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sports THE BATTALION TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1980 Page 7 Virdon changes third base coach Ag Ladies win one, lose one in AIAW hoop tournament United Press Internationa] COCOA, Fla. — Manager Bill Virdon says he probably will use Don Leppert as the Houston Astros’ third base coach this season instead of Bob Lillis, who has held the job for the past six years, despite criticism from fans. Virdon said he wanted to remove Lillis from the hot seat. “Bob Lillis is too valuable a coach to be put in that position all the time,” Virdon said. “Lillis does too many good things to not be put in a good light in the city of Houston. ” Lillis has received criticism for waving runners home and for hold ing them at third base when fans be lieved he should have done the opposite. “It’s not that Bob can’t handle all the fans, but I think Don might be able to handle it better, Virdon said. Leppert was hired by the Astros after coaching at third base for the Toronto Blue Jays last season. Leppert has been handling third base coaching chores for the Astros so far this spring. “If Leppert wants it, I may move him there,” Virdon said. By JON HEIDTKE Sports Reporter The Texas A&M women’s basket ball team won one and lost one in the Association for the Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) South- vest Regional Tournament held in Baton Rouge, La., March 6-8. The Aggie Ladies’ win was a satis- ying 71-65 victory over Houston, ind the loss came at the hands of lighly ranked Louisana Tech, 80-57. The opening-round win over the Cougars gave the Aggies the season ;eries edge, 2-1 and avenged a dis- ippointing state tournament loss, [he Ags had defeated the Cougars in heir first meeting earlier in the reg- ilar season. “We were emotionally ready to ilay,” said Aggie Ladies’ coach iherri Rapp, “because we had a core to settle. And settle it they lid. The Aggies were in control throughout most of the game, never falling behind by more than four, with that occurring only once. The Aggies led by four at the half, 35-31, and after hitting a cold spell early in the second period, began to get un tracked. Senior Lisa Hughes’ outside shooting moved the Aggies to an 11- point advantage, 68-57, with five mi nutes to go and the Aggies were able to coast to the final six-point margin. The Aggies who have had trouble getting outside scoring all year, were led in scoring by Hughes and Trigg Crawford, who both hit for 16 points. Hughes hit six of nine shots, mostly from the 20-to-25-foot range and was a perfect four-for-four from the free throw line. The next night, however, the Aggies weren’t so fortunate. The Lady Techsters, seeded No. 1 in the tournament, put on a clinic in the 2-3 zone defense. The zone was so effec tive that it limited post players Peggy Pope and Lori Foreman to a total of four points and one rebound. The Aggies stayed close behind the shooting of Hughes, and trailed only 19-15 with ten minutes left in the first period. But Hughes went cold and the Lady Techsters rolled to a 43-27 halftime advantage and were never seriously threatened the rest of the way. Hughes, who had an outstanding last two games as an Aggie, hit for 14 points and led the team in rebound ing with eight. Crawford, a junior, topped all Aggie scorers with 16. Five seniors, Hughes, Pope, Lola Baker, Pat Weaver, and Susan Kim- bro played their last games for the maroon and white in that game. The Aggies Ladies finished the season with a 19-12 record in Rapp’s first year as head basketball coach. Sophomore Lori Foreman led the Ladie Aggies this season with a scor ing average of 16 points per game. She also led the team in rebounds, averaging seven per game. Aggies top Ponies, up record to 19-4 I By MIKE BURRICHTER 4/'Bpjf •' Sports Editor ' For the third straight weekend, be Texas A&M baseball team drop- •ed the first game of a league series ut swept the double-header to ome out ahead in the three-game j et. JjlQS This time the Aggies victimized ' le SMU Mustangs, who won the rst game on Friday 10-9, but who in into a couple of tough Aggie •eshman pitchers Saturday in losing rwi i oth ends of the twinbill, 3-1 and The Ags jumped off' to a 4-0 lead fter two innings in the Friday con- ( , ist. The Ponies scored four in the mrth to tie it up and followed with >ur more in the fifth to take a 8-4 oncWdlad. In the top of the seventh the iv an; .gs hit three doubles, a pair of sing- niberifjsand were aided by a Pony error to comfejore five runs and take a 9-8 lead. But SMU scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to win the game. On Saturday the Ags rebounded to sweep the Ponies behind the pitch ing of freshmen Rick Luecken and Robert Slavens. Both pitchers went the distance, both struck out six SMU batters, and both upped their season records to 5-0. The Ags are now 6-3 in SWC play, second to the 6-0 Texas Longhorns, who were idle over the weekend. 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