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r ie Battalion PORTS ^age9j^Tuesda^Februar^9^99^ ? arin ad). Is fait, you get an fneduledtoendts ROOMMATE ^Webb Browsing Play of point guard decides Ags’ future MIKE nJENTES/I'm Battalion helrexas A&M University Softball Team will open the 1999 season Tuesday SERVICE: hen they face the University of Texas-Arlington Mavericks. X Jeff Electrolysis k 4ggie softball to face UTA in season opener WEBB EAK 99 Last it on (Ns cent By BEN WESTBROOK The Battalion •ADRE). Te(as A&M softball action will anl- up Tuesday at the Allan Saxe eld in Arlington as the Aggies open eir season against the University of ■xas-Arlington Mavericks in a dou- e-header. " , H T ia Sophomore Amy Vining, the Ags' p returning starter, is expected to be v ''' e Mggies’opening day pitcher. Vin- f ’ la<,van g posted a 1.97 earned run average A/EIGHTLC st year on the way to an 11-6 record. A&M’s top offensive threat, Tiffany iters, will start in center field. Esters .•t, nto 1 caio?;-- coining off a freshman season that .w her crank a team-high .293 batting 'erage and five home runs. Junior mie Smith will continue her streak stlrting at short stop in every game her college career. M ;— Seven newcomers will step onto the ddlas Aggies for the first time Tues- ly,including 1998 Gatorade Circle of laifhpions Texas Softball Player of the ■arLisa Klam. Klam, a three time all- n,;, '77777 ate first team selection, will handle .dtmeotfer Ca , coric | ^330 f or t J le AggieS. The starting pitcher for the second __me has not been decided but will 1 to sophomore Jordana Barrack or sSJ /KlNl nic f r Danie,le Lemuth, coach Jo EVANS ie easy way nd. (409)691 lose 30lbs by 171 or recommended. F 1 n al 888-216-288: " Melabolrfe). Sa ass results. *k (lax included) n B/CS. Cheb ans said. ‘fWe’ll have to watch and see what jfiof hitters they have before we de- Je,” she said. The UTA Mavericks are 0-2 on the season after dropping a doubleheader Sunday to No. 7 University of Texas. UTA returns six starters from last year’s 16-29 team. A&M returns eleven letter winners and seven starters from a 35-25-2 squad that finished No. 7 in the Big 12 last year. Evans said the team is ready to face competition following a strong preseason. “Our players worked very hard dur ing the preseason and accomplished more than any other team I have had,” she said. “We are definitely ready to play someone else.” Evans points to team speed, depth and chemistry as the team’s three strong points, but said those strengths have yet to be tested against oppo nents. The Aggies are hoping their recent hot streak in season openers contin ues. The women are undefeated over the past four years in opening games and boast a 15-3 opening-day record since 1981. The Aggies also have displayed a dominance over UTA. A&M has walked away with nine straight wins against the UTA Mavericks and hold a 63-14 all-time advantage versus UTA. H earing Dan Patrick call highlights on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” is one of my few guilty pleasures in life. His warm personality and sub tle hu mor make 10 p.m. Central Standard Time on Channel 32 a holy period in the hearts of all sports fans. Imagine the pleasant sur prise of Aggie hoops fans when highlights from the Texas A&M University-Uni versity of Texas men’s basket ball game appeared last Wednesday night. What followed in the shortened highlights was to basketball purists the equiva lent of the Hindenburg. UT point guard Ivan Wag ner posted a Big 12 Confer ence record 10 steals, eclips ing Aggie Michael Schmidt’s record of eight in a game set last season. The primary culprit? A&M point guard Clifton Cook, who experienced more turnovers than Menudo. Turnovers are to point guards as parking tickets are to college students. They are going to happen and will cost the team, so teams try to keep them to a minimum. Cook, who received Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week honors Monday, has been the barometer of suc cess for a team floundering at the bottom of its conference. And it’s not only his turnovers that have affected the team negatively — his poor shooting performance and shot selection have been as much at fault. Against Texas, Cook was re sponsible for 11 of the team’s 30 turnovers, posting only three assists and shooting a doughnut out of six tries from beyond the arc (in an overall 6-16 performance). Sometimes the numbers can lie about per formance, but Cook must play better for the team to win. In perhaps his best perfor mance of the season in confer ence play, the Aggies recently stormed a shorthanded Texas Tech University team 68-47. Cook only scored five points on 2-11 shooting, but he limit ed his turnovers to two and accounted for eight assists and six steals. Cook is a Melvin Watkins player, a junior transfer who was brought in before the season to lead the new sys tem. Watkins brought an end to the Barone era of Aggie bas ketball when the new coach and coach Tony Barone’s son Brian did not come to an agreement about playing bas ketball at A&M, leading to the younger Barone’s transfer to Marquette. The only remnants of coach Barone’s tenure here at A&M is his assignment to oth er Big 12 games, where he provides color commentary for Phillips 66 Big 12 basket ball television broadcasts. It appeared Watkins wanted to live or die with Cook as his point guard, but with the recent injury to guard T.J. Brown, he will have to regardless of his plans. If Cook gets motivated and gets the basketball under con trol, playing with the ability he has shown he has in Division I college basketball, the Aggies, 10-10 overall and 3-7 in Big 12 play, could make a run and possibly receive an NIT bid at season’s end. That’s a far cry from the lone conference win of a year ago. Yeah. That’s my “Sports- Center” highlight. Jeff Webb is a senior journalism major. ANY TRUCK-P $298, 1806-C Welst College Statit Location as Hous; 1-2401 TTtj oupot oupot and save! Twice c Every Tuesdc id Wednesdo' The lATTALIi The Ladies of Delta Delta Delta would like to congratulate all the Fraternities on a great Rush! MSC SCONA presents Ethical Issues A Look into the Future Texas A&M University February 18-20, 1999 Now Accepting Delegate Registration Delegate Registration Fee is only $25 Registration includes all conference materials and meals Roundtables Media Ethics Medical Ethics Political Ethics Military Ethics Business Ethics Legal Ethics Engineering Ethics Education Ethics Environmental Ethics Speaker Mr. Robert Siegel-National Public Radio Dr. Nancy Dickey-President of American Medical Association Mr. Neil Weiner-Independent Writer and Researcher Dr. Lewis Sorley-Executive Director, Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States Mr. Brent Longnecker-National Partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP The Honorable Greg Abbott-Texas Supreme Court Justice Mr. Roger Boisjoly-Professional Engineer-opposed Challenger launch Dr. Jane Conoley-Dean, Texas A&M University College of Education Dr. Eugene C. 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