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Lady Aggies take pair from SWT
A&M wins seventh straight
By Stan Golaboff
SPORTS WRITER
Thom
The ninth-ranked Lady Aggie
softball team swept a doubleheader
with Southwest T exas State Wednes
day night. A&M won the first game
2-0 and the second game 2-1 when it
was called due to rain in the bottom
of the seventh, despite the f act that
A&M Softball
• Scores: A&M sweeps Southwest
Texas State by scores of 2-0 and 2-1.
• Record:? wins, 2 losses.
• Next game:A&M plays McNeese
State in the first round of the Lady
Aggies Invitational Friday at 5 p.m.
in Bee Creek ParL
SWT had taken a 4-2 lead in the top
seventh.
It was a cold night, but A&M
freshman pitcher Danna Mithchell
was hot.
Mitchell (7-2) dominated the SWT
hitters in the first game as she
pitched a one-hit shoutout. Mitchell
faced just 24 hatters, three over the
minimum, and retired 16 in a row at
one point.
She struck out eight batters. SWT
was only able to hit the ball out of the
infield three times in the game.
They had just three base runners all
night.
Mitchell walked the first batter
she faced and then retired 16 in a
row. SWT did not get another base-
runner until the sixth when Mitchell
again walked a batter.
Mitchell lost her bid for her sec
ond no-hitter in three games when
freshman Susan Elza singled in the
sixth. Mitchell retired the final four
batters for the win, her sixth of the
season.
A&M (7-2) scored its first run in
the third when Renee Blaha scored
on a fielder’s choice. A&M added an
insurance run in the sixth when
Michelle Mayfield singled to center
See Softball/Page 10
Thompson-led Ags
beat Tech, 71-60
Photo by Steven M. Noreyko
A&M’s Renee Blaha takes a swing during the Lady Ags’ 2-0
win in game one of a twinbiil sweep of Southwest Texas.
FROM STAFF & WIRE REPORTS
LUBBOCK — Donald Thompson
scored 25 points to lead Texas A&M
to a 71 -60 comeback victory over
Texas Tech last night at Lubbock
Municipal Coliseum.
The Aggies improved to 7-8 in the
Southwest Conference and 14-13
overall, while Texas Tech fell to 7-8
and 12-13.
Aggie Update
• Score:A&M 71, Texas Tech 60.
• Record: 14-13; 7-8 in the SWC.
• Standing:Tied for sixth.
• Next game:Saturday vs. Texas
After trailing throughout the first
half, A&M tied the game with 9:40
remaining on a basket by Tony Mil-
ton, who finished with with 16
points.
The game stayed close until the
Aggies began pulling away in the fi
nal three minutes. Texas A&M
strung together seven unanswered
points in a two-minute span to make
it 63-56 with 1:20 remaining.
“A&M just came out in the last 10
minutes and dominated the game,”
Texas Tech Coach Gerald Myers
said.
* A basket by Sean Gay, who led
Tech with 15 points, with 1:12 re
maining wasn’t enough to close the
gap in the waning seconds.
Doug Dennis came off the bench
to score 12 points for the Aggies,
who are back in the middle of the
logjammed conference race.
Todd Duncan scored 11 points
for Tech and J.D. Sanders added 12.
The Red Raiders had the Aggies
on the run early, assembling a 14-2
run late in the first period to lead 29-
17.
But Dennis and Thompson com
bined for three unanswered baskets
to close the gap to 29-26 at the end
of the half. Thompson scored 12
first-half points.
“This is a tough place to play,”
See Tech/Page 10
State lawmakers going overboard with recruiting legislation
Leave it to the Texas Legislature to
suddenly develop an Eddie Chiles-like
attitude toward illegal recruiting in the
state.
The 6-0 vote by the Senate Criminal
Justice Committee on Tuesday made it
perfectly clear that many legislators were
willing to drop the ax on illegal recruiting
and weren’t going to waste any time doing
it.
The bill, which would make it a felony
crime to offer illegal inducements, is the
first of its kind in the United States. What
better place to originate it than in Texas,
where many legislators probably fell over
each other trying to be the first to introduce
the proposal.
