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•E BAH: Sports SECTION THE BATTALION Monday, April 29, 2002 fcggies falter in finals of Big 12 Tournament ■ k rally falls \inrt tn TZpnrs hort to Bears, 4-2 By Kevin Espenlaub THE BATTALION Onlthe heels of a grueling victory Saturday inst the University of Texas, the third-seeded pA&M men's tennis team (20-6) stepped to the Ho take on the top-seeded Baylor University ^■25-1) in the finals of the Big 12 Tennis limpionships on Sunday afternoon before 1,022 I s at the Varsity Tennis Center. However, after riding the performance of fresh- n Lester Cook to win the Texas match, 4-3, the gicFwore off, and the Bears, No. 6 nationally, imed a 4-2 victory to deprive the Aggies of their :d-straight Big 12 tournament title. ^^■Hthe second consecutive match, the decision HHwith the No. 17 Aggies’ two starting fresh- I Hook and Ante Matijevic. Trailing 3-2 with only the freshmen left standing the \ggies, Matijevic failed to break the serve of ylor sophomore Matias Marin and lost the fourth 1 deciding match of the contest, leaving Cook’s tchlunfinished. ■ loss marked the first time this season the gies have lost four singles matches after winning doubles point. “Itsure would have been interesting to see it come < wi to Lester’s court again,” said A&M head coach fro,T1 n Cass. I in proud of the performance of our 5 - J|M obviously Baylor is the No. 6 team in the $ |y f° r a reason. They’re a very good team.” Dm Saturday against Texas, Matijevic fought ougli severe dehydration that left him barely to stand in the middle of the third set to tie the Hfccore at 3-3. Matijevic’s win left Cook on with the opportunity to claim the match and drip to the finals. ' n d “When it was 5-4 in the third set (against Texas), - ould hear 1,100 people screaming for me,” Cook iow exaciii. |it sent chills down my spine. I really love the ce Cannits jpon and having their attention on me. I thrive on and I think I play a lot better when there is a lot snedinlte energy from the crowd.” The Aggies used the momentum from the Texas fight, pofojffly to claim the first two matches of the doubles . was jjnt against the Bears, paced by the No. 15 duo of •ok and junior Ryan Newport, who managed a Vor ;et rail See Baylor on page 3B PHOTOS BY STUART VILLANUEVA • THE BATTALION Above: Texas A&M’s Ryan Newport hits a return during his loss in singles Sunday at the Big 12 tournament finals. The Aggies fell to Baylor, 4-2. Left: A&M’s Majorie Terburgh hits a backhand during the Aggies’ 5-0 loss to Texas. Texas blows past A&M in finals By Dallas Shipp THE BATTALION The Texas A&M women’s tennis team entered the 2002 Big 12 Tennis Championships looking to start a new trend by winning its first Big 12 tournament title. The second-seeded Aggies also were looking for redemption against the top-seeded University of Texas after their disapointing loss to the Longhorns at home a week ago. What they got was more of the same. A&M earned its chance by advancing to the finals on Sunday, only to fall to the Horns in front of 1,022 fans. “The crowd support is the best that I’ve ever seen (at a Big 12 tournament),” said UT head coach Jeff Moore. “It has set a standard for us when we host the tournament at UT again.” A&M- was confident that it would come away with the win over a team that has dominated the conference in tennis. Texas has won 80 of 81 conference matches in the last six years and every regular season and tour nament title since the Big 12 was formed in 1997. The history meant nothing to the Aggies, who were anxious to prove to everyone that they were the top team in Texas. “We were prepared mentally and spirits were high,” Kleinecke said. “We were ready to take it to them.” However, UT ended the Aggies hopes of a tourna ment title as it came out strong from the opening serve. The Longhorns dominated the Aggies in dou bles play, winning on court 3, 8-1 and court 2, 8-3. The Longhorns did not stop as they continued an impressive display over the Aggies. “I thought that we could still do it without the dou bles point,” Kleinecke said. “Texas just got on top and didn’t let up.” As singles play began, the Aggies fell behind early, dropping the first set in five of six matches. 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