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Thursday Page 9 April 17, 1997 Aggies cage Bears, 5-2 n : — By Dennis Ramirez The Battalion The Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Team defeated Baylor University, 5- under the lights at the Omar Imith Tennis Center last night. The Aggies got off to the early ead by capturing the elusive dou- iles point, which has given them problems in the past. A&M Head Coach Tim Cass said joing into singles play, with the loubles point under their belt, was ibig advantage. "Doubles play dictates a lot, es- jecially in close matches,” Cass iaid. “Having the doubles point re- illyhelped us going into singles and jave us a mental advantage. [Last right] was one of our better match- :sas far as completeness and every- iody playing at a decent level.” With doubles out of the way, it was p«pen play for junior netter Carlos fori, as he crushed his opponent, 6-2, i-3. While the modest Tori said it was il»iot as easy as it may have seemed, he s happy for the whole team. “Things felt well for me but it was ihard match and I think I got a litde nore lucky,” Tori said. “Things vorked out well for the team tonight | h * jecause they have worked really lard and 1 am glad because we are ired of everybody saying that we iuckand that we aren’t good enough. /Vewon [last night] with our hearts.” And winning with their hearts 1 iroved to be very powerful as the earn witnessed strong and consis- ent play from all the spots. Freshman Gonzalo Anderson subdued his opponent in straight sets as well (6-1, 6-1) and helped ^Jjeal the win for the Aggies early on. T just tried to go out there and lifttay focused,” Anderson said. “I t : PI v < ' ' ^ x ^ ^ ! ■g ' If: ill Amy Dunlap, The Baitauon Freshman Gonzalo Anderson goes for the ball against the Baylor Bears Wednesday afternoon at the Omar Smith Tennis Center. Sports Briefs -Aggie soccer set to play Lightening The Texas A&M Soccer Team will conclude its spring exhibition season wthagame Sunday against the Texas ■igfitening semi-pro team from Dal las. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. and take place at the Aggie Soccer Complex on A&M’s West Campus. The Lightening are the 1996 Na tional runner up in the USWISL semi-pro- essional league and features many for- made it a point to win every point in the match and I was able to execute. Psychologically the doubles point did help us to come up with the win. This victory will definitely give us the confidence needed to face a strong Texas team.” As the Aggies improved to 8-11 on the season and 3-4 in Big 12 play, the University of Texas now awaits the Aggies Saturday afternoon. mer college standouts including Texas A&M’s Yvette Oklerand Allison Buckley. The Aggies have won two eight-a side tournaments and lost an exhibi tion game against a boys’ team on a controversial penalty kick. Admission is free. TaeKwonDo picks up medals at State The A&M TaeKwonDo team trav eled to Dallas April 6th to the 1997 Texas State TaeKwonDo Champi onships. Of the eight members competing, six won medals. John Garnett and Zach Watson won gold medals in sparing, and Kim Hess, Amanda Douglass and Arron Cass said he is just happy for the win and is ready for the Longhorns to come to town. “I am glad that we were able to come out tonight and pick up the win,” Cass said. “We needed the win for NCAA purposes and it is great for the guys. We really haven’t thought about Texas much, but I know how they (Texas) are wel comed here.” Gerdes each brought home silver medals. Rigo Ramirez won a bronze medal in sparring. The team will perform a demon stration on Saturday, April 19th from 12 to 1 p.m. in front of Rudder Foun tain. There will be a drawing held for various prizes. 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