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^e Louisiana Tech defense. They’ll tell you.
Tiki is back.
Senior fullback D’Andre Harde
man scored all three of A&M touch
downs against the Bulldogs and
has accounted for all the Aggies’
offensive touchdowns this season.
With the addition of prized
Kilgore recruit Ja’Mar Toombs
paving the way to the end zone,
A&M coach R.C. Slocum now
has the opportunity to use
__ Hardeman’stalentsatthetail-
• ition, where he belongs,
manls the best short-yardage runner on the
proved he can be a breakaway threat in the
i. (Hardeman owns the school record for the
an from scrimmage, a 95-yard run in 1996.)
ti calls on No. 20 in clutch situations, like
le rain-drenched Texas game in 1997, when
21 times for 121 yards and provided the
Ifense to beat A&M’s hated rivals for the
' ■ in two years.
J ; v a lackluster 1997 performance in which he
nly seven touchdowns, Hardeman looks
o return to his 1996 form when he aver-
yards per carry and scored 17 touchdowns
?ason.
aot saying ‘Touchdown Tiki’ is back. I’m
ng that I’ll do what is best for the team,”
-- R) ~an said. “If having the ball in my hands is
for the team, then I’ll do my best.”
?man seems to fit the trend of big, powerful
college football and the NFL. Throw Harde-
d the game during a rainstorm and watch
Degin as would-be tacklers slide off his 5-
inch, 232-pound frame,
e Hall and Sirr Parker provide a nice change
but hasn’t “three yards and a cloud of dust”
? A&M way since, well, since Paul “Bear”
vas in diapers?
school that lives and dies by the running
full-ahead bruiser in the mold of Jerome
the way to go — durable, dependable and
le to coughing up the ball. For an offense as
ative as the one in College Station, “Touch-
iki” is the man.
aska players might watch the replay of the
IK/fllKtfch game to see how the Aggies fared against
h receiver TYoy Edwards. But the Corn-
A:l ' 0 °J B4L should take notice of the bulldozer posing
.hght-ahead running back. They might see
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Senior quarterback Branndon Stewart gets pummeled
on an option play Saturday night against Louisiana Tech.
Football
Continued from Page 9
After three straight runs by
Dante Hall, Stewart took an option
play to the Tech 2-yard line.
Hardeman could not push through
Tech’s defensive line, and the Ag
gies had to settle for a 19-yard Rus
sell Bynum field goal to end the
first quarter. The field goal was the
first of Bynum’s career.
Tech managed to drive to the
A&M 19-yard line on its first drive
of the second quarter but came up
short after failing to convert a
fourth-down attempt.
On the next drive, Stewart
completed a fourth-down pass to
wide receiver Chris Cole, who
reached the Tech 20-yard line.
Stewart gained five yards on the
next play. Hall carried two times,
taking the ball to the Tech 1-yard
line, setting up Hardeman’s first
touchdown of the game.
The next three possessions were
a comedy of errors for both teams.
Rattay threw an interception
to Coady. A&M’s possession was
not much better, as Hall fumbled
and Tech safety Bobby Gray re-
Soccer finishes second in Wisconsin
From staff and wire reports
The Texas A&M Soccer
Team traveled to Wisconsin
this weekend to face a dou
bleheader against the Wis
consin Badgers and the Ari
zona State Sun Devils in their
first road trip of the season.
A&M started out the
weekend with a Friday night
win over Wisconsin by a
score of 2-1, thanks to the
footwork of sophomore Ali
son Peters and senior
Sharon Pickering.
Peters got the first ball in
the net off a double assist
from sophomores Katie Offut
and Amber Reynolds with
just over 21 minutes elapsed.
Then Pickering received an
assist from Peters to set her
up to score the Aggies second
and final point of the game
with just under nine minutes
remaining in the first half.
The Badgers put up a
strong fight in the second
half, outshooting the Aggies
12 to 5. Yet the rally was
too late, as Wisconsin could
not put up any points until
the 86th minute when Alli
son Wagner scored off a
double assist from Maria De
Giovanni
and Emily
Stevens.
“Fortu
nately we
took ad
vantage of
our
chances in
the first
half
tonight,” A&M coach G.
Guerrieri said. “Wisconsin
played hard and did a good
job knocking us out of our
game all night. It’s nice
when we have a less than
impressive performance and
can still get a good result.”
