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1 Texas A&M — ^ The Battalion Sports Issues Mi l, fs mayo 'tarshipi present *J 1 Theatu." Monday, March 21, 1983/The Battalion/Page 9 iation at 7 :A metti ies take two against TCU to open conference campaign V Bible stii From staff and wire reports The Texas Aggies launched their 1983 Southwest Con- lerlence campaign Saturday and Sunday in Fort Worth with a pair of wins and one loss against the TCU Homed Frogs in Fort Worth. ■Jimmy Twardowski had six RBls Saturday to lead TCU over the Aggies, 10-2, in the lirst game of a double header. The Aggies came back, though, with a 15-7 win over the Frogs in the nightcap. ■Brian Ohnoutka went the distance for the Frogs in the opener, giving up four hits. TCU got three runs per inning in the third, fourth and sixth. The Aggies drew first blood, though, in the first with one run and another in the sixth. Hln the nightcap, the Aggies exploded with nine runs (H.IETliMhe fourth and six in the fifth. TCU had the early Law Sdii g McCan sfield Tu "Internal ter. eduledik m tiers an lead, 3-0, in the second. The Frogs then scored three in the fifth and a final run iiv the seventh. laAut the Aggies were devastating at the plate in Sun day’s match-up, as they exploded for a 17-8 victory over the Frogs. Aggie outfielder Bobby Beach tied both a sclooland a SWC record by coming up with five hits in a single game. Beach went 5-for-6 at the plate, with one of the five being a 3-run homer in the top of the seventh inning. Beach also had three other RBI and four base hits. a^BOutfielder Kevin Smith slammed a 3-run homer of his own in the third inning to lift Texas A&M to a 4-0 lead. First baseman Buddy Haney and Beach both sing led to set up that home run. Earlier, in the first inning, Todd Edwards, Haney and Beach came up with consecutive base hits to get the Aggies going. Texas A&M continued its connections in the fourth with three more runs. Third baseman Tony Metoyer singled to start the inning, then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Ron Devereaux. Tim Cartwright dou bled to score Metoyer, and Edwards doubled to bring Cartwright back home. Beach went to work again and singled in Edwards after Haney grounded out. The Aggies picked up one run in the fifth and went dry in the sixth before collecting eight runs on six hits in the seventh. Smith doubled in Beach and centerfielder Billy Cannon to start the scoring. Don Robison knocked in Smith on a base hit and advanced to third on Metoyer’s single. Devereaux struck out before the Frogs walked Cart wright to load the bases. A second walk forced Robison home. Haney picked up out two but scored Metoyer on a sacrifice fly before Beach put his out of the park. Cannon cleared the way for the Aggies final run in the ninth on a triple to center field that scored Haney. Sophomore Sherman Corbett, now 3-1 for the year, was the winding pitcher for the Aggies. The Aggies scored their 17 runs on 19 hits, while TCU scored their eight on 11 hits. Both teams committed two errors. The Aggies, now 18-5 on the year and 2-1 in confer ence play, will play a twilight doubleheader Tuesday against the University of Minnesota. The first game will start at 5:30 p.m. in Olsen Field. The Aggies traveled to Florida during spring break to play in Miami’s Hurricane Classic. Texas A&M lost 5-1 on March 11 to the University of Miami in a game that wasn’t part of tournament play. But the Aggies knocked off lOth-ranked Maine 8-2 on March 12 and 12-8 on March 13. On Monday the Aggies dropped another one to Miami, 16-4. The Aggies were tied 4-4 with the Hurricanes after six in nings in that game before Miami registered 12 runs in the last two innings. Texas A&M lost the services of second baseman Clint Heard during that game. Heard went down with an ankle injury that could keep him out of the Aggies’ lineup for an estimated six weeks. The Aggies turned things around Wednesday morn ing, however, with an 1 1-8 victory over Southern Illi nois, a team that’s been to the College World Series more times than any team except Texas. Sophomore Phillip Taylor won twice on the Florida trip, beating both Maine and Southern Illinois. Corbett took the honors in the second victory over Maine. s tennis team stops Alabama o ls jyHTexas A&M’s men’s tennis team, playing through the first half of the season without being ranked in the Top 20, continued to roll past its opponents by defeating >ii "if Florida State and 17th-ranked Alabama in the South 'Sptsv Alabama Invitational held in Mobile, Ala., over the "'"i: weekend. AuomgH^nd the Texas A&M women’s squad, now 10-6 on \f$(, the season, grabbed an easy 9-0 tmtmph over South c -| as ,,, , Alabama in a match played here Sunday afternoon. ■The Aggie men’s team, now 19-4 on the season,defe ated FSU 7-2 on Friday and came back Saturday to top the Crimson Tide 6-3. Texas A&M was to play host South Alabama on Sunday, but the morning match was rained out. HCoach David Kent said the victory over Alabama was “one of our best wins,” since the Crimson Tide had lost fill, j ust one previous match during the season. in advimH .•neral r cling its During the victory over FSU, the Aggies’ Kimmo Alkio won 6-2, 6-2; Brian Joelson won 6-4, 6-4; Greg Hill won 6-3, 6-3, and Ron Kowal won 6-0, 6-4. In doubles, the teams of Joelson-Judson, Kowal-Hill and Alkio-Van Barry took victories. The Texas A&M men’s team will host the nationally ranked SMU Mustangs on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. The Aggie Ladies will host Southwest Louisiana on Friday, Louisiana Tech on Saturday and Centenary on March 26. All three matches also will begin at 1:30. Here are results from the men’s victory over Alabama and the women’s triumph over South Alabama: Texas A&M 6, Alabama 3 Brian Joelson (A&M) def. Stephan Olsen 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Mark Wilder (UA) def. Tom Judson 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 Kimmo Alkio (A&M) def. Hans Carlson 7-6, 6-2 Andy Solis (UA) def. Ron Kowal 6-3, 6-2 Greg Hill (A&M) def. Greg Hahn 6-0, 6-3 Arnold Kettenacker (A&M) def. Beaver Bolender 7-5, 7-6 Joelson-Judson (A&M) def. Olsen-Carlson 6-3, 6-4 Solis-Hahn (UA) def. Hill-Kowal 7-6, 7-6 Alkio-Kettenacker (A&M) def. Wilder-Bolender 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 Texas A&M 9, South Alabama 0 Liliana Fernandez def. Lucia Schwanke 6-0, 1-6, 6-4 Vanne Akagi def. Kim Hotston 6-1, 6-4 Amy Gloss def. Kris Huff 6-2, 6-4 Linda Scogin def. Kathi Holmes 6-2, 6-0 Laura Hanna def. Julie Gentleman 6-1, 7-5 Cathy Nutt def. Heidi Muhlebach 7-5, 6-2 F'ernandez-Hanna def. Schwanke-Hotston 6-3, 6-3 Closs-Teresa Landry def. Huff-Gentleman 6-2, 6-1 Nutt-Akagi def. Holmes-Muhlebach 6-4, 6-1 photo by Eric Mitchell Aggie coach Tom Chandler signals to his team during a game at Olsen Field. The Aggies began SWC play over the weekend, winning two of three from TCU. A&M’s overall record is now 18-5. 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