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By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
The No. 6 Texas A&M women’s soccer
(7-3, 1-0) team takes off to Boulder, Colo,
to face what A&M head coach G.
Guerrieri believes could be its most gruel
ing road trip of the season.
This trip does not include No. 1
Stanford or No. 2 North Carolina like on
previous trips this season, but unranked
Big 12 conference rival University of
Colorado (4-4-1, l-O-l) and No. 16
University of Nebraska (5-2-3, 1-0-1).
“Physically, this will be our most
demanding weekend so far,” Guerrieri said.
“Even though with only one nationally
ranked team we think that this will have all
the same physical demands that we saw
against Stanford and Cal last month.”
After scoring only seven goals in their
first five games of the season, with four of
those coming in the first game against Rice
University, the Aggies have gone on a tear.
In the last five games, the Aggies have
scored 19 goals in five straight victories.
Senior Heather Ragsdale and sopho
more Linsey Woodard have sparked the
increase in offense by scoring 1 I of the 26
goals the Aggies have scored this season.
Sophomore Emma Smith has been a
force in the offensive zone, scoring the
game-winning goal against No. 15
Washington in the Aggies’ last match.
“We had a great weekend this past
weekend,” Smith said. “I think the week
end with Stanford and Cal-Berkeley and
then North Carolina really taught us a lot
and showed us what we needed to improve
on and we stepped up.”
Friday night’s game in Boulder, Colo,
will be a test of adversity for the Aggies.
Last year. Colorado climbed out of a 2-0
half time deficit to tie the game 2-2 with
the Aggies.
“Colorado we tied last year,” said senior
defender Jessica Martin. “That gives us some
major motivation to beat them this year.”
Colorado is coming off a 3-1 1-2 record
in the 2001 season. The Buffaloes only
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Senior midfelder Heather Ragsdale runs past a Washington defender in the Aggies’ game against
the Huskies on Sunday. The Aggies won the game 2-1 with four seconds left in overtime.
managed to score 17 goals last year while
giving up 33. In their first nine games of
the 2002 season, the Buffaloes have
already matched their 17-goal output of
last season and are looking for more.
“They're (Colorado) young and they
believe in themselves,” Guerrieri said. “Last
year they gave us a lot of trouble.”
On Saturday, the Aggie soccer team
will travel 550 miles from Boulder to
Omaha, Neb. for a 1 p.m. kickoff Sunday
against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The No. 16 Cornhuskers have given fits
to the Aggies in the past with their physi
cal style of play. Last season, the Aggies
finally knocked off Nebraska 3-2 in the
Big 12 Tournament semifinals.
“We go in there knowing that they are a
very aggressive team,” Martin said. “We
have to make sure we play the ball quickly
so we don’t get tackled or pushed around.
“We just have to be more aggressive
when we go in there and play Sunday.”
Nebraska is led by senior Christine
Latham who has scored seven goals in her
first 10 games of the season. Latham is also
the Nebraska career point leader with 147,
and tied for most career goals with 53.
The Cornhuskers are coming off a 4-0
win over Missouri and a 1-1 tie with
Kansas.
“They’re going to come out wanting to
kill,” Smith said. “They’re going to come
out ready to battle and we got to be ready
to go out there and do the same, but still
play our game.”
The Aggies take on Colorado in
Boulder at 4 p.m. Friday, then head to
Omaha to play Nebraska Sunday afternoon
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IRVING, Texas (AP) —
Forget actually carrying the
football onto those wide, 10-
yard patches of turf with the yel
low poles looming over them.
For the Dallas Cowboys and
New York Giants, just getting
close to the
end zone is an
accomplish
ment.
The Dallas
offense has
scored just
four touch
downs in four
games this
season. Sound
bad? Not to the Giants, who
have only three. Woeful
Cincinnati is the only team that’s
done worse.
So when the Cowboys and
hunts play Sunday, the winner
could be the team that gets to the
10-yard line first.
They’re a lot like us: They
ave tremendous talent, but a lot
0 time they make mistakes and
^•oot themselves in the foot,”
ollas linebacker Kevin Hardy
said. When they all get on the
sarne page, you’ll see how
explosive they can be.”
Maybe. But if either team
reaks out Sunday, it would cer-
, ain ,ly be a surprise considering
defe| W '" ^ a S a ‘ nst good
Thanks mostly to their
e enses, the Cowboys and
'ants are 2-2 and tied for sec
ond place in the NFC East. Both
av e beaten winless St. Louis;
eir °ther victories have been
against 1-3 teams.
The Giants have more first
owns and more yards, which
ranslates into holding the ball
onger. That in turn keeps their
°n the sideline more.
defense
making them more effective.
“They’ve kept us fresh for
three games,” defensive end
Michael Strahan said. “We can’t
be upset as long as they’re put
ting in the effort.”
New York’s trouble is finish
ing drives. They’ve had to settle
for nine field goals, with only
one longer than 34 yards. That
means eight drives have stalled
inside the 20-yard line.
“That’s what’s dangerous
about them,” Cowboys coach
Dave Campo said. “Once you
get into that range, you can put
points on the board.”
Dallas has yet to take a snap
within 13 yards of the goal line.
The Cowboys have only bro
ken the 20 five times, kicking
three field goals and throwing
two 17-yard touchdown passes.
Their other two TDs came from
long range: a 46-yard run by
Michael Wiley and a 38-yard
pass to Joey Galloway.
The problem for both teams
starts with the offensive line.
Dallas’ has been hurt, ruining
the development of a new
scheme and slowing Emmitt
Smith’s chase of the NFL career
rushing record.
“It’s just a matter of time
until the running game finds its
niche,” said Smith, who is 304
yards from passing Walter
Payton’s mark. “Do I have room
for improvement? Yes. Everyone
on the offense does.”
The game also features the
debut of new turf at Texas
Stadium. It’s the same type of
surface Dallas used during train
ing camp in San Antonio.
Prior to kickoff, the Cowboys
will have a video tribute and a
moment of silence in memory of
former star Bob Hayes, who
died Sept. 19.
Nebraska
Continued from page 7
Sept. 2. Nebraska has been flawless since, sweeping nine of its last
10 matches. The lone match that wasn’t a sweep was a 3-1 decision.
“They bring a lot of experience.” Corbelli said. “They have three
All-Americans — an outside, a middle and a right side —- so every
rotation you’re haunted by it. They’re very talented and very physi
cal. They have some of the best players in the nation.”
The Huskers were the last team to beat A&M at G. Rollie, some
thing the Aggies would like to avenge.
A strong home court advantage would go a long way in helping
the Aggies do that. It will also likely be A&M’s best chance to knock
off the Huskers, as the next match will be in Lincoln, Neb., on Oct.
26 where the Huskers regularly average more than 4,000 fans.
“Playing them at home first should give us a lot more confidence
going into this match,” said junior middle blocker Tara Pulaski.
“We already believe that we can beat them. We’re setting ourselves
up to win right now. We’ll have the home court, we’ll have the fan
base. We’re ready.”
The Aggies have won their last two matches, something that was
badly needed after losing two of their first three conference match
es. A&M is hoping the recent wins translate into momentum and
confidence heading for the Nebraska match.
“They are beatable,” Beers said. “No team does everything per
fect. We’re going to have to come in with confidence, and if we
play our top game that we can do it. We’re going to go into this
game confident.”
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