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ports NCAA Hoop Championship Georgetown vs. Houston 8:15 p.m., Channel 3 Monday, April 2, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 ICAA Take, fiistin swc linale SWC BASEBALL Ags sweep Coogs lonight STANDINGS ★ w •J |At halftime of Saturday’s lAA semifinal game between torgetown and Kentucky, the puston team left for its head- larters having earlier beaten Irginia 49-47 in overtime. [Kentucky was in control 29- J before Georgetown’s savage Ifense went to work. The ■Ideals shot 9 percent in the pond half, scoring only 11 lints as the Hoyas surged to a J-40 victory. (“I was completely in awe of pm in the second half,” Hous- icoach Guy Lewis said. Lewis gets to examine the Byas first hand Monday night at 8:15 as Houston meets ■orgetown for the NCAA Hampionship. And many think B meeting for the Cougars is no bing more than a date with the executioner. By TRAVIS TINGLE Sports Writer The Texas A&M baseball team extended their winning streak to 15 games and cap tured first place in the South west Conference with a three- ' game sweep of Houston over the weekend. While the Aggies took care of Houston at Olsen Field, Arkan sas made waves in Austin. Ar kansas handed Texas its First SWC loss, a 13-4 decision Satur day. It took the Ags 13 innings Friday night to defeat Houston 8-7. two, but also loaded the bases with two walks. John Altobelli, a teammate of Mahoe’s from ju nior college, stepped up for Houston and hit a grand-slam home run to right field to tie the score. Mahoe left in the 12th, but not before striking out nine Cougars and retiring the side in the 10th and 11th. Rock King picked up his first win of the year after replacing Mahoe. A&M outslugged Houston in the first game, winning 15-3. The Ags jumped out to a 5-0 Pat James led off for the Ag nes in the 13th with a walk. A&M led 7-2 going into the ninth inning, but then the trou ble began. a wall Rusty Roberts came in to pinch run and stole second. Mike Scanlin singled to advance Rob erts to third. The Aggies’ Sherman Cor bett gave up a home run to Mark Grimes then walked Guy Gariby before being relieved by Beje Mahoe. Mahoe struck out Todd Edwards scored Rob erts with a looping single to right field out of the Altobelli. te reach of In Saturday’s doubleheader, the Aggies had a much easier time with the Cougars. s jumpe lead in the first inning. Rob Swain, the SWC’s leading hitter, went 4-4 during the game with three singles and a double. Buddy Haney hit back to back homers in the second and third innings to drive in four runs. Pitcher Tom Arrington im proved to 7-0, 2-0 in the SWC. The second game was well- pitched by both teams, but the Aggies prevailed 4-2. Tony Metoyer homered in the fourth and sixth to pace the Aggies. Kelly Keahey struck out nine and walked seven in route to his fifth victory of the year. King came in during the ninth and got his third save. The Aggies will play an exhi bition series against the Hondu ran National Team on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Olsen Field. * ■Georgetown and Houston K bidding for their first na- lional title. For the Cougars, in Hr third consecutive trip to the Final Four, it’s a chance to (|Uiel those who say Houston an twin the big game. Rugby women combat inexperience his No. 5 Cougars 1st shoot well from the free fowline if they’re to win. The Sugars are notoriously bad at the line and Lewis can’t iD5106figure it out. fit’s hurt us in every close he said. “I’ve tried ev- thing humanly possible. But WNFfiffl 1 lothingseems to work. )id ackson hris Si- ‘ekend. Grand ho sold luff. fWe had Calvin Murphy — one of the best foul shooters — give a clinic. He showed them the proper techniques, all the right moves. Then we promptly went out and shot worse.” By ED CASSAVOY Reporter The Texas A&M Women’s Rugby Club clinched a second place finish in the rugby tournament held Saturday in College Sta tion, throwing everything but the kitchen sink at their opponents. The inexperienced Aggies found bone-jarring tackles and aggres sive ball control one alternative to experience. The Aggies, ranked 2nd in the league by the Texas Rugby Union, played their first game in the elimination tournment against the Houston Hearts. A&M scored an 8-0 victory, relying on the play of its strong back line. Aggie coach Neilette Thomas felt her team played well, and singled out the the play of the Aggies in scrums and line-ups as the key to their victory. “The Aggies played like a pack of possessed demons,” Thomas says, “I was surprised at how aggressively we played.” One factor in A&M’s favor, was that the Aggies were playing their first game of the tournament, while Houston played San An tonio only four hours before the Aggie game. “When you play your second game of the day, you just feel let down,” says Iris Policy, a player for Texas A&M, “And when you play against a team that played earlier in the day, you can see the exhaustion in their faces.” The Aggies play a gruelling schedule each year. Policy says. The team plays ten tournaments a year, plus an additional five games. This means the team plays every other weekend, more of ten than not on-the-road. The Aggies travel primarily in Texas. The rubgy league is composed of six other teams: Louisiana State University, New Or leans, Houston, San Antonio, University of Oklahoma, and Dallas. In a league where many of the city teams have played for years together, inexperience is the most telling weakness the Aggie’s have, says Thomas. “It is incredible how high the skill level on the team is, consid ering that most of my players have only two semesters of experi ence at Texas A&M,” says Thomas, “There are only three or four girls who have played more than a year.” The Aggies payed dearly for this rookie mantel, losing to a tough New Orleans team in the final, Sunday, 26-10. “New Orleans used the kick very well today, they were able to kick it where we weren’t,” says Thomas, “We seemed to kick it right to them, and lose possession of the ball.” Thomas said the Aggies were beaten in scrums by New Or leans but played the lineups fairly well. ‘Basically New Orleans put us on the defensive,” Thomas says, “And in rugby, you can’t play defensively and win.” Thomas said she was pleased with the second place finish, add ing that there will be some changes before the Western Territorial Tournament in Oklahoma next month. Thomas says the outside line is weak, and needs more “umph.” “I still think we can win in Oxlahoma because the team never lost heart, even playing such an experienced team as New Or leans,” Thomas says, “Usually when you get goals scored on you, you can see the team just falling, falling, falling.” The women’s rugby team was created in 1976, and has consis tently produced winning teams. In 1978, Texas A&M was ranked third in the nation. The Aggies worst finish was last year, placing 16th in the nation. Thomas, the Aggie coach for the past two years, says she knows that the Aggies can even go to Chicago for the national tournament and win. The two top teams in each g of the nation go the national tournament. If craziness is the criteria used for rating the teams, Texas A&M should be number one. It seems that Iris Policy did what is called a Zulu dance. After the New Orleans game, the Aggie play ers circle Policy while she removes pieces of her apparel. 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