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NCAA WOMEN’S SOCCER TOURNAMENT

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HARDWOOD HUSTLE No. 25 men’s basketball looks to make deep postseason run during 2017-2018

By Angel Franco @angelmadison_ With the return of one of the top NBA prospects, sophomore forward Robert Williams, No. 25 Texas A&M is primed to have a breakout season after a disappointing 2016-2017 campaign.

The Aggies will begin the season Friday, 5,203 miles away from College Station against No. 11 West Virginia in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany at the Ramstein Air Base for the 2017 Armed Forces Classic.

However, due to suspension for violating Texas A&M policy, Williams will be forced to sit out both the season and home opener. He is expected to return Nov. 20 against Oklahoma State. Juniors Admon Gilder and DJ Hogg were also suspended, but are now available against the Mountaineers.

At the time of suspension, A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said he hoped the players learned from their missteps and put this transgression behind them.

“Unfortunately, young people make mistakes.

We will handle this matter internally and move on as a program,” Kennedy said in a statement.

Williams opted to return for his sophomore season with the Aggies after a strong freshman debut in which he averaged 11.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 25.8 minutes a game. His performance earned him several post season accolades following the conclusion of the season, including SEC defensive player of the year and SEC All-Defensive team.

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Junior Tyler Davis and sophomore Robert Williams both earned preseason honors. Davis was named preseason second team All-SEC and Williams was named `preseason first team All-SEC.

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No. 2 A&M women’s soccer set to host Lamar Cardinals at Ellis Field

By Grant Spika @GrantSpika After winning the SEC tournament championship, the Texas A&M soccer team will look to win another championship as they begin the NCAA Tournament on Friday against the Lamar Cardinals. A&M is 17-2-1 on the year after winning 13 straight games to place second in the SEC in the regular season and win the tournament.

The Aggies were given a two-seed by the tournament selection committee which means the Aggies will host until at least the regional semifinals, and possibly all the way until the NCAA Women’s College Cup in Orlando, Florida, should they get there.

The Aggies and Cardinals are matched up with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the

IUPUI Jaguars, with the winner of each facing off in the regional quarterfinals. Third-seeded USC will play Eastern Washington, with the winner of that game playing the winner of Rice and Baylor on the other side of the bracket, setting up a potential USC-A&M matchup in the regional semifinals at Ellis Field. A&M’s region also includes first-seeded Duke and fourth-seeded Texas.

“We really can’t worry about the draw,” Guerrieri said. “All we can worry about is that Lamar comes in with an 18-3 record and have won 12 games in a row. They’ll come in with nothing to lose. All of my focus is on this Friday, and if we get past this Friday, then we’ll worry about other things.”

Lamar finished their regular season at 18-31 and won the Southland Conference Tournament after beating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Central Arkansas and Stephen F. Austin in tournament play. Lamar is led by junior Kelso Peskin, who leads the team in both goals and assists, with eight and 11 respectively.

“Steve Holeman, who was most recent-

ly the coach at Georgia, has really done an outstanding job there,” A&M Head Coach G Guerrieri said. “He’s brought in a new belief system, the players believe in themselves, they believe in what’s going on, they believe they’re going to win.”

Texas A&M is led by sophomore Ally Watt, junior Emily Bates and sophomore Cienna Arrieta. Watt leads the team in goals scored with 11, while Bates leads the team in assists with six and Arrieta has scored three times this year, while adding on four assists.

“This is an extraordinary group,” Guerrieri said. “They go into every game knowing that they’re going to win, and sometimes we don’t know how it’s going to happen. They believe in each other and fight for each other, so it makes it fun for us. It’s not even that nerve-racking cause we come into the game knowing that they know they’re going to win.”

The Aggies and Cardinals will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. at Ellis Field on Friday`. Should the Aggies win, they would take on the winner

of Notre Dame/IUPUI next Friday, Nov. 17 at home for the second round of NCAA tournament.

