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JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
junior Justiin Ruggiano gets a hit against Lamar University on
Vednesday night. The Aggies won the game, 6-3, at Olsen Field.
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The No. 23 Texas A&M
baseball team will face one of
its toughest challenges this
weekend when it travels to
Waco to face No. 6 Baylor on
Friday night to kick off a
three-game series.
Friday’s game is scheduled
for 7 p.m at Reckling Park in
Waco.
The Aggies are coming off
a 6-3 win over Lamar
University at Olsen Field on
Wednesday night. A&M Head
Coach Mark Johnson said the
win was a “comfortable” win
for the Aggies who jumped out
to a 3-0 lead against the
Cardinals in the first inning
and never looked back.
Johnson said he knows
A&M will have a much
tougher time feeling comfort
able this weekend against
Baylor in a series that has
become one of the best rival
ries in Big 12 baseball.
“It was good to get a win
and get ready for Baylor,”
Johnson said. “We’ll go on the
road and hopefully have a
good outing up there and come
back down here for two.
“Baylor is a challenge for
anyone in the country,” he said.
“It’s a well balanced ballclub.”
Offensively, junior left
fielder Scott Beerer has
become the Aggies’ biggest
threat at the plate. In his last
four games, Beerer has ham
mered the ball, including a 4-
for-4 performance Wednesday
night against Lamar.
“I’m excited about Friday
night,” Beerer said. “Baylor’s
facilities are pretty awesome and
coming back home is going to
be great to have the fan support.
They are playing really good
baseball but so are we, it’s going
to be an exciting series.”
Beerer is among the top five
on the team in 15 different cate
gories including hits, RBI and a
team-best .347 batting average.
Juniors Justin Ruggiano and
Corey Patton have also provided
offensive firepower this season.
Sophomore right-hander
Logan Kensing will get the
start for the Aggies in Friday
night’s game. Kensing has
been the victim of facing other
teams’ No. 1 starter in his past
few games, keeping the Aggies
from giving him run support.
“We’ve lost two one-run
ballgames on Friday nights but
our guys have (bounced)
back,” Johnson said. “I would
like to change the tune on
Friday night because that
makes Saturday and Sunday so
much easier.”
Kensing is heading into the
weekend with a 4-3 record. He
is second on the team with 33
strikeouts behind only senior
Zach Dixon and has an ERA
of 4.40.
“He’s a sinkerball pitcher
so he’s going to‘get a lot of
ground balls and all the
ground balls fell through
against Texas Tech (last
Friday),” Johnson said. “A lot
of times those balls are going
to be double plays.”
The Bears are coming off a
tough 4-3 loss to No. 1 Rice on
Tuesday night. Rice scored two
runs on walks and another two
unearned runs to edge the Bears.
Baylor (21-7) scored three
runs late and had the tying run
on third with one out in the
ninth inning, but Chris Durbin
grounded into a double play to
end the game as the Owls
extended their winning streak
to 22 games.
Game two of the series is
scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday
night at Olsen Field with game
three on Sunday at Olsen Field
at 2 p.m.
Women’s tennis team hosts Demon Deacons
By Blake Kimzey
THE BATTALION
With the disappointment of its first
dback at home behind it, the Texas
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grandchildren - at the te :othe court this weekend to square off
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4-3 marathon match.
However, when the Demon
Deacons hobble into College
Station on Saturday, they will be in
search of just their second win this
season, coming off the 2002 season
in which they tied their school
record with 26 wins.
With much of its team intact from
last year’s squad, Wake Forest is at the
bottom of the ACC standings with a
1-15 record. WFL Head Coach Brian
Fleishman, the 2002 ITA National
Coach of the Year, expects a heated
contest in the match with A&M.
“Every time Wake comes down
to College Station, we have to
expect a battle,” Fleishman said. “I
expect this match to be just as
exciting as in the past.”
In lieu of what Wake Forest’s
record might convey to the lay, A&M
Head Coach Bobby Kleinecke is very
wary of the threat that a 1-15 team
presents to his club.
“You can look at their record and
... think that they are really down this
year, and they probably are down a bit
confidence-wise,” Kleinecke said.
“But, this is a very capable team that
has lost a lot of 4-3 matches this year
to a lot of good teams, from the top 20
all the way down.”
The Aggies will be looking to sen
ior Ashley Hedberg to continue her
strong play of late. After being moved
up to the No. 2 singles position three
matches ago, Hedberg has yet to lose
and has defended her court in con
vincing fashion. South African sopho
more Karin Coetzee, who is ranked
No. 79 in the national singles rank
ings, leads Wake Forest in doubles
and singles play.
“This is a team that has made it to
the NCAA quarterfinals, so when you
go out there and start play even at 0-0,
those records don’t mean anything,”
Kleinecke said. “Most important for
us is we need to bounce back from the
Baylor loss. It will be necessary for us
to put our best match on the court.”
First serve is set for 1:30 p.m. this
Saturday at the A&M Tennis Center
as the Aggies look to improve to 11-7
on the year.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Softball team takes on Mizzou
The No. 20 Texas A&M softball team will travel
to Columbia, Mo. for a two-game series with the
University of Missouri.
The Aggies are coming off a two-game sweep
of the Southwest Texas State University
Bearkats. A&M beat the Bearkats 5-3 and 11-0
in consecutive games on Wednesday night.
A&M junior Jessica Slataper pitched a perfect
game in latter victory.
The Missouri Tigers recently split a two-game
series with the No. 4 University of Oklahoma
Sooners. The Tigers took the first game 2-0
before falling to the Sooners, 5-1.
A&M and Missouri are scheduled to start play at
2 p.m. on Saturday, with a second game to follow
at noon on Sunday.
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