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Wonday, April 20, 1992 The Battalion
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AUSTIN -Saturday's tennis match be
tween Texas A&M and the University of
Texas at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center
displayed intensity more common to an
Aggie-Longhorn football game than to
tennis. Unfortunately for the Aggies,
Texas made the most of the intensity by
defeating A&M 5-1 in the semifinals of
the Southwest Conference Champi-
nships.
After rainfall postponed Friday's first-
round competition, A&M was forced to
play two matches on Saturday. The Ag
gies defeated Texas Tech 6-0 early in the
day, but could not hold the momentum
o counter the Longhorns and their home
rowd.
A&M head coach David Kent said the
Track teams
find success
at Waco meet
The Battalion News Services
WACO - Texas A&M's men's and
women's track teams picked up five first-
place finishes in Saturday's Baylor/Dr.
Pepper Invitational.
The Lady Aggies earned four of the
firsts in the 12-team meet. Kassandra Mc
Daniel won the 400 meters with a time of
56.03. Rosa Baker's time of 13.55 in the
100-meter hurdles was good enough for
the win.
Amy Pratt won the javelin throw with
a 147-feet-ll. Gwen Buck took first in the
high jump with a 5-foot-10 1/2.
Richard Murphy owned the only
itsuitsandi.'; M men's victory with a personal best in the
nsignia>fl 400-meter hurdles. His winning time was
re thanafe* W 51-26, and it was good enough for a provi-
questsh* I' sional NCAA qualifying spot.
The women's sprint relay team
dropped the bator^ on the exchange from
Baker to anchor Twylana Harrison. The
team was second at the time.
Kalleen Madden had two second-place
finishes. She had a 5 foot, 9 inch attempt
in the high jump, placing her behind
Buck. She also finished behind Baker in
the 100-meter hurdles, posting a time of
14.02.
Baker finished second in the 400 hur
dles with a time of 1:00.01.
Sheryl Pavelka also came in second in
the 400 meters with a personal-best time
of 56.34.
The men had a host of second-place
finishes. Scott Garvin had a 3:53.52 in the
1500 meters. Matt Priest in the 5000 me
ters timed a 15:01.61.
The sprint relay team of Aaron Har
grove, Gerry Woodberry, Dante Bolden,
and Tracy Bryant received second place
for their time of 40.06. The team of Win
ston Chambers, Bolden, Bryant, and Kiley
Anglin also was runner-up in the mile re
lay with a 3:10.39.
The Baylor/Dr. Pepper Invitational in
Waco was a tuneup for the Aggies before
the Southwest Conference Track and Field
Championships on May 1-2 in College
Station.
A&M will compete in the Penn Relays
in Philadelphia next weekend.
Texas drops A&M in second round
rivalry between the two schools made
Saturday's match a memorable one.
"It is a hot rivalry between us, we love
this type of competition," Kent said. "Be
fore the match we are all friends, but
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when we play they don't like us and we
don't like them. Afterwards we are
friends again, we'll go out and get a Coke
with them and laugh. That's what makes
tennis the game it is."
Before the match, the officials in
formed both teams they would be in
stalling a new rule which forbid yelling
between the players. Kent said he did not
think that was a necessary or effective
rule.
"The hollering between the teams and
the crowd is what makes tennis fun,"
Kent said. "If you take it out of the game
it won't be fun anymore."
Fans joined the UT players as they
jawed back and forth with the Aggies.
A&M senior captain Doug Brown said the
loss to Texas was the worst feeling he's
had in his tennis career.
"It's bad enough to lose to them (the
Longhorns)," Brown said. "But to lose to
them and the referees makes it even
worse.
"With the exception of a few guys on
their team, they act like a bunch of losers.
They try to influence the game by making
cheap calls and as soon as the score gets
tight, they will rob you blind and not even
think twice."
Brown accused the Head Tournament
Referee Ben Ball of showing favoritism to
wards the Longhorns.
"The referees are intimidated by him
and they won't go out on a limb and
make a tight call,” Brown said. "Before
the tournament, in the banquet, he gave
us a 'Hook'em Horns' when he was talk
ing. He is definitely for Texas and it
shows."
