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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1981
Page 11
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Reflections
By Richard Oliver
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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® ,
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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.
UCLA, Kansas University,
Texas Women’s University, the
University of Oklahoma, Arizona
State, Oklahoma State and Cal-
State-Fullerton are expected to
attend the tournament that will
last Friday through Sunday.
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United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — The upstart
Houston Rockets, riding the crest
of one of the franchise’s golden
moments, will try to keep the
momentum rolling tonight against
the San Antonio Spurs in the
opening game of their best-of-
seven western conference semi
final playoff series.
To do so the Rockets will have
to put behind them the exhilara
tion of eliminating defending NBA
champion Los Angeles from the
chase last Sunday — having twice
beaten the Lakers on the champs’
home floor.
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
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high point in their five years in the
NBA came two seasons ago when
they eliminated Philadelphia in
the conference semifinals.
San Antonio was then knocked
out in the conference champion
ship round by Washington in
seven games and last year Hous
ton defeated San Antonio in a
mini-series, 2-1.
The Rockets and Spurs split
their six-game regular-season
series — each team winning on
the other’s home court. They play
ed twice in the final week of the
season — Houston winning a cri
tical game at home, 117-111, and
the Spurs winning in San Antonio
on the final day of the season, 135-
109. 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.
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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. They have played
each other twice and have each
won once.”
The team travels to San Anto
nio today to take on Trinity Uni
versity.
“I believe they are ranked fifth
nationally,” she said. “I would put
them in the same category as their
men’s team.”
The Trinity men’s team is cur
rently ranked eighth nationally
and defeated the men’s team 9-0
earlier in the season.
The Ags will travel to Dallas
this weekend to play SMU and to
Denton to take on North Texas
State University.
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