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VOLLEYBALL
Longhorns to give Italy a taste of Texas
From page 8 finished in the top half of the golfers at the Topy Cup. Prior to the tournament, Holland made note of how important the Topy Cup was to starting the year off right. “We can really set the pace for the season if we do well,� he said. Overall, Coach Fields believes that the team did get off on the right foot and that the Longhorns can only hope to expand upon this early success as they move forward. “Finishing fourth in our first event of the fall is a precursor for the rest of the season,� Fields said. “Over the course of the fall season, our tournament rosters will change based upon our home qualifying. Those that step up will lead this team to a very good year.�
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eyes dropped a couple spots in the standings. “Our guys gave excellent effort to prepare, to come into the game,� Tressel said. “But we’re going to need to get much, much better. We know that.� The Buckeyes got a heaping dose of Midshipmen quarterback Ricky Dobbs, who carried Navy on his back the entire game. Dobbs threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more. Matt Barkley doesn’t have to put the Trojans on his shoulders to guarantee a victory. Barkley made a solid start to his collegiate career, throwing for 233 yards and a touchdown. But it should be interesting to see how he will react to the hostile environment in Columbus. Trojan fans will sleep better once they know whether Barkley can prove himself against a top team, while Pryor can use this game to remind the college football nation and Ohio State fans why he is expected to be a Heisman candidate this season. Southern Cal stomped San Jose State 56-3 in their season opener. The Trojans got off to a slow start after kickoff, but quickly picked up pace during the game, racking up 620 yards of real estate, while only allowing 121 yards. The Buckeyes must watch out for the depth and talent of the USC running game. Joe McKnight ran for 105 yards last year against Ohio State. Expect McKnight to improve his numbers during this year’s game, as the Buckeyes lost linebackers James Laurinaitis and defensive back Malcolm Jenkins to the NFL. But will the game live up to the hype, unlike last year? The Daily Trojan reported that Saturday’s USC vs. Ohio State game has price listings starting at $1,000. With Oklahoma looking from the bottom up early in the season, expect the loser of USC or Ohio State to join the Sooners in an uphill battle to climb back to the top of the rankings.
the team’s summer trip to ItaBy Jordan Godwin ly was busy winning a national Daily Texan Staff Second-ranked Texas volley- championship in the high-jump. “I saw pictures, and I’m glad ball makes its home debut tonight against in the Italian Na- they had fun,� said senior outside hitter Destinee Hooker. tional A2 team. Hooker and the rest of her “The food is very different here,� said Italian star setter teammates have done their Manuela Di Crescenzo jokingly. fair share of traveling already “America is more fat in foods, this season with tournaments and for us, it’s strange to see in California and Hawaii. After facing nothing but Top 25 more fat people here.� ranked teams, A l e a n Te x the Longhorns as volleyball stand undefeatteam visited Ited at 5-0. aly this summer “After so as part of a EuroIt’s a much slower much travel and pean tour during such a long prewhich the Longteam than what e a s o n , w e ’ re horns faced sevwe’re used to playing sready to finaleral international here in the States. ly come home teams. Like the and have some Italians are exThere’s a lot of Engle periencing now, timing involved, and support,� said. “Our fans the Texas volleysometimes there’s a are so great, and ball players noticed differenc- little more frustration it’s going to be a lot of fun to take es between Italbecause the game’s on Italy.� ian and Amerinot happening as fast The Italian can food. team faced Tex“The pizza was as you want as A&M earliway different it to unfold� er this week. Althan I thought it was going to be,� — Jerritt Elliott though the Aggies won three said junior outhead coach of four sets, the side hitter JuliItalians’ differann Faucette. “It ent style of play was flat and kind stumped the Agof crusty, rather than the thick pizza we have gies early on. “It’s a much slower team than here. It was super good, and I what we’re used to playing here actually like it better.� Faucette’s grandmother and in the States,� said Texas head grandfather are from Italy, and coach Jerritt Elliott. “There’s both of her parents are half-Ital- a lot of timing involved, and ian. Faucette said her grandfather sometimes there’s a little more speaks Italian, but she is limited frustration because the game’s to the small vocabulary she de- not happening as fast as you want it to unfold.� veloped while touring Italy. No matter the pace, one of the Her teammate, senior setter Ashley Engle, said she hopes to highest-ranked Texas volleyball improve her Italian across the teams ever assembled expects net during the matches but did the Gregory Gymnasium crowd to electrify the game. learn one word this summer. “We’ve been away for a long “Gelato was the best thing that we ate,� Engle said. “We found a time,� Hooker said. “Coming lot of that everywhere we went, in and hearing the “Eyes of every day, and that was proba- Texas� and “Texas Fight� being played gets me excited. I’m bly my favorite thing there.� One player that missed out on ready to play.�
Paul Chouy | Daily Texan file photo
Ashley Engle enjoyed gelato when she and her teammates were in Italy over the summer. The Longhorns are excited to play their first home game of the season against the Italian National A2 team.
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