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A&M took the lead in their half of the fifth. Witte and Thompson sin gled and scored on a double by Tay lor. Taylor moved to third on the throw home and then scored on a squeeze bunt by Knoblauch. Al bright scored Knoblauch on a sacri fice fly to put A&M up 11-8. Pan Am pushed the Aggies in the sixth, scoring two runs on a homer by clean-up hitter Bob Shepherd to make it 11-10. Anthony DeLaCruz came on in relief and eventually got the w in. However, ace reliever Scott Cen- tala came in to save the game for the Aggies in the seventh and final in ning. Centala didn’t allow a baserun- ner in his first appearance. Johnson was pleased with A&M’s comeback win. “It was a really good test because we got down 7-1 and fought back,” he said. “The ballgame was kind of a pressure ballgame. When you get a win out of that it’s always encoura- g in g-” , Aggie pitching, one of the presea son question marks, was shaky. Il seemed to come together in the final game when junior lefthander Pat Sweet pitched five solid innings. Sweet held the Broncs to one mu on four hits while striking outthret batters and walking only two togs the win. Junior righthander Brent Gilbtn came in for the last two inningso[ the weather-shortened game and gave up only one hit while strikinj aut two. Pan American opened thefirstin. ning with a run to put Sweet behind in his first appearance for A&M. The Aggies made the most of their seven hits in the game. The took advantage of six walks by Pai Am’s Wrennie Wickliffe in thelirs two innings to take an 8-1 leadafte the second inning. Wickliffe walked the first threi A&M batters in the second. Dutf then hit a double to score Byingtot and Easley. Witte drew a base ot balls to load the bases again, and John Wood knocked a double to left center field to score Allen andDuk Thompson walked to load tht bases before Taylor struck out Knoblauch then hit a single to right field to score Witte and Wood. Pat Am brought in freshman Joe Gil more to relieve Wickliffe. Gilmore was wild on his firs pitch, which scored Thompson, bt- fore settling down. Byington hit) sacrifice fly to score Knoblauch be. fore Allen struck out to end tht eight-run inning. Allen, a freshman designated hit ter, also had a great outing, with tm doubles and a single. He also walked twice and scored two runs. Bell, Ag sprinters highlight indoor meet By Tom Kehoe SPORTS WRITER The Texas A&M men’s and wom en’s Track and Field teams traveled north to compete in the Oklahoma City Indoor Classic Friday and Sat urday. Leading the Aggies was Alissa Bell who set a new school indoor record in the long jump and qualified for the NCAA championships with a leap of 22 feet and one quarter inch. Bell broke the old record of 19 feet five and a half inches held by teammate Yolanda Taylor. Taylor was second in Saturday’s long jump with a new personal best of 20’ 1”. Also highlighting the meet for A&M was the debut of Jamaican Olympians Richard Buckner and Howard Davis. Buckner won the 55-meter hur dles in a time of 7.33 seconds. Davis, a silver medalist in the 1600-meter relay at the Seoul Olympics, ran a 47.1 second split on the third leg of A&M’s 1600-meter relay. “Buckner ran very well for his first time on the boards and Davis was impressive on the relay,” A&M coach Cahrlie Thomas said. A&M football players Kary Vin cent, Mickey Washington, Steve Lof ton and Cornelius Patterson ran in the sprints for the Aggies. Vincent turned in a personal best of 6.28 seconds in the 55-meter dash, one one-hundreth of a second out of first place. “The football players we have out are really giving us a boost,” Thomas said. Derrick Florence nabbed fourth place in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.32 seconds. Sprint ace Andre Cason was the top seed for the finals but had to withdraw due to a sore leg. Shotputter Patrik Hennings cap tured second place with a put of 56 feet eight and a half inches. The men’s 1600-meter relay won their heat but could only muster a third place finish in the final as Davis, Matt Dunn, Errington Lindo and Ray Griffiths finished in three minutes and 14.33 seconds. Kyle Henderson vaulted 16 feet six inches to tie for seventh place in the pole vault. James McSpadden cleared 16 feet. Thomas was pleased with the per formance of his team. “Overall it ws a decent meet for us,” Thomas said. “I was proud of Alissa for qualifying (for NCAA's) and Taylor also performed well The addition of Davis and Bucknei improved us considerably going into conference.” Aggie men’s tennis team falls to Trinity in season opener The Texas A&M men’s tennis team was beaten in San Antonio Sunday 5.-2 by 16th-ranked Trin ity in the Aggies first match of the season. The highlight for the Aggies came in the singles division as A&M’s top-seeded Gustavo Espi nosa upset Trinity’s Mikael Sta- dling 3-6,6-3, 6-2. Stadling is currently ranked 18th in the nation. A&M’s second victory in the match came from freshman Doug Brown, who defeated Trinity’s Rich Benvin 7-5, 6-7, 6-2 in his first match as an Aggie. Second seed Shoun O'Dono van was defeated by Trinity’s Mats Malmherg 6-4, 6-3, while third seed Matt Zisette hist to T rinity’s Manuel Rodriguez 6-3, 6-4. A&M’s Craig Whitteker and sixth-seeded Blake Barsalou lost straight-set verdicts. In doubles action, A&M’s top- seeded team of Espinosa and Whitteker was defeated by Trin- itv's Stadling and Malmherg 6-1, SIGN UP TO PM¥! PRESENTED BY GENERAL MOTORS & GMAC FINANCIAL SERVICES IN ASSOCIATION WITH TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IM-REC SPORTS DEPARTMENT SPORT OR ACTIVITY: Softball SPORT OR ACTIVITY: Archery Doubles DIVISION(S): Co-Rec B DIVISION(S): Co-Rec B SIGN-UP DATE(S): Entries Close February 14, 1989 SIGN-UP DATE(S): Entries Close February 14, 1989 TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. PLACE: Rec Sports Office, 159 Read Bldg. PLACE: Rec Sports Office, 159 Read Bldg. SPORT OR ACTIVITY: Handball Doubles SPORT OR ACTIVITY: Horseshoe Doubles DIVISION(S): Co-Rec B DIVISION(S): Co-Rec B SIGN-UP DATE(S): Entries Close February 21, 1989 SIGN-UP DATE(S): Entries Open February 20, Entries Close February 28, 1989 1989 TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.. 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