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25, ks Wednesday, April 25, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 l; ery sto|). )emocnt . hopinj object rvadve 'atic voin awyerani exasIecHj ihe 1 lidate i. He Ags 3rd in Colorado Rugby raids Rockies By DAVE SCOTT Sports Writer Although the Texas A&M Rugby team’s third place finish in the Western National Champion ships was slightly disappointing, they were lucky the tournament was held at all. They were even more fortunate they made it to Colorado to com pete. Listening to club president Stewart Nolan re count the story, it sounds as if the team’s adven ture would have made “Raiders of the Lost Ark” look like a fairy tale. Heavy snowstorms blanketed most of Colo rado last week and Boulder, Colo., the site of the tournament, was hit, postponing play. However, the team members didn’t hear about the news until they had already flown from Houston to Dallas, where they were to catch a connecting flight to Boulder. The delay was made easier by the airline treat ing the team to cocktails during the layover in Dallas. After the tournament was moved to snow- free Pueblo, Colo., the team caught their Denver- bound flight and the alcohol continued to flow. So much so, that they drank the plane dry, Nolan said. Although the tournament officials had found a clear, dry field, the two day tournament was going to be squeezed into just Sunday. This left the 23 A&M rugby players stranded with nothing to do. Undaunted, the team members jumped into five rental cars and navigated the treache rously iced mountain passes to go skiing in Win- terpark, Colo. The players managed to pull themselves off the ski slopes and leave some new found female acquaintences so they could play Rugby. The team won two of three, losing to New Mexico State University, 0-3, in its opening match, and then rebounding to beat the Univer sity of Missouri-Rolla, 7-4 and Nebraska, 21-3. Eight teams competed in the tournament. The Aggies qualified for the Western Nation als by winning the Texas Collegiate Champion ships last month. The Aggies third place finish in Colorado was not good enough to advance to the national tourney. Only the winner advances to the national tournament, something an A&M team has never done. The Aggies, who finished their season 20-3-1, did place five members on the Western National Championship Select Side. They were: Joel Hick- erson, Bill “Hoover” Baker, Curtis “Buster” Deussen, Mike Livergood and Nolan. sely popui an’twina' n Texas. otofpeo|)!tj obefai The Texas A&M Rugby team plays tough, but in Colorado this weekend they showed that they Photo by DEANSAITO play just as tough off the field. Here, the team competes against San Antonio. Women’s pro basketball holds draft United Press International candidaiesj t they caul e less coi If will kef Tanceaddsl sru in (M Dimrailt,' -m form dvs ground Sonics; even series [Tnited Press International SEATTLE — Mark Aguirre led 29 points and Jay Vin- r^faUeading the Dallas Mav- ” llCS H lo a 197-90 win over the an l *le SuperSonics Tuesday forcing a fifth and final in Dallas in the best-of- : playoff series. iseum on the campus of South ern Methodist University. Aguirre scored nine points in the first quarter when the Mav ericks went on top, 27-20, a lead they never relinquished. Seattle pulled to within 45-43, with one minute left in the first half, but Dallas steadily pulled away in the second half. in Seattle since Oct. 22, 19807 the dale of their first road vic tory as a franchise. added 16. Aquirre scored 12 points in the third period when the Mav ericks exploded for a 79-65 lead. Vincent sealed the victory by scoring 11 of his points in the final period. Rolando Blackman scored 21 points and Pat Cummings 16 for Dallas. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Janice Lawrence of Louisiana Tech was the first pick in Tuesday’s player draft of the fledgling Women’s American Basketball Association. The nine teams in the league, which will begin play this fall, went through seven rounds of collegiate selections and an ad ditional seven rounds of free agent picks of players who al ready had finished their college eligibility. picked Maria Nicholson of Vir ginia Union; New Jersey chose Pam McGee from Southern California and Dallas chose Tennessee’s Mary Ostrowski. Chanel Hamilton of Washing ton, D.C. Valdosta State provided both the fifth and six picks, with Jan ice Washington going to Hous ton and Pam Johnson being se lected by Baltimore. Columbus, getting the first choice in the free agent draft, took Lynette Woodard, for merly of Kansas, while Chicago went for 6-8 Ann Donovan, the tallest player in the draft, who played at Old Dominion. The fifth game will be played iursday at the Moody Col- The Mavericks had not won Jack Sikma’s 27 points paced the Sonics, while A1 Wood In other playoff action: Bos ton over Washington, 99-96, Philadelphia beat New Jersey, 110-102, Atlanta downed Mil waukee, 100-97, and Utah over Denver, 129-124. Phoenix and Portland played late. Lawrence, a 6-3 center who averaged 16.7 points and 8.1 re bounds the past season, was chosen by the New York team. Milwaukee, selecting second, Kim Mulkey became the sec ond Louisiana Tech player go to in the first round when At lanta made her the seventh pick. Chicago then took Lori Bauman of Drake and Colum bus finished the first round of the college draft by taking Rounding out the free agent picks were Cindy Noble (Ten nessee) to Atlanta; Barbara Kennedy (Clemson) to Balti more; Lee Henry (Tennessee) to Houston; Nancy Lieberman (Old Dominion) to Dallas; Patty Joe Hedges (Kentucky) to New Jersey; Tara Heis (Maryland) to Milwaukee; and Molly Bolin (Grandview) to New York. MSC Endowed Lecture Seriesi SsintM og killed ( io r d fence® 1 Travis & 1 laminer s led the * death M bitten rep* ■rs disced several l«j acked l>' ; ir doM dogs' of . when t» fl id autP [ e to would like to express our special Thanks to ★ e believed 1 aim B friU e than m ith\ ■ a nd j 11 ^ found®* 1 to the t( wbali;® 5 itnseP' said- H nd'< ■x it fenced repiayj vert°g ei , (Jacolj, als- ' he km* 1 : n. Ho" f i r office 15 ’ blood-^ aim ^7 ididm'- ,ina val !' 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