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Thursday, November 4,1993
The Battalion
Page 7
A&M receiver
just a fly away
from history
lA/^xas
V V A&M se
nior wide receiver
Tony Harrison
catches his next
pass, he will set
the A&M record
(or most career
yards receiving,
j Unfortunately,
his accomplish
ments have been
largely overlooked
and taken for
granted amid the
celebration of
A&M's ground at
tack.
If one takes a look at who Harrison
will top on the Aggies' record list, the
names Bob Long and Shea Walker stand
MATTHEW J.
RUSH
Sportswriter
lout.
j Walker currently holds the record
I with 1,411 yards receiving, which he ac-
I complished from 1983-86.
I As for Long, who played at A&M be-
I tween 1966-68, he is fifth on the all-time
I list with 1,298 yards and ranks first in
career touchdown receptions with 19.
Harrison, coincidentally, is second on
the career touchdown list with 12.
To put Walker and Long's accom-
jplishments in perspective to those of
'Harrison, it is necessary to look at the
quarterbacks that the two had throwing
them the ball.
For Walker, he had the luxury of
quarterback Kevin Murray tossing him
the pigskin. Murray, who led the
Southwest Conference in passing yards
jin 1985 and 1986, threw for a school
Irecord 6,506 yards in three years at
A&M. Murray also holds Aggie records
for career attempts and career comple
tions.
During Long's stint as a wide receiv
er at A&M, he was aided in collecting
his honors by the arrrt of quarterback
Edd Hargett. '' >
Hargett, who played for the National
Football League's New Orleans Saints
during the early 1970's, also chalked up
some impressive numbers.
| Among Hargett's most notable feats:
j He threw for 2,321 yards his senior year,
i including a record 374 yards in a single
game, he was the 1968 Cotton Bowl
Most Valuable Player, he threw for
5,379 career yards, and he earned All-
SWC honors in his last two years as the
Aggies' quarterback.
Between Hargett and Murray, the
duo holds 13 out of the 15 passing
records at Texas A&M. These two are
also the top two individual passers in
career yardage, amassing 11,885 yards
between them.
Not to down play the accomplish
ments of Walker or Long, but Harrison
has not been as fortunate to have a pro
lific passer to get him the ball.
Countless times Harrison has run
down the field, only to see Greg Hill,
Rodney Thomas, Darren Lewis and Lee-
land McElroy carrying the ball.
That comes as no surprise because
A&M has been a team that is historical
ly known for grinding out offensive
yards on the ground.
Lewis ran for 1,700 yards Harrison's
freshman year. As a sophomore, he
watched teammates Hill and Thomas
run for a combined 1,510 yards. Again
last season, he saw the same tandem
run for 2,195 yards.
Needless to say, A&M's air attack has
been less than flourishing over the past
few years.
Overshadowed by the names of
long. Walker and current San Diego
Charger Rod Bernstein, Harrison almost
had his day of glory last Saturday
against Southern Methodist.
When Harrison's 58-yard touchdown
against the Mustangs was called back, I
Was kind of angry and sorry for him.
Seeing him run up the steps of Kyle
Field to give the ball to his parents, only
to have the touchdown reneged because
of a penalty, made me more aware of
just what this young man has done in
his career.
But now, Harrison will have the ulti
mate spotlight when he presumably sets
the record.
1. The game on Nov. 13 against
Louisville will be held in the friendly
confines of Kyle Field.
2. ESPN will carry the contest and his
accomplishment will be seen nation
wide.
3. His parents will again be among
the 60,000 plus in attendance..
4. Most important, however, is that
his historic moment will come against a
nationally ranked team in the Cardinals,
who could be ranked in the top 10, de
pending on their outcome this weekend
against the seventh-ranked Tennessee
Volunteers.
Let me be the first to give him an ear
ly congratulations.
