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Battalion Sports Page 7 • Tuesday, September 29, 1998 Victor Wunderle is dead-on at the art of archery BY JASON LINCOLN The Battalion soon, roeder,;.. mferent: pie dor;# T'ictor Wunderle first picked up a h arasr 1\|/ bow and arrow at the age of a perse W five, and one year later he en- er somee-Hd his first archery competition, 'cable-Mince then, his list of accomplish- '^'t,"sbhents has grown to establish him as 1!1 >s,ap|ni of the best archers in the world. erencerMhe senior wildlife and fisheries it the N.-;Bor from Mason City, Ill., came to > Cente feXiis A&M as a two-time Junior item is Vor Id Champion, iminatic Ble has been a member of the exual: fexes A&M Archery Team for the when roast three years and he won the Na- lorofsi iolal Collegiate championship in anindkiotli. outdoor and indoor divisions plete a tael year. cation. BThere’s just something with little lostiler >o|s and anything that shoots,” one in rHnderle said. “My dad shot v’ely c ircl ery some, which was an influ- meonee.'tnce, but it started out as just a form ;andp iflntertainment.” iplist,RiJ)n Sept. 4, he took his achieve- y.said Itfids one step further when he policy v oi the 114th National Target x harasclc ier y Championships in Canton, nand'.r*l|h., against an international field tt thereof 64 archers, pie to i©: that pel; deadline | the inves mplaint; The win completed a long season in which Wunderle also competed in the indoor and field championships. He placed in the top ten in both events. Right after the target champi onships, Wunderle competed in the second annual U.S. Open with the same field of competition. He was in third place heading into the finals of the competition, edging past Barry Weinperl from Easton, Penn., by a score of 112-109. The win led to one of the most cov eted awards in the nation, the Shenk Award for the best all-around archer out of the three national competitions. With 4,390 points accumulated over three days of competition, Wun derle edged past former Purdue Uni versity archer Jason McKrittick in the finals of his last competition. Coached by Frank Thomas and Kathy Eissinger, Wunderle competes the Aggies’ 16-member squad that has won the national championship four times. Wunderle credits his improvement in the past several years to the two Ag gie coaches for their motivational and technical advice, an assessment with which Thomas said he agrees. see Wunderle on Page 8. A&M faces tough tilt T he No. 10 Texas A&M Soccer Team finished 1-1 last week with a 1-0 win over SMU and a 2-1 defeat to the 11th- ranked University of Hartford. Photo courtesy of Victor Wunderle Texas A&M senior Victor Wunderle took home the Shenk Award, given to the top finisher in three national championship events. The Aggies go on the road this week to play the No. 13 Nebraska Cornhuskers Friday and the Iowa State Cyclones Sunday. The Ag gies are 5-3 this season. Children of the Corn Along with Baylor, Nebraska should be the Aggies’ toughest competition this year as they at tempt to defend their Big 12 title. The Huskers are 5-2 with losses to the University of Wis- consin-Milwaukee and No. 9 UCLA. A&M leads the all-time series with Nebraska 3-2. Both losses came in 1996 when the Cornhuskers won the Big 12 Soccer Championship. Record Crowd A record crowd of 1,649 people watched the Aggies defeat South ern Methodist University on Friday. Coach G. Guerrieri said al though the crowd was large, they seemed wary of the outcome. “The crowd was big for this game,” Guerrieri said. “They were kind of quiet, but I think that was because they were kind of scared that this game would end up like our last game against SMU.” The Aggies lost to SMU 1-0 in the first round of the NCAA play offs last year. The Aggies dominated the game, outshooting the Mustangs 18-5 but failed to put the ball in the back of the net. A&M outshot the Mustangs on Friday 19-11 in its 1-0 victory. P.O.W. The Player of the Week goes to sophomore forward Nicky Thrasher. Thrasher scored the winning goal in the overtime vic tory over SMU. The goal was Thrasher’s team leading fifth of the season. Thrasher leads the Aggies with 11 points on the season. see Soccer on Page 8. gS make strong Start a volleyball tradition Williams, Kelsay named Big 12 award recipients jhe No. 16 Texas A&M Volleyball lleam got off to a great start in the 112 Conference with two victories over No. 25 Texas Tech and Baylor. The Aggies defeated both teams in three-game sweeps. A&M is 9-1 on the year and 2-0 in the conference. Starting Strong The Aggies’ 9-1 record ties the best start in school history after 10 matches. In 1984, the team went 10-1 before it lost its second match, and the 1995 team, under current coach Laurie Corbelli, went 12-1 before losing its second match. With victories over Tech and Baylor, the Aggies extended their winning streak to seven. The Aggies can increase it to eight when they host No. 13 Texas Wednesday. Home Sweet Home The Aggies have played three games at home and have won all of them, defeating Houston, Texas Tech and Baylor. see Volleyball on Page 8. DALLAS (AP) — Texas run ning back Ricky Williams, Ne braska rush end Chad Kelsay and Kansas return man-wide re ceiver Harrison Hill have been named the Big 12’s players of the week. Williams, a senior, ran for a career-high 318 yards on 30 carries and six touchdowns in the Longhorns’ 59-21 victory over Rice. It was the second-most yards in school history. By also catching four passes for 32 yards, he set a school record with 350 all-purpose yards. Kelsay spearheaded the Cornhuskers’ 55-7 victory over Washington with four total tack les, two solos, three quarterback hurries, a sack, a forced fumble and an interception. Kelsay set the defensive tone 846-1 r East mm !f JTPOI i iHtflib*' 1 * a white O'* irtiotoiofl 11 t bf be discount ? ,T .tures. ^ * P hted of »n at# Sh: Jl Mingle at the TAP for Happy Hour, on us, starting at s P-m. on September 30. Evening of Entertainment Hosted by Rentsys E *P /o re the Possibilities. co Ver f-fag challenges. Cor he See , adiv,-^ 5 ^ or an 'Station for Tuec4| lt:tance at Wehner from 11' Se P tem ber 29, 11 a -m. to 3 p.m. Ct>m ha 66 What caree rs we nav ® to offer you. CRuck’s Pizza s '*-^ PIZZA STROMBOLI HOAGIES One Large Five ToiJDineT&za Carry Out Special! jymm Medium One Topping 1 ml Pizza For Only $3.99 401 693 for the afternoon by knocking down Washington quarterback Brock Huard’s first pass attempt and then forcing a fumble on the opening play from scrim mage in the second half. 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