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Wednesday • April 23, 1997
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By Chris Ferrell
The Battalion
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torK pii exploded with a four-run
Ird inning, the only unanswered
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anight. It didn’t mat-
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ilroller coaster this weekend.”
; After a quick start, A&M put to-
| r tether a four-run two-out rally in
he bottom of the third inning to
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Sophomore centerfielder Jason
Tyner started the rally by reaching on
an error by Bearkat third baseman
Brian Gaffney. Sam Houston starter
Kevin Hermes then walked Aggie
freshman left-fielder Steven Truitt to
set up the game’s first run. Senior
Johnny Hunter knocked in lyner
with a two-out single and then senior
first baseman Jason Stephens sent a
two-run double
into the right-field
gap to score Truitt
and Hunter.
Stephens then
scored on a double
by freshman third
baseman Sean
Heaney, to com
plete the rally.
“We took some
good strokes at the
plate,” Stephens
said. “And after Sat
urday and Sunday,
it felt good to get
back out and work on some things.
“When the offense is struggling
and not producing runs, you take
chances and [try to] be aggressive
on the base paths — make the out
fielders make some extra throws.”
The Aggies went on to score
runs in the fourth, sixth, seventh
“The guy who’s
on the bump —
he makes it hap
pen and the hit
ters will pick up
on that.”
Mark Johnson
Head Coach
and eighth innings, which were
more than enough for a pitching
staff that kept the Bearkats hand
cuffed all night.
A&M starter John Sneed, who
made his first start since the begin
ning of the season, gave up one run
on five hits in six innings of work to
improve his record to 4-0 for the year.
“John Sneed gave us a great
chance to win the ballgame,”
Johnson said. “[He] threw well,
threw strikes, only walked two
guys in six innings — which has
been his problem from time to
time — and he got nine K’s.
“John gave us a chance and it’s all
on the mound. The guy who’s on the
bump — he makes it happen and
the hitters will pick up on that.”
Sneed said he was pleased with
his performance.
“I just did what I needed to do to
help the team,” he said. "I haven’t
started for two months or so, I just
went out there and threw my game.
I felt pretty good. I got tired early. I
think I threw 115, 120 pitches
through six, that’s a lot. I just tried to
throw strikes. With the north wind,
I knew they weren’t going to leave
the yard on me.”
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Tori eminates style, attitude of pro
tour player and idol Thomas Muster
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&M junior Carlos Tori hits one against UT's Paul Martin
st Saturday at the Omar Smith Tennis Center.
By Matt Mitchell
The Battalion
A nyone who follows the professional
tennis tour knows Thomas Muster,
the Austrian clay court specialist and
former No. 1 player in the world, whose
competitive displays on the court have led
to some bad blood between him and his fel
low professionals.
Despite his more dubious distinctions,
Muster is also the favorite tennis player of
Carlos Tori, a junior on the Texas A&M
Men’s Tennis Team.
“I like him more for the player he is than
the person he is,” Tori quickly points out. “I
like the way he plays, I like the way he prac
tices. I was born in Peru and played a lot of
clay court tennis, so I try to play like him.”
Playing like Muster includes whacking
bullets from the baseline and playing with
fiery intensity, both of which Tori has no
trouble doing. Playing like the Austrian,
however, also includes charging the net and
serving well on hard courts like those at the
Omar Smith Tennis Center, skills Tori has
found more difficult to acquire.
“I’m definitely a baseline player,” Tori said.
“I’m trying to incorporate coming in (to the
net) a lot more. I think for next year, I’ll be com
ing in a lot more and be more comfortable, be
cause at the beginning, it’s hard. I’ve been
working a lot on that this year, and it’s paid off.”
Head Coach Tim Cass said Tori is grad
ually making the transition from a baselin-
er to a complete tennis player with a well-
rounded game.
“Carlos has had some adjusting to do,
probably with me and with a few things in his
game,” Cass said. “I think he’s starting to un
derstand, but I don’t know if they have nec
essarily all come together yet. There’s no ar
gument that he has a lot of talent, and we’re
trying to make sure his understanding of the
game day in and day out is very consistent.”
Tori gained international experience at
a young age, competing in the juniors divi
sion at such prestigious Grand Slam events
as Wimbledon, the French Open, and the
U.S. Open. In addition, Tori played on the
Peruvian Davis Cup team, which he lists as
his proudest moment.
“It was a great experience, but it’s a lot
different than college tennis,” Tori said. “I
guess the biggest difference is there’s mon
ey involved (in the Davis Cup). There’s pres
sure and tension about that. And even
though A&M is a great school and you want
to do well to show how much of an Aggie
you are, the pressure of playing for your
country is much greater.”
Tori said that while the team atmosphere
in Davis Cup competition is similar to college
tennis—individual egos often got in the way.
“There’s a lot of politics involved,” Tori said.
“Once you’re on the court and you’re playing,
everyone is playing for your country and
everything is great. But before that, practice
and stuff doesn’t go all that smoothly.”
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Mathematics Contest
Annual Freshmen and Sophomore
Mathematics Contest
Thursday, April 24, 1997
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Room 317 Milner Hall
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[It is intended to award at least six prizes:
1. $150 for paper judged to be best overall
2. $125 for second place
3. $100 for third place
4. $ 80 for fourth place
3. $ 60 for fifth place
6. $ 50 for sixth place
Contest problems will cover topics up through Math 152
(Engineering Calculus II) for Freshmen, and through Math 308
(Differential Equations) for Sophomore contestants.
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Contact Doug Hensley, e-mail: doug.hensley@math.tamu.edu, or
check the Math Dept. Home Page: http://www.math.tamu.edu
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The BRAZOS CENTER
Lady Ags finish
two behind Texas
Junior Rosberg finishes second
Staff and Wire Report
LAWRENCE — The Texas A&M
Women’s Golf Team thought they
had it wrapped up. But the Lady Ag
gies fell two shots short of the first
Big 12 crown yesterday in the final
round ofthe Big 12 Championships.
After being behind by 10 strokes
going into the final round, the Lady
Aggies made up eight yesterday to
finish with a three-round total of926.
“We made up eight strokes, but
it was not enough,” Junior Isabelle
Rosberg said. “This shows the cal-
liber of team we are. I think we’ll be
ready to play at regionals.”
Rosberg led the Lady Aggies by
finishing second in the individual
rankings to Texas’ Heather Bowie.
Texas took home the inaugural
Big 12 title.
A&M junior Jamie Hullett fin
ished third, freshman Aurora Kirch-
ner finished tied for 16th, senior
Wendi Wight finished 29th and
freshman Anna Becker finished tied
for 44th.
Rosberg said she did not stick to
her own game at first.
“I started off playing against
Heather too much,” Rosberg said. “I
got off my game a little bit, I thought
I needed to come back.”
Rosberg and Hullett were
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Junior Isabelle Rosberg practices
her drives at Pebble Creek.
named to the first all-conference
team and A&M Head Coach
Jeanne Sutherland was named the
coach of the year.
The I^dy Aggies wifi now head
to Tuscon, Ariz., where they will
compete in the NCAA West Region
al. The top 10 teams from each re
gion will advance to the NCAA
Tournament in Columbus, Ohio.
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