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sports THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1980 Page 15 NGINEER&Tif ilm by ErnieC^- /el and worW f 3ff« don >: Will meetat' iscuss the natitf 1. N: Will meeU etetic professi® dietetics presented by | im. For tickti H6. ON: Auditioni Id from 3-5:3(11 Aggie Ladies start regionals By JON HEIDTKE Sports Reporter Texas A&M’s women’s basket- S ball team travels to Baton Rouge :his week to participate in what head coach Cherri Rapp calls “the strongest of the AIAW regional tournaments. Three of the 12 teams involved re ranked in the nation’s top five country: LouisanaTech (2), Texas (3) Stephen F. Austin (5). The ; winner of the four-day tourna ment will advance to the national championship in Mount survivor of tkef Pleasant, Mich., March 21-23. of his conmiaHj The eighth-seeded Aggie »e shown at" rLadies, 18-11 on the year, open tournament action today with a 11 student omt rematc ^ Houston at 9 p.m. store Profits» The A &Z ies eased l) y Houston -esentativetnfJB adier in t ^ ie y ear 75 -&4, hut the iopwillbeginI« ou S ars knocked the Ags out of ■ the state tournament last week with a 66-61 overtime victory. rnational suppcj udents are Bull tudyat7p.EstJ leadership ti of Kurt Vomit lupreme Court jj orking in Ti ler. Id setting up Wednesday’s rubber me. The girls were very excited about playing Houston,” Rapp said. “After all, it is not very often you get a second chance like this. We don’t want to end the season with them (Houston) beating us ; twice in a row. Besides it would give us another shot at Louisana Tech.” The winner of the Texas A&M- Houston game will play Louisana Tech at 9 p.m. Thursday. Tech downed the Ags earlier in the year. Lori Foreman continues to lead the Aggies in scoring with a 16.4 average. The 6-2 sophomore also leads the team in rebound ing, averaging 7.2 per game. Senior Peggy Pope is next scoring and rebounding with averages of 14.7 and 6.9. Rapp has also been aided by the improved play of Trigg Crawford. The College Sta tion junior has been averaging 14.4 points over the last five games. The Cougars, who bring a 17- 12 record into the tourney, rely on a physical inside game and the shooting and passing of Kip Anderson. In their overtime win over the Aggies, the Cougars won the game at the free throw line, hitting 24 out of 34, compared to the Ags’ 7 of 11 from the line. The rest of the field includes Arkansas, Texas Tech, Wayland Baptist, LSU, Oral Roberts, McNeese State and Southeast Louisana. Aggie Ladies’ senior Lori Forman goes for a shot against SMU in early season action. The Aggie Ladies open Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women regional tournament play tonight against Houston in Baton Rouge, La. ansAgs take fifth place in A &M In vita tional vith his milliou: n goingbackto] ; people from ient roles, tobi Ith, voluntari;- - By KATHLEEN McELROY IglOn. Kit Sports Stair t venture in kf Southern Methodist, the defend- llcd Endow ing women’s national collegiate ition is simple Ahampions, fought bad weather and ill be given !i> Rough course to win the Texas A&M >n—that them:Invitational GolfTournament played P|S week at the Briarcrest Country icept was tha 31ub Golf Course in Bryan, public an opporti SMU finished with a three-day ;1 persons o: :otal of 952 for the 54-hole tourna- ces who had n- iient played Sunday, Monday and :> help huma: Tuesday. Host Texas A&M finished persons would:wo shots behind second-place ass on their P ’Houston Baptist, which posted 981. ise that wouldn The two lowest individual scores relonged to SMU’s Missie > politicians ancMcGeorge, who finished with 230 — ung more thanliA shots above par — and her team- isessed, as Stoneinate Kyle O’Brien who ended with 5. !39. Junior Kim Bauer was the irsues this drear 0West Texas A&M golfer, finishing ite sure there iss aurdl with a totaI of 242 - ever have been- Texas A&M junior Rita Aguilar hot the lowest individual round of hie tournament Tuesday, finishing i ■■■MHH^b'ith a 73, one above par. She inished seventh in the tournament. Texas A&M coach Kitty Holly said y SERVE t AS^NBft ie i w ^°^ e six-member team played ' cleaners bui »finsistently. The other Texas A&M jze in altering golfers were senior Carol Berry EVENING DRESSES. II o/i f U t 1 • n * 7 RTS. JEAN HEMS,»*fo), treshman Jackie Bertram ikets. ETC 252), Shiela Oldfield (259) and soph- ( ./more Monica Welsh (259). the fir m MART.) % course. That’s a course that de mands outstanding fairway shots, or else, Holly said the golfer is in trouble. Now that she’s finished hosting the thirteen-team tournament, Hol ly is going to concentrate on getting her team back into last year’s form. “The last three years we have qualified a team for the nationals,” she said.