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9 of Texas’
blue chips
flee SWC
problems
Associated Press
DALLAS — The Southwest Con
ference’s troubles in the past year
probably helped out-of-state schools
recruit some of Texas’ best high
school football talent, recruiters and
coaches say.
When signing day came and went
on Wednesday, nine of the Texas’
top 25 players signed with schools
outside the SWC.
A&M recruiting coordinator Tim
Cassidy said, “I think the out-of-state
teams have seen all the ruckus going
on and decided to concentrate
harder here. I think they used that
threat (of NCAA sanctions against
Texas universities) to attract some of
the kids.”
LSU signed the state’s top run
ning back prospect, Hempstead’s
Harvey Williams, and UCLA signed
three of the state’s top players, in
cluding Parade All-America de
fensive back Reggie Mobre of Hous
ton Madison.
Oklahoma State signed 12 Tex
ans, including seven of the Dallas
area’s top players. “This is the best
we’ve ever done” in Texas, said Ok
lahoma State head coach Pat Jones.
OSU signed Dallas-area top run
ning back prospect Terrance Miller
of Lewisville and top wide-reciver
prospect Curtis Mayfield of Spruce.
The Cowboys also signed five others
from the state’s top 25 prospects.
UCLA signed all three Texas
players it pursued. “We batted .1000
this year, but that doesn’t happen
very often,” said co-defensive coor
dinator Bob Field.
&M women netters win down South
By TRAVIS TINGLE
Sports Editor
poil MTON ROUGE, La. — The
,, It is A&M women’s tennis team
* ■rted its swing through the South
df] Jiwth a 8-1 match victory over Loui-
ield iB na S tate Thursday.
thirdlMThe Aggies, who bettered their
;i/ 2 , |jas<m record to 3-1 with the win,
j Vt swept all six singles matches from
iethITigers and two of the three dou-
rs fo:» es '
■“The two teams were a lot closer
(talent-wise) than the score shows,”
id A&M Women’s Tennis Coach
bby Kleinecke. “We just played
[eat singles today. We never gave
in any of our matches. We did ex
actly what we wanted (by winning ev
ery singles match).”
A&M’s only loss of the day came
in No. 3 doubles where the duo of
Helen Christiaanse and Laura Liong
fell to LSU’s Patti Harrison and El-
eoner Jonasson.
“That’s really the First bad match
they’ve played so far,” Kleinecke
said. “(Christiaanse and Liong)
looked great in practice together
and I know if we needed the win (to
take the entire match), they could
have gotten it for us. I’m certain of
that.”
Kleinecke was especially pleased
about the match’s outcome since the
Aggies only squeezed by the Tigers,
5-4, last season in College Station.
“(LSU) played us tough at home
last year,” Kleinecke said. “And all
six of their singles players returned.
They Finished second last year in the
Southeastern Conference behind
Florida.”
The A&M women netters con
tinue their march across the South
today in New Orleans against the
Tulane Green Wave. From there,
the Aggies travel to Mobile, Ala. for
a match with South Alabama-
“If we’re not ready, like we were
today against LSU, (Tulane) will
beat us,” Kleinecke said.
Singles Results:
A&M’s Vanne Akagi defeated
LSU’s Patti Harrison, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3;
A&M’s Kim Labuschagne def.
LSU’s DeAnn Watlington, 6-1, 7-5;
A&M’s Gaye Lynne Gensler def.
LSU’s Dana Watlington, 6-4, 6-4;
A&M’s Helen Christiaanse def.
LSU’s Leticia Herrera, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3;
A&M’s Laura Liong def. LSU’s El-
eoner Jonasson, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3;
A&M’s Kim Marshall def. LSU’s
Marta Homedes, 6-3, 6-3; A&M’s
Kellie Dorman def. LSU’s Michelle
Tabary 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles Results:
Akagi-Gensler def. Watlington-
Watlington, 6-2, 6-4; Labuschagne-
Marshall def. Herrera-Laura Pro-
domo, 6-2, 6-3; Harrison-Jonasson
def. Christiaanse-Liong, 6-3, 6-3.
purs defuse
jlfloc/cete, end
Hfosing streak
m
Associated Press
sdored 25 points, including 10 in the
nal quarter, to power the San An-
■nio Spurs to a 119-115 victory over
■e Houston Rockets Thursday
night.
