Texas A&M
Battalion Sports
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WIONAL COLLEGIATE PLAYOFFS
Baseball team takes role
of tournament ‘spoiler’
by John P. Lopez
Battalion Staff
Even though the Texas A&M
baseball team is mathematically
out of contention for any post
season play, the Aggies are hop
ing to have a big say in exactly
who will go to Austin for the
Southwest Conference tourney.
Baseball coach Tom Chand
ler’s team will be in Houston to
face Rice in a three-game series
beginning Saturday with a single
game, followed by a double-
header Sunday.
dethroning the University of
Texas from its stranglehold of
first place in conference. Texas
is working on its fourth consecu
tive championship.
The Longhorns lead the con
ference with an 11-1 record, but
Houston, which is also on Tex
as’s schedule, is breathing down
the Horns’ neck with an 11-4 re
cord. Fourth-place Texas Tech
will have its shot at the Horns
this weekend.
Should Texas A&M win at
least one game in the series, the
Aggies will spoil the Owl’s hopes
of wrapping up a tournament
bid with an Aggie sweep. Also,
Texas A&M is one of only three
teams which still has a chance of
Naturally, the Aggies would
also like to be playing for a spot
in the tourney, but the consen
sus among the players is that
playing the role of “spoiler” is
the next best thing.
“We can make things hard on
a lot of people,” Aggie relief
pitcher Rock King said after
Tuesday’s victory over Lamar.
Texas A&M will play Texas
May 6 and 7 at Olsen Field — a
series which might prove to be
more important to the Aggies’
pride than for the Horns’ tour
nament hopes. Texas A&M
needs to win three of their re
maining six games to avoid
finishing the year with a school
record for most losses in a sea
son and Texas might be the
team the Aggies need to go
through to avoid the mark.
Despite the dismal season,
however, the Aggies are not
without outstanding individual
performances.
Bobby Beach, who is hitting at
a .450 clip on the year, is close to
breaking the Aggie record of
.443 set in 1965 by Mike
McLure. Beach is also closing in
on the Texas A&M record for
most RBI’s in one season. Beach
has 49 RBI’s so far this year —
nine short of Rodney Hodde’s
mark of 58 set in 1981.
In conference play, Beach has
a .415 batting average — good
enough to place him sixth over
all in the Southwest Conference.
Corky Swindell of Houston
leads the pack with a .473 mark.
Other Aggies in the top ten in
conference include Buddy
Haney at .362 and Tony
Metoyer at .358.
Beach seems to be the most
consistent player on the Aggie
team as he is ranked among the
Southwest Conference leaders
in four categories — batting av
erage, hits (22), RBI’s (17) and
runs (14).
A&M hoping for
tourney sweep
Peter Rocha
by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
The saga of the Texas A&M
softball team’s road trip con
tinues.
After a bit of rest earlier this
week, the Aggies are in Lincoln,
Neb. for the Nebraska Invita
tional tournament today and
Saturday. Lincoln is the fourth
stop during the latest series of
road games for the 30-8 Aggies.
Three other teams, Nebras
ka, Creighton and Cal-Berkeley
will also be in the tourney. Aggie
coach Bob Brock said the Aggies
will have a tough time with all
three teams.
The Aggies will open against
Creighton, a team that they ha
ven’t met in two years, at 2:30
p.m. today. Saturday, Berkeley
and host Nebraska will take on
the Aggies. Championship and
consolation bracket play will be
gin Sunday.
Brock said none of the games
are back-to-back, meaning that
if pitcher Lori Stoll has to pitch
more than usual because of
pitcher Shan McDonald’s nag
ging shoulder injury, Stoll will at
least have some time to rest be
tween games.
Brock said he’s much more
pleased with the present road
trip than the last one, during
which the Aggies dropped five
games. Texas A&M is 8-2 on its
current road trip, which began
April 13 against Sam Houston
State.
Better hitting has been the
secret, Brock said.
“I think one of the reasons
that we did so well — besides the
pitching — was the ability to hit,”
he said. “I think it’s (hitting) on
the rise and each and every day
it gets stronger and better.
“We’ve got some people on
the team who in the past have
been good hitters, like Josie Car
ter. She’s been down a little bit,
but all of a sudden, her RBI out
put has picked up. Her average
is coming back up and it’s good
to see that.”
When the Aggies come back
from Nebraska, they’ll have un-
Aggie pitcher Lori Stoll may have to pitch more
than usual in this weekend’s Nebraska Invitational.
til April 29 to prepare for an
away game with Louisiana Tech.
They won’t play at home again
until May 1, when Sam Houston
will visit College Station for the
sixth meeting this spring be
tween the two schools. That will
be the last game for the Aggies
before NCAA post-season play,
which begins May 12 with re
gional playoffs.
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
{Announces Their Seventh Annual!
FIGHT NIGHT
Friday
April 22 & Saturday, April 23
Brazos County Pavillion
(East Bypass at Tabor Rd.)
Boxing between Dorms — Corps — Fraternities —
Student Organizations — TAMU Students
Plenty of Food & Beer Available
Admission:
$ 3 00 presale
$ 4 00 gate
Tickets available at: Pother’s Book
store, Texas Aggie Bookstore, Tri
State Sporting Goods & Suds
FIGHT TIMES:
Fri. Apr. 22
Sat. Apr. 23
Sat. Apr. 23
6 p.m.-Midnight
12 noon-5 p.m.
6 p.m.-Midnight
Preliminary Bouts
Semi-finals
FINALS
Admission FREE at this time.