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By Doug Hall
Sports Writer
For the last three months, the
[exas A&M volleyball team had
own accustomed to practicing
lithout a head coach — at least
ijiitil Tuesday.
New A&M Coach A1 Givens,
Jhose hiring was suspected for
mine time but not officially an
nounced un-
til two weeks Volleyball
0, took the
Jam through its first organized
lattice since the departure of
Jirnier Coach Terry Condon.
Although Givens said many of
ie players seemed to have first
ly jitters, he was extremely
eased with what he saw in Tues-
Biiv's workout.
For our first practice, I was
laily pleased," Givens said.
“There was some good excite
ment. 1 thought some git Is were
Trvous or a little apprehensive,
In overall it went real well.”
Margaret Spence, A&M’s ju-
ioi All-Southwest Conference
iddle blocker, echoed Givens’
peiceptions of Tuesday’s prac
tice.
“It went well today,” Spence
g Tnwij “b u t it’s kind of hard to sav.
« 'f ! ay wa really for his benefit
T to see our skill level and see
diere he needs to take us this
single o:
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“1 think a lot of us had the jit
ters today, but we’ll be broken-in
b) next week. We’re not a.quiet
fthenimi ieim, but we were quiet today.”
?eBreve |Givens comes to A&M with six
'sTuesdi vt us of head coaching experi-
Jice— five at Arizona Western
|fore last year’s 28-16 season at
api. He also has a repuia-
Bon for being a disciplined and
lotivational coach.
id DyrM And despite the fact that A&M
lerunw | lurns players, including fiv e
ningaii, Iniors, from last year's 26-8
th e ifo Jam.Givens said he has no inten-
of changing his hard-work
jlicy.
“1 think we have to be careful
to become complacent with
e fact that vve have 10 retur-
Bees,” Givens said. “It would be
three 1:
New A&M volleyball coach A1 Givens, left, in
structs middle blocker Stacey Smith during Tues-
Photo by Anthony S. Casper
day’s practice. It was Givens’ first practice after
taking over from Terry Condon, who left Jan. 24.
real easy to sit back and say we’re
going to win.
"just because we are A&M,
people aren’t going to roll over
and say, ‘Go ahead and beat us.’
I’m a firm believer in the philoso
phy that yesterday was yesterday
and tomorrow brings more to
do."
Givens also said the decision to
leave Mississippi for A&M was
not an easy one to make.
“Any time you like where you
are, (leaving) is not a decision
that’s made lightly,” he said.
However, Givens said he had
eyed A&M for some years and
was impressed not only with the
positive aspects of the volleyball
program, but also with the posi
tive attitude of the community.
"Once the avenue was open for
pursuit (of the coaching job),” he
said, “there was no doubt in my
mind. It was a situation that I
couldn’t afford to pass up.”
In comparing SWC volleyball
to that of the Southeastern Con
ference, Givens said the SWC
commands greater respect in vol
leyball circles.
“The SWC has a little more no
toriety just by the teams that they
attract to play here.” he said.
Givens said part of the prob
lem he faced at Mississippi was
the lack of acceptance of volley
ball by the community.
“I didn’t have one in-state re
cruit this year,” Givens said, “and
that is a problem. No one is grow
ing up saying, T want to be a Mis
sissippi volleyball player,’ but that
is not the case here at A&M.”
Canadiens’
2-1OT victory
axes Whalers
MONTREAL (AP) — Claude Le-
mieux flipped a backhander into the
net 5:55 into overtime Tuesday
night to give Montreal a 2-1 victory
over the Hartford Whalers in the
seventh and deciding game of the
Adams Division final and advance
the Canadiens to the semifinals of
the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Lemieux picked up a loose puck
behind the "
Whalers net, NHL Playoffs
whipped
around in front, and scored his sixth
goal of the playoffs that sent the
Montreal Forum into instant pande
monium as the Canadiens piled on
the 20-year-old forward in front of
the Hartford net.
The Canadiens now meet the New
York Rangers, upset winners of two
series already, for the Wales Confer
ence championship. The First game
of the best-of-7 series is set for the
Montreal Forum Thursday night.
Dave Babych sent the game into
overtime with less than three min
utes left in the third period with his
first playoff goal.
Early vacation for Oilers?
(AP) — Two more hockey teams
begin their summer vacations
Thursday morning. What is shock
ing is that the Edmonton Oilers
could be one of them.
The NHL’s two-time defending
champions, the winningest team this
season, have been stretched to the
maximum seven games by the Cal
gary Flames in the Smythe Division
playoff finals.
Three times the Oilers have won
after losing the previous game. The
last time they did it, winning 5-2
Monday night in Calgary, they
staved off elimination, forcing a sev
enth and deciding game at home
Wednesday night against the
Flames.
Also Wednesday night, the To
ronto Maple Leafs, at 28-45-7 a
worst of the surviving playoff teams,
play in St. Louis in the seventh and
final Norris Division championship
game.
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Rockets dunk Nuggets 119-101, lead series 2-0
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OUSTON (AP) — Houston’s
Eflui Lloyd scored 13 of his 23
pi'' in a breakaway third quarter
id Ralph Sampson scored 27
irteotB flints a s the Rockets defeated the
scoredoi jenver jy U g.
Tud* eis 119-101 NBA Playoffs
thePfflfcday night
Jlake a 2-0 lead in their NBA sec-
l-round playoff series.
The loss extended Denver’s losing
xthtalreak in The Summit to eight
burthiH
The third and fourth games of
the best-of-seven Western Confer
ence semifinal playoff series will be
played Friday and Sunday in
Denver.
The Rockets used the third quar
ter as the turning point just as they
did in Came 1 when they rallied for
a 126-1 19 victory.
Houston took its 53-43 halftime
lead and outscored the Nuggets 8-0
to start the third quarter for a 61-43
lead after 2:15 of the period.
Denver did not score in the first
2:35 of the period. Calvin Natt hit a
jumper to break the drought.
By the end of the third period, the
Rockets were in solid control. They
held off a late three-point show by
the Nuggets, who hit three three-
pointers over the closing minutes.
Rookie Blair Rasmussen scored 14
of his 18 points in the second half to
lead the. Nugget scoring, while La-
Fayette Lever added 16.
Lloyd’s third quarter surge pro
pelled the Rockets to a pair of 20-
point leads late in the third period.
Celtics 119, Hawks 108
BOSTON (AP) — Larry Bird
scored 36 points, including eight as
Boston scored the last 10 points of
the game, and the Celtics checked an
Atlanta comeback Tuesday night en
route to a 119-108 NBA playoff vic
tory over the Hawks.
The triumph gave the Celtics a 2-
0 lead in the second-round series.
The best-of-seven series moves to
Atlanta Friday night and Sunday.
76ers 118, Bucks 112
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Charles
Barkley scored 31 points and Mau
rice Cheeks added 27 and the Phila
delphia 76ers rallied from a 16-point
deficit to beat the Milwaukee Bucks
118-112 Tuesday night in the
opener of their NBA Eastern Con
ference semifinal playoff.
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