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Jo mo re right fielder Daylan Holt has an at-bat against the University of Michigan. The Aggies host the
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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
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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
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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.
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“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.”
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