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THE BATTALION
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By TONI GALLUCCI
Staff Sports Writer
HOUSTON—Aggie Bill Hoover
defied prediction in making mince
meat of the seeded competition
and advanced to the finals of the
SWC tennis tournament.
Unseeded Hoover advanced to
the quarterfinals by defeating
third-seeded Lee Merry of Hous
ton on Monday.
In the quarters, Hoover defeat
ed Texas’ Dan Nelson, 6-4, 4-6,
7-5.
On Saturday Nelson beat
A&M’s Dan Courson in the top
bout of the SWC dual match at
A&M.
Hoover in the semi-final match,
disposed of Rice’s Alan Boss in
a 34-game split set match, 5-7,
7-5, 6-4. Exactly half of the 34
games were service breaks.
Boss had a chance to win the
match with two match points in
the second set before losing.
Boss trailed in the first set, 1-5,
but came back to win 7-5. Hoover
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gathered steam and won the final
two sets.
Only two seeded players reach
ed the quarterfinals. SMU’s
George Hardie, Hoovers’ oppon
ent in the finals, downed Aggie
Dan Courson in the semi-finals.
Second seed Ross Walker of UH,
was upset by Boss in a quarter
final match.
Hardie is the defending singles
champion and is 16-2 on the sea
son with one of those losses com
ing to eliminated second seed
Walker.
Hoover will be meeting Hardie
for the third time in his three
year career at A&M.
Hoover beat Hardie as a fresh
man but lost last year.
Hardie comes to the tourney
with excellent credentials, having
beaten the defending National
Singles Champion Baer of Stan
ford earlier this season.
“But Bill (Hoover) can beat
him,” said head coach Omar
Smith. “He’s had a good wind.”
Looking back to Hoover’s match
with Merry, Smith said, “Bill just
kept the pressure on and cooked
him.”
“We're real proud of Hoover,
he’s the first singles finalist
we’ve had since Richard Barker
(now Aggie assistant coach) in
1964.”
Hoover could become only the
second Aggie to win the title.
Barker was the other.
“He’s a strong, tough player,
he has a lot of physical advan
tages,” Smith said.
Courson, a senior, lost his semi
final match to Hardie, 5-7, 6-4,
6-3, eliminating the chances of an
all-Aggie final match.
According to Smith Courson
was having trouble with foot
blisters, and the tourney direct
ors would not hold up for the Ag
gie to rest.
The chances of an all.|j
doubles final bit the dust,
as Charles Emley and BillH 1 ]
lost to Texas’ Nelson and Gtj
Whaling, 6-2, 6-4, and Con
and Hoover lost to Hom
Merry and Dale Ogedn,
both in semifinal matches,
“Dan Courson is glued to$
His ankle is hurting, ani
taped it up to keep it togetl
said Smith. But Courson stsji
there, his final conference®
as an Aggie.
“Emley played strong a
Wright played well also."
The finals begin today at |
at Rice’s Jake Hess tennis if
ium.
The Aggies must also
their rain-delayed match
Texas.
With the match tied atU
Ags must take the final
matches in order to fe fortl
in the conference with Ri« |
Texas.
Should Texas win one ol I
three, the fifth singles aid 1
doubles matches, they would! I
sole possession of third, drop] 1
the Aggies to fifth.
Texas’ top doubles teamdsi:|
ed A&M’s same in the semif
the SWC tournament on Tuesl
In the three remaining mat
only one set was finished
rain halted play.
In the fifth singles match,
Courson won the first set
Jim Bayless, 7-6.
Courson got behind early,
but came on strong winning!
straight sets to win the set
The two were tied at
in the second set when inch
weather halted the match.
Dan Courson and Hoover iB
behind 3-4 in the first set i|
Nelson and Whaling.
The match has been tentath I
re-scheduled for Thursday at
A&M varsity courts.
ADVANCING TO THE FINALS of the SWC is Aggie!
Hoover. Hoover is seen in action ag-ainst Alan Ross of Rii
in the semi-finals yesterday. (Photo by Kathy Curtis)
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