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Monday, October 27, 1986/The Battalion/Page 9 A&M volleyballers take down Baylor The Texas A&M volleyball team, coming off a disappointing loss to the Rice Owls, rebounded to defeat the Baylor Bears 15-5, 15-13, 3-15, 15-10 Friday night in Waco. The victory improved A&M’s re cord to 18-6 overall and 5-2 in Southwest Conference play. Senior Margaret Spence paced the 18th-ranked Aggies with 19 kills and a .519 hitting percentage. Setter Chris Zogata was the Aggie mainstay on defense with 19 digs. Stacey Gildner followed with 13 digs, while Michelle Whitwell came off the A&M bench f or five kills, and Kelli Kellen had four. The team as a whole finished the match with a .183 hitting percentage and 52 kills. The Aggies will be on the road again as they head to Kentucky Margaret Spence Thursday for three matches. A&M will play Louisville, Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky. Top 20 Action How The AP Top 20 college football teams fared Saturday: No, 1 Miami, Fla. (7-0-0) was idle. No. 2 Alabama (7-1-0) lost to No. 6 Penn State 23-3. No, 3 Nebraska (6-1-0) lost to Colorado 20-10. No. 4 Michigan (7-0-0) beat Indiana 38-14. No. 5 Oklahoma (6-1-0) beat Iowa State 38-0. No. 6 Penn State (7-0-0) beat No. 2 Alabama 23-3. No. 7 Auburn (7-0-0) beat No. 13 Mississippi State 35-6. No. 8 Washington (6-1-0) beat Oregon 38-3. No, 9 Arizona State (6-0-1) beat Utah 52-7. No. 10 Texas A&M (6-1-0) beat Rice 45-10. No. 11 Iowa (6-1-0) beat Northwestern 27-20. No. 12 Louisiana State (5-1-0) beat North Carolina 30-3. No. 13 Mississippi State (6-2-0) lost to No. 7 Auburn 35-6. No. 14 Arkansas (6-1-0) beat Houston 30-13. No. 15 Arizona (6-1-0) beat California 33-16. No. 16 Clemson (5-2-0) lost to No. 20 North Carolina St. 27-3. No. 17 UCLA (5-2-0) beat Washington State 54-16. No. 18 SMU (5-2-0) lost to Texas 27-24 No. 19 Stanford (5-2-0) lost to Southern California, 10-0. No. 20 North Carolina State (5-1-1) beat Clemson, 27-3 Surprises abound in college football 'listed Oi>l •5 in the sei that win was, A’ood, Grai Year Iasi vets all-time bestr wlation ftnali iv, U-M'sKt iouthwest In >ian 6-7, it man’s big vki lion over OSi who was rani junior colie; a r ear. m$ (AP) — On a day of surprises in college football, Penn State proved it belonged in the Top 10 and Colo rado improved its image in the Big Eight. “We’ve got a mighty fine team and somebody will have to play awfully well to beat us,” Penn State Coach Joe Paterno said Saturday after his sixth-ranked Nittany Lions over whelmed No. 2 Alabama, 23-3. “I don’t know who’s No. 1,” added Paterno, whose 194th career tri umph tied him with Howard Jones for 12th on the all-time major-col lege list. “When all is said and done, we’ll find out. I don’t know how good we are, but we’re good.” Colorado, meanwhile, is better -than Nebraska thought. The unher alded Buffaloes, who were 2-4 be fore Saturday, upset the nation’s No. 3 team 20-10 in one of the biggest shockers of the season. Texas edged No. 18 Southern Methodist 27-24 and Southern Cali fornia blanked No. 19 Stanford 10-0 in other upsets, while No. 20 North Carolina State scored a surprisingly easy 27-3 victory over No. 16 Clem son. In other games involving the na tion’s ranked teams, No. 4 Michigan crushed Indiana 38-14; No. 5 Okla homa blanked Iowa State 38-0; No. 7 Auburn battered No. 13 Missis sippi State, 35-6; No. 8 Washington routed Oregon 38-3; No. 9 Arizona State crushed Utah 52-7; No. 10 Texas A&M beat Rice 45-10; No. 11 Iowa defeated Northwestern 27-20; No. 12 Louisiana State whipped North Carolina 30-3; No. 14 Arkan sas downed Houston 30-13; No. 15 Arizona trimmed California 33-16, and No. 17 UCLA walloped Wash ington State 54-16. Tailbacks D.J. Dozier and Blair Thomas capped long second-period drives with touchdown runs of 19 and 3 yards, keying the Nittany Li ons’ victory at Tuscaloosa. The TD runs provided Penn State with an early-14-3 lead and gave the Nittany Lions all they needed to end the nation’s longest unbeaten streak at 13 games and improve their re cord to 7-0. Later, Massimo Manca kicked field goals of 37 yards in the third period and 29 and 42 yards in the fourth quarter, each of which trig gered chants of “We’re No. 1” from the 5,000 Penn State supporters in the sellout crowd of 60,210 at Bry- ant-Denny Stadium. Ward's field goal keeps Akers’ future coaching hopes at Texas alive «pAP)— Fred’s not dead yet. ^■red Akers, said to be clinging to his head coaching job at the Univer sity of Texas by a bare thread, gave his 11 itics something to consider on Saturday. Texas Longhorns stunned Southern Methodist 27-24 to remain [p in the SWC chase, a game be hind Texas A&M, which blasted Rice 45-10. In other games, Baylor put itself in shape for a bowl bid with a come- frorn-behind 28-17 victory over Texas Christian and Arkansas stayed just a game behind the Aggies with a 30-13 victory over the Hous ton Cougars. The SWC standings look like this: Texas A&M 4-0, Arkansas 3-1, Texas 2-1, Baylor 3-2, Texas Tech 2- 2, Rice 1-4, Houston 0-4. SMU 4-1 and TCU 0-4 are ineligible for the SWC title. “Maybe this victory put us over the hump,” Akers said. “We won it when we had to in the fourth period. If you’re not thrilled with the way we won this game then you’re sick.” Texas placekicker Jeff Ward’s 40- yard field goal with 16 seconds to play beat the Mustangs. It was Ward’s 13th game-winning field goal in his Texas career. "Jeff has been doing that since he got here,” Akers says. “He has ice water in his veins.” Ward said, “It felt nice to do something positive for Coach Akers with all he has gone through.” Scouts from the Independence, Sun and Bluebonnett bowls watched as the Baylor Bears rallied behind Cody Carlson’s two touchdown bombs to beat TCU on homecom- ing. “It was nice to do it with those bowl people looking on,” said Baylor Coach Grant Teaff. “We’ve got an exciting team.” Aggie coach Jackie Sherrill was looking ahead to Saturdgy’s meeting with SMU in Texas Stadium. “SMU has an outstanding team,” Sherrill said. “Even though they lost they came from 21 down to tie it. To do that, you have to be doing some things right. They are a very physi cal football team.” All Stores Open— Mon.- Sat., 9 a.m.-9 p.m Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. ACADEMY * 1420 Texas Ave. S. (College Station/Bryan)