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By TOM TAGLIABUE
Sports Writet
The Texas A&M‘baseball team
took a 10-game winning streak on
the road to Louisiana this week
end, and had it stopped at 12
games by Louisiana Lec h Satur
day.
But the Aggies didn’t wait long
to start a new win streak as they
defeated the i..... .m m
Bulldogs in the BQSGbQll
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Saturday 8-B and also took a (5-3
ten-inning finale Sundav
The Ags, who were on their
first road swing of the season, im
proved their overall record to 15-
7.
A&M went into extra innings
for the first time this se ason to
take the 0-3 victors 1 mm the Bull
dogs Sundav in Ruston, l a.
The game was tied 3-3 at the
end of nine innings, but the Ag
gies collected tlnee runs in the
top of the 10th and held the- Bull
dogs scoreless in theit half to pic k
up the win.
Darryl Fry (5-1), who won Fri
day’s game against Northeast
Louisiana as a starter, came in to
relieve in the ninth and picked up
his second win of the road trip.
The Aggies took two of thtee
games from Louisiana Lech,
dropping onlv a ver\ < lose 3-2 de
cision Saturday aftei noon. In that
game, A&rM had a runnel at third
in the seventh, but couldn't get
him home to tie the score.
Russ Swan (1 -2) took the loss in
the first game Saturday Pat Wer-
nig kept his record perfect at 3-0
with an 8-3 win in the Saturday
night game.
The Aggies started the road
tripin Monroe. La., with a two-
game sweep of Northeast Loui
siana (5-2 and 13r2. C.aiv Geiger
(2-2) was the winner of the- sec
ond game.
Senior Mike Scanlin broke the
A&M career home run mark in
Friday’s nightcap, when he hit his
31st and 32nd c areer home t uns.
SWC Classic: No thanks for the memories
Photo by DEANSAITO
A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf buries his head in his hand during Sun
day’s game against Texas Tech. The Ags lost to the Raiders, 67-63.
DALLAS — There wasn’t a lot
worth remembering about the
Southwest Conference Men’s Post-
Season Classic XI this weekend. But
here’s some notes and quotes to help
focus on some of the more forgetta
ble happenings:
* * *
How about those Arkansas Razor-
backs? Thank goodness for the “Pig
Sooie” people. At least that’s what
the SWC officials are probably say
ing today.
If it hadn’t been for the Hogs, this
year’s conference tournament might
have been a complete diaster. Fan-
wise, the Hogs were the most well-
represented team in Dallas.
Before UA’s first-round game
against Texas A&M Friday night,
the Hogs hacf a pep rally outside of
the Hyatt Regency, next door to Re
union Arena, complete with pom
poms, band and cheerleaders.
After the Hogs lost to the Aggies,
(57-51, A&M Coach Shelby Metcalf
wanted to talk about the red-clad
fans.
“First I just want to say thanks to
Arkansas,” Metcalf said. “If it wasn’t
for the Arkansas fans, well. . . let’s
put it in the most positive light. If ev
ery school supported the tourna
ment like Arkansas it would be SRO
(Standing Room Only).”
And the Hog-wild bunch didn’t
leave after their team was defeated.
No, indeed. Cries of “Pig Sooie”
could be heard in the arena, even
during the other games.
The second most-supported team
had to be Texas Tech.
So, the seats of Reunion were a
sea of red for most of the weekend
with a little purple, shown by TCU
supporters, in spots.
Arkansas joined forces with Tech
against A&M during Sunday’s final
game to make up most of the 1 1,000
in attendance. Since A&M had the
least fans there, with Texas a close
second, “Beat the hell outta A&M”
CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Sports Viewpoint
was the loudest yell in the arena.
* * *
But then again, who can blame the
fans for staying home.
The tourney was called the “Final
Bore” by Houston Post sportswriter
Kenny Hand.
And Hand probably hit the nail
on the head.
Take Friday’s Tech-SMU game.
The Red Raiders led by a field
goal at halftime, 16-13. Boos as
cended from the rafters as the two
teams left the floor.
* * *
How about A&M’s A1 Pulliam?
A back-up forward who was ham
pered with a knee injury most of the
year, Pulliam played perhaps the
best basketball of his collegiate ca
reer.
The Aggi.es’ 6-foot-6 senior
played nine minutes Friday against
Arkansas, but his six points sparked
A&M to a 14-4 run in the second
half that opened the game up.
