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SECTION
THE BATTALION
Thursday, March 21, 2002
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Aggie softball
blanks Houston
Texas A&M sophomore
pitcher Jessica Slataper
threw her seventh complete-
game shutout of the season
as the No. 22 Aggie softball
team defeated Houston, 6-0.
Slataper had a perfect
game through four innings
before surrendering a walk
to start the fifth inning.
Senior Kelly Ferguson pro
vided the Aggies with all the
offense they would need,
blasting a solo home run in
the second inning, her
fourth home run of the sea
son. Ferguson's career-high
11 game hitting streak is
the longest current streak
on the team.
A&M (24-6) hosts No. 9
Oklahoma this weekend.
Arnott arrives in
Dallas after trade
DALLAS (AP) - Although
Jason Arnott was stunned to
be traded from the New
Jersey Devils to the Dallas
Stars, the move south has
had one nice side effect. He
has gotten to relive the
greatest moment of his
career over and over.
Two years ago, in the sec
ond overtime of the sixth
game of the Stanley Cup
finals, Arnott scored New
Jersey's championship
winning goal in Dallas. It
was the first thing he
thought of once the shock
of the deal wore off and he
started focusing on where
he was going.
"It was the first thing they
brought up in the locker
room today," Arnott said.
No. 20 Ags cruise past Hawkeyes, 6-1
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M women’s
tennis team is off to its best start
in school history alter defeating
the Iowa Hawkeyes, 6-1,
Wednesday night at the Varsity
Tennis Center.
The Aggies improved to 13-2
on the season, breaking the pre
vious record set last season
when the Aggies Stormed to a
12-2 start.
A&M began the match in
usual fashion by sweeping the
doubles matches for the crucial
doubles point. The doubles
point has given the Aggies
momentum heading into sin
gles play in each of their wins
this season.
The Aggies are now 13-0
when winning the doubles point.
A&M was led by No. 16
sophomore Jessica Roland and
junior Ashley Hedberg, who
won their match quickly and
easily, 8-0, over Iowa’s Toni
Neykova and Dani Alexander on
court No. 1.
A&M’s No. 56 duo of sen
iors Leah Killen Hottois and
Martina Nedorostova defeated
Iowa’s Steffi Hoch and Pascale
Veraverbeke, 8-6, in Hottois’
first match after being married
earlier in the week.
Sophomore Roberta Spencer
and senior Majorie Terburgh
won their match on court No. 3
to give the Aggies the sweep in
doubles play.
“We played well in doubles,”
said A&M head coach Bobby
Kleinecke. “We did exactly what
we needed to do, especially on
courts one and three.”
Singles play ended almost as
quickly, as five of the six match
es were decided in straight sets.
The Aggies were led by the
play of sophomore Jessica
Roland on court No. 1 and sen
ior Olivia Karlikova on court
No. 2.
Roland, who re-entered the
national rankings this week at
No. 109, defeated Iowa’s Toni
Neykova, 6-1, 6-4, on court
No. 1 in a match that was domi
nated by the Aggie sophomore.
Karlikova was equally
See Rout on page 2B
A&M senior Olivia Karlikova hits a return during the
Aggies' 6-1 win over Iowa at the Varsity Tennis
STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION
Center on Wednesday. The win gave A&M — now 13-
2 on the season — its best start in school history.
Yankees still the team to beat as season nears
(AP) — That little bloop single by
Luis Gonzalez proved to teams and fans
everywhere that indeed it was possible:
the New York Yankees could be beaten.
Now, who is next?
It could be those always on-deck
Atlanta Braves, boosted by Gary
Sheffield. Maybe the revamped New
York Mets, rejuvenated with Robbie
Alomar, Mo Vaughn and Jeromy
Burnitz. Perhaps the Boston Red Sox,
spurred by a healthy Pedro Martinez and
Nomar Garciaparra.
Get the picture?
All of a sudden, there’s hope all over,
cracked open by Gonzo’s cracked-bat
single off Mariano Rivera in the bottom
of the ninth inning in Game 7 that won
the World Series for the Arizona
Diamondbacks.
Heck, even the poor, orphan Montreal
Expos are optimistic they might play
well for their new owners — the other 29
major league clubs.
“That would be a great story,” said
commissioner Bud Selig.
Provided, of course, the Yankees do
not sweep in at the July 31 trading dead
line and steal Vladimir Guerrero from
the Expos. Then again, the team that
came within a double-play grounder of
winning its fourth straight title already
did its damage in the winter.
Because while the rest of baseball
was still getting used to Cal Ripken,
Mark McGwire and Tony Gwynn being
retired, free-agent prize Jason Giambi
was putting on pinstripes and homering
in his first at-bat of spring training.
“It’s an exciting feeling to be the lead
dog, and not chasing it,” said the former
AL MVP.
David Wells, Rondell White and
Steve Karsay also headed to the Bronx,
becoming teammates with Derek Jeter.
Roger Clemens and Bernie Williams.
“The Yankees are the Yankees,” said
Dan Duquette, a couple of months before
being fired as Boston’s general manager.
See Yankees on page 3B
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