■ Alvin Robertson scored 23 and
|es Matthews added 19 for the
Sp urs, who snapped a two-game los-
Ig streak and recorded their first
■ctory in Five tries against the Rock-
fls this year.
■ Akeem Olajuwon, benched be-
Buse of foul trouble in the third
qi iter, led the Rockets with 36
pi nts, 26 of them in the First half,
lewis Lloyd added 18 points to the
■sing effort.
■ The Spurs blew the game open
Ith 10 unanswered points midway
■rough the fourth quarter, capped
ty a Gilmore dunk that gave them
1)9-98 lead. The Rockets were held
■oreless for nearly Five minutes
(tiring the run.
■ Houston pared the deficit to 117-
|l2 on a Mitchell Wiggins layup with
!|ss than one minute to go, but an of-
Insive foul by Olajuwon gave the
urs the opportunity to ice their
[ctory.
Other Thursday NBA Scores
(home team in capitals)
Philadelphia 95
NEW YORK 92
CLEVELAND 135
New Jersey 117
MILWAUKEE 113
Utah 106
Portland at'
L.A. CLIPPERS (late)
Washington at
GOLDEN STATE (late)
Atlanta at
SACRAMENTO (late)
Boston at
SEATTLE (late)
Connors fights bock
for second-round win
San Antonio, 28-26, assumed con
trol of the game late in the first half
and took a 71-68 halftime lead.
Houston, in first place in the
NBA’s Midwest Division, dropped to
34-17 with the loss.
Associated Press
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Third-
seeded Jimmy Connors rallied from
a 5-2 deficit in the third set to beat
Italy’s Claudio Panatta 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
Thursday in a second round match
at the Lipton International Players
Championship.
Chris Evert Lloyd, the women’s
top seed, also advanced with a 6-4, 6-
0 triumph over Marie-Chrisdne Cal-
leja of France that took only 68 min
utes to complete.
Facing the prospect of losing to
the 91 st-ranked player in the world,
Connors turned his three-hour
match around by breaking Panatta’s
serve in the eighth game of third set.
He won the first six points of the
decisive tie-breaker which he even
tually won 7-3.
“I don’t mind the pressure of
matches like this,” Connors said. “I
don’t like the way I played. I played
wrong tennis for me. I just have to
start out playing like I end up play
ing.”
Sweden’s Mats Wilander, seeded
second, was also a winner — beating
Broderick Dyke of Australia 6-4, 6-2
to set up a third-round rematch with
Mike Leach, who eliminated Wi
lander from this two-week, Grand
Slam-size tournament a year ago.
Lloyd was not particularly sharp
in her match with Calleja. She said
the hard courts here are slower than
she is accustomed to and that pa
tience will be a key to playing well
the duration of the tournament.
In other second-round matches
Thursday, Fifth-seeded Stefan Ed-
berg of Sweden defeated Ireland’s
Matt Doyle 6-3, 6-4; Jimmy Arias
swept past Jimmy Brown 6-0, 6-2;
Sweden’s Joakim Nystrom ousted
Vincent Van Patten 6-2, 6-0 and
Leach beat Glenn Michibata 6-1, 6-3.
Pablo Arraya of Peru eliminated
Bud Cox 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 and
Mark Dickson got by Spain’s Segio
Casal 6-2, 6-1.
In the women’s bracket, eighth-
seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argen
tina nipped Belinda Cordwell 6-3, 7-
6 (7-5); No. 9 Kathy Rinaldi
whipped Catherine Tanvier of
France 6-3, 6-3 and Bulgaria’s Kate
rina Maleeva downed Marcella
Mesker of the Netherlands 6-7 (1-7),
6-1,6-2.
Unseeded Kate Gompert, who
upset No. 3 Pam Shriver in the first
round, defeated Christine Jolissaint
of Switzerland 6-2, 6-2.
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