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i) talion Sports ISSfl =^ator bait w, 9 Aggies host No. 4 Florida in tough early-season test BY ABBY LITTLE The Battalion Halifax vorkers disc that were g. ity Departm i gras il stc land 1 'ndall Air Force: le boat was fore- w atei and h$i By early eveni' arm was centere: )uth Carolina fe )wer outages a: 200 miles la senior Danielle Fotopou- needs 18 goals to break the ?cord for goals in a season. • senior Emily Elias was a n on the Texas A&M Soc- m when the Aggies last topoulos, and it is her job sure Fotopoulos does not hat total. played against her (when I ying for the Aggies and on teams,” Elias said. “It’s makes me play my best.” Sators have 10 starters re- from their 1997 SEC Championship team. Of those, eight were also on the team when they won in 1996. Fotopolous, an All-American and USA National Team member, sat out last season nee injury. soccer coach G. Guerrieri 1 Florida lineup provides and speed matches that tough for the Aggies to h. ida comes in with the twin Danielle Fotopoulos, who >t, 11-inches, and Abby :h, who was High School f the Year this past year, Iso 5-foot, 11-inches,” he lus, they have incredible i the back and an experi- alkeeper. They are maybe e top three athletic teams mntry.” Gators also added defender art, who transferred from ty of Michigan. IIERI Greg McReynolds/Thf. Battalion Heather Weibe (No. 5, front) and Anne Tamporello (No. 13, behind) double up on North Texas. The Texas A&M Soccer Team jumps right into a tough matchup with Florida. She started 22 of 23 matches for the Wolverines, and was a member of the All-Big 10 team title. Gilhart joins eight freshman. After defeating UNT 5-1 on Tuesday, Guerrieri said the Aggies look ready to take on one of their toughest opponents this season. “It’ll be a real challenge for us,” he said. “They are the No. 4 team in the country and we’re No. 9 in the country, so the pressure is on them. We’ll come out hoping to protect our turf at home.” After scoring two goals against North Texas, Michelle Remington expects to have a challenging game versus the Gators. “It’s going to be a lot different [from UNT],” she said. “Florida is big, they’re fast, they’re a little more skillful than North Texas is. It’s going to be a good game.” A special halftime student com petition will feature five students trying to win free textbooks for the tth:: 200 km TENN. Top college teams fill opening football slate spring semester. The contest is sponsored by the Sterling C. Evans Library Textbook Scholarship which is funded by the R.C. Slocum Aggie Kickoff Camp. The Aggies are 2-0 against Flori da in their last two meetings. The two champions go head to head tonight at the Aggie Soccer Complex when No. 9 Aggies, Big 12 champions, face SEC Champi ons, No.4 Florida Gators at the Ag gie Soccer Complex at 7 p.m. (AP) — As far as opening days go in college football, Saturday should be terrific. “I don’t think there’s any big ger game around the country than Michigan-Notre Dame,” Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr said. “I understand the national scrutiny and understand what it means to both teams.” The other four games matching Top 25 teams are not high on Carr’s priority list. Neither is the fact that the re sults of those games will give fans a starting point on the Road to Tempe, where the Fiesta Bowl Jan. 4 could be for the national title. At South Bend, a pair of new quarterbacks — Tom Brady for No. 5 Michigan and Jarious Jackson for No. 22 Notre Dame — have visions of directing their team to victory in what could turn out to be a season defining game. Ohio State takes its first presea son No. 1 ranking in 18 years to Morgantown, W.Va., where the Buckeyes — and hopefully line backer Andy Katzenmoyer — face No. 11 West Virginia, led by Heis- man hopeful Amos Zereoue. At the Carrier Dome, the orange- clad fans singing ‘‘Rocky Top” will be pulling for visiting No. 10 Ten nessee and new quarterback Tee Martin to beat No. 17 Syracuse, which will have even more orange- clad fans rooting for Donovan Mc- Nabb and teammates. Arizona State, ranked No. 8, might not even have to leave home for the postseason if it can beat No. 18 Washington at Sun Devil Stadi um, home of the Fiesta Bowl, and Joe Paterno goes for win No. 299 when No. 13 Penn State entertains No. 21 Southern Mississippi. In other Top 25 games Saturday, it’s The Citadel at No. 3 Florida, Al- *ll| DAVIE abama-Birmingham at No. 4 Ne braska, Indiana State at No. 6 Kansas State, Miami, Ohio at No. 12 North Carolina, No. 15 Colorado State vs. Colorado at Denver, Kent at No. 19 Georgia, No. 20 Wiscon sin at San Diego State, and No. 23 Michigan State at Oregon. Irish coach Bob Davie is -just happy his team finally is opening the season after a summer of law suits and NCAA investigations. ‘‘We feel good about some things,” Davie said. ‘‘We feel we are a little better than last year. But you only find out when you go take that test, and the first test we have is a big test because it’s Michigan.” Only seven times in 108 seasons has Ohio State opened on the road — the last in 1975. Which explains why coach John Cooper longs for the patsy teams like No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Nebraska and No. 6 Kansas State meet Saturday. ‘T’d play an easy non-confer ence game at home, like Nebraska has been doing for years and years and years,” Cooper said. ‘‘They come back this week (after a 56-27 victory over Louisiana Tech) with another tough one: Alabama-Birm- ingham. And how about Florida? They’ve got The Citadel.” Zereoue, meanwhile, says the Buckeyes better be ready. ‘To me, Ohio State seems like a cocky and confident team,” Zere oue said. ‘‘Last year, they had a tough time against Wyoming and we’re not Wyoming. If they don’t play like the No. 1 team, there could be a surprise. ...” -h Gulf of Mexico Position: 32.1^ Moving: NE alL Sustained wind:- Wind gusts^ 1 As of: Thur.jT 85*0 urce: Accu Weather torted. The re® L’ted to drift into 1 ' ly of North Carr s weekend. 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