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iday • February 20, 1998 The Battalion D m \ It IT •cloilu I ■■Aggies try to stay perfect against Ole’ Miss By Chris Ferrfxl Staff writer The Texas A&M Baseball Team try to stay perfect on the season they play host to the Ole’ Miss els this weekend at Olsen Field. eesrjWliile this season’s team did not ner as much attention as some &M’s past squads, Coach Mark nson said the team has done at it needs to win games. don’t think we’re great yet,” nson said. “The teams we’ve yed, I think we’re better than. I nk that we have lost games (in past) against teams that we ve been better than. We weren’t le to win those games with teams it I thought were better. None the is, if you can pick up wins when eetfo U can I pretty happy about that, s ,,„ d tliis year’s done that.” 'ijj The Aggies owe much of their |j ccess to the pitching staff which scome out of the gate strong. MjnJSenior righthander Ryan Rupe '97 m was named the college player of the week after posting a 2-0 record in his two starts this season. He start ed the season by throwing a com bined no-hitter and followed it up with a complete game shutout against Arkansas State last week end. Opponents are batting .089 against him this season. Rupe is scheduled to start in Fri day night’s opener. In the second game of the series sophomore pitcher Casey Possum is scheduled to get the start. Possum has also started the season with a 2-0 record. Possum has also appeared in two relief appearances for the Ag gies this season. Junior transfer Matt Ward will get the nod in game three. He is also 2-0 on the season. Offensively, the Aggies have benefited from some big innings. Sophomore second baseman Sean Heaney has carried the biggest stick in the Aggie lineup so far with a team high 12 RBI. He has Big! BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Junior Eric Sobek dives back into first base against Dallas Baptist Tuesday. also hit two home runs on his way to posting a .394 batting average. In the Aggies 10-9 comeback win over rack team heads to Houston Invitational from staff and wire reports 2J ^ter two straight weeks of division between the inters and distance runners, the Texas A&M Track Jl Field Team will be reunited and in full force when y travel to Houston on Saturday to compete in the uston Invitational. ompeting against the Aggies will be schools such as lene Christian, North Texas, Jackson State, Texas ithern, Texas Tech and the University of Houston. The meet will be held at the indoor facil ity on the University of Houston campus, where three short weeks ago, the Aggies successfully qualified three athletes for the NCAA Cham- pionships and set two meet records and one school record. After a week filled with practice-al tering weatlier, the Aggies will be heading to Houston to compete in what will be the final tune-up for the Vi Nelson Big 12 Championships in Ames, Iowa, ^ just one short week away. However, thing has appeared to slow the progress of the Aggies gthe indoor season, and with only two more weeks ipportunities to qualify for nationals, the past week of ittice should be nothing more than a distant memory 'fflit comes time for the meet to start. m ad Schedule of Events Friday. February 20 4:00 Workshop: “Music in Film” 7:00 Night of Shorts II - Lunch with Louie - The List - Dust and Other Particles of Attraction - The Little Things - Pu Ro Mi Su {The Promise) - Secrets 10:00 Feature: Made Men With additional short films: - The Puzzle - Fast Food Saturday. February 21 Ticket Information Individual Tickets $3.00 Festival Pass $20.00 provides access to all screenings, special receptions, workshops & hospitality room Student Festival Pass $17.50 Same access as festival pass. Available to anyone with valid student I.D. Tickets can be purchased at theMSC Box Office (409)845-1234 Aggie Bucks Accepted & 1:00 Workshop: “Ethnicity in Film” 2:00 Children’s Screening Room - Happy Hew Year - Partners in Crime - Big Bucks for Buddha 3:00 Workshop: “The Work of Tarantino’ 5:00 Director’s Reception at Fox and Hound 7:00 Feature: Just Friends With additional short films: -Ah L Amour - Lily and Jim 10:00 Feature: Nude with Oranges With additional short film: El Artist a Sunday. February 22 2:00 Feature: The New Gods With additional short film: Six Months of Darkness, Six Months of Light Persons with disabilities please call 845- 1515 to inform us of your special needs. We request notification three(3) working days prior to the event to enable us to assist you to the best of our ability. Made Possible in Part by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the Brazos Valley Arts Council. Movie Poster Sale!!!! MSC Hallway MondayTriday, February 16-20, 1998 9 a.m.