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THE FINAL CALL Dave South announced his first Aggie football game in 1985.

Over the years, South has also announced baseball and basketball.

‘Voice of Aggie football’ Dave South set to announce last game Saturday Cassie Stricker — THE BATTALION

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aturday’s game against New Mexico is just a normal game for Texas A&M football radio announcer Dave South.

For his listeners and several others who are close to him, the Aggies’ final home game of the season is special — its South’s final game to call at Kyle Field after 32 years behind the mic.

“It got here really fast,” South said. “All of the sudden we’re looking at the last home game of the year and back when I made this decision in August, that seemed like it was light years away, but now it’s here.”

ROAD TO AGGIELAND South was supposed to have called his last Aggie football game after just one season in 1985, hoping to pursue more business endeavors in the radio broadcast industry. However, South said he was talked into staying for the next year.

“One year turned into 32 and I never dreamed that would happen because I came down with the expressed purpose of doing that one year and continuing into management where I moved in the broadcast industry, but it didn’t work out that way,” South said.

Following the 1988 season, South left to work for a radio station in Houston after receiving what he said was an irresistible offer.

After just one year though, A&M called South hoping to hire him as their advertising director. Ted Dinerstein, Class of 1953 and owner of the station, was on board for South returning to Aggieland.

“We prayed about that and I called Ted and said A&M called and I explained everything to him,” South recalled. “He said, ‘Anybody but A&M I would fight you on, but if you want to go to A&M, that’s my school and I want you to do it.’”

Joining South in the booth for 1990 season was former Texas A&M safety Dave Elmendorf, who was beginning his second season as the Aggies’ color commentator. Closing in on 27 years together, Elmendorf said South’s on-

air style has stayed mostly the same.

“He hasn’t changed a whole lot and that’s been good for me,” Elmendorf said. “You could always count on his style staying pretty much the same.”

And after three decades, South’s voice is one Aggies distinctly know, according to Gabe Bock, host of TexAgs Radio and Class of 2003.

“Dave is the recognizable voice of Aggieland and has been for about 30-plus years,” Bock said. “When you turn on the radio, you know exactly if you’re getting the A&M game or not.

MENTOR TO MANY During the fall of 2005, Bock was in his first year of working in the radio broadcast business when he received a call from management at Bryan Broadcasting telling him South wanted to have lunch with him. The meal was successful for Bock, who was hired on the spot by South to help with the “Fan Zone” pregame show.

In 2006, Bock was promoted and backed up South for baseball broadcasts that overlapped with basketball games. South would then listen to playbacks of games and offer advice to Bock on how to improve.

“He was very important to me as a young cub broadcaster,” Bock said. “He really took me under his wing when I was trying to figure out if this was something I wanted to do. He really instilled in me some training and confidence. He’s a mentor to me and has been the Aggie institution calling plays.”

As a proud homer, South says he always wants the Aggies to win. If A&M is down, South does not begin to critique the Aggies and instead lets the numbers speak for themselves.

This mindset is one Zach Taylor, sports director for Bryan Broadcasting and Class of 2012, has taken from South as the voice for the Rudder High School football team in Bryan.

“If you’re the voice of that team, then it’s your team and you’re a part of the program,” Taylor said. “I think he definitely does that and I think people appreciate that. They can

appreciate that Dave is one of them and makes him feel a part of his broadcasts.”

In the local community, South has had a positive presence, particularly as a member at Central Baptist Church in Bryan. Andrew Ballard, marketing junior and Bryan native, said one of his fondest memories of South was listening to him recite scripture at a Christmas concert — the same voice he listened to on the radio growing up.

PERPETUALLY PREPARED Before each season, South begins by going to his office, the radio booth at Olsen Field, laying on the floor and listening to the last game of the previous season. South said he repeats this process every week, always looking for areas he can improve.

