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ggieiand Soccer League New teams are forming for the Fall of 1997 season • If you have a team, a part of a team, or you are looking for a team, then visit our Web Page, e-mail us or call us for more information. • Meeting for new players and teams:Thursday, Sept 4 at 8 PM at Engineering-Physics Building Rm. 216. • Second and last meeting will be lues. Sept 9 at the same time and place. Last day to register a team is Sept 9. Last day to register a player is Nov 12. G96-1974. e-mail: asl@niYriad.net S The Battalion PORTS Monday • September 8,195; Monday Referees Wanted Sixteenth-ranked A&M looksg. Web: http://PersonalWebs.myriad.net/titinl 00/asl.htp The Ladies of Alpha Chi Omega Wish to Congratulate our New Members! 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Dabney Staff writer Laurie Corbelli will lead the 16th-ranked Texas Aggie Volleyball team into action tonight against Southwest Texas State University with hopes that the Aggies will make this one of many victories this season. The team entered the season as the 13th-ranked team in the country and after tough losses to the former first-ranked Stanford and the eighth-ranked BYU Cougars, the Aggies have returned with a vengeance to win three straight matches and win the University of Georgia Tournament. The team is focused on a number of goals this season according to Coach Corbelli. “We want to see progress in all phases of our game,” Corbelli said. “We want to challenge for the Big 12 Championship and we would like to get a good seed in the NCAA tournament.” The Volleyball team enters the new season with some very stiff competition from confer ence rivals Nebraska, Texas and Colorado who are all ranked in the top 25. When asked about the upcoming season Corbelli seems to think it is anyone’s championship to win. “The conference could be really even this year,” Corbelli said “ So much is momentum and heart, it is really going to be battle.” The Aggies have reason to be optimistic this season as they will return five of six starters from the 1996 squad. Leading this year’s team will be seniors Farah Mensik and Kristie Smed- srud. Smedsrud has seen quite a bit change in her time here at A&M in terms of the volleyball program. “When I came here this program was in its building stages, we have now worked our way up to a top 10 program,” Smedsrud said. “Now we have the talent to remain on top and the whole process has been fun for me to watch.” Even with all the talk of tournament bids and conference championships Smedsrud seems to have things in perspective. “To achieve some of our bigger goals this season we are going to have to achieve little goals” Smed srud said. “We have to play well in the pre-sea son and then conference play and then the tournament, one step at a time.” “When I came here, this program was in its building stages, we have now worked our way up to a top 10 program I ginning o: fall semes ents are hi ng and as; :ompeteni • new prof impressic ^rway, anc ; are quick e our instr two categ' too late tc *“ —— o u . , -usclass?” or’ Two other key seniors on this years tea: | thicr will be Cindy (VanderWoude) Lothspeicharl • Jenifer Wells. mu one mi According to Corbelli for this team to it liat students 1 KRISTIE SMEDSRUD VOLLEYBALL PLAYER Smedsrud comes into this season as one of A&M most heralded Volleyball players in its history. She has been named to the Asics All American Team and was also invited to train with the USA national team. She has also been a three year starter at A&M and will likely set the record for all time kills with over 1400. When asked about lasts season’s loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament Smed srud said, “ We had a great regular season last prove upon last season’s 25-8 mark there*: f e ! () P 1 ' 1 1,1 1 have to be improvements. P e hi st days o “We need to be more consistent, we need! ' 10Use ' cee P in start and finish stronger this year and our; the syllabus, c tensity can not waiver.” fg every bool The Aggies also took part in a very activeo?|that sells the c season program to help their chances thisyerjdents are easil “The players focused on strength and coil Professors ditioning this off season, we had a great spriiwith the detail practice and there was great participatkwelop an allegi amongst the players” Corbelli said. \iise Lost in o On top of their off-season program hereferee class hoi College Station the team made a trip to ^attendance pc to play a series of matches. “It was a greatvslfficer to teacl leyball experience for everyone and really:! While strut lowed us to come together as a team.” Smelcoiuimunicati, srud said. Ian stifle the c There will be many bridges for the Aggies: cross this season to get where they wanttois and only time will tell. But there is a solidfod dation for them to build on according toCq belli. “ We are stronger, more experienced, quia er and we are hungry ." i liege classrc tellectually i Iften, strict gr Aggies Continued from Page 7 “Obviously, we’d like to go in there and knock them in the dirt and take control the whole ball game,” Coach R.C. Slocum said. “I’ve been in enough of those games (to know) that’s not an unusual thing to hap pen. I’ve always said that first drive or two you take with a grain of salt.” A&M coaches said that they thought the team had accomplished everything it set out to do. “Our offense scored quite a num ber of points,” Slocum said. “Our de fense only gave up two field goals. We know we weren’t playing a top 10 team; we’re aware of that but we still like we feel have quite a lot to get out of this.” Buffin Continued from Page 7 He did not have the happy feet that he had last season which got him into trouble. He made good decisions and did not become anxious when his first receiver choice was not open. What he showed was experience. The Stewart, most of us ta would take a year to fine-ta has arrived but remember players are human and humat do make mistakes. Kristina Buffin isaseni journalism maj Ag; ba “V WELCOME BACK CO-OP STUDENTS! VW© 6 Tues., Sept. 9 6:30 - 7:30 PM 209 Koldus (Career Center) Meet Youth Co '°PAdvn All Co-op Students are Invited to Attend % 'So? Texas A&M Office of Cooperative Education. » 209 Koldus » 845-7725 the © place http://www.biology.com the Our Web services help you prepare for tests, /cits, and research papers — all in one p/oce! Learning Activities — Use on-line Interadive Study Guides, Practice Problems and Investigative Projects that correspond to your intro course. Research News — Find out about the latest developments with easy-to-read summaries. 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