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Thursday, October 2, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 Is Sports Slater kicks into gear in Aggie starting role ''•et citzens the West, ogress ob '■"the oft v also art S. orderto is over iht H brouglit las S. Dam- fd for two line for 23 ■s, quotinr uerintelli- '’odnesdas itationand ence chief ‘re amotie uld be a By Danny Myers Sports Water Scott Slater takes playing for the exas A&M football team seriously notjust for kicks. The Aggies’ walk-on hooter says |very kick is a thrill for him, but the !6-yard field goal in the Cotton owl last season was his greatest mo ment. A&M Kicking Coach David Hardy Bald, “There are not many walk-ons |hohave had the opportunity to tee It up in the Cotton Bowl, much less liucka field goal.” I Slater, a construction science ma jor, said he was recruited by Rice Ind Louisiana State University when ■e attended Fort Worth’s Richland Wigh School. ■ “Rice’s coaching staff changed .land I was kind of lost in the shuffle,” ■atersaid. “At LSU, it came down to Hie and one other kicker and we Here about the same on paper, but He was from Louisiana so they gave Htothe homeboy. H “I was thinking about going to a Hinior college, but 1 decided I might | as well walk on somewhere big and if ■make it, great. H “I wouldn’t have come out if I Scott Slater didn’t think I could make it; I just wanted to get a chance. “It wasn’t really a question of ‘could I make it’ or ‘was I good enough’— I thought I was.” Former A&M recruiting coordi nator Jerry Pettibone invited Slater to work out with the Aggies because there was a possible opening for the kickoff job after Alan Smith grad uated in 1985, Slater said. After making the team, Slater had See Slater, page 9 1 off th union ol lispliyo t&M golfers take seventh unparal- ibor his- e impor- the wori folding, National BATON ROUGE, La. — The ■exas A&M men’s golf team fin- khed seventh at the Louisiana State Hlniversity National Invitational at I|he Sherwood Forest Country Club |bn Wednesday. I A&M’s Roy Mackenzie shot a 218 |to lead the Aggies’ team total 898. I David Toms of the host LSU squad fired a 4-under-par 212 to lead his team to the title. LSU shot 863 as a team, 20 shots less than second-place Fresno State. Other A&M scores for the three- round tournament were Gary Gil christ, 224; Randy Lee, 225; Andy Cooper, 232; and Neil Hickerson, 234. Aggies rip Raiders in 4 games By Loyd Brumfield Assistant Sports Editor The Texas A&M volleyball team overcame a slow start that cost them the first game against Texas Tech and roared back to beat the Red Raiders in four games, 8-15, 15-12, 15-8, 15-13 in the Aggies’ South west Conference season opener. In front of a crowd of 425, the Aggies rode the services of middle blocker Margaret Spence to grab a quick 5-0 lead in the second game, and they never looked back. A&M now takes a 12-3 record into the Colorado State Tourney this weekend in Fort Collins, Colo. Senior Stacey Gildner led the way for the Aggies with 15 kills while hitting at a .314 clip. Defensively, Spence led the Aggies with 17 digs. Sloppy play caused the Aggies to fall behind quickly in the first game, 8-1. Back-to-back spikes by Stacey Smith and top-notch serving by Yvonne Van Brandt helped A&M close the gap briefly to 8-7, but that was as close as the Aggies would get in the first game. A&M was in control of the Raiders during the final three games, although Tech caused a mild stir in the fourth game by overcoming an 11-7 deficit to ’steal the lead from the Aggies, 13-11. A&M Coach A1 Givens had mixed feelings about his team’s performance. “The big thing was our slow start,” Givens said. “I wasn’t really pleased with our consistency. I thought we were capable of playing much better. “Then again, it speaks well of our team that we can play as average as we did and still beat a team like Tech, which is one of the better teams in the confer ence.” Givens said he was again displeased with A&M’s of fensive punch — which faltered against the Univer sity of Texas at Arlington — and was concerned with the defensive play as well. “Our defense wasn’t as good as it’s been in previous matches,” he said. “We need to get tougher, but once one aspect of your game gets offi you can’t let it affect the other segments of your game.” The small size of the crowd also may have been a factor, Givens said. “I was a little concerned with the crowd,” he said. “If more people show up, we promise to end the matches sooner,” Givens said. “We’ll get it done in three games instead of four.” T ’ J- ■ 1 I w . mmmm Photo by Anthony S. Casper A&M outside hitter Stacey Gildner goes for the kill over a Texas Tech defender. 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