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Friday, October, 11, 1985AThe Battalion/Page 13 Skilled player shortage hurting A&M Rugby Club > J By DOUG HALL Spans Writer The Texas A&M Rugby Club, Texas Collegiate t hampions for the [past 15 years, is experiencing some hard times. Like all college sports, the A&M ugby club undergoes a continuous turnover that has severely depleted last year’s strong team. “We lost a lot of veteran players,” aid Tim Cotie, a senior rugby player from San Antonio. “We are ust too young right now.” Cone said the rugby team, which las three “sides,” or teams of 15 ■players each, would like to see more aeople come out and experience rugby, especial!) those who have played before. “Right now we only have about 40 K : out there,” Cone said. “We’d see about 70. The University ^■>1 Texas had over 120 try out for «|iheir club.” I Mark Flinn, who is also a senior from San Antonio, said there are I It ' main families in the Bryan-College I |v Ktation area that come from coun- t tries where rugln is a favorite pas sive Tot' p[ime. ,-M m , I “We have a leu South An leans on Htur team right now.” Flinn said. K'But we’d like to see tnoie (foreign matHo-^ .^(layers) come out. I “We want to propose to them that ait, ties'- K mce (hey (foreigru i s) are laimliat back (.^ j h and l* 1 ith in' i® ff 1 went i- I wn." lerrill Kelnt ■IS. MNM0 louston. iee. A&M rugby player Mark Flinn with the game, to come out and ex perience I exas A&M rugby.” But don’t underestimate the Ag gies this veat. just because they have a young team. I hey play a vet ) high c aliber of collegiate rugby, and so do (.one and Flinn. 1 he two senior starters were in vited to compete for the Texas Rugln Union at the Western Select Side Invitational in Omaha, Neb two weeks ago. 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Flinn and Cone, the only colle giate players at the tourney from Texas, competed against players from the other unions for two all- star teams — the under 25 age group and the over 25, or senior, side. From the western division tourna ment, individual players are chosen to compete against all-star teams from the other three divisions in the hope of being picked for the U.S. national team, the Eagles. But more importantly, and closer to home, the Aggies host the San Antonio Armadillos Rugby Club Sat urday on the rugby Held, directly be hind the Zachary Engineering Bldg, parking lot. “ I hey are good," Cone said, “And since they’re in our division, they are a team we’ve got to heat. Wc were tied with them last year in club play.” Rugby is broken down further into the collegiate level, in which A&M has dominated, and club play which is open to ativ team, not just colleges. “We want to win the western colle giate,” he said, “We have come real close, but right now it is not looking too good.” Satui day’s games will he at 10 a.m. and noon. Ag tennis ‘doubling’ with joy Women's team ready for Houston Fall Festival ByKENSURY Spans Writet The Texas A&M women’s tennis team hopes a successful past week end and a good showing from last veat will spark them to vie tory in the Houston Fall Festival fournament this weekend. Last weekend, two Aggie doubles teams made the semifinals in the Westwood Invitational tourney in Austin. Although the team of Caye Lvnne Gensler and Vanne Akagi were eliminated in the semifinals, Kim Labuschagne and Karen Mar shall brought home a first place win. Last year, Gensler and Akagi won the doubles championship at the Houston Fall Festival. I hey entei this year’s tournament as the No I seeded doubles team. Players from Rice, Southern Loui siana, Houston Baptist and Pan American universities, and a few Houston-area tennis pros, will com pete in the open tourney. Akagi and Labuschagne are seeded third and fourth in the sin gles competition of the tournament. Gensler is an alphabetical seed, which means she is seeded anywhere from ninth to 16th. The tournament doesn’t give specific seed numbers past No. B. A&M Women’s Tennis Coach Bobby Kleinecke said this tourna ment, and the team’s other fall matches, give the Aggies a chance to prepare for their spring schedule. “Doubles are going to be a key to our success as a team this year,” Klei necke said. Kleinecke also said he’s trying dif ferent pairings for the doubles teams to find which players will make the best tandems. But he said the teams of Akagi-Gensler and Marshall-Labuschagne will probably remain the same since they’ve played well in previous tournaments. 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