Wednesday, October, 16,1985AThe Battalion/Page 7
A&M spikers reap Rice,
ascend to No. 10 in poll
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
HOUSTON — Tuesday was a
j good day for the Texas A&M volley-
j ball team.
About the only disappointment
suffered by the Aggies was the fact
j that they didn’t shut out Rice.
The Aggies started the day by
I moving up from No. 17 to No. 10 in
i the NCAA Top 20 poll and finished
it by pulverizing the Owls 15-5, 15-6,
15-2 at Autry Court.
“It was kind of disappointing,
when 1 hit that one pass out in the
third game to make it 13-1,” A&M
1 outside hitter Margaret Spence said.
! "We really wanted to shut them out
in at least one game.”
Hofstra defined the word bad
when it lost to A&M on Monday.
Rice defined the word terrible.
"We played a lot better than
I against Hofstra,” A&M Coach Terry
j Condon said. “We were a lot better
prepared to play today. It was nice to
see us play well. We didn’t let Rice
I get into the match by making a
I bunch of mistakes in a row.”
The Aggies, now 15-3 and 2-0 in
j the Southwest Conference, probably
I won’t even have to wash their knee
I pads before their next match, since
I this one lasted only 46 minutes.
"They’re (the Owls) just real hurt
I right now,” Condon said. “They lost
I three starters to injuries and then
I they lost their middle blocker this
I morning.”
The Owls tried to serve, although
I they got so carried away once that
■ they forgot that it was their turn to
I serve.
The Owls tried to pass, when they
I didn’t allow balls to fall between
I them.
Volleyball
Top 20 Poll
Here’s the NCAA Top 20 Poll
with overall record through Oct.
15 in parentheses:
1. Stanford —(14-0)
2. Pacific —(15-2)
3. UCLA —(15-2)
4. San Jose St. — (14-3)
5. Nebraska — (16-2)
6. Cal-Santa Barbara — (15-7)
7. Hawaii —(17-3)
8. Illinois — (26-0)
9. Arizona St. — (14-7)
10. Texas A&M —(15-3)
11. Western Michigan — (13-1)
12. BYU —(18-6)
13. San Diego St. — (17-9)
14. USC —(13-6)
15. Texas — (9-5)
16. Purdue — (14-2)
17. Colorado St. — (14-7)
18. Long Beach — (9-6)
19. Utah —(11-8)
20. Pepperdine — (11-10)
The Owls tried to spike, when
they didn’t mistime their jumps or
hit the ball into the stands.
“They (the Owls) never really
gave us a chance to play because they
couldn’t even pass our serves,”
Spence said. “They did have good
serves, though. I’ll say that much for
them.”
In other words, it was a good day
for the Aggies to pad their statistics.
“It was a very nice day for that,”
Condon said. “I think everybody
had a good hitting day to move up in
the individual rankings. I wanted to
get the starters before they started
making mistakes.”
A&M middle blocker Sherri
Brinkman had 10 kills and a hitting
percentage of .467. Outside hitter
Cheri Steensma hit .500 and had five
kills. Outside hitter Stacey Gildner
had three kills and hit .333 and
Spence, who had a terrible hitting
day against Hofstra, redeemed her
self with six kills and a .444 percent
age.
But the biggest move for the Ag
gies didn’t come at Autry Court, it
came at the polls.
Following their upset of No. 9
Purdue last Friday, the Aggies
moved up in the NCAA poll from
No. 17 to No. 10. It marks the first
time in A&M volleyball history that
the Aggies have been ranked in the
NCAA’s Top 10.
Even nicer, from the Aggies’
standpoint, was the fact that the
Texas Longhorns, the only other
SWC team ranked in the Top 20,
moved down to No. 15 in the poll.
“We’re excited about the (No. 10)
rank, especially with Texas moving
down,” Spence said. “We just can’t
wait to play Texas now.”
The Aggies will playing a “Texas”
tonight at 7:30 in G. Rollie White
Coliseum, but it won’t be the Long
horns — it will be Texas Southern.
“We really don’t even know what
to expect from them,” Spence said.
“We don’t know anything about
them. They’re probably about the
same caliber (team) as Rice — at
least, we hope so.”
And the Aggies hope it will be at
least as good a day.
! Bus ride offered to A&M-BU gome
The Brazos County A&M Club is
sponsoring a bus ride to Saturday’s
Texas A&M-Baylor game in Waco
for people who would rather not
drive their cars.
The club’s president, M.F. “Tex”
Wright, Class of ’33, said the Trail-
ways bus, which carries about 40 pas
sengers, is scheduled to leave from
the Rudder Tower area at 4:15 p.m.
Saturday.
The bus is expected to arrive in
Waco about 6 p.m., in time for the
7:30 p.m. kickoff, and should leave
Baylor Stadium about 10:30 p.m. No
television coverage is planned for
the game, as of Tuesday night.
Wright said a second bus will be
taken if enough reservations to fill a
second bus arrive. The cost of the
trip is $12.50 per person.
T he club will provide ice and cups
for those who wish to bring their
own drinks on the bus.
Wright said anyone interested in
taking the bus to the game should
first call and make reservations with
either John Richards, who coordi
nates the bus trips for the club, or
Richards’ secretary at 845-8904.
After the reservations are made,
the person should go to the Associa
tion of Former Students Office in
the Memorial Student Center and
leave either cash or a check with the
secretary there.
Checks should be made payable to
the Brazos County A&M Club.
Wright said the reservations to fill
the bus or buses will be taken on a
first-come, first-serve basis, with
preference given to former students.
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