Victory denied
Lady Aggie spikers fall to second-ranked Texas
Texas A&M senior middle blocker Amy
Kisling (7) nails a shot against the Uni
versity of Texas' outside hitter/middle
blocker Angie Brietenfield (1 T) during
the Lady Aggies' loss to the Lady Long
horns Wednesday night at G. Rollie
White Coliseum. Kisling led all players
with 14 kills for the match.
By William Harrison
The Battalion
For one game, the Texas A&M volley
ball team played like the arch-rival that
it is against its nemesis, the University of
Texas on Wednesday night at G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
However, for the next three games
the Lady Longhorns played like the
country's second-ranked that it is, taking
the match and the pcssibility of a South
west Conference co-champi
onship away from the Lady
Aggies.
A&M captured the
first game against
Texas 15-11 in front of
a monstrous 3,197
crowd at G.Rollie
White, but faltered for
the next three games 5-15,
3-15, 4-15 to lose the match.
A&M dropped to 23-5 overall and
7-2 in the SWC, while Texas improved to
21-2, 9-0.
The Lady Aggies were led by senior
middle blocker Amy Kisling with 14
kills and sophomore setter Suzy Wente
with 40 assists. However, Kisling had
notched 8 kills and Wente had half of
her assist total in just the first game.
After starting out hitting .206 to
Texas' .137 in the first game, A&M
equaled a season-low for the game with
a .075 hitting percentage against the
highly-touted Texas team. The Lady
Aggies also had 11 total team blocks, its
lowest total for the season.
A&M head volleyball coach Laurie
Corbelli gave credit to the Lady Long
horns, who feature All-America and Na
tional Player of the Year senior middle
blocker Katy Jameyson, as well as junior
outside hitter Sarny Duarte and senior
setter Heather Pfluger - both All-Ameri
ca candidates.
"Texas executed what they practice
daily - nothing super-fancy, but solid
and disciplined, and with players like
that it's going to work and make you the
second-best team in the nation if not the
first," Corbelli said. "Some of our oppo
nents have not been as tough as Texas,
and it's made us ease up in those areas.
"We didn't show the discipline that
we haven't really had to show in a lot of
matches."
Corbelli said that frustration and a
breakdown in execution exhausted the
team's chances for a win.
"It was like 'what happened?' Every
one's question mark was all over their
faces - 'Why?'" Corbelli said. "You can't
ask that in the middle of a game - you
already need to know what's going on."
A&M started the first game on a 7-2
run, but Texas fought back to tie at nine
points and take the lead at 11. A&M
eventually inched out a win after both
teams swapped the ball for 47 side-outs.
But the Lady Aggies' success was
fleeting as the Lady Longhorns changed
sides of the court and switched gears,
opening a 9-0 lead. For the rest of the
match, A&M did not lead ex
cept for a 3-0 start in the
fourth game. After the
good start, a 14-point
run by Texas put it out
of reach.
Corbelli said A&M's
major flaw was its
struggling passing game I
that forced sophomore setter
Suzy Wente away from the net.
"In game two before it was 6-0, there
was not one pass to Suzy where we
could execute a play," Corbelli said.
"We had to go outside for a pass that
went 10 or 12 feet off the net, (and) you
can't do a whole lot with that and put
pressure on a team like Texas."
Despite the success of the team's
record and its second-place mark in the
SWC, Corbelli and her players said they
were puzzled over a season-long trend
of inconsistent play.
"It's very frustrating," senior middle
blocker Kim Mitchell said. "Something
inside just breaks down on the team.
We just kind of disappear for a while,
then come back and disappear again.
"But we have made some strides this
year, (and) I think everyone tried very
hard."
Corbelli said the change of momen
tum for A&M and some adverse officiat
ing made it easy for the team to lose its
focus.
"When you were able to do some
thing 10 minutes earlier, and it just isn't
happening, it's kind of contagious," Cor
belli said. "When the players start get
ting frustrated and the coach gets up
and screams about a call, it can become
contagious and easy to fall into being
frustrated.
"That's something we did discuss.
We need to keep our composure."
