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offense. We took a lot of things
for granted because we had
some seasoned defensive play
ers. It was tough (not being in a
bowl). But we’ve been there be
fore and I know that what we’re
doing will get us there again. If
we would have come in and had
instant success we might not
have been working as hard as we
are now. So I think there’s a
positive thing to everything.”
The season was a disappoint
ment from the fans’ point of
view, but it was not just another
losing season, Sherrill said.
“I think the biggest thing I
accomplished was probably
understanding the students at
A&M,” he said. “I learned what
it really takes to build a success
ful program here.
“We have to recruit the type
of students that fit in here. More
so than anywhere else because
it’s a very tough school acade
mically and it’s very family-
oriented where everybody gets
involved. The students give so
much of themselves to this
school.”
Another goal achieved by
Sherrill during his first year as
athletic director, he said, was
within the athletic department
itself.
“I think the biggest goal that
I’ve achieved is getting the confi
dence of all the athletic depart
ment people from the top all the
way down to the trainers and
equipment people,” he said.
“That’s very important to me. I
think the way you handle your
business internally has a lot to do
with your success.”
Success.
A word that has been absent
from the Aggies’ vocabulary for
a long while when it comes to
athletics. Sherrill was hired to
bring success to the Texas A&M
athletic department, he’s work
ed a year trying to fulfill his job
and said that, overall, his first
year was a step in the right direc
tion.
Brock: Softball squad ‘in good5
shape,’ but hits must pick up |r
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It’s been a long road trip for
Texas A&M’s women’s softball
team. It started March 17 and
ended March 27. Sandwiched
between those dates were five
losses and a trip to the West
Coast that must have seemed
longer than it was.
Consequently, Aggie softball
coach Bob Brock attributed
some of those losses to home
sickness.
Whether true or not, Texas
A&M, now 16-6, brought back
to College Station five losses that
it didn’t have before the trip.
But the Aggies are home, and
they’ve invited some people to
come help them celebrate their
homecoming. Eleven teams will
be down to visit this weekend as
the Aggies will host the third
Aggie Invitational at Travis
Park in Bryan.
Play will begin Friday a 9 a.m.
and continue throughout the
day, and action will continue
Saturday and Sunday. Friday’s
contests will determine the first
and second place teams in each
of three “pools.” A pool will con
sist of four teams, two of which
will receive byes in the first
round of the championship
tourney, which will begin Satur
day and conclude on Sunday.
Four of the teams playing this
weekend are ranked nationally.
The Aggies, despite those road
losses, are ranked second, while
Utah State holds the ninth spot.
Utah is twelfth and Louisiana
Tech is thirteenth.
Texas A&M will begin pool
play Friday morning at nine
against Baylor. The Aggies will
play again at 1 p.m. against We
ber State and then host New
Mexico at 7 p.m.
Prior to Monday, the Aggies
hadn’t practiced since March 15,
before they left for the Sooner
Invitational. While the long
road trip may have worn the
Aggies down, Brock said, the
Aggies may have become a
stronger team as a result of that
trip.
“If we play the kind of ball
that we’re playing, even though
we’ve had some ups and downs
... I think that probably we
should be in good shape,” Brock
said. “The biggest question
mark we’ve got right now is
(pitcher) Shan McDonald. We
don’t know exactly what Shan’s
status is. We’re just playing that
day by day.”
Brock and the Aggies will be
hoping for a speedy recovery for
McDonald (4-3), who injured a
shoulder in one of those west
coast games against Cal. State-
Fullerton. If McDonald’s not
able to take the mound this
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weekend, the pressure could be
on all-America Lori Stoll to
handle those chores every game.
That, Brock said, could tire her
out. Stoll has already pitched in
16 of the Aggies’ 22 games this
spring.
But Brock said he’s also wor
ried about the way the Aggies
have been performing at the
plate.
“I think our biggest problem
right now is not hitting,” he said.
“When you’re not hitting, you’re
not happy, and I think that
affects your defensive play. We
have a team batting average
right now of .195, and that’s ab
out 100 points lower than what
we batted all year last year.”
Iva Jackson currently leads
the Aggies at the plate, batting
283. Cindy Cooper is hitting
.259 and Carrie Austgen is hit
ting .242.
Brock said his team is due a
home game or two, since that
road trip may have been just a
bit too long. Brock’s recollection
of the trip began on a gloomy
note, but finished on a high note
that might indicate he’s confi
dent this Aggie team has as good
a chance as anybody to capture a
national title.
As the story goes ...