With less than four min-
GUERRIERI
utes left in the game and the
Badgers facing junior goal
keeper Melanie Wilson, Wis
consin’s final attempt to
even up the score was de
nied and the Aggies held on
to improve their record to 3-
1 for the season.
A&M freshman Michelle
Royal scored the first goal
of her collegiate career at
the 55:55 mark, which
turned out to be fhe game-
winner in a 3-1 match
against Arizona State.
Marquette was named
champion of the tourna
ment, and Texas A&M was
declared the runner-up of
the tournament by virtue of
Marquette’s six goals against
ASU and Wisconsin versus
A&M’s five goals against the
same teams.
A&M’s Alison Peters and
Melanie Wilson were named
offensive and defensive
MVPs respectively.
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covered the ball.
Tech running back John Si
mon caught an 11-yard pass from
Rattay but coughed up the foot
ball to Aggie cornerback Jason
Webster at the Tech 47-yard line.
A&M managed to hold on to
the ball this time.
Hall gained nine yards on con
secutive plays, and Stewart hit
running back Ja’Mar Toombs for
17 yards and Hodge for eight
yards, bringing A&M to the Tech
5-yard line. Bynum connected on
a 23-yard field goal to end first-
half scoring.
A&M capitalized on two Tech
personal fouls in the third quarter
to reach Tech’s 37-yard line. Stew
art hit tight end Derrick Spiller for
a first down and carried for seven
yards on the next play.
Hardeman broke through the
Tech defense at the 10-yard line,
fumbled at the 1-yard line but re
covered his own fumble in the
end zone for his second score of
the game, giving A&M a 19-0 lead.
Stewart then hit Spiller in the
back of the end zone on the 2-
point conversion.
Tech managed its only score of
the game on the next drive. Ed
wards lined up at quarterback in
the shotgun formation and ran the
ball in from eight yards out after
A&M linebacker Warrick Holdman
lost containment on the play.
Stewart completed three passes
for 23 yards on the next posses
sion, and Hardeman rumbled for a
5-yard carry on a fourth-and-one
to Tech’s 31-yard-line.
A&M was helped along by a 15-
yard pass interference call to reach
the Tech 16-yard line.
Hardeman rounded out the scor
ing with a 9-yard touchdown run,
giving the Aggies a 28-7 victory.
Tech made one more push to
the A&M 3-yard line, but Rattay’s
pass was intercepted by Coady in
the end zone.
A&M Coach R. C. Slocum said
he was happy with his team’s per
formance despite missing out on
some opportunities.
“I was pleased with our defen
sive effort in controlling a very
good offensive team,” Slocum
said. “I thought we had some op
portunities we didn’t take advan
tage of, but overall I was pleased
with the effort.”
CC women take second
From staff and wire reports
The Texas A&M Women’s Cross
Country Team continued its early-
season success Saturday morning
by placing second at the Miami
(Ohio) University Invitational.
The Aggies finished with 53
points, 21 behind overall winner
Ball State University.
Freshman Melissa Gulli led the
Aggies, placing fourth and cover
ing the three-mile course in 18
minutes and 46 seconds.
Sophomore Debbie Villarreal
placed 10th, finishing at 19:09.
Junior Ann Dwyer and sopho
more Brooke Edwards — finish
ing a second later — took 12th
and 13th place, respectively.
A&M’s final scorer was fresh
man Sarah Doyle, who crossed
the line one second behind Ed
wards and Dwyer at 19:11 to take
14th place.
Freshman Kristy Bonn and
sophomore Lauren Berryman also
had strong performances, placing
20th and 21st.
The men’s team fared well, plac
ing four runners in the top 20 indi
vidual finishers. They placed fourth
overall with a score of 94 points.
Sophomore Jim Pat Darcey
placed 14th while covering the five-
mile course in a team-leading 26:19.
Freshman Brandon Beasley fol
lowed at 26:24, placing 15th.
Other top 20 finishers were
redshirt freshman Bryan Oubre
and sophomore Chuck Cusi-
mano, who placed 17th and
18th, respectively.
Also scoring for the men was
freshman Chris Lee, who placed
30th.
Rounding out the team were
freshmen Mike Sovinsky in 35th
place and Lane Bartle in 36th place.
Both teams will compete at the
Southern Mississippi Open in Hat
tiesburg, Miss., on Sept. 18.
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