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je Battalion Sports Page 5 • Monday, March 22, 1999 . Baseball off to ip: When theb: f one feels ask shaped sensat: and this sense: BY DOUG SHILLING The Battalion Bfter a stormy start to spring oui’hoiitthe rea< ’ t ^ ie Texas A&M Baseball >ne did noth ;an returned home to host the IHe Continental Airlines Classic. c 1 exhilaration t * ie University of Michi- ce at skirt'; m and Cal-State Northridge all declined sine avtl ed to College Station to par- iierous famo' :i P Jte in th e Classic. ; related inner f* 10 A 88' es came into the Clas- " retxirted fine C^ith a 2-2 record from their re ts front door ;nt r °ad trip after a 13-4 win ^ging is imm. J 3 ' 1 lSt Southwest Texas State Uni- vill continue ?r fty last Wednesday, each week. Tl'flndefeated at home, the Aggies : as a skiing ac Scd off the Classic against un- eTkees.” in |ed UNLV Friday night. The ignershopeti e b ( Is put an end to that perfect t in skiing by. -‘card, however, as they spanked ne-park-liketi ie Aggies 14-3. The 14 runs scored 'ompoundFr.7 IfNLV were the most for an Ag- dow Maker at e Opponent this year. ner Party. Junior pitcher Matt Knight (0-1) students, theh'as ;addled with the loss. In his tk is comingh rst career start, Knight gave up ? else are the, ;Jr|e runs and four hits in three in- ty humor cok ings of work. ely, the usual: , She Aggies could only manage unounttosoiT >ui| hits on the day with sopho- ng assigned!,; lore right fielder Daylan Holt lead- ie Declarationi ig the way. Holt went 1-4 with a irough interp.: ouble and two RBls. ; a thesis on thllhe Aggies came back on Sat- nd readingthr, tday for two games. The first was brary of Cong: gainst the Wolverines. Last year, ie Aggies split a doubleheader n confronted!'ith Michigan at Olsen Field. ) where theassi hould first revr I This time around the two teams needed extra innings to settle things as the Aggies downed the Wolverines 6-4 in 11 innings. Junior shortstop Steve Scarbor ough delivered the winning blow in the bottom of the 11th when he sent a Bobby Korecky pitch over the wall for a two-run home run. The blast was Scarborough’s first homer of the season. For the game, Scarborough went 3-6 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs scored. Chris Russ (5-0) pitched 3-2/3 innings of scoreless relief of starter Chance Caple to pick up the win. Russ allowed only two hits and struck out five in his stint. After their 11-inning thriller, the Aggies came back to face Cal-State Northridge in the nightcap. Junior pitcher Casey Fossum shut down Cal-State Northridge pitching a two-hit, complete game shutout as the Aggies cruised to a 7-0 win. In seven innings of work, Fos sum (5-3) struck out 13 batters while walking only two. Second baseman Sean Heaney led the Aggie hitters, going 3-4 with a run scored. Scarborough also chipped in with a 3-5 performance with two RBIs and a run scored. The tournament finishes up for the Aggies today as they take on Cal-State Northridge at 1 p.m. and UNLV at 7 p.m at Olsen Field. strong start at Classic MIKE RJENTES/Tuk Battalion Junior third baseman Dell Lindsey slides back into first base against the University of Michigan Wolverines. The Aggies defeated the Wolverines 6-4 in 11 innings on Saturday in the Aggie Continental Airlines Classic. Ramzy leaps to first in long, triple jump STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS A&M sophomore Bashir Ramzy cap tured first-place finishes in both the long and triple jumps Saturday at the Dr. Pepper Invitational at Baylor Uni versity. Ramzy placed first in the triple jump with a mark of 48 feet, 11/4 inches. He took a second victory with a jump of 23 feet in the long jump. In addition, he came in third in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of ramzy 14.45 seconds. Backing up Ramzy’s heroics for the Texas A&M Men’s Track and Field Team was sophomore Kris Allen, who took second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.10, and junior TTavis Grasha, who finished third in the javelin competition with a throw of 203-6. Senior Michael Price took third in the men’s 200-meter dash with a time of 21.43. The men’s 4x400-yard relay team of juniors Johan Lannefors and Keith Ben der and Travis McAshan and senior Derrick Woods also took home a bronze for the