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By Katie Mish
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a | ( e Texas Aggie Softball team swept
‘ „ m H( )iiston State Ladykats last night
D0 toubleheader at the Aggie Softball
M j, The games were the last for the Ag-
t l ( .before Big 12 competition, which
n ■ this Saturday at Iowa State.
Mo e Aggies won the first game of the
■ leheader by a score of four to two.
, man Ashley Lewis was the winning
. er,’giving up only four hits and
ng out 10.
' wis said she is not completely satis-
ith her pitching but that she is head-
; the right direction,
started pitching pretty well out in
)rnia, and I came out here and had
1 or ten strikeouts,” Lewis said. “I just
I can keep it going.”
2shtnan Kristina Gandara picked up
!' in for the Aggies in game two of the
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doubleheader, giving up only four hits,
one run, and striking out six. The Aggies
won the game by a score of seven to one.
Gandara said she credits her fielders with
her win against SHSU.
“I’m happy with my pitching, but the
defense made everything easy,” Gan
dara said. “I’m not a strikeout pitcher,
so it’s always good to have the defense
behind me.”
The Aggies were unstoppable at the
plate, with 19 hits and 11 runs in the two
games combined.
Tiffany Esters had a three-run homer in
the fifth inning of the first game, while
Ashley Lewis and Marianne McGuire both
had home runs in the fifth inning of the
second game, with one and two-run shots.
Coach Jo Evans said she is happy with the
all-around play of the team.
“I’m very pleased with our hitting,”
Evans said. “All the way through the line
up, we hit the ball well. We got good pow
er. When somebody gets up there and gets
a home run, that’s always veiy exciting,
and to have us do it three times tonight
was very exciting.”
Evans said these two games were what
the Aggies needed to build confidence be
fore they start Big 12 play this weekend.
She said the team played a complete
game, putting together their pitching, bat
ting and defense.
Lewis said she feels more prepared for
the Big 12, that she is nervous and excited
about the upcoming games.
“The Big 12 has some of the best
teams in the nation,” Lewis said. “It has
Nebraska, it has Texas, it has us, and it
can’t get any better than that, unless you
go to the West Coast. But we’ve all beat
en the West Coast.”
Lewis said the Aggies main goal is to
get out and get some wins in conference
play, and that their games against SHSU
were a step in the right direction.
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Freshman Tiffany Esters is met by teammates after launching a home run in the first game.
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to battle the Kansas State Wildcats in a three
a set this weekend after sweeping the Houston
tars in a Tuesday doubleheader.
aiiTest For The Weary
ba Tile most students were enjoying various
| ical paradises and catching up on some much
a| ledfest, the Aggies were hard at work playing
jtuT games over nine days.
&M went 4-4 over the break. The biggest wins
tb. e last weekend as A&M won two of three from
jjd ieventh-ranked Oklahoma Sooners.
[the Aggies opened Spring Break by dropping two
- e reelat Oklahoma State and then lost to UT-San
o's )n >o > -1 at home. A&M then defeated Houston
n . ist before facing the Sooners.
National League Bound?
The 1998 Aggies are not exactly long-ball threats. In
fact, A&M opponents have hit 30 home runs against
one of the country’s top pitching staffs while the Aggies
have only hit 29. But that has not affected the run pro
duction. The Aggies are averaging almost seven runs
per game. They’re doing it by manufacturing runs. The
Aggies are batting .297 as a team with 110 extra base
hits. A&M is also making its presence felt on the base
paths where they are 57 of 82 on stolen base attempts.
Junior center fielder Jason Tyner leads the way with 18,
sophomore Steven Truitt has 15. The Ags have stolen 10
more bases than their opponents have even attempted
(23 of 47 steals).
Swing And A Miss
After limiting the Cougars to 11 of 56 from the
plate, the A&M pitching staff lowered its opponent
batting average to .222, more than 70 points below
A&M’s team average. Senior Ryan Rupe leads the way
with the opposition batting a mere .171 against the 6-
foot-6-inch right-hander in 51.1 innings pitched.
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W hile most students were
relaxing at the beaches or
skiing on the slopes and
enjoying their break from school, it
was all business and little rest for
the Texas A&M Softball Team (20-
14-1) last week.
California Sun
After splitting a doubleheader
with North Carolina on March 13, the
Aggies dien traveled to Sacramento
to compete in the Sacramento State
Capital Classic Tom nament where
they finished with a 2-3 record.
A&M defeated No. 19 Oregon 6-
4 in the first game, with freshman
pitcher Ashley Lewis throwing a
complete game four-hitter and
striking out 12 to pick up her eighth
win of the season. The Aggie of
fense was headed by senior catcher
Marianne McGuire who went two
for three, driving in two and scoring
one. Lewis also chipped in with a
two for three performance scoring
one and knocking in one.
In their next game, A&M defeat
ed Pacific 2-0 behind freshman
pitcher Kristina Gandara’s com
plete game, two-hit performance to
pick up her fourth win of the year.
However, the Aggies would not
win again, suffering three straight
losses, including a 2-1 loss to No. 16
Iowa and a 9-0 loss to No. 21 Califor
nia. In their fifth game, they fell to San
Jose State 7-0 and were eliminated.
Errors hurt the Aggies the most
in the tournament as they commit
ted 13 miscues in the five games
and have made 60 on the year, 12
more than their opponents.
Aggie Sluggers
Despite the sometimes incon
sistent field play, the Aggies have
still been pounding out the hits
and driving in the runs.
The most consistent hitter for
the Aggies so far this season has
been freshman center fielder
Tiffany Esters. She leads the team
in hitting at .333 and in slugging
percentage at .417. She is second
on the team in hits with 24 behind
Ashley Lewis’ 25 and she leads the
team in stolen bases with 15.
Other bright spots at the plate for
A&M include freshman third base-
man Amanda Whalen who leads the
team with 13 RBI and is fourth in hits
with 21. Also, sophomore shortstop
Jamie Smith is second on the team in
hits with 23 and in RBI with 11.
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