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Page 7 • Monday, April 14, 2003
Record crowd attends Maroon and White game
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JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
| Jason Carter, who played third-string quarterback in the 2002 season will
Ibe considered for the A-back position in 2003 under Coach Franchione.
When it comes to junior Jason Carter and
the newly-created A-back position, “A”
stands for awesome. Carter dominated in his
new role, leading the Maroon team to a 28-22
victory over the White team in Texas A&M’s
annual Maroon and White Game.
Carter, a recently converted quarterback,
led both sides with 181 all-purpose yards
spread over four statistical categories. Carter
ran the ball five times for 20 yards, caught the
ball three times for 32 yards, returned three
punts for 55 yards and returned two kickoffs
for 74 yards.
“Some of the reasons we moved (Carter to
A-back) were because he was pretty nifty and
swiftly and (defenders) couldn’t catch him
and couldn’t tackle him,” said A&M offen
sive coordinator Les Koenning Jr. “Every
time he touches the ball in some fashion
something good happens.”
Carter’s athleticism, along with sopho
more quarterback Reggie McNeal’s ability,
gave the Maroon side and the 41,072 Aggie
fans in attendance an offensive attack to
salivate over. McNeal threw eight comple
tions on 13 attempts for 115 yards and two
touchdowns. He also ran for 22 yards.
“We’ve got receivers who will make plays
and we have three backs now who can make
plays,” McNeal said. “(Defenses) won’t
know which way to come at us.”
The running game also got a pickup as
offseason and spring workouts in the weight
room seem to have paid off on the offensive
line. The Maroon and the White teams were
able to run the ball effectively, which may
have opened up another position battle to
keep an eye on in summer workouts leading
up to the 2003 season.
Redshirted freshman Courtney Lewis has
had a breakout spring season that culminated
in a 102-yard rushing and one touchdown
performance for the White team on just 12
carries. Incumbent starter Derek Farmer ran
for 58 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries
for the Maroon team.
“Lewis showed you what he showed us
this spring,” said A&M Head Coach Dennis
Franchione. “I can’t make him miss tackles
like he does and find seams like he does as
well as he does. That’s an instinctive thing
that he’s very good at.”
Junior quarterback Dustin Long led all
quarterbacks with 147 yards on 12 for 26
passing for the White. Instead of finding a
clear-cut leader for the starting reigns at quar
terback this spring, Long and McNeal proved
that the Aggies have two competent leaders.
“We’re fortunate to have two guys that our
coaching staff is developing a tremendous
belief in and our players have a tremendous
belief in,” Franchione said. “When you have
a team that is strong together you don’t have
controversy at all at that position, and I see
that developing the way I would like it to.”
The 41,072 fans exceeded the goal of
40,000 Franchione set before the game.
“I have to commend the Aggie fans,”
Franchione said. “I felt like if you present
a challenge to the Aggies, the Aggies will
meet it.”
The Aggies will not practice again until
summer workouts begin in August with the
welcoming of the 2003 recruiting class.
Women’s tennis team falls to Tribe a&M pummels Nebraska
By Blake Kimzey
THE BATTALION
The No. 30 Texas A&M women’s
Itennis team hosted No. 11 College of
William & Mary for the first time this
[weekend and fell just short of a victo
ry. William & Mary secured a hard-
Ifought 4-3 win at the A&M Tennis
[Center on Saturday.
In their final home match of the
[season, the Aggies dropped to 14-9 in
[front of 419 spectators.
Tribe Head Coach Brian Kalbas
Isaid making their first trip to College
I Station was long overdue as the venue
| and competition were some of the best
his squad had seen all season.
“This is such a great setting to play
tennis,” Kalbas said. “It felt like an
I NCAA championship-type match.”
As expected, the battle to win the
'dolibles point set the tone for the
entire match. The Tribe won two of
the three doubles matches, giving
them the edge going into singles play.
At No. 1 doubles, William & Mary’s
12th-ranked pairing of sophomores
Kate Boomershire and Candice Fuchs
began by downing the 58th-ranked
tandem of juniors, Jessica Roland and
Roberta Spencer, 8-3. However, at No.
2 doubles, A&M’s Ashley Hedberg
and Lauren Walker extended their
winning streak to six matches by
fighting off freshman Megan Muth
and sophomore Amy Wei.
“This was another one of those
matches that really hurts,” said A&M
Head Coach Bobby Kleinecke. “We
were right there but came up just a
fraction short from winning it.”
Despite the fact that the Aggies
were battling a one-point deficit and
the uncomfortable heat heading into
singles play, the match was still unde
cided. A&M’s No. 100 Roland
improved her record to 6-4 against
ranked opponents as she needed three
determined sets to upset No. 27 Fuchs,
6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4 at No. 1. William &
Mary, however, clinched the match at
court No. 5 as Wei downed A&M
freshman Nicki Mechem in three sets.
Tribe Head Coach Brian Kalbas said
this win is a momentum-builder with
the end of their season on the horizon.
“We’ve played so much tennis that
for this time of year, I was so proud to
see them pull out this victory because
we have a lot of respect for A&M,”
Kalbas said. “This win is a great
notch in our belts going into the
Colonial tournament.”
The Aggies were hoping to beat
William & Mary to give them an
added boost of confidence going into
their final stretch of the season. In
addition, a quality win against the
See Tribe on page 9
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
The No. 10 Texas A&M men’s
tennis team took a firm grasp of its fate
Sunday afternoon at the A&M Tennis
Center. The Aggies (20-6, 4-1 Big 12)
quickly defeated the Nebraska
Comhuskers (10-9, 1-5 Big 12) and put
themselves in position to battle for the
top spot in the Big 12 Conference on
Tuesday when they travel to Waco to
face Baylor.
“I thought we played well,” said
A&M Head Coach Tim Cass. “It hon
estly was one of our best matches of
the year across the board, and I think
the scores indicate that. I couldn’t be
happier with the performance.”
The Aggies wasted no time in the
match, getting in front of the
Comhuskers early. The first dash on
the scoreboard came when the duo of
senior Ryan Newport and junior
Khaled El Dorry notched an 8-1 win
at court No. 2 against the pair of fresh
man D.J. Geatz and senior Jacek
Wolicki of the Huskers. The win set
the tone for the remainder of the after
noon. It also pushed Newport’s and El
Dorry’s doubles record to a perfect 7-0
in the season. The two have worked
their way to a No. 60 national ranking,
while mostly playing at court No. 3.
Geatz and Wolicki came into the match
leading the Huskers in winning per
centage and total wins. Their loss
dropped their season record to 10-6.
The crucial doubles point was
eventually clinched by the Aggies in a
fairly dramatic fashion as the national
ly-ranked No. 5 duo of sophomores
Ante Matijevic and Lester Cook, the
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