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<nday • February 9, 1998 The Battalion O #1 D m i m C 'iBPlr '1 fexas A&M sweeps SWT ^gie Women’s Tennis Team blanks Southwest Texas, 9-0 By Al Lazarus Staff writer »ni6i a perfect day for tennis, the Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team ap- fan Tchad perfection, using a sun-soaked Saturday afternoon at the iE OUT Smith Tennis Center as the stage for shellacking Southwest Texas h University, 9-0. nete nior Vanessa Rooks, playing in the No. 1 singles slot for the Aggies, 0| r 6-0j6-l. Nc was Rooks’ first singles match of the spring season, but she said p was no need to be nervous. N had a lot of confidence heading into the match, and while it may ' d cocky, I knew I was going to win,” Rooks said. T/" so victorious in singles play for the Aggies were sophomores Lisa , ir> ' wall and Kathryn Scott, freshmen Monica de la Torre and Danielle nd senior Monica Rebolledo. All won in straight sets, women’s dual matches, doubles are played after singles, so often s earn has already won the match heading into doubles play. ay S lis was the case for the Aggies Saturday, but Rooks said the intensi- /el remained high. : Vhen we got out there to play our doubles matches, we knew we already won, but it just made us want to keep playing hard and p them,” Rooks said. Id ott and freshman Eva Maricial played No. 1 doubles for the Aggies, ing B-2. ott said although she was happy with the outcome, her performance red because Southwest Texas did not offer much of a challenge, didn’t feel like I played as well as I could, but when we start to play :r teams my level comes up,” Scott said. ioks and Dingwall teamed up to play No. 2 doubles, winning 8-2. iding out doubles play for the Aggies were Rebolledo and junior iq, ica San Miguel, who won 8-5. oach Bobby Kleinecke said he was pleased with the low amount of nutes. 3. Ch reed errors his team made. | P Ve went out there, and we didn’t beat ourselves, because we didn’t make | se . :rrors that put us in a bind,” Kleinecke said. “And that’s a positive.” lirst einecke said the team is where it needs to be right now but is going see ve to step up a notch as it enters a difficult part of its schedule, start- dth the University of Houston this week. think it’s time we move on to the stiffer competition,” Kleinecke said, we taken care of business with (Southwest Texas andUNT), and now feld me to increase the adrenaline and increase our level of play.” linr ie match against the University of Houston is next for the women’s [ome'i.Tht' contest will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Omar Smith pSis Renter. Hm —— t MSC Barber Shop sda) Serving All Aggies! Cuts and Styles All Corp Cuts $7. 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(l%r) Tickets Off Campus 7 Days a Week Sam to 10 pm or A&M Ticket Office 845-2311 Aggies on the Internet: http://sports.tamu.edu SHOW YOUR TALENT! fTlrlfesi ‘98 The juried exhibition of TAMU student artwork March 11 - April 10,1998 MSC Visual Arts Gallery, MSC 289 Entries accepted: February 23 - March 6, 1998 Please contact numbers below for complete listing of rules. Sponsored by the MSC Visual Arts Committee New members always welcome! Lalaine Little, Advisor tel. 845-9251 http://vac.tamu.edu e-mail: vac@tamu.edu