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Monday, April 18, 1994 Sports The Battalion Page 5 Battalion icn-prolil events aii ! diould l)i| han thrtt he desirfl ion dead’ are not be run in have flflf call tlif 13. ^et our d! ay the a ;ar. € A&M track jumps into respect Aggies use results to prepare for SWC tournament meet By Stewart Doreen The Battalion The Texas A&M track and field teams took first place Saturday at the Texas A&M Invitational, a meet that was the Aggies head track coach said was a warm-up meet for the confer ence tournament. “We felt like we took care of busi ness,” head track coach Ted Nelson said. “I feel really comfortable going Nick liodtiicki/ The Battalion Germaine Gist, a member of the Texas A&M track and field team, long jumps at the A&M Invitational Meet on Saturday at the Anderson Track and Field Complex. Gist jumped 22'-7". A&M's Tim Bryant placed second with a 23'-11" jump. into conference.” The men’s teams easily defeated the field by a 30-point margin despite the absence of two-sport star Danny Mc Cray, who was involved with spring football for the last few weeks. The Aggies took advantage of good showings by the hurdle crew who brought much needed points early in the meet. Freshman Larry Wade led the charge tak ing second place in the men’s 110- hurdles. Sophomore Curt Young continued his steady running with the third place in the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. “I think were growing and as the season goes on the stronger we get,” said assistant coach Abe Brown. The men also received strong per formances in the 800-meters in which senior Mike Miller ran down Mike McLin of Lamar University in the last 100-meters making up 10 meters in the process. Miller finished with a season’s best time of 1:49.9 while senior Scott Garvin, the SWC 1,500-meter fa vorite, finished third with a time of 1:51.3. “I ran good considering I didn’t get enough time to warm-up,” Miller I expect big things at conference. We have yet to run our best. -Rosa Baker, A&M 110m record holder and Olympic qualifier said. “After the workouts this week, I know Tm going to do well in confer ence.” A&M’s Ted Reynolds and Larry Tay lor took first and second place respec tively in the men’s shot put. Reynolds’ throw of 55’-2.75” was inches better than Taylor’s 54’-5.25” The surprise of the meet for the guys was the performance of triple jumper, Eric Hopkins. Hopkins, who is at A&M on an academic scholarship, jumped 47’- 4” and 1/4 to place third giving the Aggies another po tential point producer at next week’s conference meet. The women had a tougher time with their meet and 1/2-point win over San Jacinto Junior College. Freshman Anjanette Kirkland and senior Rosa Baker led the way contin uing their strong running in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Kirkland’s time of 13.43 was a NCAA provisional qualifying time and a personal best. “She is one of the better hurdlers in the NCAA,” Nelson said. Baker, the Aggies’ record holder in the 100-meter hurdles and Olympic trial qualifier, is returning after a See Track/ Page 6 Aggies strike out against conference-leading Tech The Associated Press Ric Jewelp :es InstitWj ‘ Mw Qm j '."Sierr.i i Conferee (§ BuskDri 576. Dr. Schn®! ial medici® 1 p.m. CJ LUBBOCK — Texas Tech catcher Robin Harriss hit a home run in the bottom of the eight inning, lifting the Red Raiders to a 6-5 victory and a doubleheader sweep of Texas A&M. Tech (3 5-12, 9-3 Southwest Conference) beat A&M 9-5 in the first game, and the two victories kept the Red Raiders in a first-place tie with Texas Christian. The Red Raiders jumped to a 3-0 lead, but the Ag gies’(27-1 8, 3A7)' ralliear fof a 5-3 lead in the top of the eighth. Designated flitter Brandon Welch then tiecl the garrtef'at five with ^‘tWo-run home run to set up Har riss’ game winner. Freshmen pitchers Matt Miller and Jimmy Frush held the Aggies scoreless in the ninth to preserve the lead. Frush earned the save, allowing no hits in 1-3 in nings. Miller (2-2) allowed two hits in two innings to A&M