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W-UE TURNER off of George lanuary. MIKE FUENTES/Thi Bah align Jo mo re right fielder Daylan Holt has an at-bat against the University of Michigan. The Aggies host the ference-leading University of Nebraska this weekend at Olsen Field for a three-game series. gs welcome home game i). 6A&M Baseball Team host Cornhuskers Friday BY DOUG SHILLING The Battalion ll3CBH ome is w * lere ^ ie h eart is. Fortunately for the sixth-ranked Texas A&M Base- r e restricted t)i« ill Team, that is where the wins are too. The Aggies □thoritytobnr; a stellar home record into this weekend’s amendment ‘atehup with the 19th-ranked and conference-lead- y would leave 'g University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. il with existing!.® home, A&M boasts a 19-1 record, with the only tfsuits without! is s coming against UNLV in the Aggie Continental oroval. irlines Baseball Classic March 19. s broughtbyit hi comparison, after last Tuesday’s 7-6 loss to the i not be afc’urlh-ranked University of Rice Owls, the Aggies’ y said. fed record fell to a mediocre 6-7. /ould notprew:!} 11 the game against the Owls, the Aggies (25-8, 8- or warranty In Big 12) fell behind early and never recovered. reshman pitcher Khalid Ballouli gave up four runs |the first inning. The Aggies battled back on the t added motr:v ;ren gth of junior shortstop Steve Scarborough’s sec- ngs as [awswi n h home run of the year to tie the game up at six in ?rnment prop 1 ? top of the eighth inning. arms and ci«ii The Aggies gave the lead right back in the bottom , or death,vtai:' a h of the inning, however, as sophomore pitcher ling to rece Russ (7-1) allowed the winning run. The Cornhuskers (20-6, 8-1 Big 12) come into Col- Ige Station as a team on a roll. With their sweep of le University of Texas this past weekend, the Com akers’ winning streak now stands at 11. The sweep ttal bodies or ammuniti of the Longhorns also propelled the Buskers into the polls for the first time since April 11, 1988. As a team, Nebraska is batting .371, tops in the Big 12. They also lead the Big 12 in runs scored, av eraging over 12 a contest. The Buskers are led offensively by junior infield er Ken Barvey. Barvey is batting a torrid .531 with 12 BRs, 38 RBIs, a .990 slugging percentage and a .600 OBP. The probable rotation for Nebraska is junior Scott Fries (5-1, 3.62 ERA), senior Jay Sirianni (4-1, 7.16 ERA) and freshman Shane Komine (5-0, 3.00 ERA). The Aggie offense is led by sophomore Daylan Bolt. On the season, Bolt is batting .336 and leads the team with 14 BRs, 50 RBIs with a .796 slugging per centage. Junior first baseman John Scheschuk leads the team with a .386 batting average. Be has also chipped in 6 BRs, 25 RBIs and a .588 slugging per centage. The tentative rotation for the Aggies will be junior Casey Possum (5-3, 2.68 ERA, 74 strikeouts), junior Chance Caple (4-3, 4.15 ERA) and Russ (7-1, 0.88 ERA). Last year, the Aggies took two out of three games from the Cornhuskers in Lincoln. The Aggies lost the first game of the series 4-3 but came back to take the last two games of the series 13-5 and 9-4. The series kicks off Friday night at 7 at Olsen Field. Netters edge Crimson SALLIE TURNER/The Baitauon A&M freshman Leah Killen returns a volley during singles play against Harvard University Wednesday at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Texas A&M Women’s Tennis Team defeated Harvard, 5-4. BY JASON LINCOLN The Battalion It took 16 games and a tiebreak er, but in the end the Texas A&M Women’s Tennis doubles team of Martina Nedorostova and Lisa Dingwall beat Barvard’s No. 1 dou bles team, 9-8, to give the Aggies the 5-4 win. The Aggies lost the apparent ad vantage to Barvard in a dramatic and drawn-out game that ended up going to the Crimson to give Bar vard the 5-6 lead, but Dingwall’s crosscourt scrambles and Nedoros- tova’s dramatic power slams end ed up turning the tide and putting the team up, 8-7. Barvard’s win in the final game sent the match into a tiebreaker, which A&M dominat ed with a 7-4 win. “In three years here, that is the first time I’ve ever felt that excited,” Dingwall said. “The crowd being into this pumped Martina and I up, and it payed off. ” A&M’s No. 1 doubles team has payed big dividends for the Aggies as the two have developed a win ning chemistry. “We had a bad time for a couple of weeks,” Nedorostova said. “But lately we’ve overcome that obsta cle, and it’s looking good,” The second and third doubles teams split their games to keep the match tied and put the pressure on Nedorostova and Dingwall. The No. 3 team for A&M of Leah Killen and Monica San Miguel defeated Barvard’s Sarah McGinty and Rox- anna Curt,o while Eva Marcial and Kathryn Scott fell to Vedica Jain and Andrea Magyera, Barvard’s No. 2 team. “It could have gone either way right up to the end,” A&M coach Bobby Kleinecke said. “Barvard is an excellent team, so this is going to pay big dividends for us. Sojftball team hosts Horns BY BEN WESTBROOK The Battalion The Texas A&M Softball Team (31-8), who moved up five places to take the No. 18 spot in the top 25 poll this week, will face No. 14 Universi ty of Texas (24-12) this Friday at 6 p.m. at the Aggie Softball Complex. The Aggies went 3-1 last weekend in their first four games of Big 12 play, splitting a series with the de fending Big 12 champions Universi ty of Nebraska and sweeping Iowa State University. Amy Vining, who went 3-1 last week and is 17-6 on the season, was named the Big 12 pitcher of the week for the second time this year. Vining improved on her game-high strike out mark last week by striking out 12 in the win against Sam Bouston State University. Lisa Klam continued to exercise her dominance at the plate for the Aggies, hitting two home runs over the weekend. One of her round-trippers, a solo shot in the third inning of the first game against Nebraska, was the women’s only run in the 1-0 victory. Texas also played a two-game series with Nebraska last weekend, splitting the two games as well. Texas is led on the mound by Junior All-American Christa Williams, who is 13-3 on the year, boasting a 0.46 ERA for the season and 0.26 ERA in Big 12 play. Jodi Reeves leads the Longhorns at the plate, post ing a .393 batting average with 10 home runs and 44 runs batted in. A&M coach Jo Evans says the women are excited to get to play Texas. “We know we’ll see Williams,” Evans said. "We’re hitting the ball very well. I think it’ll be a good matchup.” en to face Red Raiders . 