ay, September 28, Sports 2001 JL THE" E occer on road against Tech, CU BATTALION Page 9 TS /. All shots i Call 696-83S puppies md easy t ept. 27 76*-' os Animal terpets.onj k) Labs. Fis aach. 76W ale, $50. 82- Studerl GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION man forward Linsey Johnson and the Texas A&M soccer team will Texas Tech in Lubbock on Friday and Colorado in Boulder on Sunday. \gs begin season at \uburn invitational By Maya Thomas THE BATTALION a greatswH The Texas A&M CfOSS ptioni Fee«J)untry team will travel to burn. Ala., to participate in : Auburn Invitational on turday. Head Coach Dave Hartman M the Auburn Invitational be the teams’ first real et of the season. After the iztec Invitational was can- led in San Diego and running ; B-squad members at the w/d. $395 *i' Baylor Invitational last week- ind. the Aggies have a chance rm/2br.to show their strengths in a n,oke ' ftu/ycompetitive meet. “We have a good shot of inning ... We expect it to be mpetitive. but if we race the ay we are capable of. we can allenge both team titles in AP, newTMir. the Auburn meet.” Hartman said. The cancellation of the Aztec Invitational due to the terrorist attacks meant the women’s team missed the chance to defend their 2000 Aztec championship, and the men missed the chance to repeat winning top honors at the Aztec. This week’s meet in Auburn is a chance for the Aggies to put their feet to the test against some of the top teams from the region. “There’s going to be some pretty strong teams from the South regions and the Southeast regions,” Hartman said. “That’s going to be good. 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The Aggies faced some of the best teams from the West coast and have climbed to No. 7 in the Soccer America poll and No. 9 in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll. A&M slipped one spot to No. 12 in the Soccer Buzz poll despite a close loss to No. 3 Portland and a win over No. 13 Washington this past weekend. A&M, which finished sec ond in the Big 12 last year with an 8-2 conference record, will start this year’s conference schedule against two of the Big 12’s worst teams from last year. Last season, Colorado fin ished 8-1 1 and No. 7 in the Big 12 with a 4-6 record. Tech fin ished 10th out of the 11 Big 12 teams with a 4-14 record and a 2-8 Big 12 record. The Red Raiders and Buffaloes are struggling again this year, but head soccer coach G. Guerrieri said both teams cannot be overlooked. “Any time that we play against teams that are familiar with us and we have to go on the road, it is always a difficult game, more difficult than it is maybe on paper,” Guerrieri said. Tonight, the Aggies play in Lubbock where they lost in 1999. That was the only time A&M has lost to Tech with the all-time record between the schools being 6-1 in the Aggies’ favor. “We know that it is a difficult environment,” Guerrieri said. See Road on page 10. Men’s and women’s tennis open fall slate By Kevin Espenlaub THE BATTALION Four members of the Texas A&M men’s and women’s ten nis teams will open their fall schedule Friday with a trip to San Diego, Calif., to compete in co-ed team action that will con clude with the champion being crowned Sunday afternoon. The fall season consists of individual competition by the Aggie netters in which no team scores are compiled and only individual national rankings are affected. The only exception to the indi vidual competitions of the fall semester takes place this week end when the Aggies will send a four-person mixed-combination of men and women to San Diego to compete in the World Team Tennis Championships against other schools from around the country in which the combined scores will determine a team champion. The Aggies will be joining the co-hosts, the University of San Diego and San Diego State University as well as 13 other teams, including the University of Arizona, Oklahoma State University, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University and the University of South Alabama, last year’s champion. Texas A&M won the inaugural tournament in 1999. Representing the Aggies will be sophomore Jessica Roland and senior Marjorie Terburgh from the women’s team and jun ior Ryan Newport and Alex Barragan from the men’s squad. Each team match will consist of five sets. 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