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Houston is now 12-4 and 4-2.
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Aggies was the play of No. 1 sin
gles player Kim Labuschagne,
who defeated Kathy Foxwortn in
straight sets 7-5, 6-4. The Cou
gars’ Foxworth is the No. 5 colle
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Labuschagne said she felt con
fident against Foxworth.
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No. 47, said it was definitely her
aiggest win of the season. It was
dso the Lady Aggies’ only singles
victory of the afternoon.
The No. 2, 3 and 4 singles
matches went the full three sets,
aut A&M’s Laura Liong, Lisa Kel-
er and Jenifer Jones all dropped
he final set 6-2.
Vicki White defeated Liong 6-
1,3-6, 6-2; Fran Ind topped Kel-
er 7-6, 4-6, 6-2, and Annabelle
Landa beat Jones 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.
In other singles action, Candy
Diepraam stormed past Missy
Kibler 6-3, 6-0, and Brigitte St.
Hilaire powered by Melissa Dowl
ing 6-4, 6-1.
Houston then took two out of
hree in the doubles. Foxworth
rot a bit of revenge as she teamed
with White to defeat Liong and
Labuschagne 6-3, 6-2. A&M’s
Photo by Tracy Staton
Texas A&M’s Kim Labuschagne hits a forehand during her 7-5, 6-4
win over Houston’s Kathy Foxworth. A&M lost the match 7-2.
Jones and Keller won in straight
sets 6-4, 6-0 over DiePraam and
St. Hilaire; Stina Almgren and
Ind also cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 vic-
tory over the Lady Aggie duo of
Sami Gonzales and Kibler.
“Houston is a good team and
they’re still in the running for the
conference title,” A&M Coach
Bobby Kleinecke said. “It was one
of our best overall team efforts in
a while. The singles matches were
very close. And we had a good
win in doubles for Lisa and Jeni
fer.”
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day at 1 p.m. at the Omar Smith
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Aggies fall to Bearkats 4-3
A&M rally comes up short in ninth
By Loyd Brumfield
Assistant Sports Editor
The Texas A&M baseball team’s
11-game winning streak came to a
dead stop Tuesday night as a final,
frantic rally fell short and the Aggies
fell victim to a determined Sam
Houston State team 4-3 at Olsen
Field.
It was the second meeting of the
year between the teams and the final
home non-conference game for
A&M.
A&M and Sam Houston fought to
a 14-14 tie in a game called because
of darkness in Huntsville earlier in
the year.
A&M, 33-13-1, was contained all
night by Bearkat pitching, and was
also plagued by four double plays
turned against them.
“We didn’t play all that bad, we
just didn’t hit the ball well,” A&M
Coach Mark Johnson said. “It shows
when you keep hitting into double
plays.”
The Aggies started the game by
picking up where they left off after
sweeping a three-game series from
Baylor here last weekend, as right
fielder Don Wren led off the game
with his third home run of the year
over the right-field fence to quickly
put A&M on top 1-0.
But that was all as far as runs were
concerned for A&M until a three-
run spurt in the ninth; Sam Houston
pitcher Mike Stavinoha limited the
Aggies to just four hits over eight in
nings.
A&M starting pitcher Randy
Pryor held the Bearkats hitless until
the third inning when right fielder
Chris Burton lined a single into cen
ter field, and third baseman Terry
Pirtle followed with another one to
score Burton and tie the game. All
10 of Sam Houston’s hits were sin
gles.
Sam Houston added another hit
in the fourth inning off Russ
Greene, who took over for Pryor to
begin the inning, when first base-
man Andy Deen hit a single to Wren
in right field. Deen was caught in a
pick-off between first and second to
end any scoring hopes for Sam
Houston State.
Photo by Bill Hughes
Texas A&M’s John Byington successfully steals second base as Sam
Houston State’s Bryan McDonald looks to the umpire for the call.
A&M managed two hits in the
fourth as third baseman Scott Liv
ingstone and designated hitter John
Byington both hit singles into center
field.
After center fielder Chuck Knob
lauch reached on an error, left
fielder Tim McWilliam hit into the
second double play of the game to
end the inning.
The Bearkats took the lead for
good in the sixth inning when center
fielder Brad Kelley hit a single to
center field and Deen brought him
home on a single to right field.
Following a walk to A&M second
baseman Terry Taylor in the fifth,
Stavinoha retired the next eight Ag
gie hitters in a row before Taylor
singled in the eighth.
“He (Stavinoha) did a good job to
night,” Johnson said. “He got a lot
help from double plays. They save
pitchers. You get a breath of fresh
air every time someone turns one.
“Stavinoha’s been their ace this
year, but he’s had some problems la
tely. My hat’s off to him tonight,
though.”
Sam Houston added two more
runs in the seventh when catcher
Greg Williams led off the inning
with a single to center field off Pat
Wernig, A&M’s third pitcher of the
game.
After shortstop Mitchell Moon
sent a single to center field, and sec
ond baseman Bryan McDonald was
hit by a pitch, Burton hit a single to
drive home Moon and Williams, giv
ing the Bearkats a 4-1 lead.
After a relatively quiet eighth in
ning for A&M, the Aggies exploded
with a furious rally in the ninth that
had the crowd on its feet screaming.
Wren led things off with a single
to left field, and shortstop Ever Mag-
allanes followed by grounding out to
second.
Livingstone then sliced another
single into right field to score Wren
and end the game for Stavinoha. He
was replaced by Norman Butler,
who got in trouble fast.
After Byington popped up to
third, Butler walked three straight
batters — Knoblauch, McWilliam
and finally Taylor — which allowed
Livingstone to come home and make
it a 4-3 game. The next A&M batter,
first baseman Jim Neumann, struck
out looking, ending the game.
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