“I’ll make sure the way I described it can be understood,” South said. “I listen to what [Elmendorf] does, I listen to what [sideline reporter] Will [Johnson] does, if there’s anything that needs to be critiqued, I have no hesitation to critique it. There’s never been a perfect broadcast by anybody.”

Elmendorf said South’s work from Monday to Friday makes Saturdays easier and has always been amazed how he is able to juggle the amount of work he puts in during the week.

“I don’t know how he does it with the travel and the preparation, but he is always well-prepared,” Elmendorf said. “He is so well-prepared that he is never stumped by a play.”

The dedication South has to his job is a trait Bock said helps separate him from being ordinary and is shown during his broadcasts.

“He is way more prepared than you know,” Bock said. “You can tell just listening to him how prepared he is, but when you work right next to him, you see really what it takes not to be good, but great.”

CURTAIN CALL AT KYLE Before Saturday’s game, South said he will have a large lunch with friends and family, many of whom will be in attendance at Kyle Field.

A&M’s head coach Kevin Sumlin has had a weekly radio show with South during the

fall for each of his six seasons in College Station. He got emotional when describing his friendship with South at his Tuesday newsconference.

“Over the course of time, you become friends with people who have been in the foxhole with you and have to answer questions and do tough stuff and I truly appreciate his friendship,” Sumlin said.

On the other hand, South said he is content that he will no longer venture up into his booth that overlooks the southeast 35-yard line following this weekend.

“I’m very at peace with the decision I made, I’m looking forward to the future,” South said. “It’s been a great run. God’s blessed me with my career.”

FUTURE PLANS Although South will no longer call football and men’s basketball games after this season, he will retain his post as the play-by-play radio for Aggie baseball.

Scott Clendenin, Class of 1990 who serves as South’s color commentator for baseball games, said he is not surprised that out of the three, South will continue to do just baseball.

Clendenim said South’s love for the diamond began during his childhood as an avid fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I think my professional work with him is going to be fresh,” Clendenin said. “I’m not going to have to carry around the feelings Dave and Al [Pulliam] are going to feel the last time they do a game with him.”

Several trips are already planned for South next fall, including a week-long dove hunt to South Texas, something South has been unable to do since his college years.

With no cable at his house, South seldom watches other games and said the only time he listens live is when the Dodgers are playing. As for the Aggies, South said he will be checking the score, but is unsure if he will be paying attention in real time.

“I’ll check the scores for A&M because I want the Aggies to win, but I’ve got other things that I want to do,” South said. “But I don’t know if I’ll listen.”

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A&M looks to find rhythm before two road games to finish season

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Coming off back-to-back disappointing losses to SEC heavyweights Mississippi State and Auburn, Texas A&M will square off with nonconference opponent New Mexico at Kyle Field. The Aggies will try to create some momentum heading into their final two-game road stretch of the season.

“I think everybody is excited to get back after it and play up to our standard,” senior punter Shane Tripucka said at Tuesday’s press conference. “We’re ready to get into Kyle Field for the last one of the season and get a little bit of a roll going.”

Nick Starkel took over at quarterback in the middle of last week’s 42-27 loss to Auburn and will get the start against the Lobos (3-6, 1-5 MW). Starkel completed 11-of-22 passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns against the Tigers and jumpstarted an offense that was struggling under the direction of true freshman Kellen Mond.

“I think it’s one of the biggest games that we’re going to have to come out here and make sure we get back on track,” se-

nior wide receiver Damion Ratley said.

The Aggies (5-4, 3-3 SEC) will be tasked with defending an offensive scheme they don’t see very often — the shotgun triple-option. Bob Davie, who coached at Texas A&M from 1985-1993, installed the scheme when he took over in 2012 and the Lobos rank 19th in the country in rushing offense.

“They want to run it and they’re creative in how they run it,” A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin said. “They get the quarterback involved in read-option schemes. They’ve been able to do it for the last couple of years and be one of the top teams in the country running the ball.”

