sports Battalion/Page II February 24,11 91 )r U Cl IE an ; 6 ML RUi ipu Ws ).(K 1 N sa« dr, [)IIS 851 x5 x7 xl |X1 Ox Ox Ox Ox Ox HI ne Jrsu No. 2-ranked UT favored SUPERIOR AUTO SERVICE Auto Repair at it’s Best 111 Royal, Bryan Just one mile north of Campus 846-5344 F A&M swimmers at SWC mee moi WAYNE PRITCHARD DAN WASKOW New Award Winning WISCONSIN Augusburger 3 25 six pack uir Miller Lite Longnecks 2 29 six pack plus deposit Pabst Blue Ribbon $'729 ■ c case 24-pack Open Monday-Saturday 'til Midnight! (Specials good thru Sat. Feb. 26.) 3611 S. College 846-6635 by Frank L. Christlieb Battalion Staff For lack oi a betler word, Texas A&M swimming coach Mel Nash uses die lerm “lossup" lo desc l ihe liis team's chances in this weekend’s Ihst-ever South west Clonterente women’s chanipionshi|)s at the University of Texas. The U T Longhorns, ranked No. 2 in t he* nat ion, are t he clear- cut favorites. But as for the test of the teams, there’s no agree ment on the eventual final standings. Nash, who has guided the Aggies to a 4-5 dual meet record this spring, said the* possibilities for his team — and the* seven teams lighting lot second place* and below — art* endless. “If we did everything right and some ol the other teams swam bad, we could finish as high as third — and that’s if we just went completely berserk," Nash said from his hotel room in Austin on Wednesday. “But I don't think that'll happen. Texas is the favorite, of course, and Houston should finish second. SMU and Arkansas have strong divers, so that will give them an edge over us. “So it comes down to us, Texas Tech, Rice and T('.U in the* battle for Tilth place. Literal ly. we could swim real well and Tmish last, which is kind ol an onimous feeling.” The meet, being held at the* Texas Swimming Center, began this morning at 1 1 with prelimi naries in t he KOO-yard free relay, 200 medley relay, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle*, 500 frec*s- Coach Mel Nash says SWC meet is ‘tossup’ Saddle Shoes Are Catching On Rock around the clock with the new BASS “Bobbi”. This fun fashion shoe has all the sizzle for being this year’s hottest shoe style. You’ll want to be the first to rock away with your pair. Colors of white/black, white/navy, white/red. 6 to ION, 5 to 10 M. $44. £M Culpepper Plaza tyle, 100 butterlly, 50 breast stroke*, 200 backstroke* and I- meter dive. The finals in the*se* nine e*vents will be* hc*ld tonight at 7. The* Aggie*s, who linished third in the* state* AIAW mecM last spring, place*d 22nd in the AIAW national meet. Texas won the meet, SMU ended up seventh in the* nation and Arkansas was 30th. This spring, Texas A&M has elefeated Tulane, LSU, West Virginia and Rice* and has lost lo SMU, TUU, Texas 'Tech, Hous ton and Texas. At the preseason SWC Invitational in December, the* Aggies finished Tilth behind Texas, Arkansas, Houston and SMU. Aggie assistant coach Bill Mil ler said the competition should be strong in this year’s initial SWC me*c*l. “ The meet is c|iiite a bit faster than last year’s (AIAW) meet,” Miller said. “It should be* one of the best and the fastest confer ence championships in the country this year. We* can finish anywhere from fifth to eighth, but a lot will depend on what out girls want to do — how fast they’re ready to go and how last the rest of the conference is going to go.” Four of t he Aggie clivers have met standards for the* first ste*j> toward NCAA nationals c|ualilt- calion. Maureen Beiter, Tracic* Tips, Susan Burkhart and Darc y Wilson will compete Marc h I I- 12 at Iowa State University for the opportunity to participate in the national meet, set for March 1 7-19 in 1 .inc oln, Neh. The Longhorns were ranked No. 3 in (he national polls, but they defeated second-ranked Stanford 78-71 in a dual meet Feb. 5. U T has an 8-1 dual meet record this spring, losing only to Florida by three points. The Longhorns have qualified 12 swimmers and clivers in 19 events for the NCAA meet. The Houston Cougars, who return seven all-America swim mers from last year's team, linished 12th at the NCAA meet during 1982. Laurie Cook, who covers Cougar swimming for UH Athletic Media Relations, said the coaches are looking at a possible second-place finish this weekend. “I think we have a great shot at second place, but we could do better if we just had more swim mers,” she said. “Right now, we have only eight swimmers and two clivers, and last year we had nine swimmers and one diver.” The Cougars’ Beverly Rose, a sophomore all-America bac k- stroker, has the fastest SWC time in the 50 backstroke this season, and has qualified for NCAA nationals in both the 50- and the 200-yard backstroke. UH’s 400 medley relay squad, which consists of Rose, Flspeth Carnan, Kaly Archer and Ingrid