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he Battalion Sports Page 7 • Tuesday, April 7, 1999 SPORTS IN BRIEF ennis rained out for jfgainjst the Bruins 1 Rainy weather forced the cance- |jon of the men’s tennis match be- leh 14th-ranked Texas A&M Ag- N 5s and the No. 1-ranked UCLA uirts yesterday at the Los Ange- arti . . s Tennis Center. 1 'des lostc- ciming off of a 5-2 loss to the 'I "Tition sv j X-j pepperdine Waves in Mal- ,s donates a! Sunday, the Aggies, who ’otheMSC eT.2-3 overall, were looking for- L ' auction. Jrc | to the opportunity to play the irle V. a BusOjp ranked Bruins, but weather and and asopr; ;ademics forced this meeting not wajor, saia rescheduled. 1 items let “This would have been a good 5. sunglasses atcli for our young guys to play in,” ts. W head coach Tim Cass said, ets and o: Sut the rain that hit here today is > claimed li she said, t. less than "ome back is the man, rooms, will Found is 1c longings los 5C are cloth md sweatsr ports equ:; balls. )t foing to stop long enough for > tf get the match in today or ear- tomorrow. Plus some of the guys tve some academic commit- ent; they need to tend to on edfesday and Thursday." "MiM will resume Big 12 Confer- jBplay on Friday by hosting the olorado Buffaloes at 6 p.m. at the V Varsity Tennis Center. The Ag es are tied for first place in the agLe with a 4-0 record. tems ben Valletta chosen to en lelt uiv:' ig sofc ittend conference k ' ,,, f Sophomore offensive lineman )enL1 ' hris Valletta has been selected to "ill l’ 6 1 31 : articipate in the third annual NCAA oundation Leadership Conference the audio •, be ^j\ay 31 through June : 're the buyoMgg^ eswhogeti|/\ [Qi-ai 0 f 300 student-athletes JH been invited to attend the 1999 a gooddf !CAA Foundation Leadership Con- aid. “Some irence. Student-athletes were nom- t sold, but 1 ated from NCAA member institu- , are donai Dns that participate in the BAMPS/Life Skills Program. Also, members of the national ident-Athlete Advisory Commit- es were invited to attend because their role as the student-athlete ice within the association. MIKE FUENTES/Thu Battalion Junior third baseman Dell Lindsey slides into second base in the Aggies’ 15-4 win against Sam Houston State University last night. Aggies dedaw Bearkats BY AARON COHAN The Battalion Although it was not raining Tlies- day night, the ball must have been wet at Olsen Field as Texas A&M and Sam Houston State committed a to tal of seven errors. The ball just could not seem to be caught, nor stay in the park as the Aggies belted four home runs en route to a 15-4 win. Senior pitcher Kyle Holle got off to a rocky start against the Bearkats as he gave up a two-run double to first baseman Jason Harrison in the top of the first inning. Holle, however, was able to re cover and retire the last two batters of the inning. The Aggies were able to get back into the game as two throwing errors allowed A&M run ners Steve Scarborough and Daylan Holt to advance and later score. The between inning rest did not. seem to help Holle as he gave up a long ball to junior Joey Eickoff along with another run to give the Bear kats a two-run lead once again. After cutting the lead to one on a double by Scarborough, the Aggies handed the ball over to freshman pitcher Khalid Ballouli who helped his team get back into the game. “KB (Ballouli) came in and pitched a heck of a game for us,” freshman designated hitter Greg Porter said. “He really put them in a hole and buried them.” The Aggie bats finally got to SHSU starting pitcher Nathan Boyd as they jumped on him for three runs in the bottom of the fourth in ning. A Porter home run and three stolen bases in the inning helped A&M build a 6-4 lead. The Bearkats called upon relief pitcher Jeff Van Landingham to try and stop the Aggies, but the Ags got to him also. