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THE BATTALION Page 13
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1981
Freshman pitcher finds success quickly
Martinez named top TAIAW player
Photo by Brian Tate
A&M pitcher Lisa Martinez shows determination and
‘ill hediiNhncentration as she throws a pitch early in the season against
ig I St. Mary’s in the Aggie Invitational tournament, which the
;gies won by defeating Sam Houston State. The freshman
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By FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
Battalion Staff
Coach Bob Brock says Lisa Mar
tinez isn’t perfect.
But during the past season, the
freshman pitcher for the Texas
A&M women’s softball team came
as close to perfection as is humanly
possible.
After winning 13 games against
no defeats and helping first-year
coach Brock and the Aggies to a
36-3 fall record and the state title,
Martinez has been named TAIAW
Player of the Year. To add to her
spotless record, Martinez com
piled a team-high 133 strikeouts in
92 innings, giving up only five
earned runs to post a 0.38 ERA.
Martinez’ strikeout total was
the second highest in the team’s
history, with teammate Lori
Stoll’s 138 in the spring of 1980 the
top mark.
Nominated by the coaches at
the state tourament held in Con
roe in October, Martinez outdis
tanced two of her teammates and
one player from the University of
Texas at Arlington in the final
vote. Cindy Spradling, a senior
outfielder with UTA, came in
second behind Martinez, while
Aggie shortstop Carrie Austgen
and third baseman Eya Resendez
finished third and fourth in the
ctor, said Martinez overcame
adversity and tough competition
from Lori Stoll and Shan McDo
nald, the aces of the Aggie pitch
ing staff for the past two years, to
perform well during her first col
lege season. Martinez played first
base and leftfield on top of her
pitching chores, totaling 76 put-
outs, 159 assists and one error for a
.996 fielding percentage.
“I think that when Lisa came
here, she had everything she’d
need to be good,’’ Brock said.
“She’s adjusted very well to col
lege life as a freshman.
“I think it was an awfully out
standing performance for a college
freshman. If she improves on that,
she’s going to win many awards.
She could possibly be nominated
for All-American if she has a good
spring, and if the team continues
its present success. If we have a
good spring and get into the play
offs, people are going to know who
she is.”
voting.
Brock, the TAIAW sports dire-
Assistant coach Sue Lilley said
Martinez’ achievements during
the fall season contributed to the
Aggies’ total team effort.
“She represented Texas A&M
very well, in every aspect —
academically and on the field,”
Lilley said.
The award, one not usually
Stephen F. Austin chops up Aggie
Ladies 76-55; road trip continues
f/LSy FRANK L. CHRISTLIEB
V Battalion Staff
NACOGDOCHES — It wasn’t
I, but the Stephen F. Austin
A T71 ad\ Lumberjacks held off a de-
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' sbtball team to win 76-55 Tues-
night in Nacogdoches,
uck inafcB 16 Aggies, now 3-2 for the sea-
ath.rekM stayed close to the 15th-
ed Lady Lumberjacks
ughout the first half, as the
:s led only 39-32 at halftime,
ever, a second-half spurt by
hen F. Austin gave the hosts a
lead late in the game, and
ggie gladies had no time to
nt a comeback.
Tammy Mayo scored 27 points
[Kim Rodman added 13 to lead
Lady Lumberjacks to their
victory of the season against"
losses. For the Aggie Ladies,
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Kelly Krauskopf finished with 10
points.
Sullivan now leads the Aggies in
scoring, averaging 12.6 points a
game. Janet Duckham and Ann
Trinka each had six rebounds to
lead the Aggie Ladies, who were
outrebounded 43-32 by the Lady
Lumberjacks.
Stephen F. Austin outshot the
Aggie Ladies by hitting 34 of its 73
shots for 46 percent. Texas A&M
hit only 24 of 58 shots for 41 per
cent. Texas A&M made seven of
its 10 free throws, and the Lady
Lumberjacks connected on eight
of 10.
Aggie coach Cherri Rapp said
she was proud of the determina
tion and effort showed by her team
while playing such a highly-rated
squad.
“We played a real good game for
the first 30 minutes,” Rapp said.
“Stephen F. Austin outscored us
15 to 1 midway through the
second half, and we could never
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regain our composure.
“It helped us to realize that we
could keep up with a team as good
as Stephen F. Austin. We’ve got
ten better every game, and if we
keep that up, well be alright.”
Rapp said the Lady Lumberjack
spurt in the second half was the
turning point in the game.
Stephen F. Austin led the Aggie
Ladies only 57-48 at the 10:02
mark, but the Lady Lumberjacks
held Texas A&M to only one point
during the next six minutes to
jump to a 72-49 lead.
“I’m pleased with them,” Rapp
said. “We’ve got a long way to go,
but we’ll be alright if we keep
working hard. ”
Rapp added that the younger
players on the Aggies’ squad play
ed well against the Lady Lumber
jacks.
Assistant Coach Cindy Gough
said that the Stephen F. Austin
offense kept Texas A&M off ba
lance at first, but that the Aggies
were able to compete on an even
basis until the roof caved in during
the second half.
