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By Brian Ruff
THE BATTALION
Playing on the road in the
g 12 conference is never easy,
band alrej t for the Texas A&M football
e capabilities im, anything will be easier
d CD, Fergus an swallowing their 31-21 loss
the Colorado Buffaloes.
The Aggies will face another
[ iigh road matchup Saturday,
ten they travel to Manhattan,
, I an., to take on the Kansas
ate Wildcats.
currently can ' n,is week is a new week "
S 89.1 FM and. ^ A&M t exit ball head coach
gj C. Slocum. "We have got anoth-
gieat challenge ahead of us.”
Hie Aggies (5-1, 2-1) come
!o the game after last Saturday's
minute setback to the
olorado Buffaloes. The Buffs
turned a fumble for a touch-
iwnwith under a minute left to
al the victory in Boulder.
“You can't control what is in
epast, soyou might as well put
behind you," said junior quar-
Irhack Mark Farris. "But at the
^ i me time you have to move on.
* JL a jl have five games left in the
~ ■ igular season, and we are going
itakeitone week at a time.”
Just three weeks ago, the
fildcats (2-3, 0-3) were No. 1 1
the country and contending for
12 North title when they
ent into Norman to take on the
ooners, which was the start to
ie three-game losing streak.
let
‘‘Even on paper and on film,
they have got a lot of talent,”
said A&M junior linebacker
Brian Gamble. “AH it takes is
one week of practice for them to
get their act together, and then
they are dangerous again.”
The Wildcats are coming off
a 38-19 loss to the Texas Tech
Red Raiders in Lubbock. Raider
quarterback Kliff Kingsbury lit
up the Wildcat secondary for
409 yards and four touchdowns
to lead Tech to victory.
Farris, who racked up 334
yards in the Aggies' loss to the
Buffaloes, will look to continue
his aerial assault against the
Wildcats Saturday. Kansas State
ranks last in passing defense in
the Big 12, giving up an average
of 215 yards per game.
The Wildcats came into the
season with sophomore Ell
Roberson taking the snaps,
but due to a sprained ankle,
junior Marc Dunn got the start
for Kansas State against the
Red Raiders.
“He [Roberson] adds another
dimension to their running game
— being able to run the option.”
said A&M junior linebacker
Brian Gamble. “He really makes
their offense tick.”
Dunn passed for 197 yards
on 16 completions and was also
sacked five times by the Raider
defensive unit.
Sophomore Jamaar Taylor
Ag soccer faces
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GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
A&M wide receiver Terrence Murphy escapes the arms of Colorado’s
Tyler Brayton last Saturday. The Aggies face off with KSU tomorrow.
and freshman Terrence Murphy
come into the game leading the
Aggie receiving squad with solid
performances against Colorado.
Both receivers combined for
298 yards and three touchdowns
against Colorado.
Wildcat senior running back
Josh Scobey has had success on
the ground this season. Scobey
has had three 100-yard rushing
performances this season, and
has 466 yards in 2001.
On the defensive side of the
ball, the Aggies will start junior
linebacker Jarrod Penright, who
is leading the Big 12 in sacks
with nine on the season. Penright,
See Rebound on page 8.
By Jeremy Brown
THE BATTALION
After a disappointing loss to
Nebraska, the No. 19 Texas
A&M soccer team will go on
the road against Kansas and
Missouri this weekend fighting
to get back into the Big 12 race.
Soccer head coach G.
Guerrieri said that A&M’s
practices this week have been
intense and that intensity
should carry over into Friday's
game against Kansas.
“They are a collective mad,
not mad at each other, but mad
at the circumstances that let it
get away,” Guerrieri said.
Despite the Aggie’s 9-0
all-time record against the
Jayhawks and Tigers, the
road will not be easy. Both
teams already have nine wins
this season and are ahead of
A&M (6-3-1, 3-I-I) in the
Big 12 standings.
Kansas (9-3, 5-1) is in the
midst of its best season ever,
setting team records for wins
and conference wins.
However, the Jayhawks
have never beat a ranked
team, and all three of their
losses this season have been
to ranked teams, including a
2-0 loss to Nebraska.
“Kansas’ defense has
improved a lot,“ Guerrieri
said. “Their weapons and
attack are more fit and are
more dangerous.”
Senior forwards Hi 11a
Rantala and Natalie Hoogveld
are part of the improved attack
the
that has contributed to
team’s turn around.
Hoogveld scored a hat trick
against Colorado last week, only
the second in school history, and
has seven goals this season.
Rantala is tied with Texas’
freshman forward Kelly
Wilson and Missouri’s sopho
more forward Adriene Davis as
the top point-scorers in the Big
12. Rantala has eight goals and
nine assists, totaling 25 points.
A&M’s closest point scorer
is freshman forward Linsey
Johnson who has 19 points with
seven goals and five assists.
Missouri’s Davis is part of
the reason that the Tigers are
on pace to improve on last
year’s 10-10 record. Like
Rantala, Davis has eight goals
and nine assists.
Missouri (9-4, 4-2), despite
two Big 12 loses, are ahead of
A&M in the Big 12 race
because the rankings are based
on a system that assigns points
for wins and ties and not on
winning percentage.
Megan Duncan, the Tiger’s
sophomore goalkeeper, was
named the Big 12 defensive
player of the week last week
after earning her fourth shutout
of the season against Colorado
and holding Texas Tech to one
goal. Duncan has 62 saves and
a 1.66 goals-against-average.
“They are both really good
teams at home,” Guerrieri said.
“This is a big weekend for us,
made more difficult by having
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