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The five-month wait is finally over.

Dr. Brian May was named the sole finalist for the office of presi-dent of ASU Monday in front of a full house at the CJ Davidson center.

“Being a member of the class of 1980, I never dreamed that this would be a reality,” May said. “It is a hum-bling experience. I love this school, I love the university, I love this town and I love west Texas.”

May was one of four finalists who was presented to Texas Tech Chancel-lor Kent Hance near the beginning of September by the presidential search committee, said Mickey Long, chair-man of the search committee. Hance then recommended May to the Texas Tech Board of Regents on Oct. 12, where the board accepted May as the sole finalist for president of ASU.

Under Texas law the university must wait 21 days before officially hir-ing May as president.

Dr. Joesph C. Rallo said his last day will be Nov. 5 and May will take over the next day on Nov. 6.

Once May arrived at ASU, he said he knew that this was where he be-longed.

“I came here in ‘76, and I was met at the door by Dr. Gil Engdahl; he was a new professor,” May said. “I never left. I thought that this was the best place that a person could not only go to school, but to come back here and go to work.”

May has quickly moved up in the ASU hierarchy, being promoted three times in the past three years.

In June of 2009 he was named the dean of the College of Graduate Studies and was also named the pro-vost and vice president of academic affairs in July of 2011.

Although May’s movement from professor to president has been a fair-ly quick one, he said he welcomes the change.

“It was a rapid move up,” May said. “I embrace the chance to be able to help and to work with the fac-ulty and the students and the staff at ASU.”

The appointment of May will allow Rallo to finalize his move to Lubbock, where he will carry out his duties full time as vice chancellor of Academic Affairs at Texas Tech Uni-versity, a position he was appointed to back in May.

Rallo said that his years at ASU

“have been the most rewarding in my over 30 years of university roles. While leaving is bittersweet, I still will remain involved in my new posi-tion within the system.”

While leaving ASU summons mixed emotions for Rallo, he said he has confidence in his successor.

“Dr. May has the academic ex-perience and passion for ASU to be-come an exceptional president for the university,” Rallo said.

May holds a bachelor’s and mas-ter’s degree in animal science from ASU and a doctorate in ruminant nu-trition from Texas A&M University. He has published nearly 400 refereed journal articles and abstracts, accord-ing to his vita.

Dr. Michael Salisbury, head of the Agriculture Department and a close friend of May said, “What he says he means. He is a person of high integrity.”

Perhaps the greatest indicator of the May family’s commitment to ASU is that attending ASU has become something of a tradition in the May family.

In May’s speech he said his wife, two daughters and sons-in-law have all either attended or graduated from ASU.

“As you can see, our whole family is in,” May said.

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‘Belles snag first place in the Lone Star Conference standings, prepare to take on ACU at home Oct. 19

The ‘Belles have eight games left in their regular volleyball season, but a few players said they do not want it to end so soon.

“I’m just having too much fun,” sopho-more Shelby Wilt said. “I’m just taking it one game at a time.”

The ‘Belles have four home games this weekend and then will play their final four regular season games on the road before they head to the Lone Star Conference Vol-leyball Tournament.

The team leader in kills, junior Shelbi Goode, is having the time of her life in her first season with the ‘Belles after transferring from the University of Alabama.

“I’m having so much fun,” Goode said. “I’m actually looking forward to these last eight games because after the regular sea-son comes the conference tournament and

regionals, so it is going to become more ex-citing.”

Goode transferred to ASU and she said it felt more like a family.

Goode has won three Lone Star Confer-ence Offensive Player of the Week awards, while leading all players with 273 kills, al-though she said she could not do it without her teammates.

“My season with this team has been a lot of fun,” Goode said. “I expected to come and have a winning season and have a lot of fun, and that’s exactly what’s happening.”

The ‘Belles are having fun and success at the same time with an 18-3 record, a five-game winning streak and they are in Ameri-can Volleyball Coaches Association’s nation-al top-10 again after being voted No. 9 in the current poll.

“I felt like we deserved it,” Wilt said. “I feel like we are top-10.”

The ‘Belles had been ranked, coinciden-tally, No. 9 in the beginning of the season, but after back-to-back losses in the

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Photo by Rio Velasquez‘Belles anticipate a serve in their game against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The team is No. 1 in the LSC and plays to keep their title Oct. 19.

