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Vlonday • March 9, 1998 The Battalion iili i 1 iyi if I ii£ii» exas A&M takes 2 of 3 from Mizzou Tigers |upe sets tone with 11-strikeout, 4-hit, complete-game win By Travis Harsch Staff writer [Mother Nature did her best Sunday afternoon to ike the Missouri Tigers feel at home. [With game-time temperatures tumbling into mid-40s and wind magnifying the effects of e cold before 2,181 chilly loyalists at Olsen dd, the Aggies overcame the weather and a sol- effort by Tiger pitching to take the final game N8,'the weekend series, 4-3, and rebound from a r ei; 3 loss Saturday. j 0 <; The victory, coupled with A&M’s 9-2 win on Fri- jft y, handed the Aggies their second series victory in 3 12 play. Junior Matt Ward pitched a complete game, striking 1 1 seven with no walks. (jj; “I just came out and threw strikes,” Ward said. he team played solid defense, that wind was Ififugh on those fly balls, you could see the balls it there diving." V The Southern California native was affected by the )s: :athor, but stayed warm when he wasn’t throwing. i “It was really cold out there, my fingertips were : imb,” Ward said. “But Casey Possum said that once u w'cre on the mound, you’d feel pretty warm, and its: ery inning I came in the locker room, stretched out a od le bit and stayed warm and kept moving so I would- tighten up.” Sean Heaney hit a two-run homer to right in the bot tom of the second to give A&M a 3-0 lead after Jason Tyner scored on a single in the first. “I was just trying to go the other way with the ball, and luckily, the wind was blowing out that way, so that helped it out,” Heaney said. The Aggies added another run in the fourth to make the score 4-1, where it remained until the sev enth, when Mizzou got two doubles and a triple to cut the lead to 4-3. With the tying run at third, Ward forced a pop out to end the inning, then sent the Tigers back to the bench in order in the next two in nings for the win. Coach Mark Johnson said Ward is doing everything well. “He’s throwing strikes, he’s getting ahead in the count, he’s working in and out and changing speeds,” Johnson said. Ward’s complete game matched the one Ryan Rupe threw in the first game of the series for A&M on Friday. Rupe threw well, allowing only four hits and striking out 11 to improve his record to 4-1 on the year. Craig Kuzmic went deep for three of the Aggies’ nine runs as they triumphed 9-2. A&M didn’t fare as well Saturday, losing 6-3, as Mis souri pitching allowed only one hit into the eighth in ning. Casey Possum pitched well in the loss, however, giving up three runs and striking out 11 in eight innings of work. Johnson said Possum gave a solid effort, but it wasn’t enough. ROBERT MCKAY/The Battalion Junior designated hitter Erik Sobek dives back into first base during the Aggies’ 4-3 win over Missouri yesterday. “I hate it that Casey’s fallen into a hard-luck pitcher, because he gives up two runs and can’t get a win out of it,” Johnson said. Ward said the series victory will help the self-esteem of a young team. “Our confidence is up right now,” Ward said. “We’re playing solid defense, we’re hitting the ball pretty good, we’re throwing strikes, we’re not walking too many guys, so we’re going to succeed if we keep doing that.” The Aggies next take on Southwest Texas State in a doubleheader Tuesday at Olsen. The first game be gins at 4 p.m. tfg 12 Men's and Women’s Basketball Tournaments offer few surprises -Jen’s top seed Kansas, women’s top seed Texas Tech roll to respective conference tourney championships led Raiders slam ayhawks in final The Texas Tech Women’s Bas- tball Team defeated the Kansas /hawks 71-53 Saturday night to i the Women's Big 12 Tourna- mt Championship. With the win, Texas Tech rned the Big 12 Conference’s tomatic bid to the NCAA jmen’s Basketball Tournament, me Hanebutt led three Tech ayers scoring in double figures th 121 points on 5-6 shooting am outside the three-point arc. Alicia Thompson and Angie Braziel had 14 and 13 points, respec tively, for Texas Tech. Thompson was named the tournament’s most valuable player, and joined Braziel on the All-Tour nament team. Tech defeat ed Colorado and Oklahoma State to earn the right to play Kansas in the finals. Kansas’ road to the final game Thompson from staff and included victories over Kansas State and Iowa State. Iowa State ended Texas A&M’s dreams of a Cinderella run through the tournament with a 88-68 vic tory in the second round. The Ag gies advanced to the second round with a 98-74 victory over the Texas Longhorns in the first round. The loss marked the earliest exit from postseason play for a Long horn basketball team in the histo ry of the program. Kansas post Lynn Pride, Iowa State guard Stacy Frese and Okla homa State guard Cheri Edwards rounded out the All-Tournament team. wire reports Kansas proves too tough for Sooners The No. 1 seeded Kansas Jay- hawks won their second straight Big 12 Tournament Championship with a 72-58 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners. With the win, Kansas gets an unnecessary automatic NCAA Tournament bid. Kansas’ 34 wins ties the previous year’s team for second most victories in school history. The 1985-86 Final Four team garnered 35 wins. Trailing 40-38 at the 12:03 mark, the Jayhawks went on a 25-8 run over the next eight minutes to ice the win. Jayhawk junior fonvard Paul Pierce was the tournament MVP after scor ing 26 points. He HBB is the first Jay- ** hawk to be named tourna ment MVP in con secutive years since Danny Man ning in 1986 and 1987. Other mem bers of the All- Tournament team were Nebraska guard Tyronn Lue, Ok lahoma center Evan Wiley, Oklahoma Pierce guard Corey Brewer and Kansas for ward Raef LaFrentz. To get to the finals, Kansas beat Kansas State 68-61 and Ne braska 91-59. Oklahoma defeated Missouri 58- 53 and Texas 68-55. Baylor ended Texas A&M’s chances of a Cinderella tourna ment run with their 66-63 victory over the Aggies. Texas surprised some by upset ting both Texas Tech in the first round and No. 2 seed Oklahoma State in the second. Kris Clack managed to play despite a shoulder injury that fig ured to keep him out of the lineup. WKUKUURBM i U/e're Always Rolling! 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