baseball ‘virtually eliminated’ from SWC race after losing Saturday’s doubleheader at Lubbock pick up the victory. Chad Allen (4-3) took the loss for A&M.' . , In'The first game, Tech was led by shortstop Saul Bustos, who was 2-for 4 with four RBIs. Bustos led the Red Raiders as they overcame a 2-1 deficit with a five-run third inning. Jeff Peck (2-1) allowed six hits in six innings for Tech to pick up the victory. Chris Clemons took the loss for the Aggies, falling to 4-5 after giving up nine hits in two innings. Texas A&M 8, Texas Tech 5 (Friday) Texas Tech pitcher Travis Smith gave up three run-scoring singles in the 1 Oth inning Friday night as Texas A&M beat the Red Raiders, 8-5. Smith, one of four pitchers Tech used in the 10th, walked one Aggie to load the bases then gave up singles to Chad Allen, Chad Alexander and Rich Petry. Reliever Matt Sherwood earned the victory for Texas A&M (27-16, 3-7 Southwest Conference), al lowing no runs and one hit in 3 2-3 innings. Ryan Nye (9-3) took the loss for the Red Raiders (33-12, 7-3). First baseman John Curl led A&M, going 2-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs. Allen went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs. Luke Potter led Tech on 2-for-2 hitting and an RBI. Catcher Robin Harriss got one hit, extending his hitting streak to 1 2 games. Lady Aggie tennis falls to ‘aggressive’ Lady Gamecocks By Nick Georgandis The Battalion The home finale of the 1993-94 season for Texas A&M women’s tennis team was a disap pointing one, as the I8th-ranked University of South Carolina beat the Lady Aggies in five out of six singles matches Sunday afternoon at the Omar Smith Tennis Center. The Lady Aggies’ lone match win came courtesy of junior Christine DiNardo, who won two straight games to take a 3-6, 6- 4. 6-2 match victory against USC’s Claire Hammond. "You can't take anything away from South Carolina, they just came and out and beat us. - Bobbif Kleinecke, head women's tennis coach Head women’s tennis coach Bobby Klei necke said DiNardo’s comeback win was a re sult of playing the waiting game. “Christine just had to hang in there long enough to get (Hammond) to make some er rors, Kleinecke said. “(Hammond) was very aggressive, and we finally got some deeper balls on her, then made her hit more and more balls. “That kept her off balance a little bit.” Out of tne other five matches, only fresh man Nancy Dingwall was able to avoid being beaten in straight sets, losing to Heather Greene, 6-1,3-6, 6-0. Despite the ease of most the Gamecock vic tories, coach Kleinecke said he was not upset with the team’s performance because of USC’s dominating play. “I didn’t think we played badly, but we couldn’t do anything, they were too aggressive, “ Kleinecke said. “(USC) came out and played extremely tough. We weren’t as intense as we were the other night against Texas, but when you play a schedule like we do, you have to be ready to play every time. “You can’t take anything away from South Carolina, they just came and out and beat us. They were the better team today for sure.” Sunday’s match was also the last home ap~ I earance by stand-out senior janine Burton- urham, who fell to South Carolina’s Helen Crook in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. The 3Oth-ranked Lady Aggies will play next in the Southwest Conference Championships, hosted by Rice University, starting on Friday. A&M’s opening round opponent will be Texas Tech. What is The Battalion? What do we do? How does the paper work? Who do we hire? The Battalion is hiring staffers for the summer and fall semesters. All positions are open. If you would like to find out more about the paper, or are interested in applying for a position, please take advantage of an informal meeting where the new editors will discuss what goes on at the paper. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 in Reed McDonald 003 (in the basement). Applications may be picked up in 013 Reed McDonald or in the MSC — across from the elevators. • • •-r'lWiEtiifrhftMir'irti 1 '• • ~"i ‘ iijfit’itwrt