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'Page cCuh Texas A&M ItJAUb AACXIVI The Battalion Sports April 19, 1982/Page 11 Aggies jump to fourth ith sweep of Raiders 'S iituation was afternoon i . White called' to release staggered sdn he homeboi ng ordered early, ’ :o operate si re jammed bicycle rideni s. A well-tani r, who recet n heart surj s General walking at t into the set imuters ream f anger and n t disgrace,” s rhill, ter v in bumper and almost ; for a parltiil es by John P. Lopez Battalion Reporter bH The Aggie baseball team had '|||to win all three games against jf exas Tech this weekend to stay l 'T 5 In contention for the final spot A ,|n the Southwest Conference post-season tournament. They did exactly that. Texas A&M defeated the Red Raiders 14-1 Friday and swept Saturday’s double-header 1-0 and 5-3. Texas A&M finds itself in a three-way tie for fourth place in the SWC and in charge of its own destiny. All the Aggies need to do to reach the tournament is two of three games this weekend in their final confer ence series against the Baylor ears. SWC standings Team Texas (41-3) UH (29-8-2) Ark. (31-8) A&M (30-15-1) Tech (19-17) Baylor (22-17) Rice (32-21) TCU (14-22-2) W 9 9 12 8 7 7 7 3 3 4 6 9 8 8 11 13 PCT. .750 .692 .667 .486 .467 .467 .389 .212 GB '/a 3'A 3'/a 3 Va 5 8‘/a He Baylor and Texas Tech, the wo other teams vying for a spot in the tournament, have two onference series left against tough teams. After next weekend’s series with the Aggies, Baylor must Iravel to Houston to face the ougars. Texas Tech finishes its ichedule against Arkansas in Wayetteville, and at home against ‘((Texas. The Aggies’ record now stands at 8-9-1 while Baylor and Texas Tech are percentage points behind with records of 7- 8. Texas A&M head coach Tom Chandler said the Aggies played perhaps the best baseball they have all year in defeating the Raiders. “I’m really proud of them,” he said. “Everyone was hustling and playing with a lot of enthu siasm. We had some great plays on defense and our pitching is really coming along.” In Saturday’s double-header, the Texas A&M pitching staff showed signs of brilliance as it held the Raiders to a combined nine hits in both games. In the first game, senior Bob by Taylor limited the Raiders to only one hit in recording his third win of the year against a loss. The victory was the first shutout for the Aggie pitching staff in conference play. “I’m so glad for Bobby,” Chandler said. “He’ll remember this the rest of his life.” Chandler said Taylor wasn’t overpowering but he put the ball in the right spot. “He just kept the ball down and had great control,” he said. Taylor’s control was obvious, as he threw only 74 pitches and faced 23 batters during seven in nings. Taylor raised the count to three balls only on two Raider batters. “I’m a ground ball pitcher,” Taylor said, “and I was fortun ate to get a lot of those today. The defense really helped me out. I lost my curve ball in the seventh inning but the defense got me out of the inning.” The Aggie’s only run of the game came when third baseman Clint Heard opened the fourth inning with a single to center field and went to second on catcher Joe Szekely’s walk. Heard went to third on a sacri fice bunt by right fielder Kevin Smith and scored on a sacrifice fly by center fielder Billy Cannon. In the second game, the Aggies fell behind the Raiders in the first inning 2-0 but came back with a run in the second inning and another in the third to tie the score. A - \ ’ - A? lip ^ si ^A' 4? s I' $4 ^ ^ staff photo by David Fisher Texas A&M outfielder Ronnie Risinger of third base in Saturday’s double slides into the tag of the Red Raiders’ header. The Aggies, 8-9-1 in the SWC, Jimmy Zachry on an attempted steal took fourth place with three victories. Easy victory Golfers earn 1982 SWC trophy A&M tennis team defeats Rice 7-2 by Bill Robinson Battalion Staff Last week All-America golfer I Danny Briggs said he thought he Aggies would peak at the ight time this season. They did. Briggs fired a 54-hole 202, a K course-blistering eight-under- par, to lead Texas A&M Univer sity to its first Southwest Confer ence golf championship in 13 years this weekend at the Quail Valley Country Club in Missouri City, near Houston. The Aggies had an 857 team total for the tournament to put them three shots ahead of the Houston Cougars and seven ahead of the Texas Longhorns. Winning the tournament was something of an upset for the young Aggies, since none of the six starters graduate this year. Houston had won all but one of its tournaments going into the SWC championship match but the Aggies — and more specific ally Briggs — were just too much for the Cougars. “I did not go out there and play one-on-one against Billy Tuten and Mark Brooks,” Briggs said. “I was aware of what they were doing, but I just play ed my game and did not go con servative.” Playing partner Brooks, who finished third at 11 shots back, said: “Danny made yards and yards of putts today.” Tuten led Houston, finishing second in the tournament with a 205, three shots behind Briggs. The entire Aggie team played well, placing two others in the top ten, while Briggs earned an amateur berth in the Colonial See GOLFERS page 13 Despite losing the number one singles match, the Texas A&M men’s tennis team had lit tle trouble defeating Rice Satur day 7-2. Brian Joelson, the Aggies’ number one player, lost to the Owls’ Tres Cushing 6-2, 6-2, but Texas A&M won the four of the other five singles matches and all three doubles matches to beat the Owls. Mike Pazourek, Kimmo Alkio, Tom Judson and Ron Kowal each won their singles matches. Only Judson’s match went to three sets. Joelson and partner Judson came back in their doubles