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Page 7 • Friday, September 23, 1999
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folleyball hosts UT
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H- to take on its nemesis, the
Mi sity of Texas Friday at 7 p.m.
Be Longhorns currently are
leii eighth in the American Vol-
fll Coaches of America Top 25
1, with a 7-2 record, 1-0 in con-
Be play. Texas won its first con-
3m 3 match Wednesday night, de-
.tiig the University of Kansas,
Bhe Longhorns’ two lone loss-
hot li came at the hands of second-
iked Penn State University.
ARM volleyball coach Laurie
Corbelli said the match should be
very balanced. Both teams lost their
star performers from last season, All-
Americans Stacy Sykora of A&M and
Demetria Sance of Texas.
“I think it’s going to be an excit
ing match,” Corbelli said. “We’re
equally strong, and ball-handling,
defense, and net play are all going to
be very important.”
The Longhorns return three
starters from a squad that finished
27-5 last season to place second in
the Big 12 Conference. They lost in
the Mountain Region Final at the
1998 NCAA tournament to Long
Beach State University.
The Aggies and Longhorns last
see Volleyball on Page 8.
No. 5 Aggies
look to remain
undefeated
BY BETH MILLER
The Battalion
If senior quarterback Randy Mc-
Cown and the Texas A&M Football
Team seem nervous this weekend,
it may be because they are playing
a team that just posed as serious
competition for sixth-ranked Uni
versity of Nebraska.
The University of Southern Mis
sissippi is a school that A&M foot
ball coach R.C. Slocum calls a team
good enough to be in the Big 12 and
that senior running back Dante Hall
refers to as the most confusing de
fense the Aggies will play all year.
“They move around a lot,” Hall
said. “They don’t sit in one position
and give you time to read. In one
second they could be here, and in
another second they could be over
there. ”
A&M will take on the Southern
Mississippi Golden Eagles tomor
row at Kyle Field 2:30 p.m.
Southern Miss came close to de
feating Nebraska last weekend but
lost 20-13. Southern Mississippi’s
two touchdowns in the game
stemmed from fumble recoveries by
sophomore linebacker Roy Magee.
GUY ROGERS/The Battalion
Sophomore 12th Man Beau Schmidt (middle) makes a tackle on a kickoff against Tulsa University last Saturday.
The Aggies host the University of Souther Mississippi tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at Kyle Field.
The Aggies beat the University
of Tulsa Golden Hurricane last
weekend 62-13, scoring 28 points
in the second quarter and 24 in the
fourth. McCown threw for 320
yards and two touchdowns and
rushed for one touchdown.
Slocum said the Golden Eagles
will be a difficult team to play not
only because they have a potential
first-round draft pick in Adalius
Thomas, but also a good reputa
tion, an aggressive schedule and
good players and coaches.
Slocum said despite the Aggies’
No. 2 national ranking offensively,
see Football on Page 8.
ioccer begins conference play against Longhorns
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BY REECE FLOOD
The Battalion
|rhe Texas A&M Soccer Team is re-
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/|lr fading west today for a matchup
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”)y^/ws/0'//orned Frogs.
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thorit anew coach, a new stadium and
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illion !|oach G. Guerrieri feels that due to
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wntov je anc } the Longhorns, this
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game,” he said. “There’s not many
games bigger for any Aggie than a
game against a Longhorn.”
A&M has an all-time record of 9-0
against Texas, and Guerrieri said he
hopes the Aggies maintain the win
ning streak.
“We want to continue to build on
that record, if anything, out of respect
to the players who have been here in
the past and who have built that
record up,” Guerrieri said.
Junior forward Nicky Thrasher said
she is looking forward to the game and
hopes she can help the team become
10-0 against the Longhorns.
“It’s always fun to have a rival, and
right now we’re 9-0 against them
[Texas] so it makes it even sweeter,”
she said. “But G. said earlier if they
beat us once, they’re king of the
world. We just have to go out there
like we’ve been doing every game and
play our hardest.”
The Aggies will have one day to
rest up and regroup before they take
the field against TCU (5-2) on Sun
day night at 7 at the Aggie Soccer
Complex.
Coach Guerrieri said he thinks
playing TCU will be a major chal
lenge for the Aggies. They are a very
organized team that emphasizes pos
session.
Freshman forward Sherry Dick is
player Coach Guerrieri feels will have
a major impact for the Horned Frogs.
“She’s the kind of player that can
run over you, shoot past you, she can
do a lot of different things,” Guerrieri
said. “The way TCU plays. I’m sure
that they’ll be giving her a lot of op
portunities as well as setting up a lot
of play off of their possession.”
This will be A&M’s first home
game in two weeks and Nicky Thrash
er said she is excited about getting to
play at home again after being on the
road so long.
“I’m sick of traveling,” she said.
“It’s so much fun to play at home be
cause of the crowd and our facilities
are probably [among] the best in the
country. Night games are so much fun
and more people are allowed to come
out because school’s over and it’s not
in the middle of the day.”
The Aggies are hoping for a big
crowd at Sunday night’s game. A&M
students who attend the game will
have an opportunity to take part in
some unique deals.
Since' campus cafeterias will be
closed on Sunday night, those who
show their student I.D. can purchase
a meal deal, which includes a hot
dog, popcorn and soda for only $2.50.
Fans will also have a chance to en
ter a trivia competition sponsored by
the Sterling C. Evens Library. The
winner will receive a text book schol
arship.
BRADLEY ATCHISON/The Battalion
Junior forward Nicky Thrasher dribbles the ball past a
Naval Academy defender at the GTE Soccer Classic.
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