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Thursdai ~= SPORTS ay, April 20, 2000 THE BATTALION Page 7 Central Baptist Chi will host what maybe local church service Arena this Easter The service, i a.m., is free ofchai ing will be available dress is casual. "We want this where folks can coi in a relaxed envirom iting their friends and and participate with usasi ebrate the resurrectieii Lord. Jesus Christ,’ Osborne said inapt Osborne said all local, are invited to celebi Easter of the millennium. "We think this first new millennium is sp< hope as many people as will come and worship us.' Central, which is congregation in Bi tion, invites all local eluding students, who dc* sallie turner/ i m: battalion ready have plans to ah- ^ j un j or Cody Hubbell hits a forehand during his match against Oklahoma State University’s Chris Bates ■' 11 !oro'ting the LrstEas ^ nescla y at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Aggies defeated the Cowboys 5-2. new millennium. This year's service will mi first time in more than a3 that all members of Cento! able to worship at one time the same roof. No. 7 Ags down Cowboys A&M men’s tennis team improves to 13-0 at home : BY AL LAZARUS The Battalion With the seventh-ranked Texas A&M men’s tennis team clinging to a 3-2 lead over No. 51 Oklahoma State Wednesday night at the Varsity Tennis Center, all eyes turned to court No. 1. After breaking OSU’s Matt Prentice to take a 5-4 lead in the third set, A&M junior Dumitru Caradima had a chance to serve for the match and clinch the deci sive fourth point for the Aggies. Then things really got interesting. A Caradima shot that appeared to be in was called out by Prentice. The chair umpire overruled the call without the re quired verbal appeal from Caradima, sending OSU coach James Wadley into a frenzy. Wadley jumped from a courtside bench and threvV a crumpled water cup at the umpire, drawing a point penalty. A&M men’s tennis coach Tim Cass soon joined in the fray, and the two coaches sent verbal vollies back and forth while the situation was discussed by a contingent of umpires. When the controversy finally was sorted out after a seven-minute delay, Prentice’s call was upheld, making the game score 15-15. “I was just trying to protect my play er on the call, and so was Tim,” Wadley said. “The official made a mistake, and when I tried to correct him he didn’t want to be corrected.” A cool Caradima rendered the argu ment moot by holding serve to win, 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. The Aggies then tacked on the dou bles point to make the final score 5-2. “I’m extremely proud of Dumitru and the way he handled himself,” Cass said. “He certainly handled himself much bet ter than I did.” Oklahoma State was no stranger to controversy heading into Wednesday night’s match with A&M. Earlier in the day, the Cowboys’ 4-3 victory ove£* Kansas on Apr. 2 was overruled —> knocking them out of a tie with the Ag> gies for second place in the Big 12. . * % The Cowboys’ victory was over-', turned after Kansas accused them off making an illegal lineup change. The ml- ing sent the Jay hawks into a second-place tie with A&M and set up a showdown be tween the two teams Friday at noon at the Varsity Tennis Center. Playing singles first because of a chance of rain, the Aggies jumped to a 2- 0 lead after quick victories from sopho more Jarin Skube on the No. 5 court and- freshman Ryan Newport at No. 4. Skube handily disposed of OSU’s Je-; remy Ewert, 6-0, 6-2. Newport then de-* feated the Cowboys’ Frantisek Krepelka,' 6-4, 6-2. Sophomore Keith From gave the. Aggies their third point with a 7-6, 7-5,| victory over OSU’s Chris Bates on the' No. 2 court. loftball travels to take on SHSU BY BREE HOLZ The Battalion Correction Bfhe Texas A&M softball team w ill he n action Thursday when it travels to In Wednesday's‘Ma Huntsville to take on Sam Houston State Prairie View student.se University at 4 p.m. tide, the victim was nci; 'Saturd;i\. the \g- as Kristen Tarver. Kr : |ies return home to Tarver is the correctspe battle Big 12 rival jraiversin of Nebras- ka in a double-header beginning at 2 p.m. at I SRXCMAGi Aggic So,tba11 r 'l)araiaM ha\ c m m EVANS Complex. kSThe Aggies stormed into fourth place in the conference after winning five straight games, includ ing a sweep over the University of Missouri last weekend. y. A&M holds a 25-14 overall record and r a5-4 record in the Big 12 Conference. The Bearkats are at 15-31 overall, and are in last place of the Southland Confer ence with a 3-20 record. A&M and SHSU met in the Aggies’ first game of the 2000 season in College Station where A&M was victorious, 3-1. Nebraska sits alone in second place in the Big 12 conference with a 8-2 confer ence mark. The University of Oklahoma is currently in first place with a 12-1 record. A&M and Nebraska met earlier this season at the Capital Classic in Sacra mento, Calif. The Aggies defeated the Huskers, 1-0. Sophomore second baseman Lisa Klam said the Aggies’ recent offensive improve ment is due to gained confidence. “Everyone seems to be getting more re laxed at the plate,” Klam said, “more com fortable and not tense at all.” Five of the nine Aggie starters are hit ting above .300 with freshman catcher Selena Collins leading the way with a .368 average. “Our hitters are confident, and it shows,” said A&M softball coach Jo Evans. “They’ve stepped up in the clutch with timely hits when they’ve been down, and that shows a lot of character.” The Aggies struggled in the beginning of conference play, dropping their first four games, including a 8-0 loss to the Univer sity ol'Texas. “1 think that we hit our low spot at the start of conference, and now we’re back on our way up,” Klam said. “We’re con tinuing to improve in all areas of our game, and I think we’ll peak at just the right time — in the heat of our biggest conference games.” Freshman pitcher Kara Weikel has giv en the Aggies an extra boost on the mound with a 7-5 record. “Kara has redlly started to be consistent with her pitching,” Evans said. “She has handled the pressure very well and seems to be settling in to the lineup.” PATRIC SCHNEIDER/The BATTALior)! 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