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Little did she know she’d the No. I player on the Texas A&M Wom en’s Tennis team. Akagi, a junior computer sci ence major from Waihiawa, Ha waii, was a member of the 1983 USA-Hawaii tennis team, the Ha waiian high school state cham pion in 1982, and was the young est female player to win the Hawaii Sectional Tournament. But a lack of competition in Hawaii meant Akagi could only improve her tennis skills to a point. “I could play for eleven years in Hawaii,” Akagi said, “but someone over here (the United States mainland) could play for half that time and they’d be just as good.” Akagi said on the United States mainland, a budding tennis star can drive to other states for com petitions, but in Hawaii, competi tion is limited and Hying to differ ent tournaments in Hawaii is expensive. Her freshman year, Akagi had a 21-4 season record and went 7-1 in Southwest Conference play. She was on the 1983 All-SWC team but Akagi’s 1984 record dropped to 21-14. Over the summer Akagi came back with four straight tourna ment wins. Her first success be gan at the Midland Major Zone Tournament where Akagi won the singles and doubles titles. When Agaki first came to A&M, she had problems commu nicating because the language spoken in Hawaii is pidgin En glish. “When I came here and I started talking to people, they would look at me funny and not understand what I was saying,” Akagi said. Akagi, along with her tennis partner Gaye Lynne Gensler, American inge Take an ide A&M’s Vanne Akagi form one of the doubles teams on the A&M squad. Even though she has two vet eran doubles teams returning, Coach Jan Cannon is still putting together doubles teams. “We lack a little experience in doubles . . . they are learning the game,” Cannon said. “Every time you play a head-to-head match it’s for nine points, three of which are doubles.” With only four returning let- termen, a redshirt and three freshmen, the women’s tennis team is young but Cannon said she is pleased with her players. “I think we’ve really held up pretty well in tournament play so far,” Cannon said. As evidence, the team placed second to the University of Hous ton at the Lamar Tournament. Houston had all of their players from last season and gained a vet eran player from another team, Cannon said. “We went 6-3 with them and had a chance to beat them (Hous ton) and I think in the spring we will ... I think we will have im proved enough,” Cannon said. “We have a stronger team right now than we did last year, even with the loss of three players.” jjmt concept ion great and re those who i en if a lot c; rojn England, io|ts of call in inor North C What they I pon of soco rinder and o nt sport that ikd soccer as b ij'his was m he traditional renting as mi mericans as I SB'here was mong the lini nthusiasts in go that once ho were p hoolground aek the stac Uple play. That turnet oocer nur vil disobedk he world. Bui ority of U.S. angof it yet. Photo by JOHN MAKEU Vanne Akagi, the top-ranked player on A&M’s women’s ten' nis team, works on her overhead slam during practice. 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The lowest scoring game had 41 to tal points, and twice the winning team alone scored at least 41 points. But Baylor’s Grant Teaff told Ar kansas reporters Wednesday he did not expect another offensive display. “They (Arkansas) play such solid, sound defense,” Teaff said. “It’s the best Arkansas defense I’ve seen in four or five years. They don’t have the players they’ve had in the past, but they play so hard and they’re so well drilled.” Teaffs praise extended to his de fensive line, the reason that Baylor leads the Southwest Conference in stopping the run. “Our four defensive tackles can match up against anybody,” Teaff said. “I’ve never had anybody play as THl of the 1984 Bear offense, which scored plenty of points despitea record. I he\ i < .i dangerous tearo- riod,” Hatfield said. “They’vejta such a tough schedule. They to couple of games and tried to back with new people. (Twqw ago) they gained 37f half against TCU. “T hey definitely have shownil* can pass. They’ve got great coni dence in their passing schemes" Hatfield said the Hogs w to run against the Bears, butrniii For" Higl L yards in« D.4. avaiiabl 846-7048 4239 Wellb turn to Brad Taylor’s passingifii I ground game fails. ^ Baylor’s two-quarterback • 1150 Baylor’s Grant Teaff helped take the Bears to, the Pci in MO -TUI MO CUR* well at defensive end as Derek Turner and Ervin Randle have this year.” Arkansas’ Ken Hatfield is coach ing his first game against the Bears, in Saturday’s contest in Waco, and wasn’t around for the high-scoring meetings between Teaff and Lou Holtz. But Hatfield had his opinion Bowl in 1983, but it was derailedtt| lier this season when ^°dy ^JTBCfJprrn injured a groin muscle. Carlson injured a grot available for duty Saturday, k|j Teaff said Tom Muecke willbc starter against Arkansas. 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