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The Battalion
SPORTS 7
Tuesday, February 27,1990 Sports Editor Richard Tijerina 845-2688
O'Donovan\s sparkling year making A&M netters shine
ByNADJASABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
If senior Shaun O’Donovan dominates
the Texas A&M tennis team’s headlines in
1990, it’s his own fault.
The 5’8” righthander from Pietermaritz
burg, South Africa is undefeated in singles
play in 1990, and by the looks of it, will re
main undefeated for some time to come.
“He’s been an unbelievable surprise this
year,” A&M coach David Kent said. “He’s
got a good feel f or the ball and I’m proud
of him.”
O’Donovan’s 7-0 record this spring re
flects his determination to be No. 1.
He said he realizes 1990 is bis last year,
and he wants to make it bis best. He lias
compiled a 62-49 singles record at A&-M in
his first three years.
“1 want to do well this year because it’s
my last chance,” O’Donovan said. “I guess
if I hit a rough spot, I keep
concentrating ... I try not to get
mad fast. I think first.”
— Shaun O’Donovan,
tennis player
before, I didn’t have the urgency ... now 1
tnow this is it.”
Last spring, O’Donovan recorded a 10-
II singles and 5-9 doubles season, and in
the fall improved to 7-6 and 7-3.
But this spring has been a good season
for O’Donovan.
Preseason rankings predicted him to al
ternate witli senior Gustavo Espinosa for
A&M’sNo. 1 singles position.
But with O’Donovan’s record, he’s got
that all but nailed down.
O’Donovan said he felt confident in his
play so far this year.
“Before the season I was hoping I’d be
good because I didn’t have a goocJ year last
year,” he said.
“I guess I’m doing something right.”
Frustration was one of O’Donovan’s
roblems last year. He said it often would
reakhis intensity and his concentration.
This year, he is trying to stay cool.
“I now go into matches relaxed and not
overconfident,” O’Donovan said. “I’ve got
to get the rhythm going.
“If I hit a rough spot, I keep concentrat
ing... I try not to get mad fast. I think first.”
And think he does. Kent said O’Donovan
isan outstanding player in both singles and
doubles, always looking for the win.
“He’s a good team person,” Kent said.
“He’s no pruna donna."
Although O’DonoVan has an exceptional
singles record, he said he prefers playing
doubles.
He and his partner, sophomore Doug
Brown, form the No. 2 A&-M doubles team.
“Doubles is a quicker game,” he said.
“You’re part of a team, and I like winning
as part of a team.”
O’Donovan may like winning as part of a
team, but he knows someday there may be a
loss he commits by himself.
“I do expect a loss, and when it comes, I’ll
just take it and go on,” he said. “I won’t let it
slow- me down.”
However, it may take a lot to slow' O’Do-
novan down in 1990. A&M played Michi
gan in the Indiana Team Tourney in mid-
February, and he defeated David Kass, the
No. 17 men’s player in the country.
“It was definitely my hardest match, but
it was indoor and there’s less things to con
centrate on,” O’Donovan said.
O’Donovan was counted on heavily in
preseason hopes for the A&M tennis team.
Kent said he thought Espinosa, ranked
43rd in the nation before the season, might
contend for All-American honors this
spring.
But so far, it’s been all O’Donovan.
He said he prefers indoor matches be
cause there is neither wind nor sun, and it’s
easier to concentrate on the match he’s
playing.
O’Donovan said he is excited about the
future — both his and the team’s.
“My record now is really helping things,”
he said. “I want the team to get a good re
cord and I really want to help the team
out.”
A&M has jumped out to a 5-1 dual match
record in 1990 — largely in part to O’Dono
van’s success.
Last Friday, the Aggies upset No. 25
Trinity, 5-3. O’Donovan swept Greg Tour-
nant, the nation’s 33rd-ranked player, in
straight sets.
His most recent victory was in Monday’s
dual match with Northeast Lousiana at
Omar Smith Tennis Center.
He swept NEL’s Bryan Miltz, 6-4, 6-4 in
singles.
In doubles, he and Brown defeated Miltz
and Mike May, 6-3, 6-3.
Photos by Fredrick D.Joe
Senior Shaun O’Donovan (above)
leads a talented Texas A&M men’s
tennis team in 1990, both in singles
and in doubles with Doug Brown (I).
O’Donovan said he pulled a muscle in his
abdomen Monday during his singles match,
but it was hard to tell by his powerful per
formance later in doubles.
“As long as I keep my concentration and
stay relaxed, I’ll keep my intensity up,” he
said.
Kent agreed. ,
“He really is great to watch,” he said.,
“People ought to come out and see him
play.”
But until that happens, O’Donovan will
remain the Aggies’ best kept secret.
A&M improves
to 5-1 after win
over NE Louisiana
By NADJA SABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
Sophomore netter Doug Brown fought
off three match points for a win to help the
Texas A&M men’s tennis team beat the
Northeast Lousiana Indians Monday af
ternoon, 5-4 at Omar Smith Tennis Center.
After a 3-3 tie in singles play, A&M went
on to win two-of-three doubles matches to
clinch the victory.
“Brown saved our tail, he made a phe
nomenal comeback,” A&M coach David
Kent said. Kent compared Brown’s play to
former Aggie and four-time Southwest
Conference champion Kimmo Alkio.
A&M’s No. 1 player, senior Shaun O’Do
novan, remained undefeated as he beat
Northeast Lousiana’s Bryan Miltz in
straight sets, 6-1, 6-4.
“(O’Donovan) is the most exciting player
our tennis team has had in years,” Kent
said.
In other singles action, junior Matt Zi-
sette defeated Eric Grace 6-4, 7-6 and
Brown beat Mike Bryan 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Junior Steve Kennedy lost to Mike May,
6-4, 7-6 and freshman Scott Phillips was
beaten by Fredrik Thelander, 6-7, 6-3, 6-1.
Senior Gustavo Espinosa, A&M’s No. 2
player, lost to Riva DaSilva, 6-4, 6-4 in sin
gles and doubled with Zisette, losing to Da
Silva and Bryan, 7-6, 7-6.
Brown and O’Donovan swept May and
Miltz 6-3, 6-3 and Kennedy combined with
Castillo to defeat Peterson and Grace 6-2, 6-
3.
Kent said he was pleased with Kennedy
and Castillo’s performance in doubles play.
He said the competition with Northeast
Lousiana was a “real quality win,” and at
tributed it to a good team effort.
“This is the way we’ve got to win, with ev
eryone contributing,” Kent said.
Last Friday, the Aggie netters defeated
No. 25 Trinity, 5-3, again relying on dou
bles competition for the win. After a 3-3 tie,
sophomore Blake Barsalou and Espinosa
defeated Maurico Silva and Keith McKay,
3-6, 6-4, 7-5, while Phillips and Castillo beat
Rich Beuin and Anders Eriksson in straight
sets, 6-0, 6-2.
Brown and O’Donovan’s doubles match
against Anthony Roy and Will Forsyth was
called at 4-6, 4-3 because of the completion
of the dual match.
“This was a great win over a ranked
team,” Kent said. “It was what college ten
nis is all about.
“This team has great depth and that will
help us down the road as it did today.”
A&M improved its dual match record to
5-1, and will go on to face Harvard in the
first round of the Corpus Christi Team
Tourney, March 1-4 in Corpus Christi.
“We’ve been playing some class tennis
this year,” Kent said. “We’ve got some really
outstanding guys.”
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