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Aggie Homecoming
he Lady Aggie Volleyball team opens its
lome season by hosting the Aggie Invitational
By Ross Hecox
The Battalion
Click your heels twice and say, “There’s no place
kehome.”
After two consecutive weekends on the road, the Texas
&M Volleyball Team is glad to be returning home to host
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“We’re ready to be home,” A&M Head Coach Laurie
lorbelli said. “Travel can really take its toll, and the team
iready to have a home-crowd advantage."
The Lady Aggies will play four teams in the tourna-
nent — the University of Alabama (2-5), Illinois State
Jniversity (4-3), Rice University (2-5) and Sam Houston
^ late University (4-5). Corbelli said the team expects to
ee strong competition from Illinois State and old
iouthwest Conference foe Rice, who will carry the rival-
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“Rice always has an attitude about them coming
lere,” Corbelli said. “They know that if they play hard
hey can beat us, and that would make a huge difference
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an happen.”
A&M, which is ranked 21st in the USA Today/AVCA
loll with a 4-2 record, has slipped in the polls each week
fter going 2-1 in both of its tournaments. But the Lady
iggies are not disappointed.
“The first tournament was a good learning experi-
iHOPPII :nce ’ so Ph ornore outside hitter Stacy Sykora said. “In
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Corbelli said the losses have only made the team
work harder.
“We had two disappointing losses, but we look at them
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Junior outside hitter Kristie Smedsrud
goes up for the kill in a game last season.
A&M soccer returns home after four-game
road trip to open Big 12 Conference play
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With four wins under their belt, and every one
| ofthem taking place on enemy ground, the mem-
fesof the Texas A&M Soccer Team are looking for
ward to some good homecooking and a home-
field advantage for the next four games.
After beating the University of Tulsa 5-2 on
Wednesday in Oklahoma, the Lady Aggies will face
the University of Kansas today at 5:30 p.m. and the
University of Missouri Sunday at 1 p.m. at the
Aggie Soccer Complex.
Despite the fact that neither opponent is ranked,
the Aggies continue to approach each game as if it
was the conference championship contest.
“The Kansas game will be our Big 12
Conference opener, so it will be an important
game for us,” A&M Head Coach G. Guerrieri said.
Since only six teams from the Big 12 proceed to
the national championship, they will be playing
hard to stay in the top six. If we don’t play our best,
they do have the ability to beat us.”
While the Aggies may worry about starting out
on the right foot in the Big 12, they do have a
home-field advantage to fall back on in the next
four matches. A&M owns an impressive 24-1 all-
time home record.
"Worrying about a record is not as important as
lioeBaJPaying on our own field,” junior midfielder Diana
Rowe said. “Especially since I am from here (College
Station), the home-crowd and family support really
helps me out during game time. It’s motivating and
helps us work together for our supporters.”
Even though the team’s toughest home games
of the year against 1995 Final Four participant
Southern Methodist University and the University
of Florida will not take place for another week,
Guerrieri said defeating Kansas and Missouri will
not be easy.
“The Kansas team is very tall and physically
strong, and Missouri has one of the best recruiting
coaches, even though they are a first-year team,”
Guerrieri said. “Both teams will have a strong
defense, so we will have to come out strong on our
attack. No Big 12 game can be taken lightly.”
With that in mind, the Aggies look forward to
proving that their No. 1 conference ranking in the
Big 12 preseason poll was not a mistake.
“We are very excited, but at the same time we
don’t want to let anyone down,” freshman goal
keeper Melanie Wilson said. “Although we don’t
know much about either of these teams we will
face this weekend, they should be pretty even as
far as level of play is concerned.”
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junior midfielder Sonia Ibanez gets by SFA's
Courtney Wiederkehr in a game last season.
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