Sports Wednesday Page 9 March 5, 1997 &Mgearing One game at a time p for outdoor rack season te applies jitional 5 to qualify fa AL 1 11/ X. * 4, ^ Jeremy Furt 776-4766, Ext 619)645-8431. jy! 1-900-825-i 38 18yrs.t “e Texas A&M Mens and an i-90o-83Mii Women’s Track and Field tv-u (6 1 9)645-m Teams will complete their sreads andsew Joorseason this weekend at the im. 18+. sewt Indoor Championships in play the 0*1 iianapolis, Ind.The Aggies’ first ■825-7970/extj udoor meet of the year was last -u (ei9)645-Mt Gendin Waco, sandwiched be- leenthe Big 12 Indoors and this eekend’s NCAA Indoors. latshlds only S Dogs. 5-5755. Many , enior Hurdler Rosa Jolivet Travels to Indianapolis ITE rts ith. near A4M, fd, $225 pte; Texas A&M will have only one presentative at the NCAA Indoor ampionships this weekend at die ' oosier Dome. Senior Rosa Jolivet ywrnewtei asthe only Aggie to obtain an CAA automatic qualifying mark, jveral other members of the team rovisionally qualified, but were left fthe invitation list. Automatic - iialilying times are taken first, with 75/mo.+i/2ut* ie highest ranking provisional Bite falling in behind them to de- p a/Bdrm, »dewho will compete at the NCAA’s, eiy Ne 9 o,iable8f rj 0 ii vetw jn i 3e competing in the jhings for living *fr met er hurdles after automati- iiiies. Kirstm a |yqualifying for the event at the louston Indoor Classic Feb. 1. a time of 8.34 seconds - , , ithe 60-meter hurdles, which r’s Training. Lots-' 1 insurance niscwt tasadapted to a 55-meter time to ')■F,l,6p :^; iveherthe automatic bid. „). Inside Na® ^ ash. Lowest ;te-2i7. 846-E'i' Aggies Return for — Outdoor Season SS Texas A&M received a huge —-—r- loost last weekend when four All- , work from ptt* , zendy. 693-61S imencaiisreturned to competition, leniors Danny McCray and An- anette Kirkland will complete their ninutes. Tieiw 5nalcollegiate outdoor seasons af- - (er sitting out indoor competition. They had already completed their or Spring BrJfo^yearsofindoor eligibility. _m San An», juniors Larry Wade and 8 oo-244-44 ]yj c j(j nne y are returning :om injuries which sidelined hem for the indoor season. McCray, a four-time All-Amer- 5 y m costa R^jcan, will compete in the 200- 400-meter dashes and the and 1,600-meter relays. Mc- tayadvanced to the NCAA Out- wiloor Championships in all but pebble 8-5, Je200 last year. Kirkland, a six-time All-Ameri- I an, missed last year’s outdoor fason with a severely strained p f amstring. She will run in the 100- nd 400-meter hurdles and the -meter relay for the Lady Ag es. She finished second in the 15 NCAA Outdoors. Wade, who holds the A&M and Metabolismpjouthwest Conference all-time or 1 -8oo-927'$ ! cord in the 110-meter hurdles 3.41), will return after missing ie 1996 outdoor and 1997 indoor asons with a stress fracture in is back. He will compete in the 10-and 400-meter hurdles. McK- meywho is recovering from in- iries sustained in a car accident, turns as one of the members of ie men’s 400- and 1,600-meter ‘layteams and will also compete ithe 200- and 400-meter dashes. Another plus for the Aggies will a the return of sophomore high Express imper Stacy Sykora, who is com- olls State offeis /a ls. NewsessW For infonait Texas. 2-bi Auction. rs 2 fol- ng * storid ^ner ,houldb f o 2 includ e nald. rhe Stude 111 jes people leting her first season as a member fthe Lady Aggie Basketball Team, fkora, who also competes on the ady Aggie Volleyball Team, won ie final SWC heptathlon crown last lason and will also compete in the ivelin and high jump. iggies Host College Station Relays March 13-15 Texas A&M will be on familiar round for their third outdoor leet of the season when they host te College Station Relays, March 3-15 (Thursday-Saturday). The tulti-event will be held Thursday eginning at 10 a.m. and will be ornpleted that day. The field and toning events will be held Friday id Saturday, starting at 9 a.m. on ■iday and 10 a.m. on Saturday. Twenty-nine schools will be toipeting in the meet, including 6non-conference Texas schools: jouston, UT-Arlington, Stephen Austin, Rice, North Texas, Sam fouston, UT-Pan American, uthwest Texas, SMU, Texas uthern, Angelo State, Abilene hristian, Lamar, UT-San Anto- to and TCU. 0 12 foes competing will be fyior, Kansas State, Texas Tech and ftas, while Penn State, Montana, J hh State, Clemson, LSU, Rutgers, ^lahoma Noithwood and North- Ve stem will round out the roster. ► This is the philosophy of the Texas A&M Softball Team going into a doubleheader against UTA. By Nicki Smith The Battalion The Texas A&M Softball Team (6-11) has one goal in mind as it heads into its fourth week of game play — to improve. The Lady Aggies played in the 1996 Olympic Softball venue last weekend at the NFCA Softball Tournament in Atlanta, Ga., where they went 2-3, defeating the Uni versity of Notre Dame and Illinois State University. However, the team was only able to practice one day before their dou bleheader against the University of Texas-Arlington today at the Lady Ag gie Softball Complex at 5 p.m. Head Softball Coach Jo Evans said the Lady Aggies are ready to play at home against UTA and should not be affected by last weekend’s road trip. “The team was pretty tired after we got back late Sunday night,†Evans said. “We gave them Monday off to rest up and study, but we worked hard Tuesday and are look ing forward to playing at home for a week. Overall, we should be fine.