Friday, October 23, 1987/The Battalion/Page 9
Women's tennis team
falters at LSU tourney
By Hal L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
The Texas A&M women’s tennis
team took a drubbing in the opening
round of the LSU Invitational
Thursday in Baton Rouge, La.
Jenifer Jones is the only player
who remains in the winners bracket
for today’s action, advancing by de
fault. The other singles players are
in the consolation rounds.
Cindy Crawford was the only
Lady Aggie to win a match of the
day, beating Lahna Lees of host
Louisiana State 6-1, 7-6 in the No. 3
bracket. She was eliminated in a sec
ond match, losing to No. 6-seeded
Jane Wood of Oklahoma State 3-6,
6-3, 6-1.
Coach Bobby Kleinecke said
Crawford had the best effort of a
very poor day for the Lady Aggies.
“This was not a prosperous day,”
Kleinecke said. “Our inexperience
showed up. This was a tough tourna
ment and showed we have a lot of
work to do.”
No. 1 player Gaye Lynne Ginsler
lost to Laura Hudson of Houston 6-
3, 6-4. Cindy Churchwell lost to
Monica Wanieak of OSU 6-4, 6-3 in
the upper, “purple” bracket of play
ers one through four. The Lady Ag
gies, traveling with only six players,
put the others in the lower, “gold”
bracket.
In the gold bracket, Lori Davis
lost to Claudia Herrera of LSU 6-0,
6-1. Sandi Klein lost to Kilmney Wa
terman of Trinity 7-6, 6-1.
“The doubles (teams) just flat got
beat,” Kleinecke said, as all three
teams fell in the opening round.
Ginsler and Jones lost to Monick
Margoli and Danielle Jones of OSU
6-1, 6-3. Churchwell and Crawford
lost to Paulette Roux and Biljana
Mirkavic of South Carolina 6-2, 6-3.
Klein and Davis lost to Lees and
Marta Homedes of LSU 6-1, 6-4.
, . ;
back to the drawing board and get
back to work. The success of this
team depends on how well the team
learns from our mistakes.”
Cross country teams
fare well at meet here
olding-plagued Pozderac retires from NFL
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edgeintheSenfi phil Pozderac, whom Dallas Cow-
)red their two in P» vs f ans had come to know almost
ladden andG* ^ much by his number as by his
ne, retired from professional
'ootball on Thursday.
’ozderac, who at 6-foot-9 and 282
junds was the National Football
[ague’s tallest player, fell into dis
favor with Cowboys fans last season
ause of the frequent announce-
jment from game officials: “Holding,
Offense, No. 75.”
■‘I just decided it was time to go
into private business,” Pozderac said
he second in ihfi Thursday,
who walkedM:M^ eac * coach lorn Landry said
at pinch-hitterd I 00 ^ 6 Kevin Gogan, who is from
ip toendthe;: ^ as h‘ n & ton > will take Pozderac’s
spot in the start ing lineup.
Pozderac, 27, was in his sixth sea
son in the league. The Cowboys
drafted him in the fifth round of the
1982 draft after Pozderac was
named the most valuable player of
the 1981 Notre Dame season. He
was a high school basketball and
football star at Garfield Heights,
Ohio.
“Poz was probably the best-known
offensive lineman in the country for
all the wrong reasons,” Cowboys of
fensive line coach Jim Erkenbeck
said. “I admired him for not giving
up when everybody and his brother
were taking shots at him.”
Pozderac started 10 games in
1986 and was awarded the game ball
after the Cowboys’ 31-28 upset over
the New York Giants in the nation
ally televised Monday Night Football
season opener.
However, he was plagued by hold
ing calls the second half of the sea
son and was the goat in the second
meeting of the Cowboys and Giants.
In a game that was won by the Gi
ants, 17-14, Pozderac was called for
holding twice in the waning mo
ments, including once on a Tony
Dorsett run to the 10 that would
have set up at least a probable tying
field goal.
The Cowboys, who had a 6-2 re
cord going into the game, were to
win only one more game the rest of
the season and missed the playoffs.
Pozderac was an on-and-off
starter the rest of the season, with
coaches leaving him on the bench on
occasions to spare him from the
crowd’s wrath. He continued to be
the target of officials’ flags until sea
son’s end.
“I think he really overcame that
from last year,” Landry said Thurs
day. “He worked very hard in train
ing camp, made the starting lineup
and played well the first two games.”
Landry said Pozderac came into
his office Thursday moaning to tell
him of his decision.
“He just said he felt it was time to
retire from pro football. He had
some business opportunities. And
that was about it. . . . Sure, I was sur
prised. You always are, any time a
guy has paid the price he’s paid since
last spring, and then to quit in the
middle of the season.”
By Hal L. Hammons
Assistant Sports Editor
Texas-San Antonio swept the Ag
gie Invitational cross-country meet
here Thursday, as the Texas A&M
men finished third and the women
came a hair from winning.
