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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. I’ll go 110 percent and try
and do my best,” Valentine said.
“I practice hard, because you play
like you practice.”
So if the Aggie offense hap
pens to break down Saturday at
Kyle Field, Gurley and Valentine
should be there to fix it.
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