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A&M Baseball
vs. Missouri Tigers
(March 26-28)
Probable Starters:
Game One (Friday)
A&M-Casey Possum (5-3)
Mizzou-Jody Harris (3-2)
Game Two (Saturday)
A&M-Chance Caple (4-2)
Mizzou-Logan Dale (2-2)
Game Three (Sunday)
A&M-Chris Russ (6-0)
Mizzou-Justin Stine (3-2)
;amt' series against the University of Missouri Tigers,
^■’he series with Missouri marks the end of a seven-
’anv homestand for the Aggies in which the team com-
)ilep a 6-1 mark including a 5-1 mark and first place fin
ish in the Aggie Continental Airlines Baseball Classic.
After dropping the first game of the tournament to
UNLV, the Aggies’ first loss at home on the season, the
Aggies twice defeated the University of Michigan and
Cal-State Northridge and defeated UNLV to take the tour
ney title.
Junior pitcher Casey Possum, senior catcher Shawn
Schumacher, junior second baseman Sean Heaney, ju
nior shortstop Steve Scarborough and junior outfielder
Stephen Tfuitt all were named to the All-Tournament
teams.
A&M head coach Mark Johnson said he was pleased
with the way the team performed in the tournament.
“Our play in the tournament was encouraging,”
Johnson said. “After losing the opening game, I was
pleased with the way our players responded.”
The Aggies’ last game was a 7-2 victory over Lamar
University at Olsen Field on Wednesday night.
Making his first career start, junior pitcher Derrick
Adams made the most of the opportunity and got the
win. Adams pitched four innings, allowing one run on
five hits, walking one and striking out one.
“I couldn’t be more pleased for Derrick,” Johnson
said. “He is a young man who has worked hard and has
improved. He deserved a chance and he made the most
of his opportunity. ”
Heaney provided the offense for the Aggies going 3-
4 with a double, one RBI and three runs scored. Senior
first baseman John Scheschuk also contributed with his
sixth homer of the year.
The Aggies come into the game with a 23-6 record,
6-2 in Big 12 play, good enough for fifth place in the con
ference. The Tigers come in near the bottom of the Big
12 with a 13-10 record, 2-7 in Big 12 play, tenth in the
conference.
Possum (5-3, 2.96 ERA) is scheduled to start Fri
day night’s game for the Aggies. For his performance
MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion
Junior pitcher'Chris Russ, junior third baseman Dell Lindsey and senior catcher Shawn Schumacher converge
on a bunt against the University of Michigan last Saturday at Olsen Field.6
in the Aggie Classic, Possum was named Big 12 Pitch
er of the Week. Junior Chance Caple (4-2, 3.10 ERA)
is slated to start Saturday’s game while sophomore
Chris Russ (6-0, 0.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Sun
day’s game provided he does not pitch in relief in ei
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loft hall Complex.
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lay at noon against defending Big 12
■ "hampions Nebraska and conclude
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Women’s tennis team prepares
to host the Colorado Buffaloes
BY SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team,
ranked 34th in the country, will host the Univer
sity of Colorado tonight at 6 at the A&M Varsity
Tennis Center.
Colorado also sports a national ranking as the
Buffaloes are 29th in the most recent collegiate
tennis ratings.
Colorado is 12-3 overall and 1-0 in the Big 12
while the Aggies are 9-3 overall and undefeated
in the Big 12 at 4-0.
MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion
The Texas A&M Softball Team begins conference play this weekend when the
University of Nebraska and Iowa State University travel to College Station.
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for the first time since Febru-
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i2:io starter on the mound will most
likely be Nebraska’s junior ace Jenny
Voss who has a team-low 1.06 earned-
run average with seven wins and
three losses while striking out 58 bat
ters on the year.
The leading hitter for Nebraska is
Jennifer Lizama, who is putting up
impressive numbers with a .667 slug
ging percentage along with 5 homers
and 14 stolen bases. Lizama is only
two bases shy of setting Nebraska’s
career stolen base record.
The women will face the Iowa State
Cyclones Sunday after the competi
tion with Nebraska. The Cyclones are
12-14 on the year.
The Aggies’ ace, Amy Vining, is
coming off one of her most impressive
starts for the year against Sam Hous
ton.
The right-handed sophomore broke
her game-high strikeout mark
Wednesday with 12 while just surren
dering five hits on her way to a 5-0
win and a 15-7 record.
Tiffany Esters, last week’s Big 12
player of the week, continued her
dominate performance at the plate
with a home run against the Bearkats
making that her second round tripper
of the week and also bringing her sea
son total to two.
“After the North Carolina
trip, we took a few days
off, hut after a good week
of practice, I think we'll be
ready.”
- BOBBY KLEINECKE
WOMEN’S TENNIS COACH
A&M is one-half
game behind 5-0
first-place Universi
ty of Texas.
“This is going to
be a tough match
for us,” A&M head
coach Bobby Klei-
necke said.
“After the North
Carolina trip, we
took a few days off,
but after a good
week of practice I think we will be ready.”
A&M split its two dual matches in North Car
olina, losing 6-3 to the University of North Car
olina in Chapel Hill while defeating North Car
olina State University in Raleigh, by a score of
6-3.
The Aggies took time off for spring break last
week before resuming preparations for the Big
12 season.
The Colorado match is the first of three Big 12
matches in four days for the Aggies, all at home.
A&M will host the University of Oklahoma
Saturday in a 1:30 p.m. match while Texas Tech
University will visit College Station on Monday.
The heavy schedule of matches has Kleinecke
thinking about the implications of the next few
days in protecting the Aggies’ undefeated mark
in the conference race.
“We may be in a (virtual) tie for first place
now, but the outcome of these matches will have
a lot to do with the rest of the conference run,”
he said.
Colorado has won six matches in a row, in-
eluding victories
over nationally-
ranked Universi
ty of Houston
and Virginia Tech
University.
Leading the
Buffaloes is ju
nior Nadine Ken-
zelmann, the Big
12 Player of the
Week for March
21. Kenzelmann
h as won five
matches in a row.
A&M will counter with No. 1 singles player,
freshman Martina Nedorostova, who is 16-7
overall and 10-2 in dual match play.
Nedorostova was named the Big 12 Player of
the Week on March 14, one week prior to Ken
zelmann grabbing the honor.
Nedorostova is ranked No. 68 in the nation,
the highest for an A&M singles player in the last
two years since current Aggie Nancy Dingwall’s
No. 67 ranking in 1997.
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