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MIKE FUENTES/Thi Battalion
A&M junior Angie Long tries to avoid the tag at home base during the Texas A&M Softball Team’s game
against Butler University March 7 at the Aggie Softball Complex. The Aggies swept a doubleheader against Sam
Houston State University Wednesday in Huntsville.
ioftbaU team sweeps ’Kats
Ames extend win streak over Sam Houston to 16 wins
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BY TRAVIS HARSCH
The Battalion
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ont., as the 23rd-ranked Texas A&M
Sot:ball Team proved on Wednes-
niii'ilmg c j a fc > defeating the Sam Houston
i Honomii 5 taIe university Bearkats Wednes-
Animnl a rj a y 5.9 an d 12-1 in a doublehead
er on the SHSU campus. The
games were the first for the Aggies
quared since Friday, as the final games of
1 Recreation hhe Bank of Hawaii Invitational
he bills sent (were canceled due to weather after
uvo parking fthe Aggies won their first three
;ames in the tournament.
(or the reclassi! The Aggies (28-7) took the first
ing areas and wilHme behind a complete game
arched before Ixhutout from sophomore Amy Vin-
ag (15-5). Vining allowed only five
iearkat hits, struck out 12 and did
tot walk a batter. Her teammates
trovided run support early, as the
Iggies connected for three runs in
he third inning off three hits and
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id represent Two Aggie tracks standouts
(•'.iTAipmed to All-American Team
give advice k j un j or track and field standouts Chad Meyer and Jon
Knee were named to the Successful Farming All-Amer-
provides : j can p arm Team yesterday.
id works toer g Me y er - a j un j or decathlete from lola, was voted the
the press a team captain for the men’s track team selected by the
itt said. editors of the magazine.
tivities inclii £ fg| Meyer is majoring in animal science, and plans to ah
ball Saturday tend veterinary school upon graduation. Meyer ranks as
erformance the No. 4 decathlete in school history, and is the school
■pictureShot record-holder in the indoor heptathlon.
XXX is Nance, ajunior pole vaulterfrom Tyler, was honored with
ni passes fca selection to the first team. Nance owns the seventh best
ni are $18fi vaplt performance in school history at 17^11/2.
r non-studeiMu Both Meyer and Nance will receive a plaque honoring
, n Q ne .dayi ! their selections ad appear in the May issue of Success-
f or $15 for ful Farming magazine.
dldren.
three walks.
A&M put two more runs on the
board in the sixth, as the Aggies
used a steal by Lauren Ripple, two
by Tammy Donnell and a Bearkat
throwing error to provide the final
margin in the first contest.
In the second game, junior
Danielle Lemuth (4-0) threw five
strong innings to get the win, strik
ing out seven and allowing only
two hits. Again the Aggies were
able to get off to a strong start ear
ly, as Jamie Esters celebrated her
21st birthday in style, hitting a
three-run home run as part of a
four-run first inning that saw the
Aggies bat around.
In that first inning, A&M’s four
runs came on five hits and the Ag
gies left three runners on base.
The Aggies added another run
in the top of third when Jamie
Smith scored on a Krissy Renner
sacrifice fly to left field to make the
SPORTS IN BRIEF
score 5-0. The Bearkats (12-22)
scored their lone run of the dou
bleheader in the bottom of the
third after Jennifer Robinson
reached on a throwing error.
A&M was not done scoring on
the evening, however, as the of
fense put seven more runs up in
the top of the fourth by using six
hits and an error. One of those hits
was a big one, as Tiffany Esters hit
a three run homer to left to in
crease the lead to 8-0.
The two wins were the Aggies’
15th and 16th straight against Sam
Houston State, as the Bearkats
have not won against A&M since
1995.
The Aggies will open Big 12 play
this weekend with doubleheaders
against the defending conference
champion University of Nebraska
on Saturday and Iowa State Uni
versity and Sunday at the Aggie
Softball Complex.
BY AARON COHAN
The Battalion
It was an impressive start for
junior Derrick Adams Wednesday
night against Lamar University.
The junior pitcher, seeing ac
tion for the first time in his Aggie
career, helped lead the Texas A&M
Baseball Team to a 7-2 win over
the Cardinals.
The Aggies jumped right on
Lamar starting pitcher Brian
Castillo, scoring two runs in the
bottom of the first off a wild pitch
and junior Dell Lindsey’s sacrifice
fly.
A&M only was able to keep
that lead until the next inning ,as
a misfielded ball by sophomore
leftfielder Chris Russ allowed
Lamar’s David Geisbush to cross
the plate to pull the Cardinals
within one.
The Aggies quickly recovered,
as senior John Scheschuk
launched an 0-1 pitch just over
the scoreboard for his sixth long
ball of the season and a 5-1 lead
for the Aggies.
