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host 19th-ranked Ag$
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
The Houston volleyball team al
ways leaves College Station wishing
they had played Texas A&M in
Houston.
On Oct. 9, the Aggies took no
prisoners in a 15-9, 15-5, 15-7 blow
out of the Cougars in G. Rollie
White Coliseum in both team’s
Southwest Conference opener.
Houston Coach Dave Olbright left
shaking his head at the A&M crowd.
“You always expect a crazy crowd
in this part of the country,” Olbright
said. “If I had to do it all over again,
I’d choose to play in Houston.”
Olbright will be getting an early
Christmas present when the No. 19
Aggies (22-6, 5-2 in SWC) travel
down Highway 6 Wednesday to play
in the Cougars’ backyard. But wnen
the Coogs (d5-16, 4-3 in SWC) unw
rap their gift, they might find an
empty box.
“We’ve never really had much
trouble playing down there,” A&M
Coach Terry Condon said. “I don’t
know why. Maybe it’s because we
usually have more fans there than
they do. We’ve really had more trou
ble with them at home in the past.”
But Condon said since Houston
always gets up for A&M, the Cou
gars are always a concern.
“If you don’t get down on them
from the start and let them get into
the match, you’re in trouble,” Con
don said. “They hit hard, deep balls
from the outside. We have to be re
ady to dig and play some good de
fense.
“They play good defense too, so
we’re going to have to be able to run
the middle.”
Tonight’s match will be the teams’
third and final meeting this season.
In the first match at San Diego
State in September, the Ags won but
the Cougars gave them fits in the
C rocess. UH outside hitter Angela
ewis, who currently has a hitting
percentage of .310, led the Coogs’
attack.
“She played real well in San Die
go,” Condon said. “She hit the ball
well and played good defense.”
The Ags nave finally had a chance
to rest lor a few days since they
haven’t played a match since last
Wednesday’s whipping of Texas
Tech.
“I think it rested them up for the
final four matches,” Condon said.
“It was a good time for them to relax
and think about the next week and a
half.” ,
And since Texas has already cap
tured at least a share of the Soutn-
west Conference Championship, the
Ags must now worry about winning
their last four matches to solidify
their chances for a NCAA bid.
“We have got to win,” Condon
stressed. “There are no ifs, and’s or
hut’s about it, or the season’s over
Nov. 21.”
Photo byJAimLOPEL
Texas A&M middle blocker Sherri Brinkman (left) seems to sur
prise everyone when she’s anywhere near the net. The No. 19 Ag
gies hope there won’t be any surprises waiting for them when they
travel to Houston to face the unranked Cougars tonight at 7:30.
“We want to get her in the match
and see what she can do,” Condon
said. “She needs to get out there and
get some playing time. She’s looking
pretty good so far in practice. She
mst nas to get over tne
just has to get over the fear that
something else is going to happen to
the knee. With the brace she's wear
ing, her knee’s not going to move
anywhere. She just needs to quit
thinking about it and go.”
When starting middle blocker Sta
cey Smith injured her_knee in an
:n a ’ —
While Smith’s on the sideline, the
Aggies will use their usual lineup
with Margaret Spence moving from
the outside to the middle to fill
Smith’s shoes, and freshman Cheri
Steensma starting on the outside for
Spence.
Oct. 16 match against Texas South
ern, the season was supposed to be
over for her.
But after a week of practice, she’s
back.
AGGIE VOLLEYBALL NOTES:
The Aggies’ match against Louis
ville Saturday has been changed
from 7:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. due to the
football team’s game against Arkan
sas being changed for television.
Volleyball
Top 20 Poll
1. Stanford — 20-1
2. Pacific — 25-2
3. UCLA — 22-4
4. USC—19-8
5. Cal-Poly SLO — 22-5
6. San Jose State — 22-4
7. Nebraska — 21-2
8. Texas— 19-5
9. Cal-Santa Barbara — 21-12
10. Hawaii — 25-7
11. Purdue —25-3
12. Arizona— 15-8
13. Illinois — 31-2
14. Arizona State— 18-11
15. Western Michigan — 22-2
16. Brigham Young — 25-9
17. Colorado State — 22-8
18. San Diego State — 22-15
19. Texas A&M —22-6
20. (tie) Cal-Long Beach —14-1
20.1 llinois State — 25-6
Ag student tickets for NIT on sale
Texas A&M student tickets for
the regional Big Apple National In
vitational Tournament (NIT) games
to be played in The Summit in
Houston are now on sale at the A&M
Athletic Ticket Office in G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Only 300 student tickets remain
for the tournament. These tickets
can only be purchased as a package
for $20. This package entitles the
student to attend every game of the
tourney.
The student tickets will only be on
sale through Thursday at noon. Af
ter this time, the tickets can be pur
chased at any Ticketron location (lo
cally at the MSC Box Office or
Dillard’s). Non-student tickets can be
purchased for $25 per package.
The A&M-University of Alabama-
ty<
Birmingham game will open the re
gional tourney in Houston on
Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. The
other two teams in the regional field
are Lamar and Duke. Here’s the
tourney schedule:
NIT Regional Tourney
Thursday, Nov. 21
7 p.m.—A&M vs. UAB
9 p.m. — Lamar vs. Duke
Sunday Nov. 24
7 p.m. Regional Finals
Aggies-Hogs on ESPN
By the end of the season, ESPN
will nave had Texas A&M on it’s na
tional network five times since Iasi
Dec. 1.
The
Pro
wee
Arkansas
Entertainment and Sports
Network decideulast
ogramming Network decided last
eek to pick up A&M’s game against
rkansas this Saturday at Kyle Field
The game, originally scheduled
For any additional basketball
ticket information call the A&M
Athletic Ticket Office at (409) 845-
2311.
iginally
for a 2 p.m. kickoff, will now begin
at 6:45 P-m. with the pregame begin
ning at 6:,30 p.m.
The game with the Razorbads
will be tne third time ESPN has car
ried the Aggies this season with a
fourth appearance scheduled for
Nov. 28 when A&M hosts Texas.
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