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Tiber 14,1! Texas A&M SPORTS The Battalion mped twi gating Cfe lies got tv : 361 pointj feated Kay ifth. Roun;. are A&ll e, Syracus te. n the p( hree of A by lean a notch t exas 31-21 to No.9f(i over Souf- ?nn States i trampliai I head coac his team- treak bn \, said tl jver in t allow hack in minted wif 1. "On of anything ii ■ir defensfl ,ey playd) ie Aggi their thi 1 that mat j, which« e nation, i ALU CLEAR. / ^ ( NO HURP.ICANE DAtAAO-E , ) J \^N COLAEG-E STAT/ON' J / dp 1992- Cowboys " Grange r - time sine nd it's nie ,ted team ichards registers oest in Lady By RULY MEDRANO Sports Writer of THE BATTALION he Universtiy of California ol eyball team handed the Texas M Lady Ag es their sec- loss of the ason Friday ht at G. Rol- White Coli- i fV liars, 1-1, jeeded all five ifenes of the litch to shake iil the Lady ggies, whose jeord fell to 5-2. [(Despite the setback, A&M d volleyball coach A1 Givens s phased with his team's effort he said many of the errors the idy Aggies committed were Richards merely the results ot agressive play. A&M sophomore Karen Richards set a personal record in the match by recording 24 kills, and senior Elizabeth Edminston hammered down 23 kills on her own. After the match, Richards, a sophomore from Arlington, did not realize she had set a personal best in kills, but she said the pres ence of Edminston helped her to play a solid game. "They knew that Elizabeth is our top hitter," Richards said. "After a while, they started key ing on her and they left me open." Last year, Richards was ranked second on the team and ninth in the Southwest Conference with a .254 hitting percentage. Against California, she finished with a hit ting percentage of .320. This season, the Lady Aggies personal loss have gotten off to a solid start and, according to Richards, the early success is a result of team unity. "Our team is pulling together this season," Richards said. "We've been playing together for a while, so we're really starting to trust each other." This Friday, the Lady Aggies will try to get back on the win ning track when they host the University of Texas-El Paso in the first round of the A&M/Holiday Inn Invitational Tournament at G. Rollie White. On Saturday, A&M will face- off with Stephen F. Austin Uni versity and Lamar University. The tournament will consist of a round robin format in which all teams play each other once, and the team with the best record at the conclusion is declared tourna ment champion. ouston downs Indianapolis THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Harrisoi le Field backer >ach ks at it INDIANAPOLIS — Warren Moon found an in- int cure for a wayward passing arm. Houston's quarterback, who hurled five intercep ts a week earlier, passed for 361 yards and two rchdowns Sunday as the Oilers beat the Indi- tiapolis Colts 20-10. "Man, I'm satisfied. I can tell you that,'' said loon, who completed 29 of 39 passes, including 69 Irds to Lorenzo White for a touchdown in the first larter and 2 yards to Haywood Jeffires for another bre in the third period. the "It was a tough week for me, a tough week for y ou .S 0 f family," Moon said. "I went into this game with ters 15 , ot of butterflies, believe me." “fourtfl Moon said he learned from his mistakes against . ttsburgh. 1 a rea Tve oeen around long enough to know not to do Imething twice. I should have never done it the keepon U t j me , b ut j anc j g 0t burned for it," Moon lid. "This week I played a smarter game." e fifth- i Indianapolis (1-1) managed a field goal by Dean • They asucc j j n second quarter and a 3-yard touch- imes. , iwn pass from backup Tom Tupa to Anthony :ake°n w ith six seconds left. A fourth-quarter dri- ouri ended at the Oilers' 16 when Jerry Gray intercept- ve talent |j a p ass by Tupa in the end zone, jptively Houston (1-1) added a 20-yard field goal by A1 ;1 Greco with 3:01 remaining. [Oilers coach Jack Pardee said he was concerned >out the Colts' defense, which had 11 sacks against leveland a week earlier. "The way they blitz, they come with that hard sh," Pardee said. "That's the reason the screen ay was put in. Of course, Lorenzo White made a eat run on it and we picked up a couple blocks, at we kind of settled their blitzing down." Colts coach Ted Marchibroda said Moon con- jblled the game. end up "He hit the short passes and put them in scoring position five of the six possessions they had," Marchibroda said. "Overall, Houston is a good team and they controlled the game. They really did. We never made a big play all day. To win, you have