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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.
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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
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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!
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