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By Jeremy Brown
I THE BATTALION
Sophomore midfielder
risten Strutz scored the
^-winning goal with 2:17
Jn overtime as the No. 8
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JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M soccer team celebrates in front of devastated Southen Methodist players after its 2-1 over
time victory over the Mustangs Sunday afternoon at the Aggie Soccer Complex.
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McLeod fell down stopping a
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“I did not want my last game
to be here,” Thrasher said. “I
think after the first half, every
body realized how sluggish we
exhibition games against
Australia’s Team ezybonds and
the Electronic Arts Sports
Midwest All-Stars.
George Washington opened its
season at the NABC Classic with a
win over Marshall and a loss
the finals to Western Kentucky.
The Colonials lead the all-time
were playing, and things just
really turned around.”
SMU controlled the first half
of the game, taking a 1-0 lead
into the second half.
“We were very fortunate to
SPORTS IN BRIEF
series with the Aggies 3-1, includ
ing a 94-74 victory over A&M last
season in Washington, D.C.
No. 22 Wildcats
shut down Ags 3-2
The Kanas State Wildcats
upset the No. 13 Texas A&M vol-
only be down 1-0 at halftime,”
said A&M head coach G.
Guerrieri. “We felt very lucky
that our defense held in key
situations.”
Guerrieri said his team was
leybali team Saturday in
Manhattan, Kan.
The Wildcats’ 33-31, 31-29, 18-
30, 26-30, 15-10 win moved KSU
within a half-game of the second-
place Aggies in the Big 12
Conference race. A&M has yet to
win a game in Manhattan.
Senior setter Jenna Moscovic
flat the first 20 minutes and he
let them know about it during an
SMU injury timeout.
The talk did not work though
as SMU senior forward Sarah
Harvey scored a goal 30:56 into
the game. She took the ball
from freshman midfielder
Amanda Burke and hit a shot
from 25-yards out.
“This is disappointing
because we think we have a good
team playing,” SMU head coach
George Van Linder said with
tears in his eyes. “At the rate we
were playing, I am just frustrated
that it didn’t go through the way
we wanted it to. I think we had
some opportunities.”
SMU had to upset No. 10
University of Texas to advance
to Sunday’s game. The
Mustangs took advantage of two
Harvey goals to pull out a 2-1
victory and remain undefeated
against UT. UT’s loss prevented
it from meeting A&M for a third
time this season.
“We would love to play
Texas any time that we can, I
think it is good for my job secu
rity,” Guerrieri said. “As far as
SMU, they are a real rival for
our soccer team. This is the first
time we have beaten them in
See Sweet on page 9.
posted her fifth triple-double of
the season with a career-high 13
kills, 55 assists and 11 digs in a
losing effort.
A&M (21-5, 14-4 Big 12) will fin
ish its regular season next week
with home matches against the
University of Texas Wednesday
and Texas Tech Saturday.
to run at
NCAAs
By Kevin Espenlaub
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M junior cross coun
try runner Juan DeBastos will be
the only Aggie continuing the sea
son Monday at the 2001 NCAA
Division I Championships in
Greenville, S.C.
DeBastos earned a spot in
the tournament with his sixth-
place finish at the South
Central Regional at the Texas
A&M Golf Course. DeBastos
was running the 10K race for
the first time this season and
impressed men’s head cross
country coach Dave Hartman.
“Juan ran a great race,”
Hartman said. “He ran a smart
race this weekend. He made his
way up in the pack and qualified
for the NCAA’s.”
The race will be at Furman
University and will bring togeth
er the top 38 individual racers in
the men’s and women’s cate
gories, as well as the nation’s
top 31 teams. The A&M men’s
team missed the automatic qual
ification when it placed fourth at
the regional. The top two teams
from the South Central
Regional, the University of
Texas-Austin and the University
of Arkansas, qualified for the
Championships.
“[Juan] has a great chance at
becoming an All-American
next week ... but I’m sure he’s
very disappointed that his bud
dies won’t be going with him,”
Hartman said. “He’s a real
team player.”
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