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Dame, helping the Aggie
defense dominate its opponents.
The outside linebacker spot
was a big question mark for
the Aggies coming into the
season, but Penright has filled
the position well and is on
pace to break the school record
of 20 sacks.
Penright and the defensive
squad have also increased the
quarterback knockdowns this
season. Despite posting just 13
the first two games of the sea
son. the Aggie defense has aver
aged 16.3 knockdowns per
game in the last three games,
including posting a 22 mark
against Notre Dame.
Davis continues
all-around play
Junior cornerback Sammy
Davis continues to play solidly
on the outside and leads the Big
12 in interceptions with four on
the season.
Davis also is tied for the
NCAA interception lead, as
well as being the team leader in
pass break-ups. He is also
among the team leaders in tack
les, with 3 1.
Davis was an All-Big 12
selection last season and was a
preseason All-American prior to
the 2001 season.
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By Kevin Espenlaub
THE BATTALION
While most Texas A&M stu
dents would take a three-hour
break between classes to run
home, eat lunch or watch televi
sion, A&M men’s tennis senior
Keith From takes a break to get
some practice time in at the
Texas A&M Tennis Center hit
ting balls with a few teammates.
Since he was three years old.
From has been raised with a
tennis racket in his hand by his
father, Shaw From, a former
collegiate-level tennis player at
Vanderbilt
University.
The years of
preparation have
paid off as From
enters this season
as one of the lead
ers of the Aggie
team that finished
last season as the
seventh-ranked
program in men’s
collegiate tennis.
The loss of
four-time All-
American Shuon
Madden, two-time
All-American
D u m i t r u
Caradima, Cody
Hubbell and Tres
Davis will leave a
hole in the team
that From, along
with a few other teammates,
will be expected to fill.
“There’s some big spaces we
need to fill, but I think everybody
is ready for it, and so far in
practice this season, it
appears that everyone really
wants to fill the spots,”
From said. “I think we’re
going to be all right.”
Men’s tennis head
coach Tim Cass
seemed to put
more focus on
From’s individual
role on the team.
“1 look for
Keith this year ,
— being a senior — to really
shine,” Cass said. “He had a
great year last year, and in some
ways, the baton has been passed
to some of these guys,
^ especially Keith, and I
t think he’s excited to
have some of the
r weight on his
shoulders to carry
this team.”
Keith came to
A&M after
spend-
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ing his youth in Tallahassee and
Miami, Fla., playing in United
States Tennis Association tourna
ments from the time he was 11
years old.
From won the Florida State
Championship twice before
coming to college, and he met
with Madden while playing the
tournaments in Florida.
He was recruited by Cass
and, after hearing of Madden’s
signing, became interested
enough to visit the campus and
signed with the A&M team.
From started play in the
1TA All-American
Championships that
began on Wednesday
at the Lincoln Tennis
Center in Stone
Mountain, Ga. He
played in singles com
petition and, based on
his ITA ranking, was
given a bye for the
pre-qualifying round
of action. He began
play in the qualifying
round. From was
looking forward to the
action.
“First, I want the
team to do well this
season, but individual
ly, I’ve never really
had a good fall sea
son, so I’d like to do
well in the ITA All-
American to set
myself up to be an
All-American in the
spring,” From said.
Big 12 boasts six teams in AP poll
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After another solid weekend of games,
the Big 12 conference continues its strong
run in the national polls.
The latest Associated Press poll has six
Big 12 teams ranked in the top 25, while
the ESPN-ICSA Today rankings give five
places to Big 12 squads.
Oklahoma and Nebraska stayed at No.3
and No. 4, respectively. The University of
Texas dropped out of the top 10 for the first
time this season, falling to No. 11 in both
rankings after losing to OU, 14-3, in Dallas.
Colorado made its debut in the AP poll,
jumping all the way to No. 20. The
Buffaloes’ ranking comes on the heels of
CU’s upset of Kansas State on Saturday.
Since losing its season opener to Fresno
State, Colorado has outscored its last four
opponents by a margin of 135-51.
K-State, probably the best 2-2 team in
the nation, fell to No. 24.
Texas A&M dropped one slot to No. 25
after breaking into the rankings for the first
time last week.
Sooners still booming
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The Oklahoma Sooners notched their
18th consecutive win Saturday when they
knocked off UT; they currently own the
longest winning streak in the nation.
Impressively, eight of those 18 wins have
come over teams ranked in the top 10.
Texas Tech holds the distinction of being
the last team to beat the Sooners in the regu
lar season. Tech scored a 38-28 win over OU
in Lubbock in Nov. 1999, the next-to-last
conference game of 1999 for both teams.
Running back Quentin Griffin has scored
a touchdown in six straight games and has
caught a pass in 23 consecutive games.
After playing K-State and UT in back-
to-back weeks, OU travels to Lawrence,
Kan., to take on the University of Kansas
this week.
Bonus football
Big 12 fans were treated to five extra
periods of football this weekend as two
games went into overtime. Last season, the
only conference team to see overtime
action was Nebraska, who went to overtime
before winning 27-24 against Notre Dame.
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