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A total of 14 men’s and
women's cross country colle-
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Station this weekend for
the A&M Invitational. Turn to
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: the weekend’s action, in
cluding game coverage and
wrap up of the football, volley
ball and soccer games.
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TheOakland Athletics ended
exas Rangers pitcher Kenny
ogers' streak of 18 consecu-
:ive victories at Oakland Coli-
;eum with a 54 win. The win
iept the A's 2.5 games ahead
jfthe Anaheim Angels.
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The Houston Astros pum-
eled the St. Louis Cardinals
n an 8-3 win to stay only 2.5
games behind NL Wild Card
leader San Francisco.
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The first 20-game winner in
MLS this season, leading the
Boston Red Sox to an 11-4
victory over the Tampa Bay
Devil Rays.
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The Chicago Cubs kept
pace in the playoff race by
'allying to beat the Cincinnati
feds 5-4 on Thursday night.
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Sports
The Battalion
Big ticket weekend
Clemson prepped to face off against A&M at Kyle Field
By Kyle Davoust
THE BATTALION
The University of Clemson and Texas A&M head into Sat
urday’s match-up at Kyle Field with something in common
besides their identical 1-1 records. Both are teams struggling
to find consistency and, more importantly, an identity.
After wrapping up its 2003 campaign with four straight
victories, including a 27-14 win over Tennessee in the Peach
Bowl, Clemson headed into this season with heavy acclaim
from fans and media outlets. Many national magazines picked
Clemson to finish as one of the top 10 or 15 teams in the nation,
citing the Tigers’ tough ACC schedule as its only deterrent.
So far, however, Clemson has struggled out of the gate. It
took late game heroics in week one to escape lowly confer
ence foe Wake Forest, 37-30, in double overtime. Against
Georgia Tech last week, Clemson couldn’t find the same
last-second magic, falling 28-24 at home.
The Tigers are struggling to find the fire that propelled
them late last season. The struggles haven’t been limited to
the ofTense or the defense, but junior quarterback Charlie
Whitehurst knows that his unit could be a lot better.
“1 think there are some opportunities there that we’ve
missed. I think that there is a possibility for us to score a
bunch of points, especially in these first couple of games,”
Whitehurst said. “If we put it together, I think we’ll be a
dangerous offense. As of now we’re still trying to find our
selves a little bit, but I think we’re on the right track.”
While the Tigers are looking to get their offense back on
track, the Aggies’ defense is trying to prove that last week’s
shutout against Wyoming was no fluke. The Tigers run the
See Football on page 3B
JP BEATO III - The Battalion
Texas A&M defensive back Jonte Buhl (26) attempts to knock down a pass to Wyoming receiver Jovon Bouknight
on Saturday. Bouknight dropped the pass, and the Aggies shut out the Cowboys 31 -0 at Kyle Field.
Women's soccer team
to host UC-Irvine and UCLA
SHARON AESCHBACH • The Battalion
Aggie freshman soccer player Sara Albrecht takes on Army's sopho
more Kate Venable at the Aggies' 6-1 win Sunday afternoon.
By Jon Gilbert
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M senior defend
er Amanda Burke said intensi
ty has been the key ingredient
in the Aggies’ current three-
game win streak. Not many
are likely to argue with her in
regards to the way A&M has
been playing recently.
The Texas A&M women’s
soccer team returns to the
field tonight as it hosts a pair
of weekend games against
West Coast schools.
The UC-lrvine Anteaters
visit the Aggie Soccer Com
plex Friday for an 8 p.m.
game, followed by UCLA at
1 p.m. on Sunday. The Ag
gies will be shooting for their
fourth and fifth consecutive
wins this weekend as they at
tempt to stay hot with Big 12
play drawing closer.
“We have been playing
with more intensity,” Burke
said. “We’re starting to play
together as a team. The piec
es are coming together. Last
week we had such intense
practices, and we knew (we)
were going to play well.”
Playing well might be an
understatement. In front of a
school-record crowd of 5,384
fans Friday, A&M rallied past
No. 6 Texas, 3-1. The mo
mentum carried over Sunday
as the Aggies easily took care
of Army, 6-1. Burke and the
rest of her teammates believe
practice is where it all starts.
“It was so awesome to beat
Texas,” Burke said. “We had
been working hard in prac
tice, and it all came together
in the game.”
The UC-Irvine Anteaters
are known for having a tradi
tionally strong program and
are coached by Marine Cano,
the 1 1th winnings coach in
NCAA history. The Anteaters
are 3-2-1 on the season and
are looking forward to the
challenges that playing Texas
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