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laying on the same Held.
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and Dallas. The twin stars
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behind the plate, his face
the shadows from the
mask; Jesse dwarfed by
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Texas A&M catcher Jason Gremminger looks to lead the
Aggies in the first head-to-head match-up against his twin
brother Jesse when A&M plays Kansas on Friday.
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brother could not catch,
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lemy in Dallas win a state
pip. It continued at Sam
Houston State University in 1998
and McClennan Community Col
lege in 1999.
It was in those first two colle
giate years that the Gremminger
twins started to separate themselves.
Jesse led the Bearkats in hitting
and was in contention for the lead
role at McClennan, batting .375
and .340 during those two years.
Meanwhile, Jason was having
a harder time adjusting to the col
lege game, struggling to bat .300
See Twins on Page 13.
BY BREE HOLZ
The Battalion
Lack of offense was a major
factor in the Texas A&M softball
team’s Big 12 loss to the Universi
ty of Texas Wednesday night. The
Longhorns pounded A&M, 8-0 at
the Aggie Softball Complex, hand
ing A&M its third consecutive con
ference loss.
The Longhorns (18-18-1,3-0 Big
12) held the Aggies to only two hits,
while A&M’s pitchers gave up 12.
“It’s hard as a coach to figure
out what happened,” said A&M
softball coach Jo Evans. “The team
was so fired up and ready to go.”
Junior pitcher Amy Vining start
ed for the Aggies but had problems
from the start. Vining hit the first
Longhorn batter, then gave up a sin
gle to right field that scored the
Longhorn’s first run of the game.
“It seems that as soon as Amy hit
the lead-off hitter, everything went
downhill from there,” Evans said.
Senior first baseman Angie
Long led off in the bottom of the
first with a single to center field,
but the Aggies could not capitalize
on her hit.
The Aggies found more trouble
in the second inning, when Vining
struck another Texas batter, this
time with two outs and no one on
base. The Longhorns retaliated by
getting three straight hits and scor
ing three runs to put them up 4-0.
Freshman pitcher Kara Weikel
relieved Vining and held the Long
horns scoreless for three innings.
But in the top of the sixth, Long
horn Mario Hanks singled up the
left-field line with the bases loaded
to score another run for Texas.
Longhorn Autumn Eastes singled
after Hanks to score another run,
putting the Longhorns ahead 6-0.
Evans made another pitching
change, this time entering senior
pitcher Danielle Lemuth. With the
bases loaded, Lemuth managed to
retire the side.
In the bottom of the sixth. Long
singled to center field again, a point
of light for the Aggie offense. But
A&M could garner no more hits,
and remained scoreless.
In the top of the seventh inning,
the Longhorns proved unstoppable
offensively when Keely Franks
doubled to left field, then advanced
to third on a wild pitch. Longhorn
All-American Jodi Reeves singled
to right field, scoring Franks.
With two outs, a failed play at
short-stop allowed Reeves to score
from third, giving the Longhorns
their eighth and final run of the game.
“I don’t think we took charge in
any aspect of our game,” Evans
said. “Vining struggled on the
mound, and we weren’t aggressive
at the plate at all.”
The A&M coaches and players
agreed that even though the team has
lost three consecutive conference
games, their confidence is still strong.
“This was definitely a hard
PATRIC SCHNEIDER/The Battalion
Texas A&M catcher Selena Collins catches the ball too late to
make the tag on Longhorn first baseman Chelsea Stoughton.
loss,” Long said, “but I think we’ll
bounce back this weekend.”
“The effort and our confidence
is there, but we need to work on our
aggressiveness at the plate.
“We’ve got to get ourselves back
up,” Evans said. “We can’t feel sor
ry for ourselves.”
The Aggies (20-13,0-3 Big 12)
will travel to Lawrence, Kan., this
weekend to take on the University
of Kansas.
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DOUBLE TAKE
After spending their entire lives playing
side by side, the Gremminger twins
go head-to-head for the first time.
pos. - catcher
bats - right
throws - right
344 - avg
6 HR
26 RBI
pos. - outfield
bats - switch
throws - right
.279 - avg.
2 HR
22 RBI
Jesse Gremminger
ROBERT HYNECEK/The Battalion
Men’s tennis jumps
to No. 11 ranking
The Texas A&M men’s tennis team
jumped two spots to No. 11 in the Wigspan-
Bank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
The Aggies (9-5) fell two spots to No. 13
in the Daily Tennis Coaches Top 25 poll.
The No. 11 ranking matches their best
ever in the WingspanBank.com poll, equal
ing their No. 11 spot after winning the Big
12 Championship in 1998.
Sports in Brief
Baylor and Texas lead the Big 12 repre
sentation in this week’s polls.
The Bears (13-3) are ranked No.7 with the
Longhorns (14-2) at No. 10.
A&M hopes to break into the top 10 when
they face No. 2 Pepperdine on Friday.
Madden and Hubble
climb individual polls
Junior’s Shuon Madden and Cody Hubble
shadowed the Texas A&M men’s tennis
team’s move up the polls.
Madden climbed one spot to claim the No.
2 singles ranking nationally.
The No. 2 ranking is the highest any A&M
tennis player has been ranked in singles.
He currently holds a 22-8 overall
record and is in the midst of a seven-
match winning streak.
Hubble (16-8) moved up three spots to tie
for the No. 87 national singles ranking. He
has won nine of his last 10 matches.
A&M’s All-America doubles team of
Madden and junior Dumitru Caradima is
ranked No. 25.
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