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K. LEE
DAVIS
Sports Writer
Braves rip Pirates. . . .Page 6
canon of superstars. Jackson, Ruth,
Speaker, Henderson, Cobb, Stargell,
Hershiser and Clemente are all men
who turned the playoffs into a per
sonal showcase and have gone on to
achieve moments frozen in the mind's
eye as the best that we as a nation and
our beloved pastime have to offer.
But for every player who has crys
tallized a place in baseball history
with inspired play in October, there is
another that has never lived up to the
promise he showed from April
through September.
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry
Bonds is just such a player.
Bonds put up MVP type numbers
all season long, including a torrid .402
batting average in September, leading
up to last night's opening game of the
National League Championship Se
ries, where he again went into the
tank.
I say that he again went into the
tank, because Bonds is now 7-for-48
lifetime in the playoffs after last
night's 0-for-3 outing.
Those numbers translate to a cool
See Davis/ Page 6
A&M out to repeat
last year's UT upset
Archrivals meet in important SWC battle
By K. LEE DAVIS
Sporls Writer of THE BATTALION
The last time the University of Texas
Lady Longhorns traveled to College Sta
tion to take on
Texas A&M,
they were
handed a five-
game defeat
that ended sev
en years of to
tal conference
dominance.
The Lady
Aggies will get
another chance
to hang a loss
on ninth-
ranked Texas
as the two
teams meet
tonight in G.
Rollie White
Coliseum at
7:00 p.m.
A&M head coach A1 Givens believes
his Lady Aggies can compete against
Texas, but they have to play a solid all-
around match.
"We don't have any superstars, so
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: G. Rollie White
Coliseum
Records: A&M (10-5, 1-1
in SWC),Texas (11-2, 2-0
in SWC)
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admission
we're going to have to play well as a
unit, and everybody on the court is go
ing to have to play well," Givens said.
Junior setter Genny Wood said A&M
must find a balance between aggressive
and intelligent play to win tonight.
"We have got to be smart with our
shots," Wood said. "We can't just go out
and hammer every ball.
"Then again, we can't be tentative
against them. They're a team that's go
ing to stress us with their blocking and
their defense, so we just have to do what
it takes to kill the ball."
Givens said he expects Texas to play a
powerful, fast game against A&M.
"Offensively, Texas is incredible,"
Givens said. "They have a lot of differ
ent players that are hitting for a high
percentage.
"We have a lot of respect for them as
a team, and what they have been able to
accomplish, but we also feel that we can
play with them."
The Lady Longhorns will be the
fourth top 20 team A&M has faced this
season, and the second in the top 10.
Givens said that experience should help
them, but the fact remains that Texas
See Lady Aggies/ Page 6
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Lady Aggie Elizabeth Edmiston was a big part of last year's five-game win over
Texas, breaking the Lady Longhorns’ 69-game conference winning streak.
Edmiston motivates Lady Aggies through her senior season
By DON NORWOOD
Sports Writer of THE BATTALION
Although the number of home games
remaining for Texas A&M senior volley
ball player Elizabeth Edmiston are dwin
dling down to a precious few, you might
not be able to tell it when speaking to the
Lady Aggies' top scorer and on-court
motivator.
Edmiston is taking a no-nonsense ap
proach to the final season of her glory-
filled career at A&M, one that has placed
her among school career leaders in four
different statistical categories.
She realizes that, including tonight's
contest with Texas, she has only five
matches left in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
She is also fully aware that A&M's tal
ented squad is heavy on underclassmen,
meaning that this year's good team
could be great in the not-too-distant fu
ture.
But for Edmiston, nostalgia is some
thing she would rather do without. She
still has work to be done.
"When it gets to be your senior year,
you kind of realize in the back of your
mind that it's the last time," she said.
"You still have to approach games with
the same mindset of the last four years.
"I looked forward to this season, and
I'm looking forward to the rest of the
season."
By taking a look at her numbers, one
might be able to see why Edmiston was
so eager to take the court in the Lady
Aggies' season opener back on Sept. 1.
Her 177 kills in 15 matches have elevated
her to fifth on A&M's all-time list with
1,048. Also, she has become only the
third player in school history to break
the 3,000 mark in kill attempts with a to
tal of 3,075.
But numbers alone cannot describe
See Edmiston/ Page 6
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