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the winning drive midway through
the fourth quarter to earn the vic
tory.
"I thought our kids showed a
lot of heart and character," said
Kerry Taylor, Carver's coach. "We
had some rough spots, but we won
a tough game against a good Dud
ley team. Our kids never quit and
that's something that I'm very
proud of. Hopefully now we can
continue to improve and finish
strong.
"We were a very young team
going into the season and now I
think some of the younger kids are
beginning to come around," Tay
lor said. "We're making some
strides on offense, especially on the
offensive line. If we can continue
to improve I think we'll finish very
strong."
Carver will travel to Southwest
Guilford in a key battle tonight
! while Dudley visits Deaton
' Thompson Stadium for a game
against Parkland.
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Aggies' 3-0 MEAC record adds to appeal
of homecoming showdown with Howard
By DAMON FORD
For THE CHRONICLE
This game doesn't need any
pregame hype.
When North Carolina A&T
and Howard get together to play
football, no one has to say any
thing to either team to get the two
combatants fired up.
This year's edition of the
Aggie-Bison Mid-Eastern Athletic
. Conference match-up will carry
even more significance than ever
for A&T. The Aggies bring a 3-0
. conference record into the game
; and need a win to keep pace with
; Florida A&M in the league stand
ings.
Howard is fighting for its life
after losing a couple of early
games and has fallen to 2-4 overall
and 1-2 in the MEAC. The Bison
desperately need a win to salvage
their season.
Aggie fans will be hoping for a
repeat of their performance two
weeks ago when A&T came home
to Aggie Stadium after being on
the road for their first four games.
The Aggies were more than ready
to take on two-time defending
MEAC champion Hampton and
didn't disappoint.
With more than 10,000 fans in
the stands, the Aggies commenced
to dismantle the Pirates, who were
ranked 13th in the Division I-AA
poll, to the tune of a 41-24 score
that served notice that A&T will
have a say in the conference race
this season.
Behind the efforts of a stingy
defense and a strong running
game, A&T scored; 38 straight
points in the second and third
quarters. By the time head coach
Bill Hayes looked up at the score
board at the beginning of the
fourth quarter, his Aggies held a
41-6 lead.
"We were primed and ready,"
he said. "Our kids came to play."
The Aggie offense, which
scored 21 fourth-quarter points to
beat Norfolk State University two
weeks ago, continued to click on
all cylinders against Hampton.
Tailback Maurice Smith led the
charge, accumulating 142 yards on
18 carries and one touchdown,
while quarterback Jason Battle
. combined with fullback Eric
Farmer for another 102 yards on
13 carries. But what really set the
game apart for the Aggies was the
play of their defensive unit. Line
backers B.J. Little and Josh
Rogers, along with defensive
Shawn Paylor, led the charge.
They kept NFL quarterback
prospect Roy Johnson and 1998
All-MEAC running back Montrel
Coley in check for most of the
game. Johnson was sacked twice,
threw two interceptions and netted
only 86 yards passing in the first
three quarters before breaking
loose for 149 yards in the fourth
quarter against A&T's reserves.
Coley, who ran for over 1,000
yards last year, could manage only
a meager 26 against a defense that
continued to pound him relentless
ly at the line of scrimmage. "We're
an eight-man front team and
you're not supposed to be able to
run on an eight-man front team,"
Hayes said.
Hayes went on to say that if it
weren't for a couple of turnovers
by the offense early in the game,
which put Hampton in good scor
ing position, the Aggies' defense
could have had a shutout going
into the last quarter.
"We've got good team speed
and you shouldn't underestimate
it," he said.
Hampton coach Joe Taylor,
who saw his team's record fall to 4
' 2 overall and 2-1 in the ME AC
after that loss, gave the Aggies
credit for coming in with a sound
game plan.
"First of all you've got to take
your hat off to (A&T)," he said.
'?Coach Hayes has got to be very
proud of these guys because they
played from beginning to end.
"Mo Smith just ran the ball hard."
