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,19! The Battalion SPORTS 7 Monday, October 1,1990 Sports Editor Nadja Sabawala 845-2688 5 lerin •f the Armj ' than Abra- <1 the being l the al as- Wiers i the\ idem' in ex- ixcep- f (sol- to be ’isac- tgeas ic sto- ivorth Patriots ’ Mowatt denying harassment charge BOSTON (AP) — Tight end Zeke Mowatt, ending his silence on the al legations, denies he made lewd re marks to a reporter in the New En gland Patriots’ locker room. Lisa Olson of the Boston Herald said she was harassed as she sat on a bench interviewing defensive back Maurice Hurst on Sept. 17, a prac tice day. “I am deeply troubled by what has been said about and attributed to me,” Mowatt said. “The only com ment I made to the reporter was: ‘You are not writing; you are looking (at us).’ That is all I said and all that I personally am aware of. “In hindsight, perhaps that was inappropriate. And I apologize for NFL commissioner’s decision expected to be later this week any embarrassment that comment caused her,” he said. The reporter said Mowatt stood close to her, exposed himself and made lewd remarks. She said several other players whom she could not identify made similar comments. Reports indicated Mowatt was fined $2,000. The Herald said five players were involved. Mowatt said that his “religious va lues and my character would never allow me to do or say anything as dis respectful as has been reported to any human being.” Mowatt, who said he was “equally hurt by this situation,” said he hoped that it could be resolved so that he could do what he came to the Patri ots for — help them win a championship. Earlier, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue ordered Mowatt to report to the NFL office in New York by last Friday. But the meeting was put off until the counsel was appointed. “We’ll probably have a decision early (this) week,” an NFL spokeswo man said. On Thursday, Patriots owner Vic tor Kiam said the team would coop erate fully with the independent counsel, who will be appointed by the league. But Kiam’s remarks, five days af ter the incident, helped to ignite the situation. He was quoted in an interview with the Herald as saying, “I can’t disagree with the players’ actions.” “Your paper’s asking for trouble sending a female reporter to cover the team. Why not stand in front of her if she’s an intruder,” he said. After last Sunday’s 41-7 loss in Cincinnati, Kiam called Olson “a classic bitch,” according to at least two reporters standing near him in the Patriots’ locker room. Kiam has insisted he said only that he called Olson “aggressive.” Kiam’s remarks spurred the local chapter of the National Organiza tion for Women to urge women not to buy goods made by Remington Products Ific. Remington makes electric shavers and targets much of its business to women. NOW condemned the players’ be havior as “intolerable and illegal,” and called for them to issue “a for mal and substantive apology.” In a written statement Thursday, Kiam said, “We look forward to the opportunity to present the facts as we know them to the independent investigator. “I repeat my apology to the re porter, Lisa Olson, and regret any remarks which I made which may have been misconstrued as having condoned the locker room actions. I am truly sorry that any offensive in cident occurred. We have a wonder ful team and organization com prised of many outstanding individuals.” No. 11 A&M’s tempers flare in 17-8 upset is incW isociauo s Assoa oppora be conn i, dean' ;ate," Fi Ituralq ,i cam; lion san ox lenis ai :ts for dial 81 By NADJA SABAWALA Of The Battalion Staff BATON ROUGE, La. — The temper ature in Louisiana State’s “Death Valley” stadium brought even the most sedate players to boiling point. Just ask Texas A&M’s Darren Lewis. The senior tailback was ejected in the second quarter of the Aggies’ 17-8 loss in a game which flew almost as many flags in the state of Texas. The sellout Tiger Stadium crowd of 77,703 was treated to a penalty showcase as LSU picked up four 15-yard penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct. A&M had one when Lewis threw a punch at an LSU player who had pushed him out of bounds. Aggie head coach R.C. Slocum said Lewis claimed he was tackled out of bounds and tried to push his tackier back. “Sure, I’m upset with Darren,” Slo cum said. “Those are things that you talk about and you work on. You can’t make those kinds of mistakes. It’s a mistake that a young player made in a crucial sit uation, and you can’t do that.” Added to the loss of Lewis, A&M’s of