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THE BATTALION Page 13
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1978
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Battalion photo by Bill Wilson
Texas A&M’s Judy Willard prepares to receive the serve of a
Houston Cougar opponent in Wednesday’s dual match at the
Aggies’ new Tennis facility. Willard won her singles match
6-2, 6-1. She also won her doubles match with her partner
Kathleen Sissom 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
\achery divides time
the federal government ever is-
apatent for the ultimate inven-
m, James Zachery would stand a
chance of getting it. After all,
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IS 1110 ore than a lot of hard work and
idication. During the last two
an, Zachery had divided his time
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lean w if )r p S o p(] a{ j e j s at Texas A&M.
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died somei eds to complete towards his de
ling Thanh ee. “I just wasn’t able to spend as
nd goingh time with the outfit as I
list mas. b lnte d to,” he explained. “Even
that tliei ough I devoted all I could to the
rt Hit, it was getting to be too hard
. spread my time. Since I am on
(bet Warship, my studies and playing
itball had to come first.”
That the Midland High graduate
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uniform. I also had to make sure
that my shirt was tucked in right so
that it wouldn’t pull out. Then there
was breakfast to worry about, too.
Just getting the day going right was
really tough.”
Still, he said, being in the Corps
was an enjoyable experience.
“It wasn’t something my father
wanted necessarily, but something I
wanted,” he said. “I always gave it
my best shot because anything
you’re involved with that stresses
pride should make you try your
best. ”
The 6-2, 236 pounder played
linebacker two years at Midland
High School while making all
district and all-state at that position.
Upon arriving at Texas A&M,
Zachery was shifted by Aggie
coaches from linebacker to defen
sive tackle position. Last spring,
Zachery was shifted again from de
fensive tackle to defensive end. So
far this season, he has played at end
exclusively and seems to be doing
well.
“I think being a defensive tackle
has made me more capable of being
a good defensive end,” he said.
“Really, just moving around has
helped me at all positions. When I
moved to tackle, that let me know
what it’s like to be on the line. I
made me more aware of how valu
able the defensive tackle position
is.”
Zachery sees the Texas A&M de
fense as well prepared for the up
coming a game with SMU and ex
pects no major changes in the de
fensive alignment to be made by
new head coach Tom Wilson. “Be-
By SEAN PETTY
Battalion StafT
Many students may not realize it
but Wednesday afternoon was a big
day for tennis at Texas A&M Uni
versity.
Wednesday marked the first time
the new varsity tennis courts were
used in match play. The A&M wo
men’s tennis team played the Uni
versity of Houston in a dual match
and inaugurated the stadium the
right way with a decisive victory
over the Cougars.
Although there was no big cere
mony complete with cutting of the
ribbon, pictures and many smiling
faces, it was a milestone for tennis at
Texas A&M.
The fact that the Aggies now have
an excellent facility to play in is rea
son enough for tennis coaches Ellen
Buchanan and David Kent to cele
brate.
“I think it is just great,” Buchanan
said. “We have waited a long time
for these new courts and now that
they are here, we can’t wait to put
them to good use. I have no com
plaints about the courts, they have
been such a long time coming I can’t
say enough about them.
“One of the great things about the
new courts is that the girls now have
a better mental attitude. If you
know that you have a good facility to
play in, it just makes your game that
much better. We really have some
thing to be proud of now.”
Work on the new stadium is not
quite through, but the facility will
be completely ready for the spring
matches. Construction is still being
done on the area under the stands
where some offices and dressing
rooms will be. Each court will also
have a scoreboard so that fans can
see the different match scores.
The stadium holds approximately
500 people and offers a good view of
four of the new courts.
Most of the Aggie women com
pletely dominated their Cougar op
ponents in singles play. They played
the best two-out-of-three sets.
Maylynn Hooton won 6-1, 6-0;
Judy Willard won 6-2, 6-1; Susan
Schilling won 6-1, 6-3; Pam Hill
won 6-3, 6-2 Mary Guerra won 1-6,
6-2, 6-4; and Kathleen Sissom lost
6-2, 6-3.
In doubles play, the team of Schil
ling and Hooton lost 4-6, 2-6. The
team of Sissom and Willard won a
tough match 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 and the
team of Guerra and Hinkle lost 6-2,
3-6, 2-6. The Aggies won the dual
match against the Cougars 6-3.
“Today was the girls’ first home
match this year and they were a lit
tle nervous,” Buchanan said.“They
have been playing very well all fall,
especially in the singles play. The
girls really played the singles very
well today, in fact, I think they got
so excited with their singles play
that they couldn’t concentrate on
doubles.”
The new courts should boost the
A&M tennis program immensely
and help in recruiting for both the
men’s aind women’s programs.
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“The courts will definitely make a
big difference,” Buchanan said.
“When we can bring a girl over here
and show her our facilities, it really
makes our recruiting job a lot easier.
“A unique thing about the new
courts is that they are strictly varsity
courts. We do not have to compete
with the P.E. department or in
tramurals for court space. This
really helps us because now we can
bring one of our players out here
anytime of the day and work with
them individually and that, of
course, makes your team a lot bet
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Although the stadium was not
filled to standing-room-only capac
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mately 50 people who were very
courteous and appreciative of the
good tennis they were watching.
The small crowd was quiet but
applauded both Texas A&M and
Houston players on shots well
made.
“We really want to fill the
stadium in the spring,” Buchanan
said. “I hope we can get a lot of
people out here to watch because
we do have a very good team and a
great place to watch it from.
“I really hope we can fill it against
LSU so we can show them what
good fans are. When we have been
down there (LSU), their fans
applauded whenever another team
did something bad which is really
poor sportsmanship.
“I really appreciated the fans who
came out today because they were
very courteous and showed respect
for both teams,” she added.
The A&M women played very
well against the Coogs and showed
that women’s tennis is just as fast
moving and exciting as men’s.
“I am very optimistic about this
team,” the Aggie coach said. “We
should finish in the top five in Texas
in the spring, which is pretty good
considering that we have no confer
ence and that we play schools like
Trinity and Lamar, plus all the
Southwest Conference teams.
There are a lot of teams in Texas and
we should be right in there.”
The women will travel to Dallas
Friday for their last match of the fall
season.
“I can’t wait until spring because
the girls have been improving each
week. But after Friday, I’m going to
let the girls study for the rest of the
semester,” she said.
So tennis at Texas A&M looks like
it has no way to go but up. The
coaches and players are very
enthusiastic and excited about the
new tennis courts. And for good rea
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