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|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
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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. Rugby
players know how to lose with style.
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