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I don: g to change, y years sine; i/ensofote ed to rival# ping service . pages fror ming bool died itacouri n Irst so-calleo a take advan- ng structure er. which en- both receive Wednesday, February 14, 2001 Sports Fag6 7 THE BATTALION Aggies declaw Bobcats Petru caps off 4-run seventh inning with home run as baseball team defeats Southwest Texas State, 7-3 ; By Doug Puentes The Battalion ROUND ROCK, Texas — After a lackluster performance on opening weekend at Olsen Field, the Texas A&M baseball team traveled to the home of the Round Rock Express, hoping to improve its performance. The Aggies did just that at the Dell Diamond, getting strong pitch ing from junior Brian Strelitz and a big hit by sophomore Tim Petru to down the Southwest Texas State Bobcats, 7-3, in front of Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a pro-Aggie crowd of 1,318. “We earned the win,’’ said A&M baseball coach Mark Johnson. “Last weekend we didn’t feel like we earned the win; we got some help. “We went out and put somebody out and got a win out of it, so that was a real good feeling.” Last weekend, A&M needed two ninth-inning rallies to defeat Arkansas State. The Aggies (3-1) wanted to make sure they wouldn't need any late-in- ning heroics against the Bobcats (6-2). Thanks to the event of the seventh inning, they didn't. After the Bobcats tied the game at three in the bottom of the sixth, A&M responded to the challenge in the top of the seventh. With one out, sophomore left fielder David Evans lined a double right inside the third-base bag. After moving to third on a fly out by sophomore center fielder Eric Reed, Evans scored when Bobcats pitcher Bobby Sawicki uncorked a wild pitch, giving the Aggies the lead once again at 4-3. Freshman second baseman Eric Schiridewolf drew a walk and ad vanced to second on another wild pitch by Sawicki. Schindewolf moved to third when junior third baseman Kevin Theiss reached on an error by Bobcat third baseman Louie Carmona that would have ended the inning. With runners on the corners and two outs, the Bobcats replaced Saw icki with left-hander Eric Tomlinson. Johnson countered by bringing in the right-handed Petru, a move that would prove to be a good one. Petru sent the 1 -0 pitch from Tom linson over the left-field wall for a pinch-hit, three-run home run, that gave the Aggies a 7-3 lead. The home run was the first for Petru as an Aggie and gave A&M the lead it needed. “Petru stepped up big,” Johnson said. “That was a big hit. That changed the complexion of every thing and gave us a lift. It made us feel good about ourselves.” “With a runner on third, all 1 thought was try and get the job done by hitting it back up the middle,” Petru said. “I wasn’t really worried about hitting the ball hard, just trying to get run in. That’s what we’ve been working on all week, situational hit ting. That’s the one thing we hadn’t been doing.” The Aggies made it to the seventh inning thanks to Strelitz, who made his first start of the season. After A&M jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a RBI ground out by junior third baseman Kevin Theiss, the Bobcats re sponded when Carmona scored on an error by A&M sophomore first baseman Steven Ponder to tie the game at 1. Strelitz ran into more trouble in the bottom of the second. Bobcats right fielder Coy Lowden -i led off with a double to left field. Strelitz composed himself and struck out the next two batters, then got Bobcat second baseman Domonique Lewis to ground out to end the inning. After the lead-off double, Strelitz found his groove, retiring 12 of the next 13 batters, allowing only a sin gle to Bobcat right fielder Lance Williams in the third inning. “I was hitting my spots, and it was opening up the strike zone for me,” Strelitz said. “It made it a little easi er for me to get ahead of guys and put some guys away.” He ran into trouble in the sixth in ning, giving up a RBI single to Bob cats first baseman Mark Younk to A&M sophomore center fielder Eric second base after a steal attempt in make it a 3-2 game. Strelitz was lift ed for junior pitcher Joe Hart with two outs in the inning and a runner on second. Hart gave up a RBI single to Low den to tie the game at three, but avoided any more damage when Lowden was thrown out at second trying to advance on the throw home. CODY WAGES/Th h Battalion Reed slides into of the Aggies' 7-3 victory over the Southwest Texas the first inning State Bobcats on Tuesday in Round Rock The Bobcats never threatened again as Hart and senior pitcher Chris Russ shut the door the rest of the way. Strelitz pitched 5 2/3 innings, al lowing only three runs on six hits and striking out three. Hart (1 -0) picked up the win in re lief, throwing 2 1/3 shutout innings and giving up only two hits. Sawicki (0-1) pitched well in the loss for the Bobcats, allowing eight hits and six runs, only four of which were earned, in 6 2/3 innings. He a No had four strikeouts and one walk. • The Aggies will return to action this weekend as they travel to Tus- con, Ariz., to face the University of Arizona in a three-game series. ’ < 9 Men’s basketball team looks to extend winning streak to 3 games By Jason Lincoln The Battalion After opening the Big 12 season with nine straight losses, the Texas