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Wednesday, June 7.2000
Sports
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THE BATTALION
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The herd has been thinned out, the weak
have been defeated and only eight teams get to
pack their bags and head to the College World
Series in Omaha, Neb.
San Jose State University, Clemson Univer
sity, the University of Louisiana-Lafeyette, Stan
ford University, University of Southern Califor
nia (USC), Florida State University (FSU), the
University of Texas and Louisiana State Univer
sity (LSU) will comprise the bracket for the Col
lege World Series (CWS).
FSU now has a chance to avenge last year's
defeat in the championship game, while San Jose
and Louisiana-Lafeyette make their first CWS
trip in school history. Texas, USC and LSU make
their much anticipated trip, and teams like top-
ranked South Carolina and Nebraska return
home after being defeated by two Cinderella
teams — Louisiana-Lafeyette and Stanford.
San Jose will take on Clemson Friday, June 9,
at 3 p.m.
San Jose makes its first appearance in the
CWS after defeating Houston in a best-of-three
series last Saturday. The San Jose Spartans (41-
22) also ended a 14-year wait for head coach Sam
Piraro. lim Adinolfi (8-3) of San Jose pitched
eight innings, striking out four.
The Spartans will meet the Clemson Tigers
(50-16). Clemson swept Mississippi State to ad
vance to Omaha. Scott Reba (3-0) came in for 4
1/3 innings and allowed only one run in the se
ries finale. The record crowd of 6,392 gave Reba
a standing ovation as he left the field.
Louisiana-Lafeyette will face Stanford Friday,
June 9, at 7 p.m.
The Louisiana-Lafeyette Ragin' Cajuns did
something that no one else has done this year —
they defeated South Carolina twice in a row at
Sarge Field. South Carolina was the No. 1 seed
in the tournament and boasted the best record
this year at 56-10. Unfortunately for the Game
cocks, the Ragin' Cajuns still felt the pain from
last year's Super Regional loss to Rice.
After winning the first game against Rice last
year, the Ragin' Cajuns had two straight losses
and were denied their first CWS appearance.
Now with six starting seniors, the memories pro
vided an extra incentive.
In the second game of the three-game series,
freshman Andy Gros pitched a complete game
to defeat South Carolina by a score of 7-1 to force
a third and decisive game.
Stanford (47-15) now awaits the Ragin' Ca
juns. Stanford outlasted Nebraska in a best-of-
three series and denied the Huskers their first
trip to the CWS. Brian Sager (6-1) of Stanford al
lowed five hits in seven innings to advance the
Cardinals to their third CWS in four years —
12th overall.
USC will head up against Florida State Sat
urday, June 10, at 12:30 p.m.
Nothing is new for the USC Trojans (43-18), as
they head back to Omaha for the 12th time. The
Trojans have 12 CWS championships, more than
twice the amount
of any other
school. They are a, v,„
also ranked No. 1 )
in two out of three L
current polls and
have a 15-game
winning streak.
Mark Prior
tlirew eight
shutout innings to
sweep the Geor
gia Tech Yellow
Jackets. Josh
Persell hit his
third home run in
two days, and
Rob Garibaldi
cleared tlie bases
with a two-run
blast.
FSU (51-17)
fought its in-state rival University of Miami in Su
per Regionals and avenged last year's CWS
championship game loss to Miami. The reigning
champions were one win away frorrj a record-ty
ing seventh straight CWS appearance.
Mike Ziegler (9-4) struck out nine batters in a
complete game to send the Seminoles to their 18th
CWS. FSU is 0-3 in the CWS championsliip game.
Texas will face LSU Saturday, June 10, at 7 p.m.
The Texas Longhorns (46-19) represent the
Big 12 in their 28th CWS appearance. Texas won
KELSEY ROBERTS/! hi Battalion
its first Super Regional title by sweeping Penn
State University. In Omaha, the Longhorns meet
LSU, whom they have played 30 times in previ
ous seasons. Texas leads the all-time series over
LSU 22-7-1, and has the only win in the CWS
against LSU.
Beau Hale (12-5) struck out 12 as Texas
pounded PSU to advance.
LSU (48-17) makes its 11th trip to Omaha with
a 14-8 sweep over UCLA. Billy Brian (6-2) struck
out four batters to save the victory for the Tigers.
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Shaun Fitzpatrick
The Battalion
Looking for something to do this weekend? Desperate for a break from
Bryan-College Station? Many Texans have probably been to a rodeo — or at
least met someone who has. 1 hose who do not fall into this category probably
do not get out of the house anyway. Here is a chance to do something produc
tive: Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, the city of Kosse will be holding its
annual Homecoming Rodeo. This rodeo offers a variety of things to see.
For example, watch for lasso burns during the calf roping event. During the
bull riding events, gamble with your friends on
which rider will receive the greatest degree of
whiplash.
Other events include saddle-bronc
ing, bare-back riding, steer wrestling and
barrel racing. For people with children
in tow, a strictly child-oriented calf
scramble will be held both nights .
An important question to ask of
every rodeo is, "Will food be made
available?" The answer is, "Yes
Nachos, hamburgers, Frito pies
and Sno-Cones will be avail
able. A raffle also will be
held with a first prize of
$100 and a second
prize of $50.
