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Tuesday, April 15, 2003
SPORTS
THE BATTALIi:
THE BAT!
By Chrisi
THE ASS<
JOHN C. I.IVAS • THE BATTAUO
Junior Roberta Spencer blasts a forehand against SHSU on ApriU
Austin
Continued from page 3
“When Texas and A&M com
pete, it is always a battle so you
can throw out the records and the
rankings and throw out everything
because it is a war,” Kleinecke
said. “We beat them a few years
ago at their place so we know that
we can beat them over there.”
These last three matches, all
of which are against Big 12
opponents, are crucial for
A&M and its end-of-season
tournament seeding.
Kansas State (10-4, 5-2 Big
12) occupies the conference spot
just south of the Aggies at num
ber four, as A&M owns a tenuous
one-match lead over KSU with
their match slated for Friday.
“WeTl be in Kansas City two
weeks in a row so we’re using
this week to help prepare us for
the trip to the conference tourna
ment,” Kleinecke said. “We’ve
had comparable results all year
long to Kansas State, so 1 think
the victory will come down to
whoever plays the best that day.”
A&M is getting solid and con
sistent play out of juniors Jesst
Roland (No. 100) and Rote
Spencer. Senior Ashley Hedfc.
(20-12) is also swinging her rad
et convincingly on singles con
No. 2. Roland and Spencer tea
up to fomi the No. 58 doub:
team in the nation, which In
been a point of contention i
their opponents this season.
Meanwhile, Kansas (7-9,31
Big 12) is caught in ninth plae
and will meet the Aggit
Saturday in Lawrence, Kan.
However, Jayhawk Hei
Coach Kilmeny Waterman sat
her team is starting to coagut
into a cohesive unit at this dec
sive juncture in the season.
“We are really starting to a
as a team,” Watennan said. ""I
are working hard in practice cl
having fun seeing the posfej
results.”
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the barrel of an extremely imp I
tant series of matches with invij
able Big 12 implications.
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With a win today, the Aggies will be in a position to claim I
Big 12 Championship in a match against Texas to be held at thi
Texas A&M Tennis Center next Saturday, where the Aggies 1
hold a 16-0 record.
However, the Bears come into the match riding an 11-match
ning streak, as well as having won 20 of their 21 matches this se»
The only loss for Baylor this year came at the hands of then No. 2, no*
No. 1 Illinois on Feb. 22 at the USTA/ ITA National Men’s T(
Indoor Championships. Illinois went on to win the tournament, m
“We are playing, arguably, one of the top three teams in the coi
try,” Cass said. “They have incredible experience and if you couni
up, they have between 12 and 15 years more experience (than we
The Bears are led by sophomore Benedikt Dorsch. Dorsch coot
into the match ranked No. 1 in the nation and is boasting an amazit
singles record of 40-2 on the season, having won his last 18 matete
Following Dorsch for the Bears is Matias Marin, who has
national ranking of No. 36 and a personal record of 26-9 inti
2002-2003 season.
All of the Bears’ top four singles players are unbeaten in Big 12pla!
The Aggies will be countering with No. 19 Newport and the
to-back Big 12 Players of the Week, sophomores Ante Matijevicafi
Lester Cook.
Matijevic is currently in the midst of a 15-match winning strei
“We haven’t played a match where we have had something tog*
since Mississippi and Stanford,” Cass said. “Tuesday we haveachanii
to go out do what we are not supposed to do.”
The Aggies face the Bears tonight in Waco at 6 p.m.
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each of the three contests as well.
Senior inftelder Ryan Roberts
leads the Mavericks, with a .432
batting average, 12 home runs
and 51 RBIs.
The Aggies will have to stop
the running game of the
Mavericks who have stolen 62
bases this season on 85 attempts
(73 percent).
A&M catchers have only
thrown out 10 runners in 59
stolen base attempts (17 percent).
Johnson said the Aggies have
worked on stopping teams’ run
ning games this season.
“Since the Texas Tech series it
hasn’t been as much of a factor,”
Johnson said. “I thought after that
series everyone was going to be
running on us on every pitch but
we have done a much better job.
We started doing some slide steps
and picking them off a little tin*
to negate easy opportunities.”
Johnson said the teams ^
have played the Aggies recent 1
have not relied heavily on tfc
running game except Baylor.
However, with 62 stolf’
bases, Johnson said, it is pret
obvious that it’s a vital part oft*
Mavericks game plan.
“It’s a major part of tfc
game,” Johnson said. “I anticir;
they are going to challenge us.’’
UTA is riding a seven-ga®
winning streak and has won W
its last 18 contests, incluA
wins over Oklahoma and Baylf;
A&M will send freshnf
right-hander Ryne Tacker tor
mound. Tacker has appeared|
three games and has not earkj
a decision.
UTA left-hander
Loveless will start for lit
Mavericks. Loveless enters if
game with a record of 1-2 anti
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