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Rental 115 Wheels." )ecialst ps, Vans ithly Rates ntists -ff Thursday, September 18, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 Sports Aggies roll over SHSU jssions ggie urns \e for Ap Ags-” By Danny Myers Sports Writer The Texas A&M volleyball team improved its record to 8-2 Wednesday night at G. Rollie White Coliseum by defeating Sam Houston State University in three straight games, 15-4, 15-6, 16-14. “I think in the first two games we made a statement,” Head Coach A1 Givens said after the Aggies dropped the Beat kats’ re cord to 6-6. “In the second game we made some changes and still won 15-6,” he said. “In the third game we made some additional changes, playing some of our younger players with less experience and they hung in there and won the match,” Givens said. “Any time you can play all of your players and the level of play doesn’t diminish, you have to be pleased,” he said. Chris Zogata did a good job setting up the ball, and Stacey Gildner and Megan Purtell had a good game from the service line to lead A&M’s victory, Givens said. Gildner, who had eight service errors against Southwest Texas State University, said she has been working hard to improve her service game. Her combinations of jump serves and float serves kept the Bearkats off balance. This game was a confidence builder for the Aggies’ Sept. 24 matchup against the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Gildner said. “They have a really good team. We’ll have to play hard again,” she said. Givens said another thing he was pleased with was the fan sup port. “The Dunn Hall Bleacher Bums were great. You never know how they’re going to come out,” he said. The Bums showed up at the game donning their bathrobes, Photo by Michael Sanchez A&M’s Kelli Kellen (14) finds SHSU’s Karen Zoch (11) flat-footed during her spike in the Aggies’ win over the Bearkats Wednesday. pajamas and other sleeping ap parel to cheer A&M to victory. “The fans get involved and that helps,” Givens said. “Hopefully, the crowds will keep getting bigger. “Once we get into conference games I hope we can get two or three thousand people in here,” he said. After the second game, 20 peo ple were chosen randomly from the crowd to try their hand at serving a volleyball. Five-hula-hoop sized rings were strategically placed on the court and if a fan hit one, he re ceived a pizza. Just three small pizzas were given away. taken in ttKl on the Quad’ ues-Fri >RM DELIVER 1 snt Saturday 1 n the MSC ture Series Northqate Now you have the choice Pizza by the slice or pi^a -Hut thin $.99 pan $1.09 All You Care To Eat LCINCH BUFFET SPECIAL $3.49 includes pizza, spagetti & salad 846-3278 501 University 5 series, eorge F. in the MSC Office jn: Thurs® 3 er Tower uesday. 986 “ m wm ? mk* ; mm u records-tapes-video . > _ • - - - ■ ■■ V- ■ Culpepper Plaza happy hour friday 2-6 movie all $8.69 rental list cassettes or over 2,000 titles $1.99 1 LP's 2 for $13 | bestseller books 25% off Open: Mon. - Thurs., 10-10 Fri. & Sat., 10-11 Sun. 12-10 1631 Texas Ave., College Station 693-2619 Brooks relishes ‘hit man’ role By Homer Jacobs Assistant Sports Editor Forget the interceptions. Forget the deflected passes. Texas A&M defensive back Ter rance Brooks simply likes to hit. “I enjoy hitting and inflicting pain on wideouts and running backs,” Brooks said smiling. The junior agricultural economics major from Dallas knows what pain is all about. Brooks dislocated his kneecap in last year’s Baylor game, knocking him out for the rest of the season. “I didn’t think my career was going to be over with,” he said. Brooks was right, already having made an impact on this year’s Aggie squad despite missing all of spring drills to nurse the knee back to shape. In the Louisiana State game, he made 13 tackles and recovered a fumble, bringing back memories of last year’s big-play dynamo, Domi ngo Bryant. “I liked the way Domingo played ball,” Brooks said. But the tackles and fumble recov ery in the LSU game didn’t seem to matter to Brooks, who felt his per formance and the team’s as a whole was not up to par. “We’re disappointed in our ef forts against LSU,” he said. “We (the team) made a couple mistakes at the wrong time.” Brooks said the Aggies’ defense needs to improve on chasing and getting to the ball, which was a trade mark of last year’s group. Regaining his awareness on the field has been the most difficult part of Brooks’ comeback. “I need to improve on my alert ness,” he said. When asked if hfe has any per sonal goals for the season, Brooks was reluctant to admit his aspi rations. “Last year, I got myself in trouble after the Houston game, because I made some goals, and I ended up getting hurt,” he said. Brooks promises to take the sea son one day at a time, one hit at a time. North Texas State is next up for Photo by Greg Bailey A&M cornerback Terrance Brooks (27) exults after pouncing on a fumble against LSU Saturday as Larry Kelm (65) stands nearby. Brooks and the Aggies, and he said the game will not be a repeat of Sat urday’s shellacking of the Aggies. “We’re not going to take any team lightly after last week,” Brooks said. NTSU operates a wishbone of fense which means Brooks should be able to engrave his No. 27 on a run ning back or two. The sound of his helmet and pads meeting an oppos ing back may reverberate off the up per decks of Kyle Field. If so, it’ll be music to his ears. Battalion Classified 845-2611 THE BROTHERS OF KAPPA SIGMA WISH TO CONGRATULATE THEIR IOTA PLEDGE CLASS for Fall 1986: John Adkins Brian Bowers David Busch Sarry Frusco Mark Hotter Victor Howard Kris Kohl Larry McNeil Patrick Norris Steve Rosales Todd Seabourn Brian Wargo