fense failed to*‘capitalize on the free yardage handed out by an overanxious Tiger squad. Senior quarterback Lance Pavlas went into the game without an in terception but left with three — the first on his first pass of the game. “It was bad play on my part and I take responsibility for those interceptions,” Pavlas said. “Sometimes it happens and you’ve got to bounce back. Our team did a good job of not letting the turnovers make us quit.” A&M and LSU (both 3-1), played an uneventful first half, with the greatest yardage occurring on penalties. The Ti ger bench was flagged in the first quarter tor unsportsmanlike conduct, damaging what was shaping up to be a scoring drive. Instead, LSU was forced to punt from their own 44. After Lewis’ ejection, the Aggies at tempted an end-around pass on a re verse. Wide receiver Felton Ransby’s pass to Shane Garrett was tipped up and intercepted on the LSU 9-yard line. The Tigers drove into field goal range with 1:29 remaining in the first half, but the kick was blocked by A&M’s Derrick See Upset/Page 8 LSU’s Wayne Williams breaks up a second quarter pass to Cornelius Patterson. Photo by Phelan M. Ebenhack Slocum: Lewis call should have been offsetting By RICHARD TIJERINA Of The Battalion Staff Texas A&M head football coach R.C. Slocum said Sunday he thought the ref eree should have called offsetting penal ties on the play where Darren Lewis was ejected from A&M’s 17-8 loss to Loui siana State. “I was very disappointed that he was ejected in the game,” Slocum said of the play early in the second quarter. “I thought it should have been off-setting penalties. But that’s a judgement call and obviously I wasn’t wearing the striped shirt.” The play occurred when the Aggies were driving deep into LSU territory for the first time of the night. Lewis ran around the left side for a five-yard gain when Tiger cornerback Derriel McCor- vey pushed him out of bounds. Words were exchanged, and Lewis threw an at into McCorvey’s head. The Aggies were penalized 15 yards for un sportsmanlike conduct, and Lewis was thrown out of the game. The game was called by an all-South- west Conference officiating crew. “Both teams were getting after each other,” Slocums said. “People were fly ing around and hitting each other. One of their players got right in Darren’s face, slapped him upside the head and said something to him. Darren retaliated and got caught.” Slocum said the call was crucial not only because Lewis, who had gained 31 yards in the game, was ejected, but it halted the Aggies’ drive. On the next play, LSU intercepted an A&M pass on the nine-yard line. “At that time we were moving the football into scoring position,” Slocum said. “On that play, it’s going to be sec- ond-and-five at the 25, and it turned out to be second-and-20 back on the 40.” Backup running back Randy Sim mons came in for Lewis, and ended up with 77 yards on 15 carries. “Darren was making some plays,” Slo cum said. “Darren has a particular feel for running a number of the plays we run. It certainly took away from our of fense. We had an All-American tailback sitting on the bench for almost three quarters. “That’s a distraction to your team. Not only do you lose him on the field, but it takes away from your team a little bit mentally.” i vis its, lllf I dcs for L 5|Vggie doubles to pro' ft 1 • . »='ieam makes it laris. Givens: 6 We’re making progress’ to Monday final Lady Ags sweep on way to weekend tourney crown rom Staff and Wire Reports Texas A&M junior tennis player latt Zisette defeated LSU’s Johan telbrink 6-3, 7-5 at the All-Ameri- an Tennis Tournament in Austin aturday, and A&M tennis coach )avid Kent said the win should give ■isette the confidence to have a good par. Melbrink, LSU’s No. 1 player, fin- ihed last year ranked No. 17 in the Country. The Aggie tennis team also saw tion in the A&M Five-Way tourna- I Blent, which included Baylor, Rice, ■exas Christian and Oklahoma State. A&M freshman Mark Weaver 1st 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the semifinals to ISU’s No. 2 player, Justin Stead. ) The A&M doubles team of fresh- iian Adam King and senior Steve tennedy, unseeded in the doubles paw, advanced to the semifinals Bid will play the top-ranked doubles lam of Stead and Eric Fahnestock fom OSU in the finals. The match begins at 9 a.m. at the mar Smith Tennis Center. || Fahnestock and Stead also will face each other in the singles final imorrow. The time for the match snot been determined yet. By SCOTT WUDEL Of The Battalion Staff The Texas A&M women’s volley ball team found