin ttont PS S y° u wan t a defense to do. iitnk the» |' s ‘ s % f ar t l* e finest defense it we’ve faced.” 1 have to ml [But Arkansas coach Lou 1 even sett iltzsaid he expected difficui- 1 defending against the bnd-ranked Mustangs’ wide- ged offensive attack that tsses the run but turns to the |swhen needed. “When they’re most explo- 1 is on third-and-one,” Holtz to win ba# h. “SMU has proven if you 11 and lit) myself ough to tfl 1 :rewed up, istrative ti hat kind of argue xpense J)the run they can throw the itball.” Both Collins and Holtz gave praise for their opponent nginto Saturday’s 2:50 p.m. ne at Texas Stadium in ing. No. 8 Arkansas takes an record into the game, while SMU coach Bobby Collins says Hogs’ defense strong SMU is undefeated in 10 out ings. Collins said his Mustangs, who lead the league in rushing offense, had some trouble against the defenses of Texas Christian, Baylor, Texas and Houston this season and they could have trouble against Arkansas’, which leads the league in total defense and in stopping the run. The SMU coach said his offense depended heavily on the running of Eric Dickerson and Craig James, and his team had had difficulty winning when those two were stopped. “Fortunately in their career, they haven’t been shut down that often,” he said. “But we’ve won ball, games throwing the football. Lance (Mcllhenny) and the receivers have been able to make the big plays when neces sary and I think that has been important.” Holtz said the Razorbacks realized the importance of Saturday’s game and his staff had not had to dwell on that too much during practices this week. “I don’t think there is any doubt our team will be ready to play,” he said. “This is the type of game you really don’t have to say too much about.” For the Razorbacks, a victory Saturday would keep alive their hopes for a berth in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Jan. 1. For the Mustangs, a win would give them an undefeated regular- season record, the outright Southwest Conference cham pionship and the trip to the Cot ton Bowl. Arkansas must get past both SMU Saturday and Texas Dec. 4 to get to the Cotton Bowl. Collins attributed SMU’s spotless record and ability to make the game-winning play to his team’s talent and its dedica tion to work hard. “We believe and it’s been part of our philosophy that when you work hard, good things hap pen,” he said. “They’ve pre pared themselves for situations that have come up in ball games and they’ve accomplished things that maybe some teams would not. But I think it’s because of hard work and a talented foot ball team.” Holtz attributed SMU’s win ning ways to positive thinking. “Finding a way to win is just basically a group of players that don’t believe they can lose no matter what happens,” he said. “They just believe they can find a way to win somewhere along the line. 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