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Pat lay • September H Monday Page 9 September 1 6, 1 996 ady Ags capture tournament title Smedsrud was named MVP with 63 kills, 34 digs the trip I for the <ainst the ty of vestern a. r was and with on but Head R.C. did not ason for Oliver’s susi was the team's among non-starters in a 57-yard touchdown inst BYU in A&M’s s aontest. iell to be gue gey with Ban ? Conference commi n J. Hatchell will t> eaker at the Fifth A :h Barone at PebbleC )lub on Oct. 18. ournament will tiai scramble format t 8 a.m. and 1 ill be at 7:30 p.m. entire package, »' golf, lunch, ditty bag wo tckets to the Dec. ame against Clems t5 per person, ore information coni rley at the Texas I Office at (409) 8454; Evan Zimmerman, The Battalion or outside hitter Kristie Smedsrud s for the kill against Illinois State. By Ross Hecox The Battalion The Lady Aggies handled the University of Alabama 15-6, 15-8, 15-5 to seize the Post Oak Mall/Lady Aggie Invitational Championship on Saturday at G. Rollie White Coliseum. A&M had little trouble defeating its four non-ranked opponents Friday and Saturday, losing only one game — to Sam Houston State University — and outscoring the competition by a combined 190-82 score. Only twice did a team manage more than eight points in a game against A&M. The Lady Aggies beat Rice University and Illinois State University Friday and contin ued their winning ways with victories over Sam Houston State and the Crimson Tide. “It was an awesome win for us,” junior outside hitter Jennifer Weils said. “We knew we were supposed to win, and we did a good job of staying focused and taking that win.” Head Coach Laurie Corbelli said an important factor for the team’s win was maintaining a consistent level of play. “I thought we had some more lapses, but our goal was to regain our composure,” Corbelli said. “We did an OK job. We pretty much controlled the intensity and momentum.” Sophomore outside hitter Stacy Sykora, who had 60 kills over the weekend with a .425 hitting percentage and 34 digs, junior setter Farah Mensik (171 assists, .368 hitting percentage and 12 serving aces) and junior outside hitter Kristie Smedsrud were named to the All- Tournament team. Smedsrud was honored as Most Valuable Player of the tournament for her perfor mance of 63 kills, a .374 aver age and 34 digs. In the final game of the match against Alabama, the Lady Aggies jumped out to an 8-1 lead. Sykora made two great digs, setting up kills by Wells and Smedsrud to score the 10th and 11th points. Smedsrud’s 17th kill of the match put the Aggies up 12-2. A&M recorded a team .500 percentage in the game. In the second game, the Lady Aggies came back from a 4-0 deficit. A&M held the Crimson Tide at five points while pulling ahead 10-5 and winning the game 15-8. Mensik said the team was gunning for its first tourna ment win of the season going into the Alabama match. “We were real confident,” Mensik said. “It was ours to take, and we wanted to take it in three (games). [Our serv ing] really improved and gave us momentum.” In the only game A&M lost in the tournament, the Lady Aggies were up 8-4, but they were ous- cored 11-2, losing 15-10. Corbelli related the loss to a drop in intensity. “We had a loss of concentra tion and a lack of interest, kind of,” she said. “It was almost like we had to see it (that we could lose) to believe it.” The loss seemed to come out of the blue after A&M had just won 15-3 and took the match with 15-3 and 15-5 victories in See Volleyball, Page 10 i&M soccer extends record to 6-0 By Nicki Smith The Battalion )ffense was the name of the ne for the Texas A&M Soccer m this weekend as they tram- dover the University of Kansas ithe University of Missouri, two ?g|*g pgl'ji'gltsBig 12 Conference foes, at the i s jersey gieSoccer Complex. Kicking off its winning week- d, the Aggies faced Kansas iTON (AP) — Nolan Ri day in front of a capacity crowd itranger to standing! over800 people, ig his playing days, Tto Despite the physical strength and igh, he doesn’t get ir< ightontheLady Jay hawk team, the ar, rancher and stated gfeswere able to score seven goals e commissioner. less than an hour of playing time in was especially holding the Kansas offense to Sunday 'ph one goal the entire game, the ret/0fy “Kansasis a good team that has of h/sHo. 34'(ot of potential,” junior forward the "to yn Blalack said. “We just really a n g e' clicked and had some extra adren aline with playing on our home field in front of our own fans.” In addition to having one of the best first-half games of the season and setting a school record for goals in the first half, Head Coach G. Guerrieri said the Aggies definitely gave other teams a glimpse of the pace and style it can play with. “We always play to win, but whether it is by a