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struggles with feisty Bobcats before putting them away in three sets
By Travis V. Dabney
Staff writer
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□1 chief, said , j The Texas A&M Volleyball Team came into Monday
k up onTuesdi lights match looking for a good match but one that they
n),"hesaid. ^ould dominate. What came about was a Southwest
nformationiMexas team that got stronger every game in the match yet
tomorrow. Itill came up short.
r the Mir’scrfl After the Aggies dominated the first game 15-3, the
/ed RussiancAady Bobcats came back strong in games two and three
onaut Mic v. th scores of 15-10 and 16-14. After the game Coach Lau-
M i r commamle Corbelli said that her team was happy to get the win,
airs on a sp, but there was room for improvement,
in the skint “I am pleased that we won the game,” she said. “But
u p empty, re had a real hard time getting into a rhythm tonight.”
raised questi: > The Aggies increased their winning streak to four with
lir, whiclu reir win over Southwest Texas State. A&M dropped the first
icted lifespan vo games to nationally ranked Stanford and BYU. Evenwith
re recent success that the Aggies have experienced diey do
ica n space av ot seem to be relaxing according to Coach Corbelli.
“I was impressed with our middle attack tonight but
provides inva,
ual space sta'-|
to be launcln
ur intensity and defense was really lacking.”
The Aggies began the first game of the match by com-
bgout and putting the game out of reach quickly. Amber
ifoolsey, Stacy Sykora and Kristie Smedsrud all con-
^ tnbuted four kills each as the Aggies took the game 15-3.
“We started the first game real strong and got really
■omfortable” said outside hitter Stacy Sykora.
I In game two the Aggies found out that they were in for
, farnily-orier:! tough match. After taking a 1-0 lead they dropped six
seven monthslpoims to the Lady Bobcats.The Aggies stopped the bleed-
rg and came back behind the strong play of freshman
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Farah Mensik and sophomore Celia Howes to cut the lead
to 6-8. The Bobcats again increased their lead to 10-6
when the Aggies came back again to take the lead for good
behind a couple of thunderous spikes by Sykora.
Game three would prove to be the toughest for the Ag
gies as the Bobcats refused to die. The Aggies jumped out
to a commanding 9-2 lead with help from sophomore re
serve Summer Strickland who had two kills in the game.
“I was pleased that we
won the game, but we had
a real hard time getting
into a rhythm tonight.”
LAURIE CORBELLI
The Bobcats fought back to make the score 9-5 before the
Aggies took the score to 14-9 and match point.
Then the Aggies seemed to lose all intensity and
Southwest Texas took the game all the way to a 14-14 tie.
Mensik and senior Kristie Smedsrud reentered the game
and the Aggies went on to win 16-14.
Coach Corbelli put the game in perspective.
“ Our players put a lot of pressure on themselves,” she
said. “But they want to have fun as well, we are going to
have to find a balance in there somewhere.”
onor Rowe
Benior takes on challenges
By Margaux Harris
Staff writer
D
iana Rowe, senior for
ward on the Texas
ould beinabeft-—A&M Soccer Team has
)ete wi th the iever cowered down from a
the nation’sthihallenge. She has been play-
vice with 2.3 ihg soccer since the age of five
• Old she is one of the star play-
1 tBs on Texas A&M University’s
| • soccer team.
Rowe attended Bryan High
School where there was no fe-
— that Ism 2 ma ^ e team. Confident in her
the State 1 ability, she decided to play on
, s ” the male soccer team,
iled out givitB 1 wasn’t intimidated by
* ends. 'BY teammates because I had
i PresidentdPfty 60 * with these guys for a
hire, White R lon 8 time,” she said.
fisted her trifl She admits that she re-
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an all-male team. She used
her opponent’s doubt in her
ability to her advantage be
cause they did not see her as a
essential part of the team.
Rowe said that her experience
in high school taught her to
play more aggressively. She
attributes a lot of her talent to
this experience.
As a freshman, Rowe start
ed out as sweeper. Her sopho
more year she moved to out
side midfielder and last year
she played the center midfield
position. Rowe admits that
she likes the center midfield
position the best, but she is
gradually adjusting to her
new assignment as forward.
Rowe is somewhat follow
ing in the footsteps of her two
older siblings. Her sister also
played on the Aggie Soccer
team.
RONY ANGKRIWAN/The Battalion
Texas A&M junior Stacy Sykora spikes a ball on Southwest Texas State’s Erin Baetge Monday night at G. Rollie
White Coliseum. The Aggies won 15-3,15-10,16-14.
Aggie soccer tough to beat
NOTEBOOK
Stephen
Boudreau
Staff writer
W!
hile the Wrecking Crew shocked the
world with their stunning upset over the
mighty Bearkats of Sam Houston State
this weekend, the fifth-ranked Texas A&M
Women’s Soccer Team was on the road doing what
they do best: winning.
DAVE HOUSE/The Battalion
Senior Diana Rowe has played a Big role in
the Aggies 4-0 start
Aggies Perfect this season.
The Aggies completed a two-game road trip
this weekend after soundly defeating Kansas and
Missouri. The Aggies boast an impressive 4-0 (3-0)
record and have outscored opponents 14-4, in
cluding a 5-0 whipping of Kansas.
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Let there be light.
With the addition of lights to the Aggie Soccer
Complex the convenience of night games is now
an option. A&M will play five of its eight sched
uled home games after sunset.
There’s no place like home.
Since the inaugural season in 1993, A&M holds
an amazing 35-2 record in home matches. Their
last home loss came at the hands of San Diego in
the first round of last year’s NCAA playoffs.
Crowded house.
The season opening game against Oklahoma
marked more than just another opportunity for
the Aggies to display their dominance against Big
12 foes. A record-breaking crowd of 1,350 packed
the Aggie Soccer Complex to cheer the team to a 2-
1 victory. Now if we could just get a yell leader to
show up...
American Girl.
Senior midfielder Bryn Blalack was named to
the Soccer America All-America team.
Please see Boudreau on Page 10.
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