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nitrii Caradima will lead A&M’s attack versus 30th-ranked Texas Christian.
By Robert Hollier
Staff writer
After a stunning 4-1 upset over
No. 12 Pepperdine and a 6-1
thrashing of No. 50 Miami, the
No. 27 Texas A&M Men’s Tennis
Team (6-2) will continue its
March home stand when they
play the No. 30 TCU Horned
Frogs Saturday at noon at the
Omar Smith Tennis Center.
“This is a very important re
gional match for us,” Texas A&M
Coach Tim Cass said. “They’re
very good and dangerous. We’re
four and 26 against them. It’s
been very one-sided.”
Cass said the player that wor
ries him and the team the most is
Estaban Carril.
“He’s their number one player,”
he said. “He’s 24 and six in singles
match play this year,, and he is
ranked No. 21 in the country. He’s
definitely very good.”
However, Cass believes playing at
home will be a big factor for the team.
“In all sports, you prefer to
play at home,” Cass said. “We
usually play better when we’re at
home. You have more fan sup
port and the comforts of playing
on your court.”
After its match with TCU, the
tennis team will play conference foe
Oklahoma State on Saturday, March
21 at the Omar Smith Center.
“This is a very important con
ference match for us,” Cass said.
“Our goal at the beginning of the
year was to win the Big 12; if we lose
this match, we’ll have two losses in
conference and would probably
take us out of the Big 12 title hunt.”
“They (OSU) are undefeated in
the Big 12,” he added. “They have
the number one singles player in
the country. If they win this match,
they will be in the driver’s seat for
the title. If we win, we’ll be able to
control our own destiny.”
The Aggies will play at home all
during March and it could provide
them an excellent opportunity to
fulfill their goals.
Surprises highlight first round of Big Dance
SC upset by Richmond West Virginia bests Temple
„ WASHINGTON (AP) — Richmond did it again
md so did South Carolina.
^ arod Stevenson scored 24 points as 14th-
, ded Richmond added another NCAA tourna-
I nt upset to its resume by beating third-seed-
south Carolina 62-61 Thursday.
Richmond (23-7) held the Gamecocks
reless over the final 76 seconds to secure
II victory and set up a second-round East
lCre jional meeting with the llth-seeded
shington Huskies.
i: Vs soon as a drive by South Carolina’s BJ McK-
rH nd subsequent tap-in attempt went awry at
rt buz/.er, the Spiders gathered at midcourt to
ro; ;bilte yet another upset,
d vIcKie scored 24 points for South Carolina (23-
pwhich hasn’t won an NCAA first-round game
ince in four tries since 1973. The Gamecocks
e ousted from the tournament in the opening
estnd last year by unheralded Coppin State —
eniY the third time a No. 15 seed beat a No. 2.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Temple’s trademark
matchup zone proved no match forWestVirginia.
The taller 1 Oth-seeded Mountaineers passed
the ball through, over and around the No. 7
Owls and used an effective full-court press to
hand Temple its most lopsided loss of the sea
son, 82-52, Thursday in the first round of the
NCAA tournament.
West Virginia (23-8) advanced to Saturday’s
second round against the winner of tonight’s
game between No. 2 Cincinnati and No. 15
Northern Arizona.
The Mountaineers’ best tournament showing
came in the 1959 title game, a 71-70 loss to Cali
fornia. They haven’t been to the second round
since 1989, when Duke beat them.
The younger Owls (21-9) never got un
tracked against West Virginia’s five senior
starters, who helped the Mountaineers to the
Big East’s only perfect non-conference record
(11-0) this season.
Washington stuns Xavier
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deon Luton’s 17-foot
jumper from the left wing with 11.2 seconds to
play gave 1 Ith-seeded Washington its first NCAA
victory since 1984, a 69-68 victory Thursday over
sixth-seeded Xavier.
Luton, who had missed two free throws when
Washington led 67-66 with 53.2 seconds left, hit his
game-winner after Gary Lumpkin’s two free throws
had given Xavier the lead with 42.5 remaining.
Xavier, which made one basket in the final
9:53, had two shots to win it in the waning sec
onds, but Lumpkin threw up an air ball and TJ.
Johnson’s layup attempt off an inbounds pass
was blocked as time expired.
Washington overcame 26 turnovers and 10-
for-21 free-throw shooting to win its first NCAA
game since Detlef Schrempf led a victory over
Duke 14 years ago.
Luton and Donald Watts scored 17 points apiece
to lead Washington. Darnell Williams and James
Posey both had 17 for Atlantic 10 champ Xavier.
By Michael Ferguson
Staff writer
After sending just one representa
tive to the NCAA Championships a
year ago, the Texas A&M Track and
Field Team is aglow after finding that
six Aggies will be traveling to Indi
anapolis this weekend to compete in
this year’s indoor national champi
onships. Although six Aggies will be
making the trip, they will be compet
ing in eight events, with senior Adrien
Sawyer competing in three.
After completing highly suc
cessful indoor seasons, “just hap
py to be there” becomes a phrase
no longer synonymous with Texas
A&M. The men will be looking to
improve on their current Track-
wire USA national ranking of 12
while the women will look to bet
ter their ranking of 24.
Leading the charge for the Ag
gies will be senior Adrien Sawyer,
whose remarkable season earned
her a berth in the 55-meter hur
dles, long jump and the triple
jump. Coach Abe Brown spoke
about Adrien’s potential of placing
in at least one of the three events.
“I like Adrien Sawyer’s chances, es
pecially in the long jump,” Brown
said. “Adrien has come a long way and
has a lot of confidence right now.”
Also competing for the women
will be sophomore Chimika Carter
in the 55-meter hurdles and junior
Detirch Clariett, who is the only pro
visional qualifier to reach the NCAA
Championships, in the triple jump.
For the men, senior Larry Wade
enters the meet as the odds-on fa
vorite to win the 55-meter hurdles.
Wade will look to continue his in
door unbeaten streak against the
best competition in the nation.
However, Wade will still approach
the NCAA Championships as if it
were any other meet.
“I’m still going into this meet with
the same attitude I have towards
every meet,” Wade said. “I’m just go
ing to go out there and do my best.”
Coach Brown spoke about the
down side of entering the meet as
the favorite.
“When you’re at the level like
Larry is, then everybody’s chasing
you,” Brown said. “They’re all try
ing to knock Larry Wade off. He’s
the guy to beat.”
Nonetheless, Larry has been the
favorite going into every meet this
season, and has become accustomed
to the pressures associated with it.
Senior Billy Fobbs, coming off of
his victories in both the 55-meter
dash and 200-meter dash in the Big
12 Indoor Conference Champi-
“Theyre all trying to
knock Wade off. He’s
the guy to beat.”
Abe Brown
Texas A&M track coach
onships, will be competing in the
200 this weekend in Indianapolis.
Coach Brown mentioned Fobbs’
strong finish in the indoor season.
“Billy’s running really good
right now,” Brown said. “He’s peak
ing at the right time, and I like his
chances in the 200.”
Sophomore Richard McDonald
will be competing in the pole vault
after vaulting over 18 feet at the Big
12 Championships two weeks ago.
After the NCAA Championships
this weekend, all eyes will be fo
cused on the outdoor season, which
has typically been Texas A&M’s
strongest season.
The Aggies will be hosting the
College Station Multi-Competi
tion and the College Station Re
lays over the Spring Break period.
The multi-competition will take
place on Mar. 19-20 with the relays
following on Mar. 21.
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