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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
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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-
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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.”
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