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MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1981
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How ’bout them Ags?!
You may have thought the first one-point win over
California was a fluke. The one-point loss to Boston College
should never have happened and Louisiana Tech was out of
Texas A&M’s league.
But another one-point win like the one in the Aggies’
first Southwest Conference game? A script writer in Holly
wood would have been tossed out of the studio if he had
shown up with such a story.
Yet, despite the unlikeliness of it all, the Texas Aggies
are showing a lot of people a lot of things they would not
have believed earlier. Foremost among them is something
the Aggies showed none of last year: character.
Sure, it’s an old cliche, but after another come-ffom-
behind win like the 24-23 victory over Texas Tech, the Ags
have shown a great deal of character.
A packed house of Red Raider partisans at Jones Stadium
in Lubbock was against Texas A&M, but the Aggies came
back to win. If they can win like that on the road, what can
they do with 70,000 Aggie fans cheering for them?
The 1981 version of the Texas Aggies has shown itself, in
only four games, to be completely different from teams of
the past. The differences are startling and complete.
The offense that was such a liability last year has become
this team’s biggest asset. The offense had averaged 402
yards a game before the Texas Tech game, and gained 490
against the Red Raiders.
The defense also rose to the occasion by keeping its
average and holding the Red Raiders off balance all night
long. Although the Ags gave up 316 yards to the Raiders,
they are playing winning, opportunistic defense.
The defense does not look like the same one the Ags had
last year. They simply do not have that “Aggie choke” look
about them.
In fact, the Aggies had already opened some eyesbel
they even stepped onto the field. The Houston Post
ported Sunday that after the Houston Cougars defeated;
Baylor Bears, 24-3 Saturday, the Cougar players depart
the field chanting, “Aggies, Aggies, Aggies.”
Not “We want the Aggies,” or “Aggies, here we conn
but simply “Aggies." It seems the Cougars were alre^
thinking about Texas A&M, even before the Baylor gat
was over. That is usually a pretty dangerous thing toil
since SWC teams have a disturbing way of pulling upsetsi
such situations.
When the team gets behind, the players don’t say,
“Here it goes again,” like they did last year. Instead, they
have pulled up their socks, strapped on the chin straps and
pulled together to take it to opposing teams.
Another item the Ags were lacking last year that they
have found is experience to go with their assets on offense
and defense.
With a few seniors lost from last year’s team, the Ags
were counted out of the conference race by many experts.
“Too young,” they said, “They can’t win in the SWC
without a good bunch of seniors.”
But there were many underclassmen returning who had
played a great deal last year. They did not excite any of the
“experts” with their talent and have so far proven them
selves to the entire conference. They have shown in just a
few games that junior leaders with a few seniors can do the
same job a “good bunch of seniors” can do.
The weekend’s win over Tech should have opened a few
eyes.
Nevertheless, Houston won the game and already,tl
Houston-Texas A&M game has taken the proportions
being one of the biggest games in the conference justh
weeks into the conference schedule. The Aggies willl»
to show all the character and use all the experience
have gained in the first four games for this one.
The Cougars are moving well under a new quarterlu
and have a defense that ranked fourth in the nation li
week. Houston will be, by far, the Aggies’ biggest cti
lenge.
The Aggies should be up for the challenge, though. Hi
is something this team seems to enjoy doing — defyingl
odds.
The Aggie defense will face the biggest challenge. Tj
same defense that hounded Texas Tech quarterback Ha
Reeves all night, making him throw on the run or
dropped for a loss, will be tested to the limit.
The pressure the Aggie defense put upon Reeves u
constant Saturday. If the Aggies have as good a day houni
ing Houston quarterback Lionel Wilson, the final resil
will be the same — another win for the Aggies.
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It’s old news, but the Texas
A&M University women’s softball
team did it again.
For those who don’t understand
the meaning of “it,” the Aggies
won their third tournament in four
tries, going undefeated through
six games to raise their season re
cord to 26-2. And the competition
at the Sam Houston State Invita
tional tourney just couldn’t figure
“it” out.