“We just need some more experience.” Next week, the Aggies will com pete in the Betsy Ross Tournament hosted by the University of Texas, which finished fourth in the Texas A&M tournament. Entire Stock of WARM-UPS Vz Price TV l in ker Room Uv. 800 VILLA MARIA RD ' SPORTSHOES UNLIMITED ACROSS FROM MANOR EAST MALL 779 9484 Tk o Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN 822-6105 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. P windy NERS ® olf - 'PING CENTtH wo days of the tournament — cold wasn’t exactly perfect “It was lousy, ” she said. “We had a ittle bit of everything. On Sunday, ere supposed to have a pro-am some of the local players and the but that was weathered out pletely. he second day was warmer, but as windy and that ruined the |es,” she continued. By Tuesday, e'weather had cleared up, and the jes for the Texas A&M team im- fyed. | guess we’re a not a cold team — e a hot team,” Holly laughed. ||pd if the weather wasn ’t enough, ourse wasn’t an easy one. hey (the club) have an excellent urse,” said the five-year coach, ts tough, as the scores indicate, s what golfers called a tight ^^VEDNESDA^^, $ NIGHT SPECIAL ^ m Enchilada Dinner BEFORE THE BALL. Tuxedo and Shirt Rental and Sales e diets, w# nutritious M orders. You selection oj 'ee foods in ng Center? 1 1 $2.65 n 1 Just come by El Chico any Wednesday night after 5 pm! 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Over-the-winter acquisitions of Nolan Ryan and Joe Morgan via the free agent market signify the end of a “hands-off’ atti tude usually held by the team man agement. Historically, the Astros’ manage ment, led by since-departed “Spec” Richardson, had avoided the free agent market, choosing instead to rely on minor league hopefuls and trades to build a contending team. Not until Joe Sambito, Jeff Leonard, Terry Puhl and Craig Reynolds lifted the Astros out of the baseball slums last year have these attitudes paid off. Thus the Houston Astros now are under the watchful eye of the media and baseball buffs who have sup ported the team through several “this is the year” seasons, only to watch as the team slipped dismally and unnoticed through the season. The rise or fall of the Astros this year hinges largely on the success of newly-acquired Ryan, the fastball Comm en tary artist. Ryan, who led the American League in strikeouts, now teams up with National League strikeout lead er J.R. Richard, Cy Young-nominee Joe Niekro, and Ken Forsch, who no-hit the Atlanta Braves last season. This staff should be one of the finest in the major leagues this season, de pending largely on Ryan’s oft- injured arm and Richard’s consis tency. The gambles of Tal Smith, a high ly-respected baseball mind and the Astros’ current general manager, have paid off thus far for the Astros. Smith has pulled off some remark able and shrewd trades despite the past stumblings of Richardson, who traded off names such as Morgan, Cesar Geronimo, John Mayberry and Rusty Staub during his stint as general manager. Smith is responsible for bringing in present manager Bill Virdon, All- Star shortstop Craig Reynolds, reli able catcher Alan Ashby, and now Ryan, among others. Despite the brilliant pitching corps of the Astros, the season s suc cess lies mainly in the bats of highly capable but equally erratic regulars. The Astros’ repeated efforts over the winter to trade Joaquin Andujar for some power came up empty- handed. The power is there in the present lineup, however silent the bats were last year. The addition of Morgan to the lineup should add some punch, and his playoff experience can only be a positive factor. The low-key Virdon, long-known for his baseball smarts and ability to extract great play out of mediocre players, has expressed great hope for the coming season, saying, “If we get good overall offensive production, the pitching we’re capable of and consistency, I feel the Houston ASt i r nln W -> 11 be le « ltimatc contenders m 1980. Coming off their strongest V( .. 1r ever in 1979, and with the •idrl'K Y f Morgan and Ryan the have just what it F iL-, ^ st:r os may It’ll be about time k Pul! 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