A suspect has been arrested in rela-tion to the Tuesday shooting at the Tusca-ny apartment complex that saw a 20-year-old female victim transported to Shannon Medical Center.

Thirty-two-year-old Ronald Mon-tana II was arrested Tuesday evening for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest, a San Angelo Police Department news release said.

Tuscany resident Alfonso Perez, 26, said he heard screaming and went outside to find a man holding a pistol.

“I went to go look and there between my car and another car there was a woman shot directly in her chest.” Perez said. “She was still breathing and he stood around yelling for a while.”

“Just before noon we received a call that came in by 911 regarding a shooting incident located at the Tuscany apart-ments at 1815 S. Fillmore,” SAPD Public Information Officer Tracy Gonzalez said in an earlier statement. “Right now, all that we know is the victim of the shoot-ing was transported to Shannon Medical Center for treatment of unknown inju-ries.”

San Angelo police confirmed that none of the individuals involved in the in-cident were ASU students.

The Criminal Investigations Division is looking for 21-year-old Juan Carlos San-chez

“Sanchez is needed for questioning,” the news release said.

ASU police sent out alerts about the incident, warning people to stay away from the scene. ASU police were present at the scene to aid local law enforcement.

“We were notified by city police that they were responding to a shooting, and it is not uncommon for us to also respond to incidents close to the campus,” ASU Police Chief James Adams said. “We sim-ply assisted them by helping set up a pe-rimeter around the crime scene area and standing by.”

San Angelo police officers were on the scene conducting their investigation and no further official statement has been given containing any details of that inves-tigation.

The investigation is still ongoing.If anyone has any information regard-

ing the incident please contact SAPD. If you would like to remain anonymous call Crime Stoppers at 658-HELP.

ASU presidental finalist named after months of anticipation

Photo by Rio Velasquez Sole finalist Brian May is greeted by friends, faculty, staff and students after his acceptance speech at the CJ Davidson Center.

Shooting takes place at apartments near campus

Key stretch of games start with rival ACU

Stephen CoganStaff Writer

One person injured; another in custody

Dillon Brollier Editor

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Civil War Lecture Series: Different disciplines introduced to series

More than 400 community members, students, and faculty at-tended the second chapter of the Civil War Lecture Series last Tues-day, which focused on the impact of the Civil War on American lit-erature.

The official counter reported 384 people, but more people ar-rived late, History Professor and Coordinator of the series Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai said.

“That was the most people I have ever seen at a Civil War lecture here,” an audience member said.

This was a “great opportunity” for ASU to highlight the expertise of its professors on the Civil War because it is the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Wongsrichanalai said.

“This is the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, so it was a great opportunity for ASU to highlight the expertise of professors here at ASU and of men and women in this community,” Wongsrichanalai said. “At our last session, we had 175 people from the community and students attend.”

Many ASU departments and local organizations sponsor the Civil War Lecture Series, including the History Department, the Cen-ter for Security Studies, West Texas

Collection, the Multicultural Cen-ter, the Air Force ROTC, Fort Con-cho, and the Concho Valley Civil War Roundtable, according to the press release.

The Civil War Lecture Series has changed this year by bringing other disciplines into the discus-sion, like the study of literature, Wongsrichanalai said.

“My hope is that by broaden-ing the focus to include the hu-manities, we will draw in students who normally wouldn’t attend a history lecture,” Wongsrichanalai said. “The Civil War has influenced childhood books, poems, novels, and so much more.”

The featured speakers from the English department included Professor Wallis Sandborn, III, and Professor Gabriela Serrano. Pro-fessor Linda Kornasky moderated the panel, according to the press release.

We are dealing with human conditions and not facts and fig-ures by talking about the war through the perspective of litera-ture, Serrano said.

“Literature captures the hu-man element to war,” Serrano said.

Serrano read ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ and ‘When Lilacs in the Door-yard Bloom’d’ by Walt Wit-man. Both poems deal with emo-tions during the civil war and after Abraham Lincoln’s death, Serrano said.

Sandborn discussed the char-acteristics of American war nov-els, as described in his book, The American Novel of War, according

to a press release. By examining war through a

literary framework, people make things more human, Serrano said.

