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Mondavi SPORTS Q Mpnday, April 3,2000 ^ aves narrowly edge IWSU w/omen’s tennis team THE BATTALION Page 9 BY BLAINE DIONNE The Battalion ides more time tohammeii. )f-court settlement, icouraged the parties to ms I ■ The Texas A&M women’s tennis /e reason to reach a settler l am dropped a heartbreaker to the sec ruling could he usedagaiia ; ond-ranked Pepperdine University aves, 6-3, Friday night at the Varsity tennis Center. tell you, that’s a tough loss,” &M women’s tennis coach Bobby lass-action lawsuits its ents. :nt, meanwhile, w mpany is forced to cl i issues a verdict, hewoui; Geinecke said. “We’re right there — irings to determine whatkinc licrosoft would likelyappe ing up the case for several timately overturn parts,ih ipset 18th-ranked Ipek Senoglu, 6-4, 1-6 (3) at No. 1 singles to open up the coring for the Aggies. The Waves quickly answered with i victory of their own at No. 6, with se- rior Kathryn Scott dropping her match he federal courthouse Sate, igainst Nadine Rastetter, 6-0, 5-7, 6-1, alting her five-game winning streak. At No. 4 singles, Aggie sophomore ials including Gates-Aeah Killen was able to dispose of her it. earned lawyers that hen; ruling as early as Tuesd; nitlcant progress toward re w ould not be issuedT« I information. nt attorneys just days! iled its original complain!: ppeared likely until acr ;d that Gates reconsiderec stices ind to come up with it just a hair short you know?” Sophomore Martina Nedorostova pponent in three sets, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1, jving the Aggies a 2-1 lead. Pepperdine tied things up again af ter Lisa Dingwall’s three set loss to The deal fell through,and^orthee Kurz, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 5. The Waves then took the lead for issues a verdict, he woulct >ood when Monika Horvath beat A&M .'arings to determine what freshman Olivia Karlikova in three sets, , 4-6, 6-3 at No. 2 and Cintia Tor- torella put away Aggie freshman Cassie rlaas, 5-7,7-5,6-4, at No. 3, giving Pep- verdine a 4-2 lead going into doubles. After falling behind early, the No. 2 doubles team of Haas and Hscott fought back to tie the Waves 7-7 before falling 9-7 to their counterparts. The No. 1 doubles team of Ne dorostova and Dingwall actually held a 7-4 lead at one point before dropping their match, 9-7, as well. The bright spot for the Aggies was that the No. 3 doubles team of Killen and Karlikova defeated Horvath and Tortorella 8-5, but it was not enough. Afterwards, Pepperdine coach Gualberto Escudero was surprised at the difficulty his team had in putting the Aggies away. “I thought that they [A&M] had lost enough 5-4 matches to fold against us when the pressure got great,” Escudero said. “But they never folded — except at the very, very end. But no, 1 didn't really expect it to be this close.” There was some controversy after the match over a variable that con tributed to the Aggies’ play, the crowd. Members of the men’s tennis team, who had just upset the Pepperdine men in a historic match, along with other fans, were constantly cheering — and sometimes jeering — the Pepperdine players. Needless to say, Escudero was none too pleased. “It upset the girls quite a bit,” Escud ero said. “It was just completely unfair.” Kleinecke had no comment on the matter. NCAA tourney down to two teams Sports in Brief of 3 • Ags take 2 3 reS12N m Jayhawks ^ The Texas A&M baseball team risis involving allegations continued its winning ways over the terne('cunkeptlawmakffitieekend as it took two of three ipoachmentproceduresottrlames from the University of '[Kansas Jayhawks. c ( hid Justice David Brodi A&M won Friday’s game, 6-3, be amaging legislative bat a 3-for-5 performance from ju- of the court wouldn’t be nior third baseman Chris Russ, omment on whether Bra y 3 ’ era! rank-and-file leg'll : public confidence in tk'-\ people — whether it’s Ik in do, though I wouldn't tij ay be the only way to save* turday he would file a bill ind state House leaders resee] done in the event we ctek said Sunday. “Whafsaij uirt.” haver resigned after beingafi return. Attorney Genera! f ‘ cute. aort that not only detailedl* ■ntire court of ethics violation for judges who had excuseih :uss draft decisions in thosefl :e broke the law just by fe to inlluence the selection^ 5 ; case came before the high' se investigators’reports tiiii* ould be more damaging^ Committee will be con:,.-J :e Sherman Horton, Justs f i Johnson. Saturday by saying the si®] ral lawmakers said his com litude on the court. >n and 1 wasn’t happy, osejob is at risk, said institutional. If you have a)'- 1 ] hers me.” Junior right fielder Daylan Holt rescued the Aggies in Satur day’s game as his two-run home run in the top of the 11th inning sent the Aggies to an 8-6 win. The Jayhawks won 8-1 Sunday to avoid the sweep. HOLT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —- Michigan State and Florida both started the season in the Top 10 and nev er dropped far below. Now they’re the only teams left. Similarities over. While the Spartans are most effective in a half-court game, where they can crash the boards and be physi cal, the Gators prefer to play at warp speed, using a 10- man rotation and full-court pressure. Michigan State (31-7) was the only No. 1 seed to reach the Final Four and has lived up to the role in its bid for the national championship. The Spartans won every game in the NCAA tour nament by at least 11 points, including Saturday night’s 53-41 victory over