Monday
, August 28, 2000
SPORTS
Page 11
THE BATTALION
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step to elite status
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The Battalion
The 2000 Texas A&M women’s
soccer season has been nine years
n the making. The goal — to be
he nation’s fifth national champi
on in the 21 -year history of NCAA
women’s soccer.
Accomplishing that goal meant
upsetting the titan of college athlet
ic teams, University of North Car
olina soccer.
In 20 seasons, the Tar Heels
have never failed to make a Final
Four appearance, racking up an un
precedented 16 national titles. Un
der the direction of one of the
world’s premier soccer coaches,
Anson Dorrance,- UNC has only
lost 19 games ever — making Dor-
rance’s .951 winning percentage a
mark that is likely never to be sur
passed in any sport at any level.
With the Tar Heels’ dominance
over NCAA Division I, little room
has been left for the nation’s other
top teams in the spotlight. A hand
ful of teams each season are given
attributes such as “talented” and
■ “Top-10,” but in the shadow of
North Carolina there is little room
for consideration as one of the elite.
The Aggies hoped to make a big
step toward that status this weekend
by upsetting the defending national
champions and the nation’s top-
ranked team. They fell short.
Despite its shortcoming, A&M
still managed to move closer to its
desired level Sunday.
“They don’t have to just beat us
to get there,” Dorrance said. “If
they keep winning the rest of the
Aggie soccer unable to contain Tar Heels in front of record home crowd
By Bree Holz
The Battalion
After starting its season with a
win on Friday night, the 11th-
ranked Texas A&M soccer team
could not handle powerhouse
University of North Carolina on
Sunday afternoon. The Aggies
were defeated 4-1 at the Aggie
Soccer Complex, while drawing
a record crowd
of 2,794.
A&M
moves to 1-1,
while the de
fending national
champion and
top-ranked Tar
Heels improve
to 2-0 for the
season.
“We gave up goals that we
shouldn’t have given up,” said
A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri.
“UNC took advantage of their
opportunities, and we blew ours.
If we want to compete with the
top teams, we are going to have
to cut down on our mistakes.”
With 25:16 on the clock in the.
first half, senior midfielder
GUERRIERI
Heather Wiebe passed to senior
forward Nicky Thrasher, who
scored the first goal of the game.
The Aggies played solid de
fense throughout the first half, but
with 1:48 to go, UNC freshman
defender Catherine Reddick
scored the Tar Heels’ first goal of
the game.
Guerrieri said the Aggies
missed opportunities on offense
in the first half.
“We went into halftime feel
ing like we had dominated for 35
of the first 45 minutes,” he said.
“But we missed an open goal, and
we missed three other chances
where we should have been on
the back post with the finish.”
With the score tied 1-1 after
halftime, the Aggies came out of
the locker room with intensity.
However, after many offensive
opportunities in the first half, the
Aggies played a stronger de
fense against the Tar Heels in
the second half. Junior goal
keeper Angela Barker made
countless saves, but with 19:14
on the clock, UNC junior mid
fielder Jena Kluegel struck
again for the Tar Heels.
A&M could not gain any mo
mentum, and with 6:35 on the
clock, the Tar Heels found the net
once again when freshman forward
Alyssa Ramsey scored, bringing
the score to 3-1, but UNC was not
finished. With 2:39 left, Ramsey
scored once again to give the Tar
Heels a 4-1 lead and the game.
“We played incredible in the
first half,” said Thrasher. “We
played with a lot of heart. But in
the second half, we made some
costly mistakes, and they capital
ized on them.
“But, it’s the beginning of the
season, and we have to learn
from our mistakes, and that’s the
one thing that we can take from
this game.”
“Right now we’re kicking
ourselves because we know
we’re better than the way we
played,” Guerrieri said. “The
good news is, we play a 20-game
schedule, and, from here on out,
we don’t have to play any No. 1 -
ranked teams.
See Soccer on Page 13.
JASON LINCOLN/The Battalion
Texas A&M senior forward Nicky Thrasher turns the ball down the sideline
against North Carolina Sunday. Thrasher scored A&M's only goal midway
through the first half before UNC responded with three unanswered goals.
See First Step on Page 13.
Opening weekend highlights upcoming college football season
By Blaine Dionne
The Battalion
After this weekend, Saturday channel
surfing will end in homes across the United
States until the end of the year.
That’s right — college football has finally
returned from it’s annual eight-month hiber
nation and is ready to go full throttle for the
first campaign of the new millennium.
The rivalries, the mascots, the spirit and
the pageantry of the game are all back for an
other glorious fall, and after all the preseason
predictions from prognosticators every
where, it is finally time to put on the pads
and settle matters on the field.
Armchair quarterbacks were given a
small taste of what is to come in 2000 with
five “classics” last weekend.
Unfortunately, not much about any of the
games was classic.Three of the contests fea
tured — Top-15 teams matched up against
unranked opponents: .No. 2 Florida State vs.
Brigham Young in the Pigskin Classic, No. 8
Kansas State vs. Iowa in the Eddie Robinson
Classic and No. 11 Virginia Tech vs. Georgia
Tech.
You could smell the blood before the
lights came on, and so could the Seminoles
and Wildcats.
The defending national champion Noles
picked up where they left off last season by
running the outgunned Cougars ragged, de
feating BYU 29-3. The Wildcats had some
trouble early on, but were able to pull out a
sloppy 27-7 win over the Hawkeyes, cour
tesy of a fourth-quarter interception that set
up a touchdown.
The one game that had promised to be a
See Opening Weekend on Page 13.
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