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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1981
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Track
Both the Texas A&M men’s and women’s track teams will be in
action at Kyle Field Saturday, but the double-dual meet between
the Aggies and UT-Arlington now has an earlier start than originally
announced.
Field events will begin at 11:30 a.m., the 10,000-meter run starts
at 11:45 a.m. and the 400-meter relay gets under way at 12:30 p.m.
The meet should conclude at approximately 2:30 p.m.
No points will be kept in the women’s division because UT-A will
be bringing a very small squad, competing only in discus, shot put
and 400-meter dash. However, Coach Bill Nix will have A&M
women running in a number of events, sometimes along with the
two men’s teams.
Basketball
Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will be playing this
Saturday in G. Rollie White.
The most crucial contest begins at 2:10 p.m., when the Houston
Cougars, 10-5, will take on the Aggie men, 7-8. The Cougars have
clinched second place in the final SWC standings, but the Aggies
need a win for a chance at as high as fourth place, or to clinch a home
court berth in the first round of the SWC tournament Monday night.
Immediately following the men’s game (approximately 4:30
p.m.), the Aggie Ladies, 7-20, will play the UH women in their last
game of the 1981 schedule.
The Aggie Ladies will also meet the University of Nebraska
Friday night at 7:30.
Men’s golf
Head Coach Bob Ellis and a six-man Texas A&M golf team left
Wednesday for Laredo to defend its team championship in the
two-day Border Olympics Golf Tournament which opens Friday.
The 54-hole event at the par-72 Casa Blanca Country Club will
consist of 27 holes played each day.
The Aggies set a school record of 21 under par in winning the team
title last season. Each of the nine teams in the tournament can enter
six players and count the low four scores at the end of the 54 holes.
A&M’s six players will be: Brad Jones, Richard Cromwell, Danny
Briggs, Jay Townsend, Gary Krueger and Mike Miller.
Baseball
Weather permitting, the Aggie baseball team will open its 1981
season Friday at 1 p.m. with a doubleheader against Northeast
Louisiana at Olsen Field.
Texas A&M Head Coach Tom Chandler hasn’t settled on a defi
nite lineup as yet, but has decided on a probable starting lineup for
Friday’s twinbill with NLU.
Senior Rodney Hodde will open at first base; either sophomore
Clint Heard or transfer David Kennard will start at second base;
freshman Billy Cannon at shortstop; either senior Tim Boyes or
junior college transfer Grant Priess at third; and sophomore Joey
Szekely will do the catching.
In the outfield, Chandler will likely go with senior Joe Paul
Bramhall in left, junior college transfer Terry Lawrence in center
and freshman Kevin Smith in right.
Either Boyes or Priess will be the designated hitter, whichever
one isn’t playing third.
Sophomore Robert Slavens will begin the 1981 season on the
mound for Texas A&M, followed by Rick Luecken in the second
game. On Saturday, sophomore right-hander David Flores will start
the first game and junior lefty Steve Davis will take the mound for
game two.
The Aggies suffered two setbacks this week as sophomore Bobby
Beach was declared scholastically ineligible and senior infielder Bob
Staehs, a transfer from Colorado, injured a knee in an intrasquad
game last Tuesday. Beach was one of the Aggies’ top lefthanded
hitters and Staehs, who will be out of action indefinitely, had looked
exceptionally good playing second, shortstop and third.
Men’s Tennis
The Aggies, 6-1, who defeated Austin Peay 7-2 Tuesday, will host
Southwest Texas State Friday and will begin the SWC season against
the Baylor Bears Saturday at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
Both matches begin at 1:30 p.m.
Women’s tennis
The Ag women’s team travels to Houston Friday and Lamar
Saturday for dual matches. The match with the Cougars is set for
1:30 p.m. and Saturday’s action against the Cardinals in Beaumont is
set for 10 a.m.
The women defeated Stephen F. Austin 8-1 last Saturday, drop
ping only one doubles match.
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The road-weary Texas Aggies
are in the midst of gearing up for
this Saturday’s crucial contest
with the University of Houston,
the final regular season game for
both schools.
The game is a must win for
A&M as they are vying for one of
the remaining two home spots in
the first round of the Southwest
Conference Post-Season Tourna
ment to be played next Monday.
Coach Shelby Metcalf s Aggies,
though, seem to be in the favored
role for at least one of the home
site games in next week’s tourna
ment.
The Aggies upped their second
half record to 6-1 with Tuesday’s
59-57 victory over TCU in Fort
Worth — almost a complete tur
naround from the 1-7 first half
finish.
“We’re looking to reverse our
first half record. If we do, it will be
the first time a team has done that
in conference history to my know
ledge,” the tired coach said.
With Tuesday’s win the Aggies
finished a grueling road schedule
(three games in four days). The
Ags won big over Texas (108-79)
Saturday, lost a closer-than-
everyone-thought game to fourth-
ranked LSU (67-57) Sunday and
won over TCU (59-57) Tuesday
night.
Texas A&M is currently tied for
fifth place with the Rice Owls with
a 7-8 overall conference record.
Conference champion Arkansas
and runner-up Houston have clin
ched byes into round three (Fri
day’s game) of the tournament.
The third place finisher receives a
bye into round two (Thursday).
Baylor is currently in third place.
The fourth, fifth and sixth place
teams have the home court advan
tage in round one of the tourney as
they will host the seventh, eighth
and ninth place finishers.
The only team which has, for all
practical purposes, secured a
home site is fourth place Texas
Tech (8-7).
Four other teams, however, are
fighting for the other two spots.
Along with A&M, there is Rice,
TCU (6-9) and Texas (6-9).
Shelby Metcalf
Metcalf is pleased with his
team’s turnaround, saying the
players are conducting them
selves like a class outfit, on and off
the court.
Senior co-captains Rynn Wright
and Vernon Smith can take much
of the credit for that. While both
had their troubles in the recent
losing streak the Ags were in, both
have now found themselves play
ing to form, and both seem to be
enjoying the game more than ever
before.
Metcalf was quick to credit the
two forwards: “Nothing’s
changed. Whichever way Rynn
and Vernon go, the team goes.
Only thing is now they are getting
more help.”
Both Smith and Wright could
be making the final home appear-
ence Saturday afternoon of their
collegiate careers.
“I sure don’t want it to be their
last (home) game,” Metcalf said
looking ahead to Monday’s game.
Metcalf said that although the
team is tired after the long
weekend there is no mental let
down: “At this late stage of the
season they (players) are bound to
be a little tired and sore, but I
don’t see any trouble.
“Everybody is healthy, (Milton)
Woodley turned an ankle but he’s
alright. ”
Woodley is an interesting story,
as the scrappy 6-1 guard came off
the bench in the Baylor game, had
six steals, and won himself a start
ing spot. He hasn’t let up since.
“Milton has really helped our
ballclub out. When he took over
(in the Baylor game) he estab
lished himself well. He’s been real
important,” Metcalf said.
Woodley and Reggie Roberts
have played a very important part
in the team’s recent successes.
Roberts, the freshman sensa
tion — what can be said about him
that hasn’t already been said? The
6-2 guard can do just about any
thing — as he has shown every
body many times.
Reserve guard Bruce Sooter has
added some depth to the Aggies
with his aggressive defensive play.
“Bruce doesn’t score a lot of
points, that’s not his role. He’s a
good defensive player and a team
player — he knows his role, ” Met
calf said.
Game time for Saturday’s re
gionally televised contest is 2:10
p.m.
Saturday is the final regular sea
son day for all conference schools
before the tournament, and the
outcome of all of the games will be
very decisive.
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