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By Blake Kimzey
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M women’s
tennis team could get used to
playing at home. After facing
the best teams in the nation and
going 2-3 on the road the past
few weeks, the No. 32 Aggies
own a 1 -0 record at the Texas
A&M Tennis Center.
This weekend the Aggies
will have the opportunity to
win three more matches on
their home turf as The
University of Texas-San
Antonio (1-3) and University of
Houston (2-4) roll into College
Station for a Friday double-
header. On Sunday the Aggies
will square off against the
Nebraska Comhuskers (5-1).
With a record of 3-3, the
Aggies are looking beyond the
win-loss column to the young
talent that is starting to consis
tently contribute each week.
“We aren’t focusing on us
being 3-3,” said A&M
Assistant Coach Alison Ojeda.
“Once we get to conference
play, we’ll be where we want to
be. Our biggest focus now is
trying to teach our players
some things about themselves,
and seeing the girls improve
with each match.”
To be one year out of high
school and making an impact
on a Division I athletic team is
a rarity. Yet there are always
exceptions to the rule, and
A&M may have found one of
those diamonds in the rough in
freshman Nicki Mechem. After
a stellar outing against
Louisiana State University last
weekend, and solid match play
in the first six matches of the
season, Mechem is starting to
surface as a viable team leader.
“Nicki is improving each
day, she is one of our best com
petitors on the team and is
going to go out and compete
every single day,” Ojeda said.
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“She is becoming a leader
because she shows so much
outward emotion, and (the
team is) following her lead.”
Sophomore Lauren Walker
is also emerging from a strong
weekend in which she shared in
a late doubles victory with
Ashley Hedberg that catapulted
the Aggies into singles play and
resulted in eventual victory
against LSU.
A&M Head Coach Bobby
Kleinecke is also starting to see
the kind of play from junior
Jessica Roland that merits a
No. 108 national ranking
among collegiate singles.
“Jess has
really
picked up
her game
lately,”
Kleinecke
said. “She
struggled
some earlier
in the year,
but she has
turned the comer. She showed
a lot of poise out there.”
The UTSA Roadrunners are
led by senior Svenja Fuhrig and
sophomore Nicole Bouffler,
who have both received
Southland Conference Player
of the Week honors this season.
UTSA Head Coach Brenda
Niemeyer said she expects a
challenging weekend of play.
“A&M always has a good
team,” she said. “I like my
players to see how good the top
nationally-ranked teams are. It
is a great experience for us.”
Nebraska presents a strong
team, whose focus in the off
season was on weight training
and building endurance.
Cornhuskers’ Head Coach
Scott Jacobson, said he looks
forward to challenging a strong
A&M team.
“(The Aggies) have consis
tently been one of the best pro
grams in the country,”
Jacobson said. “This year is no
exception. It should be a
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Fortunately for the Aggies,
the city of Bryan has an indoor
tennis center that has given the
team an opportunity to get some
time on the indoor courts before
heading to Kentucky. The men
practiced on Tuesday and
Wednesday in Bryan to prepare
for the upcoming match against
the Ole Miss (4-0) team.
“I think the guys will enjoy
it. Our style of play is more
aggressive and makes things
happen,” Cass said. “Our guys
are capable and can take
advantage of what we have.”
As far as competition goes.
Ole Miss is the best match for
the Aggies in the brackets,
Cass said. The Rebels also
have little experience playing
indoors. A general principle
across collegiate tennis, much
like in collegiate track and
field, is that teams from the
South lack indoor tennis facili
ties because they aren’t neces
sary. The climate is more
favorable to Southern teams to
practice and play outdoors
year-round.
The Rebels left early
Tuesday for Kentucky to get
some extra practice before the
tournament started, said Kim
Ling, sports information direc
tor for Ole Miss tennis.
The USTA/ITA is the
longest-running event for the
ITA. California has dominated
the tournament in recent histo
ry, as a school from the state
has won each year since 1983.
Seven quarterfinalists from
last season have returned for
the USTA/ITA this year.
Southern California, Georgia,
Illinois and Stanford reached
the semifinals a season ago,
and Stanford defeated Illinois
to win the tournament.
The Aggies take the court
against the Rebels tonight at
6:30. The winner will face the
winner of the match between
No. 32 Harvard and No. 2
Illinois; the loser of the match
es will face each other in a
consolation match. Each team
is guaranteed three matches.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IRVING, Texas — Negotiations between
Emmitt Smith and Jerry Jones are off to a cordial
start.
A long-anticipated meeting to discuss
whether the leading rusher in NFL history will
remain with the Dallas Cowboys was finally held
this week. The only thing settled was that they’ll
meet again next week.
The early indications are that everyone is
cooperating.
“The conversation was productive and open.
It was a two-way discussion,” Smith’s agent,
Werner Scott, said Wednesday. “We’ll have
more communications.”
Jones called their Monday meeting “very thor
ough and extensive.”
“We will meet again, near the end of next week,
at which time we will address the future — in a
manner that we believe will serve the best interests
of the Dallas Cowboys and Emmitt Smith,” Jones
said in a statement released Tuesday.
Scott said he “echoed every sentiment”
Jones made.
Although Smith is under contract for three more
seasons, that deal calls for Smith getting $7 million
this season, with a salary cap figure of $9.8 million.
That’s illogical for someone who will be 34 and is
coming off one of his worst seasons.
If he’s re-signed for the veteran minimum of
$755,000, Smith would count $3.5 million
against the cap.
If Smith is released before June 1, he would still
count $4.9 million against he upcoming season’s
cap. That would drop to $2.8 million now and $2.1
million the following season if he’s released on or
after June 1.
To Smith, the best deal probably has more to do
with playing time than a big paycheck.
Problem is, teams are reluctant to hand a starting
job to someone his age who last season gained 975
yards, his lowest total since he was a rookie.
After playing on three straight 5-11 teams in
Dallas, Smith isn’t likely to go to another bad team
just to become a starter.
That could leave Smith facing the option of
where he wants to be a backup or fighting for play
ing time.
Retirement also is an option, but Smith remains
in great shape — he’s missed only four games in 13
years because of injury — and has said he wants to
keep rushing past 20,000 career yards. His record
total is 17,162.
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