Texas A&M
The Battalion Sports
Monday, April 25, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11
&M salvages victory
in Rice series finale
by Frank L. Christlieb
Battalion Staff
The Texas Aggies played
other dose Southwest Con-
frence baseball series this
leekend, but wound up losing
o of three to the Rice Owls in
Houston.
Entering the weekend with its
ason all but over, Texas A&M
lave Rice a struggle in all three
mes, losing 5-3 Saturday and
2 in the first game of Sunday’s
louble-header before winning
series Finale 8-6 Sunday
ifternoon.
Although the Aggies remain
ed with TCU for the league’s
tst-place position, they made
le Owls’ situation a little
Higher by winning one of the
firee games.
While Texas, Arkansas and
ouston have clinched three of
le four post-season tourna
ment spots, the fourth spot still
must be decided among Rice
and Baylor. Both the Owls and
the Bears have completed their
seasons with 11-10 SWC re
cords, and even though Rice
won two of three games from
Baylor earlier in the season to
seemingly give the edge to the
Owls, such isn’t the case.
Instead, the third-place
Houston Cougars must win one
of three games this weekend
from the Longhorns for the
Owls to qualify for the final
tourney spot. If Texas, ranked
No. 1 in the nation, sweeps the
Cougars, that’ll put Houston,
Rice and Baylor into a three-way
tie at 11-10.
In that event, Baylor will get
the green light on the basis of its
four victories in games against
Houston and Rice, and Houston
will get the fourth spot because
of its three victories over Rice.
The Owls defeated the Bears
twice, but their series loss to
Houston could push them out of
a tournament spot if the Lon
ghorns sweep the Cougars at
Austin’s Disch-Falk Field.
In the event that the Owls
don’t make the tournament, the
Aggies can say they had a hand
in keeping Rice out of the four-
team event, which will take place
in Austin on May 13-16. If
Texas A&M hadn’t won Sun
day’s final game, the Owls would
have eased into the tournament
with a 12-10 record — no ties, no
ifs and no need for Houston to
win one from the Longhorns.
Over the weekend, Baylor
helped its tournament chances
by sweeping the Cougars, win
ning in Waco by scores of 14-5,
3-0 and 2-1.
See BASEBALL page 13
boftball team takes first
in Nebraska Invitational
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by Joe Tindel Jr.
Battalion Staff
■ The Texas A&M women’s
[iftball team defeated Creight-
University 1-0 to take first
pee in the Nebraska Invita-
bnal tournament Sunday in
pncoln, Neb.
The Aggies won the right to
Ice Creighton in the champion-
lip game with two victories
tturday. Texas A&M lost 1-0 to
freighton — the first meeting
ptween the two schools in two
— Friday night after sur-
hidering only two hits, but re-
led Saturday to shut out Cal-
[erkeley, 5-0, and Nebraska, 5-
Senior pitcher Lori Stoll, now
B-5, was the losing pitcher in
Friday night’s game, but she
bounced back and pitched a two-
hitter against Berkeley. Pitcher
Shan McDonald, bothered by a
shoulder injury suffered earlier
in the season, picked up the vic
tory over Nebraska while pitch
ing a three-hitter.
McDonald was in Houston
during part of last week for tests
on her shoulder, which she in
jured while in California on the
Aggies’ last series of road games.
The Nebraska game was the first
complete game she’s pitched in
more than a month.
At the plate for the Aggies,
Josie Carter had two RBI against
Berkeley, while Carrie Austgen
had three hits in four at-bats. I va
Jackson led the Aggies against
Nebraska with two hits and two
RBI. Austgen had two hits and
scored two runs.
The Aggies are now 33-9 this
spring. Their next game will be
Friday at Louisiana Tech. Texas
A&M will travel to Alvin Sunday
for a double-header against Sam
Houston State. The Aggies’ next
home game — and their last
game of the regular season —
will be against Sam Houston on
Sunday at 4 p.m.
The NCAA regional playoffs
will begin May 12 at a site to be
announced. The national tour
nament begins May 26 in Oma
ha, Neb. The Aggies were na
tional champions last year.
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Players from Air Force and Nebraska pile on top of an
unidentified Cornhusker during their game on the main
drill field Saturday. Air Force captured both this contest
staff photo by Irene Mees
and the Western regional title, defeating Oklahoma 13-9
Sunday. The tourney was hosted by the Texas A&M
rugby team.
Air Force wins rugby tourney
The United States Air Force
Academy defeated Oklahoma
13-9 Sunday to capture first
place in the Western Rugby
Football Union Championship,
held on the Texas A&M campus
over the weekend.
The Air Force team defeated
Southeast Missouri 6-0 and Neb
raska 9-4 on Saturday to adv
ance to the final game. Oklaho
ma earlier defeated Kansas State
12-0 and New Mexico State 7-3.
Host Texas A&M was elimin
ated from contention for the
championship with a 16-3 loss to
Kansas State. The Aggies
finished 1-2 in the tournament,
defeating New Mexico State but
losing to Southeast Missouri for
the consolation trophy on
Sunday.
Air Force was behind for
most of the championship game.
but scored late to take the lead
for good. The Sooners were
threatening to score when time
ran out.
With the victory, the Falcons
earned the right to travel to
Athens, Ga., for the national
championships.
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