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sk sports THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1978 Page 5 t spots I, mentis juadaliij, ^ wise,; Baylor wins tourney; Ags get invitation r here fe; ische4 s to hej theassaj lepans voundp nlargesi art,ly| time. BY DERRICK GRUBBS For the second straight year, the jjWC champion Texas Aggies have foiled to advance to the South Cen tral Regional in Arlington by being eliminated in three games at the SWC Tournament in Austin. the Ags will, however, compete in the NCAA playoffs at another re gional to be announced next !u de ' it ; M Bv winning the SWC round-robin :hedk championship, A&M earned the fright to receive an at-large bid while 1 | Baylor will represent the league for )l rll Ae second year in a row at the 1 1 South Central. The Bears disposed of their tourney opponents in three ac straight games to successfully de- CW f enc j their tournament crown. [ The Aggies lost to Houston 8-6 , ^ last Friday night in first round ac- Maturei ri on defeated Arkansas 5-0 Satur day and were turned back by the alamiist Cougars again Sunday 17-10. the sta: 1 Rut A&M coach Tom Chandler going 1 received the at-large bid Monday icsenui from the NCAA to take part in |uire stonRher the Far West, Rocky ids of vi Mountain, Midwest or Mideast re gional. Since many of the other con- fences around die nation are still Icompeting for league cham- jptonships, it is yet to be determined [where the Aggies will go. | There are eight regionals, only Jojie of which will be played this [weekend, that being the South Cen- Itral where Baylor is competing. The [other seven will begin May 26. [ The only other definite site is for [the Midwest Regional that will be [played in Tulsa, Okla. hosted by [Oral Roberts University. | A&M must spend the next few , [days regrouping after their disap pointing outcome in Austin last weekend. In Friday’s contest against Hous ton, Aggie ace Mark Thurmond’s ylidas Touch’’ produced only lead I he was shelled for seven runs on Ve hits in the first inning and had our Ags are named 11-tourney By DERRICK GRUBBS our Aggies were named to the l-Tournament team at the second VC Post-Season Classic played in istin last weekend. Ijunior pitcher Mark Ross was Tected for his performance against Tcansas in the second round game the tournament. Ross went the stance in shutting out the Hogs on Ip-hitter 5-0. He walked two, ck out three and allowed just Arkansas baserunner to reach I base. Be.nior Robert Bonner was named ^-Tournament shortstop. Bonner st six hits in the three tourney ties A&M played and also had ie assists. Bonner now has 68 hits ■ the season, breaking his own ■tool record of 64 set in 1976. ■Junior rightfielder Gary Bryant y ^so selected. Bryant had six ® in the three games, including W doubles and a triple. He had Wee RBI’s in the Aggies’ first wnd game against Houston, and tyed superb defense throughout ' tournament. fhe other Aggie named was stcher Buster Turner. Besides toying solid defense, the junior Texarkana had a pair of triples i®t sparked a comeback effort by P e A&M in the Sunday loss to louston. ig Battalion I Classified Call 845-2611 I AM* /MOW, <T*£AKMMG MM fiAVOA OP TM£ romAMJOMMMT Buy One & Get One for $1.00 | Buy any giant, large or medium pizza and get the m next smaller size pizza with an equal number of in- “ gredients for only $1.00 You can choose between ■ the original thin crust or our old fashion thick crust. COUPON EXPIRES ERL, MAY 1% 1978 Valuable Coupon — Present With Guest Check LS.Pizza liixi. 413 TEXAS AVE. 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I didn’t feel like I was throwing any differently than I had all year,” said the junior lefty. “Houston just made contact and the hits fell into the right spots for them.” A&M got a strong performance from Mark Ross the next afternoon, however, as the Ags claimed a 5-0 win over Arkansas. “My arm didn’t feel real good but I think that’s what makes me a bet ter pitcher,” said Ross after Satur day’s win. “I couldn’t overpower the hitters so I relied on my slider and got them to hit the ball on the ground.” A&M was given another shot at Houston Sunday after the Cougars lost to Baylor Saturday night. The Aggies seemed to have all the “intangibles” working foe them: revenge motive, momentum after shutting out Arkansas the day be fore, wanting to prove they could come back after losing the first game of the tournamnent. But A&M still lost 17-10. “Naturally we’re very disap pointed about not doing better in the tournament,” said Chandler after Sunday’s loss to the Cougars. “Our pitching just fell apart. We hit the ball good but still made too many mistakes. “I think there may have been somewhat of a let-down on our team,” the Aggie boss added. “We feel we’ve already proven ourselves by winning the regular-season championship. In a tournament like this, you will usually find that the champion will not win because they come in with nothing to gain and everything to lose.” Perhaps first baseman Kyle Hawthorne said it best. “We wanted to go to Arlington. That’s where the SWC champion is supposed to go.” Ciiynyi’/ £ Gdl> 4103 S. TEXAS AVE. Bryan Place Bldg. 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