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■ i February 19,; Sports The Battalion Page IB • Thursday, February 19, 2004 Aggie women fall to No. 8 Wildcats Vright • THE BATTALION icing for the team's Duisiana Classics in tch apart led to the ig point itories have proof of stretched apart by . The star-about iur sun - probably ose to another star, to the path of a black llion times its mass, [ By Brad Bennett THE BATTALION Kansas State's women’s sketball team proved why it (Jo. 8 in the nation right now ^overcoming a 13-point first- lialfdeficit to beat the Aggies, Wednesday night at ted Arena. ‘They made plays, and that is why they are No. 8 and we iielooking to get in (the rank- said A&M head coach Cjiy Blair. guard Laurie Koehn its five-for-six in three-point kid goals in the second half, of which came during tasas State’s comeback run. id some really good looks; it is mainly because they ■tte doubling down on Ohlde,” (iiehn said. “1 think everyone assisted as usual so credit sestofmy team).’’ Tk Aggies (8-16, 1-12 Big lied by 13 in the first half, ig a near 10-point lead for minutes. 1 is) definitely a very jussive defensive team, and the first half we panicked,” Meat junior guard Megan loney said. The Aggies’ first point in lie second half came from a iee-throw by senior point I Toccara Williams at .and the first hit from the came at 11:30, during Kansas State (19-3, IH) scored 16. They were executing and ipnlheir spots at the right tie"said Aggie junior guard :tte Castile. lisas State head coach iM Patterson said she made changes defensively in the raid half and focused on the i-degree gases from CTeate an X-ray blast by observatories ard-Smithsonian ff Dhyslcs; NASA is with SI s have long solid ne. ners have seen of ly blasts before, ■ able to pinp center of a gal k holes lurk, ations also reveal eristic X-ray ed of the surro# ick hole, t was first se emains visible 8 demic Plaza AYER* MORE Yiangle Bowl iry Lobby ry Lobby ry Lobby . Hornbacks Parking Lot transition offense and getting better shots. “I wasn’t displeased with our defense in the first,” Patterson said. Kansas State increased its shooting percentage from 34.8 percent to 72.2 percent in the second half, while A&M’s per centage dropped from 37.5 per cent to 28.6 percent. Blair said unlike other recent defeats in close games, Wednesday’s loss came (was) due to sloppy playing by his team. “You get what you deserve,” Blair said. “After Texas Tech, 1 was frustrated, this game I’m upset.” Blair said his team should have been up by more at the end of the first half and simple mistakes, such as A&M sopho more forward Tamea Scales' step out of bounds, should not have happened. Blair said the officiating in the game was good, but a missed call by the officials in the final minute contributed to the Aggies’ defeat. The players’ performance is his responsiblity, Blair said. “Any mistakes they made I am part of,” Blair said. Castile had a career-high 16 points in 37 minutes. Williams had a career-high 11 assists and scored 20 points. The Aggies out-rebounded Kansas State 33-30 with Aggie senior post Lynn Classen play ing a career-high 37 minutes. Kansas State forward Megan Mahoney led the Wildcats with nine rebounds. The Aggies will travel to Lawrence, Kan., to take on the University of Kansas Saturday at 7 p.m. John C. Livas • THE BATTALION Kansas State junior forward Nicole Ohlde posts up against Texas A&M senior forward Lynn Classen and A&M jun ior guard Chariotte Castile Wednesday night in Kansas State's 59-56 win over A&M. Ohlde finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. Aggie softball drops doubleheader to Houston By Troy Miller THE BATTALION scoring four runs and University of Houston stniorstarting pitcher Jamie Falco wi of the game before registering out in the first inning of fe first game of a doubleheader, as if the Texas A&M was going to easily games at the Aggie Softball Complex Wednesday, i, however, took issue »ith that. No, 17 A&M only scored once mote on a home run by senior out fielder Sherah Atkins in the third one before losing , 6-5 and 3-0. “1 thought that we played poorly,” said A&M head toach Jo Evans. “That’s as poor- as we’ve played so far this ijjlear.Wehave the talent to play lj titich better than that.” A&M’s four fast runs game, Houston head Kyla Holas changed to sophomore pitcher Crystal iriscoe, who abruptly stopped ’s dominance at the plate. Iriscoe gave up just six hits, and lie only run recorded against lerwas Atkins’homer. -3) climbed out of iiis! to Houston, the early 4-1 deficit by scoring a run in the fifth and sixth innings. In the seventh, the Cougars delivered the knockout blow against A&M senior relief pitch er Jessica Kapchinski. After Houston freshman right fielder Lindsey Durham knocked a lead-off double