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in Top 20 spiker poll
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
Coaches like to harp on the fact that statistics don’t mean much, but it
still looks good to see your team on top of the columns. f
And the fact is, if a team’s on top of every statistical column, they re
probably at the top of the standings. . ,.
Although it’s still too early in the season to make a judgement on this
year’s Texas A&M volleyball team, their statistics are good.
The statistics came from the NCAA Wednesday and include the Aggies
first five matches.
A&M, currently 8-3 on the season, was hitting .305 on the season when
the stats came out, placing them 11th in the nation. Since that time, the Ag
gies percentage has fallen to .265.
None of the Ags placed individually in the Top 20 in hitting percentage.
Freshman Cheri Steensma leads A&M with her .397 average in 13 games.
All-American Sherri Brinkman has hit .370 in 35 matches and leads the
team with 142 kills.
In kills per game, A&M is ninth at 15.56. In assist percentage, the Ags
are eighth.
Senior setter Lesha Beakley was 13th in the nation with her .500 assist
percentage. The Aggies other setter, Chris Zogata, wasn’t far behind at
.423.
In assists per game, the Aggies were 13th, averaging 13.38.
The only statistical catagones the Ags didn’t get mentioned were blocks,
digs and aces. These were three areas A&M Coach Terry Condon said the
Aggies must be more consistent in.
Which brings us to adding two and two together. If you add all these sta
tistics together, and take into account the Ags record, where would you
place them in the Top 20?
How about 17th in the NCAA poll and 16th in the Tachikara Coaches’
Poll?
Well, that’s where the Aggies stand right now.
Volleyball
Top 20 Poll
Here’s the Tachikara Coaches’
Top 20 Poll with overall record
through Sept. 23 in parentheses.
1. UCLA —(8-0)
2. Stanford — (7-0)
3. Pacific —(5-0)
4. San Jose St. — (9-2)
5. Nebraska — (8-2)
6. Cal-Poly SLO —(6-1)
7. USC —(8-3)
8. San Diego St. — (12-2)
9. Hawaii — (7-0)
10. Texas — (4-2)
11. W. Michigan — (6-1)
12. Colorado St. — (7-4)
13. Arizona -- (7-2)
14. BYU —(10-2)
15. Illinois —(18-0)
16. Texas A&M —(8-3)
17. Cal-Santa Barbara — (9-3)
18. Northwestern — (8-3)
19. Arizona St. — (9-1)
20. Pepperdine — (3-7)
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Associated Press
NEW YORK — The Major
League Baseball Players Association
said Wednesday that Commissioner
Peter Ueberroth “has yet to supply
any evidence to support his claim”
that the minor leagues are virtually
drug free because of his drug-testing
program.
Ueberroth, in a news conference
Tuesday, said he had asked all major
leaguers — in letters sent through
club ownership or managers — to
participate voluntarily in a testing
program next season. And on NBC’s
“Today” show Wednesday, Ueber
roth called testing in the minors a
deterrent to drug use.
“Even before we started, the use
of drugs went down dramatically,”
Ueberroth said. “As soon as testing
was in all the minor leagues — and
we did it without publicity, inciden
tally— the use of drugs just virtually
vanished. ... As soon as we do that in
the major leagues, the same thing is
going to happen.
“I made the proposal to the union
on May 8, 1985. It’s the same propo
sal. And it worked in the minor
leagues,” Ueberroth said. “I had the
power to put it in the minor leagues
and it worked.”
“As soon as testing was in
all the minor leagues —-
and we did it without pub
licity, incidentally — the
use of drugs just virtually
vanished. ... As soon as
we do that in the major
leagues, the same thing is
going to happen. ”
— Baseball Commissioner
Peter Ueberroth
Gene Orza, the associate general
counsel to the union, said the union
has never been given details of the
minor-league testing program.
“We’ve asked the commissioner for
details on at least 10 occasions,” he
said. “All we get back is the same
thing — there’s random testing a
number of times. I assume players
get tested whenever they’re asked.”
He also said the “overwhelming
weight of expert medical literature is
that testing is not a solution because
it necessarily establishes in the minds
Astros rally
late to clip
Dodgers
10th inning homerun
gives Houston victory
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Kevin Bass hit his
14th homer of the season in the 10th
inning to rally the Houston Astros to
a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles
Dodgers Wednesday night.
Jim Pankovits singled to right
field before Bass broke the 4-4 dead
lock with a homer over the right
field fence off reliever Tom Nieden-
fuer, 7-8. Julio Solano, 2-2, pitched
the 10th inning and got the victory.
Despite the loss, the Dodgers
maintained a six-game lead over
Cincinnati in the National League
West after the Reds lost 4-2 in 11 in
nings to Atlanta.
The Astros trailed 4-0 going into
their four-run seventh inning, which
was highlighted by Tim Tolman’s
two-run pinch-hit single.
Dodgers starter Fernando Valen
zuela held the Astros to two hits until
the seventh, but rookie tilenn Davis
started the Houston rally with his
19th homer of the season.
IWins 5, Rangers 1
ARLINGTON — Bert Blyleven
continued his mastery against Texas
as he pitched a five-hitter to lead the
Minnesota Twins to a 5-1 win over
the Rangers. ,
Blyleven, 15-16, went the distance
for the league-leading 22nd time
this year, walking one and striking
out four. The strikeouts moved Bly
leven past Jim Sunning and into the
No. 10 spot on the all-time strikeout
list with 2,860.
He is now 5-0 with five complete
games against the Rangers for the
season. Dating back to last year, Bly
leven has won his last six decisions
over Texas. The last time he lost to
the Rangers was on April 23, 1983
when he dropped a 2-1 decision to
Rick Honeycutt.
Jeff Russell, 2-6, went the first five
innings to take the loss for the Rang
ers. He gave up five hits and all
three Minnesota runs. Russell
walked two and struck out a season-
high six batters.
The Twins took the lead with a
run in the second on three consec
utive two-out singles.
co-
at-
of those being tested a potentially
ercive atmosphere, ana a coercive
mosphere is not conducive to erad
icating whatever problem there
might be.”
Don Fehr, the union’s acting exec
utive director, responded Tuesday
to Ueberroth’s news conference by
saying the commissioner was illegally
trying to bypass the union and nego
tiate directly with the players.
In his letter, Ueberroth asked the
players to respond, yes, or no, by
Friday whether they would submit to
urinalysis three times a year starting
with the 1986 season.
“It doesn’t need to be unani
mous,” Ueberroth said Wednesday.
“I’m just saying let’s stand up and
say that there’s no more drugs in
baseball. And we’ll have to prove it.
If we say it, it’s one thing. Secondly,
we have to prove it.”
Generally, the players’ response
has been that they agree something
has to be done, but that the commis
sioner should be working through
the union. The New York Yankees,
Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee
Brewers, Atlanta Braves and a num
ber of other teams refused to vote on
Ueberroth’s idea.
Other Wednesday games:
(Home team in capitals)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 7, OAKLAND 2
Boston 4, TORONTO 2(13)
NEW YORK 10, Detroit 2
MILWAUKEE 3, Baltimore 0
Chicago at CALIFORNIA (n)
Kansas City at SEATTLE (n)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CHICAGO 5, New York 4
PITTSBURGH 8, Montreal 2
Atlanta 4, CINCINNATI 2(11)
ST. LOUIS 6, Pittsburgh 3
San Francisco at SAN DIEGO (n)
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