Tuesday • October 25 3 1994
§ PORTS
The Battalion • Page 7
The Cowboys
always find a
way to win
W ith the NFL season nearing
the mid-way point, the two-
time defending world cham
pion Dallas Cowboys are sending out
a message to the rest of tfie league.
Look out, their best is yet
to come.
A few weeks back, it was enter
taining to see the fans’ discontent
in Big D over the Cowboys’ slow, in
auspicious start to the season.
With a lackadaisical win over
the Houston Oilers and a dis
heartening home loss to the
Detroit Lions on Monday Night
Football, Cowboy fans were vocal
in their displeasure over what
they felt to be an obvious lack of
team motivation.
However, after four straight
wins, things have settled down and
the fans now realize the Cowboys
are in the driver’s seat for a run at
an unprecedented third straight
Super Bowl victory.
The players and coaches have
assured the fans of their intention
to solidify around playoff time and
not to peak too early. That means
early- season victories might lack
the glitter and polish of a fine-
tuned effort. But a win is a win, no
matter how ugly it may be.
Besides, the Boys showed last
season that a slow start is no hin
drance as they became the first
team to win a Super Bowl following
an 0-2 start.
The world champions have also
cast aside early doubts as to
whether or not Barry Switzer
could successfully guide “Jimmy
Johnson’s team.”
Now, only one question remains.
Is their anybody good enough to
challenge the Cowboys?
It appears the San Francisco
49ers would be the most likely can
didate. At 6-2, the Niners are only
a half-game behind the Cowboys in
the race for the NFC’s best record
and home field advantage through
out the playoffs.
However, question marks sur
round the 49ers, as they showed
their vulnerable side in an
embarrassing 40-8 thrashing ad
ministered by the Philadelphia
Eagles in Candlestick Park earlier
this month.
Sadly, the Eagles are the same
team the Cowboys dismantled
rather handily a couple weeks
back in their only true “challenge”
to date.
In light of this and a relatively
soft schedule the rest of the way,
the Cowboys’ path back to the Su
per Bowl has few obstacles.
See Day/Page 8
VanderWoude adds depth to Lady Ags
Jason Holstead
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Lady Aggie volleyball team’s
recruiting class of 1994 consisted of four fresh
man who were expected to compete for playing
time and possibly even starting positions in their
first season.
In the case of Cindy VanderWoude, the expecta
tions have come true.
A freshman middle
blocker from Escondido,
California, VanderWoude
is one of three freshman
recruited from California
to play volleyball for the
Lady Aggies.
VanderWoude, who
was recruited by Colorado
State, the University of
San Diego and the
University of Wisconsin,
said the choice of playing
volleyball at Texas
A&M was made easier be
cause of the quality
coaching staff.
“Laurie and John Corbelli are great coaches
and I had heard great things about them (as
coaches), and I heard what she did with her past
schools,” VanderWoude said. “They work really
well together. I think coaching has a lot to do
with a team, and that was my main focus (in
choosing a team).”
VanderWoude was a three-time All-Avocado
League and two-time All-CIF honoree at Escondido
High School in Escondido, California. She led the
team to a second place finish in league play and
second in the GIF tournament in 1993. In her
three seasons at Escondido, she led the team in
blocks and kills.
She was also a decorated basketball player,
earning All-Avocado and All-CIF first team her se
nior year at Escondido. She was named the
league’s player of the year in 1994.
As a member of the 1993 San Diego Club 17
red team, VanderWoude and future A&M team
mate Kristie Smedsrud led the team to the ‘93 re
gional championship and fourth place at the UC
Davis Festival.
VanderWoude said the strength of her game lies
in the front-court.
“The front-row is
probably my stronger
part (of the game), with
the back-row my weak
er part which we are
working on in practice,”
VanderWoude said. “I
think having a good
setter makes it a lot
easier to come out
stronger in the front-
row, which we have (in
Suzy Wente).”
In last Friday’s match
against the University of
Texas-Arlington, Van
derWoude led the team in hitting percentage (.423)
and kills (17), while posting three digs. Saturday’s
match against Baylor University saw her post 11
kills and 10 digs for the Lady Aggies.
Corbelli said VanderWoude has the talent to be
a great player for Texas A&M.
