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Monday, November 4, 2002
Women’s swimming wins home meet
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
The deuces were wild for the Texas
Aggie women’s swimming and diving
team Friday night at the Texas A&M
Natatorium. The Aggies managed to claim
two wins in the quad meet against No. 6
( SMU (4-0), the University of Arkansas (2-
2)and the University of North Texas (0-8).
In the process, the Aggies (3-2) wran
gled in second place finishes in II of the
16 events. Unfortunately for A&M, the
SMU Mustangs carried the day by winning
15 of the 16 events.
“We knew (coming in that) SMU would
Dogs Cate.Ru^’ be tough,” said head coach Steve Bultman.
ir a talked about that (competing against
SMU) and that they are where we want to
be. We have to be able to not be afraid to
step up and race against them even though
they are a very good team. I was pleased, I
felt like the girls weren’t intimidated, and
[stepped up and competed well.”
Despite trailing SMU in every event, all
was not lost for the Aggies. Coming into
the meet, A&M put Arkansas squarely in
its sights to avenge a close loss in
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Fayetteville last season.
Last year, it made me mad,” said junior
Millie Reynolds. “It was good to get revenge
this year and show them who we are.”
The Aggies dominated the Lady
Razorbacks on almost every front, claim
ing a 197-101 team victory.
We knew SMU would be
tough. We talked about that
and that they are where we
want to be.
— Steve Bultman
Women's swimming coach
‘It was very good. Last year we went
up there and had a real battle, it came
down to the last relay, to actually beat
them before even the last event was good
... We are very pleased to have won it like
that,” Bultman said.
The Aggies dropped the Mean Green
from North Texas 201-88. It was a long
night for the team from Denton, as it was
overmatched against the more mature
teams from SMU, A&M and Arkansas.
North Texas struggled to escape from the
cellar in most every event, but at the very
least managed a consistent 9th and 10th
place finish whenever possible.
The wins for the Aggies are one more
step toward their eventual goal of breaking
into the Top 20. The win was a team effort
for the Aggies and helped to improve their
confidence as they move on toward the
meat of their schedule.
The Aggies raised the bar on their per
sonal bests for the season.
“We can have more confidence in our
racing (for the remainder of the season),”
said junior Katy Lietzau. “...(it will help
us in) being able to step up when it’s time.
Swimming this fast at this point of the sea
son is really exciting because you know
you're going to swim so much faster later.
It makes me look forward to how fast we’re
going to swim at the end (of the season).”
The Aggies will return to competition
on Friday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. against
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The Aggies came back out
after halftime and looked like a
completely different team at
the start of the third quarter.
The defense forced the
Cowboys to punt on each of
their first three possessions
without allowing a first down.
The defense would hold the
Cowboys scoreless for the rest
of the game.
Meanwhile, the Aggie
offense rallied, driving 46
yards on seven plays, but failed
to get into the end zone.
Freshman kicker Todd Pegram
kicked a 35-yard field goal inch
ing the Aggies closer, 28-17.
On the Aggies’ next posses
sion, Long found senior wide
receiver Bethel Johnson for a
23-yard touchdown pass. A&M
opted to try for two points but
failed. The touchdown cut the
Aggies’ deficit to five points
with just more than four minutes
remaining in the third quarter.
The Aggies were driving
into the OSU end of the field,
down by just five points late in
the fourth quarter.
After converting on fourth
and inches at the OSU 31-yard
line, the Aggies were one play
away from taking the lead.
However, much like the rest of
this season, the Aggies couldn’t
catch a break.
On first and 10 from the 31,
Long threw a deep pass to
Johnson at the goal line that
was broken up by OSU defen
sive back Chris Massey. The
ball was intercepted on the
deflection by defensive back
Vernon Grant in the end zone
for a touchback, crushing any
hopes the Aggies had of escap
ing Stillwater with the win.
Johnson became the all-time
leader in receiving yards on six
receptions for 107 yards bul
said he would have liked tc
have one more at the end.
“(Massey) just made a good
play on the ball,” Johnson said,
“But I should have timed my
jump more.”
Johnson’s performance
increased his total receiving
yards to 1,592.
Slocum was impressed with
the team’s effort in the second
half, despite the 28-23 final
outcome of the game.
“I thought our team showed
some great character to come
back and play in the second
half,” Slocum said. “We shut
their offense down and moved
the ball, we just came up
short.”
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Texas A&M men's and women's cross
country teams at the Big 12
Championships held in Columbia, Mo.
The men's team claimed a third place fin
ish behind Colorado and Texas.
The men were led by sophomore Jon
Lewis and junior Andrew Cook, who
earned All-Big 12 honors for their
efforts. The pair placed 14th and 10th,
r espectively.
The women also ran strong
Saturday. The women claimed
place at the meet behind
Missouri and Texas.
Senior Melissa Gulli led the Aggies with
a 7th place finish. She was followed on
*he team by true freshman Meredith
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funded out the Aggie top three.
Both teams will take to a run again on
ov - 16 at the NCAA South Central
e gional Championships.
A&M men's swimming
team falls to Texas, USC in
dual meets held in Austin
The No. 17 Texas A&M men's swim-
! n § and diving team did not fare well
is weekend in a dual meet against No.
University of Texas and No. 5 University
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of Southern California. The Aggies
dropped both dual meets, which were
held at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas
Swimming Center.
Bright spots for the Aggies included
Matt Rose, who finished the 50 yd.
freestyle in first place with an NCAA qual
ifying time of 20.27.
Rose also managed to snag second
place in the 100 with a time of 48.97,
trailing only the world record holder
freshman Aaron Piersol, from Texas.
As a team, the Aggies finished third in
the 400 freestyle relay coming in at a
time of 3:03.9. The team claimed fourth
in the 200 relay.
The Aggies will take to the pool next on
Friday, Nov. 15, when they face Louisiana-
Monroe at 6 p.m. at the Texas A&M
Natatorium.
Volleyball team rallies over
Colorado in five games
The Texas A&M volleyball team defeat
ed conference opponent Colorado in five
games on Saturday in front of 977 fans at
G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Carol Price set a career-high of 23 kills
during the match, topping her previous
best of 17 she set in the Aggies' last
match against Oklahoma.
The Aggies won the first game 30-24
before battling in the second game and
falling to CU.
There were 12 ties in the game and
seven lead changes before the Buffaloes
put the game away, 30-28.
The teams traded two more games
before the Aggies won the final game 15-
5 to move to 15-7 overall and 7-6 in the
Big 12 this season.
A&M will next play Baylor on
Wednesday in Waco.
Baylor fires Steele as head
football coach after 62-11
loss to Tech on Saturday
WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor football
coach Kevin Steele, whose team has won
only one Big 12 game in his four seasons,
was fired Sunday.
The firing comes a day after Baylor's 62-
11 loss to Texas Tech, a defeat that ran his
record to 9-33, 1-28 in the conference.
Baylor is 3-6, 1-4 in the Big 12 this year.
Steele, hired before the 1999 season,
has been feeling heat from alumni fol
lowing several embarrassing losses.
Since the 35-32 win over Kansas on
Oct. 5 to break their 29-game Big 12
Conference losing streak, the Bears were
outscored 181-21 in four defeats, includ
ing a 41-0 loss in Waco against Texas
A&M on Oct. 12.
"You can do all the rebuilding and
coaching and recruiting that you want, but
there's some simple truths in coaching,"
Steele said. "At some point as a football
coach, you've got to win. If you don't win
enough, something may happen."
The school will begin the search for a
successor over the next few weeks and
will not comment on the search or
decide on a replacement until the season
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