match to defeat Cushing and Don Tamasco, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6. Greg Hill and Kowal defeated Marlis Smith and Bob Anderson 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. The Aggies’ other doubles team of Pazourek-Alkio beat Albert-Miller 6-1, 6-2 to round out the scoring. Coach David Kent’s team has won 39 matches and lost 24. They are 22-7 overall, with a 4-3 record in the Southwest Confer ence. The Aggies are currently fifth in the SWC, only two matches behind the University of Texas. TCU is in first place, followed by SMU, Arkansas, Texas, and Texas A&M. The Aggies will meet the Longhorns today at 1:30 in Au stin. J any talk of tit “a scare tacts fact.” (supervisors)! rying to ~ iomeone :y would loves hey could gii ey’s office, tui N\ ■McDonalds DRIVE-THRU WINDOW MCDONALD’S INTRAMURAL HIGHLIGHTS At University Drive Now on S. Texas Ave. At Manor East Mall BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING for the boai nt evidence In upport thed( jpervisor Kei me dissenter! 1 he feared ll rive the counl IM Game Plan VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS: Volleyball Triples playoff schedules will be posted today after 2:00 p.m. Captains of teams in classes “A and “B” should check their schedules today because playoff games begin tomorrow, April 20. SUPERSTARS GOLF: Men s and women’s golf competi tion begins today at 4:30 at the practice driving range beside the polo field on east campus. Superstars entering this event will use a nine iron and hit three balls. The closest of the three hits will he measured and participants will receive points accordingly. SUPERSTARS SWIM: The 100 meter swim event will be tomorrow, April 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the outdoor pool. SUPERSTARS FREE THROW: At 7 00 p.m. tomorrow, the free throw competition for superstars will begin on the G. Rollie White main floor. SUPERSTARS FINALE: The mandatory obstacle course event for superstars will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21 in room 351 of G. Rollie White. Male and female superstar winners will be determined after this event. TRACK FIELD EVENTS: The track field events for men and women, originally scheduled for April 4, will be Sunday, April 25, in Kyle Field at 1:00 for men, 2:30 for women, and .3:30 for corps and fish. Archery champion Forrest Parker draws down on a target dur ing championship competition. Forrest is our McDonald’s® “Be Our Guest” win ner this week. He can pick up his free meal coupon in the Intra mural Office. Texas Senior Games CoRec tennis finalist Bruce Laborde swings into a forehand shot. Any Texas resident who is 50 years of age or older is eligible to compete in the First Annual Tex as Senior Games for fun and fitness. The games, which include various track and field events, bicycle races, horseshoes, golf, table tennis, swimming, a jog, a fun walk, a pentathlon, and as sorted others will be held at the Tennis Doubles Tourney Ends It took almost two months and 299 matches to determine this year’s All-University Tennis Doubles Championships. Men’s class A winners, Ricky Ramos and Jim Swischuk defeated dorm champions Mike Rice and Mark Rahm from Crocker. In the women’s division, inde pendents Juli Urban and Brenda Kainer defeated dorm cham pions Kay Kueck and Cindy Ber ry (Krueger) in the class A final match. Donna and Roger Wat son won the class A corec title, while Todd Swank and Andrea Lopez were class B champions. University of Texas at Arlington Thursday, June 24 through Saturday, June 26. Medals in each event will be awarded to the top three places in each of six age groups for men and women. All participants will receive certificates. Interested men and women can pick up a registration form in the Intramural Office, room 159 East Kyle. 1982 Track Results WOMEN 100 Low HurdlesDeb Esser Cyclones 14.33 R 400 M. Dash Deb Esser Cyclones 61.93 R 400 M. Relay Hall, Jones Sloan, Holub Kangaroos 54.65 1600 M. Run Cookie ’n Cream 5:42.57 200 M. Dash Latasha Grav Cyclones 24.96 800 M. Run Cookies ’n Cream 2:40.69 100 M. Dash Deb Esser — 12.95 1600 M. Relay Latasha Gray Alicia Hobby Hancock, Dornak Legett 5:02.87 Romine, Thorwegen MEN 110 M. Low Hur-Paul Olde Sq. 11 14.30 dies Carl Coleman Mercury Club 52.28 400 M. Dash J. Johnson Davis-Gary 44.56 400 M. Relay S. Johnson Gulliam, Sims Vince Stark Aston 4:35.44 1600 M. Run Kurt Thome Mercury Club 22.64 200 M. Dash Russ Van Buren Mercury Club 2:02.14 800 M. Run Weydan Flax S-2 11.04 100 M. Dash Ratliff — 3:28.06 1600 M. Relay Conneighton Cornelius Huffman COREC 800 M. Relay Cyclones 1:43.02 R 400 M. Relay Stacks 49.91 Emergency Medical Technical Mike Brundige is one of several EMTs who provide first-aid at all intramural events. Parker Wins Archery Meet Forrest Parker scored 286 points Wednesday night in the Archery Singles Tournament to win the class “A” cham pionships. Forrest was one of 85 men and women competing in this year’s contest which offered competition in singles, dou bles, and corec divisions. Other winners included: CLASS A Men’s Singles Forrest Parker Women’s Singles Heather Dunnam (Krueger) Men’s Doubles Forrest Parker & Tom Parrish Women’s Doubles Heather Dunnam & Cynthia Evetts CoRec Doubles James Peerv & Elaine Christensen CLASS B Men’s Singles Joe Jaksik Women’s Singles Bren Bassett (Clements) Men’s Doubles Donnie McGilbra & Richard McLeon Women’s Doubles Dawn Oswald & Judy Hall CoRec Doubles Mike Martin & Lee Holbrook Congratulations to all who competed! Acknowledgements McDonald’s® Intramural at University Drive, Manor East Highlights is sponsored each Mall and Texas Avenue. Pictures Monday in the Battalion by your by Tom Davies and Steven local McDonald’s® Restaurants Ward.