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Page 14 THE BATTALION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1981 Sports ^ THKE’L UE A\ HOT TIME IN THE CLP TDWN| -TOSmT/f J AWi» THIS IS 3WST Ft* Tennis team faces tough competition in Austin By RICK STOLLE Battalion Staff The Texas A&M University ten nis team this weekend will face four teams that were rated in the national top 20 last spring. The Aggies will face the Uni versity of Texas, Southern Methodist University, Texas Christian University and Trinity University at the Westwood In vitational Tennis Tournament in Austin. SMU and TCU finished ahead of the Ags in Southwest Confer ence play in the spring, while Texas ranked ahead of the Aggies nationally but behind them in the conference. Trinity finished very high in the national rankings. “We are eager to go over there and compete,” Aggie coach David Kent said. “We feel we can play with them.” The coach said the team is more confident going into this tourna ment than it has been before. “We had problems in most of our other meets this fall, having someone out either due to illness or an out-of-town trip, ” Kent said. “But this week, we have every body together to play.” He said he will take only six players to the tournament and two of the other team members will travel to Beaumont to compete in the Pinewood Invitational Tour nament against Rice University, Southwest Louisiana University and Lamar University. “Arnold Kettnacker and Van Barry were invited to compete and since we had not planned on taking the whole squad to West- wood, I felt like it was a great opportunity for them,” he said. The Aggie team competing the Westwood tournament will con sist of Brian Joelson, Kimmo Alkio, Mike Pazourek, Ron Kow- al, Greg Hill and Tom Judson. Judson is coming off a foot oper ation and will compete for the first time in over a month. “Tom is still a little tentative on his feet, Kent said. “He hasn’t gone full speed yet, so this will his first real test.” He said he has shifted his dou bles teams to try to give his three freshmen a little extra confidence by playing them with upperclass men. The doubles teams will be Alkio-Kowal, Hill-Kowal and Pazourek-Joelson. “Since all the juniors are excel lent doubles players, as well as very experienced in tough meets like this one, I think the freshmen will need that experience to rely on,” Kent said. Kent said the team is looking forward to the meet, which in cludes some of the finest tennis players in the nation. It will be a needed experience, he said, be cause the Aggies will play each of those teams again in the spring — when the matches really count. “It would be a long winter if we didn’t play them now and had to wait to get a shot at them, ” he said. Battalion Classifieds Call 845-2611 Tl ^ V Locker Room i Looser noorn la. « / I Moste/Corri J "Sportshoes Unlimited" GSS ^ J 122 Villa Maria (across iron Maaor East Mall) • Open Mon.-Sat. MO-6 846-3280 846-4743 Hog band sends team off in style United Press International FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Arkansas band, cheerleaders and pom pom squad joined the Razorbacks Thursday in concluding work outs for Saturday’s crucial Southwest Conference game against Texas A&M. “We wrapped up preparations today,” coach Lou Holtz said. “We weren’t as sharp mentally as I’d like, but the players are in a great frame of mind considering the rough road they’ve had to travel. “The band came down and gave us a lift,” Holtz added. “We won’t have anyone with us down there at College Station, but we’ll take this with us in our hearts,” Holtz added. During the band’s appearance at the practice, Holtz called the freshmen players forward. He and defensive coordinator Don Lindsey organized an impromptu dance in the middle of the field with majoret tes and female band members. Holtz Said the team is not as healthy as the he might like. “I wish we could be healthier, and we had more people show up at practice this week,” he said. Holtz said the team would pass up Friday’s usual light workout and fly to College Station early Friday morning. The Razorbacks will stay at Huntsville, 30 miles from College Station, Friday night and will bus to Kyle Field Saturday for the 2:50 p.m. kickoff in the regionally televised conference game. 1XOAT TO RELAX FLOAT TO RELAX IS COMING! Aggieland Float To Relax will present a FREE pre- Grand Opening film and introductory discussion of salt water flotation tanks. Floating brings a new era of rela xation for solving stress related problems and introduc ing super learning concepts. EVERYONE WELCOME THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19th Presentations at 7 & 8, and 9 p.m HOLIDAY INN — SOUTH COLLEGE STATION ’s 7 & 7UB And so does country and western, ofSeagra ~ 7 jr^oy our quality in moderation. 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