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! facility, omputj I. impus C is abot; ntained: mputb [ormai;. orient edbv; i servlet serve • vices i: ion, co: ie Battalion Sports Page 7 • Thursday, October 1, 1998 fexas outlasts Aggies \11-American Sance posts 25 kills to lead 'Horns BY ROBERT HOLLIER The Battalion Round one: Texas If one of the most exciting, competitive games ftho season, the No. 13 Texas Longhorns de bated the No. 16 Texas Aggies in five games: 15- 8, 13-15, 0-15, 15-9 and 11-15, in front of 2,814 people, the fourth largest crowd for a vol leyball game in G. Rollie White Coliseum history. The Aggies got off to a quick start in game one, scor ing five straight points. Texas rallied behind their All-American senior Deme- tria Sance, but A&M closed ut [he game with two straight points on an Broin junior Amber Woolsey and a block om sophomore Heather McWhirter. iSte Longhorns responded by winning games vo [and three. In the third game, the Aggies evei found their rhythm, losing 15-0. ;B\' e got spanked in that third game,” senior iBmerican Stacy Sykora said. ‘‘We all knew we had to step it up. You never want to lose 15- 0, but we came back in the next game and showed a lot of heart.” In the fourth game, the Aggies and Long horns played to a 5-5 tie before A&M reeled off four straight points to put the game away late on a powerful kill from Sykora. In game five, using rally scoring, the Aggies fell behind 9-4 and never caught up. A&M made the game interesting, drawing to within three, but Texas pulled away in the end. “It’s tough to lose in five games,” A&M Vol leyball coach Laurie Corbelli said. “Our inexpe rience showed at times, and when you’re play ing one of the best teams in the country, you really need your strongest six on the court. “I knew when we beat them in game one, they would go to Sance more and our players weren’t used to seeing hitting like that. They made adjustments and we struggled in our middles at times.” In the match, junior Summer Strickland set career highs in digs and kills with 22 and 16, respectively. Sykora posted a school-record and personal best 38 digs. Anthony makes mark at inside linebacker T he Texas A&M Football Team overcame the loss of D’An dre “Tiki” Hardeman and beat the University of North Texas 28-9 last Saturday despite another sluggish offensive performance. ROBERT MCKAY/Tlll BATTALION Sophomore middle blocker Heather McWhirter attempts to stuff this Texas offering Wednesday. Biig 12 happenings mirror Texas A&M football r his week the Big 12 Confer ence may have reminded Texas A&M football fans of ‘Bvilight Zone” episode. [ie similarities to what is hap tg in Aggieland and what is on in the outside world seem more than coincidental. Quarterback Merry-go-round Just 90 miles from College Sta tion up Highway 6, another quar terback controversy is brewing. After a rerun of the Randy McCown-Branndon Stewart switch, Baylor coach Dave Roberts might want to consult Aggie coach R.C. Slocum on how to choose between Baylor quarterbacks Odell James and Jermaine Alfred. Alfred relieved James early in the third quarter after the Colorado de fense knocked him out of the game. However, injury wasn’t the cause when Roberts pulled James earlier in the season. “Right now, Odell is our quar terback,” Roberts said. “We will play Jermaine some this Saturday. This is how we started, and this is how we will leave it.” The Streak endeth Colorado quarterback Mike Moschetti suffered his first inter ception of the season against Bay lor last weekend. On CU’s first play from scrim mage, cornerback Gary Baxter, the same player who blocked North Carolina State’s last- minute field goal attempt. picked off a Moschetti offering. The pick ended Moschetti’s string of 90 pass attempts without an interception. A&M’s Stewart’s streak of 72 pass attempts without a pick was ended by North Texas in the same weekend. Three’s a pair? Chris Cole wasn’t the only re ceiver in the Big 12 to have the game of his career by catching three touchdowns. Iowa State’s Damian Groce caught 10 passes for 116 yards and his three TDs. see Big 12 on Page 8. All in the family Junior quarterback Randy McCown came off the bench and threw two touchdowns against UNT. However, it was not the best day for a McCown quarterback. Younger brother Josh, a true freshman quarterback at Southern Methodist, threw three touch down passes in last Saturday’s loss to Mississippi. The three touchdowns were the most thrown by a SMU quarterback since Ramon Flanigan in 1996. However, there is another McCown on the horizon. Luke, a junior quarterback at Jack sonville High School, is rated by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football as one of the top underclassmen in Texas. He threw two touchdowns against Hallsville High School last Friday. AH in the family, part II Three players for A&M have older brothers who play (or have played) in the NFL. Sophomore outside line backer Jason Glenn’s brother. Aaron, is a cornerback for the New York Jets. Junior inside linebacker Sean Coryatt’s brother, Quentin, was re cently released by the Indianapolis Colts, despite being the second pick in the 1992 NFL Draft. Freshman center Seth McKin ney’s brother, Steve, was an Indi anapolis Colts’ third-round selec tion in the last NFL Draft. Steve has already started for the Colts. One other famous relation is worth mentioning — freshman out- • side linebacker Christian Rodriguez * is the cousin of Seattle Mariners’ * shortstop Alex Rodriguez. * I, Cornelius Sophomore inside linebacker Cornelius Anthony came out of nowhere to become a force for the Wrecking Crew. Anthony is second on the team in tackles, behind senior line backer Dat Nguyen, with 30. Anthony beat out Coryatt, who started against UNT last year and was the top tackier among non-starters. ‘Magic’ Johnson Even though he is not able to play for A&M this season, fresh man wide receiver Bethel John son has turned heads in prac tice. Johnson is a partial qualifier and, therefore, unable to play in games. Coach R. C. Slocum compared Johnson to Florida State star Peter Warrick at a media luncheon a few weeks ago. Injury update Junior fullback Jason Bragg is out for the Kansas game with a concussion. see Football on Page 8. Would you pay $42 fora cup of coffee? Probably not. So why pay higher auto insurance rates just because you ’re a student? If you ’re a responsible driver, InsureDirect can help. With InsureDirect you could save up to 25% or more. InsureDirect is the better way to get your car insurance. We keep our rates low by insuring safer drivers - whether they’re students or not. And you deal directly with us - there’s no middleman commission to pay. 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