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THE BATTALION
Page 5A
o. 14 A&M sweeps Oklahoma
By Joel Hudgins
THE BATTALION
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xasA&M volleyball team was
[ghtened of was an upset loss
the Oklahoma Sooners. And
hough the Sooners may have
a minor scare into A&M, the
gies prevailed and swept the
oners, 30-23, 30-24, 30-23.
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JnBig 12) handed the Sooners
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ad coach Laurie Corbelli
lid the Aggies were not really
rhythm.
“We've had a week. off. and
e’re just getting our game
rhythm back. We weren’t as
focused as we normally are,”
Corbelli said. “1 think that
Oklahoma did some really nice
things against us. They served us
very tough. That really kept us
out of our offense.”
The Aggies jumped out to an
early lead on the Sooners in the
first game. The Aggies dictated
play leading 10-4 at one point.
They extended their lead to
19-10 behind sophomore mid
dle blocker Tara Pulaski’s five
kills, before the Sooners made a
run. OU narrowed the lead to
25-22 before the Aggies closed
out the game with a 5-1 run,
winning 30-23.
The second game was much
closer, and the game was tied 14
times. The last of those ties was
at 22-22, when a kill by fresh
man middle blocker Melissa
Munsch sparked the Aggies.
They put together an 8-2 run and
finished the game 30-24.
The third game was more of
the same with the two teams
switching leads throughout the
first several points. The Sooners
actually led at one point, 17-15,
before the Aggies went on a 15-
6 run to end the match at 30-23.
The lead enabled the Aggies
to play some of their reserves.
Backups Julia Rex, Carol
Price, Beth Skypala, Lexy
Beers and Rebecca Wynalda all
received playing time, which
pleased Corbelli.
“I was pleased we got to put
in Skypala, Wynalda and Rex,”
Corbelli said. “We got a lot of
players in.”
The Aggies were led in kills
by senior outside hitter Brandi
Mount, who had 1 1. Pulaski and
senior outside hitter Erin Lechler
were right behind with 10 each.
Pulaski also posted a career high
in hitting percentage, hitting .600.
“[Pulaski] is the type that
stresses on lots of things. This
See Sweep on page 6A.
GUY ROGERS • THE BATTALION
Sophomore middle blocker Tara Pulaski connects for one of her 10 kills against
the Oklahoma Sooners. A&M posted its fifth straight win, sweeping OU.
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The Texas A&M Aggies had to overcome
445 yards of total offense by Iowa State
and the pinpoint passing of quarterback
Seneca Wallace to escape with a 24-21
win at Kyle Field.
The University of Colorado-
Oklahoma State game also went down to
the wire before the Buffaloes pulled out a
22-19 win to spoil the Cowboys’
Homecoming. CU’s defensive back
Michael Lewis preserved the win with a
fourth-quarter interception.
UT escaped Columbia, Mo., with a
35-16 win against the University of
Missouri despite 31 tackle's by the
Tigers’ duo of linebackers Jamontie
Robinson and Sean Doyle. Robinson had
16 solo stops and is averaging 13.3 tack
les per game.
Kansas State and Texas Tech posted
the only two blowout wins in the league.
Tech used 49 first half points to drop
Baylor, 63-19, and Kansas State captured
its first conference win by pounding in
state rival Kansas 40-6.
Three teams, A&M, OU, and UT, are
tied for first in the Big 12 South division
with 4-1 conference marks. In the north,
undefeated Nebraska owns the top spot,
while Colorado is 'k £&ttie bUck. " ■
Big 12 and the World Series
Four athletes who played for Big 12
Conference schools are being watched by
millions around the world this week in
the MLB World Series between the
Arizona Diamondbacks and the New
York Yankees.
Two of Arizona’s pitchers, Bobby Witt
(University of Oklahoma) and Greg
Swindell (University of Texas), graduat
ed from schools in the Big 12. Not to be
outdone, the Yankees also feature two
See Balance' oiipage 6A.
SPORTS iN BRIEF
Basketball coach
to address student
body at Reed Arena
Texas A&M men’s basketball
coach Melvin Watkins will
address the student body at a
rally at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at
Reed Arena. Team members,
the TAMU Dance Team, Aggie
Angels and the Reed Rowdies
will be in attendance.
“With what we are trying to
build at Texas A&M, we need to
have the students involved in
our program," Watkins said.
“This is a chance for them to
learn first-hand about where our
program is at and where we are
headed. We are excited about
this season and we want the
student body to be excited too."
IOC ends Salt
Lake inspections
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - With
100 days to go, the IOC ended
its final inspection of Salt
Lake’s preparations for the
Winter Games with praise for
security arrangements.
Mitt Romney, president of
the Salt Lake Organizing
Committee, said “there is no
backup plan for delay or any
thing else" in the event of
another terror strike on the
United States.
So far, the only sign of trouble
for the games are street
protests planned by animal
rights groups against a rodeo
that will be part of the Olympic
cultural program.
The IOC coordination commis
sion left Salt Lake on Wednesday
with few if any doubts. It was the
IOC’s seventh and final inspec
tion before the games.
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