Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
Wednesday, April 13, 1983/The Bat+aIion/Page 13
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Brock says softball team ‘rejuvenated’; ready
for SHSU, Diamond Invitational tournament
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by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
jtresh from a weekend of suc-
*$s at home, the Texas A&M
omen’s softball team is bound
ir Huntsville today for a dou-
yheader with tough Sam
:,un( i' jouston State.
Almost as soon as the Aggies
turned from a grueling two-
eekroad trip, they hit the road
for today’s double-header
wntouBvell as this weekend’s
11 3iii janiond Invitational in Albu-
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Ihe thinks the week home
|pt' (| rejuvenate his weary
Tand better prepare him for
upcoming road trip,
j thought we had done the
1 things to improve
Ives since we got home,”
Ik said. “The biggest thing
Shan McDonald — hoping
to regain form this week
that I guess you’ll notice is we
did work on hitting and it defi
nitely showed in the tourna
ment.
“I think as long as we play
some good defense and play as a
team and keep hitting the ball...
we’re going to be awful hard to
beat.”
The Aggies proved not only
hard to beat, but impossible to
beat, as they won all seven games
during the Aggie Invitational
last weekend, including a title
winning victory over ninth-
ranked Utah State.
And the Aggies also beat Sam
Houston in the tournament at
Travis Park. Nevertheless,
Brock said he has respect for the
scappy Division II club.
“I think Sam Houston is an
excellent ball club,” Brock said.
“They’re well-coached, and they
give everything they’ve got —
especially when they play the
Aggies. They play each game as
if it’s the World Series, and of
course, we do too.”
Brock said senior Lori Stoll
will pitch the first game and
Shan McDonald, who missed
several games with a shoulder
injury, will handle the duties in
the second against Sam
Houston.
Sam Houston was the only
NCAA Division II team that
played in the Aggie Invitational,
and they played well enough to
advance to championship brack
et play.
Brock said he was pleased
with the improvement the
Aggies showed during their
brief home stand and praised
their almost flawless defensive
play, but he’s still looking for im
proved hitting.
See SOFTBALL page 15
ictkggie baseball team’s downfall
4,ias players looking for answers
)6S| by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
Ben “The Shadow” probably
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supposed to have a terrible re
cord this year, with just a few
starters returning and absolute
ly no pitching depth.
Whafs puzzling for the
Aggies is that they are falling flat
on their faces after a surprising
ly good start.
In the early part of the sea
son, the Aggies defeated both
Cal State-Fullerton and Maine
— both ranked in the top 20 na
tionally. And they broke into the
top 20 themselves after hitting
and fielding their way to an 18-4
record. It seemed nothing could
stop Texas A&M’s run to the top
of the standings.
MiiiillH
Well, maybe it’s not “evil,” but
jflever posseses the 1 exas
m team certainly isn’t good,
■he Aggies have lost nine
jpseanive Southwest Confer-
games and are quickly be
ing known as “chokers” in
lulch.
ferhaps the problem with the
les is not that they’re falling
J of their pre-season expec-
bns — they’re not. They were
Nothing, that is, but the
Aggies themselves.
Texas A&M second baseman
Clint Heard said the entire team
can be blamed for the downfall.
“I really don’t think you can
put your; finger down on one
thing,” he said. “It’s probably
two or three things. We’re just
snakebit. I’ve never seen any
thing like it. We get a big lead on
a team and we don’t hold it. If
there’s ever a chance for the
other team to make a big play
then they will.”
To say the least. In their last
three games, the Aggies scored
24 runs — and lost all three
games.
“It’s a tough pill to swallow,”
Heard said. “You keep saying to
yourself‘How the hell did we get
beat?’ Lady Luck just isn’t very
good to us.”
Aggie right fielder Kevin
Smith is also confused about
Texas A&M’s downfall, but has
his own thoughts on luck.
Smith said: “I’m a firm believ
er that you make your own
luck.”
Then what is the problem,
Kevin?
“We just don’t seem to have a
leader on this team. But then
See BASEBALL page 15
staff photo by David Fisher
Texas A&M’s Rose Ruffino, shown rest of the Aggie softball team are in
here against McNeese State, and the Huntsville today to play SHSU.
Women golfers in fifth
at Sun Devil Invitational
The Texas A&M women's golf
team is in fifth place after two
rounds in the Sun Devil Invita
tional in Phoenix, Ariz.
TCU leads the field of 21
teams with a score of (103. SMI
is second with OK), Tulsa third
with 021 and Lamar is fourth
with 022.
The Aggies are five strokes
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behind Lamar at 027.
SMU’s Ann Bon/ is the indi
vidual leader with a two-day tot
al of 140. Texas A&M's Patricia
Gonzalez shot a 77 Tuesday,
bringing her overall stroke total
to 151. She is tied for f ifth place.
The rest of Texas A&M’s in
dividual scores follow, with the
two-dav total listed second:
Shirley Furlong: 79, 155
Angela Atkins: <S‘2, Kit)
Susan Yantis: SI, 101
Kerry Bower: 84, 104
The tournament concludes to
day. This is the Aggies' last tour
nament before the Southwest
Conference championships, in
Fort Worth, April 25-27.
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