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SIDELINES
ON PG. 9
The Texas A&M football team
had its weekly team update and
this week presents no surprises
from last week.
The Texas Rangers lost 8-3
to the Anaheim Angels on Tues
day. The Rangers dropped to
3.5 games behind the AL West
leading Oakland A's.
COMING THURSDAY
No matter where a sport
fan’s loyalties lie, there’s
bound to be a rivalry involved,
just say the word "Longhorn”
around College Station, and
see the reaction it draws.
Ryan Irby explores the impact
of rivalries on sports.
Baylor comes into town to
take on the A&M volleyball
team Wednesday night in a
midweek matchup. Look for a
complete wrap-up of the match.
Look for the weekly edition
ofthe Big 12 notebook, which
focuses on Texas, Texas Tech
and Colorado games.
BRIEFLY
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A&M freshman Ashlee
Pistorius, a forward on the
soccer team, was named
the Big 12 Newcomer of
the Week. Pistorius led
the Aggies in goals (2) and
shots on goal (8) in two
games over the weekend.
The Texas A&M eques
trian team is holding an
open house from 10 a.m.
to4p.m. this Friday atN.
W. "Dick" Freeman arena.
All those over the age of 7
are welcomed to ride the
horses that the team uses
for practices and shows.
Former Dallas Cow
boys quarterback Chad
Hutchinson was signed by
the Chicago Bears to help
replace the void left by Rex
Grossman, who was lost to
a knee injury.
THE SCOREBOARD
Boston Red Sox 10
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8
Cincinatti Reds
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
ON THIS DATE
1954 - Willie Mays makes
his famous over-the-shoul-
der catch of Vic Wertz’s
long drive to center field.
1977 - Muhammad
All wins a unanimous
15-round decision over
Earnie Shavers to retain
his heavyweight title.
1985- Houston Oilers
quarterback Warren
Moon is sacked 12 times
in 17-10 loss to the Dallas
Cowboys.
Sports
The Battalion
Page 5 • Wednesday, September 29, 2004
PAGE BY JORDAN MESEROLE AND NIKKI KNIGHT
Zero chance
Texas A&M soccer heftily defeats Sam Houston State 10-0
By Kyle Davoust
THE BATTALION
Coming into Tuesday night’s game
against the Sam Houston State Bearkats,
the Texas A&M soccer team was ranked
ninth in the nation with a 7-3 record. On
the other side, the Bearkats, in only their
second year, had lost nine of their first 10
games. The result, a 10-0 Aggie victory,
reflected those facts.
The Aggies controlled the ball early
and often, but did not get on the board
until nearly 22 minutes into the game,
when freshman forward Marissa Sarke-
sian scored with a header for her first col
legiate goal.
“It was awesome,” said Sarkesian
about her first goal. “To come in and
score a goal is like nothing else.”
Fellow freshman Ashlee Pistorius
scored a goal just five minutes later and
the onslaught began. Sarkesian and Pis
torius each scored one more before half-
time, as the Aggie lead swelled to 6-0
before the intermission.
“The biggest difference right now be
tween our team this year and our team
last year, which showed tonight, is our
depth,” said A&M head coach G. Guer-
rieri. “After I made substitutions tonight
is when the team really took off. We’re
a team that’s much deeper than 11 or 12
players, and that’s really going to help us
as we go through our Big 12 schedule.”
The Aggies even scored on multiple
goalies. After the first five goals, Sam
Houston State coach Marcia Oliveira had
seen enough and rotated freshman Sara
Beecroft in for sophomore Ashley Ze-
ndt. Zendt then allowed a goal on a pen
alty kick from Aggie sophomore forward
Madison Klovstad.
While the Aggies were scoring almost
at will, the Bearkats were hardly getting
any chances. They fin
ished the half with just
one shot at goal and just
two shots overall.
Unlike the first half,
the Aggies wasted lit
tle time getting things
going after the break.
Sophomore middle
fielder Lauren Pfis-
ter scored a goal just
seven minutes into the
second half, as the Ag
gies quickly dispelled
the Bearkats’ hopes
of a Jekyll-and-Hyde
performance.
A&M would then
add goals by senior
midfielder Christina
Echavarry, sophomore
forward Suzzette Dev-
loo and freshman mid
fielder Jessica Green
to secure the double
digit victory.
“Unfortunately, they
have a very young team
that hasn’t been around
all that long,” Guerrieri
said. “But (coach Mar
cia Oliveira) gets some
good spirit out of them.
They just ran into a bit
of a bad spot tonight.”
Despite the loss,
Oliveira still found the
experience to be a pos
itive one for her team.
“My team never gave
up. We held them score
less for the first 22 minutes of the game,”
Oliveira said. “We are coming out with
our heads up, we learned a lot of things,
and now we’ll just move on.”
SHARON AESCHBACH - The Battalion
Texas A&M freshman midfielder Ashlee Pistorius battles against Sam Houston State freshman Jamie Beck
with for possession of the ball Tuesday night at the Aggie Soccer Complex. A&M won the game 10-0.
The Aggies hope the game will give
them added confidence, as they head
into a key game Friday night against the
defending Big 12 champion Oklahoma
State Cowgirls.
