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THE BATTALION
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Monday, March 4, 2002
tephenson helps Ags to victory over Tech
Senior right fielder’s double pushes No. 17 A&M
to first series sweep of Red Raiders since 1993
By Doug Fuentes
THE BATTALION
I As the No. 17 Texas A&M
baseball team and the No. 22
Texas Tech Red Raiders hit the
field Sunday at Olsen Field in
He series finale, both teams
w|cre desperate to find some
thing that would warm them up.
I With temperatures near
fn ezing and a 20 mph north
wind blowing, conditions were
m< i e fitting for a November day
al Kyle Field than a March day
HOlsen Field.
I It took a while, but A&M sen-
ioi right fielder Neal Stephenson
provided all the warmth the
Angies needed, as his double in
thu bottom of the eighth broke a
ill tie and propelled the Aggies
to a 4-1 victory over the Red
Raiders and a series sweep in the
Big 12 Conference opener for
both teams.
“It got a lot warmer when
Neal hit the gapper and we got
couple more runs in to get a lit
tle cushion," said A&M head
coach Mark Johnson. “It’s hard
to score with the north wind
and the chill factor. It was a
good ball game. We survived it.
It’s tough in those conditions
but I was glad to get a *W’ and
a sweep."
With the game tied at one
heading into the bottom of the
eighth, A&M sophomore Matt
Alexander got the Aggies (13-4,
3-0 in Big 12) going with a sin
gle on a two-strike count.
After freshman left fielder
Coby Mavroulis failed to
advance Alexander, the Aggies
caught a break when Tech
starter Steven Gooch hit junior
first baseman Travis Wong with
a pitch to give the Aggies run
ners at first and second with
one out.
Stephenson, whose only
other hit of the series was a
three-run home run during the
second game on Friday, stepped
up and delivered a double to
right-center field that scored
Alexander.
Wong scored on the play as
Tech center fielder Jon Slack
misplayed the ball, allowing
Stephenson to make it to third
base.
“I had been struggling a little
bit." Stephenson said. “Walking
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STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
A&M junior center fielder Eric Reed bunts during the third inning of the Aggies’ 4-1 victory over Texas Tech on
Sunday at Olsen Field. Reed would score later that inning on a double by freshman left fielder Coby Mavroulis.
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STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
A&M senior Olivia Karlikova goes for a backhand during her
match against Arizona on Friday at the Bryan Tennis Center.
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M women’s tennis team
came into Friday’s match hoping to take down
a ranked team in No. 45 Arizona.
Arizona snapped the Aggies’ winning
streak at three however, knocking off A&M
5-2.
“We came out on fire today,” said Arizona
head coach Vicky Maes. “The girls were excit
ed to come out and play after a couple of tough
losses to top 10 teams.
“1 told the team before the match, 'This is
a time for us to turn things around. Are we
going to hang out heads or come out and play
like we can play?’ The girls responded well
to that.”
The match on the No. 1 doubles court was
the exciting match as the No. 22 tandem of
sophomore Jessica Roland and junior Ashley
Hedberg defeated the No. 21 duo of Maja
Mlakar and Marie-Pier Pouliot 9-7.
The Aggies could not capitalize on the
momentum, however, dropping the doubles
point for only the second time this season.
The first drop came against No. 2 Vanderbilt,
which went on to win the match 5-2.
“They started out in control,” Kleinecke
said. “Anytime you play a close match like
this, doubles is going to be crucial. Losing the
doubles point added more pressure."
No. 88 Jessica Roland, who was question
able going into Friday’s match, played on
Friday, but fell to No. 27 Maja Mlakar in
straight sets 6-1, 6-3.
“1 thought I did well, considering every
thing that was going on with the ankle injury,”
Roland said. “[Mlakar] is a great player. I
think if I was at 100 percent, perhaps it would
have been a different outcome.”
One of the bright spots for the Aggies was
the play of senior Olivia Karlikova, who has
struggled with injuries and illness early in the
season.
“[Karlikova] was out at the beginning of the
season,” said Kleinecke, “and she has really
picked up her game.”
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