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Jews 1 Dins . of -nee, de- -nplfc trufc Dr the □bins DS5 -diable r all anvas -sey, r> belt' iton By CRAIG RENFRO Reporter Athletic scholarships, though sometimes taken for granted, are a vital part of any successf ul collegiate sports program. But not if you’re the Texas A&M women’s soccer team. None of the players on the A&M women’s soafer team receive any kind of athletic scholarships. A&M Coach Laura Johnston said the A&M Athletic Department has put the team on “limited” budget. “The best soccer athletes in the .country are in Texas,” Johnston said. “If we had (athletic) schol arships we would be a national con tender within a year or two.” Johnston, however, has no ill feel ings toward the Athletic Depart ment. “When the Athletic Department feels they are ready to absorb wom en’s soccer as a full varsity sport, they will approach us,” she said. “Until that time, I’m happy with the way we’ve been treated so far. The players feel the same way, too. A&M goalkeeper Kim Clack said, scholarships or no scholarships, the team competes because they just en joy the game. “We are limited as to who we can recruit, but we have a good team considering nobody is on schol arship,” Clack said. “We are here to play because we love the game.” A&M must love the game because it’s the only member of the South west Conference that has a varsity women’s soccer team. “Other (SWC) schools either feel like they aren’t ready for a women’s varsity sport (in soccer) or they feel interest isn’t high enough,” Johnston said. Johnston, in her first full year as the Aggies’ head coach, has seven re turning players from last season’s squad. That team started last year ranked in the Top 20 of the Inter collegiate Soccer Association of America poll (ISAA). This season the Aggies were ranked 19th in the ISAA preseasori poll and they hope to improve upon that ranking, Johnston said. “I’m excited about this year be cause it’s the first time I’ve had a chance to recruit and see what re sults I can get out of my recruiting,” she said. The Aggies opened their season Sept. 7 against the defending na tional champion D’Feeters, an ama teur team from Dallas, with a 1-1 tie. A&M recorded its first victory of the season Sept. 14 with a 7-0 white washing of Hardin-Simmons Uni versity. Over the weekend, A&M hosted games against University of North ern Colorado, Denver University and Trinity University, from San Antonio. In Saturday’s action, A&M defeated Northern Colorado, 4-0. Sunday, the Aggies lost to DU, 1-0, A&M’s first loss of the season. The Aggies are strong at all posi tions, but the leader of the team is Clack, an All-America candidate at goalkeeper, Johnston said. “Kim is one of the most consistent players I’ve ever seen,” Johnston said. “She’s a good goalkeeper in that she will get the job done when it really counts.” The remainder of A&M’s squad is led by three more All-America can didates — Pam Patak, Jenny Lawson and Denise Rowe. The Aggies began practicing two weeks before the fall semester began and concentrated on running and stomach exercises, Johnston said. “I’m very proud of this team.” she said, “We’ve worked very hard to be come, what we are. “I like to put the team in realistic game situations in practice. The players dictate to me what style of play we will have.” During the off-season many of A&M’s players participated in ama teur competition to prepare them for the fall schedule. Johnston expects the Aggies to re ceive one of 14 bids for the postsea son national “Final Four” tourna ment. “I believe that we have the right blend of athletes and determination to make it to the tournament,” she said. Ag spikers (continued from page 7) like that, I was ready to walk off the court and hide underneath a rock,” Beakley said. After the first game, Condon changed the Aggies from a 6-2 align ment to a 5-1 alignment (that’s five hitters and only one setter), using hitters Michelle Whitwell and Steensma. “We put in the new people and they brought in a new attitude,” Condon said. “You need to do that if your starters are flat. It was surpris ing that we played that