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Page 1B • Tuesday, September 9, 2003
Morris
ill miss
est of 2003
By True Brown
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M football team was
[dealt a major blow Monday when coach
Dennis Franchione announced that senior
jmiddle linebacker Jared Morris will miss
he remainder of the season.
Morris suffered a
knee injury Saturday
during the third quar
ter of A&M’s 28-26
win against Utah. He
underwent surgery
late Sunday to repair
a tom patella tendon
in his left knee.
“It is very disap
pointing to lose Jared
jto this knee injury because he is a fifth-
'ear senior," Franchione said Monday
tin a statement. “Jared worked so hard in
he spring and offseason and played
jxtremely well in the first game and a
(half. He is one of our leaders, and we
twill look into every possibility of
extending his eligibility.”
Morris, a 6-foot-3-inch, 256-pound
inebacker, entered the season as the
Aggies’ leading active tackier with 163
tops. He recorded 14 tackles in A&M’s
[season opener against Arkansas State
[and had four tackles before going down
in the Utah game.
On A&M’s most recent depth chart,
enior Scott Stickane is listed as Morris’
Jackup. The 6-foot-1-inch, 238-pound
[Stickane has 12 tackles on the season,
ncluding 11 against Utah. He has 18
ackles in his career.
A&M’s next game is Sept. 18 on the
toad against Virginia Tech.
Two of a kind
Krambeer, Smith have followed similar paths to A&M’s front line
MORRIS
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
One thousand miles is a long way to
travel to go to college, but given the
chance to play for the Texas A&M
women’s soccer team, freshman for
ward Katherine Krambeer jumped at
the opportunity.
Coming from Brooklyn Park,
Minn., Krambeer, who goes by “Kat,"
didn’t know a lot about A&M except
for its soccer program.
After a visit to College Station,
Krambeer left knowing that it wasn’t
the last time she would be traveling the
1,169 miles south to Texas.
“The soccer aspect is awesome,”
Krambeer said, with a noticeable
northern accent. "1 liked how it's a
large campus, but it still has that small
town feeling. The coaches are amaz
ing, willing to work with you and they
never let you settle for anything.”
Krambeer is just half of the offen
sive duo the Aggies are starting at for
ward this season. Junior forward and
proven scorer Emma Smith starts
opposite Krambeer on the front line.
Smith entered 2003 with a career total
of 16 goals and eight assists.
Together, the duo provides what
coach G. Guerrieri dubbed in the pre
season “one of the fastest and scariest
front lines in the country.”
And if there has to be one aspect of
their game to keep opponents guess
ing, it is speed. Both Krambeer and
Smith run like lightning on the field.
“When 1 went to Minnesota during
(Krambeer’s) junior year, I called back
home to our other coaches and said
‘We have another Emma on our
hands,’” Guerrieri said. “They're the
front line you hate to face.”
With the departure of 2001 leading
scorer Linsey Woodard, Smith was
without a partner on the front line.
John C. Livas • THE BATTALION
Katherine Krambeer (left) and Emma Smith give the Texas A&M soccer team a double-edged scoring threat. In the first five games
this season, the speedy duo has combined for three goals and one assist, and helped A&M to an unbeaten record.
Krambeer not only replaces Woodard,
but she is another speedy threat mir
roring Smith on the other side of the
field, forming a front line that gives
opposing defenses ulcers.
Covering one roadrunner is hard
enough, but guarding two is nearly
impossible. Their abilities up front
cause so much commotion that if they
are successfully covered, the talented
Aggie midfield is there to pepper the
opposing net.
“I’m sure a lot of our opponents are
asking ‘QK, if we have to put our
fastest player on one of them, then
who’s it going to be?”’ Guerrieri said.
“Whoever they choose not to mark is
the one that’s going to cause them
chaos.”
So far this season, the duo has
wreaked havoc on opposing defenses,
combining for three goals and one
assist, including Krambeer’s first col
legiate goal in a 1-0 win over Utah.
The similarities between the two
also carry over off the field.
Smith, who is from Beaverton, Ore.
— more than double the distance
Krambeer traveled to play for A&M —
knows how it is to leave friends and
family far behind to play soccer.
“(Krambeer) reminds me a lot of
me when 1 came here,” Smith said. “I
was in awe of the atmosphere and
how nice people are, and I think she
feels like she is in the same situa
tion.”
Two weeks before school began, the
team met for preseason training, and
without anyone else on campus, the
See Duo on page 3B
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