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Aggies pummeled Van Landingham for six runs. A grand slam by Steven Tfuitt and Porter’s second home run of the game put the Aggies ahead for good as they extended their lead 13-4. A&M added two more insurance runs and put the game away defeat ing SHSU for the second time this year. “We came out flat, but it was a good game to come back and play the way we know we can,” TTuitt said. Lost in the offensive onslaught was the performance by Ballouli. The Austin native pitched five in nings giving up only two hits and striking out three for his fourth win of the season. The sixth-ranked Aggies have three days off before they travel to Kansas State University for a Big 12 three game series with the Wildcats. Softball prepares BY BEN WESTBROOK The Battalion The Texas A&M Softball Team will take a break from Big 12 action this Wednesday and try to get their bats back on track with a doubleheader against the Stephen F. Austin State University Lumberjacks at the Aggie Softball Complex. Last Friday the Aggies were held hitless for the first time in three seasons by University of Texas pitcher Christa Williams. The 1-0 loss saw the Aggies’ Big 12 Conference record drop to 3-2, while the Longhorns’ moved to 4-1. A&M fell to fifth in the Conference. “I think the girls were disappointed with that game,” head coach Jo Evans said. “Anytime we lose to Texas we’re disappointed.” The 31-9 Aggies picked a good opponent to rebuild their confidence with after last Friday’s no-hitter. The Lumberjacks, who are just 16-24 on the year, have only managed to outhit opponents .275 to .272 and have been outscored 170-143 on the year. “I think they’re struggling a little bit right now,” Evans said. for Lumberjacks The women have already met SFA once this sea son in the UTA/Pepsi-Cola InterCollegiate Classic in Grand Prairie, where the Aggies defeated the Lum berjacks 4-2. The Lumberjack staff has a combined 3.69 ERA and are led on the mound by Laurie Fetters, who is 8- 8 on the year with a 3.33 ERA. Also likely to see action on the mound in the double- header is 4-8 starter Cathy Paiz. Paiz has managed just 29 strikeouts with a 3.79 ERA. Offensive production for the Lumberjacks comes from Shandy Ward, who is leading the team with a .397 batting average and 23 runs scored. The Aggies can look for a solid performance from three-time Big 12 Player of the Week Amy Vining. The sophomore managed a 3-1 record last week with three complete game shutouts. Vining has a 17-7 record for the season with an 0.68 ERA. Her 157 strikeouts are more than the entire Lumberjacks’ pitching staff com bined. “She was very excited about that,” Evans said about Vining’s Big 12 honors. “She’s put some good weeks together and the Conference has recognized that.” ■■■Mill—H ■I—I, 1 MIKE FUENTES/The Battalion A University of Texas player slides into second base in Saturday’s game against the Aggies at the Aggie Softball Complex. jndiii! erif j (125 ling' riH 1 4p [4 K ol(|l)i j The Biotech Century Biotechnology: Natural Linkages between Agriculture and Medicine As a new millennium dawns, the biotechnology field is growing in order to meet the needs of the increasing human population. Wed., April 7, 1999 7 p.m. MSC 292B ^ 945 o' .wli^ 1 Scr^ lf Featuring: Dr. Fuller Bazer, Director of the Institute of Biosciences and Technology I Texas A&M University Health Science Center Discussing: The historical efforts of humans to use biotechnology to ensure that they had an abundant supply of food and how those technologies have benefited human and animal health in the past and the high expectations for even greater breakthroughs in the future. f resented by . S? inl op 1 6- For special needs please call 845-1515 Robert Gates Former Director Central Intelligence Agency Anthony Lake Former Notional Security Advisor Clinton Administration Sam Nunn Former U.S. Senator Chairman Armed Services Committee April 9, 1999 • 8:00 p.m. Rudder Auditorium WILEY LECTURE SERIES Memorial Student Center 1! Tickets available at the MSC Box Office 845-1234 or tell free (888) 890-5667 V isit our web site at wiley. tamu. edu for more information. Charlie Rose, Moderator Charlie Rose Show