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ay Page February 3,19! president and a set najor, said he tii ees that hazingisdai >eople need to adi zing problem so itc /^>i The Battalion Spo Page 5 Monday • February 3, 1997 a matter of 'let’s Hines and start irdan said, id members ee their friendsgett punished forhazi jntinue to breakm Aqqies upset SMU in last home dual meet of season dsgett By Courtney Lyons The Battalion icy do not realizet For a time, it seemed the home pool o get caught, thea vantage was working for the 20th- ill be five timeswoi JcedTexas A&M Men’s Swimming and ring Team during their dual meet linst 17th-ranked Southern Methodist iversity Saturday. Vet during the last event, the 400-me- freestyle relay, the Aggies were ahead esses incorporalilf 1 a fe u w P oin,s - SM U t ,°° k an earl y 1 d over the Aggies, and held on for two s of the race, but the Aggie team of se- , irNeil Randall, junior Patrick McDer- e a diverse repmj |t , sophomore ' |errod Kappler, and "ghman Kevin Kehlenbach surged ad, in the end to win the event. The ^es’ other relay team also took third ce earning them the points they need- to win the meet, 129 toSMU’s 114. “We had great splits on both our A and elay teams,” Men’s Swimming Head vlorelandsaid.' We: ach Mel Nash said. “All of our guys m-blacks, to comt; am very impressive times.” erica — they could leans get started in: is needed. ;overnment to need is there foi our foot in thedi ry Month organin not cater to Africi dean culture as pi r »aid. “I hope there rys I can stay in# d she will continu r her term asarege: le mother of threesi 3 mee t, with many competitors swim- i three other board: [ngtheir best. Freshman Matt Rice swam rves on the Hois [ 0U gh 200-meter breaststroke against lard and the Instituit fp junior Casey Barrett, finishing in sec- Education Board, ft : d place by only one-tenth of a second. inton also appofe jment Fund Board. The freestyle relay was not the only nt the Aggies won decisively — they |ept first, second, and third places in 50-meter freestyle, the 500-meter lestyle and the 1,000-meter freestyle. “The 1,000 was a strategy move,” Nash d. "We hid (freshman Scott) Anderson it in lane eight, and he surprised SMU. at race helped us emotionally, be- ise it was early in the meet.” The Aggies performed well throughout Stew Milne, The Battalion junior Patrick McDermott leaps off the starting blocks in the 50-meter freestyle in Saturday's meet against SMU. McDermott placed second as A&M swept the top three places. The men’s diving team also put points ktuthern African Hu- ithe board, with sophomore Mark Naf nel winning the one- and three-meter springboard competitions. Senior Wade Diederich also took fourth on the three- meter springboard. “We knew we had to win both boards to add to the team’s point totals,” Diving Head Coach Kevin Wright said. “That added a bit of pressure to the meet.” For the three seniors on the team, win ning the meet meant just a bit more, as it was their last dual meet in the home pool. “This was a good experience on se nior day,” senior Neil Randall said. “We had lots of fun and swam well as a team. This was our best meet since LSU — everyone responded well.” The Aggies soundly beat, what tradi tionally has been a powerhouse team. SMU fought back against A&M’s early lead by tak ing first in a few of the events in the middle of the meet, such as the 200-meter fieestyle, the 200-meter butterfly, and the 200-meter backstroke. These event wins are what brought SMU’s score close to the Aggies go ing into the last relay. “It was a team-wide effort,” Nash said. “We did well across the board. The 50- free was a great surprise, and it is nice to know you can count on the divers to make points, too. We definitely felt the home pool advantage today.” Lady Aggies split wins with Houston, SMU By Courtney Lyons The Battalion TheTexas A&M Women’s Swimming and Diving Team had an up-and-down weekend, beating the University of Houston Friday and suffering a pounding from second- ranked Southern Methodist University Saturday. The weekend began well, with the Lady Aggies win ning 124-91 over Houston. A&M took first and second place in the 200-meter medley relay, and freshman Tracy Evans won both the 200-meter intermedley and the 100- meter butterfly. Diver Jodi Janssen gave a solid perfor mance on the boards and took second place in both the one- and three-meter springboard competitions. “It wasn’t a real emotional meet,” Women’s Swim ming Head Coach Don Wagner said. "But we swam off events, and I was pleased with the way we competed.” The Lady Aggies commanded such a large lead by the end of the 100-meter freestyle, that A&M swam the last three events as exhibitions (where no score is taken, but the time can still qualify the par ticipant for the NCAA championships). The tables turned the other way, the next afternoon, when the SMU Lady Mustangs came to town. The Lady Mustangs won the 400-meter individual medley relay and then swept first through third in the 1,650-meter freestyle. They did not let up the rest of the meet. The Lady Aggies still fought hard but were no match for powerhouse SMU. “We were flat, and that was my fault, ” Wagner said. “To day was not an indicator of where we are as a team.” Several Aggies gave solid performances. Junior Sta-, cie Karnes took third in the 200-meter butterfly, sophomore Tammy Lee took third in the 200-meter backstroke, and sophomore Lauren Buckalo garnered second on the 200-meter breaststroke. See Women, Page 6 how it will be fort rtunities for ever learn about the' e recruiter aboil rs