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The Cyclones have a three-year history with A&M that is filled with bad memories. Not only did Iowa State have a 0-5 record against A&M, but it had been outscored 17-1 in the five-game series. Iowa State knew it would have its work cut out for it to keep a lid on the high-powered A&M of fense. The Cyclones surprised the Ag gies by taking on a conservative game highlighted by a defensive posture that would only advance a couple of forwards at a time. The strategy not only worked to keep A&M from scoring, but gave Iowa State few looks toward the net. The game would be scoreless through 120 minutes that featured two halves and two “golden goal” overtime periods. “They played very well,” A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri said. “They laid a lot of numbers back on defense and we had trouble breaking through. It’s hard to get through solid objects sometimes.” The match was forced into penalty kicks after the four peri ods of scoreless action. Iowa State proved to be more accurate as it got five goals past A&M’s senior goalkeeper Melanie Wilson, opposed to A&M’s four into the back of the net. “Penalty kicks, some people say, are an unfortunate abomina tion of our game,” Guerrieri said. Big 12 Conference action might be over for A&M, bufthe team is confident that its record will car ry it onto the list for the NCAA tournament to be announced on Sunday. “We played very well this sea son. We think our record speaks very well at 15-5,” Guerrieri said. “We’re hopeful we get in, but we have taken control out of our hands.” SPORTS IN BRIEF ene of the pi ■emained closed! I flower r a wall at tlil said Xerox has$| .md to ictims. pany also will pr enses of the viif nth future exper. lege cosiskthu Idreo. (alias QB Aikman leared to play IRVING (AP) — Dallas Cow- )oys quarterback Troy Aikman 'as cleared to play yesterday ifter an MRI showed he suf- : ered no damage from a blow to :he head suffered last Sunday. Cowboys officials said the re- ults of Tuesday’s precaution- iry MRI show Aikman did not iave a concussion and that he be able to play in Dallas’ Monday night game at Min nesota. Indianapolis cornerback Jeff Burris rammed his helmet into Aikman’s on a sack early in the fourth quarter of the Colts’ 32- 24 victory on Sunday. Aikman sat out one series, sniffed some smelling salts, then returned. AIKMAN Sports Page 11 •Thursday, November4, 1999 Clutch performer A&M wide receiver Matt Bumgardner overcomes injuries to consistently contribute to Aggies in crucial situations BY BETH MILLER The Battalion JP BEATO/The Battalion Texas A&M senior wide receiver Matt Bumgardner had a career-high five receptions and two touchdowns Saturday in the Aggies’ 21-3 victory against Oklahoma State University at Kyle Field. T he Texas A&M Football Team has what se nior wide receiver Matt Bumgardner calls “a great crop of talent” in its wide receiv er corps — an athletic group featuring depth and a wide variety of talent. And although Bum gardner has been plagued by injuries through out his career, he has consistently emerged from the Aggies’ gifted receiver pool with moments of greatness. Perhaps the most memorable of those came in the Big 12 Championship game last year. Bumgardner made a 30-yard diving catch against Kansas State University during the Ag gies’ fourth-quarter, game-tying drive. Bumgardner said the catch was one of the most pivotal moments in his career. “When Branndon [Stewart] threw [the ball], I thought, ‘There is no way I’ll catch this,’ be cause the ball was flying; but it was just one of those catches,” he said. “It just stuck in my hands. In my athletic career, that is definitely something I look back on.” Last weekend, Bumgardner had a career-high five catches — two for touchdowns — in a 21-3 A&M win over Oklahoma State. But that wasn’t the first time he had a big game against OSU. In 1997, with the Aggies trailing the Cowboys by 15 points in the fourth quarter at Kyle Field, Bumgardner made a 25-yard catch on third and 12, a crucial play that seemed to spark the Ag gies to come back and win in a game crucial to their hopes of winning the Big 12 South. Bumgardner spoke of his recent success against OSU and recalled each step of one of his catches. “Randy threw it where only I could get to it; it was wet, and I just tucked it into my body and made sure I didn’t let go of it,” he said. He said the reason most of his catches are spectacular is because he is willing to dive for the ball, even if thinks he will be unable to catch it, whereas other receivers might not. Bumgardner selflessly downplays his memorable catches, instead opting to remind people that he doesn’t have as many catches as many would think. “People might assume I have more catches than I do just because they remember the few that I do have,” he said. Bumgardner does have one characteristic that makes coaches nervous on the sidelines — his history of injuries. In high school in Luling, Texas, he tore his left hamstring, which he thinks may have caused permanent vulnerability in it. Since then, his career has been riddled with injuries in cluding chronic hamstring pulls, a pulled quadri ceps, hip flexor problems, at least one ankle in jury, a slight back injury, a slight shoulder separation and a bruised calf. Bumgardner said see Bumgardner on Page 12. up your ' today rector] rdered Campus delivery, ddiv- next few days. 9 i rectories, you ip at 015 Reed y. (Pleasebring part number, ccount name, on and phone 'ies should be IministratotS) pages. 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