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The Prim CAT. September 17, ednesday • September 17, 1997 ino mchdown inthej a 14-yard pass I bony Miller to l 51 seconds let. I Switzer called S The Battalion PORTS ensik fills team's void By Travis V. Dabney Staff writer nlike the quarterback in football and the point guard in basketball, the setter in lleyball rarely gets the same ac- hagles a mush i a d e s and recognition that the who have won: jrementioned players receive. C East titles, war. yet the setter in volleyball is cer es for tire homefi tl |y as important, if not more im- irtant than any command indi- ual in any sport. No set, no spike, sjust that simple. Texas A&M vol- ball team setter Farah Mensik k over the setter position in the |96 season from Honorable Men- n All American Suzy Wente and snot looked back. Mensik'got her start in sports at early aige, as her parents were ie playoffs, ig the same s. to be 3-1 we did last yi 'We will be a bad start t us in a hole.' les had won, d have been mi poor perform, id s0 / tb;i t [ 1 pklye| . s . ortor r J aarter. jhia drove to winning field| mpleted a 46-;; eddie Soloi eplays shot over the line en he threw. Cowboys cauglj fourth-down really kind of grew up on the ftball field with my parents and it was what led me to sports,” ;nsik said. When Mensik entered junior high e began what would turn out to be erysuccessful career in volleyball, ice in high school, Mensik was itting time between volleyball and ruled interfera c ^’ ‘ inc * realized a decision would Dimry. How; to StepfretW! the line of an be no ill >d ball, us to benefit vin like this, vin Smith. 1;| h losses like he ball hittingp s slipping ne up on the ill mes. It’s niceto: have to be made as to which sport would get her full devotion. “I saw that my talents were real ly suited towards volleyball, so that is what I did,” Mesik said. After playing three years on var sity in the Houston suburb of Katy, Mensik was faced with the recruit ing process. “I was recruited by most of the old Southwest Conference schools but it really came down between A&M and Arkansas,” Mensik said. “I was told by several people to go to a place where if I was injured and could no longer play volleyball that I would want to go to anyway.” “Plus the school spirit is so strong here and that is really what drew me to A&M.” As the Aggies move forward this season with so many expectations, Mensik still looks at some of the more abstract details of playing vol leyball here at Texas A&M. “The feeling that you get walking out onto the court at G. Rollie White is just tremendous, I love it,” Men sik said. “Volleyball is really growing here and the support that we re ceive from the students and com munity has really been great.” While Mensik is a very team cen tered player and is reluctant to talk about personal goals, there are def initely some that exist. “Sure I would like to be in the top three in the Big 12 in assists, and I would also like to get some type of all conference recognition in the Big 12, but it is all about the team.” Mensik said. When Coach Laurie Corbelli was asked about Mensik and her position with team, it is evident Corbelli and the rest of the team are depending on Mensik a great deal this season. “She is certainly one of the most critical players on the team this sea son; she is going to have to make a lot of plays and key decisions,” Cor belli said. “She really sets the pace for our offense.” Off the court, Mensik has proven herself in the classroom with the same type of success as on the vol leyball court. She is a three time GTE Academic All-American as well as a member of the dean’s list. “Farah is a very driven young lady and some what of a perfec tionist,” Corbelli said “Yet, at the same time she is a very mellow, low- key individual.” RONY ANGKRIWAN/The Battalion Senior setter Farah Mensik looks to lead the Aggies to new heights this season. cGuire signs three-year deal |ST. LOUIS (AP) —The St. Louis Cardinals have rk McGwire for at least three more seasons, and :y did not have to tear up the team to keep him. cGwire, who joined Babe Ruth last week as only players with consecutive 50-homer sea- signed a three-year, $2» million deal Tuesday, he deal includes a $1 million signing bonus Id a fourth season at McGwire’s option th£t red two injjnia u2!, b th? CoS full Y ex P e ct him (McGuire) to rained his lefth|nish his wonderful career in St. ond period and ensive tackle Q out with a straii first period. II have therati: witzer said. dll it be before trated BILL DEWIH CARDINAL’S EXECUTIVE ngs the total package to nearly $40 million. One of McGwire’s agents, Bob Cohen, said the and lot gger could have commanded at least another lion per season on the free-agent market. In- outlook on lelad, he wanted to stay so much he not only a plan for eve ted for less, he agreed to defer about 25 percent n said. “The o the money until he retires. The negotiating mtrol of is Rai icess took only a week or so and the deal was fi- :an do is try top ized late Monday night, very day. “We fully expect him to complete his woo d’s plan for m ful career in St. Louis,” said Bill DeWitt, head ich the nexi I he Cardinals’ ownership group, t my senior I IThe Proctor House sten to the rej| Bed and Breakfast aff, it sounds;i 508 East Gregs :art if he is ini I Calvert, Tx. | 364-3702 *Ask about student discounts* The deferred money and below-market salary will allow the Cardinals to attempt to re-sign pitchers Andy Benes and Todd Stottlemyre. Benes, who is 28-17 in two seasons with the Car dinals, has a player option on his deal. The team has an option on the contract of Stottlemyre, 26- 20 in two seasons with the team. "There’s a lot of money being passed around, a lot of questions about how much guys are be ing paid and people looking for the last dollar,” general manager Walt Jocketty said. “I can assure you that Mark McGwire did not do that. We’re try ing to structure it so we can keep everybody’ The Cardinals had a $44 million payroll with out McGwire. They’re counting on a healthy in crease in season-ticket sales to help bridge the gap. “We’ve got a pretty high payroll relative to base ball and relative to a marketplace this size,” DeWitt said. “But this city can support it because it’s such a great baseball town.” McGwire also is donating $1 million a year to establish a chaiTtable,foundation to benefit sexu ally and physically abused children. McGwire had trouble keeping his composure describing the foundation, pausing for a half-minute at one point. “Let’s just say children have a special place in my heart,” McGwire said. “I just really believe a guy in my position can really help out.” The Cardinals acquired McGwire, 33, from Oakland on July 31, the trading deadline. On Fri day, he said he thought he and the Cardinals were a perfect match, and that there was a good chance he’d be back. McGwire thinks the Cardinals, injury-riddled and 69-80 heading into the final weeks, should be back in the postseason next year. The fans who show up at Busch Stadium two hours early to watch his tape-measure shots in batting prac tice also played a part in him staying. “I tell you what, it makes me float every time I come to the ballpark, to play in this stadium and play in front of these fans,” McGwire said. “I’m overwhelmed. I’m going to say that probably for the rest of my career.” It did not hurt that McGwire is playing for his longtime Oakland manager, Tony La Russa. La Russa has an option for the next two seasons and it is all but certain he will be back. “I’m not speaking for him, but I don’t think I would have signed if he wasn’t coming back,” McGwire said. Then he turned to La Russa and said, “All right?” McGwire has 51 home runs, 17 with St. Louis, and needs one to tie his career best set last year. He entered the day one home run behind Seat tle’s Ken Griffey Jr. for the major-league lead. Before he came to town, McGwire was said to prefer the West Coast because his 9-year-old son lives in southern California with his mother. Matthew McGwire gave the Cardinals a thumbs- up after a recent visit and had two words for his dad when the deal was announced: “all right!” reated a situd e American w] Dorr said. “Vii lilt on compel ir best? You do your best, /oung man tl , competing.; fiance to play.' 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