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. BATTAll Dn npageij pis »| wwik row n. con ediicaiiaii Edocjii ird,» : ridayai9; n Sports The Battalion Page IB • Friday, December 12, 200. NEWS IN BRIEF The Uhaipj don, w alsoreceim lurins occer finishes eason at No. 11 A&M against No. 1 USC in tourney e Texas A&M women’s ccer team finished the 2003 lason ranked No. 11 by the ational Soccer Coaches isociation of America, he final ranking marked the th consecutive year the torlauuJ Kies finished in the top 12. “ has finished the season the top 12 seven times in ss< ■Th ofintenEi he the . and Rep I be at die s to In luates.Hn ^ is to e program’s 11 -year history. participated in its ninth |raight NCAA Tournament d advanced to the round of | for the fifth time in a row dsixth time overall, he Aggies compiled a :ord of 13-6-3 and became iave job(JN °f six teams in the country ill loob« advance t0 the round of 16 nany »iMch of the past five seasons. Lttjkwis, Warren rn accolades exas A&M football fresh- n Courtney Lewis and Istin Warren were named to parate All-America teams. ,ewis, a running back, was med to the llegefootballnews.com shmen All-America sec- d team after running for 24 yards and 12 touch- jwns. He was the first Aggie rush for more than 1,000 Irds since 1998. Varren, a linebacker, was med to the Rivals.com shman All-America team, had 32 tackles, including r for a loss of yardage, tat Maltcijj ingr was si i ice. ig later Is tor yingorni deny si id. secutor? Blumberai ards jusfi Staff & Wire THE BATTALION The Texas A&M volleyball team, the No. 16 seed in the 64-team NCAA Championship field, will play top-seeded and defending national champion University of Southern California in a regional semifinal today in Lincoln, Neb. First serve is slated for 4:30 p.m. at Nebraska Coliseum. No. 8 UCLA (23-8) will take on No. 9 Nebraska (28-4) in the second match of a doubleheader, and the two winners battle Saturday at 7 p.m. for a spot in the Final Four, to be contested at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Dec. 18 and 20. The Aggies, who were eliminated by the Women of Troy (31-0) in the second round of the 2002 NCAA tournament, are making their 11th consecutive and 15th overall appearance in the NCAA Championship. In addition, A&M (23-9) is advancing to regional play for the sixth time, including the third time in five seasons, after sweeping both Nicholls State and Wisconsin in the first two rounds played in College Station. USC, the Pacific-10 Conference champion and a 3-0 winner against the Aggies earlier this season, is 31-0 after sweeping both New Hampshire and 15th-ranked Loyola Marymount in the first two rounds played in Los Angeles. The Trojans, who have won two NCAA titles (1981, 2002), are making their 13th consecutive and 21st overall appearance in the postseason tourna ment. UCLA (23-8), ranked seventh in the USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Poll is making its 22nd appearance in the 23- year history of the NCAA tournament after tying for third place in the Pac-10. The Bruins, who have won three NCAA crowns (1984, 1990, 1991) and finished runner-up four times, advanced to the regional after sweeping both San Diego and UC-Irvine. Nebraska also is making its 22nd appearance in the NCAA tournament. The ninth-ranked Huskers, who cap tured NCAA crowns in 1995 and 2000, swept both Valparaiso and Dayton in East Lansing, Mich., to advance to the third round. They are 2-0 against the Aggies this season. Live scoring of all matches will be available at www.Huskers.com and free video streaming and audio of A&M matches only will be available at www.AggieAthletics.com. Information in this report came from the A&M Sports Information Department. |P Beato III • THE BATTALION Texas A&M middle blocker Melissa Munsch, right, goes for a block against Wisconsin's Lisa Zukowski during the Aggies' three game sweep of the Badgers last weekend. A&M plays USC today. in all of saw action ’s 12 games. fie was the first true fresh- 50 hefe"? fin linebacker to start a sea- n-opening game for the gies, and ended 2003 with ’en starts. i yeaf$$ He sad' : if slingshot h condifii 3315. Blair, Aggies shooting for fourth straight win Staff & Wire THE BATTALION The Texas A&M women’s basketball team continues a seven-game home stand by hosting the McNeese State Cowgirls Saturday at 2 p.m. at Reed Arena. The Aggies (4-2) have won three straight games including each of their home games. McNeese State (2-4) enters the game following a 62-58 win at home over Texas Southern last Saturday. The countdown is on for A&M senior point guard Toccara Williams as she needs 27 points for career 1,000. She will become the 17th Aggie to reach the 1,000 milestone. She is the Aggies’ leader in scoring (15.3 points per game), assists (6.5) and steals (3.5). The Big 12 active career leader in steals and assists, 0(120 Williams is the nation’s return ing leader in steals per game after ranking No. 1 last season for 10 weeks. Williams is the all-time A&M steals leader and the Big 12 steals leader with 362 while ranking No. 3 all-time in the league in ! BLAIR career steals. She is on-track to break the Big 12 career steals record of 418. Williams is also climbing the NCAA all-time steals list as she ranks No. 28. She has recorded a steal in all 90 games she has played at A&M. She is one of two Big 12 play ers ever to record 900 points, 500 assists and 300 steals. Junior transfer guard Charlette Castile has emerged as the Aggies No. 2-ranked scorer with 8.5 points a game. Castile has started in the last three games for the Aggies. With Castile in the starting lineup, the Aggies are 3-0 this season. Senior Lynn Classen blocked nine shots last week and ranks No. 2 in the Big 12. Classen has blocked 97 shots in her career. Information in this report came from the A&M Sports Information Department. >r h ^ W* S i louDno;: viOfUifl Oi -j/iri b" o i/V Sell it on half.com and get more out of it than you did all semester. Get a better return on your textbooks by selling them direct to buyers on half.com. Just click on "sell your stuff." It's easy, and you'll never have to stand in line. Remember, half.com is not just a great place to sell textbooks, it's also a great place to buy holiday gifts! Il0lfcom bY e8j3/ Holiday gifts at half prices. For a limited time, first-time buyers i Save an additional $ 5 J on purchases of $ 50 or more! i Simply use this code: ; a&m Hge . Copyright 2003 Half.com, Inc. 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