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By Nicki Smith
The Battalion
any athletes try to make
their final year one to re
member, but Nancy Ding-
all, a senior on the Texas A&M
tbmen’s Tennis Team, has less than
bvious reasons for making her last
mester a memorable one.
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m
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pt her, Dingwall was reunited with
er younger sister, freshman Lisa
ingwall, for the 1996-97 season,
ot only did the rookie fill the void
bis year in Nancy’s doubles compe-
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hole new set of goals for Nancy.
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nd individually as well.”
Head Coach Bobby Kleinecke
laid Dingwall knows what it is like
(0 be at the top and he has no
oubt she can achieve her goals.
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better than I have seen in the
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lee is what you get with Nancy.”
I As captain of the Lady Aggies,
|)ingwall has captured almost
every title A&M has to offer.
I She is a two-time All-South-
\vest Conference selection and
_ ranks in the Top 10 at A&M in
poth singles and doubles victo-
ies. She has also been ranked in
he Top 100 tennis players in the
nation three straight years.
Additionally, she earned her
first SWC individual doubles
championship two years ago with
former partnerWilson Pate, which
gave them a No. 28 national rank
ing in her junior year.
Her sister, Lisa, said people
respect Nancy because of all she
has accomplished.
“Nancy never tries to be any
thing she is not,” Lisa Dingwall
said. “She portrays maturity and
shows by example rather than by
words. She is an extremely hard
worker and is a true leader.”
When Dingwall was told her
sister Lisa would be joining her at
A&M, Nancy said she was more
excited than anything else.
“I wasn’t apprehensive at all with
her coming here,” Nancy Dingwall
said. “We only got to play together
one year in high school, so I was re
ally looking forward to playing
alongside her again. She is a totally
different person and has a different
personality from mine so we both
are able to do our own thing.”
Despite the fact that the sisters
only played together for one year,
the pair was able to capture the
first place ranking and State 5A
doubles title Nancy’s senior year.
That same year, they were also
ranked No. 8 in doubles by the
United States Tennis Association.
Along with trying to go far in
doubles competition with her sis
ter, Nancy Dingwall said she wants
to concentrate on her individual
tennis game as well.
"Even though I am able to do a lot
on the court overall, I still need to
work on my serve,” Dingwall said. “I
have another year until I graduate,
but this is going to be the end of my
tennis career. Hopefully, I will be
able to accomplish the goals that
weren’t within my reach before.”
Lisa Dingwall said her sister will
be remembered for her personality
as well as her accomplishments.
“She is really quiet if you don’t
know her,” Lisa Dingwall said. “She
keeps a lot of things to herself and
doesn’t like a lot of people to know
personal things about her. I have
never seen her let up.”
Younger Dingwall carries on
elder sister's A&M tennis legacy
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“I got so mad at
her during a
match onetime
that I whacked
her with my
tennis racket.”
Nancy Dingwall
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
Freshman Lisa Dingwall (top) and senior Nancy Dingwall (bottom) joke
around after practice Monday at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
By Nicki Smith
The Battalion
re Texas A&M Women’s Tennis
Team does not need to look far
when trying to find good ten
nis players. It appears all A&M Head
Coach Bobby Kleinecke has to do is
look toward the Dingwall family.
As senior Nancy Dingwall heads
into her last season at A&M, her
younger sister, freshman Lisa Ding
wall, prepares to
carry on the Ding
wall legacy.
Kleinecke said
Lisa is a good play
er who will benefit
the team greatly.
“We brought
Lisa to our pro
gram because she
was a good tennis
player,” Kleinecke
said. “It was not
based on the fact
that her sister was
already here, even
though having them both on the
team has worked out as an advan
tage for us.”
During her time at St. Stephens
High School in Austin, Lisa Dingwall
was ranked as one of the Top 100 ten
nis players in the nation by the Unit
ed States Tennis Association for three
years. She also held the No. 3 seed in
Texas two consecutive years in 1994
and 1995 and even shared the State
5A Doubles title with her sister Nan
cy her freshman year.
Although she was recruited by
both A&M and the University ofVir-
ginia, Dingwall said the last place she
wanted to end up was A&M.
“To be honest, it was very uneasy
for me when I first got here because
my sister played here,” Dingwall said.
“Although she never really had a
problem with it, I was having trouble
with comparing myself to her. It took
a while to get past that point, but now
we get along better and laugh at
whatever happens.”
Kleinecke said because the
Dingwalls have played together
before, they should provide the
one-two punch A&M needs in
doubles competition.
