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lie Texas A&M Women’s Swimming and Diving Teams
avel to Austin this weekend to face the best of the Big 12
By Philip W. Peter
Staff writer
Dn Thursday, Friday and Saturday the Texas A&M
men’s Swimming and Diving Teams will be in Austin
npeting in the second Big 12 Conference Champi-
pip. Although their two losses this season were to
hference rivals Texas and Nebraska, Coach DonWag-
[said he is confident the team is focused on its goals.
|“Last year we were fourth with 11 people in the fi
ls, "Wagner said. “My projection this year is to have
nany as 32 finalists. Texas was second and they beat
|by 400 points. Nebraska beat us by 450
lints and Kansas beat us by 40
lints. Our sites are set to
Lrow that gap and I
Noll jeve come Satur-
la night, you’ll see
I fiat we have.”
the I Wagner said
l e fc t due to the I> ¥ 1 O
' rk ethic of the tS I !_* 1 J*
iletes, he ex-
fon 4 ;tsforthe team
I hop show improve-
mt in every swim-
rtrnm the past con-
nbe; jnce championships.
“We have a lot more depth,”
pi; gner said, “and I think everybody is
king at going for lifetime best swims this weekend,
link we’ve got a lot more direction from the kids
I’ve brought in. They are very centered, they know
latthey want and every single swimmer has been
[ling to pay the price to move to the next level and
prove themselves.”
|Sophomore Tracy Evans said she is excited about
‘opportunity to swim against Nebraska and Texas
bin in Austin.
“Every time we see Texas, we give it all we’ve
got,” Evans said. “I think they’re beatable, but we’re
going to have to swim the best that we can. Ne
braska has also got some good girls who are going
to win a lot of events. I think it will be close. I ex
pect our team to be 100 percent better than last
year and hopefully I can defend my title as Big 12
Champion in the mile.”
Evans is not the only swimmer excited about com
peting again against familiar foes. Sophomore Monica
Stroman said she likes to swim at Texas.
“It’s a neat atmosphere and it’s a fast pool,” Stroman
said. “We’re hoping to come back with a little
more force. Each year so far that I
have been here, we’ve come
back and won more
events and come clos-
CONFERENCE
er (to winning). I
don’t know if this
is the year that
we’ll actually get
them or not, but
we are definitely
stronger than last
year. I just hope to
have my best time
and keep a positive at
titude the whole way and
have fun.”
According to Wagner, they are
stronger due to the level of this year’s competition.
“This year, we have gone against five of the top 10 teams
in the country,” Wagner said. “We haven’t beaten them, but
we know we can compete with them. Nebraska is ranked
seventh in the country and Texas is 12. But they know we’re
coming and our girls know we’re coming.”
The meet begins Thursday at 11 a.m. and runs
through Saturday at the Jamail Swim Center on the Uni
versity of Texas campus.
Aggie Sports Briefs
Qm
. Rollie special
vents planned
At the conclusion of the
xas A&M women’s basketball
me against Kansas State on
b. 25 and the men’s game
against
Baylor on
Feb. 28,
the lights
will be
turned
off for
the last
time at
elifl Rollie White Coliseum and
ereatfeveral special activities have
len planned for the conclusion
[both games.
[Fans can register to take part in
! closing ceremonies by reading
[le Eagle, listening to area radio
ptions and attending season-end-
igames.
[Contest winners will have the
lance to cut down the nets, begin
Walloon pull, win an autographed
|ime ball, “turn off the lights” and
ia trip to Kansas City, Mo., for the
[12 Tournament.
[Forthe women’s game activities,
(is should listen to radio stations
[AW-AM, KAGG-FM (Aggie 96) and
[EX-FM for registration details. For
men’s, tune into KORA-FM,
fSR-FM, KTAM-AM and KHLR-FM
r information.
IThose interested in winning
je autographed game ball can
[gister in The Eagle. Those at-
nding the game will have the
(vel®* ance to register for several
emotions prior to the game in
e lobby.
participants in the contests
I jstbe present at the games to win.
from staff and wire reports
Women's tennis
team downs Rice
The No. 38 Texas A&M Women’s
Tennis Team (7-0) defeated the No. 51
Rice Owls (6-2) 6-3 yesterday at the
Jake Fless Tennis Stadium in Houston
to remain undefeated on the season.
“This was just a great team win to
day,” A&M Coach Bobby Kleinecke
said. “Playing Rice is always a battle,
but we just came down here ready to
win. This is another regional win that
will help our seeding when the
NCAAs come around in May.”
In the singles competition, the
Aggies were led by Lisa Dingwall
who defeated Rice’s Elle Lewis 7-6,
6-1. Also, Monica Rebolledo had a
come-from-be-
hind victory over
Vessie Ivanova
6-7, 7-5, 6-1.
Kathryn Scott
and Eva Marcial
also posted wins
in singles play.
In doubles
competition, the
Aggies defeated
the Owls 2-1, led
by Dingwall and
Vanessa Rooks’ 8-6 victory over
Rice’s Borwell and Ivanova. The
team of Eva Marcial and Scott also
defeated their opponents 8-5.
“I am very pleased with the fight
we showed having to come back in
all doubles matches,” Kleinecke
said. “Anything can happen in pro
set play, and we kept fighting, giving
ourselves a chance to win."
This victory puts the Aggies in
great position for the NCAA Region-
als held in May at LSD.
The Aggies will continue their re
gional play next Wednesday when
they travel to Waco to begin Big 12
Conference play against the No. 36
Lady Bears at 1:30 p.m.
Kleinecke
Slocum rounds
out football staff
The Texas A&M Football Team
added the final piece to its coaching
staff yesterday when they hired for
mer Washington State assistant
Lawrence Livingston to be the new
running backs coach. Livingston was
the offensive line
coach at WSU for
the past three
seasons.
“He’s done a
great job with
the Washington
State offense
which ranked
second in the
country this Slocum
past year and
helped the Cougars to the Rose
Bowl” Slocum said. “He’s an im
pressive young coach who will do
well here at Texas A&M.”
Last year the Cougars won the
Pac 10 and made their first trip to
the Rose Bowl since 1931, finish
ing No. 9 in the country, the
school’s highest ranking ever.
Prior to Washington State, Liv
ingston was the head offensive
line coach at Weber State for six
seasons under current Washington
State head coach, Mike Price. Be
fore that, he was the offensive line
coach at the U.S. Military Acade
my and helped lead the Cadets to
a 9-3 record and a Sun Bowl berth.
In 1993, one of his pupils, Paul
Kongaika, earned first-team All-Big
Sky honors, while in 1991, Bruce
Covernton was named Division I-
AA All-American. Livingston also
helped develop a first-team all
conference running back each
season from 1990-93.
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