Senior defensive end Jarrett Johnson said as long as the Aggies play up to their potential they should be able to defend the option attack, which has historically given Power 5 opponents fits.

“We’re just going to have to be very disciplined and make sure that we play the speed option well,” Johnson said. “We have a good game plan and as long as we execute what we’re supposed to execute we’ll get a win.”

Saturday also marks Senior Night for the Aggies, as it will be the last home game for the A&M seniors.

“It’s gone by fast,” Johnson said. “You just get caught up in practice and school and you look up and the next thing you know it’s the last game of your career.

The emotions are high right now. It’s a very important game for me, for this this team and the coaches to make sure that the seniors go out the right way.”

The Aggies’ recent struggles have re-energized the rumors that Sumlin’s job is in jeopardy. However, the players said they don’t think about his future and Sumlin said he is going about his business the same way he has in his six years at A&M. “What I do is focus on what we have to do this week to win games, and the big picture is going to take care of itself.

What we can do is the best we can do,” Sumlin said. “The best thing we can do as a program is focus week to week and whatever happens on Saturday — good or bad — you leave that alone and go to the next week. For me, that’s how I’ve approached it and that’s how I will continue to approach it.”

Winning the final three games of the season would go a long way to assuring Sumlin gets to coach a seventh year in Aggieland, and that road begins Saturday against New Mexico. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will be televised on ESPNU. “I think this game is going to be big to keep us going for the rest of the season,” Tripucka said. “We want to win and we want to win big at home.”

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INTERNATIONAL BALLERS A&M teammates Tyler Davis and Tonny Trocha-Morelos shared the court abroad

By Alex Miller @AlexMill20

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wo and a half years had passed since Tonny Trocha-Morelos set foot in his home country of Colombia.

Stepping off the plane this past August, Trocha-Morelos, Texas A&M senior center, went straight past baggage claim.

He only had one thing on his mind – devouring an authentic plate of Colombian rice and fish.

“I went straight to a restaurant,” Trocha-Morelos said. “Honestly, I love Colombian food so much.”

Trocha-Morelos was also looking forward to the main reason he was returning home: To play for the Colombian men’s basketball national team in the FIBA Americup.

The 12-team tournament was held from Aug. 25-Sept. 3, with Medellin – 400 miles south of Trocha-Morelos’s hometown Cartagena – serving as one of four host sites in South America.

“It felt great to represent the country, especially with the senior team, it’s a privilege,” Trocha-Morelos said.

Trocha-Morelos said it was surreal stepping onto the practice court with professional players he aspired to be like.

“It was pretty cool playing with them and just being on the court with them,” Trocha-Morelos said, thinking to himself in the moment. “I’m really playing with a guy that I grew up watching.”

During his 20-day stay in Colombia, Trocha-Morelos only took four personal days to see local friends and family, spending most of the time focusing on basketball. Those close to him still attended games, except his mother, Betty Morelos, who was afraid he would suffer an injury.

“I’m the baby, so she doesn’t want anyone to touch her baby,” Trocha-Morelos said. “But she was there every day after the games, hugging me, talking to me about anything else but the game because she was worried that I was going to get hurt.”

On the court, the Colombian national team struggled, going 0-3 in the group stage and finishing 11th overall.

“It didn’t go the way we wanted, but it was definitely something different,” Trocha-Morelos said. “[Basketball] is something Colombia is trying to build and to bring other people in the country and make it the best thing from Colombia.”

Joining Trocha-Morelos in Columbia was fellow A&M teammate and junior center Tyler Davis, who was playing for Puerto Rico. Davis’s maternal side of the family hails from the U.S. territory and decided to play for the Puerto Rican team after several years of persuasion from coaches.

“Once you grow up and you know you can go learn a lot from other people,” Davis said. “It makes the opportunity so much better, so I took the opportunity and I had a great time.”