well in the 5- 1 since we hadn’t worked on it very much in practice.” The changes seemed to make a difference as the Aggies won the next three games to take the match 3-15,15-6, 15-7, 15-10. Steensma had eight kills and led the Ags with a .421 hitting percent age. Whitwell had no attacking er rors as she hit .333. Another positive for the Aggies was the play of Brinkman. Brinkman began to return to her All-America form against the Sun Devils and Cougars and was named to the All-Tournament team. “It’s taken me a while to get going,” said Brinkman, who hit .411 against Houston. “I’ve gone through a lot. It took some time to realize some things. No matter what’s said about me, I’ve got to believe in my self. “I like to play like the old Sherri. I don’t like this Sherri. I like to scream and have fun. She’s (the old Sherri is) coming back.” Dodgers power by Astros Ward helps Rangers win fourth straight ^ Associated Press HOUSTON — Pinch-hitter Enos Cabell lined a two-run single in the eighth inning and Steve Sax had three hits and two RBI to power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-3 victory over the Houston Astros Monday night. The victory moved the National League Western Division-leading Dodgers six games ahead of the idle Cincinnati Reds. The Dodgers’ magic number for clinching the NL West was reduced to eight. With the score tied 3-3, Cabell hit a pitch by Jeff Calhoun into center field to drive in Pedro Guerrero and Reggie Williams. Guerrero had led off with a single and had taken sec ond on Bob Bailor’s single. Williams came in to run for Bailor and the runners were sacrificed into scoring position for Cabell. Carlos Diaz, 5-3, was the winner with late relief help from Tom Nie- denfuer, who gained his 17th save. Calhoun, 2-4, took the loss. Rangers 11, Mariners 4 ARLINGTON — Gary Ward hom- ered and drove in four runs Monday night to lead the Texas Rangers to an 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mari ners and a sweep of the four-game series. The Rangers tied a season-high with their fourth straight triumph. Dave Schmidt, 6-5, pitched five in nings of four-hit ball for the victory and Dave Rozema gave up one hit in the final four innings for his seventh save. Ward hit a three-run homer in the first inning. His 15th home run of the season came after Mark Lan gston, 7-14, walked Toby Harrah and Larry Parrish. The homer also helped the Rangers tie a team record witn home runs in nine straight games. The Mariners struck for two runs in the third. Donnie Scott doubled, Spike Owen followed with a triple and Jack Perconte then doubled. Texas scored in the fourth when Ward singled, Ellis Valentine doubled and Wayne Tolleson hit a sacrifice fly, before Seattle coun tered in the fifth on Owen’s fifth home run that made it 4-3. The Rangers took a five-run lead in the fifth when they scored four times, highlighted by Valentine’s home run. Harrah led off with a double and scored on a single by Pete O’Brien. Parrish followed with a single that knocked out Langston, and Ward hit a sacrifice fly against Dave Tobik. Valentine then hit his second homer of the season. Other Monday games: (Home team in capitals) AMERICAN LEAGUE TORONTO 5, Milwaukee 1 Detroit 2, BOSTON 1 Chicago at CALIFORNIA (n) Cleveland at OAKLAND (n) NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal 10, CHICAGO 7 New York 4, PHILADELPHIA 1 ST. LOUIS 5, Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco at SAN DIEGO (n) Temple Hometown Club Meeting Sept 25-7:00 pm Room 404 Rudder For More Information Call 764-1888 UVTERURBA1V Join us Tuesday nights for MEXICAN BEEN NIGHT! DOS EQUIS, TECATE & CORONA Only ONE DOLLAR from 5:00 pm until close The INTERURBAN 505 University Dr. "an aggie tradition" UNIVERSAL GROCERY & SNACK BAR CHINESE LUNCH SPECIAL $2 00 , -Eggrolls & Wontons- $ Imported Oriental Groceries-Exotic Foods All within walking distance of Campus Across from Blocker Bldg. & St. Mary Center 110 Nagle-C.S 846-1210 Rhodes Scholarship 1985 Are you a senior with a 3.50 + average? If so, you may be eligible for a Rhodes Scholar ship. 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