A&M men’s basketball team rebounded to post a pair of victories with consecutive wins over Baylor and Texas Tech. The Aggies (8-15, 2-9 Big 12), facing an off week in Big 12 action, look to keep the momentum going Wednesday as they take on Texas-Pan American in a non-con ference matchup. “We kept telling our players that if they continued to work hard, good things would hap pen, and they have,” said A&M men’s basketball coach Melvin Watkins. “We are getting more balanced scoring with several of our young players really stepping up their games.” Pan-Am offers the Aggies a chance to WATKINS keep building on the balanced, effective offense that has led A&M to # two straight conference wins for the first time since 1998. During the last two wins, A&M’s bench has contributed more than 25 points per game, while the Aggies’ inside players have handled the brunt of the offense. Freshman Nick Anderson won Big 12 Rookie of the Week, averaging 16 points during the pair of wins. However, Pan-Am will enter Reed Are na with one of the most dangerous perime ter offenses in the country. Senior guard Brian Merriweather aver ages 18.4 points per game and leads the nation in 3-pointers with 3.9 per game. Junior guard Mire Chatman is among the country’s top 10 in steals, averaging three per contest while posting 16.7 points per game. Senior forward John Braxton averages 11 points. The trio has combined for 175 3-pointers. “Texas-Pan American is a very danger ous team,” Watkins said. “Brian Merri- weather is one of the top shooters in the country and scores a lot of points, but thery have several other good players as weli. They have lost a lot of close games, but they’ve beaten some good teams, too.” ! Pan-Am has won just one game on’the road this season, while A&M is an eyeji .500 inside Reed Arena. The two teams have not met since l98§, when the Broncos defeated A&M by 18 point’s. ,L v Oklahoma State continues Ags’ slide Cowgirls’ Faulk scores 21 points as OSU downs A&M, 83-63 BRANDY A&M senior guard Brandy Jones dribbles around Oklahoma State's in the Aggies' 83-63 loss to the Cowgirls on Tuesday at Reed Arena. JONES/The Battalion Mandy Stuber By Brian Ruff The Battalion The Texas A&M women’s basketball team suffered its sixth straight conference loss Tuesday night at Reed Arena, as the Oklahoma State Cowgirls downed the Ag gies, 83-63. The two teams battled up and down the floor in the first half. There were 10 lead changes in the open ing half, but solid shooting from OSU’s bench ended the Aggies’ chances of ending their losing streak. Senior forward Jaynetta Saunders got the Aggies started, accounting for 10 of the Ag gies’ 12 points to open the game. With the half closing down, and despite the Aggies shooting close to 50 percent in the half, A&M found itself down by only six points. Junior guard LaToya Rose hit her second 3-pointer of the half, and Saunders added two layups off OSU turnovers to give the Aggies a one-point lead when time expired in the half. The Aggies managed to stay close to the Cowgirls during the second half. HoweVw with just over three minutes left in the half and the Aggies hanging on to pomebackif8pes, junior guard Jessica Spin ner put A&M away when she hit a 3-pointer to give OSU a 12-point lead. The Cowgirls added points off rebounds of Aggie desperation shots, and ended the game with their biggest lead at 83-63. In the second half, the Cowgirls shot 50 percent frbi*n the floor and connected on 13-of-17 free throws to pull away from the Aggies. OSU also added 12 second-chance points in the half. “It’s the same old story,” said A&M women’s basketball coach Peggie Gillom. “You look at the rebound column and the score, and until we prevent that, that’s how it is going to be.” Saunders led the Aggies with 30 points and 14 rebounds, giving the All-American candi date her third double-double in conference play. Freshman guard Toccara Williams added seven points and nine assists in the loss. “We were playing hard, but it didn’t look like anybody wanted it,” Saunders said. “We are not going to win a'game if we don't want it.” ' " The Cowgirls were led by junior guard Jessica Faulk, who had 21 points and 14 re bounds on the night. I * Spinner propelled OSU in the second half by connecting on 10-of-12 free throws. > ^ Oklahoma State also had three other pli ers with double figures in the game, two*df whom came off the bench. The OSU team arrived into College SJa*- tion just two hours before game time. * I “I was a little concerned with it at firsi *’ said Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Dick Halterman. “We play so manjy kids that we can get people in and out.” ,)* \ The loss dropped the Aggies’ record toi 2j- 11 overall and 2-10 in Big 12 conference play. A&M has lost nine of its last 10 games. r ’ * The Cowgirls improve to 13-10 and S- 1 / with the victory. ] “I have faith in these kids, but they have to want it,” Gillom said. “This should have been one we could get.” ml- Be a TAMU Exchange S+udervt Immerse yoursel-f in Ano1"her Culture in 1~he XA/orld Must- be U.S CiTizen I JEn-formationct/ A/te:e:Tinc7s\ 1 sT Floor Bizzeli Hall WesT, 4:00 p.m. February 9, 12, 1-4, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27 j Aiar'ch 1 c/eacf/ine j Or. 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