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Sports
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THE BATTALION
Cornhuskers take care of Ags
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?redemeyWe were in this match,”
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happerjole. “We made them work for every point. We
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aessmajBrhe Aggies moved to 15-6 overall and 10-4 in
dtovotep league, while Nebraska improved to 23-0 and
s, said lie 15-0 conference mark. The 'Huskers remain in
ector'.cfst place in the Big 12, while A&M sits in a tie
:ned torjw third place with the University of Missouri,
the off j|Nebraska took control of the first game of the
CORBELLI
match by going on a 4-0 run. A kill from outside
hitter Erin Gibson ended the streak, and another
kill from Cole gave the Aggies their first point of
the game.
Nebraska’s six-footers dominated at the net and
forced an A&M timeout with the score at 2-6.
The Aggies put two more points on the board
with kills from Cole and middle blocker Heather
Marshall and continued to chip away at the Corn-
huskers’ lead.
Kills from Cole and outside hitter Christy Clark
gave the Aggies an 11 -8 lead, and A&M pushed
ahead to end the game on a block by Clark and
Marshall.
Nebraska again got off to a quick start in the
second game by taking an 8-1 lead. The Aggies
could not find momentum, and the ’Huskers
quickly improved their lead to 11-1.
A kill from setter Jenna Moscovic and a Ne
braska hitting error gave the Aggies two more
points, but Nebraska answered with consecutive
blocks and a kill and ended the match on an A&M
hitting error.
In game three, Nebraska posted an early 4-1
lead, but the Aggies fought back with kills from
Clark and Marshall. They forced a Cornhusker
timeout with the score tied at 4 points a piece.
However, Nebraska did not let up and pulled
ahead, 7-12.
The Aggies responded with two consecutive
blocks from Clark, Marshall and middle blocker
Tara Pulaski, and an ace from defensive specialist
Beth Weynand moved the score to 10-12.
A&M pulled within one on a Nebraska hitting
error, but the ’Huskers took advantage of A&M
miscues to end the game.
In the fourth game, the Aggies took an early 3-
1 lead with kills from Marshall and Gibson. A kill
put Nebraska ahead, 4-3, but the Aggies regained
the lead with kills by Moscovic and Pulaski.
Nebraska capitalized on theAggies’ hitting er
rors and again pulled ahead, 6-8. A&M could not
i find momentum, and Nebraska ended the game
on a kill.
“This is one of the most balanced and consis
tent teams that’s out there now,” said A&M coach
Laurie Corbelli.
Marshall and Gibson contributed offensively
with 18 kills each, while Clark posted career highs
in kills with eight and block assists with nine.
The Aggies will travel to Ames, Iowa, to take
on Iowa State Saturday at 7 p.m.
PATRIC SCHNEIDER/The Battalion
Outside hitter Michelle Cole defends against two Cornhuskers. The
'Huskers broke the Ags' 28-match home winning streak with the win.
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Clark digs a ball against Nebraska in G. Rollie White
Clark also serves as a defensive specialist on the team.
G Rollie White Colise
um is 46 years old.
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ball has been playing there since
it began play in 1975. Some
where along its storied history
that includes numerous Aggie
Musters, basketball games, vol
leyball games and special
events, the coliseum picked up some magic.
That magic may not have been enough to up
set Nebraska, the No. 1 team in the country, and
keep the Aggies’ 28-game home winning streak
alive, but the Twelfth Man spirit is still as strong
as ever in G. Rollie White.
That spirit showed in the first game of the
match, when the Aggies became only the fifth
team that Nebraska has been unable to sweep.
For the Aggies, a lot of their ability to play
their best came from the energy that the crowd
provided.
For outside hitter Michelle Cole, the pain of
losing for the first time since 1998 in the Ag
gies’ home gym was close to unbearable. Hav
ing the loss come against the best team in the
nation did little to console her. The loss hurt, but
Cole received an equal sting when she turned to
face the crowd to sing not the “Aggie War
Hymn,” but instead the song played in G. Rollie
White only after a loss.
“It was really difficult to hear the ‘Spirit of
Aggieland’ in this gym/’ Cole said. “When I
saw the Twelfth Man singing that in this gym, I
just didn’t know what to do.”
A&M’s success over the years in G. Rollie
has caused the coliseum to take on a personality
of its own, with nicknames like the “Holler
House” or “Jollie Rollie” common across the
campus. Since A&M volleyball began, the Ag
gies have won 73 percent of their games played
in the arena. Since coach Laurie Corbelli.took
over in 1993 ,the Aggies have piled up an 82-13
win-loss ratio.
But with home-court advantage so prevalent
in volleyball, the Aggies’ results are not the
most impressive aspect of their record.
See Holler House on Page 2B.
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