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Sports Tuesday, April 6,1993 The Battalion Page 7 It has been a good year for one Lady Aggie ipil^|j|| : #^y MATT RUSH The Battalion janine Bxirton-Durham came to Texas A&M for many of the reasons anyone would, even though she had to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to get here. 'Traditions, school spirit, facili- f ties, the academic programs, and a re ally nice scholarship," she said. That, however, is not all the 23 year old from Henley~on-Klip, South Africa has come to do. She came from her small town to pursue her love of playing tennis and she has done fust that. The junior Co-Captain, who is cur- I rently the number one player on the i women's tennis team, has chalked up i a 21-13 record en route to her number 46 ranking nationally in singles com petition. Her tennis excellence doesn't stop there as she also is ranked 28th | in doubles. [ Burton-Durham describes her play as unusual. "I have kind of my own style of play, but then again everyone's is unique," Burton-Durham said. "(I'm) an aggressive power player." The team as a whole has struggled I in recent weeks as they have lost their last eight matches, dropping them to 6-11 overall. Burton-Durham's ex- ; plaination was that the team consists i of predominantly young players and that they must be given time to ma- | hire. "Obviously we must improve our | win-loss record, but more important- [ ly, we have to develop the ability to ! win key matches," she said. "Right now we are really close to beating the Notre Dame's, the Indiana's and the Oklahoma's, but they have the confi dence and experience to pull out the See Burton-Durham/Page 8 Aggies set to tame Mavericks A&M will put 33-3 record on the line against UTA squad FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS After sweeping Lubbock Christian last weekend, the Aggies now have the sec ond best start in school history with a 33- 3 record and are ranked the number two team in the nation by Collegiate Baseball. They find themselves in a lock for first place with the Univeristy of Texas with Texas Tech close behind, but they still have to go on the road to play the Univer sity of Texas at Arlington. "We've done a good job of not over looking our Tuesday night games," Head Coach Mark Johnson said. "Sometimes though when you're in the heat of a con ference race you can look ahead and maybe get beat." The Mavericks are hoping just that happens as they bring a 20-12 record into tonight's game. Earlier this season they beat 24th ranked Oklahoma State and lost of couple of close games to Texas. "They are a really good team and they always play us tough," Johnson said. "They have made it to the regionals the last couple of years so we are not expect ing anything easy." The Aggies will start lefthander Kelly Wunsch but other pitchers are expected to see action. "We're going to start Wunsch but we'll get some looks at some other guys later in the game," Johnson said. For his performance last week against Lubbock Christian Jeff Granger was named the Mizuno National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball. Granger struck out a school and Southwest Con ference record 21 batters while only al lowing two singles. He struck out the side in the third, fifth and sixth innings. "I thought his performance was out- See Aggies/Page 8 ROBERT J. REEDThe Battalion A&M's Eric Gonzalez relays the ball to first base during the LCU series last weekend. The Aggies will face the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks today on t.he road. Except for Bo, Bush, Kevin and The Express B o is back; Terry is gone. A Kennedy is working for a Bush. Nolan will play his fi nal season. The Dodgers still have not found a shortstop. The Braves have every thing but a closer. The annual rites of spring have come to an end and the words Play ball rang throughout stadiums across the country as baseball got under away Monday. But there are still those lingering doubts and questions that must be answered. Bo Jackson, with his artificial hip in tow, has returned to the limelight, thanks to the Chicago White Sox. Of course, not everyone was pleased. Sox designated hitter George Bell demanded to be traded. With George's diminishing skills, his only real option is to be traded. To a team in Mexico. While Bo's comeback is uplifting to Sox fans, the Texas Rangers made one of the best moves in the history of the organization that could only pique the interest of a Rangers' fa natic. They cut relief pitcher Terry Mathews. Mathews was once de scribed as a pitcher who could not get anybody out...in batting practice. The Kennedy is the Rangers' new manager Kevin, who is employed by the former president's son, George Bush, Jr. What a strange world. 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