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Texas A&M players who fin-
led with double figures, and
Jped the Aggies to a 66-60 vic-
ry over TCU Saturday night in
jthwest Conference action.
iWith the victory A&M moves
ll6-14 on the year and assures
ich Shelby Metcalf of his 22nd
ning season in 25 years of
ching the Aggies.
\&M’s SWC record evens at 8-
ood enough for fifth place in
conference.
he Aggies will face Arkansas,
io finished third in the SWC, in
first round of the conference
rnament Friday at noon in
lias’ Reunion Arena.
JrCU’s record drops to 9-18
than D vt rail and 3-13 in conference
ug coldWay The Horned Frogs finished
ort ofifihe basement of the SWC.
ding fTCU led 33-29 at the half, but
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built a 10-point lead, 53-43,
h 8:17 to play when senior
rd Keron Graves hit a 19-foot
inpshot.
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elythiMk. A basket by John Lewis
e and brought TCU within one, 56-55,
ignifi with 3:52 remaining.
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hy is iraMetcalf said he has a lot of
d. work to do to prepare for the up-
ingSWC tournament.
'Now we can go to work for
ee days and get ready for the
ginament. Realistically, we’ve
to get into the semifinals of
tournament to have an out-
iide shot at the N IT,” he said,
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lire keeping their eyes on the
KAA tournament bid that goes
0 the tournament’s winner,
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A&M sluggers sweep Pan Am
By Anthony Wilson
Sports Writer
Before throwing his first pitch in
the second game of Texas A&M’s
three-game weekend series with Pan
American University, Pan Am
starter Mike Eckert kneeled behind
the mound for a quick prayer. Un
fortunately for Eckert and the rest
of the Broncos, it was A&M’s prayers
that were answered.
The Aggies returned from a six-
game road trip in Louisiana to sweep
Pan Am at Olsen Field 3-2, 5-1 and
9-6.
John Byington led the A&M
charge offensively, driving in the
game-winning runs in the first two
games on home runs. Byington hit a
three-run homer in the eighth in
ning of Friday’s game to lift A&M
over Pan Am.
Anthony DeLaCruz logged his
first win of the season by pitching
1% innings in relief of Sean Sne-
deker. Scott Centala retired the last
two batters for his second save.
The Aggies exploded for five
runs, which is all they would need
for the win, in the first inning of the
first game of Saturday’s double-
header. Byington hit a towering shot
over the left field wall driving in
Chuck Knoblauch and Scott Liv
ingstone. Tim McWilliam followed
with a walk and was driven in on
Tom Carcione’s opposite field home
run to right field.
Byington’s home run was his
fourth of the year and his fifth
game-winning RBI.
“It was a 3-0 fastball,” Byington,
who had seven RBIs in the series,
said. “Coach (Mark Johnson) gave
me the green light, so he was kind of
doing me a favor. It was right down
the middle.”
Johnson said Byington’s dinger
immediately got the club pumped
up for the remainder of the series.
“He drove it,” Johnson said. “The
first inning of the ballgame ignited
the whole day for us. It was a good
way to start. He had a good weekend
with key hits.”
Nick Felix became A&M’s first
four-game winner of the season. Fe
lix pitched seven innings and al
lowed one run on four hits in an
other strong outing.
“Nick’s a plugger,” Johnson said.
“He had trouble with the leadoff hit
ter every inning. That was discour
aging to me. But he fought through
it and got out of innings.”
The Aggies had to come from be
hind to win the second game of the
twinbill.
Pan Am jumped out to a 4-1 lead
in the third inning when Herb Er-
hardt hit a three-run homer off
Randy Pryor. A&M whittled away at
the Broncs lead and tied the score in
the fourth inning on back-to-back
home runs by Tom Carcione and
Terry Taylor.
The home runs were Carcione’s
sixth and Taylor’s seventh.
Pan Am regained the lead in the
fifth and added another run in the
sixth for a 6-4 advantage. A&M
claimed the lead for good in the bot
tom of the sixth by scoring four runs
with the aid of only one RBI. McWil
liam led off the inning with a single
down the third base line. McWilliam
advanced to second on a single by
Carcione. Taylor followed with a
walk to load the bases with no outs.
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Carcione scored when centerfielder
Steve Kennett dropped Mike Eas
ley’s line drive. Maury Martin fol
lowed with a perfectly executed sui
cide squeeze to drive in Taylor for
the game winner. Easley later scored
on Knoblauch’s RBI single.
McWilliam closed out the scoring
for A&M by hitting a solo homer to
left in the seventh.
“We’ve got enough punch that I
think our guys realize that our
games are never over until the last
pitch,” Johnson said. “We’ve got
enough who can contribute to a big
inning. That’s a quality of our ball
club. One through nine can hit. We
haven’t got a real weak spot in our
lineup.”
Freshman Steve Hughes picked
up his second win by pitching 2% in
nings in relief of Pryor. Hughes won
a game at Northeast Louisiana and
Johnson has been pleased with the
righthander’s progress.