The Lady Aggies, without a sick
Jennifer Zubkus and their injured
top runner Julie Soukup, finished
with 33 points, one more than
UTSA. Beth and Becky Drees fin
ished second and third respectively
with times of 17:02.03 and 17:13.03.
Jodi Dustor of UTSA won with a
time of 16:32.16.
Other Lady Aggies were 19th-
place finisher Yvonne Rode at
18:12.00; Gloria Veceia, who fin
ished 31st at 18:48.00; and Karol
Welch, who placed 40th with a time
of 18:52.00.
Steve Clark of second-place Bay
lor won the men’s race in 24:31.04.
The highest Aggie finisher was 10th-
place Huey Treat at 25:10.42.
Doug Poirier finished 18th with a
time of 25:50.17; Emmett Rhoden
placed 20th at 25:55.48; Keith Barn-
hardt finished 24th with a time of
26:00.50; Joel Toland finished 33rd
at 26:17.52; Tony Oresi placed 35th
at 26:27.55; and Jim Hammitt fin
ished 37th at 26:39.49.
A&M Cross-Country Coach Barry
Colburn said, “I thought both teams
ran well despite wet conditions. Beth
and Becky ran their usual strong
races, and the rest of our women
continued to improve.
“(The Lady Aggies) were at a dis
advantage because (Soukup and
Zubkus) couldn’t run, but I thought
we handled the adversity well.
“We ran better than we have all
year in the men’s race. This should
give us a boost of confidence going
into the Southwest Conference
meet.”
The SWC meet will be Nov. 2 at
Fayetteville, Ark.
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From the Associated Press
Bio know what the strike did to
form in the National Football
[League, the answer is a simple ques
tion: When was the last time an 0-5
I Bun was a 10-point favorite?
■That’s what the New York Giants
are against the St. Louis Cardinals
[this Sunday as the NFL gets back to a
(semblance of normality. When you
(think about it, that is normality —
why shouldn’t the Giants at home be
favored by 10 over the Cards?
■That’s typical of the unknown fac
tors in the first real games in four
weeks.
■Will, for example, teams that had
a lot of regulars cross the picket line
play better the first week because
they’re in better shape? Or will they
play worse because they’re split
while their opponents are unified?
There’s also the demoralization
factor.
Will the Giants throw in the towel
because their awful strike team cost
them all but the slimmest chance to
repeat this year? What is the mental
state of the Vikings, 2-0 before the
strike, 0-3 during it, including home
losses to Tampa Bay and Green Bay?
What about Kansas City, another 0-3
strike team?
Or is Washington which looked
only fair before the strike, as good as
the 4-1 record its replacements gave
it?
In other words, picking winners
after the strike may be just as hard as
during it.
Seattle (plus 3) at Raiders
SEAHAWKS, 24-13.
New York Jets (plus 6) at Washing
ton
REDSKINS, 30-21.
Dallas (pick ’em) at Philadelphia
EAGLES, 27-10.
San Francisco (minus 3) at New Or
leans
SAINTS, 23-20.
St. Louis (plus 10) at New York Gi
ants
GIANTS, 27-9
Denver (plus 2) at Minnesota
BRONCOS, 24-20
Chicago (minus 10) at Tampa Bay
BEARS, 20-3
Rams (plus 4V4) at Cleveland (Mon
day night)
BROWNS, 17-10
Other games (Home teams in
CAPS):
New England (minus 51/2), 24, IN
DIANAPOLIS 16.
DETROIT (minus 5) 17, Green
Bay 14.
Cincinnati (plus 2) 28, PITTS
BURGH 13.
MIAMI (minus 9) 34, Buffalo 28
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Oil
ers owner Bud Adams says he is un
certain when he will announce his
team’s plans either to stay in Hous
ton or move to Jacksonville, Fla.,
next season.
“I’m not sure when an announce
ment will be made because we
haven’t come to the end of our nego
tiations,” Adams said. “We’re work
ing on it.”
The Oilers’ lease on the Astro
dome expires after the current sea
son and a new agreement has not
been reached with the Houston
Sports Association.
Meanwhile, the Oilers are being
wooed by Jacksonville officials who
want the team to move to the Gator
Bowl.
Also on Wednesday, Harris
County Judge Jon Lindsay acted as
intermediary during telephone ne
gotiations between Oilers officials
and the HSA, which manages the
Astrodome on behalf of the county.
“I think there is still distance be
tween the two sides, but the gap is
narrowing,” he said. “I feel a little bit
more optimistic than I did yester
day.”
Oilers General Manager Ladd
Herzeg said Wednesday a decision
needed to be made soon.
“Based on the need for building
(stadium improvements) in both
Houston and Jacksonville, if we’re
going to get anything done for the
1988 season, it would be good to
have a decision by Monday,” Herzeg
said.
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