The only A&M player to score a victo
ry against Texas was Bernardo Martinez,
who defeated Ali McDonald, 7-5, 6-3.
A&M's top three singles players, Mark
Weaver, Brown and Scott Phillips all
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Aggies, Bears
try again today
Texas A&M will make up its
Southwest Conference series with
Baylor today and tomorrow at Ferrell
Field in Waco.
The Aggies will play a double-
header against the Bears today 4 p.m.
The series will continue with a
single game Tuesday beginning at 1
p.m.
The series was postponed Satur
day after rain hit Waco and the rest
of Central Texas.
The Aggies are 13-11 and hold
onto second place in the SWC stand
ings. Baylor is 12-13 and currently in
fourth place.
A&M's game against Sam Hous
ton State scheduled for Tuesday at
Olsen Field has been postponed until
a later date.
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Kevin Smith has been playing
sports all of his life.
He played just about every sport
growing up. For a time, though,
football was little more than an af
terthought.
"Football was the last sport on
my list because of my size," Smith
said. "Baseball was No. 1, then bas
ketball and then came football be
cause I was never given the oppor
tunity to play."
At Texas A&M, Smith was given
the opportunity to play cornerback.
And play cornerback he did.
He finished his career at A&M as
the Southwest Conference's all-time
interception leader with 20. He was
named All-SWC three times and was
named to various All-America teams
after his senior season.
Now Kevin Smith waits to see
where he figures on other people's
lists, mainly National Football
League scouts and coaches.
Sunday will be the day Smith
finds out what the NFL thinks of
him. He is projected to be taken any
where from the middle of the first
round to the beginning of the second
round.
When the NFL draft occurs that
day. Smith will sit with his family in
Orange and wait and see what the
NFL thinks.
"Somedays I go to bed thinking
that I'm a top 15 pick," he said.
"Then I read something that says I'm
a top 20 pick or. maybe a second-
round pick.
"It's those kind of things that
make you wonder and keep you cu
rious all the time."
Smith, along with Florida State's
Terrell Buckley and Wisconsin's
Troy Vincent, figure to be the top
three cornerbacks taken in the draft.
Smith knows how his abilities
match up with the rest of the compe
tition.
"I feel like I'm much better than a
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A&M’s Kevin Smith says production, not size, determines NFL draft status.
Troy Vincent, who's rated higher
than me, or a Terrell Buckley, who's
a step ahead of me," he said. "I feel
like I'm better than those guys."
Throughout his career. Smith's
critics have noted his lack of size, 6
feet, and his speed. Smith thinks the
draft will quiet those critics.
"If I go in the first round, that
means I'm one of the top 28 players
in the country," he said. "That
doesn't mean I'm a step slow or too
small.
"That's been the thing ever since
I've started. The key is, it's not ap
pearance, it's production. It doesn't
matter how you size it up or what
category you put it in. It's stats that
tell the tale at the end of the season."
Smith does not really seem to
mind where in the draft he is picked.
But he does have preferences on the
location.
"I would love to stay in the state
of Texas," he said. "The possibility
of me going to Houston is slim, but
the possibility of me going to Dallas
is real good.
"Other than that, anywhere
where it is warm. I'm not too high
on cold weather."
Although he wants to stay close
to home, he understands the system.
"I'd like to stay around here," he
said. "But if the Cleveland Browns
came and asked me to play for them,
naturally I'm going to say I'd love to
be a Cleveland Brown."
Smith took time off from school
this semester to focus his attention
toward the draft.
"I withdrew from school because
I was traveling quite a bit at the be
ginning of the semester," Smith said.
"There were different All-America
trips, the NFL combine and different
teams flying me into their camps.
That's all I've been doing really."
The NFL's combine was high on
Smith's list of priorities. He knew a
good showing at the combine in
February could improve his draft
stock.
"Because of the NFL combine, I
really worked out hard and trained
twice a day," he said. "Once I went
down there and showed well, after
wards it's been sort of iffy-andy, how
do I feel this day."
He liked the traveling, but admit
ted it could be tiring.
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