I^twrence, has qualified for na tionals with a time of 3:5(i.9(). On the other hand, Texas A&M started the season with 14 swimmers and six clivers, but in juries have caused those num bers lo dwindle drastically. Consider these injuries, most of which haven't completely healed: Michon Breisachet (backstroke), tendonitis in her shoulder; Martha Oerken (but terfly and individual medley), stress fracture in her ankle; Susan Holliday, tendonitis in her shoulder; Susan Marks, a key performer in the breast stroke and freestyle events last season, has a serious lower hack injury; Kathy Mitten, the squad’s only senior, has a shoul der injury, and Debbie Scheider, the Aggies’ No. 1 backstroke performer last year, has tendo nitis in her shoulder and has knee problems. Nash said the injuries have kept the Aggies from having a belter season. “The thing alxnit it is that each (injury) comes f tom a chi f e- rent direction,” he said. “Most ol the girls came in during the fall with the injuries from some thing they’d clone in the sum mer. The combination of every body falling apart at once really dropped us down. “If we had everyone healthy, potentially, we’d lx* in a dogfight for third this weekend, hut as of now, 1 guess we’ll have to wait until next year.” Miller said several of the team’s younger swimmers will need to |x.*rform well for the Aggies to place among the top live teams. “The freshmen have really clone a good job for us," he said. “Jodie Tanner lias clone very well, and she’s going to help us here this weekend. Melanie* gor ‘W< Sc lunaucli and should lielp as well. Viclinjy? 1 has come on during the! pat t ol the season and lias vered well from an earlysi (hip) injury. pits re. I- It v r i Lau bm I lere’s a list ol Texas lx*st season times enteringBa< SWC meet: oflt 50 freestyle — MdJretn Sc limauc h, 24.80 asii 100 freestyle — jixlv I n jnali 54.08 Bill 200 freestyle —Eilt*iil)Jle{h 1:50.82 *1 500 freestyle — [ 5:12.03 1,000 freestyle - I Burns, 10:45.24 50 butterfly — Sdim 27.32 100 butterfly — Sdiii 59.59 , 200 butterfly — Martha ken, 2:14.81 50 backstroke — hllyn I aimer, 28.71 com sail I com the: ball ne.i fieli 100 backstroke — I 1:01.73 200 backstroke - 2:13.48 50 breaststroke—Vidi 32.66 100 breaststroke - 1:09.31 da ( am I tlm Hi to s ball 200 breaststroke - 2:31.07 100 IM — Tanner, 1:0 200 IM — Susan \ 2:14.88 atbl ami sin to< s that wli.i coil I N C01 ( pfl>! alii 200 medley relay - it 0 f v Moir, Schmauch, laai,g, 1:51.25 1 400 medley relay - rj| 1( Mon , Schmauch, Doull.i , V()ll 200 free relay — SdirJm 11 I aimer, Doull, Burns, I ' 400 free relay — Tup Marks, Schmauch, luj,,, 3:37.35 l' SMU surprises A&M, 76-66 a pi Wo I nine United Press International While the SMU Mustangs were dealing out some unex pected misery to the Texas A&M Aggies, the last man on the reduced Texas Tech bench became a hero in an overtime victory Tor the Red Raiders over die Rice Owls. SMU surprised Texas A&M, 76-66, with center Jon Koncak scoring 24 points and a brief wrestling match bringing about the ejection of guards Reggie Roberts (A&M) and Dave Oaths (SMU). It’s been a long time since SMU has been in a post-season tournament,” said Koncak. “We want to try to win 18 or 19 games and get in one this year. That’s our goal.” SMU raised its season record to 15-10 with the win over the Aggies, who fell to 14- 13 overall and 7-6 in the South west Conference. The Arkansas Razorbacks left a wakeup call for the second half in Austin Wednesday night and when the alarm went off they responded like a team ranked fifth in the country should. “I think the squad might have been a little flat tonight,” asses sed Arkansas coach F.ddie Sutton. But no matter what the men tal makeup of his team might have been, Sutton’s hunch final ly prevailed over the lowly Texas Longhorns, 84-67, and stayed on target for next week's show down with No. 2 Houston in Fayetteville. In Houston, non-scholarship player Tobin Doda hit two free throws with two seconds remain ing overtime to bring Lech a 69- 67 triumph over Rice. Tech has only eight players on the team ana of those eight Doda has seen had that the least playing timethi' Woi The win moved Techi lie filth-place tie with Texasittv and kepi alive the R ove x hances for a third-place Mi I and a bye past the firstrou: less the SWC post-season l(i« i" ment. wit! : Intramural : : Uniforms : • • • 20% team discount* TRI-STATE A&M SPOKTIAO GOODS #600 OI«l College Itouri »«e-47«a *«6-474DI WOW! Prices to Please - Sizes to Fit All! Shoes - 4-10 Mediums, Narrows & Slims Low & Mid Heels Pumps, Slings, Casuals Cocktail and Formal Dresses - 4-18 Suits - Interview, Travel or Wedding (10% off to Senior Citizens & Teachers on Reg. 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