“I’m impressed with him,” John
son said. “He’s got a split-finger
(fastball) and he can throw it for
strikes. It’s a tough pitch to hit. He
gets a lot of ground balls and double
play balls.”
Centala struck out two in his one
inning stint to save his third game.
The victories improved eighth-
ranked A&M’s record to 18-2. Pan
Am fell to 9-6. Hardin Simmons will
visit the Aggies at Olsen Field for a l
p.m. double-header on Tuesday.
A&M netters miss finals of coastal tournament
By Curtis L. Culberson
Assistant Sports Editor
CORPUS CHRISTI — The Texas
A&M men’s tennis team didn’t ad
vance to the finals this weekend, but
it pulled off an incredible comeback
victory against Arkansas and stayed
with McNeese State until the last set
in the early rounds of the HEB Col
lege Tennis Team Championship.
The Aggies went 2-2 for the tour
nament and their season record goes
to 8-4.
Arkansas led the Aggies 4-2 after
the singles Friday, but A&M
bounced back and swept the dou
bles, stealing the victory from the
Razorbacks 5-4. It was the first time
in nine years the A&M men have
come back to win from a single’s def
icit of 4-2.
The Aggies lost in the top three
seeds against the Hogs with A&M’s
No. 1 seed Dean Johnson losing 4-6,
6-2, 6-2 to Mike Brown; A&M’s
Shaun O’Donovan dropping his
match to Donie Wood 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 in
the No. 2 seed, and A&M’s Steve
Kennedy losing to Augusto Solano
in the No. 3 seed.
Craig Whitteker defeated Arkan
sas’ J.P. Mieney 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 4
seed and Mike Chambers was victo
rious over Derick Brooks 6-3, 6-4 in
the No. 5 seed, while A&M’s Wayne
Green was defeated by Cha Im.
In doubles play, the O’Donovan
and Kennedy team beat Keith Bu
ford and Brown 6-1, 6-3. In in the
No. 2 seed Johnson and Whitteker
defeated Im and Wood 7-5, 6-3,
while Chambers and Scott Campbell
won over Solano and Brooks 6-2, 6-4
in the No. 3 seed.
“It was a quality win,” A&M Coach
David Kent said. “Arkansas is a very
tough team.”
Excellent double’s play saved the
the Aggies Friday but after a 3-3
split in the singles Saturday, A&M
faltered in the doubles, losing 5-4 to
McNeese State.
Dean Johnson lost to Johan
Kjellsten 6-4, 6-0 in the No. 1 seed
and MSU’s Ulf Niklasson won over
Steve Kennedy in twin 6-2 sets in the
No. 2 spot.
A&M’s No. 3 seed Shaun O’Dono
van beat Pontus Lavelfalt 6-2, 7-5
and in the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds
Mike Chambers and Craig Whit
teker were victorious over MSU’s
Alex and Erich Reich 6-2, 6-3 and 3-
6, 7-6, 6-4 respectively.
Whitteker made an amazing
comeback victory, Kent said. At one
point he was down 6-3, 5-1. Whit
teker held off his opponent for five
match points, he said.
Ulf Persson beat A&M’s Wayne
Green 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 6 seed.
The A&M doubles team of Cham
bers and Campbell beat the Reich
brothers in the No. 3 seed 6-3, 6-2.
But A&M lost both of the crucial top
two doubles seeds. O’Donovan and
Kennedy lost 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 to Niklas
son and Lavefalt, and the Johnson-
Whitteker team lost 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to
Persson and Kjellsten.
The Aggies are back in action at
home this Thursday when they face
UT-E1 Paso at 1:30 p.m. at the Omar
Tennis Center.
Lady Aggies
finish fourth
in SWC play
FORT WORTH — The Texas
A&M women’s basketball team
continued its mastery over TCU
with a 74-68 victory over the Lady
Frogs Saturday night.
The Lady Aggies will now head
into the Southwest Conference
Post-Season Tournament with a
14-12 regular season record and
an 8-8 SWC mark. A&M, the
tournament’s 5th seed, will play
fourth-seeded Arkansas Wednes
day night at Moody Coliseum on
the SMU campus in Dallas.
“This is a great spot for us to be
in,” A&M Coach Lynn Hickey
said. “We finished fourth and
have a winning record.”
A&M’s spot may not be great
for very long because the winner
of the A&M-Arkansas has the un
enviable task of facing SWt'
champion Texas.
“I was concerned about this
game,” Hickey said. “They had a
lot going for them. Not only were
they playing to get in to the tom
nament, but this was the last
home game for their seniors.”
TCU will stay home during the
tournament.
Kerr breaks
200-meter
indoor record
Texas A&M’s Stanley Kerr
broke the American 200-meter
indoor record with a time of
20.63 at the Texas Tech Last
Chance Qualifiers track meet Sat
urday.
Kerr broke James Butler’s re
cord of 20.64 set last year.
Kerr will now advance to the
NCAA Indoor Championships
this weekend in Oklahoma City,
Okla.
“Stanley had an outstanding
race,” A&M Assistant Coach Ted
Nelson said.
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