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Wednesday • November27,li
Lady Ags look to regain winning form in weekend $(
By Sara Duesing
The Battalion
The light at the end of the tunnel shines
brighter for the Texas A&M Volleyball Team as
it prepares for its last two matches of the reg
ular season. The Lady Aggies face the Univer
sity of Colorado at 7 p.m. Friday and the Uni
versity of Nebraska at 7 p.m. Saturday. Both
games will be held at G. Rollie
White Coliseum.
Hoping to gain momen
tum for the NCAA playoffs,
which begin Dec. 6, the Lady
Aggies are focusing on get
ting two victories to ensure a
higher seat for the first round
of competition.
“We’re not overlooking
these games,” Head Coach
Laurie Corbelli said. “But the
excitement for the playoffs is
definitely there.” ■■■■■■■
Earlier in the season, A&M
defeated the Buffaloes in a three-game
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| “To win both games
1 would be a luxury.
Rony Angkriwan, The Baitalion
Sophomore outside hitter Stacy Sykora
elevates for a kill at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
sweep, but fell to the Huskers 3-1.
"Nebraska is just a solid team',” senior
middle blocker Page White said. “They’re go
ing to play well, but we didn’t play our best
last time, so it should be a good match-up.
“Colorado has changed their offense and
is on a tear right now so we really have to be
on top of things to win.”
With a tough weekend in store for them,
junior setter Farah Mensik said the Lad;
gies’ main focus is to capture an offe
rhythm, something that has been a fan
the team has struggled in recent games.
“We’ve lost that [rhythm] in the
weeks,” Mensik said. “We’re going to
centrate on that and on staying focusi
a team.”
Coming off a split last weekend, bea;
the University of Kansas
losing to Kansas State Utiiflf „
sity, Mensik said the,T lden ‘ c ? vel
hopes to prove to Ihemtflf'' 1 ant . Ian
and to the other teams f 01 1 ‘ M •
they are still a conte»dr a H ,he > ,0 f ss
the Big 12 Conference, frea specifics
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cant win the Big 12, wereBg earlier thi
ing to go out and try to wirf
ado’s quick offense and Nefep
ka’s confidence, Corbelli said she plans
cus on the team's performance and not
about the outcome.
"To win both games would be a lit
Corbelli said. "It’s certainly something
like to do though. But, I’m extremelypn
this team and have a good feeling abomj
games. It’s just a matter of staying focui
two hours.”
It’s just a matter
of staying focused
for two hours."
Laurie Corbelli
Volleyball head coach
"We didn’t have stn
showings the first time
faced these teams, bui|
match up well againstil
both,” Mensik said. "Sine
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Reeling Spurs shell-shocked BlcketStaff Steps do™
VANCOUVER, British Colum
bia (AP) — As the losses mount
for the San Antonio Spurs, David
Robinson can only sit on the
bench and watch.
“This is the worst,” he said af
ter watching the Spurs lose to
lowly Vancouver 96-91 Sunday
night. “I don’t think I’ve ever
been on a team 2-10.”
He’s not on this one, either.
And that’s the problem.
Robinson came on this two-
game road trip to the West hop
ing that he’d be able to begin
playing. But when he visited
specialists at the Kerlan-Jobe
Clinic in Los Angeles, they told
him to wait awhile longer, that
the lower back strain that has
kept him out all season needed a
little more time.
“This is the kind of thing you
really don’t want to rush back and
hurt it and have to be out even
longer,” Robinson said. “The team
is being extra cautious.”
Without Robinson — and
with the rest of the Spurs’ front
line (Charles Smith and Chuck
Person) — also out with injuries,
San Antonio has tumbled to un
accustomed depths.
“We’re so used to winning,” said
Vinny Del Negro. ‘‘We’ve been so
spoiled. This is my fifth year now
winning 50-plus, 60 games, whatev
er we win every year.”
DENVER (AP) — Bernie Bick-
erstaff resigned today as coach of
the Denver Nuggets, three days
after his team scored a franchise-
low 65 points in a loss to Portland.
He remained with the team as
president and was replaced as
coach by assistant Dick Motta.
Motta, the longtime NBA coach
who last season was with the Dal
las Mavericks, was to coach the
Nuggets tonight against Phoenix.
The resignation ended a tu
multuous tenure for Bickerstaff,
who had a 59-68 record in parts of
three seasons.
After Saturday’s 106-65 loss,
Denver was 4-9 this season, eight
games behind Houston in the
Midwest Division.
“I feel good about thisi
sion,” Bickerstaff said at an
conference.
The move marks the sed
\ I!A coaching change thisi
son, following Cotton Fila
mons’ resignation in Phoeniijj
Charlie Lyons, chief executt
ficer for Ascent Entertain
which owns the Nuggets,!
and Bickerstaff were “in con
agreement that the right thin
for him to go to his original job.|
‘At the same time, we'reM
have Dick Motta here,” Lyonss
"1 have totally mixed emotii
day," Bickerstaff said. “I feel bail
it didn't work out quite the waftt
envisioned it would. I alsoi
Bernie well enough to knowt
where he wants to be in his heait j
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The Battalion’s 1996 Staff Pick
The Match-Ups
Tom
Kristina
Jamie
Sara
Jeremy
Colby
Ross
Matt
Day
Baffin
Burch
Duesing
Furtick
Gaines
’ Hecox
Mitchell
Texas A&M at Texas
A&M
A&M
Texas
A&M
Texas
A&M
A&M
A&M
#5 Colorado at #4 Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
#20 Virginia at #17 Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia
Virginia Tech
#1 Florida at #2 Florida State
Florida
Florida
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida
Florida State
Florida State
Georgia Tech at Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
#23 Miami at #16 Syracuse
Syracuse
Miami
Miami
Syracuse
Syracuse
Syracuse
Syracuse
Syracuse
Mississippi State at Mississippi
Mississippi St.
Mississippi St.
Mississippi
Mississippi St.
Mississippi
Mississippi St.
Mississippi St.
Mississippi St.
#1 0 Notre Dame at USC
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
#19 LSU at Arkansas
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
Arkansas
LSU
LSU
Washington at Cowboys
Cowboys
Washington
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Cowboys
Oilers at Jets
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Oilers
Buffalo at Indianapolis
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Last Week
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6-6
6-6
7-5
6-6
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89-55
. 87-57
95-49
93-51
94-50
93-51
91-53
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A&M
Nebraska
Virginia Tech
Florida
Georgia
Syracuse
Mississippi St.
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Oilers
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