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Greatest Xmas
carols from
world of sports
DAVE
WINDER
Sports editor
O
h my, look terrorists are try
ing to take over the beach.”
“All we want is change for a dol
lar and Pamela Anderson for our
love slave.”
“No foreigner is taking my hard
earned U.S. quarters (grabs Uzi).”
We’ll return right after these mes
sages to “A Baywatch Christmas.”
“Are you having trouble finding
that special holiday gift for that
sports fanatic on your list who likes
Christmas carols? Why not get
them Time-Life’s “Noel’s Athletic
Jubilee II.” It’s the sporting sequel
to last year’s No. 1 music antholo
gy. Just look at what you get:
“Hannibal Lecter’s Holiday
Medley”
— Color Me Badd
“I Saw Lou Holtz Kissing the
Fiesta Bowl’s Butt”
— Quarterflash
“I’m Dreaming of a Devon
White Christmas”
— Michael Bolton
That’s not all. You’ll also get The
Culture Club’s new version of “Jin
gle Bells.”
“Jingle Bells, Young’s head’s
swelled
Since now he’s on a roll
ABC declared him MVP
But he’ll never win a Super
Bowl.”
But wait! There’s more sports
music dealing with the holiday
spirit. You also get The Jetts’ new
version of “Frosty the Snowman”
retitled “Webber the Warrior.”
“Webber the Warrior
y/as a real unhappy soul
Until he forced a trade
Now he’s made
The Bullets lose four in a row.”
How much would you pay for
this awesome collection? $100?
$99.97? A Canadian quarter? Be
fore you answer, take a look at
what else you get.
“Christmas at Ground Zero”
— “Weird” A1 Yankovic
“Santa Claus is Coming to
Town to See If He Can Be the
Oilers’ Quarterback.”
— Milli Vanilli
“Hark! The Herald Mavericks
Are Learning How to Play”
— Some Guy Singing in the
Shower
But that’s not all you find on
this CD collection. You’ll also get
Juice Newton’s latest hit sung to
the tune of “Sliver Bells.”
“Dumb as Hell, Dumb as Hell
Those stupid baseball bums
Dumb as Hell, Dumb as Hell
Next year no one will come.”
Also included in the set is Don
Knott’s cover of “Away in the
Manger” dedicated to the Houston
Oilers.
“Changing the offense
No room to shoot
Slaughter dropping passes made
his point moot
Pardee got let go
Gilbride got fired
Fisher still has them playing
uninspired.”
How can you turn down this
once in a lifetime offer? This collec
tion is not sold in any store. Just
See Winder/Page 10
The Battalion • Page 9
Lady Aggies crush Michigan State Williams
Santleben racks up
1 3 kills, 22 digs
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
After the Michigan State Spartans
pulled out a narrow 16-14 victory in
game three of their first-round NCAA
Tournament match with Texas A&M
Tuesday night, they looked ready to
climb back into the contest. After the
Lady Aggies’ dominating game four
performance however, the only climb
ing the MSU players will be doing to
day is hack into the plane that will
take them home.
The Lady Aggies crushed the Spar
tans 15-5 in the fourth and final game,
winning the match 15-12, 15-9, 14-16,
15-5 in front of 773 people at G. Rollie
White Coliseum, to advance to the sec
ond round of the NCAA Tournament
Saturday against Ohio State University.
Junior outside hitter Dana
Santleben enjoyed a tremendous all-
around game for the Lady Aggies,
racking up 13 kills, a match-high 22
digs, two service aces and a .229 hit
ting percentage. Junior setter Suzy
Wente was highly complimentary of
"It was the first time in the
first round for a lot of these
players, and they just did a
tremendous job/'
AdrM head coach,
Laurie Corbelli
her teammate’s performance.
“Dana was pretty much unstop
pable out there," Wente said. “It did
n’t seem to matter if there were three
blockers on him or one, when they’re
on, you’ve got to go to them.”
Head coach Laurie Corbelli said she
was extremely pleased with A&M’s
performance, especially considering
the youth of the team.
“It was the first time in the first
round for a lot of these players, and
they just did a tremendous job,” Cor
belli said. “We’re used to knowing our
opponents very well, and they(MSU)
have changed their line-up a lot since
the last time we played them.”
In the first game, the Lady Aggies
jumped out to quick leads of 4-1 and
11-6 before the Spartans rallied to
within 14-12. But Santleben threw
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Senior outside hitter Anna Klasing dives to dig a shot during the victory over
Michigan State.
down a crushing kill in the middle of
the Spartan defense to give the Lady
Aggies the victory and a 1-0 game ad
vantage.
The third game appeared to be a re
peat of the first two when A&M ex
tended its lead to 7-3 on a service ace
by senior outside hitter Jennifer Bron-
ner. But the Spartans outscored the
Lady Aggies 13-7 from then on to pre
vent a sweep.
“After Game 2, I challenged our
players to be more aggressive, but our
passing broke down, “ Corbelli said.
“(MSU) gave us a lot of points (on mis
takes) but passing can turn a game
around.”
