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Wednesday • April 2, 1997
&M lacrosse to host Texas
By Lara L. Zuehlke
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he Aggies vs. the Longhorns — a longstand-
ivalry in both schools’ histories. The legacy
(an on the football field, but now the compe-
n extends into other sport-
■events.
Whe Texas A&M Men’s
jalrosse Club Team members
■ put their heart and soul on
he! ine as they square off against
he Longhorns at the Zachry
ieles Saturday.
Ivc'ftoth teams are undefeated
lid b° ast a ^-O record in the
olirhwest Lacrosse Association
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me, setting the stage for a
“This is one of
the better teams
weVe had and
has a lot of co
hesiveness.”
Ited contest.
lenior club president Jay Mc-
(cken said Saturday’s show-
nwill be one of intense competition.
'There’s a huge rivalry between the two
ms, just like with other sports,” McCracken
jl. "They’ve been our nemisis the last two
Its. I think it’s going to be a really exciting game
Tony Scazzero
Lacrosse coach
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Derek Demere, The Battalion
|ac ier ior president Jay McCracken (#25) is
e Slocked down by an Illinois defender last Friday.
because there is a lot of pride involved.”
McCracken said A&M has had problems over
coming the tough Texas squad, but Saturday they
will look for revenge.
“Both teams really come out and play hard
and put everything on the line,” McCracken said.
“They are one of the two (confer
ence) teams that have beaten us at
home in the last five years. They
have a lot of very talented players,
but we play more as a team. Our
philosophy is to play team ball.”
Senior club secretary Todd Hen-
drecks said A&M hopes to elevate
their level of play after losing 15-5
in a recent non-confrenece game
against the University of Illinois.
“Losing to Illinois showed us
that we have more work to do this
week,” Hendrecks said. “We
haven’t lost any games lately, but
we realize that we didn’t like losing to them. Now
maybe we’ll be more focused and play at the lev
el we’re used to playing at.”
The A&M squad is aided by Coach Tony
Scazzero, who was an All-American lacrosse
player at Cornell University.
Scazzero, who has been volunteering with the
A&M team since 1978, said he is confident the
Aggies can beat their foe.
“This is one of the better teams we’ve had, and
[it] has a lot of cohesiveness,” Scazzero said. “The
last few years Texas has had more athletic skill
than anyone else, but Saturday’s game should be
a good game.
“This A&M team lost by one goal in the cham
pionships to Texas last year. We’ve been creeping
up and becoming a better team, though.”
The Aggie team, an affiliate of the Recre
ational Sports Club Program, began in 1971.
McCracken said the club has an open mem
bership and is always looking for new players.
He said lacrosse is increasing in popularity,
but has not become a competitive varsity sport
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Senior goaltender Todd Hendrecks blocks a
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in Texas colleges and universities.
“In the last five or six years the high school
programs in Texas have picked up, and they are
now starting to feed the college (club) teams,”
McCracken said. “We’d love to see lacrosse be
come a varsity sport here at A&M, but I think the
game needs to develop a litde more.”
McCracken encourages everyone to come out
and support the A&M squad. The contest will be
gin at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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■ '■“■His mental maturity is much more
expected than the maturity in his golf
J game, especially considering he did
^■ttake up golf until his sophomore
■ir of high school.
J(] 1 He went on to earn All-State honors
PJa sophomore and junior. However,
lis golf career was able to start only af-
jjJev he gave up his first love — soccer,
fefeijjl “Basically, it was one of those things
where I had played soccer my whole
|ith P 1 ’ and needed something to do be
lter lies play soccer because I was getting
Irntout,” Brown said. “That’s when I
Jcked up golf. My dad encouraged
sf- me to play golf if soccer wasn’t what it
ofce was to me at one point.”
IBrown’s dad, Jeff Sr., was his soc-
*i coach and also played golf while
m
in the service.
Brown credits his late start as a ma
jor reason for his success.
“I started late,” he said. “I was under
instruction more so than some guys be
cause I was just beginning. I didn’t go
out and pick up some bad habits play
ing by myself; I spent more time with
my teacher.”
The change in sports has been
good for Brown and the golf team.
“He’s been a tremendous asset,” El
lis said. “He’s been very much a leader.
He has a lot of integrity. The players all
look up to him and he gets more out of
his golf game than almost anyone I’ve
ever seen. He doesn’t have tremen
dous length, he doesn’t have just
tremendous iron play, he doesn’t have
tremendous sand play. He’s just very
solid in all areas. He gets a lot out of his
game—thinks his way around the golf
course very well.”
Reed
Continued from page 9
Although Reed struggled at
times, he says having the year off
provided him a chance to adjust
to his new surroundings.
“I think it helped me a lot that
I was redshirted,” Reed said. “It’s
hard to adjust from high school
to college golf, and I don’t think I
was ready to play college golf
then. Now I put forth more effort
because I can actually play and
help the team out.”
Reed comes from a family of
golfers. He first began playing as
an eight-year-old with the en
couragement of his grandfather.
Reed’s younger brother and sis
ter both play the game back
home in Idaho.
“If it weren’t for my grandfa
ther, I wouldn’t be at A&M to
day,” Reed said. “He is a huge
inspiration to me, along with
my parents.”
Reed dominated the golfing
circuit in Idaho before coming
to A&M. He has numerous
championships under his belt,
including the Idaho State high
school title and eight prep tour
nament titles, and has won the
Idaho Golf Association Junior
Americas Cup.
bers,” Reed said. “I just want to
keep getting better so I can help
the team.”
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