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Page 8 The Battalion Thursday, March 4,1993 313 S COLLEGE «4<»-3343 S4*-I7X4 75 C Bar Drinks & Draft $2.50 Pitchers Every Night 7*12 Saturday Rocky Mountain Jeans Contest for cash NO COVER XX AND OVER 12th Man Kickoff Team and Walkon Players MEETING Wednesday, Mar. 10,4 p.m. CONTACT LENSES ONLY QUALITY NAME BRANDS (Bausch & Lomb, Ciba, Sola/Barnes-Hind) *79 oo* pair For Standard Clear or Tinted FLEXIBLE WEAR Soft Contact Lenses (Can be worn as daily or extended wear) + FREE CARE KIT 'Eye exam not included SAME DAY DELIVERY ON MOST LENSES. Disposable contact lenses available ^ ■—►Call 846-0377 for Appointment CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., P.C. ^ «*> DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY cp ^ 505 University Dr. East, Suite 101 College Station, TX 77840 4 Blks. East of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection AGGIE WRANGLER Sign-ups March 8, 1993 at 8:00 a.m. MSC Flag Room $30 per couple One person can sign up only one couple Day Sunday Sunday •Monday Monday Class Jitterbug Advanced Adv. Jitterbug Jitterbug Wednesday Basic Thursday Jitterbug Starting time 6:00-7:30 8:00-9:30 6:00-7:30 8:00-9:30 8:009:30 8:009:30 Place FaviUian 255G.R.W. Pavillian 255 G.R.W. 255 G.R.W. 255 G.R.W. *ATTENTION: New Dance Class. Advanced Jitterbug. Learn more moves and bigger stunts. Featuring a different teacher each week to teach you their speciality. Aggie Wranglers will be holding try-outs May 1st. For more information come to the Mandatory Meeting in Rudder Rm. 308 April 19th or 20th at 5:45 - 6:45 Come join the Wranglers and dance across Texas! Whoop! Senior netter Scott Phillips leads young, strong, A&M team By MATT RUSH Special to the Battalion The Texas A&M men's tennis team is looking to have another conference champion this year and again the spotlight shines on senior captain Scott Phillips. Entering his fourth and final ear in College Station, Phillips as already captured two South west Conference singles titles and is looking to earn his third. The team's strength doesn't stop there as he will have formidable help from Mark Weaver, Bernardo Martinez, and a slew of freshmen in the pursuit towards a South west Conference title. "I'm cautiously optimistic about our chances to win the S.W.C., but we've got the person nel to do it, including a great dou bles squad and a young team as well," said head coach David Kent, entering his 15th season at Texas A&M. "(We're)pretty young, but I think our guys can hang with any body in the Conference, "The team is one big family. We do stuff on and off the court together. In fact, we'd probably lay down and die for one an oth er." said Phillips who believes that togetherness will be an asset to the team's play over the season. Kent, who is currently fifth in career wins among active NCAA Division I coaches, indicated that a conference championship will be far from a walk in the park. "The entire Southwest Confer ence is tough. Even T.C.U. has got a good team," he said. Kent also has set high goals for his 21st ranked squad. "We'd like to finish in the top 15 and win the S.W.C.," Kent said. The team has never finished first in the conference under Kent's guidance, but his teams have posted winning seasons over the past three years. The team currently carries a 6-2 match record. In the minds of both player and coach these results can be reached, but their stiffest competition will come from the perennially tough Texas Longhorns who could stand in the way of a conference title. While Phillips might be an odds-on favorite for another sin gles title, he is humble when talk ing about his talent and ability. "I haven't tried to copy any one's playing style, I just do what I have to do to win. With that, I also try really hard all of the time", Phillips said. His hard work and determina tion payed dividends last year as he was honored as Texas A&M's Distinguished Male Letterman. He also needs to rack up only 23 victories this season to place him atop the list for most career singles victories at A&M. "He (Phillips) does what it takes and then some. He's got tremendous drive and talent, and he doesn't sugar coat it. What you see is what you get." Kent said. In spite of his talent, Phillips has decided not to pursue a pro fessional tennis career. "I've always wanted to turn pro, but it is really difficult to nave to stick it out on that level for four or five years to wait for your shot. Come April 25th, I'm hanging them up," he said. Phillips also said that Texas A&M will be able to carry on without him. "They probably won't even miss me next year with Bemie re placing me," Phillips said. "If I had to pick someone that would fill Scott's shoes, it would be Bemie, but Scott's shoes are so hard to fill because of the all around person that he is. Besides, they are size thirteens," Kent said of Phillips' departure. But on the serious side, Kent had to admit that he will miss his 21 year old ace from Franklin. "He's a winner on and off the court. An honor student, a phe nomenal leader, and an outstand ing tennis player, "Scott is one in a million. Com ing from a town with one street light, I didn't recruit him very hard. Typically, the good players are from big cities with bright lights, but this one is phenome nal," Kent said. Phillips added that being an e has been rewarding, have thoroughly enjoyed playing at A&M. My four years nere have been the best both ath letically and socially. If I had to do it all over again, I would have chosen A&M my junior year in high school, "I wouldn't trade my four years here for the world," he