Saturday and Sunday, Pulliam
had 14 points and eight rebounds
while seeing limited action in the two
games.
* * *
The Fort Worth Star- Telegram
started the “Mike Clifford Watch.”
The paper said the Aggies’ 6-foot-
6 forward “may be the worst shoot
ing starter in major-college basket
ball.”
The Star-Telegram was “wat
ching” to see if Clifford would score
a point in the tournament.
Friday, Clifford went 0-for-2
from the field and 0-for-l from the
line. Saturday, he was 0-for-l from
the field and didn’t even go to the
line. Sunday, Clifford didn’t even
shoot.
* * *
Houston’s Guy V. Lewis was sent
home for the final time Friday.
Texas ended Lewis’ career with
the Cougars by handing him a 78-62
loss in the first round.
“I’m not going to cry — it’s over,”
Lewis said. “There’s not much you
can do about it now. The only way to
win your last game is to win the na
tional championship. Not many peo
ple picked us to do that.”
When asked if he knew who his
replacement might be, Lewis
quipped, “Heavens no. You might
ask the janitor down there. He might
know.”
* * *
Tech’s Sean Gay ended Friday’s 45-
40 win over SMU with a dunk.
Big deal, you say? Well it marked
the first time a Red Raider had even
attempted a dunk since Feb. 8.
If you recall, on Jan. 18, Tech’s
Dewayne Chism missed a dunk in
the final seconds against A&M that
led to the Aggies’ 58-57 win.
Then on Feb. 8, Gay missed one
against Rice that led to a 52-50 loss.
* * *
Tech earned the SWC’s only bid to
the NCAA Tournament, despite fin
ishing a mediocre fifth place in the
regular-season standings. Which
brings up a question heard from
coast-to-coast: Is a tournament the
best way to decide who gets a NCAA
tourney bid?
A&M finished in a three-way tie
for first with TCU and Texas, after
blowing away the Red Raiders twice
during the regular season.
So A&M went 2-1 against Tech
this year, won three more confer
ence games than the Red Raiders
did and went 20-11 overall com
pared to Tech’s 17-13 mark.
Look at Prairie View A&M. With a
5-24 record, the Panthers came
within one game of earning the
Southwestern Athletic Conference’s
automatic bid to the NCAA Tourna
ment. Mississippi Valley State de
serves to be in the Final Four just for
sparing Praire View the embarrass
ment of having to play No. 1-ranked
Duke in the first round of the Mid
west Regional.
Come to think of it, Mississippi
Valley State’s face will be equally as
red.
A&M defense falters in upset loss to Creighton
By CHAREAN WILLIAMS
Assistant Sports Editor
WACO — The No. 4-ranked
Texas A&M softball team went to
the Baylor Invitational searching for
some offense to go with its bullet
proof defense.
But in the. end, it was the defense
that was shot full of holes.
The Aggies strutted through the
first three games of the tournament,'
defeating Southwest Texas State,
Baylor and Texas-Arlington.
However, against Creighton in
the championship game Sunday, the
Ags suffered two straight throwing
errors, a passed ball and a missed tly
ball with two outs to lose 3-1.
The Aggies’ first loss dropped
them to 9-1 on the season.
“We just didn’t play well,” A&M
Coach Bob Brock said. “It was just
one of those games.
Softball
“I really hated to lose to Creigh
ton. They are ranked and are in our
region. Maybe we took them too
lightly. Maybe this will make us think
next time.”
Pitcher Shawn Andaya tossed a
two-hitter against Creighton and
didn’t allow an earned run, but took
the loss (4-1) as shortstop Liz Mizera
had two throwing errors in a row,
catcher Carrie Heightly had a passed
ball and left fielder Cindy Foster
dropped a fly with two oiits — all of
which occurred in the first inning.
Andaya had her second no-hitter
of the year and had a season-high 18
strikeouts as A&M easily defeated
SWTSU 5-0.
In the second game Saturday,
freshman pitcher Julie Carpenter
got the first no-hitter of her colle
giate career. She had seven whiffs in
A&M’s 7-0 win over Baylor.
“We hit all right,” Brock said. “Liz
still hasn’t got uncranked. Heightly’s
not hitting yet. (Right fielder) Deb
bie (Rollman) had the flu and didn’t
play that much.
“We don’t have any excuses
though. If we lose one out of every
10 games, that would be five losses
for the season. That wouldn’t be a
bad record.”
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