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MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion
BY MICHAEL TAGLIENTI
The Battalion
Fans were surprised when a College
Station fire truck showed up at Olsen
Field Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately
for the UT-Pan American Broncos, the
truck was there to put out a fire in a
dumpster in “Aggie Alley” and not to cool
of the red-hot Aggie baseball bats.
Using the new “deadened” bats, made
heavier to cut down on swinging speed,
the llth-ranked Texas A&M Baseball
Team unleashed a barrage of 49 runs over
three games to sweep the season opening
series against the Broncos.
A&M opening-day starter Casey Pos
sum, who drew an estimated 40 major
league scouts, struck out 13 over six in
nings while only allowing one hit and
one earned run.
Courtney Weller started the seventh
inning and gave up two hits and one run
in three innings to earn the save in a 12-
2 A&M win.
While Aggie pitching was busy dom
inating the UT-Pan Am batters, the Ag
gie hitters pounded out 14 hits and 12
runs. Junior transfer Shawn Schumach
er got the hit parade going with a solo
home run in the fourth inning. Steve
Leonard went 3 for 4 with two runs bat
ted in, Sean Heaney went 2 for 5 with a
double and a triple and Steve Scarbor
ough went 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs to lead
the Aggies’ offensive attack.
The first game of the Saturday double
dip pitted two possible early round draft
picks against each other on the mound.
The major league scouts were out in force
to watch A&M’s Chance Caple go up
against Pan Am’s Omar Ortiz. Ortiz kept
it close giving up only one run over three
innings but tired in the fourth, and
sophomore Daylan Holt made him pay,
hitting a grand slam to highlight an eight-
run inning.
Mike Cox and Gary Sorden were un-
A&M Baseball vs.
UT-Pan American
Feb. 5-6
Game 1 (Friday):
12-2 — A&M
W Possum (1-0)
L Green (0-2)
Game 1 (Saturday):
15-1 — A&M
W Caple (1-0)
L Ortiz (1-1)
Game 2 (Saturday):
22-5 — A&M
W Holle (1-0)
L Bottenfield (0-1)
able to stop the Aggie onslaught for Pan
Am as the Aggies scored six runs in the
next two innings on their way to a 15-1
victory. Chance Caple pitched six innings
giving up one run on two hits while strik
ing out seven. Freshman Khaled Ballouli
struck out two and pitched a perfect sev
enth inning to complete the game.
Coach Mark Johnson said that he was
impressed with the way Chance Caple
battled and with the players who came
off the bench.
“Chance Caple pitched well,” Johnson
said. “He did not have his major break
ing pitch that he can get over the top, but
he made good adjustments. The thing
that pleased me the most is we showed
our depth. We had guys coming off the
bench and they had some success and
were ready to play. ”
Heaney led the Aggie hitters going 3
for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs. Steve Ttu-
itt went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBIs
and Holt went 2 for 4 with a double, a
home run and 5 RBIs.
The last game of the series can be
summed up in two words — Daylan
Holt. Holt tied an A&M record with
three home runs in the game, and Pan
Am never really threatened as the Ag
gies won 22-5.
Matt Ward started the game but was
pulled in the fourth. Kyle Holle came in
and pitched 2 1/3 innings, giving up one
run to get the win. The Aggies hit six
home runs in the game with TYuitt, Del
Lindsey and Joe O’Jibway, each homer
ing to go with Holt’s three. Holt tied John
Curl’s record set in 1995 when he had
three home runs in a game against the
University of Texas.
Despite all the preseason hoopla, Holt
said that he did not see much of a differ
ence in the new heavier bats.
“1 don’t think there is a big difference
in the bats,” Holt said. “I think it will
make a difference in the nine-hole hitter
or eight-hole hitter where there is not as
much bat speed, but overall, I don’t see
anything wrong with the bats.”
The Aggies will travel to TUscon, Ariz.,
to take on the University of Arizona Wild
cats in a three-game series starting Friday.
\ggies hand Baylor 10th straight Big 12 defeat Women win at
Houston meet
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amily relati The Battalion
lly questions™
do tliat." "We know we’re better than
eil. ”
It has been a while since a Texas
Men’s Basketball player
ill uld make such an assessment
J ibut a conference opponent, but
,, nior forward Shanne Jones’ post-
me comment rang true after the
i/* Sf)ril ’§ ies ’ 69-58 victor Y over Baylor
' Diversity on Saturday.
