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Asst. Sports
Editor
A&M deserves
a better class
of competition
T exas A&M athletic director John
David Crow and head football
coach R.C. Slocum have put to
gether one of the best football
progams in the country.
Dealing with some of the players
this semester. I've found that a pre
conceived notion of mine was false.
A&M football players aren't different
from many of the regular students at
A&M. They're just regular students
who happen to be damn good ath
letes.
Slocum is just a regular professor,
but his classroom happens to be Kyle
Field.
When you put these two together,
you get a winner. It's a combination
that rivals any in the country. A&M
can compete with any team in the
country, on any field.
That's all the more reason for Ag
gie fans to be bothered when A&M
plays a team like Tulsa. A&M lost 35-
34 to the Golden Hurricane and plum
meted out of the Top 25. The Aggies
went into the game ranked 14th.
There's nothing to gain by playing
a time like Tulsa. If you win, sports
writers complain it was an easy victo
ry and don't give you much credit. If
you lose, no one sports writer can
comprehend it and you end up suck
ing the scum of the unranked.
Lady Aggies must find winning ticket
Volleyball team
works through
ups and downs of
tough season
By Chris Whitley
The Battalion
The Texas A&M volleyball team has
been on a roller-coaster ride through its
first 20 games.
The Lady Aggies have had their ups
and downs. They won seven of eight at
one point, their blocking has improved,
and they are above .500.
But they also suffered through a mis
erable 1-4 tournament in California, their
serves have struggled of late, and the
meat of the Southwest Conference season
is yet to come.
A&M will try to make its way back up
Sunday when they host the University of
Houston at G. Rollie White Coliseum at 4
p.m. The match will be televised by Home
Sports Entertainment.
Head coach A1 Givens said the key to
the Lady Aggies' success is simply believ
ing in themselves.
"The thing that we need more than
anything is probably self-confidence and
the belief in ourselves that we are a good
ball club," Givens said. "I think that's the
only thing that's missing."
The Lady Aggies have lost two con
secutive matches and now hold an 11-9
record. They lost last Saturday to Florida
State University and Wednesday night at
the University of Texas. A&M stands at
1-1 in conference play.
Senior Alysia McMath and junior Eliz
abeth Edmiston have led the team this
year on paper and on the court. McMath
leads the Lady Aggies in kills with 254,
while Edmiston is second with 241.
HUY NGUYEN/ The Battalion
Senior volleyball player Alysia McMath must A&M faces the University of Houston on
help the Lady Aggies find confidence when Sunday at G. Rollie White Coliseum at 4 p.m.
Braves even
NL series
Atlanta slips past
Pittsburgh 1-0
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Steve Avery
is too young to know' tire Braves aren't
supposed to win in October.
The 21-year-old again pitched with
poise and Atlanta bounced back
Thursday night to
beat the Pittsburgh
Pirates 1-0 — with a
chop, naturally —
to send the NL
playoffs south tied
at one game each.
Mark Lemke's
two-hopper eluded
sure-handed third baseman Steve
Buechele for an RBI double in the sixth
inning, and that was enough, barely.
Avery and Atlanta stopped the
Braves' 10-game postseason losing
streak, one short of the Philadelphia
Phillies'record skid.
Avery gave up six hits in 8 1-3 in
nings, struck out nine and, unlike Tom
Glavine in the opener, shut down
Pittsburgh's middle of the order for
the most part. Plus, he was at his best
when it really counted.
Avery retired Game 1 hero Andy
Van Slyke on a grounder with runners
on first and third to end the eighth in
ning. Then in the ninth, Bobby Bonilla
led off with a double, making him 6-
for-12 lifetime against Avery. That
brought up Barry Bonds, and with the
Pirates' star showing no signs of
bunting, popped up to shortstop.
Braves manager Bobby Cox felt
that was enough for Avery and sum
moned Alejandro Pena from the
bullpen. Pena put himself in further
trouble with a wild pitch that sent
Bonilla to third, but then showed why
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Date
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10/14
Spencer Haywood: Choice of a Lifetime* 8:00 p.m.
Former NBA star speaks on dangers of alcohol and drugs
Sponsored by Athletic Dept., Center for
Drug Prevention, MSC Black Awareness Committee,
Div. of Student Services, and the Dept, of Multicultural Services
201 MSC
10/15
10/16
10/16
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Sleuth (Death by Alcohol)*
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