“We talked to both of them at the
beginning of year and both put each
other as their first choice for dou
bles,” Kleinecke said. “They have
very different personalities and both
bring individual abilities to their
game. From a coach’s standpoint,
neither of them have to worry about
living up to anything on the court.”
Although Lisa said she and her
sister laugh more together at game
time and at prac
tice, it was not al
ways that way. 1
“We played dou
bles together in
high school and
would fight a lot"
Lisa Dingwall said.
“I got so mad at her
during a match one
time that I whacked
her with my tennis
racket. I am defi
nitely the rowdy
one, but now I don’t
see things that way.”
Aside from that, she doesn’t
plan to compare her goals to what
her sister has accomplished.
“I have a strong baseline game
that should help me, but right now I
am not making any long-term goals,”
Dingwall said. “I think that the best
thing for me to do is take things step-
by-step and year-by-year.”
Many agree Dingwall’s step-by-
step philosophy has worked for
her, given the fact she defeated top
collegiate player, the University of
Texas’ Farley Taylor, last fall.
Dingwall said as a freshman she
wants to be ranked in the Top 80 in
the nation in singles, in the Top 20
in doubles competition with her
sister and wants to qualify for the
NCAA Tournament in both events.
Nancy Dingwall said her sister
has a lot to offer on the court and
sees great things in store for her.
“Lisa can play well consistently
and should remain at the top of
the lineup,” Dingwall said. “In my
opinion, she deserves to be in the
Top 50 of the nation. All she has to
do is make sure that she keeps her
concentration up.”
A&M sweeps UNT Eagles for first win of season, 9-0
lore!
Rony Angkriwan, The Battalion
anessa Rooks defeated UNT's Dawna Denny 6-1, 6-0 at the
)mar Smith Tennis Center yesterday.
By Sara Duesing
The Battalion
The morning clouds disappeared,
the sunshine emerged and the Texas
A&M Women’s Tennis Team kicked
off its first match of the 1997 season.
Going up against the University of
North Texas at the Omar Smith Ten
nis Center yesterday afternoon, the
Lady Aggies came away with a dom
inating victory as they defeated the
Lady Eagles 9-0.
“I thought we had a great showing
for the first match,” A&M Head
Women’s Tennis Coach Bobby Klei
necke said.
Beginning with the singles compe
tition, A&M dominated early as No. 1
senior captain Nancy Dingwall down
cast UNT’s Claudia Aguilar 6-2, 6-3.
Dingwall’s teammates followed suit
and all came away victorious.
Junior Monica Rebolledo, who
defeated Melissa Spann 6-1, 6-3,
“We were pretty
excited and pret
ty confident that
we were going to
win.”
Monica Rebolledo
Junior tennis player
said she was pleased with the team’s
performance.
“We’ve been practicing really hard
and finally the day [to compete] ar
rived,” Rebolledo said. “We were pretty
excited and pretty confident that we
were going to win.”
Kleinecke said he felt the singles
performed well although there was a
slight struggle.
“We fell behind with (freshman) Lisa
(Dingwall) and (sophomore) Monica
(San Miguel),” Kleinecke said. “But you
like to do that early in the season so you
know you can come back. They fought
real hard and never gave up.”
Dingwall finally overcame her op
ponent, Patty Vital, 6-4, 7-5 and San
Miguel beat Myriam Jimenez 6-1,7-5.
The doubles competition followed
the singles matches and once again, the
Lady Aggies prevailed.
The sister duo of Dingwall and Ding
wall shut out the Lady Eagle team of
Dawna Denny and Andrea Giesick 8-0.
Freshmen Leslie Dees and Kathryn Scott
also setback their opponents, Jimenez
and Stacy Whitaker, 8-1. The No. 2 team
of senior Julie Beahm and junior Vanes
sa Rooks faltered at first but came back to
beat Aguilar and Patty Vital 8-6.
“The big question is still doubles,”
Kleinecke said. “Beahm and Rooks sU ug-
gled but they still found a way to win. We
need to improve there so we can com
pete better against tougher teams.”
Despite initial strong wind and
first game jitters, Rebolledo said she
and her teammates are looking for
ward to delving into the season’s
competition.
“Everyone gets nervous before
every match but today it was a little
more than usual,” Rebolledo said.
“We will work more on being aggres
sive and keeping the ball in play.
“I’m just glad we all played well and
ended up winning.”
Two answers for skid — defense, rebounding
D esperately searching for an
swers, the Texas A&M
Women’s Basketball Team is
in the midst of a midseason slide.
