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Sports THE BATTALION TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1981 Page 11 ac Reflections By Richard Oliver •tedlyadi® other age ending leg dy as Fete the sourtt 'an at Fj ’d-IrwinSi r at BarstosF ar( ^ about the faithful fans of dear Old Aggieland. Marine i ; ^ ot snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps the faithful 12th ter at Twe ^ an b om rabid support of the Ags. Where are the Aggies? [ Will the real Texas A&M University fans please stand up? Ever since I was a little Aggie at home in Corpus Christi, I’ve f.; Hill ii Indeed. i Utah i hem: The Aggie football team loses to Rice 10-6 last fall in front of mly a three-quarter filled Kyle Field. Item: The Aggie basketball team, after completing a furious icond half assault on SWC opponents that saw them make the istseason tournament, loses to TCU by two points in front of only 000 G. Rollie White playoff fans. Hmmmm. —^ 1 Item: The Aggies are ninth in the nation in attendance for baseball I I T 1980. The Aggies finish second in the SWC, only one-half game MMi hut of first behind the Texas Longhorns. In 1981, the Aggies can barely draw 100 fans at a game. The imber is usually nearer 75. The team is 20-13-1 on the season, 'ouble hmmmm. I guess I was misled as a little Aggie. I was told that I’d never find ik etter support anywhere in the state, perhaps the nation. Yeah, hen things are going good, the support is usually adequate, irhaps superior than at most places. I’ve stressed that several mes. But when things are going bad, forget about too much support cm the Texas A&M students, they don’t have time. Granted, this has not been a banner year for Texas A&M major hletics (excluding the 20th-ranked tennis team). Granted, the ring is a busy time for us all. And granted, we are not required to attend athletic events on this injuries, ear’ was® / is now a ipingwate: been elevationi,’ i detected, om his wii ic too is c® Washingtn s shotduriti Many may not even like baseball. teti But apparently, in 1981, asking that Aggies support, say, the iseball team with their presence, is like asking ants to go to a Raid invention. ICovering the Aggie baseball team has sent us to Sam Houston [ate, TCU, Rice and Houston. In each of those places, those down, road-weary, book-laden, errand-running baseball ns somehow managed to pack the stands. I daresay there were more Aggies attending the Rice-Texas A&M [lies in Houston than have attended a game at Pat Olsen Field all Washing ;ar. esumptioni Appropriately, the Aggie baseball team finds itself in a bit of a hole ’t expect® itlia2-6-l record in SWC action after nine straight league games the next (n i the road. Their total road standing is 4-8-1. At home, the Aggies are a fine It 4 at perhaps the finest baseball facility in the Southwest, if not the Brown, Bituminou p^y n jgfit a j 7 : 30, the powerful Arkansas Razorbacks will roll ociation, $ ( O town. Included in their crew is probably the finest baseball I he was U ayer to ever grace the SWC diamonds— Kevin McReynolds. The aspects of® nterfielder last year was the league’s MVP and the postseason which hep umament’s MVP. He holds almost every offensive record for the md-fileui® ogs, a tenali'' Ags must win. They finally will be at home in front of ousands of Olsen Field silver seats. Those stands could be full. The downtrodden Aggie baseball team had been: iuldrebound and make the Final Four for the SWC postseason giniaGov l? assic in Austin. Maybe even the band could take some time out of workingw® neirhusy schedule to play a few tunes? Nah, I doubt it. ;n the str® Silver seats don’t clap, and really don’t show much support, ild discuss^ Of course, then, neither do the Aggie fans when things are going tions. t’s the latest Aggie joke. er was bet der charge! 1 scuffle in em Friday liner was si ither injui Ags defeat Tigers; lost invitational ;ed out, scattered# >al regions i» ia and f the aett By CAR olYN BARNES mentolnt: Battalion Staff Idouble-header victory Friday ^ fe Louisiana State University s said the Texas A&M softball team mployee atfeth and 26th victories of the 1 Co. miaifeng, day night #|lie second-ranked Aggies shut tnd maM|L$U, 4-0, in the opener be- leath of 1»! d the no-hit pitching of Lori f Darby mil ], g of Manaess y secon( ] no -hitter ho was hosp ie spring in the opener against lition. J, She struck out 10 and wed no walks, bringing her re uncertf [jng pitting recorc l to 13-1. argumentfeiOf the seven hits by the Aggies 1 anness. tring the opener four were in the r jt inning to score three times. !t C rhnrchfer ringthe nightcap the Aggies . nine hits for an 8-2 win over ;t with tt® , on tract apt* Shan McDonald struck out 11 y union m y y pjt c fij n g w j n _ McDo- n last wee j s nQW J3.2 f or the spring. Today the Aggies meet Sam Houston State for the second time this spring at 4 p.m. in a double- header at the Bee Creek Park complex at the south end of Anderson Street in College Sta tion. Assistant Coach Sue Becher said that the team “can’t take them(Sam Houston State) lightly” after having lost to them earlier this spring. Becher said that the team has to play their best to win. This weekend the Aggies are hosting eight nationally ranked teams in the Texas A&M Invita tional tournament. 