Thursday, March 4,1993
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Sports
The Battalion
Page 7
It's sensational!
It's exciting!
It's Wiffleball?
I n the field of
athletics,
there is a
code of honor,
tempered by
discipline,
morality and,
yes, at times,
pain - on a
team and a
sometimes very
personal level.
As a journal
ist, albeit an
amateur, it is
my charge to
bear solemn
witness to this
human drama of sport, which mir
rors life in its trials, failures and oc
casional transcendent victories pow
ered by the human spirit over the
agony of defeat.
So it falls that this column is dedi
cated to one Jerome T. Coyle from
Granite City, Illinois who has not
one or two, but three words for us
all:
Perforated Plastic Baseball.
Or, as we laymen know it - wif
fleball.
Coyle recently sent The Battalion
a news release from his wiffleball
compound in Illinois, no doubt in
the middle of spring training, to
heighten awareness for the game to
which he has dedicated the last ten
years of his life.
As Founder and President of The
United States Perforated Plastic
Baseball Association, a non-profit or
ganization, Coyle is dedicated to
making wiffleball a world-class or
ganized sport.
In his ground-breaking release,
Coyle voices plans to divide the
USPPBA into twelve regions of inde
pendent city leagues, with regional
See Hairtoon/Page 8
WILLIAM
HARRISON
Sports Writer
Lady Aggies end home season on down note
RICHARD DIXON/The Battalion
Senior Aggie guard Karol Decui( looks to pass the ball past the Red Raider's Cynthia
Clinger (34) and Stephanie Scott. Decuir scored a career high 1 2 points in the finale.
A&M loses to seventh-ranked Lady
Raiders, 89-59, in G. Rollie White finale
By MICHAEL PLUMER
The Battalion
Swooping into G. Rollie White Colise
um Wednesday night, the seventh ranked
Texas Tech Lady Red Raiders overpow
ered the Lady Aggies by a score of 89-59
in Southwest Conference action.
The Red Raiders were led by senior
forward Sheryl Swoopes who just missed
a triple-double with 28 points, 10 re
bounds, and nine assists. For good mea
sure, she added six steals.
A&M was led by senior forward Karol
Decuir, who was playing in her final
home game. She scored a career high 12
points.
A&M head coach Lynn Hickey said
that she was pleased with the Aggies'
first half effort but there was a small
problem in the second stanza of play.
"In the first half, we did an excellent
job of executing the game plan and stay
ing competitive which is something we
wanted to do," Hickey said. "But in the
second half we completely lost our as
signments and we couldn't buy a basket.
"That was the difference."
A&M led for most of the first half,
building a six point lead with a little un
der seven minutes left to play. But then
at the blare of an official's whistle, the rug
was pulled out from underneath the Ag
gies' feet.
Junior center Teri Bartlett was called
for an intentional foul on Tech guard
Noel Johnston, who hit one of her free
throws. The Lady Raiders were awarded
the ball, and center Michi Atkins prompt
ly completed a three point play.
A&M's lead had been sliced to two,
and then Swoopes asserted herself. Held
to just two points for the first 15 minutes
of the half, she reeled off seven consecu
tive points and A&M was caught in her
avalanche of points.
"She is a great player and I thought
(sophomore center) Debbie Biermann did
a good job of playing her for awhile,"
Hickey said. "Since we were behind, we
had to start playing her man-on-man and
she was able to take off.
"Sheryl is the best player I have ever
seen."
Swoopes said she was able to take ad
vantage of her quickness as the game
wore on to register the impressive num
bers she did.
"At first, no one could score,"
Swoopes said. "Their bigger girls got
tired and we started executing in the sec
ond half like we were capable of doing.
That was a good feeling."
A couple of A&M players did not
leave the game with such a good taste in
their mouth. Decuir was joined by Yolan
da Brown in making a final appearance at
G. Rollie. Since the Aggies did not regis
ter the win, Decuir said it was a bitter
sweet departure.
"I was not as emotional as I though it
would be," Decuir said. "I was pretty
happy with my effort but I wish that we
could have won. I did get my career high
but that is lessened somewhat because we
lost."
Hickey expressed her happiness with
Decuir's effort.
"This was a great thing for her because
she finished on a high note," Hickey said.
"I was impressed with her overall play.
It is disappointing for her, I'm sure, to
end on a losing note."
Decuir said that it will not be very
hard for A&M to pinpoint where the
game was lost.
"In the second half, we weren't com
municating or getting back," she said.
"Not talking at all really hurt us.
"Everything they did, we let them do."
Tech started the second half by ripping
off a 20-5 run, which was keyed by
guards Krista Kirkland and Noel
See Lady Aggies/Page 8
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THE
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college students interested in a medical career. The goal of the program, funded in part
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representation in medicine.
PROGRAM BENEFITS:
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• practical research laboratory and clinical experiences
• counseling regarding the selection of a medical school program and the application
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