Hayes and the Aggies surprised
a lot of people by trying some
thing different. Faced with a third
and 21 situation on Hampton's 26
yard line, A&T surprised everyone
by bringing in third-string quarter
back Tim Funderburke, a redshirt
sophomore, who came in to
replace starter Jason Battle, who
was sacked for a 7-yard loss on the
previous play.
The Aggies quickly lined up in
a shotgun formation with five wide
receivers. Funderburke, a Char
lotte native and former Shrine
Bowl quarterback, took the snap
and calmly lofted a perfect pass
into the hands of fellow Charlot
tean Steve Shipp, who was also
named to the Shrine Bowl as a
wide receiver before signing with
the University of Florida.
According to Hayes, the coach
es had been trying to get Shipp
some playing time but because of
the kinks still being worked out in
the Multiple-I, they hadn't been
able to give him many snaps..
"I really wanted to run our five
wide outs (wide receivers) there,"
Hayes said, "Shipp was hungry to
get into the box (end zone)."
That helped to open the flood
gates and from there, the Aggies
coasted to victory.
The Aggies didn't have to rely
on their passing in their Win
against Morgan State last week.
A&T used the running of Eric
Farmer and Mo Smith to domi
nate after falling behind 6-0.
Farmer rushed for 90 yards and
two touchdowns while Smith
added 106 yards rushing.
The Aggies will need to mix the
two together this week against
Howard if they plan on, coming
out victorious.
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Williams is ready to evict Hingis from top of rankings
By ERICA BULMAN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ZURICH, Switzerland - After
beating Martina Hingis in her own
backyard, third-ranked Venus
Williams is ready to evict her rival
from her place atop the world rank
ings.
By hammering her way past
Hingis in the final of the Swisscom
Challenge 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday,
Williams believes she was serving the
top-ranked Swiss star notice.
"I definitely will be number one
and probably next season," said
Williams "I have everything going
for me.
"I have a lot of power. I'm capa
ble. I'm a smart girl. I'm hard on
myself. I have six titles tljis season."
Having clashed five times
already this season, the two 19-year
olds have been locked in a fierce
rivalry.
Sunday's victory marked
Williams' second consecutive win
over the Swiss player, having defeat
,ed Hingis in the semifinals of the
Grand Slam Cup just two weeks
ago. before coming up short against
her sister, Serena.
While Hingis still has an 8-5 win
loss record against the lanky Ameri
can, Williams leads this season's
head-to-heads 3-2, having also
defeated Hingis in the semifinals of
the Italian Open in May.
Williams' only losses to Hingis
came in the semifinals of the U.S.
Open and the final in San Diego,
when the Swiss player reclaimed her
place atop the world rankings from
American Lindsay Davenport.
But, Williams said, Hingis' lease
on the top spot is nearly up.
Despite the fact that Serena was
the first sister to win a Grand Slam
title, defeating Hingis in the final of
the U.S. Open, Venus still believes
she'll be the one to replace the Swiss
star from her perch atop the world
rankings next year.
"I have no Grand Slams so I
have no major points to defend," she
said. "I have nothing to lose and
only one way to go: up"
But Williams will have to brush
up on a few elements before she can
hope to usurp the top ranking from
her rival.
In Sunday's final against Hingis,
Williams' most potent weapon her
missile-like serve - played as much
against her as for her.
Serving up seven aces on the
sluggish carpet, only 47 percent of
Williams' first serves were good.
Unwilling to risk a double fault,
Williams' muscle was wasted.
But since losing to Hingis in the
semifinals of the U.S. Open,
Williams has been making a deter
mined effort to master her serve.
Once she does, Williams says
she'll be a force to reckon with.
"I'm practicing my consistency
and placement and I'm really going
for it," she said. "When I get it just
right you won't believe it."
But Williams may need more
than just a strong serve to oust
Hingis, the winner of 26 career titles,
including five Grand Slams and
nearly $ 11 million in career earnings.
Hingis has won seven titles this
season, including the Australian
Open. Four other of her titles this
year came at Tier 1 events.
She also reached the final of the
U.S. and French Opens and has a
65-11 win-loss record this season.
"With some more physical train
ing I can beat her again." shrugged a
confident Hingis.
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