But it seems that these crusading
lawmakers are moving too fast in their
efforts to rid the state of recruiting
violations and are looking for a stop-them-
in-their-tracks remedy which will solve the
Steven
Merritt
Assistant Sports Editor
problem overnight.
Under the bill, any athlete convicted of
accepting a gift from a booster could face
up to one year in jail. Anyone convicted of
offering an illegal inducement to an athlete
in exchange for a commitment to a
particular school could receive up to 10
years in prison.
Former Texas Head Coach Darrell Royal
predicted that the first conviction would
end cheating in college athletics, an attitude
which lawmakers have apparently adopted.
But it is a belief that is far from reality.
Stephenville representative Bob Glasgow
sponsored the bill, saying it is needed
because the only sanction the NCAA has is
to place the guilty school on probation, thus
penalizing honest athletes as well as the
school for the acts of a few.
Even though the hill may single out those
committing recruiting violations, what
school wouldn’t have its reputation
tarnished in a drawn-out court proceeding.
Granted, the school might not lose
television revenue or the number of
scholarships offered, but the sight of a well-
known alumnus or coach as well as the
state’s top athlete fielding questions from
reporters after another day in court can’t
help in attracting other athletes as well as
potential students and faculty.
* NCAA enforcemem chiel Dkvid Berst is
against the bill, saying it might interfere
with NCAA investigations. Berst feels
people would not volunteer any
information because of fear of prosecution.
Berst also noted the introduction of new
issues, such as the involvement of legal
counsel and Fifth Amendment rights,
which could interfere with NCAA
proceedings.
Texas lawmakers need to take more time
in considering the issues which could arise
from bringing the law into college athletics.
They need to look at what the appeals
process is going be like for these penalties
as well as what infringements on Fifth
Amendment rights might occur.
The NCAA has become a visible force
over the past three years, especially in
Texas, and its presence has caused some
athletic departments to think twice before
considering recruiting violations. True,
many schools have totally ignored possible
violations and there is no question that
something has to be done, but the NCAA
has made marked progress in revealing a
system that has been around as long as
college athletics.
But time, as well as money and
manpower, is not on the side of the NCAA.
A possible solution could be to give the
NCAA the power of subpoena, which
would allow it to gain more than voluntary
information.
The hasty actions of the Texas
Legislature will only add problems to a
situation that could get extremely messy if
this bill is passed. Bringing a law of this
magnitude into major college athletics is
not a decision which should be made
quickly in frustration over the recent
sanctions imposed on many Texas schools.
Levying a sentence of up to 10 years on a
person for violating a recruiting law is a hit
steep, and sending the first conviction up
the river will not take care of the problem
overnight.
Dear Aggie Fans,
I want to thank you for the tremendous support you have given me and my
players this season. We are proud to represent Texas A&M and are working hard
to bring national prestige to Aggieland in the same tradition as our football and
baseball teams.
I believe we’re making progress. But we need your help now. We face a major
obstacle and yet it’s a rare opportunity.
Oa Saturday, March 4th at 2 p.m., we will play defending Southwest
Conference champion and conference leader Texas. If we could defeat them, it
would be the first time in 11 years that a SWC team has defeated them. In
addition, the last SWC team they lost to was Texas A&M on January 23, 1978!
Last year against Texas, we set a school attendance record of 2,933 for a
single women’s basketball game. And Texas even brought nine busloads of fans!
n short, it is my dream to fill up G. Rollie White Coliseum for the first time in
listory for a Lady Aggie game. So far, the word is out that Texas is bringing 15
buses or more of Longhorn fans.
Now I have travelled throughout the country and I know from experience that
your loyalty, enthusiasm and love for the Aggies is unmatched - anywhere. I
Delieve that there are no greater fans in America!
But we need your help. I’m counting on you. Our players are counting on you.
It will also be our final game of the regular season. I don’t know if we can beat
Texas, but I do know that a record crowd would give our team great inspiration to
give their best.
When we come down that ramp on Saturday, I hope it’s a day we’ll all
remember.
Your Friend,
Lynn Hickey
Head Women’s Basketball Coach
1988-89 LADY AGGIES
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