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By Jordan Meserole
THE BATTALION
The No. 15 Texas A&M baseball team
ompleted a season series sweep of Sam
Wk);. louston State University Tuesday night with
in 8-3 win at C. E. “Pat” Olsen Field, the first
wo victories coming on Feb. 17 and March 17.
The Aggies (27-8, 4-5 Big 12) benefited
rom especially strong pitching and key situ-
tional hits to grab the win over the Bearkats
12-17-1,6-3 Southland Conference).
“It’s a good win for us,” said A&M head
each Mark Johnson. “Tuesday nights get a
little tougher as the season gets longer
: toiiiii because you push harder on the weekend con-
[ Ws ference games, but our guys came out and got
:he job done.”
The Tuesday night game proved to be clos
er than the first two games, with A&M scor
ing 15 runs in each of the first two games,
holding Sam Houston to only five total runs
in the same games.
“We’ve definitely gotten better,” said Sam
Houston head coach Chris Rupp. “We had a
really rough schedule the first of the season,
but we’ve turned things around and the guys
ltneBi| ^ rea Uy starting to believe in themselves.”
The Aggies jumped out to an early lead in
a gra the first inning against Bearkat senior starting
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Sophomore Dan Donaldson pitched three innings against Sam Houston State Tuesday night.
Men’s tennis
takes Rice, 4-3
By Kyle Davoust
THE BATTALION
With a 4-3 win over No. 11 Rice University on
Tuesday, the No. 25 Texas A&M men’s tennis team lived
up to its potential with a come-from-behind win over a
top-ranked team.
For most of the season, A&M coach Tim Cass has
been left to wonder what his team could do with a greater
focus. Tuesday’s effort might have helped answer some
of his questions.
In a somewhat controversial move, Cass decided to
tweak his doubles lineup by splitting up the nation’s No. 1
doubles team of juniors Lester Cook and Ante Matijevic.
The move spoiled the duo’s anticipated match-up against
Rice’s team of seniors Richard and William Barker, cur
rently ranked No. 6.
Instead, Cook paired with freshman Brett Joelson,
while Matijevic teamed with senior Mohamed Dakki.
This decision angered Rice coach Ron Smarr, who
wanted his team to face the Aggies’ top team.
“I like the lineup A&M put out there. Split the team
up and we didn’t get to play the No. I team in the coun
try,” Smarr said. “That’s bush league, and I told him so
... But that didn’t beat us, and had nothing to do with the
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By Ryan Irby
THE BATTALION
Having spent most of the past two weeks away
from College Station, the Texas A&M softball team
will continue the trend, traveling to Austin on
Wednesday for a showdown with the University of
Texas. A&M (22-16, 4-1 Big 12) will take on a
struggling Texas team which has been swept by the
University of Missouri and the University of
Oklahoma and carries a winless Big 12 record into
the game.
The Longhorns (18-14, 0-4) are less potent
than last year’s squad, which is good news for
the Aggies.
A&M is coming off a stand against Iowa
State University in Ames, Iowa, that surely put a
smile on the face of head coach Jo Evans, as the
team went 2-0 to put them in third place overall
in the Big 12.
“Every conference win is a great win,” Evans
said, speaking about the two A&M stole in Ames.
Junior shortstop Adrian Gregory and senior
pitcher Jessica Kapchinski led the Aggies through
the weekend, as Gregory hammered a home run in
the seventh inning of Sunday’s matchup with the
Cyclones to break a scoreless tie. Kapchinski
fanned 10 hitters in Saturday’s opener with ISU
and took the win in that game and Sunday’s
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J P BEATO 111 • T HE B ATTA LI O N
Senior Jessica Stataaper pitches against Texas A&M Corpus
Christi early this season.
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