“This applies to today, too,” Serrano said. “We hear numbers and statistics of how many men were killed and how many were wounded, but when we make as-pects of war more human, it helps us to become better human be-ings.”

Wongsrichanalai became in-terested in the Civil War through the novel “The Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara, he said in a press release.

“The war lives on in the pas-sages that our nation’s greatest po-ets and wordsmiths put down on paper in an attempt to grapple with the profound experience that the American people had undergone,” Wongsrichanalai said.

The Civil War is important be-cause we are still struggling with many issues brought to light by the Civil War, Wongsrichanalai said.

“Debates about race relations, the federal versus state power struggle, and morality of war are still with us today,” Wongsrichana-lai said.

For more information on the Civil War Lecture series, please email the History Department at civilwar150@angelo.edu.

“Students ask, “Why his-tory? Why literature?” Serrano said. “History and literature teach you to be a better person because it awakens your social consciousness.”

Professors highlight the Civil War in its 150th anniversary

Rachel Riggs Staff Writer

The 2012 E. James Holland Symposium will take place Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. in the C.J. Davidson Center.

This year’s topic is Film and American value with distin-guished guest speaker Jeffrey Ly-ons.

Among the nation’s top film and theatre critics is author, crit-ic, television and radio host Jef-frey Lyons. His keynote address for the symposium is titled “Thinking Twice Before Knocking Someone Else’s Work: My 42 Years as a Movie Critic.”

“Everyone likes films, but we rather think criti-cally about it,” said Randy Hall, art professor and chair person of the E. James Holland Symposium commit-tee. “We try to find topics that are compelling to the ASU community.”

The symposium barbecue will be Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. at the LeGrand Alumni Center. The event is free to the public, however, reservations are required because seats are limited. Reservations for the barbecue can be made at www.angelo.edu/events/university_sym-posium/.

Lyons will be visit the honors lounge Monday be-fore the Honors Society Luncheon, leading to his key-note address at 2 p.m., Hall said.

“I believe Lyons will speak to not only the popular understanding of film as entertainment, but his per-sonal vast experience with interviewing major stars and critiquing thousands of movies,” Hall said. “Be-

cause of his experience he can pro-mote a particular perspective upon the values that are related to the industry and art form.”

Following the symposium will be an informal reception in the University Center tower lobby, open to the general public.

At 7:30 p.m. will be the discus-sion and question time with Lyons and moderator Dr. John Wagner, English professor.

The student response contest will become open immediately after the symposium. Student re-sponses are due by Nov. 30. They can enter an art work of any media, personal prints, poems, research essays, music or film, Hall said.

“The media is wide open, but we ask that students submit an entry directly related to the topic of the symposium and the presentation of our guest speak-er,” Hall said. “It’s a way to include students in a very important event.”

Entries can be turned in to the Art and Music of-fice in the Carr Education and Fine Arts building. The winner of the student contest will receive a $500 cash prize, Hall said.

The E. James Holland Symposium on American Value has been at ASU for 28 years. In Dr. Holland’s 36 years at the university he served as a professor of gov-ernment and head of the Government Department, Director of Curriculum Development, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Col-lege of Liberal and Fine Arts.

The symposium has brought over 50 nationally prominent scholars, academicians and policy makers to ASU to provoke thought and discussion on a wide range of themes.

Get involvedon campus!

Here’s what’s going on this week.

Friday, Oct. 19

ASU Caregiver Research Institute: “Strategies for Pre-venting Hospitalizations in At-Risk Populations”7 a.m. to 4 p.m. @ Houston Harte University Center, C.J. Davidson

Sculpture Exhibit: “Path and Pattern” by Bill Molthen8 a.m. to 5 p.m. @ Carr Education-Fine Arts Building, room 193

Saturday, Oct. 20

Homecoming Parade, 11 a.m.Begins downtown at Harris Avenue and Oakes Street

Presentation of Homecoming King and Queen4 p.m. San Angelo Stadium (at halftime of football game)

Sunday, Oct. 21

Golf: ASU at Cameron University Tournamentin Lawton, Okla.