big margin, you never know,” Guerrieri added. “With a final score of 7-1, it’s obvi ous that we take pride in our per formance at home games and try to be as competitive as we can. Because of this, this game was something young teams like Kansas can learn from.” Many on the team said the Aggies communicate and play well as a team, but individual perfor mances helped put the winning edge in both games this weekend. One of the strongest perfor mances was made by freshman walk-on Becky Peterson who scored two of her three weekend goals in her first NCAA collegiate game. “I just got my NCAA eligibility to play on Friday before the Kansas game,” Peterson said. “I didn’t expect to play and was really sur prised and scared when Coach [Guerrieri] put me in. It definitely was my dream game.” As if a 5-0 overall record was not enough this weekend, the Aggies went out yesterday to defeat the Missouri Lady Tigers 6-0, and increase its overall record to 6-0. Not only did the Aggies keep the Tigers scoreless, but the team held See Soccer, Page 10 Stew Milne, The Battalion Forward Bryn Blalack scored two goals against Missouri Sunday. I Jare Plus brought a out crowd The Ballpai Arlington to feet four timL "Those i(oc, The Good Doc Presents very sp« it’s hard to desert , flashing his traded look of embarrassitt ve been removed fro i as I’ve been, it i e. It makes you tt much you miss it." downs Brew end streak (AP) PHARMACY 693-2957 MEDICAL CENTER 696-0683 CLASSIC CASE OF ORIENTATION DIS ORIENTATION" irePlus Medical Center can take the confusion out of orien- Mickey Tettl tion for new Aggies. 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TON and s Texas beat y, ending the Rani ;h four-game :he day the team re' ’s number. 3d seen its AL i ng Seattle cut six series in the Kir# k&M Students receive a 10% discount. igers trailed 2-1 led off the sixth * ^amon Garcia (44). of the year landed seats, almost d 34 Nolan Ryan 34 i ng a pregame cere' > liver (13-6), the#i a st victory on W i ird straight start runs on nine ~igs, with a we uts. . lose grou Ll-4 loss (AP) — M* fading the NL in ^BIs, connected the Colorado Rrt muston Astros ll J straight victory, a hit a solo shot ~»g and a three-rui , giving him 45 - O RBIs. stilla hit his 39thI* les, who began trt f behind San Diego e. -vhich lost its sever' sd, started 2 *jis in the NL Cer# sve up eight run* -3 1-3 innings. 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The Battalion Classifieds Call 845-0569 ZETA TAU ALPHA CONGRATULATES THEIR NEWEST MEMBERS Susan Ammouri Jamie Anderson Marissa Anderton Katie Andrews Kelly Bass Adrienne Bauer Kristin Bishop Sara Blackburn Jodi Bloodworth Niven Boswell Mindi Bozeman Renee Burciaga Courtney Calvert Ruth Coleman Michelle Cordell Samantha Criswell Tollie Cruit Kim Culver Karla Dardano Alison Dent Dede Dougherty Brittany Eck Michelle Eusanio Desi Fruge Lauren Gore Lyssa Guy Laila Hatami Hanna Hayes Laura Henderson Sara Hoefer Alicia Hopkins Jennifer Hovel Courtney Huff Paige Hunt Becky Jenkins Kamie Johnson Mary Francis Karr Tracy Kettle Casey Kneupper Allison Lee Libby Long Natalie Matkin Ginny McGinty Sara McKinley Elizabeth McNeill Amanda McNevin Alex McNicholas Ashley Oliver Lisa Pecskovszky Julie Raymond Crissy Rohloff Robyn Rudloff Nicole Scalise Kristy Shaner Jennifer Shehan Kimberly Smith Lisa Smith Becky Soto Maryann Stallings Summer Storer Suzanne Tate Katie Twellman Valerie Vick Magen Wallace Wendi Walls Erica Walvoord Christie Watt Lindsay Wehring Sara Willaford Taryn Wilson Ashley Worthing Make sure your organization gets its place in A&M history. 1997 Aggieland Contracts Now Available Student Organizations Greeks Corps of Cadets Residence Halls Sports Clubs Pick up a contract in Room 004 Reed McDonald Contracts are due at 5PM on Friday, Sept. 27. 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(A passed course, which is repeated and passed, cannot count as additional credit hours.) 2. 30 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University, providing that prior to January 1,1994, you were registered at Texas A&M University and successfully com pleted a fall/spring semester or summer term (I and II or 10 weeks) as a full-time student in good standing (as defined in the University catalog). 60 credit hours must have been completed in residence at Texas A&M University if your first semester at Texas A&M University was January 1994 or thereafter, or if you do not qualify under the successful semester requirement. Should your degree be conferred with less than 60 res ident credits, this requirement will be waived after your degree is posted on the Student Information Management System. 3. You must have a 2J) cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University. 4. 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