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I The Aggies finished last
season with an 8-4 record
and wrapped up the year
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Bowl in Houston.
I A&M returns 17 starters,
including 10 on offense.
The lone loss on offense is
^Iraduating senior center
=|»eth McKinney, who started
50 games for the Aggies at
center. Senior wide receiver
Bethel Johnson will return
for the spring after suffering
|i ruptured spleen in the
second game of the season
and missed the remainder
of the season.
I A&M will hold the Maroon
& White Game Saturday,
April 6 at 1:30 p.m.
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See Briefs on page 9
STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
A&M sophomore Jessica Roland recorded wins in singles and
doubles Sunday during the Aggies' 4-1 win over Miami.
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The No. 24 Aggies made the
Miami Hurricanes look like an
afternoon shower on Sunday,
knocking off the ‘Canes 4-1 in
front of 336 fans at the Bryan
Indoor Tennis Center.
The Aggies had not played
since beating Nebraska the previ
ous Sunday and showed no signs
of rust as they jumped to an early
1-0 lead after sweeping the dou
bles matches.
A&M is impressive this sea
son in doubles and are 12-0 when
winning the doubles point.
No. 14 sophomore Jessica
Roland and junior Ashley
Hedberg led the way in doubles,
winning easily against Igna
deVilliers and Sara Robbins, 8-4.
No. 59 seniors Leah Killen and
Martina Nedorostova also won
against Marcy Hora and Staci
Stevens, 8-1.
“We need to improve our
doubles,” said Miami head
coach Paige Yaroshuk. “We were
simply outplayed by A&M.”
Roland fell out of the rankings
this week after losing a tough
match in Nebraska last weekend
but bounced back on Sunday to
knock off No. 53 Mari Toro of
Miami in straight sets 7-5, 6-4.
“I thought I played well,”
Roland said. “I was more aggres
sive today, which is one of my
goals for the season.”
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today. Our intensity
level was high
and we fought hard
in every match.
— Bobby Kleinecke
A&M women’s tennis coach
“It's nice to play well and get a
solid win, I was disappointed last
week to lose in Nebraska,
because I thought I played well
but still came away with the loss.”
Senior Olivia Karlikova had
her nine-game winning streak
snapped on Sunday by Miami’s
Staci Stevens who won the match
6-4, 6-2 on court No. 2.
“I didn’t think about the
streak going into the match,”
Karlikova said. “You never want
to lose any match. [Stevens]
was a great player and just out
played me today.”
“I was extremely proud of
[Karlikova’s] effort,” said A&M
head coaeh Bobby Kleinecke.
“Stevens is a great player and it
was a great matchup, we just
didn’t come up with the right
points at the right time.”
Senior Majorie Terburgh and
Ashley Hedberg each won their
match for the A&M victory, 4-1.
“This was a very hard-fought
team win for us today,”
Kleinecke said. “I was very
impressed with our play today.
Our intensity level was high and
we fought hard in every match. It
was nice to get the win indoors
because last time we played here
our intensity wasn’t as high as it
was today.”
See Tennis on page 9
McGhee carries Oklahoma into Sweet 16
DALLAS (AP) — Had Aaron
McGhee stayed at Cincinnati, he would
be out of the NCAA tournament — and
Oklahoma might not be playing next
weekend, either.
McGhee left the Bearcats after one
season fearing he would not get enough
playing time. He latched on with the
Sooners two years ago and his career has
been on the rise ever since.
The bulky forward with the soft out
side touch scored 25 points Sunday,
leading Oklahoma past Xavier 78-65 and
sending the Sooners to the Midwest
Regional semifinals.
OU (29-4) won its 10th straight, and
14th of 15, proving again why it felt it
deserved a No. 1 seed, instead of a 2. The
one they likely lost out on went to
McGhee’s old team, which was eliminat
ed Sunday by UCLA.
McGhee took no satisfaction in the
turnabout. His joy was strictly about get
ting the Sooners one step closer to a
national championship, and a giant leap
from the memory of their first-round
wipeout last season, his first at OU.
“I just wanted to go out and have one
of my best games,” McGhee said. “It was
because this is the farthest I’ve advanced
in the NCAA tournament.”
The Sooners are the fourth Big 12
team among the 16 playing next week
end. They will play Arizona (24-9) in
San Jose, Calif., on Thursday.
McGhee, who scored 26 points in the
first round, mostly inside, stretched his
game to avoid an inside battle with
Xavier big man David West.
Although he has the body of a banger
— including tattoos such as a flaming
basketball, an ace of spades and the
See Sooners on page 9
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