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Longhorns upset Ags in weekend series
By Jamie Burch
The Battalion
AUSTIN — Fighting for their postseason
lives, the University of Texas Baseball Team
(24-18,7-11) set up fort against the Aggies at
Disch-Falk Field. After losing the series
opener on Friday night 6-3, in College Sta
tion, the Longhorns downed the Texas A&M
Baseball Team (32-17,14-10) on the arms of
their pitching staff.
In the rubber match Sunday, the Horns
benefited from a strong outing by senior
lefthander Kendal Adare (4-2) who hurled 6-
2/3 innings, holding the Aggies to three runs
on seven hits, one walk and five strikeouts.
Prior to the series with A&M, the Horns
were unable to string together two consec
utive victories, going 21 straight games
without back-to-back wins.
Conversely, the Aggies had not lost two
games straight over their last 21 outings.
A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson said he
was impressed with Texas’ effort.
“I thought Texas played well,” Johnson said.
“I’m surprised they had the record that they
had. I don’t think we just game them a bundle.”
Texas’ third string catcher junior Matt
Simpson proved to be the Achilles heel for
the Aggies who tried to stay close. Simpson
started the run production for the Long
horns on a two-run home run over the left-
centerfield wall off freshman Casey Possum,
in the second inning. The Aggies responded
with two runs in the top of the third when
senior rightfielder Johnny Hunter and se
nior first baseman Jason Stephens came up
with back-to-back two out RBI singles.
Possum said, although he had good
movement on his slider, he made a few mis
take pitches.
“I felt pretty good,” Possum said. “I made
some dumb pitches in key situations. I wish
I could have several of the pitches back. I
had Simpson at 1 -2 and didn’t want to come
with a third straight slider. He didn’t look at
my fastball, but he put a pretty good stroke
on the last one.”
With a 4-2 lead going into the bottom of
the sixth, Texas exploded for four runs on
four hits. Junior third baseman Charley
Carter followed with a triple and junior out
fielder Mark Cridland had a single. Simpson
then belted his second two-run home run of
the afternoon, extending the lead to 8-2.
Texas Head Coach Augie Garrido said
Simpson carried the offensive load.
“The guy’s a hero today,” Garrido said. “If
you believe in yourself and keep trying some
thing like this can happen.”
Junior Eric French entered the ninth with
the Aggies trailing 9-4. French struck out
Sean Heaney and Rich Petru on 1-2 counts
before surrendering a two-out single to Ja
son Tyner. French responded by fanning
Stephen Truitt on four pitches to strike out
the side and end the game.
Saturday night, the Longhorns received
another spectacular pitching performance.
Starter Rad Weaver (4-4) pitched a complete-
game four-hitter defeating the Aggies 6-2. The
junior righthander struck out a career high 10
batters and allowed just two unearned runs.
Weaver walked Tyner to start the game
and then retired the next nine batters. Af
ter allowing the two unearned runs in the
top of the fifth Weaver set down 15 of the
next 16 Aggies.
Stephens said the team realized play
ing at Disch-Falk Field would make it dif
ficult to win.
“We know it was going to be tough to
come in here and play,” Stephens said. “The
pitchers just shut us down. We failed to
make any adjustments.”
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Golfers look to clinch first title
Lady Ags second after first round
By Lara L. Zuehlke
The Battalion
The first Big 12 Championship
is up for grabs, and the 17th-ranked
Texas A&M Women’s Golf Team is
greedily eying the crown. The Lady
Aggies travelled to Lawrence, Kan.,
to tee off in the Big 12 Conference
Tournament, which began Sunday.
Although the competition will
be tough for the Aggie squad, there
is no clear-cut favorite. Eight of the
12 schools in the conference are
ranked among the nation’s top 50
teams in the RolexTeam Rankings.
A&M Head Coach Jeanne
Sutherland said A&M is in a good
position to bring home the cham
pionship title.
“We’re playing well right now, and
we feel confident,” Sutherland said.
“We have as good of a chance as any
one at the tournament to come away
with the first championship. But
even if we play our best, we could still
get beat because it depends on who’s
hot at the tournament.”
The Lady Ags came in second to
the University of Nebraska in the
Big 12 Preview in October, and fell
to the University of Texas last year
in the final Southwest Conference
Championship. Needless to say,
the Aggies are looking for revenge.
Sutherland said A&M has im
proved since the Big 12 Preview
and hopes to demonstrate their
improvements on the golf course.
“We have had ups and downs
since the Big 12 Preview,” Suther
land said. “The things that we’ve im
proved upon since then are mental
— our ability to focus through an
entire round of golf. The team is do
ing an awesome job this spring of
avoiding mental mistakes.”
The Lady Aggies are familiar
with the Alvamar Golf Course in
Lawrence, winning first place
there at the Marilyn Smith/Road-
runner Invitational In October.
“We’re going to be playing our
best on that golf course. We’ve played
a lot at Briarcrest (Country Club), and
it’s very similar to what we’ll see in
Kansas,” Sutherland said. “We played
at a tournament there this fall and
won, so we have some really good
memories from that golf course.”
Junior Aurora Kirchner said she
believes the Lady Aggies are jelling
Top Five Teams
(after the first round)
1. Texas 301
2. Texas A&M 308
3. Oklahoma State 310
4. Kansas 311
5. Nebraska 313
Top Five Individuals
1. Heather Bowie Texas
2. Ali Brewer Baylor
3. Isabelle Rosberg A&M
4. Jamie Hullett A&M
5. Jennifer Waterhouse Texas
A&M Head Coach
Jeanne Sutherland:
“Jamie and Isabelle played
really well and both have a
chanch to compete for the
individual crown.
“Our game plan coming in
here was to have confidence
and just have fun. Four of
our five players did that
(Sunday), but we need five
of five (today).”
at the right time.
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Softball splits doubleheader
By Lara L. Zuehlke
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Softball Team
faced a grueling weekend series, go
ing head-to-head in doubleheaders
with 17th-ranked Oklahoma State
University Saturday and seventh-
ranked University of Oklahoma Sun
day at the Lady Aggie
Softball Field.
The Lady Aggies
split the wins with
OSU, falling 4-3 in the
first series. A&M
came back and sur
prised the Cowgirls in
the second game,
pulling off a 3-2 victo
ry in 11 innings.
After the weekend
series, the Lady Ag
gies are 32-25 overall
and 6-8 in Big 12 play.
The A&M coach-
ing staff turned to
freshman walk-on Danielle Lemuth
in the second game. Lemuth
pitched for six innings and allowed
only one earned run.
Senior pitcher Lori Gioco said
the Lady Aggies are peaking at the
right time and are improving with
every game.
"We’ve been on a winning streak,”
Gioco said. “Although we did lose two
games this weekend, we played our
hardest and we played our best. I can’t
believe how much we have improved.”
The Lady Ags had little time for
recovery after the round with the
Cowgirls. The University of Okla
homa came into Aggieland Sunday.
The Ags surprised the Sooners in
the first game, clobbering them 8-2.
A&M scored six runs
in the sixth inning to
seal the victory.
A&M Head
Coach Jo Evans said
the Aggies’ determi
nation allowed
them to overpower
Oklahoma.
“It’s a huge win for
us. It’s the biggest
win of the year,”
Evans said. “Our
team played great,
and I think we are
playing as well as we
have all year.
“I think we are playing with some
heart. We don’t have any quit in us.”
The second game proved to be a
battle of the wills for the two teams.
Oklahoma took control early in the
game, scoring a run in the first inning.
However, the slugfest came for
both teams during the fourth inning.
The Sooners hit two home runs
on the first two pitches, scoring a to-
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