THE BATTALION
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Ag natters
host Iowa
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The No. 24 Texas A&M women’s ten
nis team will try to continue its home
court dominance as it prepares for
Wednesday's match against the Iowa
Hawkeyes. The match is the first between
the two schools.
It has been an up-and-down year for
the Hawkeyes, who enter the match with
a 4-7 record coming off a tough loss to
Ohio State on Sunday.
“We have played a lot of ranked
teams this year,” said Iowa head coach
Paul Wardlaw. “It has been a tough
schedule, but we are looking forward to
playing [A&M].”
Wardlaw said an influence in planning
the match was to allow sophomore Cassie
Haas to return to A&M, where she began
her collegiate career.
“[Haas] transferred to Iowa to be clos
er to her family,” Wardlaw said. “She
loved it here, and we wanted to give her
an opportunity to come back and play
here again.”
A&M head coach Bobby Kleinecke is
also excited for Haas to return and play
another match in College Station.
“Cassie is a great player” Kleinecke
said. “She is a fighter and we hated to see
her leave and go back home. I have noth
ing but good things to say about her.”
The match will also be an opportunity
for the Hawkeyes to play another quality
opponent in a non-conference matchup.
The Aggies (12-2, 3-0) are coming off
a big win over No. 26 Miami on Sunday,
in which the entire team played well.
Senior Olivia Karlikova is looking to
rebound after a tough loss to Staci
Stevens of Miami on Sunday.
“Olivia has really picked up her play,”
See Hawkeyes on page 7
Aggies fight back to beat Bearkats
Schindewolf’s home run boosts
No. 17 Ags past Sam Houston St.
By Doug Puentes
THE BATTALION
The No. 17 Texas A&M baseball team
found a way to break its four-game losing
streak on Tuesday as it came from behind
to beat the Sam Houston State Bearkats, 5-
2, in front of 4,653 fans at Olsen Field.
Sophomore Erik Schindewolf’s pinch
hit, three-run home run in the seventh
inning capped off a four-run rally that took
the Aggies (18-9) from a 2-1 deficit to a
victory over the Bearkats (10-13).
“I told the guys before the game that if
things didn’t work out good in the first or
second inning, just keep playing it out,” said
A&M head coach Mark Johnson. “It was
bleak for a while but the big at bat was [sen
ior shortstop] Ryan Wardinsky.
“We had two outs and nothing going on,
absolutely zero life in the game. He fought
and got a base hit which appeared to be
insignificant but it kept the inning going.”
Wardinsky gave the Aggies a breath of
life in the seventh when his two-out single
kept the inning alive.
With two strikes, Wardinsky fouled off
three pitches before slapping a single to
left field.
Bearkat pitcher Ryan Herrera, who kept
the Aggies in check for the first six innings,
helped A&M’s cause by hitting senior first
baseman Neal Stephenson with a pitch.
Senior second baseman Ty Gamer tied
the game at two when his single scored
Wardinsky, setting the stage for
Schindewolf’s heroics.
Schindewolf sent a 1-1 pitch from
Bearkat pitcher Dustin Craig, who relieved
Herrera after Gamer’s hit, over the right field
wall to give the Aggies the lead for good.
“I was just trying to hit the ball back up
the middle and get a short swing on it,”
Schindewolf said. “I didn’t know if it was
going out or not, but it just snuck out.”
Sophomore Matt Famum got the win
for the Aggies, capping off a good per
formance by the A&M pitchers. Famum
(4-2) allowed only one hit and struck out
six in three innings of work.
For the game, Famum, along with soph
omores Brian Finch and Ryan Warpinski,
struck out 14 Bearkats and allowed only
six hits.
JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
A&M sophomore Erik Schindewolf follows through on his game-winning
pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning of the Aggies 5-2 win Tuesday.
Softball heads south for game with Cougars
By Micala Proesch
THE BATTALION
The No. 20 Texas A&M softball
team is headed for Houston today to
take on the University of Houston
Cougars.
The Aggies are hoping to secure
another victory on the road and pre
pare themselves for a homestand
against No. 6 Oklahoma this weekend.
The Aggies (23-6) are rounding
out a six-game road trip that included
a stop at the San Diego State
Tournament last weekend where they
posted a 3-1 record, losing only to
San Diego State in the final game of
the tournament.
All three Aggie pitchers collected
impressive wins last weekend, high
lighted by sophomore Jessica
Slataper’s sixth shutout of the sea
son which improved her record to
11-4. Junior Lindsey Rippee (7-1)
threw a two-hit shutout to overcome
the University of San Diego.
Sophomore Lindsay Wilhelmson
(5-1) recorded a career-high 10
strike outs en route to a 6-3 victory
on the first day of the tournament.
In the loss to San Diego State, the
Aggies faltered early and never
regained their footing.
“We gave up a couple hits, and
three runs in the first inning,” said
A&M head coach Jo Evans. “And
while we got a couple rallies going,
we struggled and couldn’t quite
come back.”
Despite the loss, the Aggies
remain confident, boasting their high
est ranking of the season and getting
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