Any doubts concerning A&M’s drive
to reach the next round were quelled
immediately in the fourth game as the
Lady Aggies leapt out to a 7-3 lead
and never looked back.
As a team, A&M hit .360 in the
fourth game while holding MSU to a
.048 percentage.
“I think we regrouped a little(after
the third game), “ Corbelli said. “I
think we were a little tentative, be
cause we wanted it so badly. But we
realized we were capable and knew
that now was the time to step up.
“I’m so proud of how we rose to the
occasion tonight.”
Spartans’ head coach Chuck Erbe
provided the Lady Aggies with “bul
letin board” material only moments af
ter the game with his analysis of
A&M’s chances against the Buckeyes
come Saturday.
“For A&M, it should be a thrill just
to get to the second round, “ Erbe said.
“But, to climb that mountain(Ohio
State), that’s out of A&M’s reach.”
steps up play
tournament
By David Winder
The Battalion
Mean.
That’s how reserve player An
drew Williams looked in warm-ups
before Texas A&M played Michigan
State in the first round of the NCAA
tournament. Awesome. That’s how
she played during the match.
“I could tell Andrea was ready to
play,” A&M coach Laurie Corbelli
said. “I told (assistant coach) John
(Corbelli) that we were going to
have to get her in
the match. I just
didn’t know who.”
Williams re
placed middle
blocker Cindy
VanderWoude in
the first game af
ter VanderWoude
could not shake
her hitting slump.
In the second
game, Williams Williams
caught fire,
recording five kills and six digs.
“Williams added a degree of
quickness to Texas A&M/’ Michigan
St. coach Chuck Erbe. “She really
stepped forward for them in the
middle.”
In the fourth game, Williams had
six kills and two aces, sparking the
Lady Aggies to a 15-5 win to clinch
the match.
“They had a big middle blocker,
so I was hesitant at first,” Williams
said. “But Suzy (Wente) was able to
give me oversets where I could pick
any place on the court to put the *
ban."
A member of last year's women’s
volleyball and basketball NCAA
tournament teams, Williams said he
has been talking to her teammates
about her experiences.
“I told them it’s something to look ’
forward to,” Williams said. “All you
have to do is win a couple of games
and you can make the Final Four.”
VOLLEYS ALL
:
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Aggie swimmer s work ethic pays off with individual awards
Senior All-American strives for NCAA title, '96 Olympics
By Kristina Buffin
The Battalion
Unlike many top swimmers who began swimming
before they could even walk, senior Susie Geyer did
n’t start until the ripe old age of seven. Despite her
late start and an absence of strong coaching, Geyer
has become the top women’s swimmer on this year’s
A&M swimming team.
“Overcoming my weak background of swimming
(has been my greatest success),” Geyer said. “I never
really trained hard, because my
workouts were so easy. To come
here and develop a strong back
ground in the last two years,
that is probably my biggest suc
cess.”
Geyer, a kinesiology major
from Nebraska, won two high
school state championships in
the 100-yard breaststroke in
1990 and 1991. She was also ^
the butterfly state champion in ^
1990 and Midwestern Swimmer of the, year in 1989
and 1990.
“I never really had a tough program (in high
school),” Geyer said. “It was more for fun. I’m doing
better now because I didn’t have one of those coach
es that burned you out.”
Geyer was a 1994 All-American in the 100-breast-
stroke and placed fourth in the
NCAA Championships last year.
Head coach Mel Nash attributes
Geyer’s success to her hard work
and extra effort.
“Her focus makes her one of the
best (swimmers) we’ve had,” Nash
said. “She comes to all the extra
workouts and then performing the
way she does shows everyone that if
you do all the extra work available
to you then most likely you are go
ing to succeed.”
Geyer’s hard work has paid off in
terms of individual honors. Geyer
is the Texas A&M women’s all-time
top five performer in the 100-yard
butterfly and the 200-yard individ
ual medley.
Geyer hopes to close off her collegiate career with
titles at the SWC meet and the NCAA Champi
onships.
“I want to make my cuts early at the Texas Invi
tational and swim through conference unrested and
there win the 100 breaststroke,” Geyer said. “At
NCAA I want to win the 100 breaststroke, that is
my biggest goal. And an American Record wouldn’t
be to bad either.”
As far as goals for after college, Geyer hopes to
qualify for the 1996 summer Olympics at the trials
Photo courtesy of Texas A&M Sports Information
Senior Susan Geyer swims the butterfly. The Aggie swimming star hopes
to compete in the NCAA championships and possibly the 1996 Olympics.
next year.
“I’ve already got plans for the Olympic trials,”
Geyer said. “I’ll be able to get some good, hard, and
solid training in and we won’t have to deal with the
NCAA 20 hour rule. The Olympics are my dream
and have always been my dream.”
Coach Nash believes that Geyer will Continue to
improve her times and continue her success.
“She’ll keep improving through the trials in
1996,” Nash said. “She’s improved every single year,
gotten faster and I don’t see any reason for her to
slow down.”
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