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|M junior Eva Marcial hits a backhand during the Aggies’ match
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STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
The final two rounds of the 1999 Big
12 men’s tennis tournament featured the
conference’s top schools battling for the
title at the A&M Varsity Tennis Center.
But one tiring was missing.
Specifically, erne team.
Texas A&M, the host and defending
champion of the tournament, was re
duced to the role of bystander after a
shocking 4-3 quarterfinal loss to Kansas
— a team the Aggies defeated, 5-2, less
than three weeks earlier.
Instead of using their home court to
make a run at a second-straight tourna
ment title, the Aggies were part of the
crowd that watched Teixas roll past Bay
lor, 4-0, to win its sepond tournament
championship in threeiyears.
The seventh-ranked Aggies (19-5, 7-
I Big 12) are the second seed of this
year’s tournament and will take on No.
7 seed and 52-ranked Oklahoma Friday
at 4 p.m. at the Plaza Tennis Center in
Kansas City, Mo.
A&M defeated the Sooners, 4-3,
March 23 at the Varsity Tennis Center
in a match that was not as close as the
final score indicated. The Aggies
clinched the match quickly by jumping
to a 4-0 lead before losing the final three
matches to OU.
The Aggies are 12-1 against OU
since 1980. Their only loss came in
1997, the inaugural season of the Big 12,
by the score of 4-3 in Norman, Okla.
In winning 1998’s tournament
held in Lincoln, Neb. — the Aggies did
not surrender a point on their way to the
title. They beat Oklahoma (5-0), Kansas
(4-0) and Texas (4-0).
In other action on Friday, No. 1 seed
and regular-season champion Baylor
will face the winner of today’s Col
orado/Nebraska matchup. Third-seeded
Texas will play No. 6 Texas Tech, and
No. 4 Kansas will take on No. 5 Okla
homa State.,
The winners of Friday’s matches will
meet in Saturday’s semifinals at 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m. The championship match is
set for Sunday at 1 p.m.
With a win Friday, the Aggies would
face the Texas/Texas Tech winner in the
semifinals. A&M defeated Texas, 6-1,
SALLIE TURNER/Thk Battalion
A&M freshman Ryan Newport hits a forehand during the Aggies’ match
against the University of Kansas April 21.
two weeks ago in Austin. The Aggies
topped Tech April 7 in Lubbock.
After the Big 12 tournament, A&M
is expected to be selected to host one of
16 NCAA regionals starting May 13.
The Aggies posted a 14-0 home record
in the regular season and would need just
two victories in the regional to make it to
Athens, Ga., and the final rounds of the
NCAA championships.
BY BLAINE DIONNE
The Battalion
Ayear's worth ofhard work and sac-
rilce will come to its crescendo this
■ekend in Kansas City for the Texas
AtM women’s tennis team.
■ Kansas City is the location of this
Bar’s Big 12 Tournament, where the
pies are the third seed and looking to
memories of last year’s early exit
tournament play.
Junior Eva Marcial said the team will
ically need to start over in the post-
son to do well.
"We are going to have to regroup,”
Marcial said. “It’s a new season, and
we’re the third seed, so hopefully
everyone can refocus because it’s such
a [short time, if everyone can stay in-
l?5e for about four days, we should do
ettygood.”
Last year, the Aggies were evidently
It able to regroup in time.
A&M was the fourth seed and host
of the event at the Varsity Tennis Center.
As a result of their seeding, the Aggies
were given a first round bye but were
quickly ousted by the fifth seed, Baylor
University, 5-2. The Bears went on to
lose in the next round to eventual cham
pion Texas, 5-2.
Singles play turned out to be much
more successful for the Aggies as they
took two championships and one run
ner-up. Sophomore Martina Nedoros-
tova took the No. 1 singles champi
onship from Nebraska’s Sandra
Noetzel to become A&M’s first No. 1
champion since Vanne Akagi in the
1985-1986 season.
Marcial won the No. 6 singles cham
pionship over Kansas’ Lisa Mallaiah and
sophomore Leah Kiilen was runner-up at
the No. 5 spot, losing in the finals to Col
orado’s Sandra Fischer.
See Shine on Page 12.
King of the Court
Madden places team goals
ahead of personal ones
S
STUART VILLANUEVA/Tin- Battalion
A&M junior Shuon Madden is currently ranked No. 4 in the nation and has a 15-3 record
this season. Fie is qurrently on a 13-game winning streak.
BY AL LAZARUS
The Battalion
huon Madden likes to dispose of his opponents
quickly. For the Texas A&M men’s tennis team
junior and two-time All American, each extra
minute on the court means one less spent encoiiraginjg
his teammates. ; - 11 ^
The owner of a vicious serve and a No. 4 national
ranking, Madden could hardly be blamed for treating
college tennis as nothing more than a springboard to the
professional ranks.
Few would fault him for worrying only about his re
sults and his rankings. ' .
After all, at its core, tennis is still an individual j
sport, ngnt / ? ^ : .; j
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See Madden on Page 12.
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