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I Thursday, March 27, 1986/The Battalion/Page 9 Sports GALLERY NISSAN knewila would I* Amerio; 1 general I960 Pan "ichev at : dll 'Ut A&M strolls past Minnesota Andaya, Mizera guarantee No. 3 Aggies get routine win AP)-A eople and y wheniu load of of a five- ig in (as; By Charean Williams Assistant Sports Editor Routine. B The No. 3 Texas A&M softball team had just another day on the field with a 4-0 win over Minnesota Wednesday at Southwood Athletic Park. K Aggie ace Shawn Andaya (9-1), who has yet to allow an earned run, mad another — .usual day, Softball pitching a two- that a sc- nges and people ir. y in sevt litter, striking out eight, and walk- lig only one. i A&M shortstop Liz Mizera, last year’s NCAA home run leader, added another blast to this year’s to tal. I And the Aggies, 16-4, did just ■mat it took to add another “W” in the win column. I “No (it wasn’t just another routine Bin),” A&M Coach Bob Brock said. “We’re tired. We really did a good ostly civil-; after getting in at 2 a.m. Tuesday the fighi (trom a spring break swing through and Mok California), and then I gave them ihehillsto yesterday off. They responded and l- did a good job.” I A&M looked tired the first 2 2 /s in nings, going down in order. 1 But freshman catcher Carrie Heightly got things rolling with the ■rst hit of the game, a single to left Held with two outs in the third in- oded wo ory build- ns. mng. ■ Then it was back to the top of the Krder and the Aggies’ power broker, Mizera. populadUH Mizera took a Barb Drake, 1-2, . Hitch downtown. The blast, which current in [ an( ( e( j over tj ie i e f i center field World". f cncei was Mizera’s fourth of the sea- ily fromtri son an( j p Ut ^g S U p 2_o. 'ter the w , , .. , , , , s ij 1 hat s her fourth in the last three 1 Ir four games,” Brock said. “She has mtekV I**" hammering i<:- Omoretk A batting order switch, which /erreportei moved Mizera from cleanup to lead- Off, has gotten the Aggies’ offense rolling. 10% Student Discount Discount is on all parts & labor on Nissan Products only. We will also offer 10% dis count on labor only on all non-Nissan products. Student I.D. must be presented at time workorder is written up. We now have rental units available for service customers 1214 Tx. Ave. 775-1500 HOLY WEEK Worship Tonight, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday 10:00pm. Holy Saturday 11:00pm Easter Sunday 10:45am University Lutheran Chapel and Student Center 315 N. College Main College Station, Texas 77840 “Down the street from Loupot’s” 846-6687 A&M left fielder Cindy Foster (hands on knees) watches closely as first baseman Mary Schwind Photo by Dean Saito scores on Minnesota pitcher Barb Drake’s (14) wild pitch. The Aggies whipped the Gophers 4-0. in the Ui eak in eark »t year, total death lation, sotlx 984,8.7 po ■ “We changed our lineup and put her leading off,” Brock said. “That means they’ll either have pitch to her or walk her. She has responded to that and has gotten a lot of RBI. It’s been in the last three games that we’ve been scoring all those runs.” I The only threat to Andaya and the Aggies’ “nine-to-five” game came in the top of the fourth. Minnesota’s Jackie Savic singled up the middle to lead off the inning. Ann Flis must have watched Savic closely because, one out later, her single was a carbon copy. With two outs, Andaya walked Drake to load the bases and send Brock to the mound for a confer- Andaya went to her rise ball on Deb Lewis and got her easily with an ordinary ground out to third base- man Cindy Cooper. That ended the inning and the Golden Gophers’ only real threat. “Shawn was having success with the drop ball, and then she ran into some trouble and they got a couple of shots,” Brock said. “She might have been a little tired. We went hack to the rise ball, and she got a lot of strikeouts the rest of the game.” And in.the bottom of the fourth, the Aggies made sure they had the game put away with two bonus runs. A&M first baseman Mary Schwind singled to lead off the in ning and was sacrificed to second by center fielder Zina Ochoa. Aggie second baseman Judy Trus- sell knocked a single over the out stretched glove of shortstop Carla Cray, sending Schwind to third and allowing her to reach second. A Drake wild pitch sent Trussell to third and Schwind home for a 3-0 lead. Oliveras relieved Drake and was promptly greeted by a RBI single from left fielder Cindy Foster. Trus- sell’s run amounted to the final 4-0 score. The last three innings was sit back and relax time as all but three A&M players made their way into the game. “This team really seems to be able to bounce back,” Brock said. “They have a lot of enthusiasm and really work hard. “1 am able to make a lot of substi tutions and they can adjust. We were able to play a lot of people tonight.” The Aggies are in Pasadena at the Lone Star Complex today for the Houston Classic. At 2:30 p.m., A&M will play Utah before taking on Ok lahoma State at 7. Ohio State whips Wyoming in coach’s finale £ NEW YORK (AP) — Guard Den nis Hopson, hitting nine straight field goals at one stretch, scored 26 points Wednesday night as Ohio State ended Coach Eldon Miller’s Buckeye career on a winning note with a 73-63 victory over Wyoming in the — championship NIT Basketball game of the 49th National Invitation Tourna ment. | Miller, who was fired Feb. 3 effec tive at the end of season, coached Ohio State to five consecutive NIT victories. At the same time, he was trying to recruit players by tele phone for Northern Iowa, where he will coach next season. Gary Williams already has been hired to coach at Ohio State. Hopson, who finished the game with 12 field goals on 17 attempts, and 7-foot forward Brad Sellers, who had 17 points and 12 rebounds, formed an unbeatable 1-2 punch for the Buckeyes, 19-14. Wyoming, 24-12, with two starters fouling out, had to rely too much on sophomore guard Fennis Dembo, who scored 27 points. Les Bolden was the only other Wyoming player in double figures with 14, while cen ter Eric Leckner fouled out with only six points, 12 under his postsea son average. Hopson had 13 of his 15 first-half points during a 10-minute span, in cluding nine during a 14-4 Ohio State streak that gave the Buckeyes a 29-22 lead with 4:32 left. Bolden then scored four points to move the Cowboys within three, but Hopson hit two more long jumpers and Curtis Wilson had one as Ohio State built a 35-28 halftime advan tage. Wyoming got no closer than seven the rest of the way as Hopson hit his first four shots of the half after mak ing his last five of the first half. Ohio State went on to lead by as many as 16 points and, when it was over, Miller’s players hoisted him on their shoulders as many in the Madison Square Garden crowd of 11,024 ap plauded. Ohio State downed Ohio Univer sity, Texas, Brigham Young and Louisiana Tech to reach the final. Wyoming beat Texas A&M, Loyola Marymount, Clemson and Florida. Z T -O - ..-Oj J3h Don & Pat Lade wig, New Owners & their daughter, Traci - Manager of Boot Barn. NEW INVENTORY NEW OWNERSHIP!!! We now have a complete stock of Justin Ropers at the everyday-low price of $79. We also have a full stock of other style boots, each pair priced at the regu lar low “Boot Bam” price! 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