“Their whole offense is based on
a run-and-gun,” Gough said. “We
were a little shaky at first, but then
after we settled down, we played
better. We were just a little hesi
tant because we’ve got such a
young team.
“We did lose, but I’m sure they
(the Aggie Ladies) got some confi
dence from staying with them for a
while. But when they get going,
they’re hard to stop.”
Texas A&M, which now has lost
two in a row after winning its first
three games, plays at the Univer
sity of Oklahoma Thursday night
at 7:30. The Aggie Ladies play
Oklahoma State University Satur
day in Stillwater, Okla., before
traveling to the Dallas Classic
Dec. 18-19.
In the Dallas tournament,
Texas A&M opens against Way-
land Baptist University Dec. 18,
while the Aggie Ladies’ opponent
Dec. 19 will be McNeese State
University.
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DALLAS — Utah was listless
1 Dallas was scaulding Tuesday
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bselves to that rarest of hap-
jings — at least for them — a
way victory.
n fact, the Mavericks turned
nright historical.
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plete 48 minutes of basketball
fer, the Mavericks recorded
most one-sided victory,
up their most points ever at
e and won in their own arena
he third straight time, some-
g they had never done before,
i It was a 128-103 victory over
le uninspired Jazz. It was also
ily the fourth victory for Dallas
lis season, but the Mavericks’
lurth victory in 1981 came 12
imes earlier than their fourth
in 1980.
alias shot 75 percent in the
quarter, 80 percent in the
d period and 62 percent over-
The Mavericks even reached
1100-point mark in the third
and at one point in the
game led by 34 — by far the big
gest lead in their 101-game his
tory.
“I think this is the first time we
have won like this at home,” said
Dallas coach Dick Motta. “We’ve
had big leads before but we’ve
never won big. It felt good for a
change.
“The youngsters are making
fewer and fewer mistakes.”
Dallas out-rebounded Utah,
47-37, and at one point in the
game the Mavericks’ centers had
out-rebounded the Jazz centers,
16-2.
“They killed us on the boards
and that’s all there is to it,” said
Utah coach Tom Nissalke. “We’re
very weak in the middle.”
Dallas had lost seven of eight
previous meetings with Utah,
usually because Adrian Dantley
scored 40 points. Dantley had 34
Tuesday night and Darrell Griffith
added 21.
Mark Aguirre, who guarded
Dantley for part of the evening,
finished with 24, but seven Dallas
players scored in double figures.
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given to freshmen, came as a sur
prise to Martinez.
“I didn’t realize I had done that
well during the season, ” Martinez
said. “Even with the statistics, I
didn’t think my season had been
that great.
“I thought winning the award
was great, because I’m only a
freshman. It was the last thing I
expected to get.”
Although Brock switched his
rotation at different times during
the season, Martinez usually
pitched every third game, while
Stoll and McDonald held down
the other two slots. The two Aggie
juniors also had good seasons, as
Stoll finished 10-2 with a 0.17
ERA and McDonald ended the
year 13-1 with a 0.08 ERA.
Martinez, who pitched the
Aggies to a one-hit, 3-0 victory
over the Sam Houston State Lady
Bearkats in the state champion
ship game, said she was glad to fit
into the rotation as well as she did.
“I didn’t expect to be pitching
that much,” Martinez said. “I’m
only glad that I did pitch quite a
bit.”
Martinez, at 5-6, 135 pounds,
doesn’t look threatening — until
she takes the mound. One of Mar
tinez’ advantages is the speed and
accuracy of her pitches.
The freshman petroleum en
gineering major doesn’t classify
her fall performance as exception
al, but she said she’s pleased with
the outcome of the Aggies’ season.
“Certain games, you’ll pitch
and think you’re doing the worst
job in the world, but you’re just
doing well enough to get by,”
Martinez said. “There’s always
room for improvement, but I’ll do
the best I can during the spring. ”
Winning awards and receiving
recognition aren’t new to Mar
tinez, who played her high school
softball in Stockton, Calif., before
moving to Oklahoma in February.
During three years of varsity soft-
ball at a college preparatory high
school in California, as well as a
great deal of playing time in sum
mer leagues, Martinez won sever
al honors.
Among other accomplishments
during her first season with the
Aggies, Martinez had nine shut
outs — eight in a row at one point
— and she pitched 67 straight
scoreless innings. Martinez also
threw two no-hitters, gave up 17
hits in 92 innings, walked 11 and
didn’t throw any wild pitches.
Martinez’ offensive statistics,
although impressive, weren’t
nearly as much a topic of conversa
tion among Texas A&M oppo
nents as her pitching credentials.
She ranked seventh on the team
with a .272 average, and had 25
hits, including one home run,
three triples and four doubles.
Martinez, recruited by former
Texas A&M coach Bill Galloway,
said she thinks the Aggies have an
excellent chance to win a national
title in the spring.
“We have the capability to win
nationals,” Martinez said. “Our
defense is good, and our offense is
good when it works. We didn’t do
as well as we could have in the fall,
but we hope to improve in the
spring.”
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