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Page 8/The Battalion/Monday, March 25, 1985 _ SPORTS — A&M finds no amusement park in Houston u Aggies' Livingstone shines, despite Cougars' 2-1 series win By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor For the Texas A&M baseball team, the opening of the Southwest Conference race was a barrel of fun, for one day at least. The Aggies came away with a 9-7 win over No. 10 Houston Friday at Cougar Field. The win wasn’t pretty, but that first “W” in the win column looked real pretty, especially against a Top 10 team. A&M had four errors and Hous ton had three in the nine inning af fair. Aggie shortstop Rob Swain made two errors in the first inning, allow ing two Cougars to cross the plate. The Aggies got those two runs back, plus two, when Houston gave A&M four unearned runs. “We were pretty shaky at first,” said A&M Coach Mark Johnson. “I think we may have gotten a little too high.” The sixth innning was the big blow for Houston. Designated hitter Jeff Schow had a three-run triple and the Ags added another run to take a 8-5 lead. Houston ace Mike Walker (5-1) recorded his first loss of the season. Walker gave up eight hits in five and 2/3 innings. Phillip Taylor picked up his fourth win for the No. 26 ranked Aggies. “I had no rhythm,” Taylor said. “I found it about the six or seventh in ning, but by then my arm was get ting tired.” The real hero in the Aggies most impressive win to date, was fresh man Scott Livingstone who went four-for-four on the day. “I was really pleased with Scott,” said Johnson. “His play was defi nitely a bright spot for me.” However, gloom set in on the Ags in less than 24 hours, when the Cou gars swept past the Ags to take the series 2-1. Cougar Field was no longer an- amusement park for the Ags. In Saturday’s twinbill, the Cou gars showed they indeed have enough power to take on the likes of Texas and Arkansas. Houston slapped seven balls over the outer fences and pounded Aggie pitchers for 21 hits. In the first game alone, the Cougars had five home runs en route to a 12-8 win. night," said Houston Coach Rolan Walton.“(Friday’s game) was a hard loss ft> take. I was proud of the way our kids responded against a good team.” A&M’s freshman sensation Liv ingstone continued to shine brightly. In the second game, only two balls cleared the fence, but the Coogs nine hits were more than enough for an 8-2 whipping of the Ags. Livingstone had two home runs in the doubleheader. In the first game, it was a three-run shot in the second inning. Overall, he went four-for- seven on the day. okay with me.” Johnson was more than with his freshman find, who drafted by the Toronto BlueJajsi; the sixth round last year. “In this ballpark it doesn't lali power to hit the ball out, but he’s power,” Johnson said. "He hat great series. For a freshman toed in here in his first SouthwestConfe ence series and play like that is something.” The only problem was thatb| ingstone couldn’t win the douU header by himself. “I didn’t get much sleep last “I felt really good at the plate,” Livingstone said. “The wind was blowing straight out, and that was In any event, the Ags(19-6,M SWC) will get a chance to reboiirJ from the losses Tuesday by hostin|| Minnesota to a double-header. No. 7 Ags outclass Rice tourney field By MARYBETH ROHSNER Sports Writer The Texas A&M men’s tennis team walked off the‘courts in Houston Sunday with more than just suntans. The No. 7 Aggies came away from the Rice Invitational Tournament with another championship title. A&M outclassed Long Beach State for the team title by claiming six of nine matches. The other six teams in the tournament field finished as follows: 3) Houston, 4) Rice, 5) Mississippi, 6) Michigan, 7) Columbia and 8) Lamar. “I’m proud of the team,” said A&M Coach David Kent, “The Rice In vitational is a very prestigious tournament. Everybody played really well.” In one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, A&M’s top doubles team defeated the No. 2 doubles team from Houston. “It was a big win for them,” Kent said of the weekend’s Ag dynamic duo, Grant Connell and Kimmo Alkio. Connell, ranked No. 8 in singles nationally, also fared extremely well in singles play this weekend. The Canadian-born sophomore netted his second major collegiate championship singles title this year by defeating Long Beach State’s Peter Smith 6-4, 6-4 in the finals Sunday. Connell’s teammates also dominated the tourney’s singles field. Kimmo Alkio, Mark Smith, Marcel Vos and Dean Goklfine all won their matches. A&M’s No. 2 man Greg Hill was defeated in the semi-finals. Kent has good reason to be optimistic about the Aggies’ chances of remaining in the Top 10. “We’ve got a good, solid foundation,” he said. “We haven't lost to any team not in the upper echelon, except Trinity.” While the Kent’s netters were in Houston, the A&M women’s team kept busy in College Station. A&M downed LSU 5-4 in dual match play Saturday afternoon. T he Aggies’ Vanne Akagi, Gaye Lynn Gensler, Helen Christiaanse and Laura Liong conquered the Tigers in their four singles matches. The No. 2 duo of Nandim Rangarajan and Laura Liong wrapped up A&M’s only dou bles victory in a hard-fought match against LSU’s Leticia Herrera and El eanor Johnasson. “T he team played really well under tough conditions,” said A&M Coach Jan Baldwin. Aggie tracksters off and running as the season rounds the corner By CINDY GAY Sports Writer At both the TSU and Paper Tiger Relays last weekend, the men and women tracksters of Aggieland re layed their message loud and clear: They’re off and running at a steadily improving pace. “We had some good performan ces,” said men’s Coach Charlie Thomas about the Aggies’ showing at the non-scoring TSU track meet. “We felt pretty good about every thing.” The Ags snatched the blue ribbon in the shuddle hurdle relay with a time of 58.86 seconds. For the relay team of Harry Johnson, Lorenzo Wilborn, Todd Howard and Rickey Alexander, the victory continued an unbeaten streak. Ethan Glass aced the high jump bar exam with a first place height of 7-feet, and a promising attempt at 7- 3.5, the qualifying height for the NCAA Championships. Crossing the finish line in second f )laee, senior Tony Tolson produced lis all-time best 400-meter clocking of 46.61 seconds. 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