Monday, Oct. 22

IM Soccer Officials Clinic 5 to 7 p.m.@ Center for Human Performance

Holland Symposium on American Values: Class Visits 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Holland Symposium on American Values: Jeffrey Lyons, Author and Film and Theater Critic2 to 3:15 p.m. @ University Center, C.J. Davidson Conference Center

Tuesday, Oct. 23

Disabilities Awareness 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.@ University Center Lobby

SMART Workshop: Resume Writing 6 to 7 p.m. @ Academic Building 119

Wendsday, Oct. 24

Franchise Ownership: Is it Right for You?9 to 10:30 a.m. @ Mathematics-Computer Sci-ence Building, room 108

Secondary/All Level Teacher Certification Advis-ing Session 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. @ Carr Education-Fine Arts Building; Room 101

Thursday, Oct 25

SMART Workshop: What Are You Going To Be When You Grow Up? 6 to 7 p.m. @ Academic Building 119

Michael Jackson’s Thriller 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.@ the Super Slab

Submit event requests by 5 p.m. Tuesday for Friday publication to rampage@angelo.edu

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Mariah PowellManaging Editor

Photo Courtesy of The E. James Holland Symposium Committee

Guest speaker Jeffrey Lyons

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Clever marketing or invasion of space?Staff Editorial

Clever marketing: Students who went Monday

to get food or relax at the Univer-sity Center found, or rather heard, something a little different from what they were expecting.

Students, faculty and staff heard the popularly annoying song “Barbie Girl” playing on repeat for five-plus hours. University Center Program Council played the song on repeat until they raised $250 for the Make a Wish Foundation.

This raised varying reactions throughout the student body. Though some disagree with the idea of playing loud, annoying music to get people to donate money to a cause, we think it was a creative strategy.

We understand why some people would think that UCPC was trying to force students into paying money so they would cut off the song, but the money was going to a good cause. It is not like they were raising money for them-selves.

Yes, the music was loud. Play-ing music in the UC is something we’ve all heard regularly since our first day at ASU, and we say this is no different than the Multicultur-al Center or any other group play-ing music for its events.

As long as the group had prop-er permission to play music in the UC, there really is not anything to

be said about the matter. Everyone who had a problem with the song should have just eaten outside or moved to a different location.

If we start banning groups from fundraising in the UC, when do we stop? Should we ban all fun-draising groups that make us feel guilty or uncom-fortable? I don’t think so.

While some fund-raising is powered by guilt we cannot pun-ish the good for the one or two bad apples.

The money was raised for a child that has one last wish, and we would like to think that grown adults could listen to a song for a few hours to help that kid have one last hurrah.

Kudos to UCPC who thought of the fundraising idea. It was a great way to get attention for their cause. They are getting free publicity in the newspaper, aren’t they?

Invasion: At what point did charity

become something that had to be done instead of some-thing that was voluntary?

It certainly felt like being charitable was mandatory af-ter Monday’s incident in the

University Center.While the cause to raise

money for the Make a Wish Foundation is admirable, the “marketing” idea is a bad one.

It may seem clever in

terms of market strategy, but the idea crosses several lines when it comes to common courtesy and personal space.

There is no question that the song was used to annoy people into paying money to the Make a Wish Foundation.

“Barbie Girl,” with its auto-tuned vocals is already annoying, so combined with continuous play is worse than static on a radio or scratching a chalkboard.

People with different views have made numerous comparisons of this tactic with the Multicultural Cen-ter’s events that have music playing. Those people will also point out that is for a good cause and anyone can leave the UC if they don’t like the music.

The difference between events with music held in the UC and the continuous loop-ing of “Barbie Girl” is that the music in the UC events are intended to enlighten the ex-perience of a place we paid a lot of money to enjoy.

Students in the UC at that time were given an ulti-matum. Either pay to stop the music or their ears are sub-jected to torment if they de-cide to stay in the UC, a place

where students go to relax, to buy lunch and to take a break from their studies.

The biggest problem was for people who did not like the music and were sug-gested to simply leave. Why? Why should students, who have paid for tuition and oth-er fees including food, have to leave the UC, something they paid to have a right to, when an intrusion happens?

Good cause or no good cause, the playing of loud music isn’t tolerable. Why should “Barbie Girl” be played then? In fact, the mu-sic most likely turned people off from making a donation at all.

