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February 19,;
Sports
The Battalion
Page IB • Thursday, February 19, 2004
Aggie women fall to No. 8 Wildcats
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THE BATTALION
Kansas State's women’s
sketball team proved why it
(Jo. 8 in the nation right now
^overcoming a 13-point first-
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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
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(iiehn said. “1 think everyone
assisted as usual so credit
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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.
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lie second half came from a
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came at 11:30, during
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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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