The win completed A&M’s first
oj //If )me-and-away sweep of a con-
rence opponent since a sweep of
. tylor in the 1994-95 season and
1(7/ /llPC/ilf.apped the Aggies’ two-game los-
iddci' 4Q'% skid - climbed back to the
' 00 mark (10-10, 3-7 Big 12) while
SV hdV6 (l eBears ( 6 ‘ 17 ’ 0-10 Bi § stum-
, ed to their tenth consecutive de-
-110 ami at.
It was Jones who responded to
poor performance Feb. 3 against
be I)ick((l e Bniv ersity of Texas to lead the
ay for the Aggies with 19 points,
I sAOldUS i coming in the second half.
“We expected to be much clos-
' (at Texas) if I had come to play,”
(/ 19th, ,nes sa id- “But I didn’t, so this
ime I was hoping to get out of the
'/ ICllUffilW'itle slump I had at Texas and
me out and be assertive.”
A&M also cut down on
irnovers from the last two ball
games. The Aggies had committed
30 turnovers in each of their previ
ous two contests but had only 17
against the Bears.
“We worked on that in practice,
trying to take care of the ball,” ju
nior guard Clifton Cook said.
“Every time we turned the ball
over, we had to do sprints. We
wanted to cut that down.”
A&M Men's
Game Leaders
Points:
Shanne Jones (19)
Clifton Cook (19)
Rebounds:
Shanne Jones (5)
Assists:
Clifton Cook (4)
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cyber.coin)
Cook tied Jones for team-high
scoring honors with 19 points and
contributed four assists and four
steals. A&M junior guard Michael
Schmidt chipped in with nine
points and three steals. Jamie
Kendrick led Baylor with a game-
high 21 points.
The game appeared to be head
ing for a rout as A&M jumped out
to a quick 13-2 lead, employing
some full-court pressure that re
sulted in five Baylor turnovers in
the first three minutes of the game.
However, the Aggies allowed
Baylor to climb back into the game,
and a resounding two-handed
dunk by Kendrick cut the Aggie
lead to 26-24 with 7:24 left in the
half. The Aggies pulled back ahead
by seven, but Baylor would close
the half with a 12-3 scoring run to
take a 36-34 lead at the break.
At the start of the second half.
Coach Melvin Watkins shuffled his
lineup to include junior forward Ja
son Boeker and freshman guard
Shelton Wise. The moves paid off
as Wise connected on a jumper
and a layup for the Aggies’ first
four points of the half.
Watkins eventually reinserted
his starters, and a run of 11 straight
Aggie points, including nine by
Jones, gave A&M the lead for good
at 51-43 midway through the sec
ond half.
A&M would extend the margin
to as much as 16 points on the
strength of solid free-throw shoot
ing down the stretch, as A&M
made 21 out of 29 free throws for
the game.
GUY ROGERS/Tiie Battalion
Senior forward Shanne Jones pulls down a re
bound against the Baylor Bears during the Aggies’
69-58 victory Saturday in College Station.
«Hot shooting not enough as women fall to OU, 83-71
BY AARON COHAN
„ . The Battalion
& Labi,
Mmil Defense. No matter how
IMJmlUJwany times it is stressed, if a
& Ijlll !arri does not play strong “D,”
'ley're not going to win.
The Texas A&M Women’s
asketball Team learned that
_/sson the hard way Saturday
till /9fl$f fternoon ’ losin g to the Univer-
2UI/fcUi/'ity of Oklahoma, 83-71, de
ft Ubl P'te shooting 53 percent from
belfield.
A&M coach Peggie Gillom
aid defense was the deciding
factor in the Aggie loss.
“No matter what you do in a
mEKt ante, if you don’t play good de-
L-—-^nse, you will never win,” she
^3 The Aggies struggled with
M jltie Sooners’ inside game the
Sph 1 lvl0 !b/hole night. In the first half,
econd-chance points and of-
j,H Mon4D ns j ve rebounding helped Ok-
^“iT^fahoma stay one step ahead of
A SS ies - Even a 67-percent
* irst-half output by A&M could
match the intensity the
j(/jMU'ooners established after every
^g/fpose ball and defensive pos-
Ilzflf' ession - J unior forward Phyle-
sha Whaley scored 15 of her 23
points in the first half to give
the Sooners a solid 42-31 half
time lead.
