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THE BATTALION
Thursday, April 4, 2002
Texas freshmen shine as Horns down
By Micala Proesch
THE BATTALION
■ The Big 12 showdown between
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I Iniversity of Texas turned into a
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- 111 lii.l ^ the Aggies 2-0.
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4. |e plate that UT freshman Wynter
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fence for her fifth home run of
p|e season.
“1 was more patient at the plate in
is at bat," Turner said. “I just wait-
1 for my pitch and went with it.”
A&M knew that Texas was
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"Jessica pitched six great innings,
but you can’t get the ball up on
Wynter, and you have to be able to
finish it out.”
Later in the inning, Texas fresh
man Tiffany Anders took a ball
deep to left field, belting the first
home run of her career and giving
Texas a 2-0 lead.
The Aggies had a chance to
come back in the seventh, as
Adrian Gregory and Selena Collins
reached base on a walk and an
infield hit before Kelly Ferguson
laid down a bunt to put both run
ners in scoring position.
The Aggies were unable to
capitalize on the opportunity, as
Texas freshman pitcher Cat
Osterman struck out Crystal
Martin to end the game.
Osterman (22-6), who was
named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week
for the fourth time this season,
lived up to her hype, striking out 14
batters and allowing only one hit in
the shutout.
She said she was not getting as
much movement on the ball as she
liked, but she was still able to come
through in the clutch and shut
down A&M’s rally attempt in the
seventh.
“In the seventh they had their 3,
4, 5 and 6 batters up who are all
having great seasons, so I really
had to focus on putting more move
ment on the ball,” Osterman said.
“I couldn’t exactly focus on the
strikeout, I just tried to keep the
ball on the ground.”
Osterman also snapped A&M
senior Kelly Ferguson’s 17-game
hitting streak, the longest recorded
streak in A&M history.
With the win, Texas (33-9, 6-0
Big 12) extends its winning streak
to eight games, and remains atop
the Big 12 standings.
The Aggies (28-9, 2-4 Big 12)
hope to bounce back tomorrow
against Southwest Texas at the
Aggie Softball Complex. First
pitch is slated for 6 p.m.
JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Texas pitcher Cat Osterman throws a pitch in the Longhorns’ 2-0 victory over Texas A&M on
Wednesday at the Aggie Softball Complex. Osterman pitched one-hitter, striking out 14 batters.
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston
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So when the Texans make the first
election in the NFL draft on April 20.
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[erback David Carr. That announce-
, unusual in that it came more than
two weeks before the draft, was
announced Wednesday by owner Bob
McNair, although the decision was
made by general manager Charley
Casserly and coach Dom Capers.
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The Texans had been expected to go
for Carr all along, although Oregon’s
Joey Harrington is regarded as good a
quarterback prospect
by some NFL teams.
In 37 games at
Fresno State, Carr
completed 62.8 per
cent of his passes for
7,849 yards, 70
touchdowns and 23
interceptions. As a
starter, he had an 18-
8 record.
As a senior, Carr led the nation with
4,308 yards passing and 42 touchdown
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passes, becoming only the sixth quar
terback in NCAA history to throw for
more than 4,000 yards and more than
40 touchdown passes in the same sea
son. He led the Bulldogs to an 11-2
record last season.
Carr finished fifth in the Heisman
Trophy voting and won the Johnny
Unitas Golden Arm Award as the
nation’s top senior quarterback.
The Texans’ announcement
Wednesday came as no surprise.
Casserly had previously acknowl
edged that Carr was likely to be his
choice over Oregon Harrington and
others, like North Carolina defensive
end Julius Peppers.
“We felt he was the best player in
the draft,” Casserly said. “You got a
real solid individual off the field and a
real talented individual on the field.”
While the Texans are impressed by
Carr’s accurate passing and strong
work ethic, Casserly said the team also
likes that his personality is well
grounded by his family life.
Carr and his wife. Melody, have been
married about three years and have a son.
McNair said discussions with Mike
Sullivan, Carr’s agent have been going
well and the team believes a contract
will be worked out soon.
“He’s going to be a rookie. He’s
going to make a lot of mistakes. To
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learn, you have to make mistakes,”
McNair said.
Casserly said contract talks would
jesume the week of the draft.
Sullivan helped negotiate a $62 mil
lion, six-year deal for Atlanta quarter
back Michael Vick, the No. 1 pick in
last year’s draft.
He would not comment on terms,
although in general, NFL contracts fol
low a pattern when the same player is
selected at the same position in the
draft, meaning Carr’s contract would be
slightly higher than Vick’s.
Houston is still looking for a veteran
free agent quarterback to run the
offense while Carr gets educated.
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