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ittin’ the big time
ficky Thrasher left high school early for A&M
BY AARON COHAN
The Battalion
Mike Fuentes/The Battalion
A&M sophomore midfielder Nicky Thrasher dreams of playing for the United
States Olympic Soccer Team. She has scored four goals this season.
overwhelmed with the radical
change in the environment,” Guer-
rieri said. “She went from a West
Texas superstar to a team full of su
perstars from all over the place. ”
Thrasher was always the player
who had to score, dish out assists
and defend in high school.
Her surrounding players now
help out in those areas so Thrash
er’s game can develop.
“There are great players in the
Big 12 Conference who just score,
assist or defend, but she is all of
those put into one,” Guerrieri said.
Thrasher works hard on her
game both on and off the field to
achieve her all-around game.
“I work hard in practice because
I know just how much harder the
games are,” Thrasher said.
Her hard work has shown this
year as she already leads the Aggies
in points this season.
“Nicky is different than most
soccer players,” Guerrieri said.
“You have players that have basic
athletic ability, and then you have
players like Nicky who have a men
tality to train their hardest even
when it’s not soccer time, and she
does it all the time.”
Thrasher’s teammates said she
adds much to the team when she is
on the field.
“Nicky is a very dangerous per
son to defend,” junior midfielder
Michelle Remington said. “Since
she is always goal hungry, it’s easy
for her to beat the best.”
Even though Thrasher’s goal of
playing Division I soccer has been
reached, she is still in search of her
ultimate goal — playing for the
Olympic and National Soccer
squads.
Women’s golf team starts season
BY GRANT HAWKINS
The Battalion
In 1997, the Texas A&M Women’s Golf Team start
ed fall competition ranked 15th in the preseason polls.
The Aggies opened their season with an 8th-place fin
ish at the NCAA Rolex Preview in Madison, Wise.
This year, the Aggies enter the season as defending
Big 12 champions and hope to improve this weekend
on their opening performance from a year ago.
The 12th-ranked Aggies get their season underway
on Thursday in Albuquerque, N. M. at the University
of New Mexico-Dick McGuire Invitational. To improve
from last year A&M coach Jeanne Sutherland said she
knows coming together as a team is paramount to the
team’s success.
“In the first tournament, we really want to find our
team chemistry and set our team expectations,”
Sutherland said. “That way we know what to expect
(in future tournaments).”
A&M returns to Albuquerque after placing sixth in
last year’s tournament. The Aggies are a part of a strong
field that will be an early measure of their success.
“This is a really competitive field,” Sutherland said.
“There are 10 teams ranked in the top 25.”
Marta Ostos will lead the charge for the Aggies.
The sophomore from Mexico City won the A&M
tournament qualifying by nine strokes. Ostos will
be accompanied by junior Anna Becker and sopho
more Mimi Epps.
A 1997 All-Big 12 performer, Becker will try to
bounce back from back injuries that slowed her late
last spring. After qualifying for the U.S. Women’s
Amateur over the summer, Epps will try to carry that
hot streak into fall competition. Stephenville, Texas,
native Jennifer Karnes will make the trip to Albu
querque trying to boost the effort of the Aggies with
her senior leadership.
Two true freshman — Anna Jonsson and McKen
zie Dyslin — will round out the Aggies’ roster in Al
buquerque.
Jonnson will join Ostos, Becker, Epps and Karnes
in the team competition. Dyslin will compete as an in
dividual. The Aggies’ next tournament will be Oct. 3-
4 when they compete in the Big 12 Preview at Circle
C Golf Club in Austin.
True freshman replaces Hardeman
T he Texas A&M Football Team
overcame a slow start and
defeated the Southern Mis
sissippi Eagles 24-6 on Saturday.
NOTFIROOIC
* * lO
Schmidt
However, the hot topic of con
versation is not the victory, but
the suspension of senior running
back D’Andre “Tiki” Hardeman.
Between a Rock and a
Hardeman Place
Hardeman was recently de
clared ineligible for the season,
causing A&M to forfeit its victory
over Louisiana Tech. Hardeman,
seventh on A&M’s career touch
down list, was suspended before
the win over Southern Miss. If he
regains his eligibility, he can ap
ply to the NCAA for a redshirt
year and return next season.
How do you spell relief?
T-O-O-M-B-S
Tfue freshman Ja’Mar Toombs
made the first start of his career at
fullback in place of Hardeman.
The only true freshman to play
this season, Toombs spurned
Florida State to play for the Ag
gies. He rushed for over 2,500
yards his last two years at Kilgore
High School. He is also the reign
ing 4A champion in the shot put.
Toombs had better be ready be
cause his backup will be former
walk-on Will Simpson.
Connections
First-year A&M offensive coor
dinator Steve Kragthorpe served as
offensive coordinator at the Uni
versity of North Texas from 1994-
95 and considered going back
there last season to become coach.
Instead of Kragthorpe, UNT
hired another coach with A&M
ties. Darrell Dickey began his ca
reer at A&M as a graduate assis
tant under Jackie Sherrill. In addi
tion to Dickey, UNT defensive
backs coach Gary DeLoach spent
three seasons (1980-82) as A&M’s
defensive backs coach.
The Little “O”
To put it nicely, A&M is not ex
actly tearing it up on offense. As a
matter of fact, they are ranked
108th in total offense out of 112 Di
vision IA teams. Their once proud
ground game is 84th in the coun
try, and the Aggies will play with
out their best back, Hardeman.
see Football on Page 8.
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