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i&M junior first baseman Jeff Freeman slides into third base during the
Iggies’ 20-4 win over Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
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The Battalion
The Texas A&M baseball team wall
t its newfound offensive production
Ms weekend as it takes on the fifth-
anked Baylor University Bears in a
hree-game series.
In its four-game winning streak,
■\&M finally broke out of its offensive
slump.
During the streak, A&M has posted
)7runs against the pitching of Kansas
State University and Texas A&M Uni-
ersity-Corpus Christi.
A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson
said although the pitching A&M has
laced has not been the best, it has given
lie team a good start.
"It feels good," Johnson said. “While
K haven’t seen the best of pitching, we
faced some of that same type of pitching
lefore and haven't hit it. So it's not like
ill of a sudden it has dropped off.
“Vm certainly not going to say we
itan hit really good pitching, because no
one hits really good pitching. There has
been some improvement and encour
agement to build on.”
A&M junior right fielder Daylan
Holt said the important part is the team
is starting to build confidence.
“Going out there and getting more
than one hit an inning,” Holt said,
“makes you feel good, and it gets the
pitchers relaxed and helps build their
confidence. It goes both ways. Our hit
ting is coming around. I know it hasn't
been the greatest pitching, but it’s still
the same.”
The Aggies are definitely taking a
step up in competition, as they will face
a Baylor team that is as hot as any team
in the nation.
The Bears are coming off of a series
win against Oklahoma State University
last weekend in Waco, and a come from
behind, 5-2 wdn over Rice University in
Houston.
Baylor scored four runs in the top
See Baylor on Page 10.
BY MATT LAGESSE
The Battalion
The No. 1 University of Texas
men’s swimming and diving team’s
dominance was never in question
Thursday night at the Big 12 men’s
swimming and diving Championships
in the Rec Center Natatorium.
Standing room on the winners’ podi
um was seemingly reserved for Long
horn swimmers as they eclipsed their
own Big 12 mark of first-day points,
which was set by last year’s squad with
318 points.
At the close of the first day of com
petition No. 18 University of Nebraska
finished in a distant second behind UT
with 185 points followed by Iowa State
University with 174 points, and in fourth
place. No. 15 Texas A&M, who closed
out the night with 152 points. The Uni
versity of Kansas and the University of
Missouri had 89 and 82 points.
Texas A&M men’s swimming coach
Mel Nash said that despite a tough start,
the Aggies showed some resiliency during
the finals as the 200 yard freestyle relay
team captured second place finishing just
five hundredths of a second behind first
place UT.
“We had a little bit of a tough start this
morning,” Nash said. “Point wise, 1 think
that we will only get stronger.”
A&M’s individual highlight was by
sophomore Riley Janes who finished
third in the 50-yard freestyle at 20.04.
The time earned him a consolation bid
to the NCAA tournament.
Nash also said that with each day of
competition the young swimmers that
predominate the Aggie team will become
more accustomed to the atmosphere.
“We had a few places where we want
ed to get better,” Nash said. “1 think that
the freshmen and sophomores will get a
little bit better with each session.”
In spite of an impressive showing by
many of the young Aggie swimmers,
the night belonged to UT as four Long
horns received automatic bids to the
NCAA’s.
The Longhorns widened the point mar
gin early, capturing four of the top five
spots in the men’s 500-yard freestyle.
Leading the way for UT was junior Scott
Goldbiatt who clinched an automatic
NCAA birth with a 4:20.42 time.
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Texas A&M freshman Brett Ruoff swims the 200-yard individual medley
in the Big 12 Swimming and Diving Championships.
Men’s tennis team heads home to take on Gators
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BY AL LAZARUS
The Battalion
The 18th-ranked Texas A&M men’s tennis team
started its spring season three weeks ago. Since then, the
Aggies have been on the road, squaring off against three
of the nation’s top-15 teams.
Now, they get one at home.
A&M (2-3) will take on fourth-ranked University
of Florida (6-1) Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Varsity Ten
nis Center.
“We have a long stretch here at home now, and it’s
like a brand new season for us,” junior Cody I lubbell
said. “It’s such a relief to be able to play here on our
home court, sleep in our own beds and have our own
fans cheering for us.”
The Aggies have made great strides since facing their
first highly-ranked opponent, No. 10 Illinois. A&M lost
to the Fighting lllini, 6-1, but went on to flirt with up
sets in its next two matches against No. 3 Duke and No.
15 TCU. The Aggies lost both of those matches, 4-3.
Senior Juan Aramburo said the Aggies look at their
matches against higher-ranked opponents as opportuni
ties to prove they belong among the nation’s elite.
“We may not be ranked as high as some of them, but
we know we can play with any team in the country,”
Aramburo said.
In the latest edition of the WingspanBank.com Col
legiate Tennis Rankings, A&M junior All-American
Shuon Madden jumped five spots to No. 8, the highest-
ever ranking held by an Aggie.
Madden will face-off against seventh-ranked Flori
da junior Jeff Morrison, who is the defending NCAA
singles champion. The Gators also boast the nation’s No.
16 player, senior Justin O'Neal.
In doubles play, A&M’s All-American duo of Mad
den and junior Dumitru Caradima jumped 16 spots to
No. 12 in the latest rankings.
The Aggies’ schedule will not soften after their match
with the Gators Sunday. By the end of March, A&M will
have played three more of the nation’s top-10 teams —
Baylor, Louisiana "State and Pepperdine.
“Our schedule over the next four weeks is extreme
ly tough,” A&M coach Tim Cass said. “So I want our
guys to realize that every match is important, but there’s
always tomorrow too. We can’t put too much pressure
on ourselves any one day.
“What we want is for us to play with a real belief in
ourselves and with incredible energy. We have the tal
ent where if we can do that, I think this team will ac
complish quite a bit.”
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