SCI|TEC
THE BATTALIC
Texa
> bread
Sports
The Battalion
Page 7 • Tuesday, April 22, 2003
clear facili
s on residue founc
actor containmenl
the South Texas ||
;lear facility indicate
n reactor coolanttr
- |
OKLA. ARK,
EXAS
Austin.
Baseball team looking for sweep against SHSU
>mmitted to u
;h us.”
ex as must confer*;
.sion before em
air plan, and the pi
d not to restaif
appears fixed,
nt's other unit con
ate at full power,
i reactors combini
more than
of electricity,
nt supplies power;
from Houston
id San Antonio
risti.
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Junior Justin Ruggiano swings at a pitch against OSU on Sunday during the Aggies' win.
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The Texas A&M baseball team
will host Sam Houston State
University tonight at Olsen Field in
the teams’ final meeting of the season
at 7 p.m.
The No. 14 Aggies (32-12, 12-6
Big 12) have won the first two meet
ings this year against the Bearkats,
including a wild 15-8 win at Olsen
Field on April 1 in a game that lasted
more than three and a half hours.
A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson
said even though the Aggies have
won the first two meetings, he isn’t
taking anything for granted.
“We had a great ballgame with this
team last time,” Johnson said. “I don’t
think anyone is assuming we will go
out and roll over this team.”
The Aggies have been on a hot
streak the last two weeks, winning
eight of their last 10 games. One of
those two losses by A&M came
against No. 1 Rice during its 32-game
winning streak.
Two of the Aggies’ last three wins
have also been won in the final two
innings, including a dramatic come-
from-behind win in the 11th inning
against the University of Texas-
Arlington last Tuesday.
After dropping Saturday’s game
against Oklahoma State, the Aggies
rebounded to win game three and take
the series on Sunday.
“It’s a completely different per
sonality (this year) than we’ve been
looking at the last three years,”
Johnson said. “I am pleased with the
resolve and the character of this
year’s ball club.”
With the win on Sunday, the
Aggies are now just one game behind
Texas and Nebraska, who are atop the
league standings.
Junior center fielder Justin
Ruggiano has been a big part of the
Aggies’ recent string of wins, batting
.448 with three home runs and 14
RBIs in his last seven games.
Ruggiano leads the Aggies with
seven home runs and is second on the
team with a .344 batting average and
35 RBIs.
Ruggiano isn’t the only player
having success at the plate for the
Aggies. A&M has six players batting
more than .300, and another two that
are within .008.
While the Aggies have been hot,
the Bearkats have not. Sam Houston
has lost 16 of its last 20 games,
including a three game sweep by
See Sweep on page 10
No. 18 Aggies to host rival Texas
does not have I
as found in lab»
le the immune syi-
acteria, viruses and
a study in tlie
tional Academy ol
ay.
using human volt
tune system blood
■sponded five times
I the blood cells o‘
i, a researcher at
Hospital in Boston
School, said the
i/e dear proof that
ay sharpened tilt
By Pete Burks
THE BATTALION
Today at 6:30 p.m., the bat
tle for softball supremacy in
the Lone Star State will com
mence as the No. 18 Texas
A&M softball team hosts the
No. 4 Texas Longhorns. When
the Longhorns head into
College Station, they will face
an Aggie team looking to
avenge a 1-0 defeat against the
(Longhorns in Austin earlier
this month.
The Aggies (33-15, 9-5 Big
12) will square off with a
Longhorn team that has won
eight of its last 10 games,
including wins against the
highly ranked Nebraska
Cornhuskers and Oklahoma
Sooners.
The Longhorns (35-7, 12-2
Big 12) have been riding a hot
streak, as they have not lost
since April 5. In addition, the
Aggies are likely to face Texas’
ace pitcher. Cat Osterman.
In the Longhorns’ series
against the Kansas Jayhawks
last weekend, Osterman got the
win in game one coming in as a
reliever while she also record
ed the win in game two as she
pitched five innings of her
scheduled start.
Osterman was a terror to
Jayhawks hitters, striking out
13 and allowing only two
baserunners in the two games
combined. Also, Osterman
gained the 55th and 56th wins
of her career, tying the Texas
career victories record.
A&M Head Coach Jo Evans
said it will be no easy task
defeating the Longhorns.
“We played well against
them last game, but we have
got to find a way to put the ball
in play as much as possible,”
Evans said. “We have got to
find a way to score some runs
because Cat (Osterman) is a
great pitcher, and you don’t get
too many chances to put runs
on the board against her.”
Meanwhile the fact that the
Aggies are playing at home
should make a big difference if
the game shares any similari
ties to the first game the in
state rivals played together.
Although they lost a tough
game to the Iowa State
Cyclones on Saturday, the
Aggies still hold a considerable
homefield advantage over their
opponents, as their 19-2 home
record will attest.
In addition, the Aggies were
able to find some consistency in
the batter’s box against the
Cyclones as they scored 13 runs
in the two games against ISU,
as well as pounding out close to
See Texas on page 10
AL1SSA HOLLIMON* THE BATTALION
Senior catcher Selena Collins congratulates junior pitcher Lindsey
Wilhelmson in the Aggies’ matchup against Nebraska.
A TTENTION
GRADUATING SENIORS
YOU’VE GOT THE EDUCATION EDGE WITH w* SI"'
MITSUBISHI BIGGER BETTER ZERO EVENT
® 0 ;2Sno^ !
wake up and drive'
ZERO DOWN PAYMENT
ZERO INTEREST PAYMENTS AND
ZERO CAR PAYMENTS TIL 2004.
PLUS GET $1500 CASH BACK**
"1500 CASH BACK VALID FOR 2003 MITSUBISHI GALANT WITH EDUCATION EDGE.
SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.
*338 _ ,
^ ^ Eclipse Coupe
2^
2003 MODELS
Lancer • Galant • Eclipse Coupe • Eclipse Spyder
Outlander • Montero Sport • Diamante • Montero
$323* ^
Outlander
$340*-
>✓ / V s "
Galant
*ALL PAYMENTS ARE DEFERRED UNTIL 2004 AT 7.9% WAC EXCEPT
OUTLANDER AT 8.9% PAYMENT OF GOVERNMENT FEES AND DOC
FEE ARE EXTRA. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.
GET MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR.
WITHOUT BARGAINING
1309 S. Texas Avenue, on the bend in Bryan
(979) 822-5454
www.higginsautogroup.com