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y 29,2(1 Monday, January 29, 2001 SPORTS THE BATTALION Page 3B s No. 4 men’s swim team splits pair of dual meets rm M ^ \ k |nu yanh rsaidi terback vldespi mpletir. Is, in hi':: 2 he w ifterlaS' 1 ven' \ aboui: e their. i’t pretr ybdone' iead of s ; Giant i brok; Vlavnai: By Jeremy Brown The Battalion Despite being pounded by the 'No. I University of Texas 238-131, the Texas A&M men’s swimming land diving team proved worthy of its No. 4 ranking by cruising past No. 6 ‘University of Arizona 228-143 in a double-dual meet this weekend in Austin. ' “Even though we were ranked higher, it will still be considered an upset by the swimming communi ty,” said men’s swimming coach !Mel Nash. H A&M’s weekend started on a high note when Patrick Kennedy in the 200-yard backstroke and Devin -Howard in the 200-yard butterfly iwam NCAA qualifying times and personal bests in time trials before the meet. Howard swam an NCAA auto matic qualifying time, while Kennedy made the consideration cut. Nash also said that when the Ag gies defeated Arizona two years ago, it was considered a fluke. In the 50-yard freestyle, A&M scored a huge upset when David Morrow and Riley Janes took first and second, respectively, to beat Roland Shoeman of Arizona. Nash said that he was surprised by Morrow and Janes because Shoeman is expected to compete for the NCAA title in the event. Kennedy and Howard carried their success into the meet by win ning the same events against Texas and Arizona. Nash said the swimmers in the breaststroke did a good job against Arizona, especially Zach Widener who won the 100-yard breast stroke. Nash said that both meets were decided about halfway through the competition. Texas pulled away after the 500- yard freestyle and the 200-yard IM by taking first, second and third against A&M in both events. Nash said it is frustrating that when A&M has its best team in 22 years, the traditionally-strong Long horns might have their best team ever. He said Texas is an unbeliev able force this year. “I was really pleased that as the meet went on we kept fighting and racing really hard,” Nash said, “That is a sign of a tough team, which we will need to be for the NCAAs.” Nash said a lot of the A&M swim mers are still recovering from the heavy training that he has put them through and that times will be much faster at the NCAAs. Kevin Kehlenbach was able to compete in the meet. It was the first competition he has seen since injur ing his ankle in an accident with a plate glass window. “His recovery and rehab is noth ing short of phenomenal so far,” Nash said. Womens’ basketball falls to OSU ' STILLWATER, OK—The Texas A&M women’s bas ketball team was plagued by poor shooting in the first of half of play as the Oklahoma State Cowgirls defeated the Aggies, 85-69 Saturday afternoon. The Texas A&M squad was last in action when they defeated the No. 25 Baylor Bears at Reed Arena on Jan. 20. y OSU’s effort was aided by solid shooting throughout the game. The Cowgirls shot a stellar 51.6 percent from the field, while the Aggies mustered a ^^-3'8.6 percent shooting average, that in- )Wn ™ fkluded shooting only 29 percent in the instRj™ ff97yai 1 in the: xplode: ppingit: i first« cing# ic togh; te. j the o[f SAUNDERS first half. A&M looked to be well in control of the game early in -2 run on XWlSsJl? toff, wj •an up (si ndanot' Lthe first, as they started the scoring off with a the Cowgirls. The Aggies would maintain a comfortable lead for much of the half, until the OSU went on a 13-point scoring run that put the Cowgirls up four with just over four minutes remaining in the half. In the second half, Oklahoma State would increase their lead to 11, but soon after the Aggies battled back to take the lead 41-40 with 13 minutes left to play. Texas A&M would not see another lead in the game, as OSU continued to shoot the ball well from the floor, OSU had increased its lead to 16 when the final buzzer sounded. Despite A&M’s poor shooting, senior forward Jaynet- ta Saunders continued her hot hand and added 31 points to the Aggies’ effort. The Aggies (12-6, 2-5) will be back at Reed Arena on Wednesday when they take on the No. 12 Oklahoma Soon- ers at 7 p.m. Start i had to b nscoadil Continued from Page IB often, but you have to play with courage and intensity. We like that . ,«B^and we’re glad about that.” Islander’s Atonie