Davis took two trips to the Caribbean island in preparation for the tournament, staying in an apartment complex outside of San Juan. His stint staying near the capital was just before Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm, devastated the island.

“It saddens me because I was just there,” Davis said. “I was able to see what a beautiful place it is. I was able to go to the beach and see the water and how clear it is. It’s just saddening to see on the news how flooded it is.

The place I stayed in is literally underwater.”

Davis said he enjoyed the different style of play, which he described as having a higher tempo and fielding more dynamic players.

“Everyone can play, so when someone is guarding our team, they have to respect everybody, because in pro-style now even the big guys can shoot,” Davis said.

In game two of group play, the Aggie teammates faced off. A slight ankle injury from game one limited Trocha–Morelos’ minutes against the Puerto Ricans, but he was set on playing no matter what.

“I told my coach, I better play this game or I’m not coming back,” Trocha-Morelos said. “We were still talking a lot of trash even though we weren’t guarding each other.”

Davis showed his dominance, scoring 13 points and had a team-high seven rebounds in Puerto Rico’s 91-72 win. “[Trocha-Morelos] told me, be ready, I’ve been coaching my guys up, but I wasn’t worried about it,” Davis said. “I did the same thing for my guys, everything they could know to stop him because he was playing well out there and shooting well.”

Off the court, Trocha-Morelos and Davis stayed at the same hotel and were able to spend some time together.

“I got to see him like every day,” Davis said. “We would catch up, ask how practice was.”

Despite the tough tournament for Co-

lombia, Trocha-Morelos’s college coaches took note of the growth he made in his game while playing internationally.

“I was really pleased with how Tonny played,” A&M head coach Billy Kennedy said. “He’s been a good leader for us behind the scenes and he’s

been real consistent in his effort this year.”

Davis said playing internationally increased his basketball IQ and slowed down the game for him. He said this can help him have better court vision in the upcoming season for the Aggies, who play internationally themselves against West Virginia Friday, Nov. 10 in Germany.

“When I’m in practice and I’m looking and watching things develop in front of me, I can see them and have a better feel for them because I experienced that in the pro-style game,” Davis said. “I have a different outlook on the game now.”

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Tyler Davis and Tonny Trocha–Morelos were members of the Puerto Rican and Columbian teams, respectively.

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(left to right) Juniors Tyler Davis and Admon Gilder celebrate with sophomore Robert Williams after a play during A&M’s exhibition game against Texas Oct. 25 in Houston. The game was held to raise money for Rebuild Texas, which benefits hurricane relief efforts.

BASKETBALL CONTINUED Entering the season, Williams was named named Co-SEC player of the year, Third Team Preseason All-American and Preseason First Team All-SEC. Back in October, Williams traveled to Nashville for the 2017 SEC men’s basketball media days alongside junior center Tyler Davis and Kennedy. While in the capital of country music, Williams said the team was anxiously waiting for the season to tip-off and ready for a deep run in the NCAA tournament come March.

“Talking about the season is like a teaser,” Williams said. “We’re obviously looking forward to the season. We know we can do great

things, we’ve got great things coming for us.”

With a year of play under his belt, Williams said he hopes to be the leader of the freshman on the team can look up to since he was in their shoes just a season ago.

“The freshmen coming in — we’re going to need them to play big minutes if we plan on going far,” Williams said. “I feel like I can step in and lead more than I could last year.”

A&M was picked by members of the media to finish third in the Southeastern Conference, behind Kentucky and Florida. Davis was a part of the 2015-2016 team that earned a share of the SEC crown with Kentucky and made a run to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.

On the flip side of things, Davis also saw last

season come to an end early after disappointing loss in the SEC tournament to Vanderbilt and without a bid from the NCAA tournament.

Davis assures last season’s struggles will not be an issue and opponents they face will know that the Aggies mean business once on the hardwood.

