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Pages The Battalion Monday, February 27,1989 ^P3C\ a&m Iggr |Steakhouse Delivers aay846-5275 ^fhe Batt don’t I6SV6 campus without it GIZMO’S ‘An outdoor cafe brought indoors’ Bistro-style cuisine • Daily Specials • Fully Stocked Bar • Signature Dips HAPPY HOUR 4 - 8 p.m. Weekdays 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday t SOUTHWOOD DRY-CLEANERS “Dry Cleaning With A Personal Touch” 2 Liter 1333 FM 2818 $1 oo College Station with $5 dry cleaning 693-4426 100 Copies OPEN 7 a.m.-6 p.m. 2Liter COKE FREE with $10 dry cleaning Lady netters pick up victories Photo by Frederick I). Joe A&M’s Robyn Mawdsley lost to LSU’s Mimi Young 6-4,7-6. A&M whips Lobos, LSU By Tom Kehoe SPORTS WRITER The Texas A&M women’s tennis team scored a double win over the weekend with victories over the Uni versity of New Mexico and Louisiana State University. The Lady Aggies defeated New Mexico Friday 7-2 on the strength of their singles play. Junior Lisa Keller led the way with a 6-4, 6-0 triumph over the Lady Lobo’s number two singles player, Jennifer Terry. Number one singles player Susan Williams was defeated by New Mexico’s Chris Hoffer 6-3, 6-3. Williams had just re turned to the top spot for the New Mexico match. The remaining singles players, Cindy Churchwell, Lynn Staley, Ro byn Mawdsley and Jennifer Jones all won their matches for A&M. In doubles action, the team of Keller and Mawdsley was defeated by Hoffer and Wilson 6-0, 7-6. But the Lady Aggies rebounded, win ning the remaining two doubles matches. Churchwell and Staley dropped the first set but regrouped to win, 4- 6, 6-2, 6-0 over the Lady Lobo tan dem of Bred and Toomey. Derryn Haygarth and Williams combined to defeat Look and Sandberg of New Mexico in straight sets, 6-1,6-1. After the blowout on Friday the Lady Aggies found themselves in a hole against LSU. Keller played the number one singles position and de feated the Lady Tigers’ Jana Garri son 7-6, 7-5. Williams had an easier time against the number two seed from LSU, Patricia Minnis, as she cruised 6-2, 6-3. The Lady Tigers claimed the rest of the singles matches to assume a 4- 2 advantage going into the doubles. The Lady Aggies responded with authority, sweeping all three doubles matches in straight sets. Haygarth and Williams downed Young and Todorovic of LSU 6-2, 6-1 to garner the first doubles win. Churchwell and Stalev combined for a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Minnis and Herrera to notch the second doubles victory that brought the match to a tie. Kel ler and Mawdsley slammed the final nail in LSU’s coffin, 6-3, 6-3 over Garrison and Homedes. It was a win Coach Bobby Kiel- necke was relieved to pull out. “We can’t play singles any worse and expect to win,” he said. “We need more than just the number one and two to win because depth is our strength. “They (LSU) expected us to lost more than they had to win it.” Unbeaten Aggies sweep series as Taylor leads offensive show “All Your Laundry And Dry Cleaning Needs” WANNA JOB NEXT SUMMER? FUN, VALUABLE EXPERIENCE For Counselors, Cooks, Nurses To our ’88-’89 Counselors Comefor a visit Reward for prospects NOW OFFERING CHOICE OF TERMS First-June 10-July 1 Second-July 1 -July 22 Third-July 22-Aug. 12 Fourth-Aug. 12-Aug. 26 FOR VISIT AND INTERVIEW see Camp Staff at COLLEGE STATION COMMUNITY CENTER Tues. Feb. 28 -10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CAMP LONGHORN BOYS CAMP, GIRLS CAMP, RANCH CAMP BURNET, TX. 78611 INKS LAKE (512) 793-2811 RANCH CAMP (512) 756-4650 By Steven Merritt ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Sunday’s 14-2 win over Louisiana Tech not only gave the Texas A&M baseball team a three-game sweep of the Bulldogs, it gave the club an unblemished 13-0 record and one of the best starts in Aggie history The weekend series, which the Aggies swept 11-4, 12-9 and 14-2, dropped Louisiana Tech’s record to 1-5. Game one of the series saw a bal anced A&M offensive attack that pounded Bulldog pitching for 11 runs and 12 hits, five of which were home runs. The Aggies scored in each inning at the plate en route to the 11-4 victory on Saturday. A&M’s biggest scoring inning came in the three-run fourth,high- Freshman pitcher Dana Mitchell performed flawlessly to lead ninth- ranked Texas A&M to the championship of the Louisiana Clas sics Softball Tournament in La fayette, La., over the weekend. A&M won all five games it played in the tournament in boosting its season record to 5-2 as Mitchell highlighted the tournament with a no-hitter in the Aggies’ 7-0 semi-fi nal win over Southern Mississippi. The tournament consisted of a round-robin format for the first day in which the Aggies played and won Aggie Softball • Result:A&M wins championship of Louisiana Classics Tournament. • Record:5 wins, 2 losses. • Next game:Wednesday vs. South west Texas St. three games. Sunday featured a sin gle-elimination