said, The men's tennis tennis team will be in action Tuesday, March 9th, at the Omar Smith Tennis Center beginning at 5 pm. S.W.C. postseason play will be April 23-25 in Fort Worth, Texas and is followed in mid-May by the NCAA Championships. Agfi Thi= 5 V Aggies hold Tech's leading scorer to 7, still lose 72-53 Lady Aggies Continued from Page 7 Johnson. Both hit two three- pointers in the initial five min utes turning a three point Raider lead into a 15 point A&M deficit. Swoopes also squeezed in two buckets during that stretch and Texas Tech put the game away. "They shot it well," Hickey said. "Originally, our defense was confusing them but then everything they shot was going in, which was just the opposite for us. "Tech was on fire in the sec ond half." With the victory, Texas Tech improved its record to 22-3 over all and 12-1 in the SWC. A&M drops to 15-10 overall and 7-6 in SWC play. The Agg^ps return to action Sunday in Austin, against the Texas Longhorns. RICHARD DIXON/The Battalion A&M guard Lisa Branch drives for a layup against Michi Atkins in the Lady Aggies 89-59 loss. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Koy Smith tossed in 17 points to give Texas Tech a 72-53 victory over Texas A&M Wednesday night in Southwest Conference basketball. The victory gave Tech a 15-10 record (6-7 in the conference) while A&M dropped to 9-16 (4-9). The Raiders fell behind early and had to play catch up, going ahead for the first time at 21:20 on a 3-point goal by Koy Smith. The Raiders stayed in front the rest of the way gradually opening the lead to 20 points on three oc casions. Tech took advantage of 27 A&M fouls, to sink 32 of 41 free throws, while A&M was heldVto 12 of 16. The Raiders hit 40 per cent for the game and A&M hit 38 percent. For the first time in his basket ball career. Will Flemons, the leading scorer in the conference, was held without a field goal and managed only seven points on 10 attempts on the free throw line. But Flemons led the rebounds with 10 while Tech held a 36-28 edge. "Give credit to A&M they played some tenacious defense on me," Flemons said. "Our freshmen stepped up and hit some big shots for us tonight," Flemons added. A&M coach Tony Barone said the game was where they wanted it at naiftime but they just tired. "I felt like we were really ten tative in the second half, I felt like we had the game and the tempo we wanted, but they just wore us out. Koy Smith just destroyed us we did a good job on Flemons and Hughes," Barone said. Harrison Continued from Page 7 champions advancing to a USPP- BA World Series. "I am tired of waiting for someone else to organize a na tionally unified wiffleball league," says the 29-year-old Coyle. Coyle states that the time is now for wiffleball players to stand up and be counted, to take the bull by the horns, and to swing their plastic bats with au thority. "Although thousands of adult men across the U.S. play wiffle ball on a 'professional' level," Coyle maintains, "a nationally organized wiffleball league is nonexistent." "The primary reasons for this are a lack of communication and the infinite rule variations among players." Those rules need be infinitely varied no more, for Coyle has penned several rulebooks and plans to compile a universal set of wiffling rules based on sur veys sent to all "enthusiasts." "My goal is to establish con tact with every serious wiffleball player in the country and orga nize a nationally unified wiffle ball association in which all par ticipants play by the same set of rules." So what are you - the readers - thinking? A crock, right? But, if you're not a guy like Coyle, who are you? You're just like me, shaking your heads. Maybe you're wondering how free agency will affect wiffleball and just exactly where you can find the Upper Deck wiffleball cards with your favorite wifflers. Will Bo Jackson cross-over to play wiffleball? Is there a deal in the works? Will Coyle be ousted over television rights because he in tends to relocate his DuBuque, Iowa division into another time zone? Will there be instant-replay? Actually, it's great to see peo ple motivated to accomplish something they truly enjoy do ing, no matter now goofy or for eign it might seem to outsiders. My grandfather, in his retire ment, goes from one hobby to the next. From ham radio to CB radio or from duck decoy mak ing to button printing - no mat ter what he does it's always the THING to be doing, and it keeps not only him going, but the peo ple around him who incessantly talk about what he'll do next. And, although he'll always complain, he likes his critics' at tention. Theodore Roosevelt, the presi dent who almost abolished foot ball for its violent and bloody na ture, once sounded off against the insidious nature of criticism in a speech revered by many a coach in the broad spectrum of violent and bloody sports. "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, and sweat, and blood; who strives valiantly...who at best knows...if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither vic tory nor defeat," Roosevelt de clared. I, for one, feel compelled to grudgingly second that and sin cerely wish Coyle the best of luck with his project, that he's paying all expenses out of his own pocket, including a toll-free number to supply those interest ed with free information packets. -And may his bats never bend! W. tiv< ide dei the vei Wi qui rec her bra be j dei Wi Bu pre riv for nai Lit mi itei doi tiv ye. tin- mi vie we tha dei mi agi ten fro wb At me ere Lit sal fac err shi the of of Great Comedy Just For You! TONIGHT! 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