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Pagf Monday • April 21, Ags falter against Texa Krause Rins Dance Tuxedo Discount £ JRlf B On Your v#%w k Ktinti oil00 Dance tv Tuxedo Rentals start at $55.95 • No other discounts or promotions apply • Must present coupon at time of reservation • Exp 4/30/97 ^ Hrytm/Gollegc Station W #1 I 1 too Harvey Ktl. Jf next to Post Oak Mall FORMAL WEAR 409-693-0947 LAST MINUTE ORDERS ARE NO PROBLEM By Dennis Ramirez The Battalion As the skies opened up Saturday afternoon, so did the hearts of the Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Team as they came up short 6- 1 against their ri val, the University ofTexas. The Aggies now fail to 8-12 on the season and 3-5 in confer ence play, while the 14th-ranked Longhorns won the Big 12 Con ference with a perfect 9-0 mark and 19-5 overall. From the minute doubles play was postpone^ because of Mother Nature, to when the match finally got underway at 2:30 p.m., frustra tion was the pace for the Aggies. ' “It was just a nightmare,” sopho more Carlos Tori said. “Everything Golf Continued from Page 6 \\ “We have a really good chance of winning it,” Kirchner said. “We’re finally playing the way that we’ve hoped to. We are all playing pretty well, so it’s nice for it to all come together at the end when it’s really important.” Representing A&M at the tour nament will be senior Wendi Wight, juniors Jamie Hullett, Is abelle Rosberg and Kirchner and freshman Anna Becker. Hullett leads the way for A&M, ranking third in Big 12 standings and 30th in the nation, with a 76.79 average. Hullett said the team is eager AGGIES Continued from Page 6 The Aggies began the three-game series Friday night on a good note, winning their ninth consecutive con ference matchup, gunning down the Longhorns 6-3. Junior pitcher Ryan Rupe (8-2) tossed a complete game, surrendering three runs on seven hits. Hunter led the Aggies' offensive attack going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. In the victory, Hunter smashed that could have gone wrong did and they (Texas) are a good team once that happens. We had a lot of expec tations going into the match today, but we were simply not ourselves.” No matter what seemed to go wrong for the Longhorns, they always found a way to salvage the point. The Longhorns captured all the doubles and singles matches in straight sets, the only Aggie victory was senior Aggie netter Robbie Krause coming up with the win against UT’s B. J. Stearns. While Stearns took the first set in the long and grueling match that stretched almost three hours, Krause was able to remain composed and come back to take the match. "It was all about pride,” Krause said. “I am sincerely disappointed with the team loss because we had an up-and-down season and I thought today might have a differ ent outcome. As for me, I could not have dreamt it better, I beat Texas on my last chance here at home and to square off with the other Big 12 schools. “We are really excited to see how we match up against them, because we know we can play with any of those schools,” Hullett said. “We’re trying not to focus so much on it being the Big 12, because that makes us a little nervous.” Sutherland said it would be nice to win the first Big 12 Cham pionship, but despite the confer ence, a win is a win. “Conference tournaments are exciting no matter what confer ence you are in,” Sutherland said. “Every athlete at A&M wants to win a (championship) ring, no matter if it’s the Big 12 or the Southwest Conference. There’s no more im portance placed upon it for us that it’s the Big 12. We still want to win.” his team-leading 15th home run. Garrido, who felt the Longhorns needed to win nine of their next 12 coming into the series, said the two- game winning streak will take some of the pressure off his team. “Without a question it will make us feel better about things,” Ganido said. “Winning and losing really affects your attitude. Baseball is supposed to be fun. When you get beaten, it (the loss] frequently takes the fun out of it. They haven’t given up. 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To be hone:! is my job to make surethai compete with these guys dal and day out, and that’swhaif plan on doing.” The Aggies return to ani Wednesday agamsi lexaslr ^ ^'l versify in a makeup matchaiM rin | ()mar Smith Tennis (.'enter. Pj or l mtthJ A&M finishes national )Y Kri The STINA BlJFI Balia uor :n! Pr The Texas A&M Men’sVo ball Team travelled tothellni sity of Arizona in Tucson^ this weekend in hopes of capa ing the national title. However, the Aggies cami j® short and finished 17th. Junior Scott Simons said(_ team was disappointed ni their finish. “We were kind of in shoo mons said. “We knew we shot have been in the top 16,butt didn’t come through.” The Aggies were knockedo by the University of lllino Simons said overall, thep are happiy with theiryear. “Next year, we will havefe] returning starters and eig turning players,” Simons;mi. year’s president, said.“WstaM Ian have a better season.” P a nc The women’s club te< B participated in the tournam^/ They finished thi rd out of 20 te^ b jfetenc lie a ffic 'SOI or :ka ter +1 |rn Jto THE YOGA INSTITUTE AND BOOKSTORES ES11974 Em | 725 E. 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