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SPORTS
THE BATTALION
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Friday, October 31, 2003
A&M on road against Texas
Ags want to keep winning streak alive
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
The Texas women’s soccer
team has had 14 tries to beat
archrival Texas A&M since the
Aggies began playing Division I
soccer in 1993, and 14 times the
Longhorns have wound up on
the losing end.
This time the No. 6 Aggies
are gunning for a 15-0 mark all-
time against the No. 24
Longhorns.
“(Texas) has always been a
team that’s been talented,” said
A&M coach G. Guerrieri. “It’s
been an issue of our players have
always come into the game
focused, I mean laser focused,
about getting things done.”
Despite this being the first
season in recent memory where
neither team was in position to
daim a Big 12 Championship,
the match usually brings the best
out of the two rivals. For many
of the Aggies’ young players this
will either be their first match
against Texas, or their first
match on an unfriendly field at
Meyer Park in Austin.
But for the Aggies’ lone sen
ior, midfielder Kristen Strutz,
this marks her final match with
her rival in the regular season.
“It’s kind of hard to put into
words,” Strutz said. “We’ve had
so many ups and downs this sea
son, and it would be really good
to end the regular season with
another win.”
The Aggies (12-3-2, 5-2-2
Big 12) have definitely experi
enced ups and downs this season
after coming out of the gate roar
ing. After losing just once in the
non-conference
part of
the
schedule
to
No. 1 North
Carolina
in a
heartbreaking
1 -0 overtime
loss.
the
Aggies looked
poised to
run
through
Big 12.
the
Then
two
Kansas
and
brought
the.
GUERRIERI
road ties to
Oklahoma State
Aggies down to earth. It seemed
as if the Aggies were back on
track after scoring three straight
shutouts in their next games, but
bad luck struck the team.
Missouri beat the Aggies 5-4 in
overtime, and then A&M was
downed 2-1 by Nebraska despite
dominating play the entire
match. The Aggies rebounded
by defeating Colorado 2-0, giv
ing the Buffaloes their first loss
of the Big 12 season.
Now that the Aggies seem to
be over the hump, they can set
their sights firmly on Texas, the
Big 12 Tournament, and their
ultimate goal of a national cham
pionship run through the NCAA
Championship Tournament.
“Every team we’ve played
this season, we’ve outplayed
them,” Guerrieri said. “We feel
like we’ve outperformed those
17 opponents, but we’re a little
miffed at ourselves that we
haven’t won 17 games.”
After beginning the season
ranked No. 9 in the nation, Texas
(1 1-7, 6-3) lost six of its first 14
games, sending them out of the
polls. The Longhorns have come
back, though, by winning five of
their last six, bringing them into
the game with the Aggies.
Texas is also loaded with star
power.
“They’re very talented,”
Guerrieri said. “They’ve got three
bigtime forwards. (Texas coach
Chris Petrucelli) coaches the
(United States) U-21 team, and
he took two of his players with
him on the U-21 team, Kelly
McDonald and Kelly Wilson, and
then Amy Burlingham is a great
winger. Any of those three would
be the best player on most teams
in the nation.”
Even without Big 12 title
implications, the game should
be another classic between the
rivals. Texas is dying to break
into the win column against the
Aggies, and A&M has no plans
to allow Texas the elusive inau
gural victory.
“I think both teams will play
very well,” said Texas coach
Chris Petrucelli. “I think both
teams will be excited to play,
and I think you’ll see one of the
great games in college soccer
this year.”
Aggies running for Big 12 title
By Kyle Davoust
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M men’s cross country team
gained some of the recognition it desired last week
as it finally moved into the top 25 for the first time
in school history — a place the Aggies felt snubbed
from for most of the season.
The real season, however, begins Friday as the
men’s and women’s teams travel to Barton Creek
Lakeside Country Club in Spicewood, Texas, to
compete in the 2003 Big 12 Championships.
“This will be our first real pressure race of the
season,” said coach Dave Hartman. “I’m interest
ed to see how both teams are going to step up to
the pressure.”
Historically, the Big 12 has been dominated by
one team — the Colorado Buffaloes.
Once again. No. 4 Colorado looks to be the
favorite on the men’s side. The Buffaloes domi
nance is almost laughable: Since the inception of
the Big 12, Colorado is the only team that has won
the Big 12 Championship. This year looks to be no
different as it returns top runners Dathan
Ritzenhein and Billy Nelson.
Oklahoma State will also be strong with the
return of top runner Jason Woolhouse who finished
third overall in last year’s competition and eighth in
2001. In all, the Big 12 Championship will host
four of last year’s top-10 finishers and seven run
ners who have finished in the top 10 before.
To compete with teams such as Colorado and
Oklahoma State, A&M will look to draw from its
biggest strength — depth.
“At this point of the season depth becomes real
important,” Hartman said. “I’m having to leave
four guys at home that I really think could com-
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When asked about the prospect of facing a team
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After having to run sick during the NCAA Pre-
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“If our fifth runner runs well, then I think our
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Like the men’s squad, the Colorado women
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pion Molly Austin, who graduated last year.
The women’s race will feature six of last year’s
top ten 10 finishers. More intriguing is the fact
that these six runners are spread among five
schools. Colorado is the only school to boast two
top 10 finishers.
“With our injury troubles, we are a very young
team,” Hartman said. “The last two weeks of prac
tice have been really good and I’m excited to see
how they’ll react.”
This will be the first Big 12 Championship for
many of the Aggies, including freshman standout
Jaime Geissler.
“We want to place as high as we can,” Geissler
said. “We just need to make sure we are running
for each other in order to be successful as a team.”
The men’s 8,000-meter race will begin Friday
at 9 a.m., and women’s 6,000-meter race starts at
10 a.m.
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