However, it’s not as if the teams
in the tournament haven’t seen
the Aggies before. Each of Texas
A&M’s opponents over the
weekend had faced the Aggies ear
lier in the year, some of them only
the week before at the Stephen F.
Austin Invitational tournament.
But a week certainly isn’t enough
time to figure out this Aggie team.
The Aggies played Coach Bob
Brock’s former team, the Baylor
Bears, in the tourney’s first game.
The Bears gave Texas A&M its
toughest game before falling 2-0 to
the Aggies. In fact, the Aggies’
first and last games ended in 2-0
scores, with both the Bears and
the SHSU Bearkats providing
tough competition.
Lori Stoll pitched a two-hitter
against the Bears, while the
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Aggies also picked up only two
hits. However, Texas A&M took
advantage of Baylor mistakes to
win the game in the eighth inning.
Pan American University had
lost 15-0 to the Aggies the
weekend before, with the game
called in the fifth inning. Texas
A&M showed less mercy this
weekend, taking only three in
nings to win again by a score of
15-0. Lisa Martinez struck out six
and gave up one hit during the
game to pick up the win. Roshelle
Fruidenberg had two hits and six
RBI, while Shan McDonald had
two hits and three RBI.
McDonald defeated SFA 5-0,
striking out eight of the first nine
batters she faced to finish with 10
strikeouts. The Aggies had eight
hits, with Carrie Austgen’s two-
run home run and Mary Lou
Youngblood’s two hits leading the
effort.
In the Aggies’ 10-0 win over St.
Mary’s University, Martinez
pitched another abbreviated one-
hitter, striking out eight before
the game was called in the fifth
inning. Patti Holthaus had five
RBI, including a three-run homer
in the first inning, while Young
blood also hit a three-run home
run for the Aggies.
McDonald pitched a two-hitter
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the Aggies’ semi-final 8-0 wi*
striking out five. The Aggies lal
12 hits, with Holthaus’ solo hom
run leading the way
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pionship game was during thefinl
week of the season, when Tea
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Josie Carter tripled, making tie ^ to
score 1-0. Austgen followed witli .
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By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
In what head coach David Kent
described as a fair but disappoint
ing tournament, the Texas A&M
men’s tennis team returned Sun
day from the University of Texas
three-way tournament in Austin.
“We gained a lot of experi
ence,” said the coach, “but we
played too many close matches
and lost.”
Kent said freshman Kim mo
Alkio from Finland played very
well. Alkio defeated tournament
second-seed and number one
Texas player Paul Crazier 6-2, 6-3
in the first round.
Tom Judson also played very
well in both singles and doubles,
he said. Judson defeated Peter
Mako of Trinity 6-4, 7-5 in the first
round. Both Judson and Alkio lost
.in the second round.
Judson teamed with Ron Kowal
to go to the quarterfinals in the
tournament. They were defeated
6-2, 6-4 by Johnny Levine-Tim
Fontana of Texas.
He said he was surprised at the
strength of the Longhorn team.
Texas had two players going
against each other in the finals of
the singles competition. Also, one
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“I have to give Texas a lot«!;|)elj eve ,
credit,” said Kent. “They playel ibout
very, very well and have a stron!
team.”
He went on to say, however,
that he believes the Aggie teamk
has now is the strongest and moil L eat ^
talented he has ever had. Q n
“This will be a strong team,” tie secon( j j.
coach said. “It has a great deald Lithad
talent and has just now begun to
jell.”
“This
The team was without the ta
lents of number one player Briat
Joelson, who went home to Port
land, Ore., to watch the Davis
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Aggies prepare for the Texarkana
Invitational Tournament.
“I’m not saying we would have
done that much better in Austin
with Brian,” the coach said. “Bnl
we would have won a few more
matches.”
Kent said the team will improve
as the fall season continues anl
that the fall is really only a tune-ui)
for the spring season and the con
ference race.
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