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The Battalion
Page 7 • Friday, October l 1, 2002
Aggies looking to rebound against Baylor
Football team trying to even Big 12 record
ry
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M and Baylor
football teams could not be coming
from more opposite performances
week, but both are looking for
ward to the matchup this weekend
in Waco.
The Bears (3-2, 1-0) are coming
their first Big 12 Conference
win in 29 games, a streak that dates
hack to October 1998.
“It was obviously good to get a
win, and a Big 12 win,” said Baylor
head coach Kevin Steele. “I thought
team did what they had to do to
win, though there were mistakes.”
This week, Baylor will be without
the services of junior linebacker
John Garrett, who is arguably its top
defensive starter. Garrett suffered a
knee injury that will force him to sit
out the remainder of the season.
“You could tell it bothered him,”
Steele said. “But he’s a tough guy.
He understands this is something
he’ll bounce back from.”
Meanwhile, the Aggies (3-2, 0-1)
are coming off their worst defensive
performance in recent memory after
giving up 544 yards of offense to
Texas Tech in a 48-47 overtime
heartbreaker in front of more than
86,000 fans at Kyle Field.
T hat was not a great defensive
performance based on our stan
dards, said A&M head coach
R.C. Slocum. “That was a very
average to below-average perform
ance based on what my expectations
for the defense are.”
This week, the Aggies are hoping
to prove that last week was a fluke
and that the Wrecking Crew is still
one of the top defenses in the nation.
“We were bound to have an off
day and I think Saturday was it,”
said senior linebacker Brian
Gamble. “I think it’s important for
the guys on defense to come out
and perform well this week. We
have a chance against Baylor to
regain some confidence against a
similar style of offense.”
While the defense struggled to
live up to its billing, the offense
surprised a lot of those in atten
dance last week, racking up more
than 500 yards of offense and set
ting a new Big 12 record with seven
touchdown passes from sophomore
quarterback Dustin Long.
“We have a level of confidence
on offense right now that hasn’t
been matched since I’ve been here,”
said senior offensive lineman Taylor
Whitley. “That’s a long time.”
Much of the offensive success in
the last two games has been attrib
uted by many on the offensive side
of the ball to Long.
Junior wide reciever Jamaar
Taylor says that Long has done a fan
tastic job as quarterback this season.
“I think he has become a field
See Baylor on page 9
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Aggie sophomore quarterback Dustin Long hands the ball off to sophomore Derek Farmer in the
Texas Tech game last weekend. Farmer has rushed for more than 100 yards in the past two games.
Men’s tennis team sends three players to New Mexico
By Gary Livingston
THE BATTALION
Three members of the Texas A&M’s men’s
tennis team will play in the University of New
Mexico Balloon Fiesta Classic that began
Thursday and will run through Sunday.
It will be a special trip for Coach Cass as he
returns to his alma mater.
"I’m really looking forward to going,” Cass
said. “It’s going to be a special trip because I
coached and played there for eight years.”
Cass took over the New Mexico program in
1988 at the age of 23. At the time he was one of
the youngest persons ever to be a head coach at
F the Division 1-A level. In just two seasons, Cass
guided the program to the school’s first Western
Athletic Conference Championship in 23 years,
and took the Lobos to the NCAA
Championships.
Between 1991 and 1995 Cass earned five
straight WAC Coach-of-the-Year honors by cap
turing five WAC Championships.
The Aggies will be sending junior Khaled El
Dorry, and freshmen Matt Loucks and John Nallon.
Both El Dorry and Loucks saw action earlier
this season at the H.E.B. Baylor Intercollegiate
Tournament. This will be Nallon’s first appear
ance of the year.
“I’m curious as to what they (Loucks and
Nallon) can do and how they handle themselves,”
Cass said. “They are entering a competitive field
and trying to make a name for themselves.”
Both El Dorry and Loucks received first
round byes in the tournament and will be starting
action on Friday afternoon.
Nallon is set to face off with New Mexico’s
Brent Salazar on Friday at 10 a.m. in the first
round of action.
Joining A&M in action at the tournament will
be Air Force, Denver, New Mexico State,
Colorado, New Mexico Military Institute and
Northern Arizona University.
In addition to the New Mexico Tournament,
three other Aggies have been competing since
Tuesday in Chattanooga, Tenn. at the Icy
Hot/ITA Men’s All-American Championships.
Sophomores Lester Cook and Ante Matijevic
both dropped single matches in the qualifying
rounds on Tuesday.
Cook fell to Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Jason
Ontog, 7-6 (2), 6-3, in the single elimination
tournament.
Matijevic lost to Oregon’s No. 5-seeded
Manuel Kost, 6-4, 6-4.
Matijevic was named last year’s Big 12
Conference Newcomer of the Year.
Cook and Matijevic will be teaming in doubles
throughout the tournament. As a duo, the two are
ranked No. 14 in the nation, despite the fact that they
have never played a doubles match together since
coming to A&M.
Senior Ryan Newport is also participating in
the main draw singles competition.
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