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The Battalion tage 3 • Monday, July 23, 2003
Zorn tops fellow Aggie for first world title
Duo captures team world title for United States
Staff & Wire
NEW YORK CITY- An Aggie sto
rybook finish was the order of the
day in Central Park as Texas A&M
junior archer Mary Zorn defeated
sophomore teammate Amber Dawson
for the world championship title in
the women’s compound division at
the 42nd World Archery Target
Championships on Saturday.
Zorn topped Dawson 115-113 in
the gold medal match for her first-
ever outdoor world championship.
“This was pretty cool,” Zorn said.
“I don’t think it has really sunk in
yet. You don’t ever think about doing
this (winning the world champi
onship, breaking the world record)
all in the same week. I have wanted
to do this for a long time. This was a
higher goal for me, even more so
than the indoor title (which she won
in France in 2001).”
Zorn held an 86-85 lead entering
the last round of three arrows. Zorn
improved her lead to two after firing
a 10 on her first shot to Dawson’s 9.
Both Aggies closed the competition
by firing a 9 and a 10, respectively, to
reach the final count.
“It was nip and tuck the whole
way,” Texas A&M assistant, and U.S.
men’s recurve, coach Frank Thomas
said. “Either one of our girls could
have easily won. Having archery as a
varsity sport has allowed us to be
able to bring in and coach top-notch
archers like Amber and Mary and
represent Texas A&M and the U.S. at
the world level. There was a great,
noisy crowd out here supporting both
of our girls. This was a lot of fun.”
Zorn, the No. 1 seed, actually had
a tougher road to the finals than did
Dawson, the No. 2 seed. Zorn defeat
ed No. 9 seed Anne Laurila of
Finland 110-105 in the quarterfinals,
but just managed to scrape by
France’s Sandrine Vandionant, the
No. 4 seed, 108-107 in the semifi
nals. Dawson topped No. 26 seed
Maggy Masson of France 111-107 in
the quarterfinal round then shot her
highest score of the day in a 114-110
decision over third-seeded Irma
Luyting of the Netherlands. Zorn
saved her best for last against her
teammate in the high-scoring 115-
113 championship final. Luyting
defeated Vandionant 114-112 for the
bronze medal.
Dawson made the U.S. team in
2001 but was unable to compete at
the biannual event due to the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on the United States.
Dawson was on the tarmac in Dallas
en route to China two years ago when
the nation’s planes were grounded. In
a twist of irony, the two Aggies faced
off for the world title in the same city
hit hardest by those attacks in the
first outdoor world championship
since that fateful period.
With the win, Zorn has now cap
tured both the indoor and outdoor
world championship titles during her
three years as a student-athlete at
Texas A&M. Zorn will return to
A&M for her senior season in
September in hopes of winning a
sixth and seventh collegiate national
title as well as continuing A&M’s
current streak of four consecutive
collegiate team national champi
onships. Dawson will also return to
A&M to complete her final two years
of eligibility, giving A&M perhaps
the most potent collegiate compound
team in history.
Dawson and Zorn completed a
whirlwind week by leading the
United States to the female com
pound world title at the 42nd World
Archery Target Championships in
Central Park on Sunday morning.
Dawson and Zorn, who shot
against each other a day earlier for
the individual world title, teamed
with Aya LaBrie to easily capture the
team world title for the host U.S.
The trio- beat defending world
champion France 248-239 in the
championship final. The Americans
reached the final match by stopping
No. 13 seed Norway 257-233 in the
semifinals. Their score of 257 points
in that round matched the highest
team score of the entire compound
tournament and fell just two points
shy of the current world record.
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Texas A&M junior archer Mary Zorn takes aim during an event last spring. Zom captured
her first world title Saturday in New York
Williams picked for U.S. team
Staff & Wire
Texas A&M point guard Toccara Williams has
been selected to the Big 12 Conference All-Star
team that will represent the United States in the
22nd World University Games women’s basketball
competition in Daegu, South Korea, Aug. 20-31, the
league office announced.
An All-Big 12 second team selection from
Hollywood, Fla., Williams is entering her senior
season for the Aggies.
Named the league’s defensive player of the year
as a junior by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Williams finished second in the nation in steals last
year with 4.33 per contest. She was also named to
several all-defense and underrated teams while
starting in 27 games for the Aggies. In addition to
leading the team in steals, was the leader in scoring
with 12.3 points per game and assists with 149.
