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By Jon Gilbert
THE BATTALION
The No. 17 Texas A&M
women’s tennis team finished the
regular season with a 10-1 record
in Big 12 conference matches,
setting a new school record.
Now, the Aggies will attempt to
set more records as the post-sea
son begins.
The Aggie lady netters begin
their second season Friday as
they compete in the Big 12
Tournament in Norman. Okla.
A&M (19-7, 10-1 Big 12) will be
the No. 2 seed and will begin its
quest for the tournament crown at
6 p m. Friday when it faces the
winner of Thursday’s
Nebraska/Oklahoma State match.
“Our goal going in is to try
and win the tournament.” said
A&M head coach Bobby
Kleinecke. “To fulfill the goals
we have set. we need to come out
ready to play and take it one
match at a time. We’re excited
about the tournament and we
know what we have to do.”
The Aggies enter the confer
ence tournament coming off an
impressive regular season that
could be considered one of its
best ever. After starting off the
season 3-5. A&M won 16 of its
last 18 matches and came a point
away from beating the
University of Texas for the Big
12 championship title.
“We had a minor setback to
Texas, and we have to put that
behind us,” said senior Jessica
Roland. “We hope to beat them
in the tournament and win the
championship. It just gives us
more incentive and more motiva
tion to do w hat we need to do.”
Yet, Kleinecke wants to keep
his team from looking ahead.
“We’re going to take it one
match aca-Ume.” kleinecke said.
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would like a rematch with Texas,
but we have to focus first on the
task at hand.”
The immediate task will be
facing either Nebraska or
Oklahoma State for the second
time this year. If A&M advances
into the semifinals, as it is expect
ed to do. it w ill more than likely
take on the No. 3 tournament
seed University of Oklahoma,
who would be a formidable
opponent with a 20-3 record.
Every Aggie would like to see
a rematch w ith the Longhorns for
the championship. