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Custom Engraving, genuine OMC products qVc fAGGIELAND v Crl==A WARDS AWARPSI And GIFTS in the Skaggs Center 846-2376 More than Just a Trophy Store Page 10/The Battalion/Friday, Decembers, 1986 A&M volleyball faces Georgia in NCAA playoff By Loyd Brumfield Assistant Sports Editor The Texas A&M volleyball team’s chase for the NCAA championship begins tonight in Athens, Ga., with a 7:30 p.m. meeting with the Univer sity of Georgia in the first round of the NCAA tournament. A&M Coach A1 Givens said he is looking forward to the match. “We’re very excited to be here,” he said. “We’re only one of 32 teams left in the nation and we want to prove that we are worthy of the invi tation.” The Aggies beat Georgia earlier in the year three games to one in the Oklahoma Tournament. Givens said he expects the second match to be much tougher. “Georgia has the advantage be cause they’re at home,” he said. “They should be a lot more compet- iriv#=> fb' K 'iroi^nrl "T’her^*’*' no doubt they are a good team because of their second place finish in the Southeastern Conference Tourna ment. They play tough, hard-nosed volleyball.” A&M enters the match with a 23- 13 regular season record and is seeded fifth in the South Region. Georgia is 32-7 and seeded fourth. The winner will advance to face the University of Texas, which defeated Duke University three games to one Thursday night in Austin. Givens said the tournament gives the seniors a chance to go out on a high note. “The loss to Texas (Nov. 20 in Austin) left a bad taste in our mouths, particularly for our se niors,” he said. “This gives them an other chance to represent their uni versity and an opportunity to redeem themselves.” SMU AD, Collins offer resignations DALLAS (AP) — Southern Meth odist Athletic Director Bob Hitch and head football coach Bobby Col lins have submitted their resigna tions to the university’s board of gov ernors, board chairman and Gov.- elect Bill Clements said Thursday. But the acting university presi dent said he had not received resig nations from the two, who have been under fire during a football recruit ing scandal that has included the sudden retirement of President L. Donald Shields. “Both Mr. Hitch’s and Mr. Collins’ resignations were discussed,” Clem ents said. “I did not say it was ac cepted or rejected. Who brought it up first. I’m not prepared to say.” Clements addressed reports of the resignations at a news conference Thursday afternoon focusing on his economic plans for the state when he takes office as governor. He refused to say whether the res ignations were offered voluntarily or were requested and would not dis cuss f urther details. The Dallas Times Herald quoted an unidentified source in the SMU athletic department who said Hitch and Collins had been trying to work a settlement of their contracts with the board of governors In a late-afternoon edition, the Herald quoted Clements as saying after the SMU board meeting earlier in the day that the resignations were offered within the last two to three days. the board to have the resignations and Stallcup not to know about it. “The usual line of authority on matters dealing with personnel deci sions throughout the university, not just the athletic department, is to the board through the president,” Kliever said. There has been pressure from university faculty members for SMU to take action to stem the tide of alle gations of recruiting violations in the football program. Fewer tickets available for Cotton Bowl Texas A&M’s allotment of Cot ton Bowl tickets is about 20 per cent less than last year when the tickets go on sale to A&M stu dents Monday at 7 a.m. The $25 tickets will be sold from windows 3, 4, 5 and 6 at G. Rollie White Coliseum. Texas A&M’s total ticket allot ment for the 1987 Cotton Bowl game is 20,360, down from 25,746 for the 1986 game. The number of tickets available for students is 6,250, reduced from last year’s 8,000. Ticket manager Jim Kotch said the ticket allot ment is smaller because Ohio State requested 12,000 tickets. Auburn only asked for 8,000 last year. Kotch said more tickets might be available if Ohio State can’t sell their allotment. Each student may purchase a maximum of six tickets, but a coupon book cover from the stu dent’s season coupon book must be presented for each ticket pur chased. A seniority system also is in effect as follows: On Monday, a coupon book stamped Graduate or Senior must be presented for every two tickets the student wishes to pur chase. If any tickets remain on Tuesday, the same seniority sys tem will be in effect for coupon book covers stamped Graduate, Senior or Junior. Tickets can be bought with either cash or check. He said the board tabled them, but a decision could be made as early as today, the newspaper said. Under the NCAA charter and the Southwest Conference constitution, the athletic director and coach work for the president, or chief academic person, at the university and not for the board. Acting president William B. Stal lcup Jr. said, “They haven’t sub mitted them (resignations) to me. 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