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Shortcoming
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it a one-possession game, elected to
go for the two-point conversion and
were successful on a Heupel pass to
tight end Matt Anderson in the front
of the end zone.
The Aggies looked to put away
the game on their next possession,
when Ferguson again came up big
with a 40-yard catch down the A&M
sideline that set up the 4th-and-one
Toombs run that gave the Aggies a
31-21 cushion with just 13 minutes
left in the game. Toombs seemed to
be hit by all 11 of the OU defenders,
before dragging four would-be-
tacklers into the end zone for the
touchdown.
“Basically, we were just trying to
get a first down," said Toombs. “The
hole opened so wide, so I just hit it.”
Oklahoma would mount a 15-
play, 77-yard scoring drive that ate up
five minutes of clock time and was
capped off by a two yard Griffin run
for Oklahoma. With less than eight
minutes remaining, the Sooners had
cut the A&M lead to 31 -28.
After the OU kickoff, A&M’s first
mistake of the second half would
prove deadly as quarterback Mark
Farris’ pass was picked off over the
middle by linebacker Torrance Mar
shall who returned the ball 41 yards
for an OU touchdown and gave the
Sooners a 35-31 lead.
“Mark has done a great job this
year for us,” Slocum said. “Most
guys that have played this game have
had plays like that who have played
quarterback. It just came at a bad
time for us.”
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Jay Brooks continued his career year on special teams with this blocked
punt in the first quarter Saturday. The A&M offense scored the next drive.
A&M offense did not give up on
the game, and the Aggies moved the
ball well, riding on the back of the
arm of Farris as well as tight end
Greg Porter who caught an 18-yard
pass that brought the Aggies to mid
field. Ferguson, bothered by an ankle
injury, came up huge for the Aggies
once again, going up to get a Farris
pass over the OU defender to give the
Aggies a Ist-and-goal at the OU 10-
yard line. After two running plays,
and an incomplete pass, the Aggies
were faced with a 4th-and-goal from
the four-yard line. Farris’ pass fell in
complete, turning the ball over to OU
with 2:56 left in the game.
“Our team made some plays and
their team made some plays, we just
came up a play or two short,”
Slocum said.
The Aggies held the Sooner of
fense and forced a punt, but the Ag
gies were unable to move the ball
from the OU 44-yard line and were
stopped on a 4th-and-20 pass that end
ed the Aggies’ chances of an upset.
Oklahoma, which moves to 9-0
overall and 6-0 in the Big 12, scored
22 points in the fourth quarter, crip
pling the Aggies’ (7-3, 5-2) chances
of a miracle upset.
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The Aggie defense held the Gold
en Eagles to only one shot, and took
a 2-0 lead into the locker room at
halftime.
The Aggies would add two more
insurance goals in the second period.
Strutz added another assist when she
sent a cross from the right side to the
left side of the goalkeeper’s box that
was one-timed by junior Amber
Childers. The shot sailed over the
keeper’s left shoulder and settled in
the net. Forward Heather Williams
added another goal with less than
three minutes remaining. Williams
took a shot from the middle of the
penalty box that beat the Marquette
goaltender and rolled into the bottom
left corner of the goal to increase the
Aggies’ lead to 4-0.
The win improved Texas A&M’s
record to 18-6 on the season. Mar
quette, the Conference USA champi
ons, record dropped to 20-3-1 over
all. The Aggies move into the Sweet
16 in the NCAA tournament.
“I think we were more prepared
for the type game that was going to
have to be played today,” Starns
said. “We got on the board early,
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“The pressure now is over,”
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Cross Country
Wrecking Crew
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for a touchdown, the Wrecking Crew made sure to get
the ball back into the offense’s hands. Then when
A&M fell short at the 4 yard line, they held Oklahoma
without a first down to force a punt, giving the Aggies
one final chance to win the game.
“The thing that gets me is that I feel bad that we lost
the game when we had the ball in our hands,” said
A&M fullback Ja’Mar Toombs. “That’s the part that
disappoints me the most, because last week the defense
came through for us. This week it would have been a
great tribute to have offense come through for them.”
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next A&M finisher, crossing the line in 15th place. She was
followed by redshirt freshman Sarah Steadman in 21 st and
junior Kayci Waters in 22nd. All five scorers earned All-
South Central Region honors for placing in the Top 25.
“One thing I told the girls going in was that if they pull
through and qualify for nationals they will go down in
Texas A&M cross country history,” said Hartman. “They
will always be remembered as the first team who ever
qualified for nationals, and that says a lot. Especially go
ing from being last in the Big 12 a few years ago to win
ning the NCAA Regional.”
The Aggie men finished fourth with 159 points in the
team standings behind Chris Lee’s all-region performance.
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