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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
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