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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1981 Page 13 tank jfnamara by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Men’s tennis team prepares for final home match of year app inks four recruits to AIAW letters of intent Wm !reg Carmw ■ orile to NCAA »eat the By Ritchie Priddy Sports Editor Perhaps breathing a sigh of relief, Cherri Rapp, ead women’s basketball coach, signed four tall layers to national letters of intent to play basketball or the Aggies next year. Signing three freshman and one junior college lansfer, all of whom are six foot or taller, Rapp buldn’t be more pleased. Ann Irinka, Michell Tatum, Janet Duckham and elli Harned inked AIAW letters of intent last week rith Texas A&M. Irinka, a6’2V2”postfrom Lidgerwood, N. Dakota, rings a 21 point and 14 rebound average per game to ,&M. A graduate of Lidgerwood High School, iinka was all-conference four years, Most Valuable lyer two years, co-captain and all-time leading irer for her team. Rapp said that she hasn’t seen her in a game situa- due to the distance between North Dakota and as but when Trinka visited the Texas A&M cam- earlier this semester and worked out with the she was impressed with her size and inside ^She’s one of the better shooters we found. She an move outside as well as inside to shoot and she m rebound. She is really going to help us,’ Rapp If* Tatum, another 6’2V2” post, hails from Jacksonvil le, Texas where she averaged 24.6 points and 18 rebounds for her high school team. She was named the MVP of the South Zone, and elected to the all-district first team. “Her greatest asset is her rebounding. She’s a good rebounder and she can get the ball out quickly, which will help our fastbreak,” Rapp said. Janet Duckham, a 6’0” post from Spring High School in Houston where she averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds could be moved outside to a forward position for the Aggies, Rapp said. “She has the potential to develop into a very good power forward,” Rapp said of Duckham. “She has a lot of natural talent. ” Kelli Harned, a 6’3” post and transfer from Tyler Junior College averaged 10 points and nine rebounds for Tyler and is the latest signee for the Aggies. “Kelli is a good inside shooter. She moves well up and down the court as well. Plus she’ll bring in a little experience,” Rapp said. Rapp said that all had good chances to possibly break into the starting lineup next season. “They all have a good chance to step in and play next year,” Rapp said. “We’re weak inside anyway — with the loss of the seniors —r- so one or two should step in.” By RICK STOLLE Battalion Staff With a national ranking, a 17-9 season record, a 39-32 conference record and fifth place in the con ference race sewn up, the Texas A&M men’s team is looking forward to the final two matches of the spring season. The men take on Pan American and Lamar Universities Friday and Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Omar Smith Tennis Center. Although the Ags concluded their Southwest Conference regu lar season on a sour note good news came through the gloom. Despite being defeated by Arkansas 8-1, the team has been assurred of the fifth position in the SWC post-season tournament in Corpus Christi April 24-26. The Aggies edged out the University of Texas who have finished their sea son with a 38-34 record. The Longhorns had their des tiny in their own hands but lost 5-4 to TCU and 8-1 to SMU to fall into sixth place. The Ags have one match out standing and could take a two match lead into the tourney. The final match will be completed at the tournament. The match was shortened because of darkness at the University of Houston courts. The Cougars do not have lights on the court. “We would love to take the re mainder of that match,” said Kent. “It would give us a two-match lead over Texas and some momentum to go into the tournament with.” The Ags also moved up in the rankings to 17 despite losing four of the last five matches. All the matches were close and Kent said he feels the Ags should have taken a couple they lost. “We should have beaten both Texas and TCU but that’s the way it goes, he said. “We can’t worry about what we should have done and need to concentrate on what we can do in the future.” However, Kent said he is grate ful for the ranking and the position going into the tournament. He said the Ags had some goals going