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Tuesday. April 22, 1986/The Battalion/Page 11 Everybody plays a part in A&M’s sweep By Charean Williams Assistant Sports Editor I For the past few years, the Texas A&M softball team always had that ! one big hitter who could be counted ^ on to come through in the clutch to Tj sc|iieeze out a last-inning win. ■ Last year, it was freshman Liz Mi- zera with her golden bat and home ilm swing. ■ ■ I Mizera is still Softball around, knock- ^ ijig the cover olf the ball, but for the Aggies, times have changed. ■ Fourth-ranked A&M had seveh dilfeient players bang out hits as it , stopped No. 5 Louisiana Tech 2-0 and 2-1 Sunday afternoon at the m A&M softball complex, y/ H 'Tin happy with the way the team J executed," A&M (ioach Bob Brock w said. "Somebods different did it ev en time. This team reminds me of ^ne ’83 (national championship) team. They seem to be able to come through when it counts.” I' In the first game, the Aggies got live hits by five different players, but it was first baseman Mary Schwind who had the most important hit. I In the fourth inning, Schwind fol lowed a Cindy Cooper walk and Mi- zera single with a RBI single for the only run the Aggies would need. ■ “My hitting is coming along,” said ^■.hwind, who is hitting .252. “That 6S0 (|ie was just a routine hit.” -Toni(jH Outfielder Fa in Newkirk helped ter.st provide an insurance run with a utter! | triple past center fielder Barbara lior-l I Carter. 'theuB On the next pitch, A&M second eBafcffliaseman Judy Irussell got a RBI ight. single up the middle for the f inal 2-0 count. als4 B And the Aggies did it off the Bull- (AP)-ij dugs’ top pitchet, Stacey Johnson, i ime'-1 27-(i. iesea«HOn the Aggies’ side, pitcher ondatiM Shawn Andaya gave up a few more ankeMj l|ts than usual and ran into a few' asCmij stumbling blocks, but the end result was the same — another win. ■ Andaya only gave up three hits, walked two and struck out seven. She found herself in trouble in the filth and sixth innings, but some All- Ainerica plays by Cooper at third Helped Andaya out of trouble. ■ T’ve never been as fired up as I was for those two games,” said Coo per, who was vocal throughout the double-header. “I was jumping in the air every time w'e made a play,” E However, when the second game started so did trouble. ■ “You tend to relax somewhat after you beat one of their top pitchers in the first game," Brock said. “That’s iSactlv what we did. We thought the Iseomd game would be easy.” ledit c h ei Julie Carpenter walked ’s singiti^l londafifl 1X4 'kieU ofiW and J ingle J Tittni >ndav l four-rd Enjoy Carefree, Comfortable Living at Newport •FREE VCR w/ 9 mos. lease •Built-ins •Fully Furnished Condos •Washer/Dryer •Covered Parking •Large Commons Area •SUMMER RATES STARTING AT $299.°° •FALL & SPRING RATES 2 Bedroom as low as $425°° 3 Bedroom as low as $599 00 Call or Visit Today 846-8960 402 Nagle behind Skaggs A&M shortstop Liz Mizera, left, makes the easy play at second, forc ing out Louisiana Tech’s Laneigh Anderson (7). The No. 4 Aggies, Photo by John Makely who swept the No. 5 Bulldogs 2-0 and 2-1 Sunday, host Texas-Ar- lington in a double-header today at 5 p.m. at the A&M Field. 2 net Bi vet tin am id hoi Morm :z doub Bulldog left fielder Maria Peralta to start the second game. Then she got behind 2-0 to right fielder Chris Sherman, sending Brock to the mound for a conference. But again it was Cooper saving the day with her quick arm. In the second inning. Carpenter gave up a single and had a wild pitch but again got out of the inning with out any damage. The Bulldogs finally got to the freshman in the third, scoring the first run of the game. "Julie was having a little trouble with her change up," Brock said. “That’s her best pitch, and they were hitting it. That got her in some trou ble." Carpenter settled down, giving up only three hits in the next four in nings. However, the Aggies were finding little success against pitcher Kelly Campbell. Campbell had a perfect game un til A&M outfielder Zina Ochoa sin gled with two outs in the sixth. Entering the bottom of the sev enth down 1-0, A&M was staring de feat squarely in the eye. But with one out, Cooper singled to left center field. Mizera followed with a sharp grounder to third that was hobbled by Laurie Moil. Schwind followed and hit a ball that appeared to be going over the left f ield fence for the game winner. But the ball bounced off the top of the fence for a double, scoring Cooper for the tying run. Tory Parks, who was pinch running for Mizera, tried to go home and was thrown out. “I almost feel asleep,” Brock said. “I knew .Mary’s hit was going out. I hollered at Tory.that she was on her own. But I’ll take full the blame for that one. We just both got caught up in watching Mary’s fly ball.” So the Ags thankfully got into ex tra innings against the Bulldogs. However, it looked like it might be over quickly as Carpenter gave up a walk and single to start the eighth. Andaya then took over for Car- penter, who allowed six hits and st ruck out two. “Hey, being a freshman and only giving up one tun in eight innings against the fifth best team in the na tion is awesome,” A&M left fielder Cindy Foster said. “Julie kept us in the game and got us into extra in nings.” Andaya’s first pitch hit the backstop, moving the runners up. But she struck out two and got an easy pop up to avoid diaster. An inning later, the scenario was almost tli,e same as the seventh, giv ing Andaya, 17-4, her second win of the day. Cooper singled with one out. Mi zera hit another sharp shot down the third base line and Moil again mis placed the ball, sending Cooper to third. Schwind’s hot bat got hef a free jiass to first and Foster became the hero with a sharp grounder to sec ond which scored Cooper to end the game. "1 knew it was a base hit,” Foster said. “The first pitch she gave me was an outside drop that missed. I was looking for it again. 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