tourney among the four teams. A&M swept through the round- robin portion of the tournament with wins over Northwestern State of Louisiana (6-0), Southwestern Louisiana (2-1 in 13 innings) and Southern Mississippi (3-0). Sunday the Aggies bounced USM 7-0 in the semi-finals, as Mitchell hurled her no-hitter, and slammed Northwestern State 5-0 for the tour nament title. TANK MCNAMARA® lighted by first baseman Terry Tay lor’s two-out home run. Taylor, who went 2-for-4 with four runs batted in, cleaned the base paths with a three-run shot over the centerfield wall increasing the A&M lead to 7-0. The home run was Tay lor’s second of the day and his fifth of the year. Taylor wasn’t alone in home run production for the Aggies, as right fielder Andy Duke, third baseman John Byington and catcher Eric Al bright contributed some spectacular hitting. Byington picked up his second home run of the year, also a solo hit, in the third inning as he crushed a 2- 1 pitch from Tech’s Dave Brennan over the Southwest Conference logo in straightaway center. Byington was a perfect 3-for-3 with 2 runs batted in. In Mitchell’s no-hitter, her first as a collegian, she narrowly missed a perfect game with only a walk in the sixth inning preventing her from completely shutting down USM. For the tourney, Mitchell picked up all five wins for A&M while allow ing only one unearned run, 15 hits and nine walks in 41 innings. Mitch ell struck out 18 hitters. Mitchell earned most valuable player honors for the tournament plus the praise of A&M Head Coach Bob Brock. “I’m really proud of Dana,” Brock said. “She worked hard this weekend and deserves the most valuable player award.” Mitchell joined four other Aggies on the all-tournament team. Center fielder Erin Newkirk, right fielder Stacey Crainer, short stop Renee Blaha and first baseman Carrie Heightley were the other Ag gies named to the team. Brock also praised freshman left fielder Stephanie Schulte for her of fensive production. Schulte posted seven runs batted in and had one triple. “Everyone is hitting well right now, especially Stephanie,” Brock said. “We’ve got lots of work to go but we’ve made great strides. We’re looking forward to our home-open ing doubleheader this Wednesday against Southwest Texas State.” Pat Sweet went the distance as the A&M starter, working seven innings and giving up four earned runs on six hits. The junior from South Gate, Calif., walked one and struck out (me to get the victory, bringing his record to 3-0. Brennan got the loss. Sweet helped the Aggie defense throughout the game by keeping the his pitches low, allowing A&M in- fielders to turn two double plays and handle many routine ground balls. “1 concentrated on keeping the ball down throughout the game, Sweet said. “If 1 do keep it down, most of the time I can get myself out of an inning with ground halls and double plays like today.” Freshman Ronnie Allen got the start in game two but ran into trou ble early in the first, as the Bulldogs collected five runs on six hits and two walks. Allen was replaced by senior right-hander Anthony DeLaCruziu the second, as Tech scored two more runs in the inning to make the score 7-0. The A&M offense responded by scoring eight runs in the bottom of the second in an inning that was highlighted by Duke’s second home run of the year, an opposite field two-run shot over the right field wall, The Aggies picked up three more in the third anti one in the seventhto take the 12-9 victory. DeLaCruz got the win, giving up one run on two hits while striking out two in 3 2/3 innings of work. The win improves his record to 3-0 Sophomore reliever Steve Hughes picked up the save, his second,on! 1/3 innings of work. Sunday’s finale was another of fensive show' for the Aggies, as the team scored 12 runs in the sixthand seventh innings to coast to a 14-2 win. Kirk Thompson led the Aggies at the plate, going 4-for-4 with one run batted in. Thompson just missed hit ting for t he cycle, needing a honit run to complete the perfect day at the plate. Senior Keith Langston picked up the win, allowing no runs ononehtt while striking out one, bringing hit record to 2-0. A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson said he was pleased with the teaitii performance. “All of our guys played extremely well,” Johnson said. “They showed confidence at the plate. Kiri Thompson got us started (in the third game) and hitting is conta gious.” by Jeff Millar & Bill Hinds Mitchell-led A&M takes tourney title si ARl Marc Gei Yoi Soft i •" If in t couldn’! again! Tod as nology i lenses c about e 1 ized net • Astigr • Near-f c 707 S. Tei College S A Special Mei Contact Lens IRR $100 $101 $100 $100 $100 Want ,rritat $100 tc-too $100 ' ^,100 $100 $10! $100 $101 5100 one $100 oOF $100 For in $100 to par $100 strep t $100 $100 $101 $100 $100 $ $100 A $100 $100 Do y( $100 cou 9 h $100 about $100 st $100 $100 $ Wanted: He taste-flavor c Sonusince Pate and wh C/