Thursday^ September 29, 1988/The Battalion/Page 11
Sports
,ady Ags return home,
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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.
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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.
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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.
Stallings put his arm around place-kicker Riggs,
See Flashback, page 13
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