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Soccer takes tops in St.
Edward's tournament
The Lady Aggies Soccer team
raised their record to 3-2 after
grabbing the title in the St. Ed
ward's Tournament this week
end.
After defeating the University
of Texas and TCU, the the team
soundly defeated host St.
Thomas with a 5-0 shutout - four
of those points being scored in
the second half.
Head coach G. Guerrieri said
the team demonstrated "a lot of
poise" the second half and made
an "unbelievable" turnaround
from the first half.
Leading the attack, freshman
midfielder Allison Buckley made
two goals and assisted one.
Freshman forward Kristen Koop
and junior forward Anna White-
head also contributed to the win
with a goal each.
Freshman forward Yvette Ok-
ler made the only goal in the first
half with the assist from Buckley.
The Lady Aggies will take on
Arkansas - Little Rock on the
TCU campus in Fort Worth next
Thursday.
Spikers take Norman
The A&M volleyball team
controlled the courts of Okla
homa this weekend at the Sooner
Invitational.
The Lady Aggies dominated
the tournament with wins
against Ole Miss, Southwestern
Missouri State University, and
OklahomaUniversity.
A&M took only four games
each to win all of their matches
in rout fashion.
The Aggies improved their
record to 7-1 on the season.
They battle the Texas Longhorns
in Austin on Wednesday.
Three A&M players: setter
Suzy Wente, middle blocker
Amy Kisling and outside hitter
Sheila Morgan w'ere named to
the all-tournament team.
Morgan was awarded most
valuable player of the tourna
ment for the Aggies.
Cowboys struggling while Smith is away
The Associated Press
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IRVING — Dallas coach Jimmy
Johnson, addressing a problem he
can do something about, said
Monday he is bringing eight
placekickers to Valley Ranch to
find a replacement for Lin Elliott.
Elliott missed two field goal at
tempts, including a 30-yarder in
Sunday's 13-10 loss to the the Buf
falo Bills.
Asked if he had fired Elliott,
Johnson said, "I'll make a decision
tomorrow. Elliott has had a year
and a half to compete for the job.
Nothing is resolved but I'm going
to look at eight kickers with (kick
ing coach) Steve Hoffman."
Elliott, who missed a field goal
and an extra point in an opening
35-16 loss to Washington, said af
ter Sunday's game, "I dug my
grave. In practice I do well. On
Sunday, I struggle. I've let my
teammates down."
Johnson wouldn't name the.
kickers who were coming to try
out but the list was expected to in
clude Matt Bahr, Eddie Murray,
Jim Breech and Rich Andrews.
"We might lose something on
kickoffs because Lin had been do
ing that well so we'd have to ad
just our coverages," Johnson said.
The other problem, unsigned
All-Pro running back Emmitt
Smith, is something Johnson can't
do anything about. j®
"We just have to understand
who we are," Johnson said Mon
day. "We're a different team than
the one who went to the Super
Bowl. I still think we will get into
the playoffs. We just can't sit
around and depending on Emmitt
Smith being with us."
But there's a hole in the dress
ing room wall courtesy of defen
sive end Charles Haley. It symbol
izes the frustrations and near-re
volt of the Cowboys players who
feel they can't defend their Super
Bowl championship without
Smith.
"We'll never win with a rookie
running back," said Haley, who
imbedded his helmet into the
wall. "We need to either get Em
mitt here or they've got to get rid
of him."
"There's a huge cloud hanging
over this team," safety Bill Bates
said.
Troy Aikman was forced to
pass 45 times and was intercepted
twice in Sunday's 13-10 loss to the
Buffalo Bills because rookie Der
rick Lassie couldn't produce on
the ground like Smith did in the
Super Bowl.
The Cowboys have started 0-2,
a position from which no team
has ever won the Super Bowl.
"In the past," Aikman said,
clipping his words, "we've had
success being a balanced football
team."
Owner Jerry Jones wrung his
hands and sat on his wallet.
"I don't want to jeopardize the
future of this team," Jones said.
"I'pn frustrated and so is Emmitt. I
understand the players being frus
trated. While everyone has an
opinion, we have opinions that
are sound ones for the future."
Smith wants $4 million per
year — in line with what Buffalo's
Thurman Thomas makes — wh’le
Jones has offered $2.5 million.
