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that it can win this weekend’s Inntower
Invitational Tournament in Madison, Wis.
The Lady Aggies will face Loyola of Chicago,
the University of Maryland and the University
ofWisconsin.
Last weekend, in their first tournament
action of the season in the University Park
Holiday Inn Classic at Colorado State
University, the Lady Aggies lost to CSU after
defeating 20th-ranked Loyola Marymount —
the only ranked team in the tournament at
the time.
Colorado State, which is now ranked 25th,
beat A&M in four games, and despite its tour
nament-ending victory over Auburn
University, the Lady Aggies dropped from 18th
to 20th in the poll and own a 2-1 record.
"I think we realized that we were up in [the
third] game against Colorado State 13 to 8, and
we lost it,” Head Coach Laurie Corbelli said.
“But if we would have won that game, we
would have won the tournament.”
A&M hopes this weekend will be different.
Wisconsin should pose the biggest threat to
the Lady Aggies’ success in the tournament.
Last weekend, the Wisconsin Badgers upset
13th-ranked University of Southern California
and 22nd-ranked University of Colorado. After
such an impressive showing, Wisconsin
entered the polls for the first time this season
ranked 17th.
“Obviously we’d like to win (the tourna
ment),” Corbelli said. “Maryland always
comes out strong. Wisconsin will probably be
the team to beat in the final night. They’re
going to be really, really strong.”
Maryland (3-0) should be a solid oppo
nent with its .314 team hitting percentage
and 15.33 kills per game average. Loyola
checks in with a 2-1 record.
“Those kinds of teams are exciting to play,”
senior middle blocker Page White said. “We’re
wanting to go out and prove ourselves and
show what it takes to win the big games.”
Junior setter Farrah Mensik said the team
needs to keep a consistent level of play
throughout the tournament, something it
struggled with last weekend.
“We tended to be up and then we would get
down,” Mensik said. “It was kind of like a
rollercoaster ride. We’re going to level off the
emotional part of our game. We have made it a
goal to win the tournament.”
White said the team is already working on
its consistency of play.
“We’re trying to stay consistent on the men
tal aspect of our game, because we’ve got the
skills,” White said. “We’re also sharpening our
selves on defense/’
Corbelli said the team will need to work on
defense in order to improve.
“Our defense is our weakest area,” Corbelli
said, “so we’re doing a lot of individual defen
sive drills.”
The Lady Aggies plan to show that they can
play with and defeat nationally ranked teams.
“It lights a fire in [the players) to say that we
need to take control of every single match and
every single game,” Corbelli said. “I think they
really, want to redeem themselves. (The
University Park Tournament) really did prepare
us mentally and physically to give it our all.”
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By Nicki Smith
The Batialion
Picture this.
It was Sept. 15, 1995, and the Texas A&M
, 'omen’s Soccer Team was preparing for a
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, 29 poundsWdl, the Crimson Tide made the Aggies
ah natural jm** hink again.
—- To make a long story short, not only did
he Lady Aggies lose 3-1 that day, but they
ilsoendeda three-year home-field winning
tftreak, a perfect 9-0 record at the Aggie
Soccer Complex and an impressive 16-0
overall home record.
Needless to say, the Lady Aggie Soccer
Team put that day of infamy in a safe place,
and at the very top of their list of things to take
care of.
In doing so, they labeled Sept. 8, 1996, as
their day of revenge.
Almost a year later, the Lady Aggies will
travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., and face the
Crimson Tide once again — except this time it
will be on enemy turf.
“Last year’s game definitely left a bad taste
in our mouths,” Assistant Head Coach Kat
Conner said. “It made us check ourselves on
how to focus and not take any games for
granted. We will definitely be going into this
game with a different perspective.”
With that in mind, the Lady Aggies have
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