that a change of scenery may have been just what the doctor ordered. The Lady Aggies went unde feated in three matches to win the Texas A&M-Hampton Inn Invitatio nal this weekend at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Lady Aggies won the tourna ment for the first time in the four years the school has hosted it. They lost only one game in three victories over the University of Northeast Louisiana, the University of New Orleans, and Southern Illi nois University. The Aggies defeated UNL 15-6, 8-15, 15-7, 15-6 Friday night. Satur day A&M was victorious over UNO 15-13, 15-11, 15-7, and SIU 15-6, 15-8, 16-14. Last Wednesday following A&M’s loss to Sam Houston State and its seventh loss in the last eight tries, Coach Al Givens said he wished he was a psychologist so that he could help the team with its woes on the court. Givens said he was pleased with the Aggies’ performance in the tour “As far as winning the tournament, that feels great. We needed these three wins in a row to pick ourselves back up after the losing streak.” Elizabeth Edmiston, tournament MVP nament. “Each match we progressed and got better during the tournament,” Givens said. “And the level of play on our side of the court and the flow isjust so much better.” The Lady Aggies appeared ready to play in front of the borne crowd in their first match against Northeast Louisiana. Both teams dueled it out until the Lady Aggies scored five straight points and took the lead 6-3 in the first game with impressive play from the A&M frontline. The Aggies blocked shots contin uously throughout the night to keep the Lady Indians off balance. Elizabeth Edmiston’s service ace ended the second game quickly and the Lady Aggies appeared to have the momentum to end the match in three games. But the Lady Indians surprised the Aggies and took the third game. The Lady Aggies let Northeast Lousiana make the mistakes that would turn into Aggie points. Ed miston and Krista Hierholzer com bined to block a UNO kill and win the match. A&M converted one out of every four kills it attempted in the match. Outside attacker Kim Mitchell had seven of A&M’s 53 kills and said the team was ready to come home and play in more familiar surround ings. “We’ve been on the road a lot, and played some tough teams and tough matches,” Mitchell said. “It is just nice to be at home. It felt so much better. “We just decided amongst our selves that we were going to have fun and enjoy the game and play as good as we can,” she said. Amy Cumings had a game-high 14 kills and Hierholzer posted 49 as sists. Saturday the Lady Aggies contin ued their aggressive play. UNO had jumped out to an 8-2 lead in the first game, but Raychelle Michalke came off the A&M bench to give the Aggies a boost and tie the game at 11. The Aggies held off the Buc-kettes to win the game. A&M was down in the second game, 10-6, but pulled out another win. A&M wasted no time finishing the match, grabbing an 8-2 lead with the help of Diane Robertson’s kills. Michalke again came in to add im portant kills to the Aggie offense be fore Genny Wood’s long kill gave the Lady Aggies the final point and the match. Edmiston led the Aggies with 13 kills and Sheri Hermesmeyer was impressive on defense with 16 digs. Saturday night the Lady Aggies had to beat SIU to ensure them selves of the tournament victory. Hierholzer led the team through out the match with her play — blocks at the net, kills and assists. Cumings ended the second game See Lady Ag s/Page 8 Razorbacks sloppy, but win anyway LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Ar kansas Coach Jack Crowe wanted to use Glen Ray Hines to do the punting in the second half against Colorado State, but he never got the chance. “I like punting much more than the alternative we chose in the second half,” Crowe said. He was referring to Four Ar kansas turnovers — Quinn Gro- vey’s first pass interception of the season and three fumbles. Still, the Razorbacks survived. Grovey made the key plays in a six-play, 74-yard drive that broke a 17*17 tie in the third quarter. Tailbacks Ron Dickerson and Aa ron Jackson turned in some big runs in the 83-yard drive that wrapped up a 31-20 decision over the Rams. “We felt we could wear them down and would have the oppor tunity to control the game with our running game in the fourth quarter,” Crowe said. “That’s what happened. Our backs did a good job of running in the fourth quarter.” Dickerson, who netted 80 yards on 13 carries, got the final TD drive started when he ran over a defender on his way to a 30-yard gain.