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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1981
Sports
ITennis teams finish high
jn Texarkana tourney
By RICK STOLLE
Battalion Staff
Both Texas A&M University
tennis teams did well over the
weekend in the Texarkana Invita
tional Tennis Tournament.
$ The women’s team dominated
play in the women’s division as all
four of the singles players in the
semifinals and both doubles teams
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The men did not dominate
their division as much as the
women did, but played very well
against some top competition. The
men had a doubles team reach the
finals and two singles players
reach the quarterfinals in the large
field. There were 64 doubles
teams and 128 singles players in
the men’s competition.
Aggie Liliana Fernandez defe
ated teammate Amy Gloss 7-6, 6-2
in the finals to win the singles title
of the women’s division.
“It was a very fine match,” said
coach Jan Cannon. “Amy was up
one game throughout the first set
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but Liliana came back. Lili is real
ly a great pressure player.”
She said fans came out to watch
the match with little advance
notice. The team was in a hurry to
get back home, she said, so the
finals match was played a couple of
hours earlier thn scheduled.
Both defeated teammates got to
the finals. Fernandez beat Pam
Hill 6-2, 6-2 and Gloss defeated
Teresa Landry 6-4, 6-3. Fernan
dez was seeded first in the tourna
ment and Gloss was second.
“It is really a shame somebody
had to lose that match,” said the
coach. “Both girls played a great
match.”
In doubles, Fernandez and
Landry took the title by defeating
teammates Maylyn Hooton and
Pam Hill 5-7, 1-6, 6-4.
“Lili and Teresa had to play a
tougher draw than Maylyn and
Pam,” said Cannon. “I think that
had a lot to do with the match. Lili
and Teresa had played some tough
matches and were ready.”
Hooton-Hill defeated some of
their teammates to reach the fin
als. They beat Cheryl Stanford-
Becca Rasor 6-3, 6-0. Fernandez-
Landry beat Wanda Watson-
Wendy Williams of Louisiana
Tech University 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Cannon said she told the team
to go out and not lose any embar
rassing matches and to have fun.
“I guess I shouldn’t have told
them that,” she said with a laugh,
“because they not only didn’t lose
the matches they weren’t sup-
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posed to, they won Some matches
they weren’t supposed to.”
Cannon cited Gloss, Fernandez
and Landry for an excellent tour
nament but said it was hard to cite
just one because the entire team
did well.
“We will go back next year, ” she
said, “the tournament will not
only be bigger but will be better.
It was great for a young tourna
ment.”
A group of freshmen and a soph-
more also impressed men’s coach
Kent.
“Our three freshmen played
very well,” he said, “but special
praise has to go to Genero Fernan
dez because he just played super. ”
Fernandez got to the fourth
round in the tournament before
losing to sixth seed in the tourna
ment Jorge Salkeld of Northwest
Louisiana University 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
The doubles team of Joelson-
Mike Pazourek had the best re
sults for the tournament, howev
er, as it reached the finals before
losing to the second seeds Scott
Diehl-Kelly Evernden of the Uni
versity of Arkansas 6-4, 6-3.
Kent said he was excited by the
great improvement made by his
team in a week’s time.
“The difference is like night and
day,” the coach said. “It is total
and absolute.”
Freshman Kimmo Alkio lost to
single second seed Evernden in
the quarterfinals 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in
what Kent called a classic match.
“It was a super and outstanding
match,” he said, “especially con
sidering the eventual champion
had trouble with a 17-year-old
^ freshman. ” He went on to say that
N " one of the reasons Alkio plays so
well is that he is not awed by any
body.
“Kimmo just lines up and gets
after it,” his coach said. “He has
more raw courage and guts than
anyone I have ever seen.”
Greg Hill, another freshman
won the consolation part of the
tournament by defeating Joe
Prather of Centenary University
7-4, 6-2.
“The freshmen really looked
good,” Kent said. “It was great
experience against some tough,
top competition and they really
showed what they can do. ”
He said Joelson had not prac
ticed all week and had gone to
Portland to watch the Davis Cup
competition and so did not play as
well as he could have.
The next competition for the
men will be at the Royal Oaks
country club in Bryan against club
members to promote tennis and
Texas A&M tennis.
Coach
key to
says intensity
Cougar win
By RITCHIE PRIDDY
Sports Editor
in-ten-si-ty — exceptionally great concentration,
power or force.
— The American Heritage Dictionary of the
English Lanquage
Intensity is what football is all about. Every
team has to have it. No team can win without it. It
is the trademark of a winning program.
Saturday the Texas Aggies played with the
intensity needed to win, but added it was a team
effort, everybody did his job.
Going into the Houston game the Aggies knew
that it would take a team effort to win. They also
knew that any letup during the game would be
costly — there couldn’t be a lack of intensity.
There wasn’t.
The Aggies showed more than a few people in
the 7-6 win that they have what it takes to be
winners, as they stopped the high-powered
Houston offense and ran all over the nation’s
seventh-ranked defense.
In what can be described as anything but dull,
the Aggies won their fourth game of the year,
equaling last year’s total victories in just five
games. But, Coach Tom Wilson is not completely
satisfied:
“We re very close to becoming a good, solid
football team. Yet, there is room for improvement
and everybody on this team knows that,” he said
in his weekly press conference.