-Sp.m. Benefitting the MSC Film Society and the 1998 Texas Film Festival Dallas Baptist on Tuesday, it was Heaney’s three-run blast which help put A&M back into the game. Texas A&M will be coming off of two straight weeks of excellent results against rather stiff competition, and will be riding the wave of success into Houston. The Aggies will be looking to improve on their results from the last Houston Invitational three weeks ago, which include overall team performances of second- place for the men and third for the women. Though they will be doing this with the overall intention of re maining healthy for the final meet. Senior Larry Wade will look to continue his un beaten streak in the hurdles in the very place it start ed three weeks ago. On the women’s side, senior Adrien Sawyer and her four qualifications to nation als (three automatic) will look to lead the Aggies to yet another impressive showing. As for the rest of the Texas A&M Track and Field Team, it will look to increase the number of participants com peting in the NCAA Championships in addition to prepar ing for the Big 12 Championships, where the Aggies turned in a sub-par performance a year ago. However, this has proven to be a team with outstanding athletes and tremendous focus, and the results over the next two weeks should do nothing but reflect that. Texas A&M will conclude the indoor season at the Big 12 Championships next weekend, with the ex ception of the NCAA Championships, and will then begin preparing for the grueling outdoor season, which begins in early March. Softball team hosts Aggie Invitational By Robert Hollier Staff writer The Texas A&M Softball Team (7-1,0-0) will look to increase its win totals when they host the Ag gie Invitational Tournament this weekend. In this tournament, the teams will play each other twice. On Friday, the Aggies will play UTSA (6-2) at 4:30 p.m. and New Mexico State (5-8) at 6:45 p.m. On Saturday, A&M will play Penn State (0-0) at noon and again on Sunday at 11:15 a.m. The Aggies will play New Mexico again on Sat urday at 6:45 p.m. and UTSA again on Sunday at 3:45 p.m. During this tournament, Aggie Coach Jo Evans said she will be looking for more consistent play from the team. “In the last tournament, we Please see Softball on Page 8. Women’s basketball at home to face Tech No. 6 Red Raiders 11-1 in Big 12 play By Philip W. Peter Staff writer For the second consecutive Sat urday the Texas A&M Women’s Bas ketball Team (7-16, 3-10) will face the No. 6 team in the nation when they travel to Lubbock to take on the Texas Tech Lady Raiders (18-4, 11-1) at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. Last Saturday, the Lady Raiders visited College Station and hand ed A&M its largest home loss of the season, 90-65, while forward Alicia Thompson showed why she is an All-America candidate. The 6-foot- 1 -inch senior was the game’s lead- lii I BRANDON BOLLOM/The Battalion Junior guard Kim Tarkington and the Aggies fell last week to Tech, 90-65. ing scorer with 26 points on 10 for 13 field-goal shooting while only playing 19 minutes due to foul trouble. Thompson, who also had nine rebounds last week, averages 22 points on 55 percent field-goal shooting and 9 rebounds per game. But Thompson does not play alone. The Lady Raiders thrive on their depth. Of the 15 players on the roster, 10 are juniors and se niors. They start three juniors, a senior and a sophomore com pared to A&M, who starts four sophomores and a junior. But Texas A&M Coach Candi Harvey said they will try to use their age, or lack there of, to their advantage. “There is one senior on this team,” Harvey said, “and juniors that contribute but don’t play as many minutes as sophomores and freshmen. We’ll just have to use that youthful enthusiasm. If we play as well as we did (against Texas Wednesday, an 86-68 A&M victory), I think we can compete up there.” Against Texas, A&M sophomore Prissy Sharpe scored a career high 29 points in 34 minutes. However, due to foul trouble last week against the Lady Raiders, Sharpe was limited to 26 minutes. Sharpe fouled out with four minutes to play and junior point guard Kim Tarkington fouled out with one minute to play. Sec ond-half foul trouble sent the Lady Raiders to the free-throw line 18 times and coincidentally, they out-scored A&M by eigh teen in the half. Also working in the Lady Raiders’ favor is the home-court advantage. In College Station, 1,637 fans came to watch the game. Texas Tech, however, av erages 7,870 fans when playing in Lubbock. Harvey said she is not worried about the crowd, she enjoys it. “It’s not a friendly environ ment,” Harvey said. “It shouldn’t be. That’s what college basketball is all about. I just wish we had the same type of environment here.” Norwest® PC Banking is here. If your PC isn’t too busy You’ve wanted it, you got it. Go on-line to balance your checkbook, transfer funds, even pay your bills. Works with Quicken® or Microsoft® Money software. For details, see your local Norwest banker or dial Norwest Phone Bank SM service at 1-800-224-7334. mmmmm NORWEST mmmmm mmymm® To The N th Degree Bryan/College Station 3000 Briarcrest 1801 Rock Prairie 776-5402 776-3499 200 Southwest Pkwy. 776-3424