Quinquis upset -■four-time All-American Aggie i • toi^ huon Madden ’ 2-6,6-4, 11 -9 at No. ^derip l- It was Madden’s first defeat at ^ home since the 1999 season. On |»court three, Stuart Beauchamp de feated Keith From 6-2, 6-7 (2), (12- 110) putting the pressure on the rest of | the Aggie lineup. Cody Hubbell an swered and clinched the match on No. 4, 6-2,4-6, (10-8). fl Madden found his game again, just a few hours after being upset, as e dropped just one point to Trinity’s loan Rush after the pair were dead locked at 4-4 in the first set. Madden first do 1 but Bal the Ne' )f puniv ■it down® icn they dr goal lit ie Rave®! ennaine own atilt ries. y, Dilffl Sehotni first scot v timed: was on eceivers went on to win 6-4, 6-1. “Hitting the ball I feel pretty con fident,” Madden said. “Movement indoors is a lot different than out doors. Indoors you go forward every point, outdoors you move back and side-to-side. I feel like my body is going through that right now.” The Aggies debuted a class of highly touted freshman in front of the Aggie crowd this weekend. The three Aggie newcomers took care of business during the weekend. Tres Davis, a four-time national champion in junior’s doubles, Khalid El Dorry, the top junior player in Egypt, and Nathan Price, the best player to come out of Ok lahoma for the 2001 season made easy work of their opponents as each started their season off with a 3-0 records winning their matches in straight sets. “I was pleased with Ryan (New port) stepping up today,” Cass said. “Khaled (El Dorry) played with great emotional intensity, Nathan (Price) played well and Tres (Davis) got bet ter every match. This is really the first few weeks that this team has been to gether, and it was a great way to get the spring season started.” High wind made the Aggies’ task difficult after getting just one practice in the Varsity Tennis Center since playing indoors at the Rice Indoor In vitational last weekend, , “Right now our main goal is to get used to winning,” Madden said. Madden will compete for the In door National Championship next weekend, followed by the Texas Cup, a dual meet with No. 20 Texas on Feb. 6 in Houston. The Aggies next home match is against LSU on Feb. 10. vYCLONES a perfo' w it perfe Continued from Page IB rom the field and making it to the free-throw line a mere bur times. The second half was more of the same as Iowa State ontinued to pound the ball inside, nted the ,! t Foward Tyray Pearson led the way for the Cyclones ki Barbed In the second half, scoring eight of his 10 points and grab- c 29. Butting 10 of his 12 rebounds in the second frame. , t f or tfc *- Pearson was one of two Cyclones to finish with a dou- lister i^teicPble-double. Rancik finished with 13 points and 10 re- ImtenTWOunds. ^ The Cyclones finished with a 46-32 rebounding edge tiirnover |!! j oachlii" I 1 ; football; ■ainstateaf ' for the game, the fifth time the Aggies have been out re bounded in Big 12 play. “On the road, we want to take the ball to the bas ket,” said Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy. “ We’ve got strength inside and outside. You have to have real balance.” As he has done all season, sophomore guard Bernard King led the way offensively for the Aggies. King scored 21 points but was only 6-of-17 from the floor, including 2-of-6 from beyond the arc. “We have to be ready for teams like this,” King said. “If you’re not up for a ranked team like Iowa State then something’s wrong. If we lost and played well, I would have felt better, but we didn’t play well.” ) the 2 ;e and WJ iyoff om )f major 5 i succeed the web at http://studentaffairs.tamu.edu/bonfire02 TEoj.niLLULa&^ Steering Committee , Task Forces Safety ^ Responsibilities Risk Management ► Meeting Notes Presentation Student Leadership & Participation ► Members Feedback ^ Design & Construction ► Vision for Student Leadership ► Institutional Culture t - Review Task Force Responsibilities - Read Task Force Meeting Notes - View Task Force Membership List - View Task Force Presentations - Submit Feedback You can now look us up at: www. aplustutoring.ws All schedules are updated daily. Find your class and get on the e-mail list. These are the classes offered this semester: Chem 101 Chem 228 Rhys 208 Gene 301 Chem 102 Rhys 201 Rhys 218 Biol 113 Chem 107 Rhys 202 Math 151 Bich 410 Chem 227 MSC L. T. 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