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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.
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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.
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