†The Lady Aggies should have no problem coming out on top despite only one day of practice because the team has the home field advantage Rogge Heflin, The Battalion Freshman shortstop Jamie Smith scoops up the ball against Colorado State at the Aggie Mini Invitational Feb. 22. and more games against tougher opponents under its belt. Freshman shortstop famie Smith said the Lady Aggies have really come together as a team over the past week and are hoping to play at the level they were at last weekend. “Everyone we have played so far we have been able to beat, but we haven’t gotten the job done at the end,†Smith said. “Even though our offense may get down sometimes, we always come back and get more aggressive at the plate. “Against UTA today, we just have to get fired up and show our home crowd how we can really play.†UTA is 7-7 on the season and has played only one game since Feb. 23. The Mavericks captured a 6-4 win against Northwestern State Univer sity March 1, but UTA has not seen any other action in almost a week. Smith was at the top of the of fensive charts for the Lady Aggies last weekend as she hit her first ca reer home run against All-American University of South Carolina pitch er Trinity Johnson. The hit broke up a no-hitter in the fifth inning of the game, and Smith’s double gave A&M its only two hits of the game. Senior pitcher Lori Gioco is also one to watch for the Lady Aggies, as she earned a career-high 10 strike outs against Illinois State Feb. 28. Evans said the Lady Aggies will work on their bunt coverage and will put the ball in play in their games against UTA, but A&M is concentrat ing more on winning two games and gaining the confidence it needs. “If we play well today our mo mentum will get going and wins will start to come,†Evans said. “Right now we feel good about our progress and are more comfortable psychologically. We know games can go either way, but we know we are heading in the right direction.†Sports Briefs Tyner, Possum invited to USA Baseball Sophomore outfielder Jason Tyn er and freshman pitcher Casey Pos sum were two of the first 10 players invited Monday to the USA Baseball summer camp. Tyner, who was a first team All- American as a freshman, is on pace for another .400 season. He has batted .438 through 16 games after post ing a .407 aver age last year. He leads the Aggies with 10 stolen bases and 35 base hits. Possum has struck out a team-high 37 batters, in cluding two 12-strike out performances. He has established himself as the team’s top pitcher in five career starts. Tyner and Possum were the only Big 12 players invited to the camp. Gunderson’s effort ISU over A&M tered after racing to an 11-point lead in the first half, then regrouped just in time to save off the upset bid by the 11th- seeded Aggies (9-18) and give coach Bill Fennelly his 200th career victory. Iowa State, winning for only the sec ond time in 16 postseason tournament games, will play third-seeded Colorado in the quarterfinals Wednesday night. Texas A&M failed to score after tak ing a 46-42 lead on Prissy Sharpe’s putback with 5:19 remaining. Melissa Rollerson and Amy Yates led Texas A&M with nine points each. Soccer signs ninth freshman recruit The ninth member of the 1997 Texas A&M Soccer freshman class was signed Tuesday. Amber Reynolds, a midfielder/de fender from Independence, Mo., signed a national letter of intent to play for A&M next season. Reynolds is a standout player for the Busch Soccer Club in St. Louis and was recently selected by the Re gion II under 17 girls team to play on their European Tour later this month. A&M Head Coach G. Guerrieri said Reynolds is a well rounded player who will add a great deal to the roster. “She is versatile and athletic, which allows us to play her in the center and/or the flank of our midfield or backline.†Redshirt freshman Gillian Gandy of College Station and Reynolds have been added to the previous seven signees in the Aggie freshman soccer class. “This is an outstanding class, making our 1997 roster the most talented in our history,†Guerrieri said. “Hopefully, it will aid us in our desire to improve on our final No. 6 national ranking, and bring us closer to competing for a future na tional championship.†Possum pulls KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tara Gunderson, who had been misfiring all night, hit consecutive three-point ers late in the game to give Iowa State the lead and the Cyclones went on to beat Texas A&M 53-46 Tuesday night in the Big 12 Tournament. Sixth-seeded Iowa State (17-10) sput- ■ys** |||/: : Bryan-College Station’s Newest Rock & Roll DANCE CLUB. 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