Thomas said after Sunday's
game, "I don't know how the
Cowboys can expect to get back to
the Super Bowl without Emmitt
Smith. They just can't do it. Em
mitt would have made a differ
ence against us today. In the Su
per Bowl, they controlled the ball
with Emmitt. They didn't do that
today."
Lassie, who helped Alabama
win a national championship,
wonders what kind of hornet's
nest he has stepped on.
"It bothers me when one of my
teammates says something bad
about me," said Lassie, who lost a
fumble and gained 52 yards on 19
carries.
Defensive back Kenny Gant
said nobody should blame Lassie.
"It's not fair to knock him/'
Gant said. "He's a heck of a run
ner. We're just not getting a
break."
Offensive tackle Nate Newton
said the Smith contract question is
tearing at the team.
"You keep seeing on film all
the big plays Emmitt made for us
last year," NewYon said. "I'm for
burning last year's film. I'm tired
of talking about Emmitt."
"Two wee^ ago, people were
talking about us like we're a dy
nasty," fullback Darryl Johnston
said. "Now they talk like we're all
done."
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Buffalo too much. Or kickers.
• And speaking of Oilers,
how about all of the starved
Houston fans who have yearned
for a sound Houston victory over
a team with Super Bowl talent.
And Dave Kreig.
The fans were promised a con
test against the NFL's best quar
terback of all-time, Joe Montana,
but instead got Kreig, the best
tumbler in NFL history. Howev
er, I think any Oiler fan would be
pleased with a 30-0 win, or any
win for that matter.
• 1 just knew bad things were
awaiting for the Aggies when f
caught a Florence Henderson-
Ralph Emery duet on the
Nashville Network the night be
fore the game. It's not natural.
• And as I was on the side
lines taking pictures during the
Oklahoma game, I couldn't tell
who was in worse shape with the
humidity and the 105 degree heat
on the field: Reveille or a large,
sweaty man about 20 rows up.
They were both sitting with
their tongues hanging out, spittle
rolling down their chins and
panting. But at least Reveille was
the only one without clothing.
• Lee Corso Update: ESPN
announcer Corso, who did not
rank A&M in his preseason top
25, chose to exhibit a cheesy
smirk when commenting after
the Oklahoma game, "-But A&M
is still a good football
team.. .(dramatic pause)"
A clarification to Mr. Corso:
your alma mater Florida State
may at this moment be the na
tion's number one team, but you
will always remain the nation's
worst college football analyst.
Besides, Corso, what if the kick
goes wide right.. .again.
• How come it rains a day af
ter the weekend, and I'm stuck in
the Battalion newsroom instead
of playing mud football?
I guess it's the same reason
that after nine months, the
NCAA finally decided to release
the A&M eligibility decisions at
5:00 on a Friday afternoon before
Saturday's shell-shock at Nor
man.
• Just had to remark about a
quote I read in the paper from
Denver Broncos head coach
Wade Phillips, "Sports writers
are a lot like diapers; they both
need to be changed every once in
a while - and for the same rea
sons.
• See, I've got this theory
about NFL Super Bowl con
tenders - and it has nothing to do
with this NFC being more pow
erful than the AFC nonsense. It's
in the names. It's why the Oilers
will be contenders this year with
a guy named Wilber, not just that
it's Wilber Marshall. It's why the
Giants were champs with Beasley
Reece and chumps without him.
And have you noticed that the
Broncos haven't been any good
since Rulon Jones III retired?
Or maybe it's that I'm confus
ing myself with John Madden
again.
• Steady yourself: Raycom
football is back this week.
You've never heard a sports
cliche murdered brutally over the
air until you've heard Raycom's
"Smaish-mauth football" com
mentary.
But maybe the broadcasters
will get the players' names right
this week. On Saturday, ABC
had problems telling who was on
the field: A&M's Rodney
Thomas or Oklahoma's James
Allen. It is tough telling people
apart with different numbers on
different teams.
• And finally a quote from
the New York Giants' Lawrence
Taylor which adorns the Battal
ion office adjacent to the
"Smaish-mauth" sports desk:
"He doesn't see you coming
and you drive your helmet into
his back so hard, he blows a little
snot bubble."
And that's Lawrence Taylor -
football's official decongestant.
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