to make the big plays, and they made them when they had to." White finished with four receptions for a career- high 106 yards, and Moon topped 300 passing yards for the 33rd time. The Colts, who waived Mark Herrmann last week, a day after he led them to their first season opening victory in nine years, had to use Tupa at quarterback when starter Jack Trudeau bruised his back on the first play of the second period. Trudeau, who returned to the sideline in the sec ond half but did not play, was to be hospitalized overnight and treated with ice. But he said the bruise aid not appear to be serious. "His helmet hit me right in the back," Trudeau said of the tackle by linebacker A1 Smith. "It is a deep bruise in the middle of my back. As soon as the spasms go away, I should be fine." Rookie defensive back Ashley Ambrose wasn't as fortunate. He broke his right ankle and could be out six-to-eight weeks. "When Jack went out, we couldn't do anything," Marchibroda said. "We couldn't get anything start ed." A 37-yard field goal by Biasucci on the play after Trudeau's injury cut Houston's lead to 7-3. But Tupa was sacked twice and Indianapolis netted mi nus-16 yards on its next two possessions before half time. Moon, meanwhile, also was sacked twice, but avoided the interceptions that hurt him in the Oilers' loss to Pittsburgh a week earlier. The Colts took away the Houston running game, and Moon com pleted 16 of 24 passes for 226 yards in the first half alone. fight oh NY, 34-28 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The 1992 Dallas Cow boys are for real, and they had to survive a real scare from the New York Giants to prove it. Troy Aikman threw for two touchdowns, Emmitt Smith ran for one and Dal las' special teams scored one and set up a field goal Sun day as the Cowboys built a 34-0 lead and then held on for a 34-28 win over the Gi ants. "I'mjust glad to be out of here," Smith said after the Cowboys got off to their first 2-0 start since 1986 and won their seventh straight regu lar-season game. "The way we were playing at the end, it looked like they were go ing to come back and win, "When we jumped out to such a big lead, we kept say ing: "This is not supposed to be happening, this is the Gi ants/ he added. The Giants didn't do any thing in the physical sense until after Aikman hit Michael Irvin on a 27-yard TD pass to put Dallas ahead by 34 points just 90 seconds into the third quarter. "We didn't show up for the first two quarters, offen sively, defensively or on spe cial teams," Giants guard William Roberts said. "We've got to play four quarters. Until we do, we'll just keep digging ourselves a hole and eventually suffo cate." The Cowboys, who were 1-15 just three years ago, nearly let the Giants (0-2) out or the hole. New York, which had not scored more than 24 points in Ray Handley's first 17 games as coach and had been limited to 53 first-half yards, scored on four straight possessions, draw ing within six points in one of the best comebacks in NEL history. The defense finally start ed dictating the pace and Phil Simms suddenly started finding his receivers, taking New York on scoring drives of 80, 80, 62 and 55 yards. A 5-yard run by Rodney Hampton got New York on the scoreboard. Simms fol lowed with touchdown passes of 1 yard to Jarrod Bunch, 6 to Stephen Baker and 2 to Howard Cross, the last one bringing New York within 34-28 with 6:52 to play. It took New York just over 17 minutes to score 28 points. When Michael Irvin dropped a third-down pass on Dallas' next series, New York got the ball at its 19. However, the Giants couldn't get a first down and punted. The big play was a third-and-9 from the New York 20, when Dave Meggett was stopped for no gain by Bill Bates after catching a short pass from Simms. "We were trying to create a situation where we get him the ball and block everybody in the middle," Simms said. "We guessed wrong. We thought they'd drop back in that situation." "They have been running that play and getting Meggett open," Bates said. "My job was to stay with Meggett and I did." Attention Springboard Divers 12* Man Diving Squad Men's & Women's Tryouts New A&M Diving Coach Kevin Wright invites anyone with diving or gymnastics experience to try out for the Texas A&M Varsity Diving Team. Come to the outdoor pool Monday, September 14 th at 4:00 p.m. with your swim suit to meet with Coach Wright and Head Swimming Coach Mel Nash. You must be a full time student and meet NCAA eligibility requirements. If you can't make it at 4:00, please call. 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