“I really didn’t do anything
special,” Scheschuk said. “I just
got the ball in the air, and it went
out.”
Cardinals pitcher Castillo was
quickly pulled in favor of sopho
more Heath Totten, who stopped
the bleeding and got the final two
outs of the inning.
An inning later, Adams came
out of the ballgame for freshman
Matt Knight. Adams threw effec
tively in his first outing, going
four innings and giving up just
five hits and one earned run.
“You’re always hesitant in your
first appearance,” Adams said.
“But it couldn’t have gone any
better out there with the crowd
and my family rooting for me like
they did.”
MIKE RJEIMTES/The Battalion
A&M second baseman Sean Heaney tries to snag the throw to second
during the Texas A&M Baseball Team’s game against the Lamar University
Cardinals Wednesday night at Olsen Field.
Junior pitcher Ryan Fitzgerald,
carrying a 5.96 ERA, came in for
the Cardinals in the bottom of the
fifth but was let down by his de
fense.
Two errors and a walk to
Scheschuk loaded the bases for
the Aggies, but A&M came up un
successful in making it a big in
ning out, as the only maroon jer
sey that crossed the plate was
junior Steven Truitt, who scored
when senior Eric Sobek was
plinked by a pitch.
At the end of the inning, the
Aggies scored their six runs on
just three hits.
But the Aggie bats started
coming alive in the bottom of the
seventh. Junior Sean Heaney led
off, slapping a single up the mid
dle and later scoring on Daylon
Holt’s team-leading 15th double
of the season. From there, A&M
cruised to their 23rd victory of
the year.
“It’s great to get these mid
week games,” Heaney said. “ It
gives us a good momentum going
into this weekend.”
The Aggies improve to a mon
strous 16-1 at Olsen Field, and
will prepare to hit the road for a
three game series this weekend
against the University of Missouri
Tigers.
Ags overcome ACU, Ohio State
No. 14 Men’s Tennis Team heads into April with decisive victory
A&M women’s swim coach
leaves to take Alabama job
Texas A&M women’s swimming coach Don Wagner
accepted the head men’s and women’s swimming coach
position at the University of Alabama, A&M athletic di
rector Wally Groff announced Wednesday.
In his four years at A&M, Wagner’s teams com
piled a 24-21-1 dual meet record, while sending rep
resentatives to the NCAA Championships each
year. His highest finish with the Aggies was a 26th-
place tie in 1997. Each of the past two seasons,
A&M has finished 31st.
Wagner came to A&M from Southern California
University, where he served as an assistant coach
of both the men’s and women’s teams from 1992-
95. Prior to that stint with the Trojans, he was head
men’s and women’s coach of the Fullerton Aquatic
Sports Team from 1989-92.
BYAL LAZARUS
The Battalion
The No. 14 Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Team hoped to
use Wednesday’s doubleheader against Abilene Christ
ian University and Ohio State University as a “warmup”
in preparation for the Aggies’ tough April schedule.
After defeating ACU, 6-1, and shutting out the Buck
eyes, 7-0, the Aggies (11-2,3-0) appear
to have skipped “warm” and gone
straight to “hot. ”
“After coming off a tough stretch,
we needed to take care of business to
day,” A&M coach Tim Cass said. “And
we certainly did that.”
In defeating ACU, the Aggies
showed their impressive depth, going
deep into their lineup but still coming
away with a decisive victory.
“Our team has great players deep
into our lineup,” junior Gonzalo Anderson said. “We’ve
probably got 10 guys who can play No. 4, 5 or 6 for us. ”
The Aggies swept all three doubles matches against
CASS
the Wildcats to capture the doubles point.
At No. 1, the tandem of Anderson and junior Juan
Aramburo did not relinquish a game, winning 8-0.
In singles play, Anderson played in the No. 1 spot for
the Aggies and came away with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over
ACU’s Jason Kirkland. At No. 2, freshman Jarin Skube
also won easily, 6-4, 6-2.
Juniors Cory Hubbard and Tony Young and freshman
Andrew Vu also tallied singles victories for the Aggies.
In Wednesday’s nightcap, A&M fielded a more vet
eran lineup against an unranked Ohio State team.
The nation’s No. 1 doubles team, A&M sophomores
Dumitru Caradima and Shuon Madden, won 8-6. Win
ning 8-5 at No. 2 was the Aggies’ usual team of senior
Brent Horan and Skube.
Rounding out the Aggies’ doubles sweep against OSU
were sophomore Cody Hubbell and freshman Keith
From, winning 8-4.
In singles play. Madden played No. 1 for A&M and
won, 6-4,6-4. Hubbell, From and Anderson also wo . in
straight sets.
The Aggies return to action April 1. when Texas Tech
University visits the A&M Varsity Tennis Center.
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