“I don’t care what they think when they see us,” Davis said in an interview with Texags.com. “But when we get to playing, that’s when I’ll care what they think. I want them to fear us when we’re playing.”

This season, the Aggies are set to face several teams who earned postseason bids to the NCAA Tournament or National Invitation Tournament (NIT). The team will be on the

road when they face No. 3 Arizona, No. 4 Kansas and No. 10 USC. Additionally, out of the 31 teams the Aggies will challenge only 14 of them did not make a postseason run.

As the only senior on the A&M roster, center Tonny Trocha–Morelos said he hopes to make his last season the best yet.

“Man, I’m so excited, I’m excited about senior year,” Trocha–Morelos said in an interview with Texags.com. “I’m excited about this team. I trust my guys and the coaches.

I’m just going day by day enjoying my senior season.”

The Aggies will start their season against No. 11 West Virginia in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany at the Ramstein Air Base.

Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. CST.

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By Andrew Little @drewlitt Does where you attend high school determine whether you will attend college? Does where you attend college determine whether you will actually complete your degree?

These are the questions Stella Flores of New York University discussed as related to Latino students at the event “Race, Income, Language and Wages: Does where you go to college matter (to Latinos) in Texas?” on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The event was organized by the MSC Student Conference on Latinx Affairs (SCOLA) and Texas A&M’s Carlos Cantu Endowment, frequent collaborators on Latinx Affairs events.

Kimberly Bosquez, international studies senior, is the Chair for SCOLA, one of the 19 organizations under the MSC umbrella. The organization coordinates a conference every spring semester that brings together students and leaders from different sectors in the workforce to discuss issues related to the Latino community.

Bosquez said she felt this topic is important because of the obstacles which keep many Latino students from attending university, or completing their studies at university.

“A lot of Latino students that come to college in Texas are going to be first generation students, which means that they don’t have any parent that has come through the university system. In

addition, income is going to be a big deal because a lot of them are going to need more financial aid,” Bosquez said.

“In addition to language, a lot of them come from Spanish-speaking communities and Spanish-speaking homes, and especially when they come to A&M, it is very much a culture shock.”

Flores, the speaker for the event, grew up in Texas and received her doctorate in Education from Harvard University. Now the Director of Access and Equity at the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy at NYU, her research focuses on how state and federal policy affects underrepresented populations’ college access and completion rates.

Both of Flores’s parents grew up in agricultural working families but managed to obtain university degrees despite their disadvantages. She said her family history is the motivation for her research.

“My parents during this era were still able to go to college because of financial aid programs, and miraculously given their income status graduated from college, and my mom even got her master’s degree,” Flores said. “That meant for us, her kids, we didn’t have a reason not to succeed. We never had to work in the fields, and we had different circumstances, but this is what gets me up in the morning.”

Apart from her family background, Flores said the recent population increase of Latino students in the U.S. makes it crucial for the State and Federal governments to implement policies that meet those students’ needs.

One projection Flores shared during

her lecture showed that between 1995 and 2025 the Hispanic population in the U.S. will have increased from nine percent to 25 percent, nearly tripling.

In Texas, she said Latinos are already the majority student population in public schools.

“If we fail Latino students, we are failing the majority of the education system; we cannot afford to fail Latino students,” Flores said. “Imagine a world in which the majority of all your students can’t graduate high school or even enroll in college or graduate from college. It’s going to destroy your economy.”

One way the government can more effectively serve the Latino student population is by recognizing the importance of Hispanic Student Institutions (HSI). Flores said these are institutions that receive federal funds to assist Latino students, especially those from low-income backgrounds.

Luis Ponjuan, associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development said A&M may become a de facto HSI because of its large Latino student population.

“After you reach 25 percent of your student population, then you are considered an HSI, and you have access to funds, to help address those issues, because there are federal funds associated with that,” Ponjuan said. “That’s the larger question about, what can A&M do to really make a difference in creating a higher odds for a Latino to come here and complete.”

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