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BY REECE FLOOD AND JASON LINCOLN
The Battalion
It was a weekend of positives for the Texas
t&M Soccer Team as it took two wins in front of
iometown crowd. With a conference win over
\e University of Colorado on Friday and a victo-
|y on Sunday against Florida State University, the
jgies built momentum to carry them through
ie final days of the regular season.
Highlighting the weekend was junior forward
licky Thrasher, who scored the game-winning
|oal in both games.
The Aggies started Friday’s game against the
luffaloes with a high level of intensity that gave
hem a quick lead. Thrasher scored two goals with-
three minutes of each other early in the game.
Both goals were scored off a pass from senior
lidfielder Mandy Davidson. Thrasher said that
[he and Davidson had been working on timing
he pass and shot all week and both goals looked
[xactly like what they had been practicing.
“Mandy set me up great,” Thrasher said.
After the two quick goals, the Aggies seemed
[olose some of the intensity they started with and
lid not take advantage of several scoring oppor-
mities they had throughout the game.
A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri said the Aggies
fere thrown a little off guard when Colorado
started the second half with a different game plan.
“The first half I thought we came out and
played really well,” Guerrieri said. “Colorado did
a good job of coming out and changing the tem
po of the game in the second half and we didn’t
do a good enough job of adjusting to it.”
‘Its nice that we can not
play our best and still
come out with a win”
— G. Guerrieri
A&M soccer coach
Guerrieri said he was not pleased with A&M’s
overall effort.
“I’m disappointed in our intensity in the last
45 minutes of the game,” he said. “It’s nice that
we can not play our best and still come out with
a win.
Despite the lack of intensity, the Aggies
were able to outshoot Colorado, 28-6, and
managed to shut out their opponent for the
sixth time this season.
“A shut out is a big thing,” Guerrieri said. “Es
pecially in this conference.”
Sunday evening would prove a much greater
challenge for Thrasher and the Aggies. With low
temperatures, high wind and a wet field, Texas
A&M would struggle against the visiting Seminoles.
The Aggies managed to control the game in
the first half and take solid shots at FSU goal
keeper Sarah Crawford. Crawford proved to be
a solid force in the box, turning back the Aggie
offense and singlehandedly keeping the Semi
noles in the game.
A&M freshman Heather Ragsdale would be the
first to get past FSU’s Crawford, scoring in the
14th minute of the game. A&M tried to capitalize
on the lead and open it up yet was unable to score
again in the opening 45 minutes.
In the second half, Florida State forward April
Murphy found her way past A&M goalkeeper
Melanie Wilson after only 1:20 of play. Murphy’s
goal would be the only score for the Seminoles as
A&M regrouped and once again attacked.
Thrasher, after having several shots on goal re
pelled by Crawford, took her second free kick at
the goal after a foul by Florida State. This one
would find its way low and deep into the back of
the net to break the tie in the 77th minute to win
the game.
“It’s frustrating when you have so many shot
opportunities and don’t get one in,” Thrasher
said. “It was a big boost for the team when I fi
nally got it past.”
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BY BREANNE HICKS
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Men’s and
[Women’s Swimming Teams dove
into competition Friday and Satur
day in an intrasquad meet at the
Student Recreation Center Natato-
rium. The meet began the Aggies’
season and offered a preview of
what is to come for A&M.
The men’s and women’s teams
were split into two mixed teams,
Maroon and White. Maroon won
the meet and raced to the finish
with a total of 266 points against
White’s 247 points.
Men’s swimming coach Mel
Nash said the meet served as a fun
and useful way to begin the sea
son.
“When you go against each oth
er, there is trash talk all week,” he
said. “We had a nice kickoff. It let
us know where we are. ”
In the men’s competition, senior
Devin Howard finished the meet
with three individual first-place fin
ishes. He captured the 200 and 100-
meter butterfly with times of
1:55.49 and 51.03, respectively, for
the White team. Howard also took
first in the 200-meter individual
medley at 1:57.21.
Leading the Maroon team was
sophomore Riley Janes, who took
first place in the 100-meter freestyle
with a time of 46.00. Janes also
was a member of the first place
200-meter medley and 400-meter
freestyle relay teams.
“Riley is a racer,” Nash said.
“This is what he loves to do.”
First-year women’s swimming
coach Steve Bultman said he was
pleased with the meet’s results.
“We had a couple of outstand
ing swims,” he said. “We got up
and raced hard to see where we
stand, and that is all you can ex
pect.”
Leading the meet in the
women’s competition was senior
Monica Stroman, who ended the
meet with four first-place finishes.
Stroman finished with times of
1:06.29 in the 100-meter breast
stroke, 2:23.22 in the 200-meter
breaststroke and 2:07.17 in the 200-
meter individual medley. Stroman
also captured first in the 200-meter
individual medley relay with team
members Amy Osmun, Clara Ho,
and Kelly Bolton, with a time of
1:47.20.
Two time All-American senior
TVacy Evans finished the meet with
two first-place finishes. She won
the 1000-meter freestyle with a
time of 10:09.67 and seized the
500-meter freestyle with a time of
4:58.93.
“We trained really hard this
week,” Evans said. “We swam well
and we surprised ourselves and
our coaches.”
Bultman said he will use the re
sults of the meet to assess the
team’s strengths and weaknesses
going into the season.
“We raced hard, and this helps
us to determine who will swim in
the events next week,” Bultman
said.
The Aggie men and women
swimming teams will return to
competition next weekend at the
Big 12 Relays in Ames, Iowa.
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