April 17, 1998
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By Al Lazarus
Staff writer
The No. 17 Texas A&M Men’s
tennis Team (12-4, 5-2) will take
tthe No. 25 Baylor Bears at 1:30
p.m. today in
Waco and will
return home to
the Omar
Smith Tennis
Center on Sat
urday for a 6
p.m. match
against the No.
39 Kansas Jay-
hawks.
The Aggies
iated Baylor last year, 5-2, when
llears visited College Station.
■&M Coach Tim Cass is quick
point out this year’s Baylor
i is a much improved one
ilast season.
laylor’s coach has done a
real job this year as far as being in
ontention for the Big 12 Champi-
nship,” Cass said. “They are go-
Eto be a good rivalry for us now
ndin the future.”
Baylor is the only Big 12 team
lathas defeated the University of
fexa^ this season, no small feat
onsidering the Longhorns are
mtly ranked No. 7 and have
been in the top-ten all season.
Carlos Tori, senior and team co
captain for the Aggies, stressed the
importance of today’s match
against the Bears.
“This is a very big match for us,”
Tori said. “After losing to Colorado,
we know we probably can’t win
(the Big 12 regular season champi
onship), but this match is for us.
We want to go in there and win
every single match.”
A&M’s match against the Jay-
hawks on Saturday will mark the
last Aggie tennis match at the
Omar Smith Tennis Center, as the
new Texas A&M Varsity Tennis
Center is set to open in June.
The Aggies traveled to Kansas
last year to take on the Jayhawks
and were defeated, 4-3.
“Kansas is a great team,” Tori
said. “They were ranked very high
in the nation last year and have
returned almost the same team
this year.”
Tori said emotions will be run
ning high for him on Saturday, as
the match will mark his last home
match as an Aggie.
“I know the Kansas guys very
well, and if I could pick any team to
play against in my last home
match, it would be them,” Tori
said. “I will be ready to play.”
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CAA rules violation
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JjBBOCK (AP) —
sTech improper-
laid 66 current
etes’ fees to take
jTexas Academic
ills Program test
■has reported the
Ski ion to the
which was al
ly considering
ther to punisl
chool, an officit
/Ve (reported) it to the NCAA in
rd to the university paying
fees for student-athletes and
[for students, so it was an extra
jefit,” Tech compliance director
ib Burton said.
he fees, ranging from $18 and
, have been reimbursed by the
Jetes who received them. The er-
tfvas discovered as part of a joint
stigation with the NCAA en-
ement staff, according to an in-
1 said.
ternal memo ob
tained by the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal.
The violation prob
ably would not be so
bad ifTech were not al
ready in trouble, Bru
ton said. The school on
Tuesday announced
massive scholarship
cuts in six sports and a
three-year probation wliile admit t ing
to varied NCAA violations.
The NCAA could further sanc
tion the university within the next
two months.
“I think it was an issue lingering
when I got here,” said Burton, who
arrived at the athletic department
last summer to repair Tech’s inef
fectual academic compliance pro
gram. “It was an issue that had been
raised, and it probably came up
during our audit.”
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Aggies prepare for last match at Omar Smith
Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team closes out era against Big 12 rival Kansas
GREG MCREYNOLDS/The Battalion
Freshman Eva Marcial was the only Aggie victor
against Texas and will face Kansas on Saturday.
By Katie Mish
Staff writer
The Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team plays
their last match at Omar Smith Tennis Center
against Big 12 opponent Kansas, Saturday at
1:30 pm. The match is also the last of the season
for the Aggies.
Coach Bob Kleinecke said it will be a hard day,
because they are leaving a complex with a lot of
history, and Senior IIMIMNRHHMRMMMINMMIMMMilMMMMi
players Vanessa
Rooks and Monica
Rebolledo are playing
for the last time in
College Station.
“It’s sad, but
we’re excited about H
the new facility,”
Kleinecke said.
“We’re closing down
Omar Smith, but I
we’re getting ready
to start a new era
over at a new court,
so it’s exciting too.”
Rebolledo said she just wants to play well in
her last match and come up with a win. Re
bolledo is one win away from beating the Texas
A&M record for career wins.
“I’m looking forward to the match,” Rebolle
do said. “I’m excited to play well, and I want to
remember my last match.”
Kleinecke said Kansas will be a tough match,
Kleinecke
and that they have an even better team than the
Aggies faced last year.
“We had a dog fight with them last year,” he said.
“We should have won the match last year. This
year, they got their number one player back, but if
we come in and we’re as psyched to play as we were
against Texas, I feel good about our chances.”
Freshman Eva Marcial said she thinks the
team wants to beat Kansas even more than they
wanted to beat Texas, and she thinks they will
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said it should be as
“We’re closing ™ uch of a battle as
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down Omar Smith, the team has been
|!| looking forward to
playing Kansas this
year, and that
everyone is pre
pared to give 100
percent.
