Thursday
Page 9
April 17, 1997
Aggies cage Bears, 5-2
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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
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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.
Rockies' Galarraga
fractures left hand
CHICAGO (AP) — Andres Galarra
ga, hit by a pitch a day earlier, has a
fractured left hand and the Colorado
Rockies first baseman was out of the
lineup for Wednesday’s game with
the Chicago Cubs.
He will be examined in Denver.
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