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Mon-Fri 7:45/10:00 WHICH DO YOU TRUST... lA/lfim YOUR tMOTIONS m irtSrSw- 0R YOUR EVIDtNCF? ' ^ Mon-FH 7.30 ~ 7:00-9:30 - By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor Surprise, surprise. The Southwest Conference vol leyball standings finds Texas alone in first place, not much different than the last three years. Or is it? Actually, with the loss of SWC Player, of the Year Kim Larson and All-SWC middle blocker Sharon Neugebauer, the Horns were actu ally rated second in the NCAA South Region at the beginning of the season. They were expected to lose their SWC championship to the top rated South team — Texas A&M. But half way through the SWC season, it’s the Horns (13-5 overall) who are sitting pretty on top of the standings. “We seem to be improving,” Texas Coach Mick Haley said. “That’s always encouraging. They’re playing better and better, so I’m pleased at this point.” The Longhorns returned four starters from last year’s 32-7 team which came within one victory of a spot in the Final Four. Setter Jackie Campbell joined All- SWC setter Eva Murray, All-SWC outside hitter Diane Watson and sec ond-team All-SWC outside hitter Laura Neugebauer as Haley’s retur nees. Neugebauer has crawled from un derneath her sister’s shadow this sea son to lead UT. The 5-foot-10 senior leads the Horns in hitting at .275. Her 134 kills and 45 blocks are second on the team, and her 101 digs rank her third. Neugebauer teamed with A&M middle blocker Sherri Brinkman this past summer at the World Univer sity games. And if Neugebauer’s not doing damage, Watson is. Watson has literally killed oppos ing defenses. The 5-10 junior has re corded a team-high .149 kills and 126 digs. But as a team, the Horns have had their peaks and valleys. UT lost two of three matches on a late September swing down the West Coast and, on Oct. 11, it lost at home to Purdue. Last weekend, the Horns cap tured their own tournament with wins over No. 20 San Diego State Volleyball Top 20 Poll Here’s the NCAA Top 20 Poll with overall record through Oct. 29 in parentheses: 1. Stanford — (15-1) 2. Pacific — (20-2) 3. UCLA —(18-3) 4. Cal-Poly SLO (18-3). 5. San Jose State — (20-3) 6. Nebraska — (18-2) 7. Hawaii — (19-5) 8. USC —(16-7) 9. Illinois —(30-0) 10. Arizona State — (17-8) 11. Cal-Santa Barbara — (18-10) 12. Western Michigan — (17-1) 13. Texas —(13-5) 14. Arizona — (14-6) 15. Colorado State —(18-7) 16. Purdue — (19-2) 17. Texas A&M — (18-4) 18. BYU —(21-7) 19. Cal-Long Beach — (16-8) 20. San Diego State — (20-12) and highly regarded Tennessee and Texas Tech. “Everyone is looking for consis tency,” Haley said. “We played a lot of hard matches early on to find out the weaknesses of our team. Now we’re trying to correct those things. “This is a strange year. Everything is strange, even on the West Coast. One team isn’t dominating for a long period of time. None of the top play ers are carrying the load. It doesn’t make any sense.” And since the Horns and Aggies square off on Halloween eve, things could get stranger. “I haven’t seen A&M play yet this year,” Haley said. “We played them six or eight times last spring and they did real well. They’re not any less proficient than they were then. In fact, they’re probably a little bet ter.” Before the season began, the Ag gies were expected to walk away with the conference title. Aftef an upset win over nation ally-ranked Purdue and a No. 10 ranking, it appeared the Ags would do just that. But then they ran into a little storm in Lubbock. “Hurricane Tech” devastated A&M’s early post season travel plans. The Aggies’ loss to the Red Raid ers put a monkey wrench into the SWC picture. Now with only four conference matches to play, No. 13 Texas is one game up on No. 17 A&M and Tech. In other words, Wednesday’s match at Gregory Gymnasium in Austin is a must-win for the Aggies if they are to stay in the title chase. “I don’t know about that (if the match is more important for A&M),” Haley said. “Think about it. We cer tainly don’t want to have to go to College Station to play for the championship (on Nov. 20).” And even if the Horns do win, Haley said the race isn’t over. “I think it will still be wide open,” Haley said. “Even with that loss to Tech, A&M is thinking if they win all the rest of their conference matches, they win the championship. If they beat us twice, they have nothing to worry about. Tech is thinking the same thing. All they have to do is win the rest of their matches. So all three teams figure on winning it, or at least they should be. You just have to pjay them one at a time.” But the Horns will have to be thinking about more than one match in the next few days. They play nine matches in 14 days including two im portant conference matches. “(The scheduling) was my fault,” Haley said. “Texas Tech is drooling to get another shot at us. They played terrible here Sunday. They will get us after we’ve been on the road awhile (Nov. 3). We’ll have two hours from the time we land in Lub bock to the time we play. We’ll be challenged. It will be a difficult match. And Houston always gives us trouble. They’ll be tough.” Last year, Haley correctly pre dicted that the SWC’s second place team wouldn’t receive a bid to the NCAA postseason tournament. Even with a 33-4 record and a No. 15 ranking the Ags had the door slammed in their face. This year Haley is predicting an invitation for the second place team. “A&M has done a lot to improve its schedule,” Haley said. “You really have to give them credit. I think we (the SWC) have a better chance if it s Texas or A&M, but not Tech. “We have to watch Purdue trying to steal one of ours. And UTA is also a worry. Had we (Texas and A&M) had them on our schedules, they wouldn’t have a chance.”. y iort' on’B s S ^ Beginning C&W Dance Sj Wed, Nov. 6, 13, 20, Dec. 4, 11 ^ 6:15-7:30 p.m. ^ $15 . $15' j N Ford and Sandra Taylor will instruct all ^ classes at the Texas Hall of Fame, located on Advanced C&W Dance Thurs., Nov. 7, 14, 21, Dec. 5, 12 6:15-7:30 p.m. Jitterbug Mon., Nov. 4, 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2 6:15-7:30 p.m. $15 the west bypass. The Hall invites all participants yA to stay and dance free after each meeting! ; Nonstudents must purchase an additional $2 nonstudent ^ identifiation card. S Registration is now being taken in the University Plus Craft Center, located in the basement of the Memorial Student Center, 845-1631 S7 Bridal Boutique f Make your special day beautiful with a truly exquisite gown selection from the wedding specialists. 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