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Battalion Staff
While the Texas A&M University
tennis teams rested over the Christ-
Imas break, the tennis ranking com
mittee of College and Junior Tennis
Magazine was busy.
The publication rated the Ags No.
20 nationally as the spring season be-
gins.
“We are obviously pleased with
our ranking, ” said head A&M coach
David Kent, “but we realize we have
a lot of hard work ahead of us.
“And most of that work will be in
our own conference. ”
What Kent was referring to was
the five other Southwest Conference
teams that are ranked ahead of the
Ags in the Top 20.
Arkansas was rated fifth, Houston
11, SMU 14, TCU 15 and Texas 17.
Trinity University, in San Antonio,
was rated ninth nationally.
The SWC and the Texas area is
the strongest tennis area in the na
tion, said Kent. The only other area
that can compare is California with
the top four tennis schools in the
nation centered in that state as well
as the number seven and 19 ranked.
“Rice should be up there with us,
too,” said Kent. "The Owls are as
good as we are and should have been
ranked so actually there are seven
teams in the SWC that can compete
with anybody.”
Kent also said he was pleased with
I the A&M schedule this year. The
Ags have 19 home matches this
spring including Arkansas, Texas,
SMU and Arizona. Arizona was pick
ed as one of the teams in the nation
that could very well break into the
Top 20 by the poll.
The good thing about being pick
ed high,” said Kent, “is that good
teams are now willing to come to us
to play here. I hope having all these
good home matches will help us get
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tennis.”
Not only were the rankings going
out to the teams, but to players as
well. The Ags had four players rank
ed nationally in the Top 101 18-year-
olds.
Sonja Hutcherson, from Mem
phis, Texas, was ranked 71. She also
won the Panhandle Sports Hall of
Fame Tennis Player of the Year for
the third straight year.
“That is an incredible acheive-
ment for a little of country gal from a
town with a population of about
2,000,” said Kent.
Amy Gloss, from Oregon, was
ranked 79 and Laura Hanna was 99.
Leonard Smith, the only member
of the men’s team to be picked, was
ranked 101.
Kent said Smith has had wins over
higher ranked players, however. He
defeated Miguel Nido of Puerto Rico
who was ranked 42, Doug Snyder of
Austin, ranked 78 and Greg Hill of
Kentucky who was ranked 83.
“Leonard has really come on
strong for us since fall and we are
looking forward to him helping us in
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the future," said Kent.
Kent said the future looks bright
for A&M tennis with the addition of
Van Barry and some hoped-for re
cruits.
“The recruiting war is in full swing
now,” he said, “with everybody
trying to get the best players they
can. We are looking at players who
will help us. It’s an investment in the
future.”
Leonard Smith
Barry is a quality player said Kent
and will sit out a year to gain eligibil
ity. Barry transferred from South
west Lousiana.
“Their loss is our gain,” said Kent.
“Anytime you can get somebody that
has beaten you before, it’s a great
help to the team.”
Kent said he is looking forward to
the season because it promises to be
a good, exciting one.
“This is one of our strongest teams
ever,” he said. “With a lot of hard
work, we can improve our standing
in conference and nationally as
well.”
The season will begin Jan. 31 for
the men’s team against Hardin-
Simmons University in a home
match at the Omar Smith Tennis
Center on the campus of Texas
A&M.
The women’s season begins a
week later on Feb. 7 when they take
on Southwest Texas University in a
home match.
Home matches are scheduled to
begin at 1:30 p.m. Tournaments are
slated to begin at 9 a.m. and last
throughout the day. The tennis cen
ter is between the police station and
Kyle Field.
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