“She is so physical, that I knew it was just a
matter of time until she learned to play the ba
sics of the middle position,” Corbelli said. “We
certainly don’t do a lot of tricky things with her
yet, but she’s so physical that she is able to do
the quick-set and blocking that we have to have
happen fundamentally.
“I’m just excited about her development over
the spring and the summer. When Cindy comes
back for her sophomore year, after gaining
strength and body control, she’s going to be one of
the best in the conference.”
Carrie Thompson/THi. Batpalion
Freshman middle blocker Cindy VanderWoude prepares
to pass the ball.
"When Cindy comes back for her
sophomore year, after gaining
strength and body control, she's
going to be one of the best in the
conference."
—Laurie Corbelli,
A&M lady volleyball head coach
Blalack a welcome addition to soccer team
By Stewart Doreen
The Battalion
Freshman forward Bryn Blalack was
named the offensive Most Valuable Play
er at the Post Oak Mall Soccer Classic
this weekend, giving one reason why she
came to Texas A&M as the best of the in
coming recruiting class.
“She came in as the top left-sided mid
fielder in the country,” head coach Guer-
rieri said. “Since we moved Bryn up to
the front line, our game has changed and
the level of play has improved.”
Blalack, the Aggies’ leading goal
scorer and point producer, has been
quite busy recently since her move to
forward from the left midfielders posi
tion. Since the change Blalack has
helped the team’s six-game winning
streak by scoring eight goals including
three two-goal performances.
Blalack says it is a move that took
some getting used to.
“It was hard at first adjusting
to how to play and where to move,”
Blalack said. “I feel like I help
the team more. It’s a great situation
and opportunity.”
Guerrieri believes the move to forward
has not only increased her scoring but al
lowed her to use the playmaking skills
that made her a talented halfback.
“We wanted to highlight her ability
to go to the goal,” Guerrieri said. “We
try to get her the ball more. It makes
our other forwards more dangerous.
She’s very good at creating chances.”
A move position is not the only obsta
cle that Blalack has had to overcome in
her short stay at A&M. A knee surgery
in late August, the third of her career,
caused her to miss practice time and de
layed the beginning of her season.
“As compared to the other knee surg
eries this one was easier,” Blalack said.
“It hampered me in the fact that I
missed the last part of two-a-days and
the first couple of games. It was frus
trating for me to miss those, first couple
of games and not be able to get out
there with the team.”
Blalack came to A&M from Carroll
ton’s Newman Smith High School
where she became one of the top re
cruits in the state of Texas. She joined
A&M’s freshman sweeper Diana Rowe
on Soccer America’s 1994 Region III
Women’s Super 11 recruit’s list. She
was also named to the 1994 Parade All-
American team and selected as the Dal
las Morning News Fkeseason Player of
the Year for 1994. Her high school club
team, the Longhorn Soccer Club, won
the national title in her junior year.
“She was our top recruit,” head
coach G. Guerrieri said. “This says a
lot considering the strength of our re
cruiting class.”
Blalack said that the quality of the
recruiting class Guerrieri had brought
in was a factor on her decision to come
to Aggieland.
Blake Griggs/THE Battalion
Freshman forward Bryn Blalack
named MVP in Post Oak Mall tourney.
“The recruiting class contributed to
the reason I came here,” Blalack said.
“I knew the program was strong and
had a lot of great soccer players. The
See Blalack/Page 8
Maddux wins
third Cy Young
NEW YORK (AP) — Greg Mad-
dux became the first pitcher to win
three straight Cy Young Awards,
unanimously sweeping the NL honor
Monday with an overpowering year
in a season dominated by hitting.
The Atlanta Braves ace was 16-6
with a 1.56 ERA, the third-lowest in
75 years. His ERA was more than 2
1/2 runs below the league average,
the biggest differential in major
league history.
Maddux, 28, won the Cy Young in
1992 with the Chicago Cubs. He has
won it both years since signing with
the Braves as a free agent.
Maddux’s contract gives him a
bonus of $750,000 for winning this
award. Braves general manager
John Schuerholz recently said he
did not think individual awards
should be presented in a season
that stopped Aug. 12 because of the
players’ strike.
Not all 28 original voters for the
NL Cy Young wrote Maddux’s
name. Kit Stier of the Gannett
Suburban Newspapers in New
York submitted a blank ballot to
protest this year’s postseason
awards. His vote was thrown out
and he was replaced on the panel
by another member of the Baseball
Writers Association of America.
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