The Battalion
Monday • Decembers,!
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Aggies roar past Wolverines in straight sej
By Travis V. Dabney
StaffWriter
The Texas A&M Volleyball Team
surprised no one on Friday night
with their victory over the Michigan
Wolverines in three straight games
to send them to the Sweet 16 as this
team has made it their goal all sea
son to make it where they are today.
“We’re headed to the Sweet 16
and we are really excited about it,”
A&M coach Laurie Corbelli said.
“It was one of the very early goals
we had this season.”
The Aggies began their march
toward the third round of the
NCAA tournament on Thursday
night with a victory over the Hofs-
tra Flying Dutchwomen in three
straight games by the scores of 15-
5, 15-5, 15-4.
“Obviously we’re really pleased
not only with the outcome (against
Hofstra) but also with our level of
play,” Corbelli said.
The victory also impressed Flying
Duthchwomen coach Fran Kalafer.
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“My expectations are this team is
going to go very far in this tourna
ment,” Kalefer said,” and I think we
are going to take a lot home from
this experience tonight.”
The first game on Thursday night
pitted Michigan and Temple and al
lowed the Aggies a chance to get a feel
for the tournament and who eventu
ally would be their next opponent.
Michigan was taken to a full five
games by the Temple Owls and that
allowed the Aggies to get in a little
scouting that would come in handy
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After defeating Michigan in straight sets, (from left to right) Cindy Lothspeich, Stacey Sykora, Farah Menslik
and Kristie Smedsrud celebrate their victory.
for Friday night’s match up.
The Wolverines began Friday
night’s match with the Aggies fired
up and ready to go as they took a 2-
0 lead. The Aggies came back to tie
the game and then take the lead at
5-4. The teams traded points until
the Aggies were the benefactor of a
net violation by Michigan and went
on to win game one by a score of 15-
10. The Aggies were led in game one
by seniors Kristie Smedsrud and
Cindy Lothspeich as they each con
tributed five kills.
Game two would go in favor of
Michigan early as they built a 6-1
lead to start the game but it would
be short lived as the Wolverines hurt
themselves with costly mistakes.
“It felt like a good position to be
in at 6-1,” Michigan coach Greg Gio-
vanazzi said. “I didn’t think we were
doing a good job of making adjust
ments though.”
The Aggies would come all the
way down from that 6-1 deficit to
run off 14 unanswered points and
win game two. The Aggies really
seemed to frustrate the Wolverines
in game two with their serving ac
cording to coach Giovanazzi.
“Texas A&M was doing a good
job of serving tough. 1 think plays
were carrying over into each other
and that was having a negative ef
fect on our team.”
Game three would turn out to be
an exclamation point for the Aggies
in their last game of the season in G.
Rollie White. The team jumped out to
a quick 8-0 lead as the Aggies faith
fully cheered them on. The demoral
ized but determined Wolverines
fought to put up six points on the
board but it would be too little too
late as the Aggies won game three
and the match decisive fashion.
The Aggies were led in the match
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Junior Stacy Sykora attempts to block
a spike in A&M’s win over
by junior Stacy Sykora and Smed-
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