Sports
londay, September 10, 2001 THE
BATTALION
ardinal downs Aggies to win title
By Doug Fuentes
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The 18th-ranked Texas
&M volleyball team knew it
id its hands full when it faced
Ihe ninth-ranked Stanford
Cardinal at the Verizon Texas
Pi&M Invitational Saturday at
fc. Rollie White Coliseum.
Even though going into the
liatch the Aggies had the con
fidence ol starting the season
»-0, the Stanford was the
Tpiggest, most physical team
&M has faced.
Stanford used that physical
fttature to get the Aggies down
larly then hold off a late A&M
|ally to defeat the Aggies, 30-
8, 30-24, 24-30, 30-23 and
xin the title.
Stanford (6-1) outblocked
Ihe Aggies 15-3, and committed
H>nly eight hitting errors in the
Hnatch with a hitting percentage
■>f .367.
, The Aggies meanwhile
Biever got on track, committing
Hi whopping 42 errors and hit-
Hing only .157.
j ‘*We had a hard time as a
Hearn in getting going.” said
H\&M volleyball coach Laurie
H'orbelli. “1 thought we ended
Hp doing some nice things
Hrffensively that we hadn’t been
Hble to do earlier in the match.
‘‘And that was really the
Hug difference. If we could
Have just stayed on that roll, I
|§lnnk things could have turned
ut differently.”
A&M could not get going in
piame one as Stanford made its
presence known from the get-go.
The Cardinal put five points
Han the board before a kill by
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A&M senior outside hitter Erin
Lechler made it a 5-1 game.
The Cardinal would not be
slowed as they scored 20 of the
next 30 points to give them
their biggest lead at 25-11.
A&M pushed it to 26-16, but
could not get any closer as
Stanford closed out the game.
Stanford was nearly perfect
in game one as they had no
attack errors and hit .462. U.S.
Olympian Logan Tom recorded
seven of her match high 21 kills
in game one for the Cardinal.
Game two was a bit tighter
as Aggies kept close to the
Cardinal. A&M pulled to with
in 13-12 on a kill by senior out
side hitter Michelle Cole, but
could not pull any closer as
Stanford held strong to take a
two game to none lead.
The Aggies came to life in
game three and took advantage
of their freshman on a hot
streak to take the game.
Freshman middle blocker
Melissa Munsch notched eight
kills and the Aggies hit .333 as
they won the game.
A&M could not keep the
momentum going into game
four as Stanford rallied to put
away the Aggies. A&M seemed
poised to send the match to a
game five as a kill by Cole gave
A&M a 7-3 lead.
A&M hitting errors kept
Stanford in the game and an
error by senior outside hitter
Brandi Mount gave the Cardinal
a 13-12 lead they would not
relinquish. The match ended in
fitting fashion when Stanford’s
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STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
Freshman middle blocker Melissa Munsch and senior outside hitter Erin Lechler attempt to block a Stanford
spike during the Aggies’ loss to the Cardinal on Saturday afternoon at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Johnson suffers
injured spleen
Senior wide receiver Bethel
Johnson spent
Thursday night
in a Laramie,
Wyo., hospital
after suffering a
bruised spleen
during Texas
A&M's 28-20
Wyoming.
Johnson, a
Corsicana, Texas,
College Station on Friday after
spending the night at the hospi
tal for observation.
The injury occured when
Johnson was hit in the midsec
tion after one of his six recep
tions against the Cowboys.
Johnson, one of the Aggies’
most consistent receivers, has
made at least one reception in
every regular season game he
has played in.
Aggie competes
in Goodwill Games
Texas A&M sophomore diver
Marie-Eve Marleau represented
Canada on Friday and Saturday
in the Goodwill Games, held this
year in Brisbane, Australia.
On Friday, Marleau teamed
with fellow Canadian Myriam
Boileau to finish sixth in the
women’s 10-meter synchro
nized platform competition,
earning a score of 261.81.
China won the gold with a score
of 315.36.
Marleau also earned 10th
place in the 10-meter platform
event on Saturday.
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