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Thursday^ September 29, 1988/The Battalion/Page 11 Sports ,ady Ags return home, )eat SHSU in 3 games uto By Jerry Bolz Sports Writer The Lady Aggie volleyball team ame back to Texas with a bang past Sam Houston State Wednes- ay night. A&M downed the 5-6 LadyKats |5-5, 15-3, 15-9 after losing two out [pf three in California last weekend, heir season record is now 7-5. Coach A1 Givens said the road trip asn’t hard on the team with the ex- ieption of a fe,yv minor injuries. The leam had good practices this week ndwas ready to play, he said. Ready as the Lady Aggies were, iey started the first game slowly, he offense was cold and flat, as iey allowed Sam Houston to score e first three points of the game. It asn’t long, though, before the of fense gained its form back and they on the next 12 straight. Givens said he wants the team to lay the same way no matter who is cross the net. "We want to earn points as op- osed to the other team giving us oints,” he said. The Lady Aggies continued domi- ance over the LadyKats in the sec- nd game. With a combination of ood offense and defense, A&M I poka7-0 lead. Junior setter Yvonne fan Brandt had two quick tap-overs I surprise the defense and excite icsmall, vocal crowd. Killing the ball was the order of legame. Hermesmeyer had several ell-placed spikes down the stretch nd Sophomore attacker Melanie other slammed a couple more and ad the game-w inning kill. Hermes- leyer also had some great digs on a tirly relaxed defense. The Lady Aggies open their authwest Conference slate Friday ;ainst Texas Tech. Givens said the ed Raiders have played some good ams and should come in ready to Friday’s match is McDonald’s lout Night and the first 250 fans get a mini megaphone. The udest group of fans will win other rizes. 4 Photo by Jay Janner A&M’s Vivian Viera goes up for a block against Sam Houston’s Suz anne Pedalino. The Lady Aggies won the match in three games. 'OWN qfyu ^ Btffr 30.1988 9 00 pm — ihlSpru/Dcwar'eFielJliouse Tickets at the MSCBexO^ce and otthedoer Hargett revived 0-3 Aggies against Tech with star outing Tim Stanfield Flashback The last time Texas A&M lost its initial three football games was in 1967, only the eventual Southwest Conference champions dropped a fourth contest before ripping off seven consecutive wins. After dropping its SWC opener to SMU (20-17 when backup quarterback Inez Perez tossed a short touchdown pass to Jerry Levias with 0:04 to play), the Aggies lost to Purdue (24-20), LSU (17-6) and Florida State (19-18). Coach Gene Stallings’ third A&M squad had been picked to fight the University of Texas for the SWC title and a berth in the Cotton Bowl. Before a record crowd of 48,240 (almost 7,000 more than Jones Stadium’s seating capacity), the Ag gies were merely looking for a win to break their five-game losing streak that dated back to their 22- 14 loss to Texas on Thanksgiving Day, 1966. “My coaching staff went to work each day before the sun came up and rarely left before it had set,” Stallings said earlier this week. Junior quarterback Edd Hargett had already bro ken most A&M passing records, incling game, sea son and career marks for passing attempts, comple tions and yards, and had tied the school record for career touchdowns. But, on October 14, 1967, the youngster from Linden-Kildare began a journey during which he would lead the Aggies to one improbable victory af ter another one, including wins over Arkansas, Texas and Alabama. After a scoreless first quarter, Tech scored first on Ken Vinyard’s 45-yard field goal and with 2:54 left in the second quarter had lined up a 51-yard attempt by Jerry Don Sanders when A&M linebacker made the play that caused the game to literally explode. Hobbs blocked Sanders’ kick, igniting the Aggie offense to two quick touchdowns before halftime. To that point Hargett’s troops had gained 36 net yards in six possessions. Three plays later A&M was on the scoreboard, as Hargett completed passes to Tom Buckman (19 yards), Bill Sallee (25 yards) and Bob Long (14 yards and a touchdown). Charley Riggs kicked the extra point, giving the Aggies a 7-3 lead —but not for long. Playing on defense for the first time in his college career, defensive halfback Ross Brupbacker inter cepted his second pass of the quarter, setting A&M up on the Red Raider 24 yard line with a little more than one minute before halftime. Hargett wasted no time, again producing the touchdown in three plays but with a little different twist. After passing 12 yards to Long on the first play, Hargett ran for 8 yards, then tossed a 4-yard touch down pass to Barney Harris. The touchdown pass was Hargett’s 14th at A&M, breaking the old record set by Dick Gardemal (1949- 50). Tech Coach J.T. King, who had earlier said that “Hargett’s going to be a real fine quarterback,” ral lied his troops during halftime. Tech held A&M to eight yards on eight plays dur ing the third quarter, regaining the lead 17-14. Quarterback John Scovell led a devastating Tech running attack, gaining 78 yards on 19 carries. Full back Kenny Baker rushed 21 times for 64 yards, while tailback Mike Leinert picked up 117 yards on 24 carries. Overall the Red Raiders rushed for 324 yards, and King later noted that had he kept the ball on the ground the Aggies wouldn’t have had any time left to mount another comeback. But they did have the time and made another comeback — in fact, they made two more. After another Hargett touchdown pass gave A&M a 21-17 lead, Scovell moved Tech 82 yards for what appeared to be the game-winning touchdown. From the Aggie four yard line, he pitched out to Baker, who sprinted into the end zone with only 53 seconds left to play. Remembering Dan Mcllhaney’s 103-yard kickoff return with less than a minute to play that had given A&M a 7-3 win over Tech in 1962, King ordered Vinyard to squib the ball on the ensuing kickoff. Vinyard mishandled the assignment, booting a little, rolling kickoff to A&M’s 41, where the omnip resent Brupbacker fell on the ball. “It wasn’t supposed to be an onsides kick,” King said. “It was supposed to be what we call a ‘squibber’ that bounces along the ground to about the oppo nents’ 20. Those are kind of hard to get an orga nized return on.” Yet all appeared lost when A&M faced a fourth down and 15 on the Tech 43 with 11 seconds on the clock. Undaunted Hargett tossed a long pass down the middle of the field that Long caught among three Tech defenders at the Red Raider 15. “I didn’t even see anyone else,” Long said. “All I saw was the ball coming and put up my hands. It was right there.” Not only did Long make a miracle catch, he also had the presence of mind to call a timeout with three seconds on the clock. 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