can also go not* leventh-ranked Cyclones blow away Aggies, 71-57 Cyclone Pig men' stop Ags inside paint By Matt Mitchell The Battalion The Green Hornet was nowhere to be found when the Texas A&M nternship oppori-Basketlrdll Team took on the va State Cyclones Saturday night G. RoiJie White Coliseum. But to showed up in full force. The 6-foot-11 behemoth cen- , Kelvin Cato, racked up 18 porate at ion kers tots on eight-of-eight shooting dgrabbed 10 rebounds to lead ellth-ranked Cyclones to a 71- win in front of 5,501. The contest was closer than the ial score indicated, as the Aggies id themselves down 53-48 with Hover seven minutes to play. But clone forward Stevie Johnson hit ihort jumper with the shot clock ding down and, after an Aggie over, guard Dedric Willoughby athree-pointer to put Iowa State by 10. The Aggies could get no >ser than eight points the rest of i way. Because of a short bench, the gies again ran a zone defense to acial Services iny iking ■ms irance SIX open the game, hoping to shut down the Cyclones in the paint. It did not work out quite as they had hoped, as Cato and undersized for ward Kenny Pratt found the holes in the zone to combine for 21 points and 17 rebounds in the first half. The Cyclones were able to get the ball to the middle, making the Aggie zone collapse high in the paint, leaving the hulking Cato to roam the baseline and collect an assortment of alley-oop dunks, short hook shots, and put-backs. "He’s really athletic, can jump, can run ... He rebounds hard,” junior center Dario Que- sada said. “I think he was a big factor on their inside game.” After being down early 13-3, the Aggies closed to 21 -15 on se nior guard Tracey Anderson’s three-pointer with four minutes left in the half and were down just 32-23 at halftime. Iowa State scored 13 points off Aggie turnovers in the first half, com pared to just two for A&M. “I thought our kids came out BAGELS probably a little bit bothered early,” A&M Head Coach Tony Barone said. “But we hung in there, and we got to half time with only a couple of guys with two fouls, which is what we had to do. Then we made a run in the second half.” As usual, A&M started the sec ond half with a flurry, matching the Cyclones shot for shot, with Quesa- da and sophomore forwar d Calvin Davis opening up the outside and inside, respectively. After being held scoreless in the first half, Davis erupted for 12 points after half time, in cluding a spectacular, lunging dunk and a foul with Cato hanging all over him. “Cato got in foul trouble, and I guess he wasn’t going to play too ag gressively,” Davis said. “I was able to get position and get the ball.” Quesada continued his shoot ing barrage with 13 second-half points to finish with a team-high 19, to go along with 14 rebounds. See Aggies, Page 6 Stew Milne, The Battalion Iowa State's Kelvin Cato slams one down against the Aggies Saturday. By Chris Ferrell The Battalion After the battle of the paint was all said and done, it was the Iowa State Cyclones who left G. Rollie White Col iseum as a group of happy trees. Iowa State senior center Kelvin Cato proved to be a sequoia as the 11th- ranked Cyclones (15-3,6-2) defeated the Texas A&M Men’s Basketball team (8-10, 2-6) 71-57 Saturday night. Cato was eight for eight from the floor and had 10 rebounds but it was his five blocked shots, all in the first half, that helped him establish himself and the Cyclones in the paint. “The thing that he does as a shot blocker — and this is what good shot blockers do — they step back,” Head Coach Tony Barone said. "The guys who try to block shot when you’re right next to them, those are not great shot block ers, those are foulers. This kid has a great knack for stepping away and making you think that he’s not coming and then blocking your shot.” The 6-foot-11 Cato put the Aggies in a catch-22 situation. “What they do is they put you in a tough bind,” Barone said. ‘And the bind is, if you guar d (senior point guard Jacy) Holloway aggressively, they have (senior guard Dedric) Willoughby on the wing, and he’s gonna hit the three. “You’ve got to make a decision, are you going to go out and play Willoughby or are you going to sink in a little bit and watch the play that they are going to run for Cato? So it’s a double-edge sword. We chose to really get out on Willoughby more, and I think (Iowa State coach) Tim (Floyd) will tell you that Cato has missed a number of dunks in games.” A&M stayed with the zone defense that helped them win their last two games, despite the fact that they only dressed eight players. The 3-2 zone was effective in shutting down ISU’s perime ter play as they held Willoughby, the Big 12’s leading three-point shooter, to three for 11 from the field. See Paint, Page 6 “Money Gras” Financial Aid Awareness Week Tuesday, February 4, 1997 Scholarship Open House • 5 to 8 p.m. The Pavilion, Room 220 Refreshments Served, Door Prizes & Scholarship Drawing Thursday, February 13, 1997 Financial Aid Open House • 10 to 7 p.m. Memorial Student Center, Second Floor Scholarship Drawing, Door Prizes & Informational Sessions For Info., call the Dept, of Student Financial Aid at 845-3981. SUMMER JOB! Are you looking for a fun and exciting job this summer that is both challenging and rewarding? Do you have experience working with children ages 5-12? The College Station Summer Day Camp is now accepting applications until Feb. 17. The camp is 10 weeks long and offers a variety of games, art, and field trips. There are two all day camps ages (5-8) and (9-12) and a half-day camp. 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