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Thursday, September 25, 1986/The Battalion/Page 7 n Sports Jht Ag softball team ism sweeps Ladykats fans of expressionof: lie said. dressed the-llsus, lie period of genen top officials o( ['j s current issues, mined states wilk yes to terrorist omq es, and thosethatis: se them to their omul ud France supponipj m international tori Istaeli-Arabronllia:j must recognize W st and its securitu I as Palestinians'imI nation. er Middle East nq 'rench troopswered at nation with theli ig force in Lebanor.. jy shows ng d pocrr.; sc; ION (APi -1 indicates the Il I he world's highestrJ ‘racy, but many ten mble when ailed I rmation from a 5.1 r decipher a road erts said WednesOi tional Assesstneffia 11 Progress said ten icans in theirearh; ound 6 jiercenttta is well as the avrd tier, 20 percent od is well as an tid id 38.5 percent ■H read at an elewd lagged far bet] the reading tests ■ coring in between ort, “Literacy: Prod t’s Young Adults, d i 99 |>ercent of tba d sign theirnainei:| ariiy form or wnit sentences desctlisij mid like. >ercent had troublr'j ections on a map j t were stumped b| hat required tber-l fine print on a | y of Education Viiif t, whose dep; tied the S2 mented in a stater:! ed States is not a‘| :y, but most of 1 •pie are not ven I By Tim Stanfield Sports Writer I HUNTSVILLE — Behind the stout pitching of All-America Spawn Andaya and Julie Car- Benter, Coach Bob Brock’s posses- sve Texas A&M softball team swept a double-header from Sam ■ouston State University, 2-0 and 2U, Wednesday at Josey Field. ■ The pair of wins pushed the Ag gies’ fall record to 8-0, but neither victory came easily. ■ Andaya struck out four while al lowing two hits and two walks. Only in the sixth inning did she allow a runner to reach third base. ■ But that threat ended when La- dykat leadoff hitter Julie Thomas popped up a bunt to catcher Erika Briksson and Sam Houston’s Jan Binders followed with a groundout. B “Shawn was pretty tough out there tonight,” Brock saicT. “She Bayed ahead of the hitters pretty Buch all the way.” ■ Carpenter faced bases-loaded sit uations in the first and third in nings, but allowed just the one run ■-which was unearned — in the lat- tet inning. I Carpenter struck out six batters while giving up four hits and one i|alk. B “Julie had some trouble with the Bound and got into some early jams,” Brock said. “I went out there in the third inning and told her that she had to throw the fastball for strikes. In the last four innings she gave up only one hit.” Brock went on to point out that the Aggies didn’t get as many strikeouts as usual, and pondered whether the fact that the mound was moved back three feet this year had anything to do with it. But he had high praise for the Aggies’ defense, particularly in clutch situations. A&M got six hits off Sam Hous ton’s JoAnne Graham in the opener and four against Elaine Devlin in the second contest. The Aggies scored twice in the second inning of the opener. An daya led off safe on an error and moved to second on Erin Newkirk’s sacrifice. Eriksson walked and both run ners moved up a base on Graham’s wild pitch. Zina Ochoa scored Andaya with a sacrifice fly to left field. Tory Parks’ infield single brought Ochoa home with the final run of the game. Judy Trussell scored the Aggies’ first run in the nightcap aided by two Ladykat errors. Parks notched the winning in the fifth inning, again helped by two Sam Houston errors. Texas A&M may face the Sam Houston team in its next contest, the Aggie Invitational tournament, which will be held at A&M the weekend of Oct. 4-5. General public tickets sold out for Baylor game ■ General public tickets for the Oct. Ip Texas A&M-Baylor football game in Kyle Field have been sold out, the Texas A&M Athletic Ticket Office announced Wednesday. ■ Other remaining A&M games Bat already have sold out of its gen- Bal public tickets are the Nov. 15 Brkansas game in Little Rock, Ark. and the Nov. 27 Texas game in Aus tin. Jim Kotch, manager of the A&M ticket office, said there are plenty of general public tickets left for Satur day’s game with Southern Missis sippi and for the home games against Texas Tech (Oct. 4), Rice (Oct. 25) and Texas Christian (Nov. 22). 4 YEAR AGGIES Back-up fullbacks fix Ag leaks By Homer Jacobs Assistant Sports Editor In the North Texas State game last weekend, 99 players played at least one down for the Aggies. The game must have been a ra dio and television commentator’s nightmare. There were players gracing Kyle Field without Texas A&M emblems on their helmets, and a 12th Man Kickoff Team member even played some at linebacker. “We had a lot of mamas happy sitting in the stands,” A&M Coach Jackie Sherrill said. But two substitutions came on a sour note when starting fullback Roger Vick was sidelined with a dislocated left pinkie. That injury left the spot open to backups Ira Valentine and Matt Gurley. But both runners picked up the slack well for the Aggies com bining for 70 yards rushing with two touchdowns. Sherrill w-as pleased with the play of the two fullbacks, who had seen only limited action in their Maroon and White careers. “Gurley coming in for Roger did an outstanding job,” Sherrill said, “and the first touchdown run he (Valentine) had was a ma jor-league run.” Gurley, a sophomore from Dallas, wasn’t expecting to play as much as he did against NTSU. “At first, I was real nervous,” Gurley said. “Then, as the game went on, (I) started to become normal again.” Gurley is expected to split play ing time with Valentine against Southern Mississippi, with Valen tine grabbing the starting role. Vick’s status is listed as questiona ble for Saturday’s game. This year the Aggies’ “ham mer,” according to Sherrill, is Vick. Gurley is more the screwdriver type — power with out blazing speed. “I consider myself a pick-and- peck slasher who kind of slides on through,” Gurley said. A&M fullback Ira Valentine (42), tries to elude NTSU defenders during last Saturday’s game. Photo by Anthony S. Casper Valentine scored two touchdowns and gained 35 yards in the Aggies’ 48-28 home-opening victory. If the Aggies are going to slide on past Southern Mississippi, he said, A&M will have to play mis take-free football. “Everybody thinks it’s going to be an easy one, because nobody knows about them,” he said. “But they’re a tough team.” Having played occasionally the last three seasons, Valentine has the experience edge on Gurley. He also has the speed advan tage on Gurley and almost all the members of the A&M squad. This power drill fills up the Aggie tool chest with senior leadership and solid work habits. “The time I have out on the field. 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