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The Battalion
Page 3 • Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Tennis teams set to battle with Big 12 implications
Men heading to Baylor with
chance to stay in Big 12 race
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
It has been a long, fruitful
year for the No. 10 Texas A&M
men’s tennis team. Looking
back to January, when the dual
match portion of the schedule
began, the team was surround
ed with questions and doubt
about whether there was
enough experience to compete
in the competitive Big 12.
The Aggies (20-6,4-1 Big 12)
entered the season looking at a
roster that had just one senior,
All-American Ryan Newport. He
was surrounded by a cast that
included three freshmen and two
sophomores.
Once again the Aggies will be
put to the test Tuesday in Waco as
they travel to take on the Big 12-
leading and No. 6 nationally
ranked Baylor Bears.
“We’ve got a great challenge
ahead of us,” said A&M Head
Coach Tim Cass. “I told the guys
that in life you try to open up
doors and provide yourself
opportunities, and what you do
with those doors that you open
up is probably how you’ll be
judged. We have a door that’s
cracked open.”
The door that Cass is referring
to is the 2003 Big 12 regular sea
son title. After a rigorous sched
ule. the Aggies have worked their
way into a tie for second place in
the Big 12 with No. 16 Texas.
Baylor, which is defending
champion and has won the regu
lar season two of the last three
years, is in soul possession of first
place after downing Texas last
Friday in Austin, 6-1.
See Baylor on page 4
Women begin three-match
road trip with visit to Austin
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Senior Ryan Newport returns a shot against Texas Tech April 4 at the A&M
Tennis Center. The Aggies will try to stay in the Big 12 race against Baylor.
By Blake Kimzey
THE BATTALION
After playing its first five
matches of the season on the
road, it seems fitting that the
Texas A&M women’s tennis
team will finish out its schedule
with a three-match road trip
taking it through Austin and up
into Kansas.
Coming off a draining 4-3 set
back to No. 11 College of
William & Mary on Saturday, the
prospect of playing the University
of Texas tonight in Austin should
give the Aggies (14-9,6-2 Big 12)
ample ammunition to bounce
back with reprisal.
The Longhorns (9-11,7-1 Big
12) are also looking to rebound
after falling to the same William
and Mary team on Sunday.
Knowing that A&M is coming
off a loss and just behind his team
in the Big 12 conference stand
ings, UT Head Coach Jeff Moore
said his team is ready for a duke-
it-out match on its home court.
“As an inexperienced team,
we are going to have to be oper
ating on all cylinders if we want
to win this match,” Moore said.
“We get fired up to play A&M
the same way they get fired up to
play us.”
Texas is led by a host of fresh
men, such as Kendra Strohm at
No. 1 singles, which epitomizes a
Longhom team peppered with
youth and inexperience.
After winning the Big 12 last
year, Texas has a narrow grasp on
first place in the conference, and
A&M Head Coach Bobby
Kleinecke says his team can earn
the win if it plays to its strengths.
See Austin on page 4
Baseball team returns home to meet UTA
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Texas A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson discusses strategy with freshman
catcher Kevin Whelan at third base in the game against SHSU on April 1.
The No. 17 Aggie baseball team returns to
Olsen Field tonight for its first home game in
two weeks to host the University of Texas-
Arlington at 7 p.m.
The Aggies (29-11, 10-5 Big 12) and the
Mavericks (25-15, 13-2 Southland) are com
ing off a weekend full of offense.
The Aggies completed their sweep on the
road against Kansas State Sunday with a 16-3
win that was called after seven innings due to
the 10-run rule.
Following the sweep, A&M moved into
third place in the Big 12 standings behind
Texas and Nebraska. The Aggies are one
game behind the Comhuskers for second
place and two games behind the Longhorns.
There was no paucity of offense for the
Aggies, who scored 34 runs on 47 hits during
the weekend series.
Junior center fielder Justin Ruggiano was
one player who exploded offensively this
weekend for the Aggies. Ruggiano went 7-
for-12 at the plate with three home runs and
10 RBIs against the Wildcats.
“We’ve had a number of guys that have
consistently hit over .300 and Ruggiano is one
of them,” said A&M Head Coach Mark
Johnson. “This weekend he really went off in
some key spots. We had a number of guys get
six or seven hits but (Ruggiano) had 10 RBIs
with his and it magnified his performance, he
certainly had a great weekend.”
After this weekend Ruggiano leads the
Aggies with seven home runs and is second
on the team with a .343 batting average and
31 RBIs.
“It’s contagious when guys start hitting,”
Johnson said. “I was pleased we answered the
call and hit the ball well.”
Despite the Aggies offensive output, it still
did not meet the numbers put up by UTA in its
series against UTSA.
The Mavericks swept the Roadrunners in
San Antonio with 41 runs on 51 hits in the
three game series. UTA had at least 17 hits in
See Baseball on page 4
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