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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.
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