ylor. Hit itenedto! iltcliersii THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1980 Page V sports Galloway believes he has real gems on the diamond R uggers take third in Midwest tourney ihoftheiil i whose it )urth, tlfl Harry Fi| Hoddesii! Little anil; Francis ir record fell to 13-; By KATHLEEN McELROY Sports Staff In the pre-season prospectus, the Texas A&M University women’s softball coach says, “We don’t wish to be just good, we want to be the best!” Now most coaches — no matter what sport — would have a hard time living up to that line. But softball coach Bill Galloway has no problem. His team is currently ranked fourth in the Association for Intercollegiate I Athletics for Women softball poll and realistically does have a chance fill to be the best in the nation. i/ll The team was ranked second last jlweek on the AIAW poll, but the dl for |k Ag 8‘ es dropped when they only won f imefvera wo ^ our S ames at t ^ ie Texas future J Women ’ s University softball tourna- ment last weekend. We didn’t do as well as we had hoped to,” Galloway said, but Texas A&M has done well for the spring seasop — so far the Aggies are 18-7 after finishing the fall with a 27-7 record. And until the TWU tournament, the pitching staff had posted six straight shutouts, a school record. “Our pitching staff is our main [strength,” Galloway continued. “It’s [one of the areas I wanted to remedy hen I got here.” Galloway came to Texas A&M two years ago and immediately started solid ki&Teeruiting top players — of the 14 mt Tal slfwonien on the team, only six are ■from the state and four of them are ons williBrom the Houston area. Galloway n deters&tjsearches nation-wide for his players. wners to play ing out ipenses layers to lining Playing in dismal weather, the Texas A&M rugby team was unable to capture the Mid-West Intercolle giate Invitational Rugby Tourna ment title, as the defending champs finished third in the weekend meet. When play began on the Universi ty of Missouri campus in Rolla, the Aggies looked tough, defeating Southwestern Missouri State Uni versity 16-15 and Luther College 9- 8. But during the semifinal match against the University of Missouri- St. Louis, the Texas A&M squad came up shorthanded, and was edged out 8-6. The Aggies came back against Central Missouri State University, gaining the third place trophy by a score of 6-0 off a try by Buster Drues- sen. Ross Morgan kicked the conver sion. Noted for their outstanding play during the tournament were backs Mike Frenzel and Bill Ballew, scrum half Ross Morgan, and prope Bill Taute. Unfortunately for the team, first side player Joe Bob Hunger chipped a vertebra during a game and will be out for at least six weeks. The Texas A&M ruggers’ record now stands at 6-3 for the season. The team’s next match will be April 12 at the Texas Rugby Union Championships. Texas A&M is the only college in the senior division of the Union. Matches in Austin April 19 and in College Station April 26 against Stephen F. Austin will round out the season for the extramural club. SKATES! Highrclle (<0 «(0* Easter Special!!! Glorian Motal, a member of the fourth-ranked swing during a recent practice. Texas A&M Women’s softball team, takes a staff photo by Lynn Blanco Introducing the superior Canadian made G/COR outdoor roller skates. Fully-lined, high-top boots of quality leather or suede. Light-weight adjustable aluminum plate, Kryptonic wheels, full- precision bearings. Sizes 4-12. $99.50 complete. Call kathy, 779-1468 Skate for the health and the fun of it! will cutjB I have a lot of connections in the irillOope jfcountry,” he said, “and certain areas | are just extremely strong. So you iyiaturally look in those areas.” 11 Surprisingly, one of the Aggies’ , 0 , e Slop players, Shan McDonald, is ori- hesthe^nallyfrom Canada. St Tnii Galloway said a good softball nn,tl pitching staffhas an earned run aver age of about .75 — Texas A&M’s staff ERA is .020. He added freshman pitcher Lori Stoll, from Lee’s Sum mit, Mo., is an AIAW All- America O candidate. ^ The Aggies are now also getting some good, consistent hitting to go with the pitching. A ^ f | “It’s not bad the last few games,” Galloway said. “We’ve been hitting real well. We re doing a much better job than last fall.” The team batting average is .215 which Galloway said doesn’t seem that good, but he added, “We prob ably are as strong as any team.” Last year the Aggies finished 58- 20, and placed fifth in the national post-season tournament. This year the team faces stiff regional competi tion from TWU, last year’s national champions. But Galloway and his Aggies — who host the Southwest regionals this May — aren’t scared. V “TWjgas SP$?s.#n*ty ? dj( ip tl^e country, he said. But we are too. y withii ^Golfers tee it up in Houston rery si! Billy br26ye$ lid, “arf ike it.” I two "1 c orn i n g 0 ff a tj e f or s i x th place in uie-mw Morris Williams golf tournament in Austin last weekend, the Texas A&M golf team will be participating in the Collegiate All-American meet 5 through Saturday in Houston. Houston won the Williams meet with a 866 total, followed by Oklaho- uarter ma State with 872, Oral Roberts with ;ed onei 878, Wichita State and TCU 883. etoapfrhe Aggies and the University of ,n Celtic Texas finished with 885. 'omjano't There were 23 teams entered in ime will the competition. arter. Texas A&M’s David Ogrin lipped out his final putt and finished one shot behind Houston’s Fred Couples in the individual race. Couples shot a 212 for the 72 holes, while Ogrin completed the contest with a 213. Ogrin had rounds of 67, 75 and 71. Other Aggies participating in the tournament and their scores are: Richard Cromwell, 223; Brad Jones, 223; Steve Bowman, 226; Jay Kent, 231. 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