Wilson said the defensive struggle was by far
the best game, intensity-wise from start to finish,
the Aggies have played this year.
He said his team is playing with more emotion
every day and Saturday’s win was just what the
team needed — a victory over a good football
team.
“There’s no question that we can play with
anybody,” he said. “That win has given us an
emotional lift going into the Baylor game.”
The statistics showed to what degree the
Aggies controlled the ballgame.
The Houston defense came into the game rated
as the seventh best in the nation, third best
against the rush. It was a mark they didn’t leave
the stadium with.
The A&M offensive line opened up holes in the
highly-touted Houston defensive line that
allowed the backs to roll up 237 yards on the
ground, by far the most the Cougars had given up
this year.
The Cougars yielded an average of 55.7 yards
per game on the ground and few big runs for over
10 yards. In Saturday’s game alone the Aggies had
three runs 27 yards or better, including a 46-
yarder by Johnny Hector and a 43-yarder for the
touchdown by Gary Kubiak.
However, the Aggies could manage only 28
yards passing on 3-of-13 passes, something Wil
son was not happy about.
“The most displeasing thing in the game was
the fact thay we did not throw the ball well,”
Wilson said.
Although Houston shut down the passing game
fairly well, several passes were dropped. Those
passes, Wilson said, could have possibly meant
more points on the board for the Aggies.
Kubiak was named by the coaches as the offen
sive player of the game for his work in the win,
Kubiak was the leading ground-gainer for the
day with 91 yards on 15 carries, including his
43-yard touchdown run.
Hector and Earnest Jackson were held to 146
yards, with Jackson totaling 77 and Hector
finishing with 69.
The defensive unit played its best game of the
year, punishing hacks and receivers play after
play.
“There were two fine defensive teams out
there,” Wilson said. “Both competed at a max
imum level. I don’t think there’s any question it
was a very physical game. ”
Wilson said he doesn’t know if he could be any
prouder of the defensive unit after the way it shut
down the Cougar offense.
Although the Cougars outgained the Aggies in
total yardage (much of it coming on their last
drive) the defense played consistently throughout
the game.
Quarterback Lionel Wilson was under constant
pressure from the Aggie rush and had to eat the
ball on more than one occasion. Wilson carried
the hall 20 times for 68 yards, but lost 35 yards in
sacks and finished with 33 total rushing yards.
Fullback David Barrett was the leading rusher
for the Cougars with 66 yards on 16 carries. He
also had the longest run from scrimmage for
Houston with an 11-yard hurst in the second
quarter.
Defensive end Fred Caldwell and comerback
Darrell Adams were voted the defensive playen
of the game for their work in the win.
Caldwell finished with six tackles in the game
on 65 plays. Wilson said Caldwell graded 93 per
cent in the contest. Adams had four tackles and an
interception late in the game and graded 87 per
cent.
Comerback Greg Williams was named the spe
cial teams player. Williams blocked a Houston
fieldgoal to stop a drive.
Wilson had 216 yards through the air on 15-of-
26 passes. Most of those, however, were thrown
under constant pressure from the Aggie pass
rush.
Texas moves up to No.
following 34-14 victory
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NEW YORK — Although Penn
State Coach Joe Paterno says he
doesn’t attach much importance to
college football polls, he was a bit
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surprised to learn that his undefe
ated Nittany Lions remain rated
the second-best team in the UPI
Coaches’ Poll.
“I’m sure that Texas deserves to
be ranked first for the same
reasons that Penn State does,”
Paterno said Monday. “This is
good: a rivalry has been set up and
I think that will be a catalyst for all
concerned.
“I won’t lose any sleep over it,
but I do think this will make the
team try harder. We got our share
of first-place votes and we just may
do better next week. ”
The unbeaten Longhorns re
ceived 23 first-place votes to Penn
State’s 19 and jumped from the
No. 3 spot in last week’s poll to the
top of the list this week. Texas
defeated Oklahoma 34-14 last
Saturday while the Nittany Lions
also improved their record to 4-0
by routing Boston College, 37-7.
Southern California, which had
been ranked No. 1 for three
weeks, slipped to the sixth spot
after a 13-10 upset at the handsot
Arizona.
Pittsburgh, 4-0, inched up to
No. 3 after a 17-0 victory overpre-
viously undefeated West Virginia
North Carolina, a 48-10 winner
over Wake Forest, improved to
No. 4, followed by No. 5 Michi
gan, No. 6 Southern Cal, No. 7
Clemson, No. 8 Missouri, No. 9
Georgia and No. 10 Florida State
Paterno, though, seemed
pleased with his team’s progress
this season and hinted that the
Penn State players sought the No
1 rating.
“These young men want some
thing to aim for,” he said, “fm
glad they have several goals to
shoot at and I think all of them are
within their grasp. We have a fine
team and they’re No. 1 in my
book. ”
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coach, was obviously pleased.
“I hope we can prove we de
serve being No. 1,” said Akers
“This is the gut part of our season.
We re on the road against Arkan
sas and Southern Methodist the
next two weeks and I hope the
rating boosts our players’ confi
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“I’m sure that Penn State will
give us some very formidable
competition. Being No. 1 involves
just as much pressure as being No
2. We have to keep trying harder
and so do they.”
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