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Friday, March 25, 1994
The Battalion
Page 7
William Harrison/ The Battalion
Chris Ruhman (left) and an unidentified lineman lock up during blocking practice of the first day of Spring Football.
Aggies begin spring football
By Drew Diener
The Battalion
U nfamiliar faces were plentiful
at Kyle Field on Thursday dur
ing the first Spring football
practice as seven new coaches worked
with the Aggies.
Among the new crop of coaches
making their A&M debut were offen
sive coordinator Steve Ensminger and
defensive coordinator Tommy Tu-
berville.
Ensminger replaced Bob Toledo,
New coaches, new faces
fill training camp with
intensity, expectations
now with UCLA, on Jan. 18 and Tu-
berville filled the spot vacated by Bob
Davie, now with Notre Dame, one day
earlier.
Ensminger, who will also coach the
quarterbacks, came to A&M from the
University of Georgia where he was
offensive coordinator for three sea
sons.
While at Georgia, Esminger coached
and helped develop standout quarter
back Eric Zeier, a senior next season.
Zeier currently holds 6 1 school and 1 1
Southeastern Conference passing
records.
Texas A&M head football coach R.C.
Slocum said Ensminger is considered
by many coaches across the country as
one of the best offensive minds in col-
See Football/ Page 8
Lady Boilermakers burn
A&M in ‘Sweet Sixteen’
The Associated Press
STANFORD, Calif. —
Leslie Johnson scored 2 3
points and led Purdue’s
powerful inside game as
the top-seeded Boilermak
ers rolled to an 82-56 vic
tory over 13th-seeded
Texas A&M in a NCAA West
Regional semifinal Thurs
day night.
Purdue (28-4) advanced
to Saturday night’s regional
final against the winner of
the Stanford-Colorado
matchup played later
Thursday night.
The improbable tourna
ment run by the unranked
Lady Aggies (23-8), the
only 13th seed to ever
reach the Round of 16,
came to an abrupt end as
See Purdue/ Page 9
Hickey
Men’s tennis aces early season,
to face Owls, Longhorns
By Nick Georgandis
The Battalion
The Texas A&M men’s tennis
team has a dual purpose as they
prepare to take on Rice University
in a match this afternoon at the
Omar Smith Tennis Center.
First of all, the team will at
tempt to extend its perfect 14-0
start to the season, which has
moved the team to 24th in the na
tion.
Second, the Aggies will attempt
to get their conference schedule
off to a good start at home, before
they travel to Austin tomorrow for
a match against the sixth-ranked
Texas Longnorns.
Despite the inevitable excite
ment about any Aggie-Longhorn
sporting event, senior Bernardo
Martinez said because of the tim
ing of the match, the Owls cannot
be overlooked.
“We’ve had a better year than
they have, but that doesn’t mean
much,” Martinez said."This is
conference play, and this is what
See Weaver/ Page 8
Roger Hsieh/ The Battalion
Mark Weaver leads the No. 27 Aggies
against Rice today at 1:30 at the Omar
Smith Tennis Center.
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