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Tech will travel to Austin to battle Texas, while the
Sooners will be in Ames, Iowa, to face a much-im
proved Iowa State team.
Lechler Eyes Record
Senior punter Shane Lechler is within reach of the
NCAA’s career punt-average record of 44.3 yards per
punt, owned by former Mississippi punter Bill Smith.
Lechler’s career average is 44.4 yards per punt, but he
needs five more punts to reach the minimum require
ment of 250 career punts.
Lechler already is on pace to finish his career as
A&M’s all-time punting and net punting leader.
A&M/Nebraska Facts
Nebraska leads the all-time series with A&M, 6-2.
The Aggies’ 28-21 victory over the Cornhuskers last
season at Kyle Field was their first over Nebraska since
a 27-0 shutout in Lincoln, Neb., in 1955. The Aggies
have not played in Lincoln since 1972.
The Cornhuskers are coming off a scare in
Lawrence, Kan., Saturday, when they had to come
see Aggies on Page 10.
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[realistic shots at ending up in
ISan Antonio.
Only two Big 12 games will be
televised this weekend, with the
Colorado-Kansas State game at
11:30 a.m. and the Texas A&M-Ne-
braska game at 2:30 p.m. being
carried regionally. No game in
volving Big 12 teams will be tele
vised nationally this week.
Showdown Saturday
With the Big 12’s divisional
races still up in the air, Saturday’s
contests should go a long way to
ward clearing things up.
Colorado will try to keep its
championship hopes alive at
Kansas State. For the Buffaloes to
make it to San Antonio they must
win their next three games. Kansas
State would stay in the driver’s
seat in the North with a victory.
Texas travels to Oklahoma
State to attempt to keep its lead in
the South. Coming off a last-sec
ond win over Iowa State, the
Longhorns will try to keep things
rolling going into next week’s
showdown with Texas Tech.
Speaking of Texas Tech, the
Red Raiders host the Cyclones as
they try to rebound from last
week’s 34-7 thrashing at the
hands of Missouri. Tech needs to
win its remaining games to win
the South division.
Meanwhile, the Cyclones need
a win to increase their chances of
becoming bowl-eligible. Iowa
State has not been to a bowl since
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A&M heads to Big 12 Tourney
BY REECE FLOOD
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Soccer Team will join seven other
teams in San Antonio today to take part in the Big 12
Conference Tournament at the Blossom Athletic Com
plex.
The single-elimination tournament will run through
Saturday.
The Aggies are seeded second in the tournament
behind first-place University of Nebraska and will have
to win two games in order to make it to the champi
onship game.
A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri said he is pleased
by A&M’s place in the brackets.
“We like where we are,” he said. “We think the op
portunity for us to put ourselves in a position to win
a championship is good.”
The only three conference teams that defeated A&M
this year — Baylor University, Texas Tech University
and Nebraska — are in the other bracket and will not
play the Aggies unless they meet in the championship
game.
A&M’s first game of the tournament will be today
at 5 p.m. against Iowa State University.
The Aggies defeated Iowa State, 4-1, earlier this sea
son and hold a 5-0 all-time record against the Cyclones
but are still preparing for a challenging game.
“We know their going to be coming out hard, like
it’s the last game of the season,” senior midfielder
Mandy Davidson said. “We expect a very tough game
from them.”
Guerrieri said Iowa State will be a tough team to
face, especially in postseason play.
“If they don’t beat us on Wednesday then their sea
son is over,” he said. “With that in mind, I think that
we can expect them to come out fighting like their lives
depend on it.”
If the Aggies win today, they will play again to
morrow against the winner of the University of Mis-
souri-University of Colorado game. This means the Ag
gies will have little time to rest and prepare for their
next opponent, but Guerrieri said he is not concerned
about that.
“The good thing is that we’ve played all these
teams once, so we know enough about them,”
he said.
Guerrieri said the Aggies’ main concern is not their
opponent, but themselves.
“If we play to our maximum, which means of
fensively, defensively and in transition, then I think
we’ll be able to put ourselves in a position to win the
tournament,” he said.
The Aggies are coming of an impressive season
end, which included a 7-0 shutout win over the Uni-
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A&M senior midfielder Mandy Davidson works the
ball against the University of Houston last Sunday
versity of Houston the last game of the season.
The Aggies are not just playing well, but also
have the confidence it takes to be successful,
Davidson said.
“We are very confident in the way that we’re play
ing,” she said. “We had a great two weeks of practice,
and we’re ready to play.”
Guerrieri said everything the team has gone
through this season has prepared it for this moment.
“Everything that we’ve done in practice, hopefully
all of the experiences that we’ve taken from our
games, are there to help us try to win championships
now,” he said.
Like any team, A&M has had its fair share of in
juries this season, but the Aggies appear to be in
good shape as the Big 12 Tournament begins.
Freshman defender Martha Moore and senior de
fender Ashley Fendley were in and out of the last few
games of the season with leg injuries, but both seem
to be close to 100 percent for this week, Guerrieri
said.
“It looks like — knock on wood — for the first time
in over a month that we can have all of our back line
back,” he said.
Today will be the first time since late September the
entire A&M starting lineup will be able to play.
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