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Friday, February 27, 2004
THE BATTALIO
Aggie tennis finally back homt
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By Kyle Davoust
THE BATTALION
For the first time this season, the
Texas A&M men’s tennis team is not
ranked in the top 10, falling two spots to
No. 11 after a week that included a dis
appointing loss to then-No. 13 Texas
Christian University.
“I think the rankings certainly are a
guide, and clearly during the season there
is going to be some fluctuation one way
or another and I’d be lying to say that
we’re not a bit disappointed,” said A&M
head coach Tim Cass. “If we win the TCU
match, we’re probably No. 5 in the coun
try today; instead, we lost and we’re l Ith.
You get what you deserve in life, and we
lost, so we deserved to move down.”
After the loss to TCU, however, the
Aggies responded with two dominating
performances over their first Big 12
opponents - Nebraska and Colorado.
The Aggies no doubt wish to duplicate
these performances Saturday when they,
face-off against the University of Texas-
San Antonio (4-4).
In what was one of their best per
formances of the year, the Aggies swept
Nebraska, 7-0, winning all but one of
the singles matches in straight sets.
Against Colorado, travel arrangements
denied A&M the chance at a second-
Evan O’Connell • THE BATTAUOI
A&M senior Khaled El Dorry returns a backhand on Jan. 19,
consecutive shutout. After sweeping the doubles
point and winning four singles matches, the
Aggies defaulted the two remaining matches to
catch a 7 p.m. flight from Denver.
“We had been on the road 19 of the last 30
days,” Cass said. “If we were going to make the
flight, we weren’t going to be able to finish the
final two matches, so rather than miss a whole
other day of school and spend an extra $ l ,500 to
$2,000 to stay an extra night, we left.”
The Aggies finally return home for more than a
week and will get things started against UTSA,
which has had its share of ups mid downs. The
Roadrunners are coming off of a California road
trip where they dropped all three of their matches.
In fact, UTSA has yet to win a road match this year.
Roadrunner head coach Oliver Trittenwein said he
believes the team’s road woes are purely coincidental.
“Our first road match was against (the
University of Texas-Austin), which is a pretty siz
able opponent for the first match of the seastt
and the matches we’ve had at home havebes
mainly against Division ll and junior collect
teams " Trittenwein said. “I wouldn’t necessarij
say that being on the road makes it muchtouglu
because we’ve had winning seasons on the road'
Even in the midst of its current slide, UTSAs
a team that can come in and create some prob
lems. Cass said it is important for his teamto»ii
and create some momentum that will canym
through the rest of conference play.
“We need to build some momentum, andlloti
at this weekend as a chance to build some oftk'
Cass said. “We haven’t played outdoorsinawi.
and that will be a challenge for us so l don’t
ipate any letdown this weekend.”
“I don’t really know the different levelsoffe
teams we play,” said A&M senior Mohaiml
Dakki. “Tennis is about winning, and if you won
match its a win just like any other win.”
Blair takes women to Baylor
in search of two-game streak
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By Brad Bennett
THE BATTALION
Texas A&M women’s basket
ball team had a rare two days off
earlier this week thanks to a late
season bye week. Senior guard
Toccara Williams said during the
time off that she rested and had a
relaxing shoot around and story
telling session with her team.
“It felt great. My body is
rejuvenated,” Williams said.
While the Aggies (9-16, 2-12
Big 12) were relaxing after their
second conference victory,
A&M’s next opponent, No. 21
University of Baylor (20-7, 8-6),
was preparing just 90 miles up
the road for one of its biggest
games of the year: Wednesday’s
double-overtime loss to No. 5
Texas, 73-72.
“They are playing Texas first,
and that is what they are peaking
for,” said A&M head coach
Gary Blair. “Their last two
games are A&M and Oklahoma
State, and so she is throwing the
ranch in for this game for sure.”
Sophomore forward Tamea
Scales said she thinks the time
off will give the Aggies the edge.
“Baylor just got finished
playing a tough game last night,”
Scales said. “They are going to
be tired and worn out, and we
are going to be fresh legged.”
This will be the second game
between these two teams this sea
son. On Jan. 10 in College Station,
Baylor overcame a 16-point half
time deficit to win, 60-57.
“(Baylor head coach Kim
Mulkey-Robertson) told me at
the time before the game that her
team wasn't playing on all cylin
ders,” Blair said. “Since then,
they are playing on all cylinders.”
Robertson said the Big 12
conference schedule will pro
duce upsets because of the stiff
competition this year.
“It’s a league that is just bru
tal and brutal in a good way,'
Robertson said. “We’ve had
seven teams in the top 25 thii
year, and we’ve had teams thai
could possibly end up h
losing conference records to
have beaten some of the besl
teams in our league.”
Blair said Baylor is one
the top teams in the league a
has a chance at winning theBi|
12 tournament in two weeks.
“I think (Baylor) has a
chance. When you talkaboutfe
big three: Texas, Kansas
and Texas Tech, watch outfit
Baylor,” Blair said. “They cat
win the whole thing in Da
Blair said that despite to
team’s record and Baylor’s
success that he hopes his teamoa
finish off the season with victo*
“I am on a one-game wit
ning streak,” Blair said. “Oned
these days I would like to hoi
up two fingers and know \
looks like.”
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