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Page 14 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1980 --LAMIXATL\(i" Softball team begins quest to be h TIC AND PHOTO ID CARDS Now Available At Texas A&M women take on Baylor tonight les KINKO’S COPIES *©1 College Main &46-8721 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK By RICHARD OLIVER and ANN DUFFY Battalion Staff The Texas A&M University women’s softball team opens what promises to be an exciting 1980-81 season tonight with a doubleheader against Baylor in Waco. All Freshmen and Transfer Students: MSC TOWN HALL The Aggies return all but two play ers from a team that compiled a 72-16 record last season and finished third in the nation. A&M coach Bill Galloway has put together the fastest and most experi enced team in the seven-year history of Aggie varsity softball, adding more players to an already excellent squad. The Aggies will be led once again by all-America pitcher Lori Stoll, who was voted to the all-tourney team at last spring’s women’s softball world series in Norman, Okla. Stoll and fellow pitching ace Shan McDo nald accounted for 63 of the Texas A&M wins, with Stoll taking 35 and McDonald 28. is now accepting applications for membership interviews. Pick up applications in the Town Hall Cubicle in Rm. 216 of the MSC no later than Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. Turn applications in at the secretary’s desk, room 216 MSC. BIG SALE ON TIDDIES! 3 layer — 14 95 Reg. is* 2 layer — 11 95 Reg. i4** SANYO FT-C4 SALE 69 95 Re 9"“ FREE INSTALLATION!! with purchase of stereo or speakers. $ 1 00 OFF all new tapes with coupon SoundWaves 2919 Texas Ave. 779-0065 10 a.m.-7 p.m. M wom i:\s\m: ah iH HERE’S A FIT THAT’LL STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS! The Boot Jean's classic 5-pocket styling looks great anywhere. SLIGHTLY FLARED TO COMPLEMENT BOOTS SNAPPY “TRADEMARK” LABEL ON BACK With companion miniature label on belt loop. MADE OF SOFT & COOL CORDUROY In a variety of colors. 1 Levi's WOMENSWEAR QUAUTY NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE. DRAWER 1705 Texas Ave. S. 693-9393 Featured in Juniors Sizes Offensively, senior Rhonda Reese and sophomore Carrie Austgen will return. Reese, a catcher, is the all- time leading hitter for A&M with a .340 lifetime batting average. She hit .337 and drove in 34 runs last year. ’icks Austgen, at second base, contri buted a fine .327 average in 1979-80, and led the team in runs scored, dou bles, triples and a school-record 23 stolen bases. Other returning Aggies include Maria Resendez, third base (.265); Mary Lou Wargo, center field (.273 with 24 RBIs), Karen Guerrero, right field (.250), Melody Pritchard, left field (.248), Shannon Murray, first base (.233) and Nancy Sullivan, shortstop (.231). Galloway has also reinforced his bench, adding utility players Patti Holthaus from Gunthrie, Okla., and Vicky Kraus, from St. Louis. Two others expected to provide help are speedsters Pam Whigham of Houston and Rosemary Ruffino of Bryan. A Texas A&M set a number of school marks last season including best fielding percentage (.949), most hits (330), most wins (72), most consecu tive victories (23), best national fin ish (third), most shutouts (32), and fewest runs and hits allowed. The Aggies, after losing once in the national tournament in May, advanced all the way to the finals of the loser’s bracket at the tournament before bowing out, 1-0, to eventual national champion Utah State. In 1979, the Aggies finished fifth nationally. ’4*. i'*’ c A&M now ranked 19th in UPI poll 1) Ohio State 2) Alabama 3) Oklahoma 4) Pittsburgh 5) Southern California (!) Texas 7) Nebraska 8) Notre Dame 9) Houston 10) Michigan 11) Florida State 12) Penn State 13) North Carolina 14) Stanford 15) Georgia 16) Arkansas 17) Missouri 18) Washington 19) Texas A&M 20) South Carolina Photo by Lee Royti Women’s softball pitcher I^ori Stoll, who racked up35n the third-ranked Aggies in 1980, w ill be back again thisstij Texas A&M faces Baylor this evening in a doubleheailil Waco. Georgia head sayshl rather not face A&] United Press International ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia coach Vince Dooley, who doesn’t mind us ing the crying towel when he thinks it might help his team, said Tuesday he’d rather play another school than Texas A&M University in the Bull- Okay, okay, ootball Leagi nistake. As Tc hat are you j Let’s face it, i real washoi inedibility wit :o explain wh; iasm for thesi Let’s take tl ble performa Houston H tarted that th eaning they e Super Bov However, R made of stee etreating for ention wour In evaluatin vers Stadim here. 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Cash paid or will swap for Aggie Ring Diamonds. diamond brokers international, inc. 693-1647 Please, no plated, layered or gold-filled items as their precious metal content is minimal. dogs home opener Satun Dooley, whose 15th-i dogs edged Tennessee week, told a news confeTr At this poir knew from the start thattfipYrenericallv kn first three games were pffhe Cowboys extremely difficult. ■Vashington’s “And this game against 11“ Those two he much tougher than Tem cause of two things—qi Mike Mosley and tailbacll I lector. Dooley said. L£ £ A The coach said 19t!wanb® A&M “has momentum now just don’t need to beplayinji this time.” He also said Mosley’s n style resembles thosei Orleans Saints quarterW Manning and former Date hoy s quarterback Roger ft during his college career. “He’s a very fluid runnel' addition to his running abl an accomplished passer,’ ! said of Mosley. Dooley said Texas A&M, won four of of its last fivef 1979, is a “very experienced! offense and defense and i battle.” I le noted that his team st nu mber of injuries in Saturdf a game he described as “( hardest hitting opening g® his memory. Now in our new location to serve you even better ON Im Also: Self writing, e reports an ON (First light past Skaggs on University) GUYS & GALS HAIRSTYLING 115 Nagle 846-5761 or 846-50 Aggie Pride an established tradition Tau Kappa Epsilon Largest International Fraternity — a new Aggie tradition Open Rush Wed. Sept. 10 7-12 Sat. Sept. 13 8-1 A PL Informal Mixei “Go Hawaiian Sausalito Apts. Party Room ^ «S °n Sale j Texas MSC MSC MSC