‘May, February 2, 2001
Sports
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No. 17, while the duo of junior Leah
Killen and senior Eva Marcial is
ranked 32nd.
Killen and Marcial reached the
semifinals of the ITA Regionals in
College Station in November.
“This is a very good year for us
in doubles,” said A&M women’s
tennis coach Bobby Kleinecke. “We
look to have some good success.”
Freshman Roberta Spencer is the
team’s only ranked singles player,
coming in at No. 66.
A&M finished the 2000 season
with a 9-2 record in Big 12 play,
good enough for second place.
With 12 players on this season’s
roster, the Aggies look to use depth
to their advantage.
“They are not only quantity, but
they are quality, too,” said Klei
necke. “Our depth is our biggest
strength. Everyone on the team not
only can play, but deserves to play.
All up and down the lineup, we are
a very solid team.”
Last year, the Aggies defeated
SFA7-2, sweeping all three doubles
matches and winning four of the six
singles contests. A&M and UTSA
did not face each other last year.
Kleinecke said the team is not
underestimating its Southland Con
ference opponents.
“These are matches that we are
going to have to come out and
play,” Kleinecke said. “In matches
like these, there are always players
who struggle and have to dig down
deep and come back, and we have
to be ready to step it up and take
care of business.”
First serve is at 9:30 a.m. against
SFA and 3p.m. against UTSA.
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
A&M junior Leah Killen and the rest of the women's tennis team will open the season Saturday against Stephen
F. Austin State University and the University of Texas-San Antonio at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Aggies head to Lubbock to face Raiders
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Airr-Tual meet of the season Friday,
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sucke he most competitive dual meet
watd-we have all year,” said A&M
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last weekend in Austin.
SMU is 3-2 in dual meets
with losses to Arizona and No.
10 Florida.
In the DallasMorning News
Classic, SMU finished second
behind No. 3 Tennessee. In the
meet, SMU defeated No. 5
Auburn, No. 10 Florida, No. 16
Minnesota and Nebraska.
“We know that they will
come gunning for us like they
did the teams in the Dallas
Morning News Classic,” Nash
said. “If they knock us off, they
go into the top 10.”
SMU scheduled a tough
road trip this weekend. After
competing against A&M, SMU
will travel to Austin to face
Texas Saturday.
Sinnott said that this week
end’s competition will be a
good dress rehearsal for the Na
tional Independent Conference
Championships. SMU is join
ing the National Independent
Conference after winning four
straight Western Athletic Con
ference Championships.
The meet will be A&M’s
last competition at home until
the NCAAs March 22-24. The
Aggies’ next competition will
be the Pre-Big 12 Invite in
Austin on Feb. 28.
The meet will begin at 6 p.m.
at the Rec Center Natatorium.
By Brian Ruff
The Battalion
The Texas A&M women’s
basketball team looks to put a
halt to a two-game losing
streak Saturday night when it
travels to Lubbock to take on
the No. 12 Texas Tech Lady
Raiders.
The Aggies are coming off
a 93-70 loss to the No. 10 Ok
lahoma Sooners on Wednes
day at Reed Arena.
The Texas A&M squad
was hurt by 18 turnovers in
the first half that set the tone
for the remainder of the
game.
A&M senior forward
Jaynetta Saunders leads the
Aggies into Lubbock averag
ing 23.2 points per game.
Saunders dropped one spot
to second in the Big 12 scor
ing race, behind Baylor’s
Danielle Crokrom who aver
ages 23.3 points per game.
The Lady Raiders defeated
the Kansas State Wildcats,
72-41, on Wednesday night in
Lubbock.
Freshman guard Jia
Perkins led Tech scoring at
tack with 27 points, including
six 3-pointers.
The Raiders jumped out on
the Wildcats with explosive
shooting and strong defense,
and set the pace for the rest of
the matchup by carrying a 28-
point lead into halftime.
The win over KSU was the
Raiders’ 40th straight win at
home. The streak is tied for
the longest current home win
streak in the nation.
On Jan. 13, the Lady
Raiders came into Reed Are
na and handed the Aggies an
85-78 loss.
Tech pulled away from the
Aggies in the second half,
aided by a 20-6 run.
The Aggies rallied, pulling
within four points with less
than a minute to play, but
Perkins drained a 3-pointer to
seal the Tech victory.
The Aggies have not de
feated the Lady Raiders since
March 1996 when A&M beat
a No. 7 Raider squad to win
the final Southwest Confer
ence Championship.
“We have got to to get up
and be ready for these top 10
teams,” said A&M women’s
basketball coach Peggie
Gillom after Wednesday
night’s loss to the Sooners.
“We have to go into Raider
country, and that’s not going
to be easy.”
The Raiders will be the
fifth ranked team the Aggies
have done battle with in the
last six games.
Tip off is set for 7 p.m.
FILE PHOTO/The Battalion
A&M freshman guard Toccara Williams goes up for a shot
against Texas Tech in the teams' last meeting on Jan. 1 3.
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Attention to all those interested in the field of
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The PHCAS is having its first meeting of the semester
on February 6th at 8:30pm in Koldus Room 155.
There will be a speaker and refreshments.
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