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»erl er /e y year," and as since traveled 'ech stn- es. resident - semes- nembers ain next s newly National Jsidence n the or- " We're ioors for uhr said, rolved to PORTS Friday, October 1,1993 The Battalion Page 5 Aggies' defense faces tough test from Tech offensive talent By MATTHEW J. RUSH The Battalion The Texas A&M football team will open its Southwest Conference schedule on Saturday afternoon as they play Texas Tech in Lubbock. The Aggies are trying to capture the SWC title while going undefeated in the conference for the third-straight year. Texas A&M has lost three out of the last five meetings at Jones Stadium, even though their most recent meeting in Lub bock, resulted in the Aggies pound ing the Red Raiders 37-14 in 1991. x In SWC play, the two teams have compiled a 16-16-1 record against each other, but A&M leads 29-21-1 in the overall se- to Tech since 1984 when Tim Smith car ried for 139 yards on 19 carries. Defensive coordinator Bob Davie said he thinks taking Tech running back Byron 'Bam' Morris from out of his game will be the key to the Aggies success this year. "Every week we come into the game with the same mentality - we've got to stop the run," Davie said. "Byron Morris is a much better player than a year ago." Davie also said this year's Red Raider offense is not to be taken lightly. "I've been in this league for 9 years and I've seen some good Tech offens- '-v es," Davie said. "This year's team is the most talented and most explosive. They've got talent, experience and a trigger man w hich gives them a high-oc- tw Senior outside linebacker Steve Solari said he knows that Tech will be a challenge, es pecially with the multiple threats the Tech offense pre sents when they have the ball. "They are going to be tough," Solari said. "They come at you in a number of different ways, but the most important thing for us on defense is to stop the run first." The Aggies have been very successful at shutting down the running game against Tech in past years. In the last meeting in Lubbock, the Aggies limited Tech to only eight yards rushing while last year Tech amassed only 65 yards to tal on the ground. The A&M defense has not surrendered a 100-yard rushing game tane explosive offense.' A&M defensive end Eric England said that regardless of their record. Tech is al- A&M VS. Tech wa y s a formidable oppo nent especially when they 11a.m. October 2 are playing in front of their ABC - channels 3,13 ho ™ crow d- u r u This will be one of the biggest and toughest games for us," Eng land said. "Their fans get real rowdy, al most kind of crazy. "I just kind of laugh at it because when they boo, that means that they respect you. That motivates us and makes the team even more spirited. "They'll be ready to beat us," England said. "They'll fire every bullet they have, no doubt about it. They're hungry." After losing last week to Baylor, Texas Battalion File Photo See Tech/Page 6 Texas A&M running back Rodney Thomas fights for yardage against a Texas Tech defender during last year's match-up at Kyle Field. The Aggies won by a field goal. A&M soccer team comes home after long, successful road schedule By David Winder The Battalion Home sweet home. History will be made this weekend when the Texas A&M women's soccer team hosts its first home games since the team became a scholarship sport this year. The Lady Aggies (5-2 and 10th- ranked in the South Region) will play Oral Roberts on Saturday at 3:30 and Central Florida at noon on Sunday at Old Tiger Field. "It's going to be really exciting," se nior Rennie Rebe said. "I think we're a bit more nervous than we ordinarily would be because we've drummed it up and tried to get a lot of support for the team. "The only disadvantage is that we are a little bit off campus so I think we're all going to do our best to promote the site so we can get as many people as we can out there." A&M is currently riding a five-game winning streak, after winning both the St. Edwards and TCU Invitationals. "We really didn't expect to be this successful so soon," freshman Jenny Jones said. "We're so young we really didn't know what to expect coming into this year. But we've been able to put it all to gether." Head coach G. Guerrieri said Satur day's game against Oral Roberts (0-7) will allow the Lady Aggies to see how they play versus another freshman-ori ented team. "We haven't really specifically pre pared for Oral Roberts because in that See Soccer/Page 6 Lady Aggie netters host 4-Way tourney By Nick Georgandis . The Battwon Seven members of the Lady Aggie tennis team will see action this week end as Texas A&M hosts the A&M 4- Way Tournament competing against ■ ers from Louisiana State, Baylor, Southern Louisiana. Head coach Bobby Kleinecke said he believes the tournament's unique format will make it easier to see how the team is performing. "Instead of having everyone seed ed together like in a men's tourna ment, there are four flights, lettered A through D," Kleinecke said. "Each team has its one and two players in the A flight, three and four players in the B flight and so on. The A flight, both in singles and in dou bles, is very strong. It's a good chance for us to see a lot of matches and it makes so that nobody's ever out of the tournament." Junior Christine Dinardo and freshman newcomer Nancy Dingwall will represent the Aggies in the A flight. The team also has the top two seeds in the B flight with sophomores Lonna Logan and Wilson Pate. The doubles team of Dingwall and Pate is the top-seeded duo in the doubles A flight. Men's tennis head coach David Kent said he hopes this tournament will help boost student support in both Aggie teams. "Hopefully, this being an away week for football, we'll have some people come out to cheer these ladies on," Kent said. "There are a lot of hard workers and great players on both these teams and we'd like to have some students out there supporting the team." Kleinecke said he believes that team expectations for the tournament are high but the long season will be the real judge of the team. "We're optimistic all the way through the line-up," Kleinecke said. See Lady Aggies/ Page 6 BgMBMKSKiSIBHBMHHHMMBMHHMMMHr' ncreashg' ling, echo- vision pr°- trips- eatures V uased 0,1 2 rent strip 5 lutlancT nented Bil juse flij 1 ? t parodi eS and M'' Bill Gates. 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