Wednesday • September 20, 1995
Sports
Page 9 • The Battalion
m&M begins SWC season tonight
The volleyball team
play its opener at
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In the last year of the South-
vest Conference, the Texas A&M
vomen’s volleyball team (5-1) has
two simple goals: to finish confer-
bnce play undefeated and to cap-
lure the last SWC crown.
The road to the crown will begin
[n Waco tonight when the Lady
\ggies face Baylor (1-10).
“Our goal is to go undefeated (in
Conference play),” junior middle
blocker Page White said. “This
tame is the first stepping stone,
flaying at Baylor is always hard.”
Although the Lady Aggies lost
lo the University of Houston in the
final round of the SWC tourna
ment last year, A&M is confident
fhat this year will be different.
“We have another year of expe-
luence under us,” A&M Head
)oach Laurie Corbelli said. “We
Returned five starters this year,
and last year we returned only
two. We have more confidence and
fnore ‘teamness.’ I think our new
players give us more strength.”
The athleticism and Lady
Bears’ big blocking plays worry the
^ady Aggies.
“Baylor is a great start for us,”
Senior outside hitter Dana
Bantleben said. “They are athletic,
|)ig girls. Their offensive blocking
; big and athletic, but their weak
est part is defense. We will move
|he offense around and play strong
ps we have been this season.”
The Lady Aggies are coming off
of a successful weekend in North
Carolina, where they defeated the
Jniversity of North Carolina,
Louisiana State University and
)uke University. They are hoping
|o carry their winning momentum
ito Waco and use it as an advan-
age over Baylor.
“We got a lot of confidence this
veekend,” Corbelli said. “We over
came a sluggish performance
Bigainst Duke and had the energy
to put them away. We have set our
goals very high. We are focused on
them at practice, and we definitely
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Senior outside hitter Andrea Williams digs the ball during the Lady Ag
gies' win over Utah State two weeks ago at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
have the confidence and momen
tum.”
The Lady Aggies will be playing
without two of their starters,
sophomore outside hitter Cindy
VanderWoude and senior setter
Suzy Wente. Wente did not play in
two matches this weekend because
of a stomach virus, and Vander
Woude is displaying the same
symptoms.
“It will be more of a mental ad
justment,” Corbelli said. “They are
used to Suzy and the way she
plays. We have the depth; we just
need to have confidence in our
backups.”
A&M increased its confidence in
the ability of the bench to con
tribute this weekend when Wente
did not play against LSU and
Duke. Sophomore Farah Mensik
made up for Wente’s absence with
140 assists in three matches.
“Farah was fantastic,” Corbelli
said. “As a setter, she is one-third
of the team. She has to organize
and construct the offense — basi
cally do it all. She has handled this
maturely. The spring gave her a
chance to set more, and she has
carried that over to this fall. She
was ready when we needed her.”
The Lady Aggies are looking to
wards tonight’s game to establish
themselves in conference play and
to illustrate they are intent on go
ing undefeated and capturing the
last SWC crown.
“We want to show other teams
what we can do,” White said.
“Texas A&M should not be taken
lightly. We’re here and we’re going
to be tough.”
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