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Sports
The Battalion
A&M outlasts Colorado in 5
By Pete Burks
THE BATTALION
After taking No. 7 Nebraska to the wire in
Lincoln last week, the Texas A&M volley
ball team was bound and detenu ined not to
let another close one slip through their col
lective fingers. Facing a very green but tena
cious Colorado Buffalo team, the Aggies
fought their way to victory in a back-and-
forth. five game match.
The Buffaloes came charging out of the
gates in game one with a blistering .341
hitting percentage compared to a woeful
179 for the No. 25 Aggies, leading to a
30-24 Colorado win. However, the Aggies
were not deterred by defeat in game one,
coming back to win two close games in a
row (30-28,30-28) before Colorado forced
a decisive game five with a 30-26 win in
game four.
Similar to the other four games
Wednesday, the fifth game came down to
the wire. Only with some crucial serves
and timely blocks were the Aggies able to
it out in the end. The Aggies (9-3, 1 -1
Big 12) were outhit again by the Buffaloes
.290 to .209, and when the two teams
switched sides, the Buffs had the upper
hand, leading 8-7.
Unfortunately for Colorado (9-4, 1 -2 Big
12), A&M sophomore outside hitter Laura
Jones helped put the game on ice with some
well-placed serves, leading the Aggies to an
adrenaline-pumping 15-13 victory.
“We were extremely pleased to pull out the
victory,” said Aggie coach Laura Corbelli.
“This win was huge for us, especially
because we won at home. 1 felt we came out
more fired up in the fifth game because we
didn’t want this one to get away. Laura
(Jones) went up and powered the ball, and it
really helped us slow down their offense.”
Perhaps the catalyst for the Aggie win
was junior middle blocker Kendra Felder.
Felder had a career night, scoring a career
high 16 kills with an incredible .500 hitting
percentage.
“I was furious when we lost the first game,”
Felder said. “I felt that the team was looking
for a spark, and so 1 figured, ‘why not me?’
From that point on, I just poured my heart
Page I B • Thursday, September 25, 2003
Nebraska hopes to
continue rolling
Texas A&M outside hitter Carol Price (second from
game one Wednesday night. The win for the Aggies
into it, and luckily, we came out on top.”
As for Colorado, the close loss no doubt
stung. However, on the bright side for the
Buffaloes, they picked up some much-need
ed road game experience in a hostile envi
ronment; The story of the night for Colorado
was the play of sophomore middle blocker
Allie Griffin who was a one-woman jugger
naut, recording 27 kills and a hefty .351 hit
ting percentage.
John C. Livas • THE BATTALION
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was their first in the Big 1 2 and ninth this season.
For Colorado coach Pi’i Aiu, taking the
Aggies to a fifth game regardless of the out
come was encouraging due to the number of
young players on his team.
“One good thing about youth is that young
players are too stupid to know that a place
like A&M is a very tough environment,” Aiu
said. “We’ve done a good job playing
through the middle of games. We just have
to get our kids to play to the end as well.”
A fter a wild weekend in
which four top-10 teams
went down in the same
day, including two against the
non-BCS Mid American
Conference,
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dogs of col
lege football
have served
notice to the
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anybody is
fair game.
When No. 15 Nebraska
cruises into Hattiesburg, Miss.,
tonight, Southern Mississippi
will be looking for the same
result.
Nebraska will be riding a
wave of confidence after begin
ning its season 3-0, including
big wins against Oklahoma
State and Penn State. Thanks
to the resurgence of its leg
endary Blackshirt defense,
Nebraska is giving up a measly
eight points per game to lead
the nation in points allowed,
and has only allowed an
impressive total of 190 rushing
yards in three games combined.
Led by junior linebacker and
Butkus award candidate Barrett
Ruud, the Blackshirts will be
looking to continue their domi
nance by shutting down the air
attack of Southern Mississippi.
However, Nebraska has had
the added advantage of playing
at home in front of a supportive
home crowd. M.M. Roberts
Stadium in Hattiesburg will be
anything but friendly.
With the expectation of a
raucous capacity crowd of
33,000, Nebraska should be
well aware of the danger it
could face at Southern Miss.
Although the Cornhuskers won
their first three games, their
offense has resembled “The
Little Engine That Could”
rather than a
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that steam-
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has in years
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be a recipe
for disaster
if quarterback Jammal Lord and
company can’t get it going
because Southern Miss has a
history of stingy defenses, and
this year is no different.
With senior linebacker and
leading tackier Rod Davis (34
tackles, 3 tackles for loss) lead
ing the way, there is no doubt
the Golden Eagles will be out
for BCS blood with a side order
of national respect.
Texas Tech looks for
improvement versus Ole Miss
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the
state of Mississippi, Texas Tech
(2-1) will march into Oxford to
take on the Ole Miss Rebels (2-
1) in a battle of high-octane
offenses at 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The Red Raiders will take
the field with new senior signal
caller B.J. Symons at the helm.
Last weekend against a top-25
North Carolina State team,
Symons torched the Wolfpack
secondary to the tune of 586
yards passing to set a new Big
12 record. However, as the say
ing goes, defense wins champi
onships, as evidenced by Tech’s
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