Also, there are people who cannot leave the UC. The cashiers at the food sta-tions, the people in offices nearby and the cafeteria workers cannot leave their jobs. Should they have to deal with five-plus hours of the same song?

No. They should not. It is violation of human decency to force people to listen to things they do not want to hear and to do it in a public place such as the UC.

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Lambda Chi Alpha member Ry Narvaez (front) led the fraternity in their step routine at the preliminaries Wednesday night. The top five organizations who won the preliminary round will move on to per-form at the pep rally Friday Oct. 19 at the LeGrand Sports Complex.

Photo by Rio Velasquez

2012 Homecoming Week Activities

Photo by Rio Velasquez

The 2012 homecoming court finalists were announced Monday night in the CJ Davidson Center. Five ladies and five men were chosen from the 26 total nominees. All nominees were invited to the presentation. During the presentation, a flash mob, organized by Isaias Martinez (pep rally chair), danced to an assortment of ‘90s songs.The ten homecoming finalists from left are: Emily Banda with AMAS, Darcy Musick with Block and Bridle, Leah McFadden with Baptist Student Ministry, Chantel Jackson with Kappa Delta Pi, Ashley Hamp-ton with Tri-Beta, Kiel Sieckmann with Block and Bridle, Paul Mason with SAAC, Henry Luna with AMAS, Nathanial Redic with Lambda Chi Alpha, and Austin Sparks with Delta Zeta. The King and Queen will be announced during halftime on Saturday at the football game.

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Honor students, freshman Emily Perez (left) and sophomore Sawyer Ricard (right) put the finishing touches on the Honors Lounge door for the Departmental Door Decortaing competition. Each depart-ment or office was allowed to enter one door. Each door would be judged based on the best use of the theme (Roscoe loves the ‘90s), creativity and ASU spirit. The judging was Thursday, Oct. 18.

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Roscoe bends down to go underneath the limbo stick at the Brisket Cook-Off sunday. Homecoming week kicked off Saturday Oct. 13 with different events scheduled every day. Homecoming is a collaboration of the Alumni Association, the Center for Student Involvment, ASU Athletics and the students. Some of the homecoming week activities included: Midnight Madness, Washer Tournament, ASU Choir Spooktacular, Kick Ball Tournament, Think Fast Game Show, Pep Rally, Torch Parade, Bonfire and the football game. ASU will be playing Texas A&M Commerce at the San Angelo Stadium Saturday Oct. 20 at 4 p.m.

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Students line up to get brisket and sides at the Brisket Cook-Off Sunday hosted by Delta Sigma Pi. The cook-off started at 9 a.m. and went until 6 p.m. There were several activites going on while organ-zations cooked their brisket, including basketball and a limbo contest.

Block and Bridle came out as the top brisket cookers at the 16th annual Brisket Cook-Off Sunday Oct. 14.Photo by Rio Velasquez

SPORTS Page 5Friday, October 19, 2012

‘Belles are looking forward to recover from a bittersweet week-end on the road. They defeated Abilene Christian, 1-0, and then suffered a 0-1 loss to Midwestern State.

On the plus side, the ‘Belles have beat both Texas A&M-Com-merce and Abilene twice this sea-son, head coach Travis McCorkle said.

This season makes their first time to beat Abilene Christian since 2008.

“It shows your dominance over that team, and it was exciting

to do that,” he said.McCorkle said that is the goal

they have for every team if they can.

“We have a good group of girls,” he said. “We are very strong in team defending, so if we score one goal we are hard to beat, if we can score two I don’t think we have lost yet this year. It all comes down to how we do offensively and if we can continue to have the good habits that we’ve had so far in our defending.”

There are thirteen returning players on the team of twenty, he said.

“Our new players have done a great job, and I’m really pleased with how they have contributed to our team,” McCorkle said.

Sophomore Caitlyn Conaway said the team has great chemistry

on and off the field.“We had a good team last year

and we didn’t lose too many team members, but as a team we are closer than we were last year,” she said.

The ‘Belles play their final two home games this weekend. They take on Eastern New Mexico Oct. 19 at 4 p.m., and West Texas at 1 p.m. Sunday, which is Senior Ap-preciation Day.