14 A&M tennis team to host No. 34 Texas Tech ervM- wtedlll BYAL LAZARUS The Battalion 1702A PonderK-Whe No. 14 Texas A&M Men’s Ten- College Station' iisjream will take on No. 34 Texas Tech ersity tonight at the A&M Varsity enjnis Center and will hit the road this deliveryAfc«| cen( j f or a Sunday match against 7th ranked Pepperdine University. &he Aggies were last in action on dafch 24, when they swept a double- ader against Abilene Christian Uni- fsity and Ohio State University. ’s only losses this season have Bie to No. 2 University of Illinois and lo. 4 Duke University, itrhe Aggies (11-2, 3-0) traveled to Aibbock last year and swept the Red Biers, 7-0. ■Tonight’s match against Tech marks he Aggies’ first conference home natch of the spring, and Cass said the earn is hoping for a strong crowd. ■ence Ministry “It’s kind of easy for people to lose track of us, after playing a string of non-conference matches,” he said. “Now that we’re back at home playing a conference match, we are hoping to get the students out to support us.” A&M took on Pepperdine in College Station last year and shocked the No. 7 Waves, winning 4-1 in a rain-short ened match. Sunday’s match will renew a friendly rivalry between Cass and Pep- perdine’s Peter Smith, both former coaches of teams in the WAC. Cass said he expects Pepperdine will have revenge on its mind. “They have a great tennis tradi tion,” he said. “And after we beat them on our courts last year. I’m sure they’re looking forward to getting us on their courts. “I’m sure they’ll provide us with quite a challenge. ” Track teams prepare for Texas Relays BY TOM KENNEDY The Battalion The Texas A&M Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams will head to Austin today for the 72nd Annual Texas Relays held at the University of Texas through April 3. This year marks the first time that the event will be held in the new Mike A. Myers Sta dium after a long occupancy at Memorial Stadium. The meet should serve as a mid-season performance gauge for the Aggies, who will see some of the nation’s top athletes along with most of their Big 12 Conference foes. Track and Field coach Ted Nelson said he expects his athletes to rise to the occasion against the high level of competition. “This is one of the big meets for us dur ing the year,” Nelson said. “We’ve got sev eral people that could do well.” The men, who are coming off of a sec ond-place finish at the Southwestern Invi tational, should receive a boost from sopho more Bashir Ramzy, who won the long jump and triple jump last weekend. Nelson said he also expects to see positive results in the hurdles with sophomore Kris "This is one of the big meets for us during the year. We've got several people that could do well." — Ted Nelson A&M track and field coach Allen competing in the 110 meter high hurdles and juniors Travis McAshan and Keith Ben der, who finished first and second last week end, respectively, in the 400 meter hurdles. The 4 x 100 meter relay team should con tinue it’s search for the fourth member to compliment 1997 4xl00-meter relay Na tional Champion members Toya Jones, Bil ly Fobbs and Michael Price. The women, who resume action after winning last weekend’s Southwestern Invi tational, hope to score points with jump and hurdle specialists. Junior Chimika Carter and sophomore Christina Ohaeri will both compete in the 100-meter high hurdles. Ohaeri also will double in the 400-meter intermediate hur dles. Senior Detrich Clariett, who placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Triple Jump, should compete for the title in the same event. This weekend is also the biggest invita tional track-and-field meet for Texas high school athletes, with many of the state’s premier athletes flocking to Austin to showcase their talents. Nelson said it makes the meet more complete by allow ing the coaches to recruit top athletes dur ing a competition weekend. “[The level of competition] is almost as good as the high-school state meet,” Nel son said. “We’re also able to see the athletes at the small schools go head to head against the big schools, which helps us see where they’re at.” Idges eluding ^pacticG-k riniS^ is_ote^ lod tower o n at 8:00 SO a.m. 1 Texas Aggie Baseball Friday @ 7pm It’s Gonna Rock the House! VS 8 4 3 Big 12 Tickets off campus 0569 Kroger In College Station On Sale at the Gate at 5pm 9 A 1 Big 12 Irki=i A Proud Corporate Sponsor! JVprtI 5-11 jdlHontmg 5 JVprxl 1999 JKs ^jau |!Itfee ,311 performance: ijjfeartantr 7-9 p.m. -IRu&ber ®l]«*ier (Hueshag 6 April 1999 JBan looker, frariefg artist 1:00 p.m. Sflag ^Ronm ®I|c C d9ftusic of Ji»tjakespcare 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. |Rul>iier CElie:ttcr -Iffilctmesliag 7 ,April 1999 A sluiioing of 33 omeo 8c Jlulict tnith lecture kg 30r. 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