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Page 5 * Tuesday, February 18,
Aggies face first road test of season at SHSU
JP BEATO III • THE BATTALION
Junior right-hander Robert Ramsey delivers a pitch against the University of Houston on Sunday.
By Troy Miller
THE BATTALION
This year’s edition of Texas
A&M baseball has brought new
faces that have already made their
mark on the Aggie season. After
four games, the newcomers are
leading the way, and they face their
first road test Tuesday at Sam
Houston State University at 2 p.m.
The Aggies (3-1) are fresh off of
a 2-1 record at the Minute Maid
Park College Classic in which their
lone loss was to No. 2 Rice
University. A&M notched an 11-1
victory over the University of
Louisiana-Lafayette and a 4-2 win
over No. 11 University of Houston.
Junior Logan Kensing started the
UH game for the Aggies and hand
cuffed the Cougars for eight innings
before sophomore Robert Ramsey
entered the game in the ninth to
record his first save of the season.
Three Aggies appeared on the all-
tournament team, and the lone posi
tion player to make the list is a new
face to the Aggie squad, Scott Beerer.
The third baseman hit .333 with three
runs batted in (RBI) and two runs
scored to earn all-tournament honors.
“Every time I get two strikes,
I’m just thinking to protect the plate
and battle,” said Beerer, who sin
gled off Houston junior reliever
Gene Flores to bring home his third
RBI of the weekend. “I got some
pitches to hit with two strikes.”
Beerer is not alone as a force at
the plate for A&M. Junior transfer
Justin Ruggiano leads the team with
a .444 batting average. Ruggiano
also hit the game-winning home run
in the ninth inning to beat A&M-
Corpus Christi in the season opener.
Junior first baseman Brian Bowe,
who transferred from New Mexico
Junior College, is second behind
Ruggiano in hitting .417 this season.
Bowe hit .455 in the tournament.
“They’ve stepped in from pro
grams that maybe have 100 people
out to watch a ball game,” said
A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson.
“Then they go into Minute Maid
Ballpark and there’s 8,000. We
talk about not playing to the event,
but play to the game. I’ve been
pleased so far.”
The Bearkats (4-3) were swept in
a three-game series by the No.l
University of Texas Longhorns in
Austin last weekend. Sam Houston
is looking forward to playing at the
friendly confines of Holleman
Field, where they hold a 2-0 advan
tage over the Aggies. Playing at a
smaller ballpark such as Holleman
Field may also be a welcome sight
to some of the Aggie newcomers.
“Coach has said that it’s a
smaller school, not as many peo
ple, and not as big of a crowd,”
Bowe said. “I’m used to that in
(junior college). Playing in front of
all these people (at Olsen) is what
was the big difference for me.”
Last season the Aggies swept
the three-game season series with
Sam Houston.
“We’re in a good groove right
now,” Bowe said. “We’re starting to
hit the ball, the pitchers are throw
ing really well, and we’re going to
be good this year.”
Ags head to Big 12 Championships
By Marcus White
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M men’s and
women’s swimming and diving
teams will head to Austin
Wednesday to compete in the
Phillips 66 Big 12
Swimming and Diving
Championships held at the Lee
and Joe Jamail Texas
Swimming Center.
The No. 15 Aggie men (4-2,
1-1) have finished in second
place the past two years behind
NCAA powerhouse Texas.
The Longhorns are currently
ranked No. 5 among men’s
NCAA swimming and diving
teams after defeating No. 13
Arizona State, 192-152, and No.
15 Arizona, 205-138, in their
last dual meets of the season.
Led by Head Coach Eddie
Reese and five-time All-
American senior swimmer Chris
Kemp, Texas has cruised to
three consecutive national titles.
While swimming and diving
are generally thought of as indi
vidual sports, the Longhorns
have realized the importance of
team unity during the past sever
al years.
“The reason we have won the
National Championship in each
of the last three years is because
... we backed each other up,”
said Team Captain and junior
swimmer Brendan Hansen.
“You have to be a team or you
will fail without the support.”
Reese, who has captured 23
conference titles and nine
NCAA championships during
his 25-year tenure at Texas, was
recently named the head coach
of the United States Olympic
Team in the 2004 Games in
Athens, Greece.
The Aggie men hope to
build on an impressive 141.5-
96.5 victory over long-time
rival Southern Methodist
University in their last dual
meet of the year. A&M swim
mers and divers posted several
personal and season bests
against SMU as the team made
preparations for the start of the
championship season.
“I am just off my best times
ever,” said senior swimmer and
A&M Captain Zach Widener.
“When I shave and taper, I
expect huge drops from my pre
vious best times.”
Two returning Aggies cap
tured individual conference
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RANDAL FORD • THE BATTALION
Junior Matt Rose swims against LSU in A&M’s last home meet on Jan. 18.
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