“We immediately go to Dallas
— fly out the next day (after a
2-0 loss to OSU in Oklahoma) —
to get to California, and it’s rain
ing,” Brock said. “And it rains,
and it rains, and it rains. So ab
out three days worth of double-
headers are rained out. We get
there on that Sunday and lose a
doubleheader to (Cal) Fullerton.
I think maybe we were tired. We
had spent two and a half hours
at the LA airport.
“The worst thing about that
day was that was the double-
header that Shan hurt her
shoulder on, and I take most of
the responsibility for that. Con
sequently, (the Aggies suffered)
a three-game losing steak, which
is probably unheard oi D)n» Ui
of the people who havcMPHIl
here around Aggie softball,'Re Sar
Despite wind, weather ffetert
woes, the Aggies bouncedln 1B79-8I
by sweeping a doublehi
from second-ranked Cal,
Pomona, and took second
in Fullerton’s Pony Invitat
in late March.
As Brock recalled: “Not
licing, not throwing, not till
because of the rain, we
and beat a very talentedteanj
a doubleheader. So rightai
that tells me that we’re prol
still on the right track.”
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12th Man Kickoff Team,” he
said. “Their character and dedi
cation has certainly rubbed off
on our players. I think them
being around our players and
taking their experiences back to
the student body helps the stu
dents be a little more apprecia
tive of what the athletes go
through.”
Currently, the 12th Man
Kickoff Team and the rest of the
Aggie football team is going
through, what Sherrill thinks
will be a productive spring
training.
“The progress we’re making
right now compared to last year
is great,” he said. “The improve
ment we’ve made you might not
be able to see physically. You
don’t go to the game to watch the
offensive and defensive line, but
our offensive lineman are much
better this year than they were
last year. They’ve improved in
strength, size and ability.”
Sherrill added that the entire
defensive team has also impress
ed him so far in spring training.
“The defensive team’s overall
performance has really impress
ed me,” he said. “Ther’re getting
to the ball and beginning to look
like a real team. Chris Lammers,
a young (freshman) defensive
end for us has really impressed
me. He came in weighing 225
and now he’s up around 245 or
250.”
So far in spring training Sher
rill has experimented with many
offensive and defensive
schemes, including the 3-4 de
fense, but is still looking for the
right running back combina
tion.
“We’re doing things both de
fensively and offensively that we
didn’t do last year. We’re run
ning Sanders (Thomas) at both
fullhack and tailback trying to
find the right combination.”
Perhaps some help on both
sides of the line of scrimmage
will come in the fall when Sher
rill crop of recruits take to Kyle
Field.
“Really, we just recruited for
our needs and were fortunate to
get some help all over,” Sherrill
said. “We got some lineman,
both offensively and defensive
ly, and we got some secondary
people. So that’s going to help us
a lot. And of course we got some
good quarterbacks and running
backs that could help us.
“The thing we got this year
that we didn’t have last year was
speed at the corners (ends and
linebackers) deiensiJ
They’re going to putaq
pressure on the offenses
when you have that you«
some things up fortherei|
the defense.”
A big challenge next
Sherrill said, will be gettinji
new recruits to fit in wia u
older players. He said hoRDod
hesitate to play a freshman::||!0' th
player is capable. This past Vn, t
Sherrill played several freshaRen L
and even started a fewtoiR A\
the latter part of the seaso: ihis te
ijotent
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tunity to play and contriteR) j n
he said. “A lot of coachesc:R rr \ 1
believe that freshman can jo,
but I do. If they can hanitRstros
mentally and physically ikaR “I’r
believe in playing them. MtsR (hit
them can handle it physioffij've v
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sports, one thing is cettiRoj.
When next year’s recruilsR g e
seniors, Sherrill’s visions of'|| nrs
ning in all sports, havinglRj^
notch athletic facilities andRp ^
ter educating the Texas.41
athletes should all be into
focus.
Final Four: Big bucks
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
Bells are ringing for Albuquer
que merchants who continue to
tally up the profits that sports-
crazed visitors to The Pit dunk
ed into city coffers at the NCAA
Final Four tournament.
Each of the 12,000 to 15,000
college basketball fans who
flocked to the city spent at least
$84 dollars a day, Convention
Bureau spokeswoman Mary Kay
Cline says.
Revenues are estimated at be
tween $5 million and $6 million
— which comes to $15 to $18
out-of-town dollars for every
Albuquerque resident.
The estimated $5 million-
plus means that at least $15 mil
lion percolated through the ci
ty’s economy. Theoretically, ev
ery $1 spent at one business
“rolls over” three times as mer
chants buy supplies to satisfy
hoards of fans.
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three days the
hoops f ans were in town.
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