Wisconsin. Florida, seeded fifth, got a first-round scare from Butler before wearing down higher-seeded teams Illinois, top-ranked Duke and Oklahoma State — with its hectic pace. The Gators (29-7) used the same style to end North Carolina’s surprising run with a 71 -59 win Saturday night. “We like to run, too,” Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. “Maybe some of that is our style also. ... I think we have an understanding for that. I think these guys want to run, too.” The Spartans can get up and down the court, hav ing scored more than 80 pointy nine times this season. In the tournament, however, they have averaged 68.2 with the five starters averaging between 27 and 35 minutes a game and only two reserves averaging more than 10. Florida has averaged 79.4 points in the five tourna ment games, just off its 84.1 mark for the season. The 10 Gators who create all that havoc on the floor aver age between 13 and 31 minutes a game. Michigan State starts three seniors, while Florida has one on the team and plays seven sophomores and freshmen in the rotation. “Our youthfulness has won us a lot of basketball games this year,” said Kenyan Weaks, Florida’s lone member of the Class of 2000. “I don’t know if that’s going to be a big problem in this game.” The Spartans were going to use an age-old method to prepare for Florida’s full-court press Monday night. “We always go against six or seven guys in prac tice and I’m sure we’ll have a bunch of players out there today,” Michigan State forward Andre Hutson said Sunday. Florida coach Billy Donovan believes people are getting the wrong impression about his team. “People think it’s just running and jacking up 3- point shots,” Donovan said. “We put a tremendous em phasis on guarding the 3-point line. Basically, every team in the country, when they go to practice, is going to practice their half-court offense. MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP First round Second round Regionals Thurs., March 16 Sat., March 18 National Championship Arizona 71-47 Wisconsin 66-59 Wisconsin 61-48 LSU 72-67 Albuquerque, Wisconsin 64-60 Purdue 75-66 WEST N.M Purdue 62-61 March 23 & 25 Purdue 66-62 ® Ok'ahona Oklahoma 74-50 (14) Winthrop ! .< 7 ! Louisu " lB ; Gonzaga77- HOI Gcmrncja | Qonzaga 82-76 (2) St. John’s .'l.' St. John's 61-56; (15) N. Arizona j "" Indianapolis April 1 : Michigan State 65-38 (16) Valparaiso ] | Michigan State 73-61 (8) Utah (9) St. Louis (5) Kentucky (12) St. Bonaventure !' (4) Syracuse Syracuse 79-65 (1) Michigan State Utah 48-45 I Kentucky 85-80 2QT | Michigan State 75-58 Syracuse 52-50 (13) Samford (6) UCLA (11) Ball State z> (3) Maryland (14) Iona j (7) Auburn i (10) Creighton [' j (2) Iowa State j (15) Central Conn. St. f Auburn Hills, MIDWEST Mich. I UCLA 65-57 March 23 & 25 l Mlch '8a" Slate 75-64 Maryland 74-59 Auburn 72-69 ? Iowa State 80-56 Iowa State 79-60 Iowa State 88-78 We try to be as disruptive as possible and take teams out of what they practice on a regular basis.” One of the keys to breaking Florida’s press will be senior point guard Mateen Cleaves. “You never have a chance to relax,” he said. “The main thing for the game is you can’t change your attitude.” Florida’s subs have scored 175 points in the tour nament, 132 more than Michigan State’s. “1 do think we need to get more scoring out of our bench and 1 think we have the potential,” Izzo said. “As far as wearing us down, 1 think we’ll utilize our bench enough so it doesn’t.” Donovan won’t change a thing. “We’re going to play our guys like we normally have and I don’t know if we’ll be able to wear Michi gan State down,” he said. “We have to just try and play our style.” Michigan State is trying to become the first Big Ten team to win the national championship since Michigan in 1989. The Spartans’ only national championship came in 1979 when Magic Johnson led them to the title as a sophomore. The Spartans are in the Final Four for the second straight year. They lost to Duke in the semifinals last season. “That was cool but we went home empty-handed,” Cleaves said. “It’s great to get here but you’ll always be remembered as a national champion.” Florida is looking for its first national championship while keeping alive the Southeastern Conference’s even-year streak. Arkansas won in 1994 and Kentucky won in 1996 and 1998. Donovan, one of six men to play and coach in a Fi nal Four, will try to join even more select company. Only Bob Knight and Dean Smith have played in a Final Four and coached a national champion. At 34, Donovan would be the third-youngest coach to win it all behind Indiana’s Branch McCracken in 1940 and Wisconsin’s Harold Foster in 1941. “I haven’t focused on the fact we’re 40 minutes from a national championship,” Donovan said. “Prob ably more that we’re playing Michigan State and what we have to do to beat them.” r employers are l the oyment Week 1 Hall p.m. Employee of the Year ored at 2:30. served. 'onsors, there will be :as A&M student Sunllicfosvstems::'.::::3Sthelowes et blister 4 For a limited time, everyone on campus can get the power and performance of a Sun workstation for the price of a PC. A Sun Ultra™ 5, including monitor, costs just $1295- And, for less than $500, you can add a Sun PCi™ card to run Solaris™ and Windows programs on one system! Plus, all Sun workstations include the award-winning StarOffice™ productivity suite, with seamless access to MS Office. Go to www.sun.com/edu/shrinks for all the details or to buy online. 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