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THE BATTALION
\&M sophomore Jessica Roland hits a forehand during the Aggies
natch against Tulsa at the Varsity Tennis Center.
Ags hit road for last
time to face Baylor
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
With only four matches
[remaining in Big 12 play, the
A&M women's tennis team is in
the middle of the race for the
Big 12 Championship.
However, all the teams stand
ing between it and the title are
ranked among the top 35 in the
nation.
The No. 25 Aggies are in
third place behind No. 12 Texas
and No. 33 Kansas in the Big 12
standings with a 6-1 conference
record. Both the Longhorns and
Jayhawks will travel to College
Station to face the Aggies during
the last week of the season.
“The conference race is
extremely crazy,” said A&M
head coach Bobby Kleinecke.
“Itcan all change very rapidly
this last week and a half.”
No matter how crazy the
other conference matches end
this weekend, if the Aggies win
their last four matches, the title
will be theirs.
“We control our own des
tiny,” said A&M senior Robyn
Bassett. “If we win out, we will
be Big 12 champions. 1 think
that is what every single person
on this team wants. It’s going to
be tough, but we have the right
team to do it.”
While A&M is aware of the
importance of its upcoming
matches with Texas and Kansas,
it is not looking past this week
end's contests against Baylor
and Kansas State.
“We have Baylor and Kansas
See Road on page 8B
A&M pitchers rule
doubleheader, throw
consecutive shutouts
By Micala Proesch
THE BATTALION
Any team can talk about packing a one-
two punch, but the pitching staff of the
Texas A&M softball team proved on
Wednesday that it can deliver.
Sophomores Jessica Slataper and
Lindsay Wilhehnson combined to throw
back-to-back shutouts as A&M ran over the
Texas Tech Red Raiders 3-0 and 7-0 to
sweep a doubleheader at the Aggie Softball
Complex.
Slataper threw a one-hitter for the Aggies
in the opening game of the doubleheader,
which was followed by Wilhelmson’s two-
hit performance.
“Both of our pitchers threw great
tonight," said A&M head coach Jo Evans.
“They both had their change ups working
well, and they attacked the hitters at the
plate. When they pitch like that, not many
teams can beat them.”
This contest was Slataper’s sixth one-hit
ter and 10th shutout for the season. She also
has two no-hitters this year, including last
weekend’s victory over Kansas.
Despite narrowly missing the no-hit bid
when Tech bunted its way on base, Slataper
was pleased with her performance.
“As long as we come away with a win as
a team, I am happy,” Slataper said.
In the second game, Wilhelmson had a
perfect game going into the sixth inning
when Tech pinch hitter Amanda Douglas
lined a ball to shallow center to break up
the bid.
“In the sixth inning, I was thinking no
hitter all the way, and of course that is when
they break it up,” Wilhelmson said. “I threw
her an outside drop, and she hit a good pitch
and got around on it.”
Wilhelmson also struck out a carehr-high
and team season-high fifteen batters in the
JOHN LIVAS • THE BATTALION
A&M shortstop Crystal Martin tags Texas Tech base runner Kristi Robles for the out at second base
during the Aggies’ 3-0 victory over the Red Raiders on Wednesday at the Aggie Softball Complex.
outing, which is unusual for her being pri
marily a ground-ball pitcher.
The Aggies also exploded offensively
against Tech, pounding out 10 hits in the
nightcap and going deep three times in
the night.
With no outs in the bottom of the second,
Lindsay Wilhelmson helped her own cause
by slamming a ball over the left field fence.
In the bottom of the fourth, junior
catcher Selena Collins went deep for the
10th time this season, bringing A&M’s
team total to 29, which ties its season high
set in both 1985 and 1996.
“I was really pleased to see our batters
swinging the way they were,” Evans said.
“We didn’t give in to their pitchers at all,
and we stayed patient at the plate, which
made all the difference offensively.”
With the wins, the Aggies move to 5-5
in Big 12 play, and they are two steps
closer to a winning conference record.
Despite their impressive overall record,
the Aggies have been frustrated with their
conference performance, and the wins on
Wednesday give them confidence going
into the home stretch.
“It was nice to come out here and get
back on the train towards Big 12 wins,
which is what we needed,” Collins said.
“From here on out we are hungry for
wins, and being a top-ranked team, their
is no reason why we shouldn’t be winning
ballgames.”
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