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ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Junior Lindsay Wilhelmson pitches during her one-hit, complete game
shutout Thursday against the Baylor Bears at the Aggie Softball Complex.
Ags travel to Norman
By Pete Burks
THE BATTALION
As the season winds down
for the No. 19 Texas A&M soft-
ball team, the competition and
the pressure to win increases.
The Aggies seemingly have
saved the best teams for last on
their schedule as this week
alone they have faced No. 3
Texas, Baylor and No. 5
Oklahoma. On Saturday and
Sunday, the Aggies (33-16, 9-6
Big 12) will head up to Norman,
Okla. to finish the season
against the Sooners in a game
that has Big 12 tournament
implications. The Aggies are in
a tight race with the Nebraska
Cornhuskers for the fifth seed in
the tournament, and a couple of
wins against the Sooners would
certainly help their cause.
For Aggie sophomore second
baseman Adrian Gregory, the
most important thing for the
Aggies to do this weekend in a
tough environment is to simply
play their game.
“They are always good and it
is tough to play away games
against OU,” Gregory said. “It
would be huge to come out of
this weekend with a couple of
wins for Big 12 tournament pur
poses. We just need to go up
there and play our game, and
then we’ll see what happens.”
In the Aggies’ matchup last
night against Baylor (28-25, 2-
13 Big 12), junior Lindsay
Wilhelmson threw a one-hit
shutout, allowing only one walk
and recording three strikeouts.
The Aggie offense collected
eight hits in the contest, yet
could only manage to put two
runs across the plate against the
last-place Bears at the Aggie
Softball Complex.
Senior Crystal Martin went
two for three in the game and
drove in the team’s first run in
the second inning, giving
Wilhelmson all of the breathing
room she would need.
See Oklahoma on page 3B
A&M kicks off series with Mizzou
By Dallas Shipp
THE BATTALION
The No. 13 Texas A&M baseball team
will face one of its toughest challenges of
the season this weekend when it travels to
Missouri to face the No. 19 Tigers.
Missouri is a half game behind the
Aggies in the Big 12 standings, making
this weekend’s series extremely crucial
for two teams that are trying to make a run
for the Big 12 title.
A&M Head Coach Mark Johnson said
he knows it is important to maintain steam
in conference play.
“We need to keep momentum on our
side,” Johnson said. “We’re playing as a
team but we’re playing pretty good too. It
should be a great matchup.”
The Tigers (27-13, 11-6 Big 12) have
lost six of their last nine games but lit up
the scoreboard last weekend in Waco
against Baylor. After dropping game one
of the series, the Tigers outscored the
Bears in an offensive showcase 23-18 on
Saturday and added another 12 runs on
Sunday in a 12-8 win to take the series,
two games to one.
However, the Tigers dropped their last
game at Southwest Missouri State 2-1.
The Tigers bats were silenced against
Southwest Missouri and were unable to
back up the solid pitching performance
from four different Tiger pitchers.
The Tigers are led by Jayce Tingler’s
.373 batting average and 38 RBIs. Missouri
has three players with six home runs a
piece, providing the power offensively.
Defensively, the Tigers don’t have a
standout pitcher and have a team ERA
of 4.53.
With the exception of their 2-1 loss
this week, the Tigers have used offensive
explosions to win most of their games
this season.
While the Tigers have lost six of their
last nine games, the Aggies (33-12, 12-6
Big 12) have won nine of their last 11
games and are coming off a 9-3 win
against Sam Houston State Tuesday night.
A&M junior left fielder and reliever
Scott Beerer has been the life of the A&M
team this season. Beerer was three for four
against the Bearkats with a three-run
home run and four RBIs.
Beerer leads the team with 40 RBIs
and 93 total bases and is tied for the team
lead with junior center fielder Justin
Ruggiano with seven home runs after his
three-run blast on Tuesday.
Beerer has also been the Aggies’ top
reliever this season with eight saves, 36
strikeouts and a 1.32 ERA in 34 innings
pitched.
“We’re excited to go up there (to
Missouri),” Beerer said. “It’s going to be a
challenge for us, and we’re excited that
we’re playing great ball right now.”
Beerer added that the teams that win
championships finish strong at the end of
the season.
Game one is Friday night at 6:30, game
two is Saturday at 2 p.m. and the series
wraps up on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Men’s tennis team to face Red Raiders
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
A late string of losses kept the
No. 11 Texas A&M men’s tennis
team from achieving all of its goals
during the regular season. The
Aggies (20-8, 4-3 Big 12) failed to
steal the 2003 Big 12 regular sea
son championship, dropping their
final two matches by the slimmest
of margins to No. 5 Baylor and No.
13 Texas. Both losses came by 4-3
scores, and both resulted from cru
cial losses at the doubles point.
Fortunately for the Aggies, none
of that matters. The team is set to
kick off the second season with a
clean slate Friday against Texas
Tech in the Big 12 Tournament
held this year in Kansas City, Mo.
“It’s never fun losing and the
disappointment was that we
thought we had a chance to win the
Big 12,” said Texas A&M Head
Coach Tim Cass. “(But) we didn’t
and now we have a fresh start and a
new season in a way in the tourna
ment, and it’s a different approach.”
The Big 12 Tournament, host
ed this year by the University of
Missouri, consists of a single
elimination bracket featuring all
eight teams that compete in men’s
tennis in the Big 12. The teams
are seeded according to their fin
ish in the regular season. The
Aggies finished fourth in the reg
ular season standings, following
losses to Oklahoma State, Baylor
and Texas, which means they will
face the No. 5 seed, Texas Tech.
The Aggies faced the Red Raiders
(13-7, 3-4 Big 12) earlier in the
season at home, defeating them in
See Court on page 3B
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
A&M sophomore Lester Cook launches a serve against TCU
last week. Cook and the Aggies will face Texas Tech Friday
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