Corbelli said that the loss would not
hurt A&M's chances for an NCAA
See Volleyball/Page 8
Despite defeat, packed house gives cause for celebration
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The scenario was perfect.
With nearly 3200 Aggie faithful rocking G. Rollie White Coliseum, with the
Texas A&M volleyball team having just scored a first game 15-11 victory over
its second-ranked rival Texas, the scene was set for an upset.
The Lady Longhorns, coming in with a unblemished Southwest Conference
record of 8-0, appeared stunned by the biggest crowd to see a SWC game since
1985, as the Lady Aggies jumped out to a 7-2 first game lead. With every Lady
Aggie kill, the yell leaders and fans unleashed a foot-stomping BOOM! that rat
tled the bleachers and the Longhorns themselves.
But then came the second game, and a regrouping effort by Texas, which
translated into a momentum-shifting 15-5 win. With that, Texas never looked
back as they took the next two games with relative ease, 15-3,15-4.
A&M volleyball head coach Laurie Corbelli said she believed that an emo
tional let-down may have contributed to the team's demise after the first game.
"It's hard to get into a player's head, but I think after game one we might
have let it slip a little, " Corbelli said. "Maybe, mentally we thought game two
would be as easy as the first game, but it was our mistakes that really cost us."
Despite the disappointment of the loss, senior outside hitter Sheila Morgan
said she thought the fan turn out for the game really meant a lot to the team.
"I have never heard G. Rollie as loud as it was tonight, " Morgan said. "This
was the biggest crowd since our opener with Louisiana State my freshman year,
but we just lost the momentum after (the first game)."
Despite the Longhorns' three straight victories, the crowd never lost its level
of intensity. The attendance was actually at its loudest in the third game when
See Crowd/Page 8
Mary Macmanus/THE Battalion
A crowd of 3,1 97 celebrates after A&M took the first game against Texas. The crowd
was the biggest in Southwest Conference history since a UT- A&M game in 1985.
Family atmosphere important for basketball success
// nr^ earn work is the
essence of life." You
will find that quota
tion painted on the wall of the
Texas A&M basketball team's
locker room.
Our program has been on
somewhat of a roller coaster ride
in recent years, and we are
ready to begin the new season
with an attitude that has
changed dramatically over the
last two seasons. All of us are
team players, whether we real
ize it or not.
Our significance arrives
through our vital convictions to
other people, no matter the team
in our lives. Family life is a cen
tral team experience.
Our basketball team is a family trying to gain credi-
TONY
BARONE
Head coach
bility in the very competitive world of sports.
Teamwork isn't easy to develop; it is a frustrating
and elusive commodity. In order for a team to devel
op, everyone must be on the same page.
Feeling good about yourself tends to give you a
chance to help others feel good about themselves. We
tell our guys that the best way to cheer yourself up. is
to cheer up everyone else.
In our agreement to develop a team concept, we de
mand of ourselves so that we can demand of each oth
er.
The dynamics of a team evolves in a number of
ways. Our team is in a stage of development that has
grown from simple survival to meeting new and chal
lenging expectations.
This is a new arena for us and we are growing with
the process. We are working to get everyone's effort
flowing in a single direction.
We want our players to understand the significance
of his contribution to the big picture. Our players trust
each other and are looking to sacrifice for the good of
the team.
This might mean less playing time for some, but I
believe that many of our guys will raise their produc
tion level because fewer minutes means less fatigue.
The choreography of this team's attitude about
teamwork is in the hands of our veteran players. Ex
perience is absolutely the greatest teacher.
I firmly believe that our veterans — Damon John
son, David Edwards, Corey Henderson, Chuck Hen
derson, Tony McGinnis, Lance Broderson, Brett Murry,
Michael Smith and Tony Barone, Jr. — are unique
people. We expect them to lead us into the world of
championships.
This roller coaster will have a series of exciting
bumps and we'd love for each of you to join us for the
ride.
We hope to see you at our games.
-Tony Barone is the men's head basketball coach at Texas
A&M. His column will appear frequently throughout the
semester.