A&M Women's
Game Leaders
Points:
Brandy Jones (21)
Rebounds:
Prissy Sharpe (6)
Assists:
Kerrie Patterson (10)
The second half was more of
the same, as OU sophomore
forward Desiree Taylor pumped
in 18 of her 20 points to help
seal the game for the Sooners.
“Every time she (Taylor) got
the ball, she could turn around
and shoot,” Gillom said. “She
just got too deep inside all night
long.”
A perceived lack of defen
sive tenacity hurt the Aggies,
who repeatedly gave up inside
position and were outrebound-
ed, 39-23.
Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale
said the Sooners’ hard work paid
off with a tough road win.
“I was so proud of the way
my girls hustled today,” Coale
said. “It takes a lot to win a con
ference game like this on the
road.”
The Aggies were not so hap
py with their lackluster defen
sive performance.
“We’re not coming together
as a team,” sophomore forward
Brandy Jones said. “Our de
fense was horrible today. We just
weren’t communicating.”
Gillom said A&M would play
hard down the season stretch de
spite some close losses.
“You have to keep going and
going,” Gillom said. “We have
played too many of these close
games to know not to give up.”
The Aggies’ record now
stands at 7-13, 2-8 in Big 12 play.
Another tough contest awaits
the Aggies in Lubbock Wednes
day when they travel to face No.
6 Texas Tech University.
CARING CASAS/The Battalion
Senior guard Kerrie Patterson glides in for a shot against
the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday at Reed Arena.
Men’s Track team finishes third
at weekend Cougar Invitational
BY TOM KENNEDY
The Battalion
If momentum can boost a team’s performance, the
Texas A&M Women’s Tfack and Field Team received a
welcome sign on Saturday in Houston. In their last meet
before the Big 12 Championships, the Aggies came out
on top with 126 points at the Cougar Invitational.
The women, who upset 17th-ranked University of
Houston among others, were keyed by four individual
victories and a slew of other top-three performances.
For the second time in two weeks, sophomore
Meshell Trotter extended her own A&M school record,
55 feet 6.25 inches, in the weight throw to claim the in
dividual title. Senior Kelli Schrader took third in the same
event with a throw of 51-6 1/2.
Sophomore Christina Ohaeri and junior Chimika
Carter took first and second in the 60-meter high hurdles
with times of 8.49 and 8.53 seconds, respectively.
Junior Ann Dwyer came within two seconds of her
school record in the 800-meter run on
the way to a first-place finish in a time
of 2:14. In other distance events,
sophomore Debbie Villareal placed sec
ond in the 3,000-meter run with a sea
son-best time of 10:07.
Freshman Shylia Williams was vic
torious in the long jump with a leap of
18-7 1/4. Other key field event perfor
mances included freshman Robyn
Burkhardt in the high jump (2nd, 5-7
3/4), freshman Erica Boren (2nd, 10-6)
in the pole vault and sophomore Meghan Koonce (2nd,
43-11 1/4) and freshman Terra Taylor (3rd, 41-7 1/4) in
the shot put.
Freshman Natalie Young proved to be a multi-event
threat after placing second in the 200-meter dash (24.91)
and third in the 60-meter dash (7.63) in season-best
times.
In the 1,600-meter relay, the Aggie “B” team took sec
ond in a season-best time of 3:56.85 while edging the
“A” team, which took third with a time of 3:58.98.
The Texas A&M Men’s Track and Field team placed
third with 88 points behind nationally ranked Universi
ty of Texas (158 points) and Texas Christian University.
The men upset the University of Houston, ranked 25th
by Trackwire.
The Aggie men were led by two first-place perfor
mances. Sophomore Mike Hummel lowered his team
leading time in the mile to 4:13 on his way to a four-sec
ond victory, while junior Travis Grasha equaled his
season-best toss of 55-2 3/4 to win the weight throw.
The field events aided the Aggies’ cause as sopho
more Bashir Ramzy set a personal record after soar
ing 50-9 1/2 on his way to second place in the triple
jump. Senior Mike Lowrance had his best throw of the
year (53-3/4) to place second in the shot put and ju
nior Richard McDonald took second in the pole vault
after clearing 16-2 3/4. The 1,600-meter relay team
closed out the scoring for the Aggies after posting a
season-best time of 3:15.67 to wrap up a second-place
finish.
Both squads have an open date next weekend before
heading to the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Man
hattan, Kan., on Feb. 19-20.
BOREN