“That’s a big game. They come into the
game undefeated in conference and unde
feated on the year,” Guerrieri said. “Talk
about a team that’s going to come in with
confidence; that would be OSU.”
Astros win 2-1 Volleyball faces Baylor
By Joel Anderson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jeff Bagwell drove in two runs,
and Brandon Backe pitched five
solid innings to help the Hous
ton Astros gain ground in the NL
wild-card race with a 2-1 win over
the St. Louis Cardinals on Tues
day night.
The Astros moved within a
half-game of the Chicago Cubs,
who lost to Cincinnati 8-3 at
Wrigley Field. San Francisco
(87-69) was also a half-game
back, percentage points ahead
of Houston (88-70). The Giants
played at San Diego later.
St. Louis third baseman Scott
Rolen went 0-for-3 in his return
after missing 16 games with a
strained upper left calf and bruised
left shin.
Houston has won five of its
last six and tied a franchise record
with its 14th-straight home win,
equaling a mark set in 1980.
Bagwell drove in Backe with
a third-inning single, then gave
the Astros the lead with a fifth
inning sacrifice fly that scored
Carlos Beltran.
Backe (4-3), used primarily as
a reliever this season, gave up a
homer to Larry Walker in the sec
ond. He allowed five hits, struck
out three and walked three and
also singled in the third, raising
his batting average to .286.
Chad Qualls pitched two score
less innings, Dan Miceli got two
outs in the eighth, and Brad Lidge
got four outs for his 26th save in
30 chances.
The Astros missed a chance
to add more runs with the bases
loaded and no outs in the eighth.
Morgan Ensberg grounded into
a double play, and Jose Vizcaino
flied out to center.
Beltran prevented the Cardinals
from taking the lead in the fifth,
catching pitcher Dan Haren’s
drive, then throwing out Reggie
Sanders at the plate for a double
play. Sanders and Cardinals man
ager Tony La Russa protested the
call to no avail.
Stroke!
EVAN O'CONNELL - The Battalion
Former A&M tennis athlete Ryan Newport returns a forehand against
K. Weiss Tuesday afternoon in the Garyln Shelton BMW-Pebble Creek
ATP Challenger event. Newport defeated Weiss 6-0, 6-1.
By Luke Hamilton
THE BATTALION
The No. 11 Texas A&M
volleyball team (6-4) returns
to G. Rollie White Coliseum
Wednesday to host Baylor
University for the first of
two home games this week
against Big 12 opponents.
After coming off two tough
road losses to Kansas State and
Nebraska, A&M head coach
Laurie Corbelli said the play
ers are eager to return home.
“We’ve been on the road
so much over the last two
and half weeks that being
home will be such a nice re
lief,” Corbelli said.
Baylor (7-6) comes into
Wednesday’s game having
lost three of its last four, in
cluding a 3-0 loss to No. 25
University of Colorado Sat
urday. The Bears are under
the direction of Jim Barnes,
who is in his first year at the
reins of the team. Barnes
came from the University
of Wyoming where he went
35-27 in two seasons as head
coach and won Conference
Coach of the Year honors
twice. Barnes has not faced
off against the Aggies yet,
but said he has seen them for many years.
“A&M has been a consistent program, and
Corbelli has done a good job with the team,
keeping them in the top 25,” Barnes said.
Barnes is taking over a team that finished 12-
22 last year and won four conference games, but
said the team is improving.
“I think we’re on the verge of being one of the
top six in the Big 12,” Barnes said. “The entire
team feels like we’re about to break through.”
Despite coming off two consecutive losses,
the A&M team still has strong players on the
court. A&M senior middle blocker/outside hit
ter Melissa Munsch has 113 kills (ranking her
10th in the Big 12) and 75 digs. Also on the front
line, junior setter Kari Kelley has 43 assists and
70 digs on the year, and junior outsider hitter
Laura Jones leads the team with 136 kills.
Despite Baylor’s appearance as a seemingly
weak team, Munsch said the Aggies need to be
ready for anything.
“They’re a pretty feisty team at times,”
Munsch said. “Baylor should be a team we can
beat, but they’ve also stolen some games from
some pretty good teams.”
Kelley has played against Baylor a few times and
said she knows a little of what can be expected.
A&M senior outside
chasing it down aga
JP BEATO III - The Battalion
hitter Carrie Moreira successfully hits a ball after
inst Kansas on Sept. 17. A&M won the meet 3-1.
“Baylor is really good at off-speed shots, and
they have a good defense,” Kelley said. “I’m sure
they’ll be ready to play, and I know we will too.”
Bames seemed to echo the A&M player’s state
ments of what the keys to the game would be.
“We’ll need to pass well and play good de
fense,” Barnes said. “But it’s tough to know
which team will show up for them — they seem
to be erratic sometimes this season. It could be a
different team than we thought.”
A&M VOLLEYBALL
Texas A&M (6-4)
Baylor (7-6)
7 p.m. - G. Rollie White Coliseum
Last Meeting: October 22,2003 (at Baylor)
A&M wort 3-1
ANDREW BURLESON - The Battalion