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WACO — The Texas A&M
baseball team completed a sweep
of Baylor Saturday with 3-1 and
■5-0 wins, moving into a tie for the
lead of the Southwest Confer
ence.
The wins moved A&M to 36-8
. . on the season and 8-1 in SWC
I Cl play. The Bears are now 17-22
A&M and Texas are alone at
the top of the standings; all other
Jill conference schools have SWC re-
y y | cords below .500.
Texas lost the first game of a
Saturday doubleheader to Rice 6-
4 for its first conference defeat of
the season.
Strong A&M pitching was the
key to the Aggies’ success.
Sean Snedeker threw a four-
hitter in the opener and only al
lowed an infield single in the last
five innings of the seven-inning
game.
The Aggies broke the game
open in the fifth inning. With the
ful p. score tied at one, Tom Carcione
wassiica l ec l with a double.
Mike Easley followed and
reached on an error and stole sec-
md base when no Bear infielders
covered the base.
Andy Duke followed with an
infield single to load the bases,
nd Kirk Thompson’s fielder’s
hoice forced Carcione at the
plate.
But Chuck Knoblauch singled
o bring Easley and Duke in.
In the second game, Fred Ris-
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Centala came in at the begin
ning of the sixth inning and
sealed the win by striking out six
of the last eight batters he faced,
including the last four.
The Aggies had 11 hits in the
game, but they only put them and
four Baylor errors together for
three runs — none earned.
Terry Taylor hit a deep drive
over centerfielder Mike Robison’s
head with one out in the fifth. Ro
bison reached the ball, but it fell
out of his glove, allowing Taylor
to go to third.
Scott Livingstone singled Tay
lor home for the game’s first run
and stole second. Tim McWilliam
singled Livingstone home.
Two more errors led to an in
surance run in the sixth. Knob
lauch reached first on a fielder’s
choice — the second out of the in
ning — and was picked off, but
the first baseman made a poor
throw to second, and Knoblauch
was safe.
Taylor followed with an easy
fly to left field that fell out of
Trent Stroth’s glove, allowing
Knoblauch to score.
Friday the Aggies beat the
Bears 10-4 behind seven-hit
pitching from Randy Pryor and
Nick Felix and a two-run homer
byjohn Byington.
Livingstone said, “The pitchers
are doing their jobs. They’re
throwing strikeouts, doing what
needs to be done. It’s a big com
fort when you lead 3-0 on 11
hits.”
A&M Coach Mark Johnson
also had words of praise for his
pitching staff.
“I’m pleased with our perfor
mance. It’s good to get complete
games, even in seven-inning
games.
“A big key is to have Nick Felix
and Scott Centala in the bullpen,
ready to come in.”
Livingstone said the Rice win
over Texas was nice, but the Ag
gies are capable of taking care of
themselves.
“We’re not looking for help
from anyone,” he said. “We’re
going to do it on our own.”
The sweep made 15 straight
victories for the Aggies over Bay
lor.
“I don’t know how that works,”
Johnson said, “but I’m glad to get
three more.”
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•n's tennis team was nailed 9-0 Fri-
■y by Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.
■In singles play, A&M’s Dean
Johnson lost to Mike Brown 6-4, 6-4;
Arkansas’ Donnie Wood beat Steve
Kennedy 6-1, 6-2; and Augusto So
lano of Arkansas defeated Shaun
O’Donovan 6-1,6-4.
In doubles play, the team of Sy-
lano Simone and Solano defeated
A&M’s Kennedy and O’Donovan 7-
6, 6-4; Cha Boon Im and Derrek
Brooks defeated A&M’s Wayne
Green and Mike Chambers 6-3, 6-4;
and Arkansas’J.P. Mieny and Wood
beat Johnson and Craig Whitteker 7-
5, 6-2.
Lady netters bucked by Mustangs;
A&M loses 9-0 in 2nd SWC defeat
By Curtis L. Culberson
Assistant Sports Editor
Eighth-ranked Southern Method
ist handed the Texas A&M women’s
tennis team its second conference
loss Saturday in a devastating 9-0 de
feat at the Omar Smith Tennis Cen
ter.
The Lady Aggies, ranked 25th,
fall to 16-6 on the season and 5-2 in
the Southwest Conference putting
them behind SMU and Texas in the
conference race.
Lisa Keller, who recently moved
into the No. 1 seed, was a bright spot
for A&M, taking the No. 9 player in
the nation, Jennifer Santrock, to
three sets before losing 6-4, 3-6, 3-6.
After losing the first two games in
the second set, Keller fought hard to
stop Santrock's comeback with ag-
ressive net play. But Santrock’s con
sistent good play and some unforced
errors did Keller in.
A&M’s Gaye Lynn Gensler played
a tough second set against Jean
Marie Sterling in the No. 2 seed.
Gensler dropped the first set 6-3,
but took the second to a tie-breaker
by winning several long volleys late
in the set and coming to the net to
hit sniashes before losing the set 7-6.
No. 3 seed Cindy Churchwell was
defeated 6-3, 6-2 by Claire Evert, the
little sister of pro tennis player Chris
Evert.
In other singles action, Susan Wil
liams fell to Debbie Ceccato in twin
6-2 sets and A&M’s Traci Nix took
the second set away from Tammy
Christensen before losing 3-6, 6-2, 6-
2 in the No. 5 seed.
Derryn Haygarth took a 5-3 lead
in the second set after losing the first
3-6, but SMU’s Kim Galdo won four
straight games to win 5-7.
SMU won the three-all games,
A&M Coach Bobby Kleinicke said.
“We just go beat today,” he said.
“They’re as good as the others in the
top 10.
“I’m proud of the way we fought
and we’ll bounce back.”
The Lady Aggies are in action to
day in San Antonio against Trinity
and face Arkansas Friday at home at
1:30 p.m.
Texas A&M’s Lisa Keller returns a volley against SMU’s Jennifer
Santrock during Saturday’s match at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
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