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>/ess )r you® ub Sports The Battalion Page IB • Thursday, September 23, 2004 SIDELINES On 3B [he weekly edition of the 12 notebook is back and week Ryan Irby takes a at the only three Big 12 ms in action this weekend. lexas Rangers pitcher nk Francisco, who ew a chair and hit a fan, pped his appeal of the •game suspension handed m by the major league mmissioner’s office. DOMING FRIDAY The A&M soccer team is eking its bags and head- north for weekend games ainst Baylor and Texas Tech, ok for a complete previev/ of Aggies upcoming games. The soccer team isn’t the lyteam heading north this ekend-the volleyball mwill be facing off against braska. Look for a pre- me matchup of both teams. BRIEFLY The No. 11 A&M volleyball im is still searching for its it win at Manhattan, Kan. le Aggies lost 3-0 to No. 19 msas State and now have a overall season record. Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers won his 17th game with a 5-3 win over the lakland Athletics. The A’s ■main four games ahead of -Texas for the AL West lead. I The Chicago Cubs defeated ,e Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0. On-par goals A&M golfers have sight set on Big 12 championship trophy By Ryan Irby THE BATTALION Before last spring’s Big 12 championships, Texas A&M women’s golf head coach Jeanne Sutherland said her team had vowed that “no one would outwork us.” That creed paid off as the Aggies went on to finish sec ond at the conference champi onships and set a school record 1,211 score. This season, the No. 12 Ag gies look to capitalize on their efforts and improve their short comings. Sophomore Christa Spedding is already making a huge impact on the team. Sped ding claimed the individual school record for 72 holes last spring with a 297 at the NCAA championships and is off to a blistering start in the first two tournaments of the year. Last season, the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Okla homa State University’s Ash ley Knoll, decided that College Station was more enticing than Stillwater and transferred to A&M in a surprising, yet ben eficial, move for the Aggies. “We are thrilled to add a player of Ashley’s caliber to our team,” Sutherland said. “She’s a good person, a good student and a good player. 1 re cruited her out of high school, so I’m very familiar with her game and I’m excited she’s de cided to come here.” Knoll posted a strong show ing at last week’s Dick Mc Guire Invitational held at the University of New Mexico. She rallied to a two-under 71 after the first round to lead the Aggies to an opening round of 298; the second-best season opening in school history. “We have already seen a positive impact on our pro gram,” Sutherland said. “Our players have worked hard to prepare themselves and they are ready to compete. We will have a game place for each player, and it will be up to them to follow it on the course.” Having a game plan and sticking with it is a philoso phy that has paid solid divi dends for Sutherland’s teams of the past. Since 1992, she has transformed the A&M women’s golf team into a pe rennial winner, winning a Big 12 title in 1998. “My basic philosophy is to do anything I can to help my players succeed in whatever they want to do, whether it is going on to professional golf or going into the business world,” Sutherland said. “My goal is to help them achieve their goals. At the same time, I want them to work together as a team. I have as much to learn from them as they do from me.” Seniors Nicole Melton and Kyla Neal provide the vet eran leadership for this year’s squad. Melton is one of the most decorated golfers in Ag gie history and has posted sol id rounds throughout her colle giate career. Melton and Neal See Golfers on page 4B Degroat Spedding Davis Grace Arenas - THE BATTALION Cowboys’ Testaverde still impressing many By Jaime Aron THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Vinny Testaverde could be retired now, maybe even starting a second career in the high-paying, tackle-free world of broadcasting. But he just couldn't imagine him- testaverde self in a suit instead of pads, not when he thought he could still help an NFL team. So he re united with his former coach Bill Parcells in Dallas to compete for the starting quarterback job. Two games into the season, Testaverde is en trenched as the Cowboys’ starter and he’s the NFL’s passing leader with 677 yards. Having already earned the admiration of teammates, fans and team owner Jerry Jones, next up is the chance to impress a na tional audience Monday night. While Testaverde is leery of the Washington Redskins and their blitzing defense, there’s another aspect of the game that concerns him. “It’s past my bedtime,” he said Wednesday, smiling. With his 41st birthday looming, Testaverde is having fun using his age as a punch line. He thinks it has been an asset on the field, too. “We assume people are going to blitz us because we have an old quarterback,” Testaverde said. “But if you’re able to make plays when they blitz, then people will stop blitzing. I’d say we’ve hit prob ably 90 percent already ... 1 can only remember one incompletion.” No, that last line wasn’t a joke about a foggy mem ory. In fact, what Testaverde remembers from the last See Vinny on page 4B nber 23, 2004 Spin - 8p Vise; Bowlinu Alley jti JH u wm - ♦ National Companies and Corporations will be in attendance to talk with students. ♦ Food and More Food! 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