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Lady Aggies defeat Houston in 3 games
A&M defeated the
efending SWC Cham-
lions Lady Cougars
5 12, 15-12, 15-8.
■
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oi| Rockets Head Coach Rudy
jmjanovich’s advice last sum-
ier
iThe Lady Aggies did not un-
srestimate defending South-
est Conference Champion
ouston Wednesday night at
Kollie White Coliseum,
ilnstead, they overcame a
agged start and one of the
ingest 15-5 games in school
istory to defeat the Lady
ougars 15-12, 15-12 and 15-8
n,their SWC home finale.
■’m really proud of the team
ir a 3-0 victory over a pretty
iknnined University of Hous-
m team,” A&M Head Volley-
■ Coach Laurie Corbelli said,
shir team was not as sharp as
« had been. We were a little
uggish — maybe from the
road trip or maybe because it’s
midseason.”
The Lady Cougars, beaten
by A&M 3-0 earlier in the sea
son, jumped out to a 6-2 lead in
Game 1 before the Lady Aggies
settled down following a time
out.
The Lady Aggies ran off five
straight points to take a 7-6
lead, and never trailed again in
route to a 15-12 win.
In the second game, junior
middle blocker Page White took
over the Lady Aggies’ offensive
attack and
punished a
Cougar de
fense that left
her open on
slants several
times.
“Some
nights you
just get in a
groove,” White
said. “I owe all
my kills to
Suzy (Wente),
she got me isolated, and I just
took care of it.”
White recorded seven kills
and just one error in the second
game, then hit eight more kills
in the third game. For the
match, White tied sophomore
outside hitter Kristie Smedsrud
with 19 kills, collected 10 digs
and recorded a .417 hitting per
centage.
Wente, the Lady Aggies’ All-
American candidate setter
recorded 65 assists and 12 digs,
which moved her into fifth
place all-time at A&M for digs.
Also enjoying exceptional
games were senior outside hit
ter Dana Santleben, who
recording 16 digs and sopho
more middle blocker Cindy
VanderWoude, who totaled 16
kills and a
"Some nights
you just get in
a groove. I
owe all my
kills to Suzy."
— Page White
A&M middle blocker
team-high
.429 hit
ting per
centage.
The
Lady Ag-
g i e s
jumped
out to a
10-2 lead
______________________ in Game
2, only to
watch the Lady Cougars come
back to close within 13-12.
A&M was able to regain control
however after a timeout, and
scored the final two points of
the match.
The final game was a true
test of wills as the two teams
combined for 61 sideouts as the
Lady Aggies came away with a
15-8 win. At one point, the two
teams sided out a combined 15
consecutive times before A&M
broke through for a point.
The highlight of the pregame
warmups was University of
Houston freshman outside hit
ter Nashika Stokes who soared
above the net while executing
practice kills.
Despite her marked athleti
cism, Stokes finished with only
14 kills and and made six er
rors in the three-game match.
Corbelli said stopping the
high-flying junior was one of
the Lady Aggies main’ defen
sive goals for the match.
“We really tried to focus on
her,” Corbelli said. “We always
had two blockers on her and on
No. 3 (junior outside hitter
Marie-Claude Tourillon).”
The Lady Aggies now take a
respite from SWC play to travel
to Utah and take on Brigham
Young University and Utah.
They will play No. 23 BYU Fri
day night in Provo, then travel
to Salt Lake City to take on un
ranked Utah Saturday.
Joccer team falls to SMU
Stew Milne, The Battalion
bhomore midfielder Sonia Ibanez evades a defender in the Aggies
fie against Stephen F. Austin Sunday at the Aggie Soccer Complex.
□ The Mustangs will
have the No. 1 seed in
the Southwest Confer
ence Tournament.
Staff and Wire Reports
It was the game of the year
in the Southwest Conference
because it was the game that
would determine the
No. 1 seed in the tour
nament to be held No
vember 2-5.
Unfortunately for
the I2th-ranked Aggie
Soccer team lost to
the 4th-ranked South
ern Methodist Mus
tangs 3-1 last night at
Westcott Field.
The Mustang win
snapped the 10-game Guerrieri
winning streak for the
Aggies who dropped to 14-4,
3-1. SMU improved it’s record
to 17-0-1, 4-0.
A record crowd of 1,021 saw
a high-pace and energy
packed game. SMU scored
first off of a tap in by senior
Courtney Linex. The momen
tum carried on for the Mus
tangs throughout most of the
first half until A&M junior
Kristen Koop capitalized on a
defense breakdown by SMU to
score her 18th goal of the sea
son.
In the second half, the Ag
gie defense came out strong
creating many offensive
breakaways but did not score
another goal in the game.
Linex scored her sec
ond goal of the game
off a pass from
Danielle Garrett.
The Aggies tried to
steal the ball away
and managed five cor
ner kicks in the sec
ond half.
However, Linex
scored her third goal of
the game with less than
two minutes in the
game to seal the Mus
tang victory.
The victory gives the Mus
tangs, the No. Iranked team in
the Central Region, the top seed
in the SWC Tournament, which
will be held in Dallas next week
end. The Aggies will have the
No. 2 seed in the tournament.
Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion
Texas A&M freshman outside hitter Kim Tipton knocks one over the
net against the Unversity of Houston Wednesday night.
Astros owner agrees to sale
□The deal would have
the Astros moving to
RFK Stadium in 1996.
WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ —
Telecommunications executive
William Collins III is close to com
pleting a deal to buy the Houston
Astros and move the team to RFK
Stadium next spring, The Wash
ington Post reported Thursday.
The newspaper said Astros
chairman Drayton McLane has
agreed to sell the team to Collins’
group of local investors, but the
price is under negotiation.
The Post, citing local officials
familiar with the talks, said the
price probably will be between,
$150 million and $160 million.
The Astros have lost $65 million
during the past three years.
“An agreement in principle
has been made/’ said George Bar*
ton IV, chairman of the Virginia
Baseball Stadium Authority.
“There has been a handshake,”
Astros spokesman Tyler
Barnes said there have been
“initial talks’’ between the
team and Collins, but “it is
not a done deal.”
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