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e Battalion Sports Page 9 • Thursday, April 8, 1999 n a mission to n soldiers seized ith Macedonia! not a NATOmeiEi ;e ties with Yugo; v to Athens, whetcj >r the green ligli )ing to Yugoslav!, lam powers lieved the release ?nt. President Clint;:. - was cautious abot:»5 e certainly woel; victory reshman records 2 home runs softball team sweeps SFA BY JASON LINCOLN The Battalion two-homerun the nare was brewing Kosovo refugees ,. ... . . . no neighboring Llsa Klam 18 P rovlI ig herself d for days insrf| n *y a8 a contributor but as team ig efficiency, Mi.. lc ^ er s 0 °. I 1 he border city ots, a ® s< l ,lt ling thousands c : ff 1,1111 111 UM ckly that some wf l s | 11 ,' a 11 sea . j| jes _ n. ('mnmgoll \4 VINING y shorn e collq Inch has beencr: .' makeshift car:B. n ^ u ] ngees to Albania : « 01 ^ a 1 ei v ATO tent camp ^ Stephen Wustin State liversity Wednesday, Klam idl herself leading the team in ven categories. Tie Aggies looked to have eir bats back to a rhythm after idly’s no-hitter against the nivcrsity of Texas. The Aggies me out of the doubleheader ithla total of 13 hits to win the - ,'st game, 5-4, and the second >r pnrtim 21 I klsWI IH< “This gives us a lot of confi- mqe,” Klam said. “We didn’t TON (AP) - t well against Texas, but we got arthquake engic e contact tonight, and now we who decided log n go after them.” lot have time for Sophomore Amy Mining it classroom leer ) ened the doubleheader for the sConcordLawScSgies with 10 strikeouts in the fall, Naeimenrol' s t gome, improving her ERA to through the In - 74 and giving her an 18-7 I go to a standi cor d (.720). The Aggies held week, thatelimdA sco reless for the first five in- , I0 se ’ e mykidrrwgs as they scored five runs, in- 14 “I getmyjs^pHg a two-run homer by iter, and I canit am in the fifth, bed.” Stephen F. Austin’s pitching was less effective, as Catherine Paiz walked away with a single strikeout. SFA went on a hot streak late in the game, scoring three runs in the sixth and a single in the sev enth, but A&M was able to hold them off to retire the first game of the matchup. In the second match, Klam got the game off to a hot start with her second home run in a two- out situation. Jordana Barrack led off on the mound for the Aggies in the sec ond game with four strikeouts. Barrack, who moved to an 1.86 ERA and an 11-2 record, fared well against the Lumberjacks’ Laurie Fetters, who went without a strikeout in 26 attempts. The Aggie field then let the game get interesting, allowing SFA to get into a bases-loaded sit uation with only one out. The Aggie gloves held the situation to only one run to keep the game tied, and the Aggies were able to respond to retake the lead by a score of 2-1 as Klam came in off a line-drive double by junior Jamie Smith. “I’m happy to come away with two wins,” A&M coach Jo Evans said. “We didn’t play our best — we were a little flat and had some defensive errors, but I’m glad we got the wins.” With Wednesday’s two-homer performance, Klam takes the lead in seven statistical cate- MIKE FUENTES/THE Battalion Junior shortstop Jamie Smith takes a swing during the Texas A&M Softball Team’s 5-4 win over Stephen F. Austin State University Wednesday at the Aggie Softball Complex, gories for the Aggies this season, including homeruns (10), slug ging percentage (.687), on-base percentage (.428), stolen bases (19), runs scored (27), hits (52) and fielding percentage (.980). The freshman also has 26 RBI’s to place second on the team. “It’s really shocking,” Klam said about her offensive produc tion this season. “I’m just hitting the ball. I focus on the pitcher and go with what she gives me. The game is still the same [as high school], but it’s stepped up mentally. ” A&M Softball vs SFA (April 7) Game 1: Texas A&M, 5-4 A&M - Vining (18-7) SFA-Paiz (5-9) Game 2: Texas A&M, 2-1 A&M - Barrack (11-2) SFA - Fetters (7-9) Gillom named as assistant for USA BY TRAVIS HARSCH The Battalion A good program starts with a good coach, and Texas A&M Women’s Basket ball has a good one in Peggie Gillom. Just ask the people at USA Basketball. Gillom on Wednesday was selected as an as sistant coach for gillom the 1999 USA Basketball Women’s National Team that will play this summer. “It’s just an honor to represent your country in any capacity you can,” Gillom said. “Working with the type of players that are going to be on this national team is an hon or.” Some of the players Gillom will be coaching are WNBA stars Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson and University of Tennessee’s four time All-American Chamique Holdsclaw. Gillom said the appointment was an honor. “It shows you that dreams real ly can come true,” she said. Gillom recently completed her first season at A&M, after two sea sons with the WNBA’s Houston Comets and 16 years at the Uni versity of Mississippi. Gillom is the all-time leading scorer at the University of Mississippi, either male or female. The team will be made up of 12 players. The team will play two games versus the German Nation al Team that will help to deter mine a core group of National Team athletes. The players select ed will train and compete togeth er during whatever times the ath letes are available. This summer a separate USA Women’s Basketball Team will compete in the Pan American Games. SPORTS IN BRIEF Women rank 14th in latest track poll The Texas A&M Women’s Track and Field Team moved up nine spots to claim 14th in the April 7 edition on the Trackwire Top 25 Women’s Outdoor Poll. The Aggies, who share the spot with Big 12 opponent Texas Tech University, were ranked 23rd last week. The Aggies have gotten off to a strong start to the outdoor season, claiming titles in both the College Station Relays and the Southwest ern Invitational. A&M assistant coach Ed Marcinkiewicz said he was proud of the women’s performance so far. “I’m very pleased with the recog nition that the women have re ceived,” Marcinkiewicz said. “We felt all along we were a better out door team.” Marcinkiewicz said he expects more from the Aggies as they gain experience. “I think there are better things still to come. I’m particularly pleased with how the younger athletes have stepped up. We have a very young group of girls who are performing at a high lev el for us.” if universities r degree pro®':™ reports beinyfe. whether <3 seaifflil as good asaseslij | i. >’ complaints id irograms’ effect perly and whet: to whether the students. 1 Board warns iot :ourses could I® or and minorii ! ■ollege with less han white or® is rush to get o® Colleges, poliCj - providers wtic * <et need to thii Larry F. 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