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By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The No. 17 Texas A&M baseball
team will travel to Manhattan, Kan.,
this weekend for a three game series
against Kansas State, which enters
the weekend 0-9 in Big 12 play
looking for its first conference win
of the year.
Despite the Wildcats’ poor
record, A&M Head Coach Mark
Johnson said his team is not
going to underestimate its oppo
nent this weekend.
“We are just trying to win
series,” Johnson said. “I know
people are saying (Kansas State)
hasn't won a conference game, but
we aren’t thinking we have a
sweep in mind. If you start under
estimating your opponent then
you start having problems.”
The Aggies (26-11, 7-5 Big
12) are in fifth place in the Big 12
and are coming off an 8-0 loss to
No. 1 Rice.
The Aggies managed just three
hits against Owls starter Wade
Townsend, who pitched eight
innings of shutout baseball and
struck out 10 Aggies.
“Townsend is in the top 10 per
cent of college pitchers and we
caught him when he was really on,”
Johnson said. “But that’s the game
of baseball. You face a Randy
Johnson one night and you can’t call
yourself a bad team.”
A&M will need to regroup
against a weaker Wildcat squad
this weekend.
The Aggies will not change the
weekend rotation on the mound.
Sophomore Logan Kensing will
get the start on Friday night again,
with senior Zach Dixon on
Saturday and junior Matt Famum
throwing for A&M on Sunday,
with junior Brian Finch providing
support from the bullpen.
Johnson said that while he miss
es junior Justin Moore - who
pitched most of the Friday night
games in previous seasons before
undergoing shoulder surgery earlier
this year - Kensing has done a
tremendous job for the Aggies.
“The Friday night is usually the
toughest game to pitch historically,”
Johnson said. “Logan is an out
standing pitcher, but has been a hard
luck pitcher for us this year. We
haven’t gotten him too many runs
and have made some key errors
when he’s been pitching for us.”
Despite the lack of run sup
port, Kensing has been strong on
the mound, leading the team with
47 strikeouts.
Famum is right behind Kensing
with 37 strikeouts. He has been a
source of consistency for the team,
Johnson said.
“(Famum’s) been on every time
he’s pitched this year,” Johnson said.
“Usually your (Sunday) starter is
your fourth or fifth best pitcher but...
Matt is one of our best pitchers.”
One of the biggest struggles for
the Aggies this season has been
stopping the running game of their
opponents. Junior catcher Justin
Pouk and freshman catcher Craig
Stinson have thrown out nine base
runners combined out of 57 stolen
base attempts for a putout percent
age of just 16 percent.
“We’ve got good arms back
there. I’m surprised we haven’t
thrown better,” Johnson said. “Not
holding runners multiplies the
problem as well.”
Johnson said he hopes the A&M
bats will wake up on the road.
“Kansas State is at home and
they are hungry for a win,” Johnson
said. “Our hitters are going to have
to step up this weekend.”
Tennis team hosts No. 11 Tribe A&M returns to road against Kansas
By Blake Kimzey
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M Tennis Center will rock
this Saturday w'hen No. 11 College of
William & Mary rolls into town to take on
the No. 30 A&M women’s tennis team in
the Aggies' final home match of the season.
With Big 12 tournament play right around
the comer for A&M (13-8,6-2 Big 12), fac
ing William & Mary (19-4) should prove to
be a challenging tune-up.
Thanks to an ad hoc schedule addition at
the start of the season. Saturday’s match
marks the first time the teams have played
one another. It took a mild schedule
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Kalbas said he is excited about the Tribe’s
first visit to Aggieland.
“We have a young team and it’s been a
growing year for us, but Fm very proud of
our development this year,” Kalbas said.
“A&M always plays with togetherness,
and for us to have a chance to come to
College Station will be great.”
The Tribe’s swing through Texas will
conclude their regular season schedule
before they head into the Colonial Athletic
Association conference tournament. For
the last six years, William & Mary has
made it down to the Lone Star State to
play the University of Texas.
This year, the Tribe will finish their
regular season in Austin after facing the
Aggies this weekend.
See Tribe on page 4B
By Pete Burks
THE BATTALION
If anything has plagued the No. 18 Texas A&M soft-
ball team (28-14, 6-4 Big 12) this year, it has been play
ing on the road. The Aggies have had a strong season
thus far with big wins over top teams such as Georgia,
Stanford, Nebraska and Oklahoma State. But, finding
consistency on the road has remained a problem.
While maintaining a 16-1 home record this year, the
Aggies have been more vulnerable elsewhere, as witnessed
by their 3-7 record away from the Aggie Softball Complex.
However, when the Aggies travel to Lawrence, Kan.
this weekend to face the Kansas Jayhawks (22-12, 2-6
Big 12), they will get a chance to reverse the trend.
On Wednesday, the Aggies faced a tough road oppo
nent in the No. 5 Texas Longhorns. This time, unlike in
recent road games for A&M. the defense had a nearly
flawless outing and the game was competitive down to
the last inning. Aggie junior pitcher Jessica Slataper (9-
10) pitched a masterful game, striking out six and
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Crystal Martin turns a doubleplay against OSU last week.
allowing only three baserunners until the bottom of the
seventh inning.
The Longhorns could not manage to get a runner past
first base until Chez Sievers came to the plate. With the
game tied at zero in the bottom of the seventh, Slataper
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