The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1987 Page: 17 of 20
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THRESHER Sports Friday. November 13,1987 17
Lads wallop Aggies in a flurry of yellow cards
by Tony Mason
When the final whistle blew, the
nine bloody and battered Rice lads
still on the pitch wiped the sweat from
their faces and smiled. Though it is
said, in war there are no victors, only
survivors, soccer isn't war. It's better.
Coming off a Saturday nightmarish
roadtrip to "debauchery" capital of
the West, Waco, Texas (where they
had dropped the match to Baylor 2-0)
and in the absence of their coach,
Mike Henshaw, the lads were a bit
sullen. The imagery was characteris-
tically gray with one exception. An
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invigorating cold front was blowing
in that Sunday afternoon, a front that
promised change or, at least, a drop in
the humidity.
When the blues took the field, they
assessed their opponents from Texas
A&M. "A load of wankers," they
agreed. Then they glanced at the ref,
Juergen "Heil Hitler" Fuerst. "Oh,
great. I thought he was still in Argen-
tina."
The Ags took advantage of typical
Rice chaos in the opening minutes to
score. The Rice backfield admitted
their screw-up, "It would have been
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hard even for an Aggie to miss that
one." Rice quickly countered, con-
trolling well and moving the ball
down the wings. Twenty minutes into
the match, Dave "Thank God I didn't
wiff it" Freeman knocked in a cross to
tie the game. Minutes later, JP Baizan
put a shot past the keeper into the
lower left corner to put Rice up 2 to 1.
Soon after, "Colonel" Fuerst made
his totalitarian presence truly felt
when he ejected Tim "The Hack"
Hengster from the game without even
a prior caution for an illegal tackle
from behind. "Vis is my field, and I
....
J.P Baizan dribbles daintily
-L. Cowsar
Netters obliterate
by David Cumberland
The Rice Owls men's tennis team
finished their fall season last Friday
by shooting down the hapless Lamar
Cardinals with a 9-0 dual match vic-
tory at Jake Hess.
The Owls won every set in the anni-
hilation, with many players getting
the sweet taste of victory. Don Free-
man led off with a 6-2,6-4 trashing of
George Kennerd. Rodney Burton fol-
lowed by clobbering Rikard
Ekstrand, 6-1, 6-0. Ken Thome
smoked Andy Evans, 6-0, 6-1, while
Joachim Hallstrom waylaid Sonchai
"No Autographs Please" Jirabovon-
v isat by the same score. Chuck Br atka
wasted Devan Segrest by the ever-
popular 6-0,6-1, and Tim Schier
closed out the singles play by toying
with Buddy Barbay in his 6-0, 6-1
victory.
With the victory well in hand by this
point, Coach Larry Turville did some
experimenting on the doubles side
Thome and Sean Wade moved from
their usual third position to take on
Lamar's top doubles team; They won
easily over Kennard and Ekstrand
with a 6-4,6-2 waxing. The onslaught
continued as Felix Erbring and An-
drew Taylor saw some action as the
second doubles team. They made a
meal out of Barbay and Segrest in
their 6-1,6-1 cremation. Larry Pearl
and Alex Diego of Rice also took
advantage of their playing time by
whitewashing Mike Alcott and Gay-
land "No My Parents Weren't Drunk
When They Named Me And No I'm
Not From San Francisco" Keys, 6-0,
6-0, to put the Beaumont boys out of
their misery ."We played pretty well,"
Turville understated. "Lamar wasn't
a high level of competition, but a win
is a win."
As for the fall season in general,
Turville commented, "We definitely
improved. We are reasonably set on
our three doubles teams." Those
teams will be Burton-Bratka, Free-
man-Hallstrom, and Wade-Thome.
These combinations were determined
after some experimenting this fall.
Turville also said, "Everybody is
starting to get their games together.
The layoff may hurt us though." The
coach was referring to the six week
practice layoff after Thanksgiving.
Looking ahead to the spring season,
Turville said, "If we can come back
close to where we left off, we'll have
a good start in the spring. We need to
be ready and eager to play."
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vam in control here." The lads on the
sideline responded to the ref s power
trip with a goose-step of their own.
Despite being a man down. Rice
fought on vigorously, frequently
threatening the A&M goal. However,
fifteen minutes into the second half,
another act of stupidity on behalf of
the Rice defense allowed A&M to
score and tie the game 2-2. Still, it
really wasn't that suspenseful be-
cause Rice quickly countered when
both Stuart "your ice vis as thin as
skin" (apparently Herr Juergen was
mixing his metaphors) White and
Coleman "Mr. Debutant" Tucker
blasted in shots from outside the
eighteen to put Rice up 4-2.
Frequent penalty calls (for no ap-
parent reason); 12 yellow cards, and
three more ejections (2 Ags and 1 lad)
punctuated the game as the ref tried to
eliminate any threats to his absolute
authority. In event of a tie, Rice and
A&M agreed, whoever had the most
players still left on the field would
win. However, Rice maintained their
4-2 lead (as well as numerical equal-
ity in players) until the bloody end.
Normally, of course, these articles
end with an apropos quote from
Coach Henshaw, but since you know
he wasn't there I can't even legiti-
mately make one up this time. Enough
to say that, after the game, Rice of-
fered Herr referee a complimentary
shower, but he declined. With this
solid victory, they lads feel ready to
take on undefeated Sam Houston this
Sunday, 2 p.m. at Rice. Alluded one
lad, "Well, you know, theNazi's were
7 and 0 too until they got to North
Africa. And the way our field is now,
I kinda think of it as a desert..."
Lassies toy with
Trinity, win 1-0
The squad's next action won't be
until the middle of February when
they participate in the University of
San Diego Invitational. There the
team will compete against the top
players in the country. "It will be good
for our players to compete against the
best," Turville commented.
This weekend the women's tennis
team host the Rice Classic tourna-
ment starting Friday afternoon at Jake
Hess. The tourney lasts all weekend,
and the team would appreciate your
support. I'll be there—with my the-
saurus.
by Sarah Bailyn
Halloween has always been a spe-
cial day for the members of the Rice
Women's Soccer Club. October 31
evokes only sweet memories for the
girls. As children, they remember
dressing up in zany costumes: cows,
pears, crazy Norwegian referees, etc.
The large Eastern U.S. contingent
(faction?) vaguely recalls red and
yellow leaves, coats, and frost. Now,
of course, autumn means only a slight
decrease in the humidity level accom-
panied by midterms and, usually,
N.O.D. Of course, this year, with
respect to innocent and ignorant pa-
rental units, the latter was postponed
until this weekend. If only the former
was as well!
Instead, the Rice Women substi-
tuted "day" for the usual "night" of
decadence. It was shameful the way
they didn't even let Trinity have a
chance in last Saturday's game. The
Rice team was so powerful (filled
with the spirit of the occasion?) that
the visitors did not get even one shot
off.
The good guys dominated the en-
tire game, toying with their opponent
by keeping the score low. In a remark-
able display of control Rice kept their
scoring to one goal. On an arcing
comer kick for Dierdre Tiffany (who
is the Bionic Woman all the time)
Aimee Wilkin (disguised as Pat
O'Brien-don'tread this, Tim) headed
an impossible shot past the helpless
keeper.
In an ironic twist of fate (or is there
really an evil spirit haunting the
field?) there are no more home games
this semester, but you can read about
the exploits of the Rice Women in
your favorite propaganda tool, the
Rice Thresher sports pages.
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Raphael, Michael J. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, November 13, 1987, newspaper, November 13, 1987; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245678/m1/17/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.