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By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
Most collegiate soccer play
lets can't boast that they have
played on a world stage against
the No. 6-ranked team in the
world, hut the Texas A&M soc-
(certeam now can after losing 5-
to Brazil Monday in an exhibi-
Ition at the Aggie Soccer
[Complex.
The score wasn’t indicative
[of the play as A&M held tight
with the Brazilians, owning pos-
Isession for most of the match.
“1 thought the pace of much
[of the game was ours,” said
A&M head coach G. Guerrieri.
"But (Brazil) has another gear.
[That’s what makes them special.”
It took only 42 seconds for
[Brazil to get its first shot off
on A&M junior goalkeeper
Kali Jo Spisak. The shot by
forward Cristiane, from just
inside the 18-yard box, sailed
[wide right.
Five minutes later Cristiane
[wouldn't miss from point-blank
range, collecting a free ball in
the six-yard box and putting it in
the back of the net to give Brazil
[the early I-0 lead.
The rest of the half belonged
I to A&M which peppered
Brazilian goalkeeper Maravilha,
I but could not score.
“(Maravilha) is a very expe-
Irienced goalkeeper,” said
Brazilian national team head
coach Rene Simones.
“Brazilians never cared about
goalkeepers because the players
are so (good) they think they can
win the games without goal
keepers. Now we know that is
[true so now we have special
| goalkeeper trainers that produce
i very good goalkeepers.”
In the 35th minute, after
[another save by Maravilha, the
Brazilians showed their world
class speed on the counter
[attack. Midfielder Formiga
passed to forward Katia
Cilene on a run that put her
[behind the Aggie defense.
Evan O'Connell • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M senior forward Emma Smith battles with Brazilian national team defender Monica de Paula for
control of the ball early in the first half of Brazil’s 5-1 win over A&M Monday at the Aggie Soccer Complex.
Cilene slotted the ball low and
to the right of Spisak to put
Brazil up 2-0.
‘‘They’re everywhere,” said
A&M junior midfielder Carrie
Berend. ‘They're all over the
field. (Playing Brazil) is a great
experience for us, and it only
makes us better.”
In the 38th minute, A&M’s
hard work finally paid off when
sophomore forward Kat
Krambeer, fighting for a cross
front senior midfielder Laura
Probst in the 18-yard box, was
taken down from behind by
Brazilian defender Rosana.
The foul resulted in a penalty
kick that A&M senior midfield
er Amanda Burke buried to cut
the Brazilians’ lead to 2-1.
The second half started much
like the first ended with A&M
owning most of the possession. In
the 54th minute, A&M junior
midfielder Becky Olson pro
duced the best scoring chance of
the game for the Aggies when she
collected a cross from senior for
ward Emma Smith and rocketed a
shot that just missed, sailing over
the crossbar by a few inches.
In the 57th minute, though,
Cristiane would score her sec
ond goal of the match from
inside the six-yard box. Rosana
sent a shot past Spisak one
minute later as she was left
unmarked at the penalty spot to
give Brazil a 4-1 lead. In the
66th minute, Formiga ended
the scoring for Brazil as she
bent a free kick from 30 yards
into the upper right corner of
the Aggie goal.
“It doesn’t surprise me (that
A&M played Brazil close),”
Simones said. “1 keep saying
that America is the best
women’s football in the world.”
Even though it was a losing
effort, the Aggies can walk away
with the knowledge that they
played close with one of the
world’s best and take away an
experience of a lifetime.
“This is one of those games
that I think our girls will look
back on when they’re little old
ladies in 50 years and remember
that they played on a world
stage,” Guerrieri said. “It’s a
really neat experience.”
By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
Tuesday night is near once
again and, during the spring,
that means another mid-week
baseball game for the No. 15
Texas A&M baseball team.
The Aggies (29-9, 6-6 Big
12) will be in action at 7 p.m.
at C.E. “Pat” Olsen Field
against University of Houston
(14-20, 7-5 Conference USA)
in their second to last Tuesday
night game of the season.
A&M is coming off a
weekend series win against
conference opponent Kansas
University, winning two of the
three games. Before the start
of the weekend, A&M head
coach Mark Johnson said that
the key item the Aggies need
ed to improve on was hitting.
The Aggies responded in stel
lar fashion to Johnson’s
remarks, collecting 25 runs
and 43 hits in the three days.
“I thought we hit the ball
fine this weekend,” Johnson
said. “We had some outstand
ing defense and great pitching
performances as well; it was
just an all-around good show
ing by us.”
A&M assistant coach
David Coleman, who is also
the team’s hitting coach, said
the big turnaround during the
weekend was a pleasant sight
and that he hopes it continues
Tuesday night and the remain
der of the season.
“There wasn’t really one
thing we did different before
last weekend,” Coleman said.
“All of our good hitters just
weren’t hitting at their poten
tial or at the same time, and
we told them things have to
come together or we’re going
to lose a lot of games.”
The Cougars enter the game
against the Aggies after win
ning two of three games
against conference rival
University of Charlotte.
Houston had a big offensive
weekend much like the Aggies,
tagging Charlotte for 20 runs
and hitting three home runs.
Cougar freshman Jake Stewart
and sophomore Kevin Roberts
will be leading the offense,
entering the game on 10-game
hitting streaks.
The meeting will be the
second between the two teams
this season, with the Aggies
winning the first match-up
March 9 in Houston. The
Cougars struck first in the
game, scoring five runs against
A&M in the fifth inning. The
Aggies entered the eighth
inning trailing the Cougars 7-
4, but were able to scratch out
four runs in the inning and
shut down the Houston offense
in the ninth to get the 8-7 win.
A&M sophomore pitcher
Robert Ray will take the
mound in hopes of ending the
Cougars’ four-game winning
streak at Olsen Field against
the Aggies, including a win
during last season’s regional
post-season competition that
ended A&M’s hopes at a run
for the College World Series.
Ray carries a 1 -1 record out
to the hill, with a 6.10 earned
run average and is third on the
team in strikeouts with 35. It
will be Ray’s fifth start on the
season, with his most recent
appearance being March 30 in
a 10-5 win against Texas State
University. Ray lasted 4.2
innings and struck out five in
the no-decision.
Coleman said that even
though conference games hold
a little more importance
toward the end of the season,
the mid-week games are still
just as crucial.
“Tuesday games are just as
important as every other one,”
Coleman said. “With so few of
them left in the season, these
last ones are especially impor
tant to get a win out of.”
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