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Tuesday, March 6,1990
Sports Editor
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The No. 18 Texas A&M baseball team
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The Aggies met the Bobkats twice last
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A&M won 6-1 and 2-0 in San Marcos and
took the Olsen Field games by identical 6-3
coves.
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A&M’s Jason Marshall exchanges high fives with third baseman Travis Mar
shall (32) after scoring the tying run in the Aggies’ 4-2 win over LSU Friday.
Travis Wi))ia/ns swung a hot bat for the
Aggies in the LSU series. The sophomore
third baseman from Austin Westlake was 6-
for-11 and drove in five runs including two
game-winning RBI.
Three of Williams’ hits were doubles.
Lefthander Rich Robertson continued to
shine on the mound for A&M. The junior
San Jacinto transfer limited LSU to two
runs on five hits in Friday’s game, and im
proved to 4-0 on the season.
Robertson has struck out 38 batters and
allowed only ten hits in 29 innings of work.
His 1.23 earned run average is the tops
among Aggie starters.
Right fielder Dan Robinson still leads the
Aggies at the plate.
The junior San Jacinto product leads
A&M in runs scored (16), doubles (4), home
runs (4) and RBI (15).
He also leads the team with 14 walks, and
is second in stolen bases, having been suc
cessful in each of his six attempts.
Probable Aggie starting pitchers for
Tuesday’s doubleheader are Jason Bullard
and Sean Lawrence.
Bullard has no record and a 1.80 ERA in
his six relief appearances this season. He
has struck out 12 in 10 innings, and re
corded two saves.
Bullard’s most successful outing to date
has been against Sam Houston State in
Huntsville.
He pitched the final two innings, allow
ing only one run, to earn his second save.
Although he has no record, Lawrence
has started one game this season — Feb. 20
against Lamar — and allowed one un
earned run in 5.1 innings. Lawrence, a
sophomore southpaw from Oak Park, Ik,
struck out eight and only allowed three hits
in front of a crowd of 1,486 at Olsen Field.
Saturday, the Aggies played in front of a
season-high 5,218 fans at Olsen. In A&M’s
seven home dates this season, a total of
23,540 fans have attended, for an average
crowd of 3,363.
Last season, A&M averaged 3,414 specta
tors for 36 home dates.
The Aggies will leave behind the friendly
confines of Olsen Field Wednesday, when
they travel to Huntsville to take on Sam
Houston in a 2 p.m. contest on Holleman
Field.
The Aggies beat the Bearkats 4-2 Feb. 13
on the strength of a three-run homer by
Chad Broussard. Brent Gilbert pitched 3.2
innings of relief to pick up the win.
Gilbert is the likely starter for Wednes
day’s contest. He is 2-1 this season with a
5.82 ERA.
After beating Sam Houston, Gilbert beat
Lamar and lost to Northeast Louisiana. He
has allowed only 12 hits and eight walks in
17 innings.
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Kent sets mark
By NADJA SABAWALA
Of The Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M men’s tennis team is
giving coach David Kent more than just a
winning season this year.
A 5-4 win over Southern Methodist in
the second round of the 22nd Annual
H.E.B. College Tennis Team Tournament
this past weekend handed Kent his 400th
career victory in his 21 years as a collegiate
coach.
But this weekend’s play was not com
pletely joyous. Senior Shaun O’Donovan,
previously undefeated in dual match play,
lost two matches, breaking a 7-0 streak.
A&M faces Wake Forest today at 1:30
p.m. in the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
The 4-4 Demon Deacons have one of the
top players in the nation in senior Gilles
Ameline. Ameline is ranked fifth in the In
tercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association
poll.
A&M faced Harvard Thursday in the
first round of the tournament and was de
feated 6-3. O’Donovan lost to Mike Zim
merman 6-2, 6-2. A&M sophomore Doug
Brown, junior Steve Kennedy and fresh
man Carlos DeAngulo were all handed
losses by Harvard in singles’ play.
“We w^rejust outplayed,” Kent said.
A&M’s only victory in doubles action
came from the No. 2 team of O’Donovan
/Brown, who defeated Harvard’s Roger
Berry and Mark Leschle, 6-4, 6-3.
The loss to Harvard put the Aggies
against SMU Friday. O’Donovan collected
his second loss, but A&M won 5-4.
Brown, senior Gustavo Espinosa, junior
Matt Zisette and freshman Scott Phillips
each defeated their opponents in three sets.
In doubles action, the No. 1 team of Espi-
nosa/Zisette lost to SMU’s Tim Trigueiro
and Marc Kudelko in three sets while O’Do
novan/Brown defeated Page Buck and
Hendrik Jordaan.
The Aggies moved to 7-2 with the win
and went on to shut out Oklahoma Satur
day afternoon, 6-0 in dual matches.
O’Donovan came back from a 0-6 first set
to defeat OU’s Ross Matheson 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
and improve his season record to 8-2.
The victory set up A&M with Nebraska
Sunday afternoon for the consolation
championship which the Aggies won 5-1 in
dual matches to clinch the title.
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THINK BIG
On March 24,1990, the Texas A&M University Student Government will
once again sponsor our annual community service project known as The Big
Event, Thousands of A&M students volunteer their time and talents to par
ticipate in this project. The main purpose of The Big Event is to enhance the
quality of life in the Bryan/College Station area.
It is a great privilege for us as students to be provided with the opportunity to
return to our community this small service. The rewards from the devotion
of time and energy cannot be emphasized enough.
Thank you for helping us help others!
THE BIG EVENT COMMITTEE
1989-1990
Clip and mail
BIG EVENT PARTICIPATION APPLICATION
Name of organization or individual
Name of organization's Representative
Phone number Number of students available for project.
Brief description of project desired
Will you be able to supply any equipment or funds? Yes.
If so, what and/or how much? —
.No.
APPLICATIONS DUE BY MARCH 9, 1990
Big Event Representative's signature
Clip and mail
If you have any questions, please call:
Patti Russell 696-1439 Brent Kettle 847-1476
Alicia Alpenfels 696-4031 Staci McOlgan 847-7475
Student Government 845-3051
Please Mail To:
Student Government
221 Pavilion
College Station, Tx 77843-1236
Aggies Hetping Others
The MSC Jordan Institute fbr International Awareness presents:
"A Black Man's Experiences
in the Caribbean''
Lecturer: Mr. Bias Jimenez, former student, poet, and
successful businessman from the Dominican Republic,
Tuesday, March 6 7:00 P.M.
Room 206, Memorial Student Center
For more information, please call 845-8770.
Bubba says:
CONGROTC1 LOTIONS
to the 1990 MSC Variety Show contestants
Chris Serdoll
Chi-Omega Prod,
figgie Wranglers
The fidorables
Metroplex
Throw-Gp
Betsy Spears
Shanedria Ridley
The Revellers
Michelle Migara
Friday, tfpril 6, 7:30 pm. Tickets
on sale at the MSC Box Office March 19.
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