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Friday, October 10, 2003
SPORTS
THE BATTALION
A&M soccer team reaps benefits
of recruiting, hosts Tech tonight
Detective: Accuser said Kobe
attacked her from behind
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
For Texas A&M to remain in the elite
of women’s college soccer, it must con
tinue to recruit the best of the best from
not just Texas, but from all over the
nation.
A good place to start is with Aggie
freshmen Linda Pierson and Kat
Krambeer, former members of the Under-
17 United States National Team.
“I think they were there because
they both were identified as extraordi
nary players,” said A&M coach G.
Guerrieri. “If anything I think it gives
them confidence to know that they are
an elite level player.”
Pierson, a defender from Missouri
City, Texas, stayed closer to home to
play for A&M. Both her brother John
and uncle Carl Grulich played football
for the Aggies.
Pierson plays with plenty of poise and
has made good decisions under fire dur
ing the season as she has taken over the
middle back position left vacant by last
season’s captain, Jessica Martin.
“I was more adjusted to the speed of
play (from playing with the U-17 U.S.
team),” Pierson said. “When you get to
that higher level it’s a lot faster than club.”
Krambeer, a forward from Minnesota,
has already made an impact as half of one
of the fastest forward duos in the country,
along with junior forward Emma Smith.
Krambeer has scored four goals for the
No. 5 Aggies this season, including two
game winners.
“The (U-17 U.S.) coaches expect a lot
from you,” Krambeer said. “A lot of them
are college coaches and the general high
er level of competition contributed to it.”
The Aggies (8-1-2, 1-0-2 Big 12) are
counting on Krambeer, among others, to
increase the A&M goal production in the
second half of the season. Scoring goals
seems to be the one thing lacking in an
otherwise strong season. Despite outscor-
ing opponents 25-5 on the year, one goal
on 28 shots in two ties against Oklahoma
State and Kansas has the Aggies looking
By Tim Dahlberg
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>haron Aeschbach •THE BATTALK
Texas A&M forward Kat Krambeer plays the ball during A&M's game with North
Carolina on Sept. 14. The Aggies play Texas Tech and Baylor at home this weekend.
up in the Big 12 standings for the first
time in almost two seasons.
“I think more than just finishing is the
opportunity to finish,” Smith said. “Not
only are we not scoring goals, but we’re
not getting into position. We should have
at least 15 to 20 shots a game, and I’d
guess we have six to seven. I think you’re
supposed to score one in every eight
shots, so if we’re just getting six to seven
shots a game, that’s not good enough.”
With Texas Tech (2-7-1, 1-3) visiting
A&M tonight, the Aggies will be looking
to increase their goal-scoring opportu-
nites against a Red Raider team that has
allowed 25 goals this season.
“We have to try to work on serving the
ball to the strengths of our attacking play
ers,” Guerrieri said. “Our attacking play
ers are built for speed, so we need to play
to that strength, and the bottom line is
when our players step in to take shots
they need to hit the target.”
Krambeer figures to be in the scoring
mix for the Aggies the rest of the way,
and A&M will have Pierson and the
wall-like Aggie defense holding oppo
nents to few chances. The Aggies can
thank the U-17 U.S. National Team for
getting them ready to step right in and
make an impact for A&M.
“The experiences it gives them is
playing against the best in the world,”
Guenieri said. “Having the experience
of competing and being successful
against the best players in the world is
what we want to transfer over for us.”
The Aggies play Texas Tech tonight
at 7 p.m.
EAGLE, Colo. — The woman who
accused Kobe Bryant of rape told police
a flirtatious encounter quickly turned
ugly when he grabbed her by the neck,
bent her over a chair and attacked her
from behind, repeatedly asking, “You’re
not going to tell anyone, right?”
The 19-year-old woman was raped
after agreeing to go to Bryant’s suite
at the resort where she worked, Eagle
County Sheriff’s Detective Doug
Winters testified Thursday at a prelim
inary hearing to determine whether
Bryant will stand trial.
Winters described in graphic detail
for a packed courtroom how the woman
said she excitedly met the Los Angeles
Lakers’ star in the lobby but left the
hotel in tears after a vicious attack.
It began with a tour of the resort on
June 30 that led to some flirting. She
went back to Bryant’s room and
showed him a tattoo on her back, then
turned down his request to join him in
the hot tub, Winters said.
Her shift at the front desk was end
ing and she wanted to go home, he
said. “She stated she was starting to
feel a bit uncomfortable.”
She stood up to leave and Bryant
gave her a hug that led to some con
sensual kissing. Winters said.
When she turned around to go,
Bryant grabbed her by the neck from
behind, pulled up her skirt and raped
her against a chair. Winters said. She
told investigators she told Bryant “no”
at least twice, before bursting into teais
as the five-minute attack went on.
During and after the rape, he said,
Bryant kept asking, “You’re are noi
going to tell anyone, right?” She s
she agreed at one point.
“She didn’t want him to conn
more physical harm to her,” Winten
said.
The woman said that Bryant forced
her to kiss his penis after the attach
Winters testified. He said a nurse who
examined the woman later at a hospi
tal found injuries consistent with a
sexual assault.
The prosecution presented p
graphs showing injuries to the victim,
including one of a bruise on her jaw.
