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Page 5 • Monday, September 16, 2002
By True Brown
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Saturday night when the Texas A&M volleyball
held off a late charge by Brigham Young
University to claim the McDonald’s Texas A&M
Invitational II at G. Rollie White Coliseum.
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the match, 31-29, 30-21, 36-38, 30-22.
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really needed a match that challenged
our hitters with a big block,” Corbelli said.
“Th; things that this team offered us in a match
setting was very valuable. We had set some
goals about what we were going to do against
thc|se kinds of teams because we see it so much
in the Big 12.”
•SgM unsch struck early in the match for A&M.
collecting nine kills in the first game and fin
ishing the frame with a pair of hard hits.
Munsch benefited from pinpoint setting by
seller Lexy Beers, who tied a career high with
56 [assists.
B’Lexy did a really good job of putting the
bal where it needed to be when it needed to be
the Munsch said. ‘‘It’s all about Lexy.”
Beers and Munsch were both named to the
all-tournament team and freshman Laura Jones
was selected as the tournament MVP. Jones fin
ished the tournament with 46 kills and a .241
hitting percentage.
After handily winning game two, A&M
looked like it had a solid grip on the third frame,
but the Cougars’ Allison Larson helped BYU
take the lead after a block and two kills.
One of the things about
playing a team with good outside
hitters is that you have to serve
them tough to try to take out the
hitters. It works sometimes y but
we made too many mistakes.
— Karen Lamb
BYU head volleyball coach
BYU (5-6) mounted a 15-20 lead in the game
but had three service errors on game point to
help A&M draw even. Larson, Lindsey Metcalf
and Laura Nielson all served on game point for
BYU but could not connect.
“We had 17 [service] errors and just two
aces, and A&M had 14 errors and 11 aces so
there is a big difference,” said BYU head coach
Karen Lamb. “One of the things about playing
a team with good outside hitters is that you
have to serve them tough to try and take out the
hitters. It works sometimes, but we made too
many mistakes.”
BYU claimed the third game, but took itself
out of the fourth by committing three more serv
ice errors to give A&M the lead at 11-10. The
Aggies never trailed after that.
“To be up two games to none is a tough posi
tion when you’re playing a tough team,”
Corbelli said. “You have it in your court, yet that
is very inspirational to the other team. They’re
not going to come back and do the same things.
They will make some changes, and it’s almost
like it’s 0-0.”
A&M outside hitter A.D. Achilefu, who did
not play against Sam Houston on Friday because
of a pulled abdomen, made a loud return to the
Aggies’ lineup by posting a .520 hitting percent
age and leading A&M with 19 digs.
The win was the last match for A&M before
beginning Big 12 play Wednesday.
The Aggies host Kansas at 7:00 p.m. in the
conference opener for both teams.
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Aggie junior Tara Pulaski and sophomore Melissa Munsch
attempt a block in Saturday’s game against the University
of Louisiana-Lafayette en route to the tournament title.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — If the Houston
Texans didn’t look like an expansion
team in their opener against the Dallas
Cowboys, they sure did by the time
Junior Seau and the San Diego Chargers
were done with them.
■Seau, the perennial Pro Bowl line
backer, intercepted rookie David Carr to
set up one of Curtis Conway’s. two
touchdowns and defensive end Raylee
JBnson recovered Carr’s fumble in the
end zone for another score as the
CHargers beat the punch less Texans 24-3
on Sunday.
■Carr had no chance against the
Chargers’ relentless defense, which was
missing one of its hardest hitters, safety
Rodney Harrison, who is out with a
groin injury.
Carr was sacked nine times — seven
times in the second half — intercepted
twice and completed only six of 25 pass
es for 87 yards. Rookie linebacker Ben
Leber sacked Carr in the end zone early
in the fourth quarter and forced a fumble,
which Johnson jumped on for the only
touchdown of the second half.
The Chargers (2-0) kept the Texans
(1-1) from becoming the first expansion
team to win its first two games. Houston
upset Dallas 19-10 a week earlier to
become the first expansion team since
Minnesota in 1961 to win its first game.
The Texans were also attempting to
become the first expansion team to win
their first road game of the season.
Leber had three sacks. Pro Bowl
defensive end Marcellus Wiley two and
Johnson had 1 1/2 sacks on consecutive
plays in the third quarter.
Long before he fumbled in the end
zone, Carr had already been worked over
by Seau.
On Houston’s second possession of
the game, Carr’s pass deflected off
receiver Corey Bradford’s hands to
Seau, who returned it 25 yards to the
Houston six-yard line. Three plays
later, Conway scored untouched on a
3-yard end-around, raising the ball in
his right hand as he crossed the goal
line for a 14-0 lead with 2:03 left in
the first quarter.
In the closing minute of the first half
and the Texans at their 7, Carr dropped
back into the end zone and was wrapped
up by Seau. Carr tried desperately to get
out of the end zone and appeared to be
down before touching the ball on the 1-
yard line.
But after a review, referee Mike
Carey ruled the replays were inconclu
sive. Seau did get a 6-yard sack.
Undrafted rookie Vernon Fox, start
ing for Harrison, intercepted Carr in the
fourth quarter.
Chargers quarterback Drew Brees,
was 15-of-28 for 163 yards and one
touchdown, with one interception.
The Chargers took a 7-0 lead on the
first drive of the game when Brees found
Conway down the left sideline for a 35-
yard TD pass. Conway had five catches
for 113 yards.
Houston’s only score was a 45-yard
field goal by Kris Brown in the second
quarter to close the Charger lead to 11
points. San Diego’s Steve Christie fol
lowed with a 36-yarder to take a 17-3
halftime lead.
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