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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.
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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)
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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.
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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
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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.