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T’m drained,” said Houston guard Calvin Murphy, speaking for the entire club after the Rockets had knocked off the Lakers in the third and deciding game of their mini series, 89-86. “We’ve worked hard for this moment. It’s taken 11 years to get national recognition and now we’ve got it.” The second game of the series will be played in San Antonio Wednesday night before the teams move 200 miles across the state to Houston for games on Fri day and Sunday. While Houston was fighting Los Angeles, San Antonio — winners of the midwest division with a 52- 30 record — have had an eight-day rest. And that concerns Spurs coach Stan Albeck. “I think we will be a little bit sluggish at the beginning, ” Albeck said. “But I don’t think it will take us too long to get over that. I think it has to help Houston, they will be coming in with the momentum.” San Antonio, which had a 34-7 home record this season, will be going after its second seven-game series victory ever. The Spurs’ Guaranteed haircuts. 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That game was a meaningless one, however, since Houston had clinched its playoff berth. From a technical standpoint the series could well come down to how well San Antonio can handle Houston center Moses Malone and how well the Rockets can con trol Spurs’ scoring machine George Gervin. Malone averaged 31 points in the three games against Los Angeles. “The Spurs can be real tough,” said Malone. “They double on me all the time. They make life miser able sometimes. “But I’m expecting a close series. We have the confidence now to go in there and battle with them. If we can beat the cham pions in their home we should be able to play with the Spurs.” Malone has had a successful sea son against San Antonio, averag ing 26.8 points and having a high game of 40. Gervin averaged 27.1 points per contest this season — a four-year low — but managed just 23.8 a game against the Rockets. by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds 'OKAY, JAVE P MOElSAKl, WHAT PC YOU m tUimw' RTjcjr'p, Aklr? kaiwp oruyjwnr '< Netiers win two, lose one; raise spring record to 11-7 Rice basketball coach resigns for pro job United Press International HOUSTON — Rice basketball coach Mike Schuler said Monday night he was leaving his position with the Owls to become an assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets. Schuler, 40, led the Owls to tie for sixth place in the Southwest Conference with a 12-15 record this past season. The Owls lost in the playoffs, 76-30. Reached at home, Schuler told UPI he was unsure of the exact date he would be joining the Nets under former UCLA coach Larry Brown but expected it would be sometime during the semester. “That’s something that is going to take place,” Schuler said. Schuler said he had known Brown “for quite a while.” Schuler informed his team Monday that he would be leaving the Owls after four seasons. “It’s just a great opportunity. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” he said. Schuler said there was no general reaction from the team. “Some of them seemed surprised, disappointed,” Schuler said. “It’s hard to tell with kids that age.” A 1962 graduate of the University of Ohio, Schuler coached high school basketball for three years after graduation before joining the coaching staff headed by Bobby Knight at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He then returned to Ohio as an assistant to veteran Jim Snyder and spent three seasons there. In 1969, Schuler accepted the head coaching position at Virginia Military Institute where he spent three seasons. In 1972 he became an assistant at the University of Virginia under the late Bill Gibson. He spent five seasons there before joining the Rice staff. By RICK STOLLE Battalion Staff Spurred on by great individual performances, the Texas A&M women’s tennis team won two out of three Saturday at the Oklahoma State four-way tournament to up its spring record to 11-7. The Ags were defeated in the first game 5-4 by OSU but re bounded in the next two to defeat Oklahoma University 6-3 and de molish Centenary College 9-0. Amy Gloss, Liliana Fernandez and the doubles team of Closs- Laura Hanna were undefeated for the tournament. Gloss played six matches (including three doubles matches with Hanna) and Fernan dez competed in four. Fernandez was pulled out of the last two dou bles matches due to a sprained ankle. “We played pretty well throughout the tournament,” said Texas A&M coach Jan Cannon. “It hurt us to play the best team first, Saturday morning but the girls came back very well. ” The Ags split the singles against OSU but lost two doubles to lose the match. Gloss, Fernandez and Hanna kept the Ags in the match in singles with wins. However, only the team of Closs-Hanna were able to get a doubles victory. The team defe ated Holly Harris-Anatasia Petro- vic 6-3, 1-6, 6-3. The Ags came out firing against OU as they won all but one of the singles matches. Two of the matches lasted three hours against the Big Eight champs. Gloss beat Stefanie Flory 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 and Sonja Hutcherson de feated Susie Brennan 4-6, 6-4, 7- 5. The matches began at 6 p.m. Saturday and finished about 9 p.m. “Both of those matches were some of the hardest played I have seen in awhile,” said Cannon. “All the girls played really well and we were fortunate to get both matches.” The win gave OU its fourth loss in 30 matches. The Sooners are now 26-4 for the season. Cannon said, “It was tough get ting the two toughest teams on the same day and we’ll take the split. “Both OU and OSU are very comparable. 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