To see this
rodeo in all its glory,
travel north on
Highway 6 and
take the Highway
14 exit. The are
na is located 1.5
miles north of *
Kosse. Support small
town traditions while
you still can because
they won't be around
forever. ' JEFF SMITH/Thk Battalion
Comet lands on campus
Cynthia Cooper speaks to basketball camp
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Reece Flood, Sports Editor
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Reece Flood
The Battalion
Girls attending the 2000 Texas A&M Women's Bas
ketball Camp were treated with a visit from WNBA su
perstar Cynthia Cooper on Monday.
Cooper, starting guard for the Houston Comets, trav
eled to College Station late Monday afternoon to deliv
er an inspirational speech to the campers and to sign au
tographs. In her speech, Cooper suggested the girls do
the three things that helped her to —
become a success both on and off
the court.
Cooper advised the campers
to "work hard," "hang tough"
and "go the distance."
"Everything is not going to be
all right," Cooper said. "There is
going to be some tough times in
your life."
Cooper used her own advice to battled through the
tough times and is now considered one of the WNBA's
greatest players. In the first three seasons of the league
('97, '98 and '99), Cooper was awarded MVP in the
WNBA Championship each year, was a league MVP in
'97 and '98 and was named to the All-WNBA First Team
each year.
With her success. Cooper feels it is her duty to be a
positive influence on young people.
"It's always important for a professional athlete to be
a positive role model," Cooper said, "to get out and do
what they can to encourage the young people of today,
to really be active in the lives of the youths today and to
be affective to their lives in a positive way." .
After being interrupted by applause and cheers.
Cooper concluded her speech saying, "1 think the one
most important thing is to believe in yourself. "You know
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everything else is real important, but when you start off
believing in yourself, then most of the time, you don't
have to go elsewhere to get things that you can already
find within yourself."
The speech was well received by the smiling campers,
coaches and other spectators who quickly formed a line
to receive autographs shortly thereafter. Stacey Grafton,
Class of '89, was happy that her 14-year-old niece, Cassi
Crisp, had the opportunity to listen to the all-star.
"It was very positive and in
spiring," Crafton said about
Cooper's speech. "I think it's
very positive for the girls to have
a role model like that — one that
hasn't had any negative publicity
in the newspapers. 1 think she's
(Cooper) certainly a positive role
model."
Cooper has a special connec
tion to Texas A&M University. Before coming to A&M in
1998, A&M women's basketball coach Peggie Gillom was
an assistant coach for the Houston Comets where she
helped lead Cooper and the rest of the team to become
the WNBA Champions.
Gillom was appreciative of Cooper's trip to College
Station.
"She didn't have to do this in the middle of her sea
son," Gillom said. "That was just big for her. She always
said, 'Coach, if there's anything you want me to do for
you, let me know.' I knew we'd have a little break in be
tween camps, and I just asked her if she would do it. And
she said Til be glad to do it.' "
After the speech, Gillom told the campers to take
Cooper's speech to heart. She told the girls that if Coop
er's talk did not make them think or encourage them to
do their best, then they were in the wrong place.
Sports in Brief
Madden awarded
for performance
Texas A&M tennis standout and
four-time All-American Shuon Mad
den was named Big 12 Male Ath
lete of the Year Tuesday by The Dal
las Morning News and the Dallas
All-Sports Association.
Madden is the first Aggie to re
ceive the award from the newspa
per which honors players and
coaches from Big 12 Conference in
stitutions in Texas and Oklahoma.
After leading his team to its sec
ond Big 12 Tournament Champi
onship in the last three years, Mad
den was unanimously selected Big
12 Player of the Year by the confer
ence’s tennis coaches.
Madden advanced to the Elite
Eight of the NCAA Singles Champi
onships in individual competition.
He posted a singles record of 36-
9, the best at A&M in over 10
years, which included a 21-match
winning streak.
Aggie signee in
French Open
Tres Davis, a recent signee for
Texas A&M’s Men’s Tennis team, is
currently competing in the junior
portion of the 2000 French Open at
Roland Garros in Paris, France.
Davis is the United States’ No. 1
doubles player and No. 2 singles
player.
Davis was eliminated in three
sets by Spain’s Daniel Munos, 6-2,
7-6 (6), 7-5 in the first round of the
singles grand slam Monday. He
continued to see action when he
teamed up with Chris Martin in the
32-team doubles draw Tuesday.
Davis and Martin were defeated by
Ante Matijevic and Ivan Stelko of
Croatia 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Two Aggies
picked in Draft
Two members of the Texas A&M
baseball team were selected in the
2000 Major League Baseball draft.
Junior outfielder Daylan Holt and ju
nior pitcher Chris ScarctNIa were
picked by the Oakland Athletics.
Oakland took Holt in the third
round with the 90th pick overall.
They selected Scarcella in round 16
with the 480th pick.
Holt and Scarcella were the only
two Aggies to be selected in the 50-
round draft.
Great Aggie foot-
balf games of the
’90s to be shown
The Texas A&M Video Lab has
produced a series of Greatest Ag
gie Football Games in the 1990s
entitled “Distant Replay.”
Every Wednesday evening from
now until August, viewers will be
able to tune in to KAMU Channel 18
at 8:30 p.m. to watch a 30-minute
abridged version of some of the top
Aggie football games from the pre
vious decade.
Tonight’s feature will be the
1994 34-10 victory against the Uni
versity of Texas Longhorns in
Austin.
Other games that will be shown
throughout the summer will be the
1990 Holiday Bowl versus Brigham
Young University, the 1995 Alamo
Bowl versus the University of Michi
gan and many other great games.
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