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THE BATTALION
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It was a night of firsts for the Texas
&M women’s tennis team‘Wednesday,
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|The Texas A&M men’s basketball
Bn fell by seven points to Missouri
|Feb. 17 in College Station. Today it
H have to reverse that outcome in or-
'•"II Alelto keep its season alive as it enters
11 yiaPhillips 66 Big 12 Tournament.
CpThe 11 th-seeded Aggies (10-19,3-
,' 3 Big 12) will face the No. 6 Tigers
*0 9-7) in the first round of the
1 /Bference tournament at 8:20 p.m. in
30 per pafaBnper Arena in Kansas City,
ar. WThe Big 12 tournament is al
ii! beavaife:wakes an exciting time for everyone
■elief agencif'jnvrolved,” said A&M coach
to patients. ^ e l v * n Watkins. “Coaches always
lonlyinfcPf t0 sa Y it’s like another season
ind that’s true. Everyone starts with
iced in thr*®'^ record and the winner goes to
NCAA tournament.
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a nypat«.* 01iv . atin S facto ;' for you'' team.
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-a ’ Blhe Aggies look to end their stig-
lout Border ma , as the only team in lhe Big 12
without a tournament victory. In the
10 a g eni first four seasons of the conference
ml cautioiK.t ourne y 5 a&M lost in the first round
e the driiy , '' * sac jj con t es r jbe Aggies have lost
»patients^ seven straight conference tournament
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lost.
No. 1 was not much nicer to the Aggies,
as the llth-ranked tandem of freshman
Jessica Roland and sophomore Ashley
Hedberg were buried by No. 12 Kate Bur-
son and Julie Ditty. The loss was Hedberg
and Roland’s second straight and clinched
the doubles point for Vanderbilt.
It was the first time this season A&M
has lost the doubles point.
“They played well,” Hedberg said. “We
weren’t quite as up for it as much as we
usually are, but they played solid.”
The Aggies almost pulled out a win at
No. 3, but the team of senior Eva Marcial
and junior Leah Killen fell short, losing 9-
8(6) in a tiebreaker.
As the match moved to singles play,
momentum stayed with Vanderbilt.
The Commodores quickly claimed a 2-
0 lead as Burson flew past Terburgh at No.
4, 6-0, 6-0.
A few minutes later, sophomore Olivia
Karlikova fell to the strong play of Ditty.
No. 23 Ditty used a strong forehand and
broke Karlikova’s serve six times en route
to a 6-0, 6-3 win.
“Vanderbilt is a tough team,” Karliko
va said. “(Ditty) hits the ball really hard.
There were things I could have changed,
but tonight was tough.”
The match was clinched for Vanderbilt
at No. 5, when the 55th-ranked Tsoubanos
breezed past Killen, 6-2, 6-3.
The two remaining matches were clos
er but ended with the same results.
Nedorostova dropped a back and forth
match to VU’s Jenny Miller, 6-4, 7-6(4).
Nedorostova dropped behind early in the
first set, but strung together wins in four
straight games before stalling out. In the
second set, Nedorostova had set point at 5-
4 but could not hold off a charging Miller,
who won the set in a tiebreaker.
At No. 2, Roland could not contain the
big serve and gritty play of Riske, 7-5, 6-
4. Riske caught fire midway through the
first set and forced Roland to run the court.
Riske put the match away with an ace.
The sweep was Vanderbilt’s seventh of
the season, and the first time the Aggies
have been shutout at home since last April.
“We came in and tried not to make errors,”
Kleinecke said. “We weren’t as aggressive as
we needed to be, but we are not going to hang
our heads. We have to move on.”
A&M senior Eva Marcial hits a backhand
against the Vanderbilt Commodores on
BERNARDO GARZA/The BattalkSN .
Wednesday night in the Aggies' 7-0 loss
at the Varsity Tennis Center.
\ggies face Missouri
in Big 12 Tournament
west Conference championship.
A&M enters the tournament with
the youngest lineup in the conference
and the most injury problems. With
just two upperclassmen on the roster
and eight Aggies on the injured list at
some point during the season and
three lost for the entire year, A&M is
forced to take a young, shallow team
to the tournament.
After concluding the home season
with a win over Texas Tech, A&M
dropped losses at Nebraska and Bay
lor by more than 25-point margins.
“We have not played well in the
last two games,” Watkins said. “We
just kind of ran out of gas. Our tank
was empty. We hope the excitement
and possibilities of the tournament
give us a jump start.”
The Tigers are coming off a 75-59
loss to No. 2 Kansas. In.the last meet
ing against A&M, Missouri won, 97-
90, led by Clarence Gilberts’ deadly
3-point shooting. However, sopho
more Kareem Rush, the Tigers’ first
first-team All-Big 12 selection, is
back in the lineup, giving Missouri
another dimension.
The winner will advance to the
quarterfinals, where it will play third-
seeded Oklahoma.
A&M draft hopefuls
participate in Pro Day
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CHAD ADAMS/The Battalion
A&M junior guard Andy Leatherman and the Aggies will take on Missouri
in the first round of the Big 12 tournament today in Kansas City.
By Doug Puentes
The Battalion
More than 60 scouts from every
NFL team, including the expansion
Houston Texans, descended on
Texas A&M on Wednesday as
A&M football coach R.C. Slocum
and his staff hosted the Aggies’ an
nual Pro Day.
Potential A&M draftees partici
pated in numerous drills for the
scouts in an attempt to enhance their
draft positions.
“We always get a good turnout for
this,” Slocum said. “It’s really fun to
see the coaches and scouts come in
from all over. I’m always excited to
see our guys have a chance to display
their physical ability.”
The Aggies who participated
were wide receivers Chris Taylor,
Robert Ferguson and Brian Wesley;
running back Ja’Mar Toombs; tight
end RoDerrick Broughton; offen
sive lineman Chris Valletta; line
backers Jason Glenn, Roylin
Bradley and Cornelius Anthony;
defensive linemen Steven Young,
Ronald Flemons and Ron Edwards? 15
defensive back Michael Jamesod; J
and kicker Terence Kitchens.
Among the scouts was one NFL
head coach, Green Bay’s Mike
Sherman. Sher
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“It’s a little bit warmer here todqy
than Green Bay. There’s a lot of
good players here. This Pro Day
that they put on here is the best p
all of pro football.
“You really get a chance to get %
first hand look at the players. R.C^
is very honest about these players
and you know what you’re getting
when you get an A&M football 1
player.”
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