off the left field wall and sophomore shortstop Jaci Gonzalez bunted a pop-up to Kapchinski, junior center fielder Kim Nesloney stepped up to bat. On a one-ball, two-strike count, Nesloney belt ed a drive over the left field fence to give the Cougars their first lead of the ballgame at 6-5. The Aggies (5-5) went down in order in the bottom half of the seventh as Houston senior pitch er Jenny Johnson sealed the lid on the Cougar win. “We are really confident in our offense,” Holas said. “For us it didn’t phase us that we were down. It didn’t feel like we were in that big of a hole, but once we started the second game we just carried it on and tried not to stop what we had started.” In the nightcap, Holas stayed with Johnson, her game one closer. In game two, Johnson threw a complete game eight-hit shutout. “They’re a good offensive team,” Johnson said. “They’ll get their base runners on, but when I’m out there they’re not going to score. They’re not going to touch home.” The Aggies quickly found themselves in a hole when Nesloney earned a walk off freshman pitcher Jill Weynand in the first at-bat of the game. After A&M junior third base- man Morgan Hebert dropped a pop fly in foul ground from Houston sophomore left.fielder Brandi Clark, who doubled to bring Nesloney home. A sacri fice fly to center field off the bat of senior catcher Arelis Ferreris scored Clark to make the game 2-0 after the first inning. Houston added an insurance run in the fourth when Durham drove a Weynand pitch over the left field wall. Weynand threw a complete game, but suffered her first loss in three starts this season. “I’m sure (Weynand’s) tak ing it pretty hard,” Evans said. “We came out here tonight excited to play at home in front of our home crowd, and Jill’s been on a role. We didn’t help her in the first inning. We didn’t catch a pop-up, and that would’ve been the first out and that runner ended up scoring.” The losses certainly frustrate Joshua L. Hobson • THE BATTALION A&M sophomore catcher Kristin Gunter confers with senior pitcher Lindsay Wilhelmson Wednesday after Houston scored a run in the fifth inning off a double-steal of second base and home. The Cougars won the game, 6-5. the Aggies, but the victories for said. “We’re definitely excited Houston will energize them as they face a week of tough com petition including another Big 12 foe - Nebraska. “It’s a huge win,” Johnson that we got two wins out of this. When we came in we knew we could do it, but it would take everything: pitching, defense and offense.” SPORTS IN BRIEF Aggie men lose 11th straight After losing to unranked Iowa State University by a single point last Saturday, No. 11 Texas took out its frustrations on the Texas A&M men’s basketball team Wednesday in Austin by beating the Aggies, 77-57. The win kept Texas one game behind Oklahoma State for the lead in the Big 12 Conference. A&M remains one of only seven teams in Division I to be winless in conference play. Trailing 29-24 at the half, the Aggies (7-15, 0-11 Big 12) took advantage of two quick Texas miscues and eight-straight points from freshman point guard Acie Law IV to pull within one at 33-32. That was the closest A&M would get as Texas (18-4, 9-2) answered with a 17-6 run led by junior guard Kenny Taylor’s two three-point field goals. Taylor hit two three-point ers soon after to widen the lead to 64-40. He ended the night with 18 points. Texas senior guard Brandon Mouton led all players in the game with 20 points, while Longhorn freshman forward P.J. Tucker contributed 14 points and nine rebounds. A&M senior forward Jesse King led the Aggies with 12 points and nine rebounds, while sophomore guard/for ward Antoine Wright also poured in 12 points. Texas was able to convert on 54 percent of their field goal opportunities while A&M made just 37 percent. The Aggies will travel to Lubbock to take on Texas Tech Saturday at 3 p.m. Men's tennis falls to No. 13 TCU The No. 9 Texas A&M men’s tennis team lost another close match on the road as it fell to No. 13 Texas Christian University at the Tut Bartzen Varsity Tennis Courts at Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center in Fort Worth Wednesday. The Aggies (7-4) have now lost to three top-15 teams, including two losses to No. 6 Duke University. The Aggies lost the cru cial doubles point as the TCU team of sophomore Rafael Abreu and junior Fabrizio Sestino, the 19th- ranked doubles team in the nation, helped win the point by defeating the No. 1 dou bles team of A&M junior Lester Cook and Ante Matjevic, 8-4. A&M and TCU (4-0) split the six singles matches, 3-3, but the doubles point carried the Horned Frogs to the win. A&M will travel next to Lincoln, Neb., to face the University of Nebraska at 2 p.m. Saturday. 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