It marks the first time that USA Basketball has
chosen a conference all-star team to represent the
nation at this caliber of event.
“It shows the confidence that USA Basketball
has in our league to be able compete at a high level
in such a prestigious event like this,” A&M coach
Gary Blair said. “We are sending the 12 best players
in the league not already on a USA Basketball team
so it’s not really an all-star team.”
Twelve student-athletes from nine schools will
represent the Big 12 at the World University Games.
Three schools elected not to send a representative
due to conflicts with other USA Basketball compe
titions, foreign tours and class schedules. Iowa State
head coach Bill Fennelly will serve as head coach of
the squad. He will be assisted by Cindy Stein, head
coach at Missouri and Latoya Harris, assistant
Senior point guard Toccara Williams sets up for a free
throw attempt last season.
coach at Iowa State.
Blair said that competing and training on the
team will not only benefit Williams, but could ulti
mately benefit the A&M team.
“It will give Toccara a chance every day to play
with kids that know how to practice and who have
high expectations,” Blair said. “She can bring that
knowledge and experience back to us. It’s a win,
win situation for us.
“With Bill Fennelly coaching the team, it will be
a good experience for her on and off the court. She
is going to have to produce there to play, and that
will be good for her.”
The All-Star squad includes eight members of
the 2003 All-Big 12 Women’s Basketball Team.
Stars trade fan-favorite Sydor
DALLAS (AP) — For 15
years, Teppo Numminen has been
the one constant for the Phoenix-
Winnipeg organization. Now he’s
a member of the Dallas Stars.
Numminen, & defenseman
who’d played the most games in
the history of the Jets-Coyotes
franchise, relaxed his no-trade
clause and allowed a deal to
Dallas on Tuesday.
It came as
part of a three-
way deal that
also sent
defenseman
Darryl Sydor
from the Stars
to the
Columbus
Blue Jackets,
Mike Sillinger
from Columbus to Phoenix and
brought Dallas a second-round
pick in next year’s entry draft
from the Blue Jackets.
While Numminen said he
leaves behind good memories,
he also “just felt that it’s time
for a change.”
“The last year ... kind of
wore me out,” he said during a
conference call. “I just felt
that I needed a new start,
something different.”
Numminen signed a $4.5 mil
lion, one-year deal on June 30,
but also told the club where he’d
be willing to be traded. The Stars
were happy to be on that list, but
felt that giving up Sydor in a one-
for-one trade was too much.
The second-round pick was
the deal maker. Another factor
was salary relief — Sydor had
four years left on a $15.8 mil
lion, five-year deal signed
before last season.
“The length of the contract,
the ability to acquire potentially a
very good prospect with a sec
ond-round pick and acquiring a
player of equal caliber back in
return made it seem like it was a
good mix for us,” Dallas general
manager Doug Armstrong said.
“You have to include everything.
Contracts are part of it, as are
length of a contract. Everything
goes into it.”
Numminen leaves as the fran
chise’s leader in games played
(1,098), and ranks first among
defensemen in team history in
goals (108), assists (426) and
points (534). Among all players
in franchise history, he’s third in
career assists and fourth in point.
He was named the 14th cap
tain in club history on Sept. 15,
2001, serving in that role for
each of the past two seasons:
He’s had at least 30 points the
last six seasons.
While Numminen has worn
various jerseys for his organiza-l
tion, he expects a strange feeling
when he takes the ice for the first
time as a Star.
“I think it’s good that it hap
pens during the summer,” he
said. “That’s going to help me
getting used to a new situation, a
new team and all the stuff that
comes with it.”
Numminen is the second play
er Dallas has acquired in the last
week who is breaking a long tie
to one organization. The Stars
signed Don Sweeney from
Boston after spending his entire
15-year career as a Bruin.
Those additions were needed
because the Stars lost Derian
Hatcher, their own captain and
defensive anchor, when he signed
with Detroit earlier this month.
Sydor was a fan favorite, too.
A Star for 7 1/2 seasons, he may
be best remembered for crawling
across the ice during a Stanley
Cup finals game despite a serious
knee injury.
Sydor had 62 goals and 238
assists in 575 games with Dallas.
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