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Monday, December 9,1985/The Battalion/Page 11
Texas A&M setter Chris Zogata (5) goes low for a
dig against Texas-Arlington Saturday night.
Photo by JOHN MAKELY
A&M defeated UTA in five games to advance to
the South Regional of the NCAA Tournament.
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A&M holds off UT-Arlington
Ags earn right to play 'Horns in NCAA South Regional
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
It certainly didn’t save its best for
last, but the No. 19 Texas A&M vol
leyball team had just enough to get
by the University of Texas-Arling-
ton Saturday night in the first round
of the NCAA Tournament.
Plaving their last home game this
season, the Ags, now 26-7, coughed
and sputtered to a 15-6, 11-15, 16-
14, 8-15, 15-10 win over the Maver
icks, who ended the season 28-4.
The real University of Texas, the
one in Austin, could’ve been respon
sible for the Ags’ sluggish play.
The Aggies hadn t played since
Nov. 20 when they lost a live-game
match to the Longhorns. The A&M
wheels were in need of oil since they
hadn’t been used in two weeks.
“We were very rusty,” A&M
Coach Terry Condon. “We weren’t
very consistent. We would have two
or three good points and then four
or five bad ones. That’s one of the
chances you take laying off for two
weeks.”
With the win over UTA, A&M will
get another shot at its Southwest
Conference rival Friday night in
Austin. The Aggies might have had
their wheels rolling down Highway 6
a little too soon.
“I think we re ready for (Texas),”
Condon said. “I think the problem
tonight was a few people were think
ing a little too far ahead. I stressed
that a lot all week — do not look past
UFA — but they did. They beat
them easily in the first game, and
kicked back in the second game and
found out they were in trouble.”
The Aggies zipped through the
first game in no time flat using the
outside hitting of Cheri Steensma
and the middle play of Margaret
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“Nerves got us a little in the first
game,” UTA Coach Lisa Love said.
“We’re the new kids on the block so
to speak. The first game was proba
bly over in record time.”
But A&M got a little too comfort
able.
While the Ags brought out their
lawn chairs for a mid-game nap, the
Mavs brought out their big guns —
Ana de Oliveira and Katie Weismil-
ler.
And alter Condon called a
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Texas A&M middle blocker Sherri Brinkman slams the ball past the
arms of a UTA spiker during the Aggies’ match win Saturday.
timeout trailing 7-6, A&M fell apart.
“I would blame the second game
loss on me,” Condon said. “I called
the time out and was pretty mad. I
went out there and really laid into
them.”
For awhile in the third game, it
looked like the Ags might be taking a
long siesta.
With the Aggies leading 13-8, key
errors by their setters helped the
Mavs take six straight points and a
14-13 advantage. With UTA serving
for set point, Chris Zogata got a tap
for the side out. Steensma popped
Maverick Trava Davis in the face
with a spike to tie the score. A Laura
Hoppe service-winner and a Oliveira
hit that went wide put the Aggies
within one game of Austin.
The setters, Zogata and Lesha
Beakley, had their problems all
night.
Besides running into each other,
their unusually low sets made it ex
tremely difficult for the Aggie hit
ters, especially middle blocker Sherri
Brinkman.
“Our setting was utterly atro
cious,” Condon said. “They got off
to a bad start, and instead of relax
ing, they got uptight and did worse.
The setters just weren’t getting the
ball to (Sherri). Eighty percent of
their sets to her were below the net.
She was very frustrated.”
Although admittedly flustered,
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