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Monday, January 22, 2001 Sports THE BATTALION Women’s swim team splits pair of meets By Jeremy Brown The Battalion The Texas A&M women’s swimming and diving team fell one race short of a sweep of the University of Houston and the University of Nebraska in dual meets this weekend at the Student Recre ation Center Natatorium. After domi nating Houston on Friday 170- HO 120, A&M lost the dual meet to Nebraska on Sat urday, 152-147. “A couple of times [Nebraska] got first and we got second, third and fourth, but if we would have gotten a couple of more first places in there it would have made a huge difference,” said A&M women’s swimming coach Steve Bultman. “Actually, just one more would have made a huge difference.” The Aggies made it close de spite winning only five of the 16 events. A&M’s depth allowed it to have three swimmers score points in almost every event. The dominance of the A&M divers also played a big part in keeping the meet close. Junior Meghan Zack won the one-meter and three-meter spring board diving events, making her the only A&M woman to win two individual events against Nebras ka. She had a career-best score in the three-meter springboard. The rest of the A&M divers had a good meet as well, allowing Ne braska to only get one diver in the top five in each diving event. Sophomore Sharisse Blau in the 200-yard freestyle and junior Clara Ho in the 100-yard butterfly were the only other Aggie swimmers to win individual events. Ho was competing for the first time since contracting pneumonia earlier this winter. “It has been hard for me to deal *with being away from the team,” Ho said, “It’s good to be back with everyone.” Freshman Michelle Bird, junior Michelle Riggins, sophomore Monica Nichols and Blau gave A&M its only other win by barely edging out Nebraska in the 400- yard freestyle relay. While the meet against Nebras ka was close, the Houston meet was a blowout. By winning 12 of the first 13 events, A&M jumped out to a large lead over Houston, making the fi nal three swims exhibitions. Some of the A&M swimmers accumulated points despite com peting in events they do not nor mally compete in. “I thought it would be closer than that but the girls really stepped up,” Bultman said. “We had a lot of season-best times.” The A&M women have one dual meet left against Rice on Thursday at the Rec Center Natatorium. After the Rice matchup, the women will begin preparing for the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 15-17 in Austin. “Basically, most of the hard work is done,” Bultman said, “Now we start sharpening up and doing a little more focus on speed and base things, let them rest a lit tle bit, and go to conference.” Saunders leads Aggies over Bears SUSAN REDDING/The Battalion Texas A&M senior forward Jaynetta Saunders goes up for a shot over Baylor's Danielle Crockrom in the Aggies' 87-81 victory over the Bears on Saturday at Reed Arena. A&M women defeat Top 25 opponent for first time since 1996 By Brian Ruff The Battalion The Texas A&M women’s basketball team overcame a 41 -point performance by Baylor’s Danielle Crockrom to send the 25th-ranked Baylor Bears packing, 87-81, at Reed Arena on Saturday. The game featured the Big 12 conference’s top three scorers, and they did not disappoint, ac counting for more than half of the matchup’s scoring. Senior forward Jaynetta Saunders had her best offensive performance at home this season, scoring 34 points and hauling in 11 rebounds. Defensively, Saunders also had four blocks and two steals on the afternoon. “Jaynetta needed to hit those shots, and she did,” said A&M women’s basketball coach Peg gie Gillom. Baylor (13-3, 2-3 in Big 12) had two offen sive standouts in the game. Junior point guard Sheila Lambert, the nation’s third leading scor er, had 22 points and 12 assists on the day. Crockrom was the leading scorer in the con test with a career-high 41 points and 22 re bounds. Her 22 rebounds were the most by a player at Reed Arena. In the first half of play the Aggies (12-5, 2- 4) battled back and forth down the floor with Baylor. With just under 13 minutes left in the half and the Aggies trailing by three points, A&M went on its biggest scoring run of the game. Saunders, along with junior guard LaToya Rose lifted the Aggies to a 13-point lead over the Bears, their largest of the game. Rose accounted for 10 of the Aggies’ points during the 16-0 run, including two 3-pointers. With two minutes left in the half, the Bears cut the Aggie lead - down to two points, but A&M would make one more run. After Saunders missed her second free throw, senior guard Brandy Jones fought for the re bound and hit the layup to increase the Aggie lead to six. With just seconds left, freshman guard Toc- cara Williams took the ball into the lane and got a shot to fall that looked to end the half. An errant Baylor inbound play landed the ball in Williams-’ hands again, and the hot-hand ed guard fired a pass back towards the basket, where Saunders caught the pass in midair and put the ball off the glass just as the buzzer sounded. The series of plays gave the Aggies a 10-point lead and a mountain of momentum going inta halftime. See Upset on Page 9. Seating is limited. Sign up today! You’re invited to the TIAA-CREF Financial Education Seminar. Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2001 Fasten Your Investment Allocation Seatbelt Place: Rudder Tower, Room 301 RSVP: Register on our website or call 800.842.2006 Choosing the right mix of investments is one of the keys to ling-term performance. Learn the principles behind designing a sound retirement portfolio. 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