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allowing more than 13 points only once in five Big 12 meetings.
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“We did not do a very good job a year ago,” Stoops said.
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ball primarily — but also did some running to keep some drives
going. It will be a big challenge for us again this year to be in bet
ter position, to take away the deep passes and to contain him when
he pulls the ball down.”
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out of position as their comfort
zone can allow.
“Suffering those injuries has
been a significant blow,” Mahi
said. “We’ve had to put players
out of position all season long.
We’ve had players who’ve never
played middle step up at that
position. We moved our right
side to the middle and our sec
ond left side to the right.”
With a diverse group of upper
1 lower classman, Mahi was
poised to make a run at the Big
12 title this year, or at least
remain in the upper echelon of
the Big 12 South.
Despite the injuries, OU (11-
14,3-10 Big 12) has remained
|optimistjc. The No. 21 Aggies
-6,9-4) will have their hands
and Corbelli is trying to
elude a trend that is plaguing
ranked teams: Mental lapses
against lesser opponents.
“I think our players know the
standards we have set for this
program,” Corbelli said. “We
place a huge emphasis on being
ready to perform. It is happening
in every conference where a
high amount of ranked teams are
falling to lesser ranked oppo
nents because they lose their
focus.”
Seeing his team rally around
one another after an emotionally
trying season has been a moral
victory for Mahi and his
Sooners. In fact, going through
such highs and lows, Mahi said
his squad has come to define
what it means to be a team.
“We’ve ridden the emotional
roller coaster this year,” Mahi
said. “We’ve had to fight
through a lot and get people
adjusted. It has been a signifi
cant challenge for us, and my
players have responded well. We
are still a capable team, though.”
A&M swept OU on the road
on Oct. 17. Saturday’s match is
set for 7 p.m.
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The Texas A&M men’s and
women’s tennis teams are
hosting the Texas A&M Fall
Invitational today through
Sunday at the Mitchell Tennis
Center.
Other teams participating in
the men’s tournament are
Texas Christian and Louisiana
State, both of whom A&M will
face on the road in the spring,
and the University of Arizona.
The A&M women face Rice
and Big 12 foe Texas Tech.
Both A&M squads will be
without two of their top play
ers. Lester Cook, Ante
Matijevic, Jessica Roland and
Helga Vieira are currently
competing in the ITA National
Indoor Championships in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
TCU and LSU open the tour
nament Friday with four doubles
matches slated to begin at 9:30
a.m. followed by eight singles
matches starting at 11 a.m. The
A&M women face Texas Tech
with doubles beginning at 11:30
a.m. and singles scheduled to
start at 1 p.m.
The A&M men play their first
match against Arizona with
doubles beginning at 1:30 p.m.
Golfers finish 5th
at Youel Classic
and singles at 3 p.m.
The Texas A&M women’s golf
team carded a final-round of
309 on Wednesday and closed
its fall season with a fifth-place
finish at the Kent Youel
Invitational at Kapolei Golf
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Course in Kapolei, Flawaii.
A&M junior Nicole Melton
tied for fifth in the individual
standings with rounds of 75-
73-74=222, her third top 10 fin
ish in five fall tournaments. She
finished the fall slate with a
74.07 stroke average.
The Aggies entered the final
round in third place, just eight
strokes behind leader
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma won the team title
with rounds of 297-299-
293=889, followed by
Washington (891), San Jose
State (907) and Long Beach
State (911).
Archers hosting
Aggie Invitational
The Texas A&M archery team
opens its season with the Aggie
Invitational today and Saturday.
This season, A&M will be
looking for its ninth-straight
national championship under
the tutelage of coach Kathy
Eissinger. She has also led
A&M to 10 national titles.
“Anything short of a national
title will be a disappointment,”
Eissinger said. “We will receive
some competition this year
mostly from James Madison
University, but no one in this
region really has a team that
poses any threat.”
The Aggies will compete in
this weekend’s event as well as
the Longhorn Invitational later
this month, but the competitive
season starts in the spring.
“It’s a time to check and see
where we stand to see if we
need to make any adjustments
for the spring,” Eissinger said.
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