Page 6/The Battalion/Monday, November 10, 1986 E Sports Outside hitter Stacey Gildner goes for the dig as setter Chris Zogata (No. 5) looks on in Photo by Mike Sanchez Texas A&M’s victory over 19th-ranked Ari zona in G. Rollie White Coliseum Saturday. Unranked A&M men swimmers upset No.7 SMU in home openet Aggies clip No. 19 Arizona By Homer Jacobs Assistant Sports Editor I lie 18th-rankecl Texas A&M volleyball team stayed alive in the hunt for an NCAA tournament berth with a 15-5, 15-10, 10-15, 15-8 victory over the 19th-ranked Arizona Wildcats Saturday night at O. Route White Coliseum. Alter losing to 16th-ranked Peppercline Friday night 15-15, 9-15, 15-18 and 15-8, the Aggies, 22-9, could not afford a loss to the Wildcats. ■'We had to win tonight,” A&M Coach A1 Givens said after the match. “That keeps us in the hunt for the NCAAs.” The Aggies did not lack inten sity or execution in the Arizona match, especially on the of fensive end. A&M outside hitter Stacey Gildner had 18 kills with a .207 hitting percentage, while Chris Zogata had seven kills and 10 digs as a setter. “I think it was a case of us exec uting well Give.-.% s; : d “We es- our mmdte attack just the tabiish ly.” . The Aggies established about everything early as squad jumped to leads of i 1-5 m the first game and 9-0 in the sec ond game. A&M was down 9-3 in the third game, but rallied to tie the game at 9-9 before succumb ing to the Wildcats, 10-15. The A&M defense sparkled in the victory as well, evident by the .033 hitting percentage for Ari zona. “Defensively, we made some great efforts to get to the ball,” Givens said. He said he felt Arizona was a good team, but the difference in the caliber of -play between Pep- perdine and the Wildcats was quite noticeable. “There was a big dif ference be tween No. 16 and No. 19.” Givens said. “I still feel we should have taken them (Arizona) in three.” A&M plays at Southwest Texas State tonight before returning to G. Rollie White W’ednesday for its final home game of the year against Houston. By Ken Sury Sports Editor Texas A&M swimming coach Mel Nash was dripping wet after Satur day’s dual meet with Southern Meth odist University. But he was smiling broadly. His unranked men’s team had just knocked off the seventh-ranked Mustangs in P.L. Downs Natato- rium. “We knew we could do it,” Nash said, “I had been telling the guys all week that if we got up for it, we could do it. And that’s what we did.” It came down to the final race, however. A&M led 89-79 going into the 400-yard freestyle relay. Under the newly instituted scoring system for relays (nine points for first, four for second and two for third), il SMU had taken first and second places, the Mustangs would have won the meet. But Aggies Paul Weber, Aaron McDonough, Eddie Altman and Da vid Kohel made it a moot point as they won the event with a time of three minutes, 8.92 seconds. The SMU teams finished second and third in the race with times of 3:11.31 and 3:11.32. The victory gave A&M a 98-85 win. The Aggie women, despite having sophomore standout Suzanne Fiori swim only the 1,000 f reestyle, easily outdistanced the 19th-ranked SMU women by a score of 1 13.5 to 69.5. Fiori had sprained her ankle Wednesday and Nash said it swelled to the size of a baseball after she placed third in the race. She finished behind teammates Rachel Benzel and Jennifer Newcomb. Nash said he was pleased with the overall team effort, especially since the teams are two-thirds freshmen. “You don’t beat a team like SMU with one person,” he said. “We had some surprising seconds, thirds and fourths to help us out. This was a pleasant, pleasant surprise.” Even Reveille provided support in A&M’s first home meet of the fall. She had to be quieted one time at poolside so the swimmers could hear the starting horn. Some of the Mus tang women swimmers patted Re veille on the head as they walked A&M swimmers encourage teammates du sets over SMU's No. 7 men and No. 19 women’s teams. r ct Winter SI five.., se, " V picni. p; c „ J • ® R V. ing Saturda\ suj soo-t.i-: ADOPT! past, hut one of the men gave hci a sidelong glance and said, "Grin .” After the A&M men won the final emotion-filled relay, Nash and assis tants |ay Holmes and Chris O’Neil were shoved into the pool. “I had told them about three or lour years they could t ii we beat said. “Well. 1 since then,” didn't.” Sflf-umfi ests inclu Call, olio .im<) that the or In oh me in the |o deh \s S \ | l (i| | ' Y01 1 1 had lotg