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Doubleheaders usually are reserved for base-
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However, the Texas A&M Women’s Tennis
am will be part of a unique doubleheader to-
OTipw when it hosts Rice University at 1:30 p.m.
the A&M Varsity Tennis Center.
While the women battle the Owls, their male
unferparts will be playing at the same time
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Ri|e and A&M come into the match with a lot
common. The Aggie women are ranked No 35
the country, while the Owls are No. 37 in the
ost recent collegiate tennis ratings. Both teams
d coaches are familiar with each other.
“They know us, and we know them,” Klei-
cke said.
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utout losses. A&M (12-6 overall) was blanked
Texas, 9-0, in Austin Tuesday in a showdown
tween the two top teams in the Big 12. Klei-
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No. 3 and No. 4 singles and dropped first-set
'breakers in two other matches against Vander-
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Sophomore Lisa Dingwall prepares for a backhand
against Texas Tech University March 29.
Elle Lewis, who sports a 23-15 record this year.
Rice’s No. 6 singles player, Natalie Briaud, is a lo
cal product out of A&M Consolidated High School.
Critical to the outcome of the match will be the
performance in the middle spots of the Aggies’
singles lineup.
A&M’s Lisa Dingwall will likely play Rice’s
Charlotte Feasby in one of the featured matches,
while at No. 3 singles A&M senior Monica San
Miguel will square off against the Owls’ Justyna
Gudzowska.
The Aggies will close the season at home
against Baylor University April 20.
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Sophomore Shuon Madden slams a forehand in the Aggies’ match
against Abilene Christian University March 24.
BY AL LAZARUS
The Battalion
Despite the attention paid to the
rivalry between Texas A&M Univer
sity and the University of Texas, a
men’s tennis match featuring the two
schools traditionally has been about
as suspenseful as a Harlem Globe
trotters game.
That is, until last season.
Having lost 25 of its last 27 match
es against the Longhorns, the Texas
A&M Men’s Tennis Team turned the
tables in 1998, overcoming a tough
early-season loss in Austin to crush
the Longhorns, 4-0, in the final round
of the conference tournament.
A&M coach Tim Cass said the Ag
gie victory added a new angle to the
A&M-UT rivalry.
“Before last season, the rivalry
was fun because of the spirit between
the two schools,” Cass said. “Now it’s
fun because either team can win.”
The Aggies and Longhorns, tied
with Baylor University for first place
in the Big 12, will square off at the
A&M Varsity Tennis Center Saturday
afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
A&M, ranked No. 15 by College
Tennis Weekly, brings a 14-3 overall
record and 6-0 conference mark into
the match. Texas, the nation’s fifth-
ranked team, is 17-4 with a 5-0 record
in conference play.
In the finals of last season’s Big 12
Tournament, the Aggies did not drop
a set on their way to shocking the
Longhorns, an accomplishment Cass
said probably has weighed heavily
on Texas’ mind.
“They’re not happy that we won
the Big 12 Tournament last year,” he
said. “And we’ve got to anticipate
that they’re going to come in here
even more focused and determined
because of us beating them. ”
The Longhorns’ lineup features
three top-60 singles players — Jack
Brasington (No. 20), Brandon Hawk
(No. 42) and Paul Martin (No. 57).
UT’s No. 1 doubles team of Gwenael
Gueit and Martin is ranked No. 16 in
the nation.
The Aggies will counter with
sophomores Dumitru Caradima
and Shuon Madden, the nation’s
No. 1 doubles duo. Madden, who
Monday was named the Big 12
Men’s Tennis Player of the Week,
also sports a No. 34 singles ranking.
With a match against conference
co-leader and eighth-ranked Baylor
looming April 24, Cass said he has
cautioned the team against getting
too pumped up for the Longhorns,
concerned the Aggies could suffer a
letdown against the Bears.
Sophomore Cody Hubbell, who
has lived in College Station since he
was two years old, said there is no
such thing as being too excited to
play Texas.
“I’ve tried to maintain my com
posure,” he said, “but I consider this
to be one of the biggest matches of
my life.”
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