The Lady Aggies have lost four
straight games and seven of their
last eight. Shooting just 28 percent
from the field, A&M lost its last con
test to Iowa State by 28 points, 79-51.
A&M Head Coach Candi Har
vey said the answers are simple —
defense and rebounding.
“Regardless of who we’re play
ing, this team has got to learn you
can only win champignships with
defense and rebounding.” Harvey
said. We simply have not been
committed to working hard to get
better on the defensive end.
They’re learning the lesson the
hard way by losing games that we
shouldn’t lose.”
Tucker Joins The Walking
Wounded
Senior guard Lana Tucker con
tinues her ascension to the A&M
Woman’s basketball record books.
Tucker’s 18-point performance
against the University of Missouri
Jan. 29 vaulted her into seventh
place for career points scored
with 1,025. She added six points
to her tally last Saturday against
Iowa State University. Tucker
(1,031) now has set her sights on
former A&M standout and cur
rent Lady Aggie assistant coach
Lisa Jordan (1,104).
However, Tucker’s achieve
ments have not come without a
price. Having already battled ailing
knees, Tucker broke her nose
against the University of Missouri.
Tucker said she tries to block
out the injuries so they will not af
fect her game.
“I try not to think about it,”
Tucker said. “If I do, I know I’ll get
mental about it. I’ll start playing
scared, quit going after loose balls
and be afraid to fall on the floor. I
don’t want that to happen.”
Big 12 Rookie Of The Year
Watch
Freshman forward Prissy Sharpe
continues to make a run for Big 12
Rookie of the Year honors. Through
19 games, Sharpe has posted a
team-leading three double-doubles
(points and rebounds), scoring in
double digits nine times. The 6-
foot-1 freshman leads the team
with 6.3 rebounds per game, while
averaging 9.2 points. Sharpe’s 14
blocked shots rank her among
freshman leaders in the Big 12.
Linder Designated Co-Captain
Junior center Kim Linder was
named co-captain by Harvey this
past week. Harvey said she be
stowed Linder with the honor be
cause of her recent play.
“Last week I named her co-cap
tain because I felt she exhibited all
the traits that we’re looking for in a
player,” Harvey said. “She's become
more verbal and I felt it was a good
time to do it because she will be the
lone senior on the team next year.”
See Burch, Page 8
Lady Aggies search for elusive win
By Jamie Burch
The Battalion
After traveling to Middle Ameri
ca three times last week, the Texas
A&M Women’s Basketball Team is
ecstatic to return to the familiar
confines of G. Rollie White Colise
um. The Lady Ags (7-12 overall, 1-8),
return to home sweet home tonight
to play the University of Oklahoma
(5-13 overall, 1-7) at 7 p.m.
The contest is the second of the
season between A&M and the Lady
Sooneis. The Lady Aggies came up
short in their first meeting Jan. 4,
losing 71-69. The loss came as a re
sult of their sluggish start. A&M
scored just 22 points in the first half
and trailed the Lady Sooners 35-22
going into the locker room. The
Lady Ags dominated the second
half of play, outscoring OU 47-36,
but were unable to overcome the
15-point half-time deficit. Sopho
more forward Michele Workman
torched the Aggie defense, scoring
31 points, while freshman forward
Phylesha Whaley cleaned the
boards, ripping down 10 rebounds.
Junior center Kim Linder said
A&M must play a full 40 minutes to
beat Oklahoma.
“Last time we had a slow start and
had to come back in the second half,”
Linder said. “This time we need to
come out in the first half, ready to play,
and put two halves together.”
The Lady Aggies are trying to
find a way to reverse their current
slide. A&M has lost four straight
games and seven of their last eight.
Against Iowa State University, the
Lady Aggies shot a dismal 28 per
cent from the field, losing 79-51.
A&M Head Coach Candi Harvey
said Iowa State’s defense was the
key to the Cyclones’ win.
“They (ISU) play a match-up
zone,” Harvey said. “They force you
to beat them from the outside. They
face-guarded Lana (Tucker), virtu
ally taking her out of the game. Of
fensively, we never got in sync. It
just takes discipline and focus.
“If you lose your discipline or fo
cus [for a split second], a good team
is going to make you pay.”
Overlooking the mental break
downs, senior forward Melissa
Rollerson said the team knows there
is a light at the end of the tunnel.
See Preview, Page 8
Stew Milne, The Battalion
Senior guard Christy Lake drives
the ball up court against Kansas.