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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1981
Page 11
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g women’s tennis team
uickly disposes of Blinn
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
lln a scrimmage Thursday,
“ at !&Texas A&M women’s tennis
Am showed what it hopes to
lx |)« its true tournament form.
All I The Ags didn’t lose a set as
■eteam defeated Blinn Jr. Col-
=^lepo in the Hurricanes’ first
competition of the year.
“It really was not all that
(JI lair, said Aggie coach Jan Can-
ftn. “We have already played
in two tournaments and are
, working on our third.
eryone got to play,” she said,
“he girls were getting so tired
I ,r if playing themselves ev-
fiJyday-”
1 Cannon cited Pam Hill and
ydmBgylyn Hooton for their dou-
1 ™ bios play.
1 T may be looking at my num
ber one doubles team (for) the
spring,” she said. “Pam and
Maylyn are playing very well
together. I’ll have to experi
ment some more to decide for
sure.”
She said the fall is a time for
experimentation. She has been
teaming freshmen with upper
classmen to help the freshmen
gain experience.
Cannon said senior Terri
Nuetze also looked good in her
first competition in almost a
year. Nuetze had to quit the
team last fall because of an ill
ness, but recovered and has
fought back to win a spot on the
team.
“I think Terri will be primari
ly a doubles player,” Cannon
said. “But she had to win a sing
les spot to make the team be
cause that was the area she
needed the most work on.”
Nuetze made it and now the
left-hander is working well in
practice and in competition.
“She has all the shots but still
needs work on her endurance
and timing,” she said. “I am
thrilled Terri is back. I’m protid
of the way she fought back from
her illness to win a spot her
senior year and ... work her way
back into the lineup.”
The next competition for
both the men and women will
be at the 12-team Texarkana
Collegiate Invitational. Teams
are not final but Arkansas, Texas
A&M and South Carolina will
bring both men’s and women’s
teams. Arkansas-Little Rock,
Oral Roberts and Louisiana
Tech will bring only their
women’s teams. A final list of
teams is expected next week.
isl-
Top-ranked teams test men
VKlH
Runners hope for healthy Dallas finish
of re
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
gjAfter a couple of slight dis-
■xrintments in the last two
Bets, the Texas A&M women’s
Bss country team will travel to
Alias for the University of Texas
■Arlington Invitational meet.
S "But little by little, we are get-
■g healthier,” coach Bill Nix
■d. “We are better mentally pre-
Aed for this match and I believe
K have a good shot at second. ”
■The coach said he thinks the
team can beat all the teams at the
met except
Texas.
the University of
e “■“It is just too early in the year to
catch Texas,” he said. “They have
iar no injuries and great athletes. In a
vi* couple of weeks, things could be
3kl
different, though.”
He said health is the big differ
ence right now. The Aggies are
simply not too healthy.
“We have three healthy, run
ners now,” Nix said. “Lisa McCor-
stin will run with a plastic brace on
her sprained ankle. Suzanne Shef
field is still weak from an illness
and Kim Cloud is also weak from
an illness.”
He said McCorstain is much
better from the severe sprain she
received two weeks ago but the
ankle cannot take all the pounding
of a race.
“She has been running well in
practice this week,” he said. “But
we are not about to take a chance
on her so we are putting her in a
brace.”
He said the team is in fairly de
cent shape despite the injuries.
The Aggies finished third last
week at the Rice Invitational and
at the Texas A&M Invitational the
week before.
Teams competing in the UTA
meet are: Texas, Texas A&M,
Houston, North Texas State Uni
versity, Abilene Christian, Rice,
Baylor, and Northeast Louisiana.
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
In the first of only four road trips
during the fall season, the Texas
A&M men’s tennis team now faces
what will probably be its toughest
test.
The Aggies travel to Austin
Saturday to compete in the Uni
versity of Texas Three-Way tour
nament against Trinity University
and host Texas.
All three teams were in the
national top 20 for most of the 1981
spring season. Texas A&M even
tually fell out of the top 20 but
finished ahead of Texas in the
Southwestern Conference. Texas
finished 19th in the poll and Trin
ity was eighth. The Collegiate
Tennis Coaches Association puts
out the poll every two weeks dur
ing the spring.
“Both Trinity and Texas have
very good players,” said Texas
A&M coach David Kent. “I think
Trinity may have the edge but the
tournament will be on Texas’
home court.”
He said the team has been prac
ticing very hard in preparation for
the match but will still go to Austin
as the underdog. The team will be
short-handed as Brian Joelson will
miss the tournament. Joelson will
be going home to Portland, Ore.
Saturday to watch the Davis Cup
competition there, and will return
to the team Monday.
“It will be a fun experience for
Brian,” Kent said. “He wouldn't
miss it for the world and it’s OK
with me.”
Kent said the match would be a
great tune-up for the rest of the
Texas A&M fall schedule. The
matches will be tough and just the
right experience for the freshmen,
he said.
“It will be a very tough road
trip,” the coach said. “Our fresh
men will find out the hard way
what it is like in a college road
trip.”
He said the experience will help
the freshmen mature into fine ten
nis players.
“We have one of the best fresh
men and transfer crops we have
ever had,” he said. “Kimmo Alkio,
Greg Hill, Mike Pazourek and our
transfers Arnold Kettenacker and
Van Berry will get some valuable
play and experience in this tourna
ment.”
Kent predicted a great tourna
ment with any team winning.
However, he said Trinity has one
of the finest teams in the country
and will be hard to beat.
“But the competition will be the
best you can find anywhere,” he
said. “It will be one of the best
tournaments of the fall.”
No Aggies are ranked in the
tournament and many drew top-
seeded players for their matches.
In fact, the Aggies drew three of
the top four players for their first
round of the tournament.
Genaro Fernandez will go
against top seed Charles Honey of
Trinity in the second round after
both players receive a bye in the
first. Freshman Alkio also had a
tough draw. He will go against
second-seeded Paul Crozier of
Texas in the second round after
also drawing a first-round bye.
Freshman Hill will be going
against fourth seed Mark Pinchoff
of Trinity in the first round.
Junior Tom Judson drew Peter
Mako ofTrinity, sophomore trans
fer Berry goes against Doug Craw
ford of Texas, junior Ron Kowal
drew Edgar Giffenig of Texas,
Kettenacker goes against Ted
Erck of Texas and Pazourek drew
David Petty of Trinity.
All singles matches are slated to
begin at 2 p.m.
In doubles only one Aggie team
drew one of the top seeds. Alkio-
Fernandez drew the third seeds
Honey-Kreg Yingst of Trinity in
the first round.
Other Aggie draws are Hill-
Berry against Chris Kennedy-Tal
Henry of Trinity, Kettenacker-
Pazourek against Erck-Crozier of
Texas and Judson-Kowal against
Mike Brown-Giffenig of Texas.
For their next match, the
Aggies will also be on the road.
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