“Us being able to win these games will solidify not only our place in the conference tourna-ment but earn us a bi-day in the first round [of the tournament],” he said.

Goalkeeper senior Danielle Edwards said Senior Appreciation Day gives her a bittersweet feeling.

“It’s fun being a senior but its sad that my days with the team will

‘Belles soccer beats ACU for the second time this season

Team looks to dominate last 2 home games

Mariah Powell Managing Editor

Photo by Time PeevyGoalkeeper senior Danielle Edwards strives to keep the ball out of the goal durning their Oct. 17th practice. The ‘Belles take the field Friday and Sunday for their final home games.

Photo by Tim PeevyThe ‘Belles look to knock off Eastern New Mexico today. Their last games gave them a 1-0 win and a 0-1 loss.

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Rams prepare to defeat Texas A&M-Commerce at Homecoming game after 28-35 loss to Midwestern State

The Rams face Texas A&M-Com-merce on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. in their stadium as part of the main event of Homecoming week for ASU.

For the seniors, it will be their last time to walk onto the field and feel the magic that is Homecoming with their families and friends in the stands.

For the alumni, it is a flashback of their own moments in ASU’s history or memories of watching their peers play.

“All the alums coming back to have a little bit of celebration,” senior full-back Avery Rigg said. “The old-timers come back to relive their days as an ASU football player or whatever their athlet-ics may have been.”

Beyond the pomp and festivities of electing a man and woman as King and Queen of ASU, the seniors know that it is the game where they will make their memories.

Beyond the parade and the giant home crowd cheering them the seniors know that Homecoming is just another game, but yet, not just another game.

“It sets you on your heels a bit to know that this is the last time to put on your jersey for Homecoming,” Rigg said. “I’m happy to be here and hope to put big numbers to help win the game.”

It is the game that the Rams intend to win to make them 4-4 and gives them a 3-2 conference record.

A win on Saturday would help the team shake off back-to-back losses in the last two weeks.

One senior players has mixed feel-ings about taking the field at homecom-ing one last time.

“It’s kind of bittersweet,” senior defensive end Austin Benson said. “I’m excited, but it’s sad that this is my last Homecoming.”

The Rams have held opponents to less than 100 yards rushing seven times this season and will look to make it eight

against Texas A&M-Commerce like any ordinary game.

“We’re going to prepare like we do every week,” Benson said. “Do what our coaches ask us to do.”

Benson said his mother is coming in from California on Senior Night to see her son and watch him play.

“This is my alma mater and I’ll be giving back to the school and the pro-

gram,” Benson said. “Definitely going to be back in a few years or even next year. I’m going to be back years down the road to show my family and kids where I went to school.”

That’s what Homecoming is about; taking pride in where one went to school.

Emotion-filled game will be one of last for seniors

Stephen Cogan Staff Writer

Photo by Tim PeevyRams practice Oct. 18 for the 2012 Homecoming game which is on Oct. 20 against Texas A&M-Commerce. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. at the stadium.

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Colorado Premier Challenge, the ‘Belles dropped to No. 15 when they began their confer-ence schedule.

A&M dropped a match against Abilene Christian University to fall to 8-2 in conference play.

The ‘Belles don’t in-tend to drop anything when they face ACU on Friday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Junell Center.

As well as ACU, the final four home match-es include showdowns against the University of the Incarnate Word, Eastern New Mexico Uni-versity and West Texas A&M University.

The rematch against West Texas A&M has been brewing since the conclusion of the first game and players have said they still think about that loss.

“Even just playing them a second time is different,” Wilt said. “We know what to ex-pect.”

Having the match held in the Junell Cen-ter may influence the outcome with the help of the home court fans.

“I think we play really well on our home court, especially with our fan support,” Goode said, “We have an advantage, and I’m ready to beat them.”

Shelby Wilt said she wants ASU stu-dents to be there for their home games.

“We’d love y’alls’ support and we’d love to have a full house there for ev-ery single one of the

games,” Wilt said. “They’re im-portant, so the more support the better.”

Photo by Rio VelasquezSenior Alex Woolsey serves for the Belles in their game against Texas A&M-Kingsville. Their next game will be Oct. 19, against ACU, at the Junell Center.