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injury-riddled Texas A&M Women’s Bas-
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the way they play, and to allow them to win a
tight game in the final minutes.
“I think we have more experience with the
coaching staff and with the gym and just the
whole environment,” Alexander said. “Two of
our new people are junior-college players, so
they have experience, and all of us have been
here for a while. Even the underclassmen have
had to play real minutes, so we don’t feel pan
icked as much in tight situations.”
Junior guard Brandy Jones led the Aggie of
fense, scoring 18 points and dishing out 10 as
sists. Jones said it took more than just her effort
to key her performance.
“I think things were going my way, but it also
comes from my teammates,” she said. “The
whole thing was intensity and push the ball and
run the floor, and that’s what we tried to do
tonight. ”
Gillom said she expects nothing but improve
ment from the team, especially when the Aggies’
starting five are healthy and back on the floor.
“I think we are going be a team to reckon with;
I really do,” Gillom said.
The Aggies open up the regular season against
Sam Houston State University Nov. 23 at Reed
Arena.
Sophomore Cole
leads Aggies with
14 kills and 20 digs
BY BREE HOLZ
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Volleyball Team
kept its Big 12 Conference title hopes
alive by defeating the 18th-ranked
Kansas State University Wildcats
Wednesday night, 15-13, 7-15, 15-9,
15-5, at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
The 14th-ranked Aggies and the Wild
cats were in a three-way tie for second
place, along with the University of Texas.
A&M improves to 22-5 overall and
13-4 in conference play and extends its
home-winning streak to 16 matches, a
record that dates back to last season.
“This was probably the most criti
cal match at this point in the season
for us,” A&M volleyball coach Laurie
Corbelli said.
Sophomore outside hitter Michelle
Cole led the Aggies by recording a sea
son and team-high 14 kills and 20 digs.
In the first game of the match, Kansas
State jumped to a quick 4-0 lead, but af
ter an A&M timeout, the Aggies quickly
tied the score with kills from Cole and
senior outside hitter Celia Howes. How
ever, the Wildcats found their momen
tum and regained the lead, 11-9.
The Aggies then called a timeout,
and a block by Howes and senior mid
dle blocker Lauri Leahy gave A&M a
one-point lead.
Kansas State managed only two
more points before the Aggies put the
game away with a block from senior
outside hitter Summer Strickland.
The Aggies out-blocked the Wildcats
in the first game, 9-0.
The Wildcats jumped ahead in game
two, 12-1, due to A&M miscues and com
munication errors. The Aggies slowly be
gan chipping away at the lead but could
not garner more than seven points in the
game, and the Wildcats came out on top.
JP BEATO/The Battalion
A&M junior middle blocker Heather McWhirter spikes the ball Wednesday night during
the Aggies’ 3-1 victory over Kansas State University at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
“I just don’t think our focus was in the
right place at all,” Howes said. “Laurie
[Corbelli] called us on our commitment
to what we were doing and where our fo
cus was.”
The Aggies entered game three much
more focused and jumped to a 5-1 lead
after three kills from senior middle
blocker Amber Woolsey and two kills
from Cole.
A&M extended its lead to 10-5 before
Kansas State called a timeout. A kill and
a block from junior middle blocker
Heather McWhirter extended the lead.
and the Aggies came out victorious in the
third game.
Kansas State posted an early lead in
the fourth game, but the Aggies re
sponded by scoring five unanswered
points due to strong net play. The Ag
gies also dominated defensively, dig
ging up everything the Wildcats hit
their way.
A&M extended its lead to 8-4 on a kill
from Howes and never looked back, al
lowing only one more Wildcat point. The
Aggies put the game and the match away
on a block by Howes.
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