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' * * . * •—. ■*a ^r' la^kJ ,r,^ S?' ^ V- - , - 4 . ^Ol>^ INTERVIEWING ON CAMPUS MARCH 25 CONTACT YOUR PLACEMENT OFFICE ENERGY «• . Equal Opportunity Employer S The Battalion B ABTO wr ’W# I , <iyi Monday • M arc ^||| Softball team wins 3, loses Minnesota twice over weeke By Robert Hollier Staff writer In its second invitational tour nament at the Aggie Softball Com plex, the Texas A&M Softball Team (16-10-1) is currently in second place with a 3-2 record. On Friday, A&M lost their first game to Minnesota 3-1 de spite a complete game perfor mance from freshman pitcher Kristina Gandara. In their sec ond game, the Aggies’ bats woke up to defeat Bowling Green 8-6. The Aggie offensive attack was led by freshman pitcher Amy Vining who hit a two-run home run in the third, and threw a complete game, striking out eight to pick up her sixth win of the season. On Saturday, A&M kept the of fensive attack going when they de feated Illinois State 11-6. Fresh man third baseman Amanda Whalen headed the attack going two for three, driving in three runs and scoring one. Senior Trina Solesbee, sophomore Jamie Smith and freshman Tiffany Esters each drove in a run with the other runs scoring off of Illinois errors. Freshman Amy Lawler stole three bases and scored three runs in the game, and freshman pitch er Ashley Lewis threw six innings to improve her record to 7-2 with Gandara throwing the seventh to close out the game. In their fourth game, A&M de feated Bowling Green 3-2 in a pitcher’s duel. The Aggies started the scoring in the bottom of the third when shortstop Jamie Smith singled in left fielder Amy Lawler after she stole twb bases. Bowling Green answered im mediately when shortstop Wendy Nicholson and left fielder Caroline Rightz each drove in a run in the top of the fourth to give them a 2-1 lead. The Aggies tied the score at two in the bottom of the fourth when Lawler singled in freshman second ’ clt P; ?g c s ;1 1 :er ;lc RYAN ROOEF: Freshman left fielder Amy Lawler steals home after IllinoisS; the Aggie runner stealing second base. The Aggies won thega baseman Rachel Lewis after she singled and moved to second on an error. The score remained tied until the bottom of the seventh when Smith reached on an error and then stole second. With two outs, freshman designated play er Amy Vining hit a Texas lea guer that fell between the first and second baseman and the right fielder to plate Smith and give the Aggies the win. Gandara, who replaced starter sophomore Danielle Lemuth in the third inning, threw five in nings, giving up four hits, two runs (both unearned) and struck out six to earn her second win of the season. On Sunday, A&M lost to first- place Minnesota 7-1. The Aggies scored in the first when Smith doubled in Lawler for a 1 -0 lead. However, Minnesota answered right back scoring three runs in the first, two in the sixth and two in the seventh and shutout the Aggies for the rest of the game. Minnesota shortstop Shannon Beeler led their offense going two for three, scoring Vwo and driving in four. Catcher hi in I knocked in two runs. The Aggies hunt in the field commitii “We started hittingt! ter,” she said. “We go people getting hits at cr in the game.” ngs change Iroml “Thir game," games v er game We Just) cut dowi Durir man Am in seven vans added! bh the ball 1 w play bettel vt' input)!m m the mistake! the tournam .awlerstolesea tempts anditi dit on the season. 1 The Aggies will con® uvnanwnr vcherr Unsy* >fs State at 4 p.m. tony e Aggie SoffbaY) \ ompS ^ Mil > •xvc : :>;: : SxXyxj<i£<^^ * | J|i J | Y • Jmk I* k 1 W" ^ l T i ^ f * ft ? * I *R. 11LL^TaX* r^Jif «iaI k 1 * Ivi mmmm. x ^ > *,<*.< -i r'Lf+l <?&'&' Intramurals Snncl Volb'ylrall Tennis Table Tennis Penberlhy Softball Tournamenl re C\ ^r^<r^\ tt <i- Recistkvi k )N Mar. 2-Mar. 10 Mar. 2-Mar. 10 Mar. 2-Mar. 10 Mar. 2-Mar. 10 Pw X .KVM D vtl R| ( JM KAIK ) Penberthy Softball Tournament Registration begins Man h 2-24 and tournamenl play begins on Man h 27-20. 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