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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. ’
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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.
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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.”
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