Aggies with a time of 3:10.55, their best of the year, while the 4xl00-meter relay team of Ramzy and seniors Price, Toya Jones and Billy Fobbs placed second in their event with a time of 40.20. For the women, freshman Katy Doyl took first in the javelin competition with a throw of 160 feet, 7 inches. The mark provisionally qualifies Doyl for June’s NCAA Outdoor Meet in Boise, Idaho. Also taking the gold for the women was junior Ann Dwyer, who captured first in the women’s 800- meter competition with a time of 2:14.89. Senior Marisa Thzzi placed third in the event at 2:19.14. Junior Chimika Carter took second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.80. Freshman Burkhardt placed third in the high jump with a season- high leap of 5-7 1/4, while redshirt freshman Natalie Young took third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.89. Other third-place finishes for the women included sophomore Meshell Tfotter in the hammer throw at 165-8 and freshman Shylia Williams in the long jump with a mark of 18-9 1/4. Both the men’s and women’s teams will return to action April 1 at the Texas Relays in Austin. SPORTS IN BRIEF Men’s Tennis at Blue-Gray Classic The No. 19 Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Team competed in the Blue- Gray Tennis Classic in Birmingham, Ala. Thursday through Sunday. In Thursday’s first round action, the Aggies shutout Middle Ten nessee State University, 4-0. The Aggies’ doubles tandem of sopho mores Dumitru Caradima and Shuon Madden, ranked No. 1 na tionally, improved to 15-1 on the season, winning their match, 8-6. In singles play, straight-set vic tories from No. 30 Madden, Caradi ma and freshman Keith From clinched the match for the Aggies. In Saturday’s action, the Aggies fell to the nation’s No. 2 team, the University of Illinois, 4-2. For only the second time this sea son, the Aggies dropped the doubles point to the Fighting Illini, with Mad den and Caradima losing for only the second time this season. Guarneri leads Ags at championships Texas A&M University’s Danielle Guarneri took 11th place Saturday in platform competition at the 1999 NCAA Division I Swimming and Div ing Championships in Athens, Ga. The junior, who placed 14th in the tower event during last year’s championships in Minneapolis, Minn., scored the Aggies’ only six points of the meet. Guarneri quali fied for the championships by tak ing the platform title in the NCAA Zone-D Diving Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. last weekend. Guarneri entered the Aggie record books by taking her second All-American title at the meet, be coming the first female diver to earn multiple All-American titles. Freshman swimmer Clara Ho competed in her first NCAA tourna ment and finished only two places shy of the points for A&M with 18th place in the 100-yard butterfly. Meet veterans Tracy Evans and Monica Stroman also competed in Athens. Guarneri’s points led A&M to their second 31st place showing at the national championship meet. Men’s Golf fourth at Border Olympics The Texas A&M Men’s Golf Team earned its highest finish of the sea son Saturday, a fourth-place effort at the Border Olympics in Laredo. Senior Ryan Palmer, who won the tournament last year, was one of three Aggies who tied for tenth place. Palmer scored a three-round total of 220, as did junior Lee Reed and sophomore Clay Fullick. Also contributing for A&M were senior Matt Welch, who tied for 16th place, sophomore Casey Cronin with a tie for 50th and freshman Sean Gilliland at 55th. Freshman Josh McCoy, competing as an individu .i. finished in a tie for 29th place. Conf. Clossh ; SSRS, Inc. is looking for motivated individuals to be a part of their Leasing and Office Staff. Ilossic) All applicants can pick up an application at the front desk of University Tower, 410 South Texas Avenue, College Station. Full and Part Time positions available for Summer and Fall. The: Forum FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 846 4242 PROFITABLE NUMBER! 84-5-0569 THE BATTALION CLASSIFIEDS Open Rehearsal Monday, March 22 8 p.m. Music room 402, fourth floor of Academic Building. Additional singers always welcome! Festival Singers! "Ordinary People making Extraordinary Music." A cappella singing of sacred choral music. 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