into the season. They were to improve their position in both the national and SWC rankings, win more matches and play bet ter, more consistent tennis. Brian Joelson, Reid Freeman, Trey Schutz, Max King, Tom Jud- son and Ron Kowal are expected to be the singles players. Doubles teams should be Joel- son-Freeman, Judson-Kowal and Jim Grubert-Schutz. Astros win again, take Atlanta, 2-0 aj 16 team! na compel- ;gest tiaci st. !5, South dtf -ompete in Relays is the same Rangers shut out Indians United Press International \RLlNGTOM — The Texas jgere went about the fairly sthodical business of beating the eveland Indians Wednesday fit, 8-0, but as is often the case B score didn’t begin to cover vhat happened on the field. | For one thing Cleveland start ers in tht “S catcher Ron Hassey was lyeled at home plate trying to ®ke a play on the sliding Bump — Craii pis and had to be carried off the Mke Glas- (eld on a stretcher. I Late Wednesday night Hassey Lie Guils fcflenvent an examination for ry Kerr >ssible damage to his left knee. _ Bart litial reports indicated a strain s, Moody nd contusion, but swelling pre- nb, Rand :nfec l doctors from determining there was further damage, in A, 1/^7 And for another thing the Ran- nrs waited only five games into Montgois- m season before one of their Jmbers said he was disappoint- fre -was being sated in the press. ’ard, 0°- Some people are born nega- e,” said Al Oliver, who drove in 'ashingto 1 :ee runs during the Rangers’ mas st shutout victory of the season Kerrd^ nd who produced the team’s first ardson ai)* | m er 0 f the year. “They just like . criticize people. I feel sorry for yfe Miim.” lerts, SV :;Mixed in with all that was a pro- ntive outing by Texas starter IdcMedich, easily the best pitch- gshowproduced by a member roe Rangers’ staff this season, kdich, making his first start, is, gave up five hits over 7 1-3 in nings, striking out four and walk ing none. But with one out in the seventh and nobody on base, Texas mana ger Don Zimmer marched to the mound and took Medich out of the contest in favor of John Henry Johnson. “I was gassed,” said Medich. “Don asked me to try to get the two right handers out to start the eighth inning, but they pinch hit for the second batter so Don came and got me. Oliver's borne run came off Cleveland loser Len Barker in the first, Buddy Bell doubled in the fourth and scored on John Grubb’s single and Oliver doubled home Mickey Rivers in the fifth to give the Rangers a 3-0 advantage. Oliver drove in another run in the seventh with a ground out. “I was criticized in the press for missing the cutoff-man, ” said Oliv er after the game. “The writers who cover this team are weak. But that hasn’t bothered my play on the field. And it’s not going to bother me as long as I stay away from them.” Of a more serious note was the incident involving Hassey, who was injured on the play in which Oliver drove in a run with a ground out to second baseman Alan Bannister in the seventh. Bump Wills was on third when Oliver hit the grounder and Ban nister threw home. The throw, however, sailed high and as Has sey reached up to grab it Wills slid under the Cleveland catcher. Hassey fell on top of Wills and then bounced off him, apparently twisting his left knee in the pro cess. “Ron was in pain,” said Cleve land manager Dave Garcia. “It hurt him a lot. It was a clean slide. There wasn’t anything wrong with Wills’ slide. United Press International HOUSTON — Craig Reynolds spoiled Tommy Boggs' bid for a no-hitter with a seventh-inning single Wednesday night then scored from first on a three-base error by Boggs, lifting the Hous ton Astros and Nolan Ryan to a 2-0 triumph over the Atlanta Braves. Boggs, 0-1, was flawless through the first six innings, strik ing out three while allowing a single baserunner, Denny Wall ing, who reached on a fifth-inning walk. Reynolds, leading off, broke the string with a clean liner to cen ter, then raced all the way home when a visibly rattled Boggs threw Cesar Cedeno’s bunt into the right-field comer. Cedeno went to third base on the play and scored on a wild pitch by Boggs. Ryan, 1-0, struck out nine in seven innings in his first outing of the season after being hampered by a pulled hamstring muscle. He moved into the No. 3 spot on the all-time strikeout list by fanning Boggs to end the seventh, record ing 3,118 to pass Bob Gibson. 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