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rvin’s return in doubt
lue to genetic condition
IRVING (AP) — The neck injury
lathas sidelined Michael Irvin is
longer his biggest hurdle in re-
irning to the
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Tests for the
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in sustained
rlier this
jonth have un-
Ivered a narrow
jinal cord, a ge-
condition
it increases
ikof serious injury if he takes an-
erblow to the head or neck.
Cowboys owner Terry Jones
id the threat posed by Irvin’s con-
ion will have more to do with
ether the receiver plays football
lain than his current injury.
don’t see this necessarily as
ally being decided by whether
swelling goes down or not,”
Jones said. “Right now, I don’t
know if that’s the issue.”
The risk is the same the 33-year-
old Irvin has faced throughout his
12-year career. What is different
now is that he knows it exists. And,
still fresh in his mind is the memo-
ry of being paralyzed for a few min
utes following his Oct. 10 injury
against Philadelphia.
Three days later, Irvin was near
ly in tears as he described not be
ing able to control his arms and
legs and thinking he would never
hold his son again.
In 1986, Green Bay cornerback
Tim Lewis and Houston Oilers line
backer Frank Bush learned they
had the same genetic condition,
known as cervical stenosis. Both
retired.
“I think Michael definitely
see Irvin on Page 10.
Ags down ’Horns in 4 games
•ers’ QB Young sidelined
ir year, not ready to retire
pANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) —
re Young will be sidelined for
[foreseeable future, but he is not
ly to retire.
would like to (play again) if
lappropriate,” the San Francisco
Jrs quarterback said at a news
jference yesterday. “Yet it very
1 might not happen this season,
[me runs out on the season, so
gent Leigh Steinberg said Tues-
|he does not think Young, still
pered by post-concussion
jiptoms, will play again this
.The team and Young’s doctors
|ear to feel the same way.
Tm taking this thing to the
|of the season,” the two-time
,MVP said. “My focus right
(clearly is on my health, but I
am also focusing on my team.
That’s all I’m going to think about
right now.”
Although the possibility was
raised earlier that le would go on
injured reserve yestrday, that did
not happen.
“I’m determiner he not risk
anything more this yar,” Steinberg
said Tliesday. “He’s pobably going
to end up on injurebeserve. This
is a football injury. H was hurt on
the field and that’s vhere those
players go.”
Steinberg said thee would be
no decision on retirer>nt until af
ter the season. But he added
Young will abide by thfinal med
ical consensus.
see Young c Page 10.
BY BREE HOLZ
The Battalion
In one of its most explosive matches of the
season, the Texas A&M Volleyball Team
knocked off the ninth-ranked University of
Texas Longhorns last night at G. Rollie White
Coliseum, 10-15, 15-7, 15-8, 15-12, in front of a
rowdy crowd of 2,341.
With the win, the Aggies move to 17-4 on the
season and 8-3 in Big 12 conference play.
“The team was very disciplined tonight,”
A&M volleyball coach Laurie Corbelli said.
“They played steady from an emotional stand
point as well as from an execution standpoint.”
The Longhorns quickly gained momentum
in the first game, jumping to a 6-2 lead with ef
fective hitting and blocking.
But A&M answered by going on a 5-1 run
with kills from sophomore outside hitter Michelle
Cole and sophomore setter Jenna Moskovic.
Texas refocused to push its lead to 12-9 be
fore A&M called its second timeout of the game.
The Aggies could manage just one more point,
and the Longhorns scored their final three
points to capture game one.
The Longhorns came out strong again in the
second game, posting a 4-1 lead, mostly on Ag
gie miscues and hitting errors.
However, after an A&M timeout, the Aggies
scored six unanswered points with the help
of strong blocking by senior middle blocker
Lauri Leahy.
Texas was forced to call its first timeout of
the game with the Aggies up, 7-4. A string of
Longhorn hitting errors forced another Texas
timeout, but nothing seemed to work, as the Ag
gies scored their final point of game two on a
block by senior outside hitter Celia Howes.
“We’ve won a lot of game ones all year long
and kind of struggled in game twos,” Corbelli
said. “I think we got a good look at them in game
one and then saw what we really needed to do.”
In the third game it was the Aggies who came
out strong with big kills from senior middle
blocker Amber Woolsey and steady blocking
from Leahy and Howes.
After Texas called a timeout with the Aggies
ahead 6-1, the Longhorns came out of the hud
dle and score three consecutive points.
But the Aggies regrouped and extended their
lead to 10-5 on a block by Leahy. Three kills
each by senior outside hitter Summer Strickland
and Moskovic then ended the third game.
A&M began game four much like game three
JP BEATO/Thf. Battalion
A&M senior outside hitter Celia Howes digs a ball against the University of Texas Longhorns
last night at G. Rollie White Coliseum. The Aggies defeated the Longhorns in four games.
by posting a 5-1 lead with two blocks and two
kills by Woolsey.
The Aggies continued to dominate on the net
as Strickland and Woolsey pounded kills from all
positions. A&M had a 10-3 lead, but Texas re
sponded with two service aces and two kills to cut
the lead to 10-6 and the Aggies took a timeout.
Texas would not let up, and came within one
point of the Aggie lead, but A&M took control, and
a kill from Howes ended the game and the match.
“We started out kind of slow in the first
game, but after that, we settled down, and it just
felt really good out there,” Strickland said.
The Aggies hit only .079 percent in game
one, but finished the match at .184.
Strickland posted career highs in kills and
digs, with 19 and 27, respectively.
Moskovic recorded 10 kills, her career high,
and 48 assists.
The Aggies will be in Big 12 action again on
Saturday, when they go on the road to face the
University of Missouri Tigers at 7 p.m.
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