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i meni ated the task review the metr luate the comp stand trial and criminal law. ed David Aid McKenzie Hr Miller. Jr. of Jt ttee of the 0“ ii last Legislate e the qualit) di ities and de\eloc ihree appomtn •utenant governo Fulsclay, September 18, 2001 THE BATTALION Ags take down Wave No. 10 squad notches win in season home opener Page 7 By Jeremy Brown THE BATTALION satdKra rebate; < in JufyTT [roller iRtf ler defcp $203.6' 4.9 pr i. Court* 8.9 pe»t GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION Junior forward Heather Ragsdale battles for a ball during the Aggies’ 4-1 win over the Tulane Green Wave on Monday at the Aggie Soccer Complex. Herman Award Nominee Nicky Thrasher and the No. 10 Texas A&M soccer team took it to Tulane from the start, downing the Green Wave 4-1 last night in first game at the Aggie Soccer Complex this season. The Aggie’s season had a rocky start with all of their first six games either being canceled or moved. The first two games of the season versus Samford and No. 1 North Carolina were canceled because of wet weather and poor field conditions forced A&M to move its next two games versus Stanford and California to San Marcos. The field conditions made it impossi ble for the Aggies to practice on the field and they were forced to use a much smaller field. This past weekend’s games were also canceled because of Tuesday’s terrorist attack on New York and Washington. “You want to get out there and play so that was a struggle,” Thrasher said, “I don’t want to make excuses, but when you are not playing on a full-size soccer field and you’re only out once or twice a week, you are struggling. But 1 think we came back really well.” Tulane was able to turn back the Aggie’s aggressive attack on their goal for over 10 minutes but then Thrasher took over the game, starting a barrage of Aggie goals. Thrasher put the Aggies up for good with a strike from just inside the penalty area 14 minutes into the game. Tulane never made a real threat of coming back after that as the Aggies rarely let the Green Wave across midfield. Thrasher stretched the Aggie’s lead to 2-0 just under ten minutes later by taking a pass from midfielder Michelle Royal and launching a shot from the top of the penalty arc. Green Wave goalkeeper Sara It y s frustrating when we play a team who likes to slow the ball down when we like to play it quick because we tend to drop our level of play slower. 99 — Nicky Thrasher A&M senior forward Simpson was able to get her hands on the ball but could not keep it out of the net. Freshman forward Linsey Johnson scored her third goal of the season at 28:53 to put the Aggies up 3-0. She headed the ball into the the top right comer of the net after a pass from defender Jessica Martin. Thrasher got an assist on A&M’s final goal of the night by passing the ball from near midfield to just outside the goal area enabling midfielder Andrea Stams to put in past the out of position goalkeeper. The Green Wave got its only goal of the night when Kelley Smith lofted a shot over goalkeeper Esther Thompson’s hands. After allowing that goal, the Aggies shut down the Green Wave for the rest of the game. In the second half, Tulane was only able to manage a single shot on A&M’s goal. However, the Aggie attack that was red hot in the first half cooled down in the second and the Aggies could not add to their lead. Simpson was able to make seven saves in the second half and denied Thrasher a hat trick. “It frustrating when we play a team who likes to slow the ball down when we like to play it quick because we tend to drop our level of play slower,” Thrasher said, “They won that second half pretty much because we let our intensity down.” For the game, the Aggies outshot the Green Wave 34 to 4, forcing Simpson to make 10 Saves. Head soccer coach G. Guerrieri said it was frustrating for him to see the team let up after taking a 4-0 lead. “This is a starting point,” Guerrieri said, “It’s still a journey for us to do bet ter. I’m disappointed that we didn't score more goals in the second half but Tulane did well in the second half. The Aggies travel to Seattle this weekend to take on No. 3 Portland and No. 9 Washington in the Washington- Nike Soccer Classic. Ags tangle with Cougars Tipany LLC icts Corporation ■ Staff & W+r-e K The 16th-ranked Texas A&M volleyball team resumes compe tition Tuesday with a non-confer ence match against the Houston Cougars at 7:30 p.m. at the Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston. ■ The Aggies (6-1) have not played since sweeping Florida State and dropping a four-game match to then-No. 9 Stanford at the Verizon Texas A&M Invitational on Sept. 7-8. I A&M was scheduled to begin Big 12 Conference play at Oklahoma last Wednesday and host No. 22 Kansas State on Saturday, but all Big 12 contests were postponed because of the tragic terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. The matches will be rescheduled for a date to be determined. I The Aggies faced Houston on Aug. 31, defeating the Cougars, 30-20, 30-13, 30-25, in the sec- ond match of the season-opening Crowne Plaza/Rice Invitational at Autry Court. The victory increased A&M’s winning streak to eight against the Cougars and gave A&M a 30-29 lead in the all-time series since 1976. Senior outside hitters Erin Lechler and Michelle Cole led the Aggies with 14 and 10 kills, respectively. Cole also posted a match-high 15 digs iftMie victory. Senior setter Jenna Moscovic tallied 37 assists as A&M outhit the Cougars, .290 to .069. In addition, junior middle blocker A.D. Achilefu posted a career- high four aces and led the Aggies with four blocks as A&M outblocked Houston, 8-4. Houston outside hitter Jennifer Wittenburg was the only Cougar to reach double digits in kills with a match-high 17, but she was held to a .170 hitting percentage. For the season, A&M is sec ond in the nation with 18.77 kills per game; third with 17.36 assists per game; 1 1th with 19.09 digs per game; and 23rd with a .286 hitting percentage. Moscovic is ranked sixth nationally with 13.86 assists per game, and Cole is 14th in the country with 4.29 digs per game. Senior right-side hitter Brandi Mount is the team leader with 4.05 kills per game, and Achilefu is averaging a team-high 0.78 blocks and 0.72 aces per game. Houston, which has not defeated A&M since the cham pionship match of the 1994 Southwest Conference Tournament, is 3-4 overall after defeating Arkansas in five games on Sept. 8. Wittenburg leads the Cougars and is ranked fifth in the nation with 5.59 kills per game but is hitting only .198. She also leads the team with 4.14 digs per See Cougars on page 9 Wyoming grieves over deaths of eight athletes LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Alcohol may have been a factor in a collision that killed eight members of the Wyoming cross-country team, a state offi cial said Monday. Lisa Murphy, state Department of Transportation spokeswoman, said the Highway Patrol would not elab orate on their findings until investigators received results from victims’ blood tests, which could take up to two weeks. Meanwhile, a candlelight vigil was planned for the vic tims Monday night. The mood on campus, already subdued because of the terrorist attacks, was somber. Coaches were given the day off, and athletes were given the option of attending class. “Kids everywhere have had difficulty understanding this national tragedy, and now you pack this on top of it,” athletic director Lee Moon said Monday. On fraternity row, the Sigma Phi Epsilon house displayed a large banner over its entrance saying “We Love You Shane” in memory of victim Shane Shatto, 19, of Douglas. Shatto and seven teammates were killed when their SUV collided head on with a pickup truck that apparently swerved into their lane at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday south of Laramie. The driver of the pickup, fellow student Clinton Haskins, 21, of Maybell, Colo., was in serious condition at Ivinson Memorial Hospital. Haskins is a steer wrestler on the rodeo team. 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