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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1979 Page 9 wile. I'ONUJ) Porter Club ofi s Ponsof| and undj the Groi t include li, eds, I4 ■ speeds, -■hwinn, Raleigh. e M annu -les the Ih, 'hed up oiin ie bicyclaj fter the® left to gol, s . directori for Un v those npus are the aucti«| the University riginal o the ad iths, the for registered lice, the letters six monl If there: adverl of the a it. Ags defeat UTA, prepare for tourney >veme! nternationai ed Natioit Young bel ity betwen erica duriii ;hts movem current siti clay the pec; ig around the bla civil righli from the Battalion photo by Lynn Texas A&M’s Peggy Pope wins a jump ball against UTA. By SEAN PETTY Battalion Sports Staff Although the Aggie Lady basket ball team had a relatively easy time defeating the University of Texas at Arlington 72-45 Thursday night, there was a great deal of suspense for the Ladies until the final seconds of the game. The suspense was broken when Kelley Sullivan pulled down an of fensive rebound and put it back up and in to give the Ladies their 72nd point with approximately 20 sec onds. Why all the suspense? “We set a goal before the game,” said coach Wanda Bender. “If the girls didn’t score 71 points, they would have to practice Friday and Saturday. “The reason we set that goal is because we beat them (UTA) by 71 in Austin and I figured we should at least beat them by that much here. They almost didn’t make it there,” she said laughing. “And believe me, I would have stuck to our deal. They would have had practice tomorrow.” Aside from the 71 points they al most didn’t get and the suspense surrounding it, the game was an all-Aggie Lady show. They con trolled most of the game and led at halftime 37-20. “Our girls knew they were going to enjoy playing this game,” Bender said. “Don’t get me wrong though, UTA has beaten some people who have beaten us so that shows how bad our girls wanted this game. “We re playing just about how I want us to be playing going into the state tournament. We re scoring Bliinco we ll anc J doing the things we want to do inside the lane,” she said. “Our shooting percentage has been pretty good, in fact, we shot 48 percent from the field the first half. “So I think the girls are right up there where they need to be going into the tournament. And believe me, it’s going to be a tough tourna ment.” Tough is an understatement. The Aggie Ladies are going to the TAIAW State basketball tourna ment in Nacogdoches where some of the strongest women’s basketball teams in the country will compete for a chance to advance to the AIAW regional tournament. The top five teams in the tournament will ad vance. But whoever made the schedule must be either a marathon runner or sadist. The first night of tournament play is an example of the grueling schedule. The Ladies will play twice on Thursday; once at 11 a. m. against Lamar, which has beaten them twice this year, and again at 7 p.m. If they win their first game, they will probably be playing Stephen F. Austin at 7:00, which is one of the top teams in the country. The Aggie Ladies were not seeded which means they had to draw to see which one of the seeded teams they would play. Unfortu nately, they had a bad draw and play Lamar. “I was really surprised we weren’t seeded,” Bender said. “We have beaten some of the teams who are seeded above us. And on top of that we drew Lamar who beat us by 12 the first time we played and 11 the second time. “If our girls win that game, they will be physically and emotionally sapped and we ll have to play at 7:00 Officials respond to HEW’s Title IX Department of Health, Education .id Welfare’s proposed regulations for a cml ) V erning Title IX application to in- (rcollegiate athletics would have an Iverse effect on women’s sports, wn Texas A&M University offi- E Texas A&M officials made that lervation in a formal reply to IW’s requests for comments to :cific questions concerning its posed policy in an attempt to use le IX of the civil rights statute to lire “equality ” in athetic pro ms for men and women at col- ; the motj 3 foracivi Young to ges and universities throughout e nation. atter, Yotit st be givei nt aid soils] conomicai] gin an e U.S <. bon The University’s comment con- ming possible adverse effects on omen’s sports was made in re- 3tween thel a question about the prac- .vasgood, oality of a per capita standard, in the p» Th e p er ca pjt a expenditure andard would require expenditure thousands of dollars for each costly and unrealistic generally, Texas A&M officials challenged HEW’s authority to become in volved in intercollegiate athletics. They emphasized that intercol legiate athletic programs receive no federal funds and, therefore, should not be subject to federal regu lations. Almost without exception, men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletic programs at public institu tions are funded from football reve nue, the sole net-revenue- producing sport at most institutions. “The questions which HEW have asked universities assume that HEW has the authority to regualte intercollegiate athletics, Texas A&M President Jarvis Miller ob served in a letter attached to the re participant which a univer- ty added to its intercollegiate pro- am, regardless of whether such ——3tK^>mendihu-^c were necessary to 'ovide equality of opportunity, asoned the Texas A&M officials. This fact would penalize univer ses for increasing participation in omen s athletics and would often iscourage universities from ac- , t driving to increase women’s ^ I Nticipation,” they noted in their ^ ' ply to HEW. “As such, the per 'Pita standard is at cross purposes fth the concept of increasing par- dpation.” Texas A&M officials also pointed =>»K=^' Jt that the er capita expenditure fantlard would force women’s in- rcollegiate athletic programs into ■esame mold as men’s programs,” situation which would not neces- tril y meet the needs of women, h addition to pointing out the ftposed policy could be counter- jyhictive, as well as being too <5> ■» % i Gravy itatoes a| one othef [able hB' sad and e- or Tea s pEC l IEVEW* 1 . key di* ! d with ry Sauc e d Dres ?t read - ^ or Tea Gravy, ioice of* getable Perricone's Townshire Gulf Ryder Rental Inc. 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I*— b>^Er i 7 white lighten <kte : frtezy fzh. tinz - X'-Dfl —?■ f>kcz- legion till teyian 3 *rhutauJi#ri jt ffrg-YeML telh mr iz jmiYzrvtx. whether we win or lose our first game at 11:00. It is really tough be cause we will play twice on Thurs day and Friday.” It is a double elimination tourna ment so the Aggie Ladies will have to lose twice before coming back to College Station. And there is still a chance they will go to the regional tournament by receiving an at-large invitation. “Our state is so strong that the at-large berth in the regional tour nament will probably come from Texas,” Bender said. “I think we have a good shot at the at-large berth if we don’t get in the top five. ” The Ladies will have today, to morrow and Sunday off and will need all the rest they can get to be ready for the tournament in Nacog doches. The girls will be able to rest and take care of some small injuries and be ready for the tournament. We re pretty healthy all the way around,” she said. The Aggie Ladies will go to the tournament without the services of Pat Werner who is the Ladies’ third leading scorer and a strong player at the post position. Werner is out for the season with a foot injury. “We’re going to miss Pat’s scoring and rebounding but we have real good depth and will be able to cover for her,” Bender said. “I think we can lose anybody on the team and anyone else can come in and do a great job for us. We really don’t have just one girl we rely on al ways.” The game against UTA was the last home game for seniors Margaret Byrne and Cindy Gough. Byrne had 12 points while Gough went score less in her last home appearance. Sullivan led the Aggies with 17 and scored the all important 72nd point for the Ladies. Peggy Pope scored one point less than Sullivan with 16. The Aggie Ladies finished the regular season with an impressive 24-14 record and hope to add a few more games to the win column be fore they hang up their well-worn tennis shoes. sports. 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