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Page 5 • Friday, October 2, 1998
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BY AL LAZARUS
The Battalion
After nearly a year-long hiatus,
e Texas A&M Football Team re
ined its game of musical quar-
backs last Saturday against UNT,
d when the music stopped,
ndy McCown ended up as the
gies’ starter.
â–  this weekend, at least.
junior from Jacksonville,
â–  will lead the Aggies (3-1, 0-
iijto Memorial Stadium in
(iBnce, Kan., Saturday at 11:30
n. lo take on the Kansas Jay-
tvkl (2-2, 0-2).
MoCown’s last start came last
ison against Texas Tech, when
he completed two of eight passes
for seven yards before being re
placed by Branndon Stewart.
“I’m a lot more relaxed this
year,” McCown said. “I’ve
learned to just go out there and
have fun.”
Texas A&M offensive coordina
tor Steve Kragthorpe said Mc
Cown was in a difficult situation
in last season’s game against the
Red Raiders.
“Randy felt like he had the
weight of it all on his shoulders and
had to have instantaneous success,
and there were not exactly ideal
weather conditions in Lubbock
that day,” Kragthorpe said.
Against UNT last Saturday, Mc
Cown said he was relaxed when
he replaced Stewart, and his num
bers reflected that as he complet
ed 11 of 13 passes for 167 yards
and two touchdowns.
“When they brought me in off
the bench, the guys were looking
to see how I reacted,” McCown
Brandon Bollom/Thi Battalion
Senior running back Sirr Parker gains yardage against the University of
North Texas in last Saturday’s 28-9 A&M win. A&M plays Kansas Saturday.
Women’s golf plays
at Big 12 Fall Preview
BY GRANT HAWKINS
The Battalion
said. “I came in calm and collect
ed, and I think they thought, ‘Al
right, this guy’s going to take us
where we need to go.’”
McCown is faced with the task
of reviving an anemic Aggie of
fense that has not scored more than
28 points in a game this season.
see Football on Page 8.
In the game of golf, the saying is,
“You drive for show, and you putt for
dough. ” For the Texas A&M Women’s
Golf Team, last week’s inaugural tour
nament backed up that statement.
“We hit the ball good all three
days,” A&M coach Jeanne Suther
land said. “We just didn’t score
with the putters until the third day.”
The 12th-ranked Aggies finished
12th at the Jones Intercable/Dick
McGuire Invitational last week in
Albuquerque, N.M.
They finished on a positive note,
firing a final round score of 304.
The Aggies hope that good finish
will be a precedent of things to
come this weekend as they compete
in the Big 12 Fall Preview at the Cir
cle C Ranch Golf Club in Austin.
The Aggies finished second in
Austin last year and were runners-
up at the inaugural Big 12 Fall Pre
view in 1996.
Representing the Aggies in
Austin will be junior Anna Becker,
sophomore Mimi Epps, sophomore
Marta Ostos, freshman Anna Jons-
son and freshman Jennifer Cates.
Becker finished third last year at
the Big 12 Fall Preview after card
ing a three-round total of 227.
Cates is a redshirt freshman
from Woodinville, Wash., who will
be making her collegiate debut in
Austin this weekend.
The tournament will be a 54-hole
event, consisting of 36 holes Satur
day followed by 18 holes Sunday.
The Aggies are joining a Big 12
field that includes No. 9 Texas and the
defending champions. No. 13 Okla
homa State. The Longhorns finished
four strokes behind the Aggies last
year at the Big 12 Championships.
ioccer team travels to No. 19 Nebraska
Harriers get first glimpse of Big 12 title contenders
lsril , : | BY DOUG SHILLING
The Battalion
Th| only thing harder than get-
g to the top is staying there.
For the Texas A&M Soccer
imi last season marked its ar-
al at the summit.
team not only claimed its
;t Big 12 Conference Champi-
ihip, but the school’s first in
l 1 -^' / sport.
sow the Aggies have to fight to
ioltflpt the position they have
nil; cited.
isfontfhe Aggies start defending their
,12 Conference title on the road
an(lfc|apair of games this weekend.
Wir â– ey kick things off Friday night
ii/iifxHa game against the 19th-
Haw Jted University of Nebraska
Cornhuskers at 7 p.m. in Nebraska
at the Abbott Sports Complex.
A&M is coming off a tough part
of its schedule with losses in two of
their last three games, being
outscored 5-2.
Despite the mini-slump, A&M
Soccer coach G. Guerrieri said he is
pleased with the team’s perfor
mance over this stretch.
“I think the team has played
very good,” Guerrieri said. “We are
not losing to bad teams. We played
two teams in the top 10 and one
team that just tied the co-No. 1
team in the country.
“The key is to not emphasize
the losses. I could have set up an
easier schedule, but that would
not have been beneficial to the
team. It has prepared us for the
rest of the season.”
The first game against Nebras
ka should provide a stern test for
the Aggies.
The ‘Huskers enter the game rid
ing a four-game winning streak and
a 6-2-1 record, 1-0 in Big 12 play.
En route to winning the Big 12
last year, the Aggies defeated the
Cornhuskers twice, including the
Big 12 Tournament Title Game.
Despite this fact, Guerrieri said
the Cornhuskers will give the Ag
gies all they can handle.
“Although they are basically the
same team from last year, they are
much bigger and faster than we are,”
he said. “They are also a very phys
ical, ball-winning team.
see Soccer on Page 8.
BY TOM KENNEDY
The Battalion
With only two meets left be
fore the Big 12 Championships,
the Texas A&M Men’s and
Women’s Cross Country Teams
still have a lot to prove.
The third South Central Re
gion Coaches’ Poll, released
Wednesday, continues to be un
kind to the Aggies even though
they have fared well in every
meet this season.
The men moved up one spot
to No. 11, and the women
dropped to No. 9.
Coach Dave Hartman said he
feels the teams are not being
slighted, but they are just being
overlooked by regional coaches.
“A lot of people are voting with
out researching all the schools in
the district,” Hartman said.
Hartman also has the respon
sibility of rounding out a seven
man and seven woman team
from a roster of 42 runners.
The top five on each squad ap
pear to be solidified, but the rest of
the spots are up for grabs, espe
cially on the women’s side.
Hartman’s solution for giving
his runners a shot at the varsity
teams without having a weaker
showing against strong competi
tion is simple — run two meets.
On Oct. 3, the varsity squads
will be in Stillwater, Okla., facing
nationally-ranked competition for
the first time this season.
On the men’s side, national ti
tle contenders Arkansas and Okla
homa State will fend for the team
title along with Washington’s tra
ditionally strong program.
The Aggies will get their first
glimpse of Big 12 individual-title
contender Brian Young of Okla
homa State and 1998 NCAA
1500-meter champion Seneca
Lassiter of Arkansas.
Hartman expects the national
ly ranked competition to be an
eye-opener for the men.
“It’s a fast race, and I think it
will be good experience since we
have such a young team,” Hart
man said.
see Harriers on Page 8.
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