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by Richard Oliver
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Fall sports review
Ah, a long semester is drawing to an end, and relief is in sight for one
ired sports editor and one tired staff.
This semester has been exciting to say the least, some negative
ixcitement and a lot of positive excitement.
We Aggies suffered through a long season with the football team —
from the lows of a drug investigation and several heartbreaking losses
to the high of an upset win over Texas to end the season.
We watched as a would-be benchwarmer quarterback named David
eal came off his wooden perch to lead the Aggies to an impressive late
ason surge. With David at the helm, the Aggies were 3-2, with the
only losses being a 17-13 one to Houston (Beal didn’t play the second
and a three-point defeat at the hands of Arkansas on a last-gasp
field goal by Ish Ordonez.
I My nomination for Team of the Semester (I’m open to suggestions)
“ ould have to be the women’s softball team, who swept through its fall
hedule to finish 26-1, winning an incredible 96 percent of its games.
In the process, the women took their first state title.
There are too many heroines to name in this story of championship
play, but one standout was Lori Stoll, who pitched herself a perfect
|ame and had a 15-0 record this fall. She was therefore named Texas
layer of the Year in softball by the state coaches of that sport.
The women’s teams have made their marks in many ways this
semester, and are now becoming a vital part of the University sports
cene.
The women’s soccer team once again had a fine semester, taking
urth place in the prestigious Austin Tournament in October, and fifth
in the national tournament in Colorado. In the process, Aggie Adele
irkinmelawiti ■ a j rman was nainec ] to the first ever women’s All-America women’s
ts to makent' Ipceer team.
II The men’s team, on the other hand, was making major strides
toward becoming a state power, knocking off perennial strongman
Baylor in a close match and taking third place in the S WC 1980 race, its
ighest finish ever. The 7-3-3 record for the Aggies (Conference and
[on-conference) also was their best ever.
In other sports, the Aggies were full of surprises.
Tennis player Liliana Fernandez has continued her consistent play
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professional open tournaments in Europe and South Africa. A&M
Head Coach David Kent called that victory “the finest win the
women’s program has ever had.”
L, The men’s team was led all semester by sophomore Brian Joelson.
Joelson won the Northwest Sectional Grand Prix Title earlier in the
Hmester, and claimed several singles titles for the Aggies. Individual
ly, Brian got to the finals of the qualifying round for the NCAA
National Indoor Championships last weekend before losing. Joelson
( will be back in the spring.
And these are Only a few of the accomplishments at the University
| 1( , j ( , v i cet( that occurred over the fall. In the backlands of A&M sports, I’m sure
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Looking ahead to the spring, there will be twice as much sports to
report than this semester.
The men’s baseball team is tuning up again for the SWC race. Last
year, the Aggies finished a surprising second in the Conference, and
he 1981 edition of the team looks powerful, with returnees such as
iBobert Slavens, Rodney Hodde, J.P. Bramhall and Joey Szekely join-
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ind “couldor ||f> recent additions Clint Heard, Terry Lawrence, Grant Priest and
meinv of spat Mly Cannon Jr. on the diamond.
1 The nationally ranked men’s basketball team is already tearing up
the courts of the country, and will more than likely be in the thick of
things all spring.
; Track also gears up in early spring. Back for another year will be such
, sterling performers as Olympian high jumper Jim Howard, NCAA
Ln Ml champion pole vaulter Randy Hall, and speedsters Vernon Pittman
’ll and SWC champion Leslie Kerr. That race looks bright.
W | The women’s teams — softball, track, basketball, swimming, etc. —
will also be after respective goals.
II So, all in all, sports at A&M is alive and well and we re here to report
— individii luie Battalion will bring you all the sports we can, but we still need
iinessmen, A inore information from some of the smaller club sports, and if those
traps becaiid sports can appoint a media chairman specifically in charge of letting us
. about (anil bow of upcoming events and results, it would be greatly appreciated,
s a Boston H an( ' would expand our coverage immensely.
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DALLAS — The Houston As-
stros, seeking to improve their
bench strength, Wednesday signed
free agent catcher-infielder Dave
Roberts to a five-year contract
valued at $1.9 million.
Roberts, drafted more than any
other player in the November re
entry draft, played last season for the
Texas Rangers and batted .278 in 151
games. However, he is capable of
playing seven positions and the
Astros are in dire need of reserve
infield help since trading of third
baseman Enos Cabell to San Francis
co last Monday.
The Astros won Roberts’ services
over 12 other teams that had drafted
him in November and Houston Man
ager Rill Virdon said it was Roberts’
versatility that made him so attrac
tive in the draft.
“It is important that he can play
three infield positions and catch,”
Virdon said. “I think his value is his
versatility and soundness. He is a
durable player and can fit in with
almost any club in baseball. He can
do something most players can’t. He
has even played the outfield some.
“I think the fact we traded Cabell
made this much more important. We
are much more stable now. We can
afford an injury now.”
One of the sidelites of the news
conference announcing the signing
of Roberts was General Manager Al
Rosen’s candidness about how much
money Houston was paying Roberts.
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setting anyone by having his salary
estimated too high, we went ahead
and announced it.”
Some writers were inquisitive of
Rosen if he had told Roberts’ agent,
Jerry Kapstein, that he was going to
announce the salary terms.
“Yes, I did,” said Rosen. “His
(Kapstein’s) reaction was that we’re
running the ball club.”
Roberts became the fifth free
agent to sign since the start of the
winter meetings last Sunday. Darrell
Porter (St. Louis), Tug McGraw
(Philadelphia), Dan Spillner (Cleve
land) and Lee May (Kansas City) also
signed contracts this week.
Since the November re-entry
draft, 10 free agents have signed con
tracts. Twenty-one players who were
selected by two or more teams in the
draft remain unsigned.
Roberts broke into the major
leagues with San Diego in 1972 and
played with the Padres until 1978
when he was traded to Texas with
outfielder Oscar Gamble for first
baseman Mike Hargrove, infielder
Kurt Bevacqua and catcher Bill
Fahey.
An All-America player in college,
Roberts hit 21 home runs and drove
in 64 runs for San Diego in 1973 and
seemed on his way to becoming one
of the National League’s top pros
pects. However, he never de
veloped into the hitter that baseball
scouts thought he would and spent
most of the last five seasons alternat
ing between the majors and the
minors.
17th-ranked SFA
BY JON HEIDTKE
Battalion Staff
Texas A&M women’s basketball
team, playing its third Top 20 team
in four games, will host the 17th-
ranked Stephen F. Austin Lady
Jacks at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Bryan
High’s Gymnasium.
The Aggie Ladies just returned
from a disappointing three-game
West Coast swing, which included
losses to 12th-ranked USC, 14th-
ranked UCLA and unranked Pep-
perdine.
“It is hard to lose three games on
the road,” said Head Coach Cherri
Rapp, summing up her team’s prob
lem, “but it is also hard to take a team
that is outsized and of little experi
ence and expect to beat good teams
on their home courts.”
But despite losing three games on
the trip, and extending their losing
streak to five games, Rapp said the
trip was benificial. “It was benificial
in that our freshman and sophomores
were able to play alot, ” she said. “We
were also able to see the best teams
in the country and realize they are
not unbeatable. ”
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