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Sports
Brinkman, A&M spikers tie Baylor in knot
Ags put everything on line
in last match against'Horns
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
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was within one point of a
over Baylor Monday night, when
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The Texas A&M volleyball team
victory
tgti
middle blocker Sherri Brinkman
kneeled down to tie her shoe.
A&M Coach Terry Condon was
forced to call a timeout when Brink-
man got her shoe strings twisted in a
knot.
That was about the only thing
Brinkman did wrong all night.
The senior All-American led the
Aggies to a 15-3, 15-5, 15-9, win over
the Bears in G. Rollie White Col
iseum.
Brinkman dinked, spiked,
blocked and drilled holes into Bay
lor’s side of the floor, leaving the
Bears in a daze for most of the 48-
minute match.
“Most of the time, there are three
blockers on us (A&M’s middle block
ers) — or on me at least,” Brinkman
said. “I haven’t had two on me all
year. You’re asking for trouble when
you do that. But it sure made me
nappy.”
Sne finished with a .579 hitting
percentage, had 12 kills and seven
blocks.
And when Brinkman wasn’t doing
damage, the Aggies’ other middle
blocker was.
Margaret Spence got the Ags
going at the beginning of the match.
With BU leading 2-0, Spence got two
kills, sandwiched around a clink, to
put the Ags on top for good, 3-2.
For the match, the junior hit .333
with seven kills.
. “Margaret and Sherri played well
in the middle,” Condon said. “Mar
garet is handling the middle pretty
nicely now. They’re doing real well
in the middle.”
A&M’s other “Sheri,” freshman
Cheri Steensma, rebounded from a
poor performance Saturday to lead
the Aggies in hitting at .750 with 10
kills.
“Anything would be better than
Saturday’s game (when she hit -
.200),” said Steensma. “That wasjust
a game of frustration. This definit-
ley wasn’t one of my best games.
Some of my hits were lucky.”
Even though outside hitters
Steensma and Stacey Gildner, who
hit .556 with six kills, had good hit
ting nights, Condon wasn’t pleased
with their performances.
“The outside hitters aren’t playing
very well right now,” Condon said.
“Neither of my outside hitters are
S etting the job done. They really
idn’t do much tonight. They were
out of position and didn’t play any
defense.
“Texas (A&M’s next opponent)
hits hard, cross-court shots. It will be
a quick match if they don’t play any
better. We’ll have to work on it to
morrow in practice.”
Baylor Coach Mitch Castell wasn’t
happy either. However, his com
plaints weren’t directed at his play
ers.
At the end of the first game, Cas
tell rose from his chair and loudly
complained to officials, A&M
coacnes, players and anyone who
would listen about the yells of the
Dunn Hall Bleacher Bums who were
standingjust behind him.
By the time A&M scored the final
point of the match, Castell had Al
ready left the court and headed to
his team’s dressing room.
“He should hear his own crowd,”
Condon said. “They were saying
rude and crude things when we
played them there. That shouldn’t
nave any affect on a team. You have
to learn to handle the situation.”
The Aiggies (25-6, 7-2 in South
west Conference) are hoping to han
dle the situation in their final match
ol the season when they host Texas
(20-5, 8-0) Wednesday night.
A win by the No. 8 ’Horns would
ensure Texas of its fourth straight
SWC title, and just might signal the
end of the season for A&M. The Ags
will find out Dec. 2 if they will re
ceive an at-large bid to the NCAA
tournament.
Photo by JOHN MAKEL Y
Texas A&M’s Cheri Steensma dinks the ball around the out- feated the Bears in G. Rollie White Coliseum, 15-3, 15-5,15-9 to im-
stretched arms of a Baylor player Monday night. The Aggies de- prove their Southwest Conference record to 7-2, 25-6 overall.
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