“This year, we’re
I giving it everything
we have,” she said.
“We lost to them last
year, but I think we can beat them this year."
Kleinecke said the Aggies need to play
strong against Kansas and slow down the pace
of the match.
“The key thing is just some errors, and taking
our time on the key points, making sure we’re
there and concentrating,” Kleinecke said. “It’s
something that we need to address.”
but we’re getting
ready to start a
new era.
Manning vs. Leaf
Chargers general manager Bobby Beathard cannot lose with No. 2 draft pick
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fifteen min
utes. That’s all it will take for the San
Diego Chargers to learn the identi
ty of their franchise quarterback.
The Indianapolis Colts will
open Saturday’s NFL draft by tak
ing Peyton Manning or Ryan Leaf.
Choosing second, the Chargers get
whoever’s left. They hope it’s Leaf,
with his strong arm and emotional
leadership.
Leaf hopes to go to the Chargers,
too.
“It would probably be the ideal
sitliatioh,” said Leaf, a 6-foot-5,244- .
pounder who has relatives in the
Satl DiegO area and has let it be
known for months he wants to wear
the Chargers’ lightning bolts.
General manager Bobby Beat-
hard, who generally loathes first-
round picks, is glad he has one
this year.
Whether their new quarterback
starts right away or needs more
time to learn the offense, the
Chargers begin a new era. Stan
Humphries, the only quarterback
to take San Diego to the Super
Bowl, retired rather than risk an
other concussion.
And the Chargers paid a king’s
ransom to Arizona just to move up
one spot in the pecking order.
Knowing the likes of Leaf and
Manning don’t come around of
ten, Beathard sent this year’s sec
ond-round pick and next year’s
No. 1, plus star punt returner Eric
Metcalf and linebacker Patrick
Sapp to the Cardinals.
Only time will tell whether the
Chargers are getting another Dan
Fonts, who guided the Chargers
during the Air Coryell years and
landed in the Hall of Fame.
“I can’t compare anyone to Dan
because he’s a Hall of Famer,” Beat-
hard said. “But you hope and expect
that either one of these guys can be
the kind of quarterback who’s rec
ognized as that special, in that elite
group. Barring injury and having a
good supporting cast, that’s how we
evaluate these guys.”
Beathard said the Chargers will
be happy with Leaf or Manning, but
it’s believed they favor Leaf, a junior
who left Washington State after
leading the Cougars to their first
Rose Bowl in 67 years.
Leaf and Manning are both big
and come from successful pro
grams. Leaf is a little bigger and the
Chargers like his arm strength.
“There just aren’t many guys
who come along with any
stronger arm than a Ryan Leaf,”
Beathard said.
When asked which of his attrib
utes means the most to him, Leaf
said: “I just think I’m an emotion
al leader. The players around me
feed off it.”
Leaf, who grew up in Great
Falls, Mont., says he plays for the
love of the game, but now he and
Manning will get a lot of money.
The two are expected to seek sign
ing bonuses ranging between $7
million and $8 million.
Leaf said if the Chargers draft him,
he won’t expect to start, but rather
earn the job. He said he’s told his
agent, Leigh Steinberg, he wants to
be in camp on time, with no holdout.
A key decision for the Chargers
will be when the rookie, be it Leaf or
Manning, is ready to start.
“These two guys probably can
handle it, going in there,” Beathard
said. “If by the time we play our first
regular-season game, if the decision
is that this guy’s going to play, I
think that’ll be part of it, that they’re
going to be able to handle the bad
things that happen,” Beathard said.
For the Chargers, lots of bad
things happened last year as they
lost their final eight games to finish
4-12. The team has rebuilt its offen
sive line and brought back running
back Natrone Means to help ease the
pressure on a rookie quarterback.
“I think there will be lots of pres
sure,” coach Kevin Gilbride said. “I
think probably we ourselves would
love to see what he could do and
we’ll be tempted to put him in right
away. I think what we have to do is
be very smart about our decision,
when to do that.”
Bring your family to
Dr. Southerland’s House
Dr. Southerland, the
Vice President for
Student Affairs,
invites you and your
family to visit his
home on Saturday,
April 18 from 11:00
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for
refreshments. The
house is located at
100 Throckmorton
St., across from the
Sanders Corps of
Cadets Center.
For additional info: 845-4728
Spring ‘99
SH
INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS
in 154 Bizzell Flail West
-Monday, April 20
1:00-1:30 PM
-Friday, April 24
9:00-9:30 AM
Pick up an application at the meeting or drop by the
Study Abroad Program Office.
Study Abroad Program Office, 161 Bizzell Hall West, 845-0544
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