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hursday, April 23,1992 The Battalion Page 3 lOLS/TneBaiiau unham, rii entertain lie nesday neai :een working s. ime centage hi!:: aid. ergency funk ■ colleges in & ble. :e he has bee, Iways I ents getting <: nt in thes» ni versify has Senate/Paee DOUG FOSTER Sports writer Early success, SWC schedule give A&M clout F or Texas A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson and is club, the rest of the regular season has be come vital. Amazing thought. A club that started the season among the top 25 teams in the nation is down to must- win situations throughout the rest of the Southwest Conference race to qualify for the NCAA regional tour nament. For the tournament selection committee, I have just two things to say - The Oscar Mayer Baseball Clas sic and the strength of the SWC as a whole. Let's start with the Classic. Date line, Minneapolis. March 1. Texas A&M wins the four-team tourna ment held in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome by defeating Mississippi State and Florida State, both of which were ranked in the top 10 of both baseball polls before the tourney started. In the first game of the tourna ment, the Aggies battled into extra innings with the Bulldogs, as A&M ace Jeff Granger held Mississippi State scoreless through ten innings. The Aggies exploded for five runs in the 11th, and James Nix came in from the bullpen to secure a 5-0 victory over the No. 6 team in the nation. Next victim, the Seminoles. Flori da State, who was the fourth-ranked team in the nation entering the Clas sic, couldn't seem to muster much of fense against Aggie pitching. The See Foster/Page 4 Aggies shut out SHSU Moore delivers six strikeouts in 3-0 win By Anthony Andro The Battalion It's a shame the Texas A&M baseball team doesn't play Sam Houston State ev ery game. Wednesday at Olsen Field, the Aggies defeated the Bearkats for the third time this season. Freshman pitcher Trey Moore pitched five shutout innings and led the Aggies to a 3-0 win. With the win, the Aggies improved their record to 31-16 and closed out their non-conference season. Aggie coach Mark Johnson knew this was an important game for his team. "It wasn't a regular Tuesday,Wednes- day-type ball game," Johnson said. "Now we're down to the stretch run and we have to make some things happen. "We need to get some more in the win column." The Aggie offense made just enough happen. Weaver named All-SWC, A&M moves up to No. 14 The Battalion News Services Texas A&M men's tennis player Mark Weaver was named to the 1992 All-South west Conference tennis team Wednesday, the same day the Aggies received news they had moved up two spots in the Vol vo collegiate tennis poll. Weaver, a sophomore, was A&M's No. 1 player all season and finished the 1992 campaign with a 13-8 record. "It is really great for Mark to be named to the All-SWC team," Kent said. "The honor also reflects the type of season that we have had as a team." The Aggies, ranked No. 14 in the latest poll, were eliminated in the second round of the SWC Championships last Saturday by Texas. The week before, A&M downed No. 19 Rice and lost to second- ranked TCU. A&M is waiting the announcement of the 1992 NCAA Tennis Championship field, which will be made next week. Tim Holt walked with one out in the third inning and Eric Gonzalez moved him to third with a single to centerfield. Robert Harris grounded to second and Holt scored to give the Aggies a 1-0 lead. The Aggies added to their lead in the bottom of the sixth inning when Scott Smith blasted his third homer of the sea son over the left field fence to give the Ag gies a 2-0 lead. Smith said he was just waiting for his pitch from Bearkat pitcher Raymundo Garza. "I figured they would challenge me because there was two outs," Smith said. "He came back with another fastball and I just turned on it." A&M scored their last run of the night in the seventh. John Curl singled and Holt followed with a double down the rightfield line that advanced Curl to third. Gonzalez scored Curl with an RBI grounder to first base. See Moore/Page 5 DARRIN HILUThe Battalion A&M outfielder Scott Smith completes a steal of second base Wednesday in the fourth inning of the Aggies' 3-0 victory over Sam Houston State at Olsen Field. By Chris Whitley The Battalion Battalion file photo Randy Simmons hopes the NFL draft will extend his football career. Wait and See Simmons, other unsung Aggies make best of last chances at professional football Now, he sits and watches again ... and it may be his last chance. Simmons, along with many other unsung Aggies, have rested their hopes of extending their football ca reers in the NFL draft starting this Sunday. Overshadowed by the multi-mil- lion dollar contracts awaiting Quentin Coryatt and Kevin Smith, players like Kary Vincent, Keith McAfee, Ramsey Bradberry, and Keith Alex all have the potential to be picked up by some team in the draft. A&M head coach R.C. Slocum said these hopefuls have the talent to make For the last five years, Randy Sim mons has spent much of his time sit ting and watching. He sat and watched his freshman year as Darren Lewis made his run into the Southwest Conference record books. He sat and watched his senior year as Greg Hill upstaged him and became the SWC's all-time leading rusher for a freshman. Injuries kept Simmons on the side lines sitting and watching other top running backs steal the limelight dur ing his career at A&M. See Longshots/Page 4 >V t r m *~r 1 m. Y 'IP Research participate in medication, id $120. For STUDY study on :e anxiety / call VIP 'olunteers ‘WouCcC to thanks the following for their generous contributions colitis. 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