Defense attorney Pamela Mackey
suggested Winters had no idea
the bruise occurred. He said a nurse
told him it came during the attack
As the detective testified, the 25-
year-old Bryant stared at him stone
faced, occasionally clenching his jaw
He faces up to life in prison if convict
ed of a felony charge of sexual assault,
Legal experts had expected the
defense to waive the hearing and head
straight to trial rather than allow pros
ecutors to lay out their case publicly
for the first time.
“The only reason the defense would
choose to go ahead with a preliminaiy
hearing when it doesn’t have to is it
believes — given the minimal amount
of evidence the prosecution is going to
be putting on — it may gain more by
cross-examining those witnesses,”said
Stan Goldman, a professor at the
Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
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Volume 11
Volleyball
Continued from page 7
of the year, by sophomore Ash lie
McWee with 15 kills; she is third on
the team in kills this season behind
junior Brittany Dalager, who leads
with 3.39 per game, and senior Renae
Pruess. Dalager also leads the
Cyclones in digs per game, racking up
an average of 3.35.
“I think one good thing is that
we’ve had some real balance, our out
side hitters have been pretty equal in
kills. That’s been really important,”
Crum said.
The Cyclones will be trying to defeat
the Aggies for the first time since 1989
when they take the court Saturday, The
stretch includes a 0-14 record against
A&M in conference play.
“A&M has had great tradition in
the program and our kids in the past
have expected to compete against
them,” Crum said.
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1218 Ettle St., Bryan (corner of Coulter)
775-4362
Pastor Bill Davis
English - 11:30 am
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Bethel Temple Assembly of God
2608 Villa Maria,
Bryan
776-4835
Sunday Worship 10:15
Sunday School 9:00
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St. Mary’s
Catholic Center
603 Church Avenue in Northgate
(979)846-5717
www.aqaiecatholic.org
Pastoral Team
Rev. Michael J. Sis, Pastor
Rev. Keith Koehl, Associate Pastor
- Campus Ministers -
Deacon Bill Scott, Deacon David Reed,
Martha Tonn, Julia Motekaitis
Dawn Rouen, Roel Garza
Daily Masses
Mon.-Fri.: 5:30 p.m. in the Church
Tues.&Thurs.: 12:05 p.m. in the
All Faiths Chapel
Weekend Masses
Sat: 2:00 p.m. (Korean),
5:30 p.m. (English), 7:00 p.m. (Spanish)
Sun.: 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m.,
5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Confessions
Wed. 8:30-9:30 p.m., Sat. 4:00-5:15 p.m.
or by appointment.
A&M United Methodist
417 University Dr. (in Northgate) • 846-8731
Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45, 10:50
College Sunday School: 9:30, 10:45
Thursday Nights: 5:30 - University Choir
6:30 - FREE Supper, 7:00 - College Bible Study
www.am-umc.org/college
First United
Methodist Church
Bryan
Worship Services:
8:40 am and 10:55 am
College Class at 10:00 am
Rev. Matt Idom, Pastor
Parkway Baptist Church
Christian
1501 Southwest Pkwy
(979)693-4701
Sunday Worship 8:15 10:45 & 6PM
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Wednesday: Meal 5:30PM
College Bible Study Wed. 6:30PM
www.pbccs.org
First Christian Church
900 South Ennis, Bryan
823-5451
Fellowship Free Will
Baptist Church
College & Career Class
You are invited to a Bible Study
especially for students.
Sunday mornings at 9:45
Wednesday night supper at 5:30,
followed by Bible Study at 6:30
1228 W. Villa Maria
779-2297
For more information contact
Bill Van Winkle 774-3059
college@fellowshipfwb.org
http://www.fellowshipfwb.org
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.
Robert D. Chandler, Minister
On 28' 1 ' Street, 1 block east
of Texas Avenue in Bryan
779-1324
www.fumcbryan.org
Calvary Chapel
AGGIELAND
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Pastor Jeff Hughes ‘95
(979)324-3972 www.aggieland.ee
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Sunday 2:00 p.m. Wednesday 7:0
1808 - H Brothers
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764-4180
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Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prarie Rd., CS
696-0403
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A&M Church of Christ
1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy.
(979)693-0400
Sunday Assemblies:
8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.,
College Bible Class 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Night: 5:45 p.m.
Mid-Week 6:45 p.m.
Aggies for Christ
Call for on-campus pick-up info
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Where students have been connecting
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10:30 A.M. Sundays
at Brazos Christian School,
3000 West Villa Maria Rd.
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Fall theme: God’s purposes for my life.
40 Days spiritual growth campaign begins Oct. 12.
Now Meeting Across from Campus
in Oakwood interm. School
George Bush & Ho/ik St.
behind the CS Conference Ctr.
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SUNDAY
Prayer Service @10 a.m.
worship @10:30 a.m.
small groups
meet throughout the week
Covenant Presbyterian Church
220 Rock Prairie Road
(979) 694-7700
Rev. Sam W. Steele - Pastor
Sunday Service:
8:30 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School:
9:45 a.m.
Students Welcome
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www.COmCHlJRCH.com
260-1163
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Helping Aggies grow in faith
Worship 10:30 a.m.
Church School 9:00
Fellowship on the Patio 10 a.m.
1100 Carter Creek Parkway
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906 George Bush Dr. • College Station, IX
696-1726
Services - 8:00 (Rite 1), 9:00(Family Service Rife II)
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7:30 p.m. Evensong
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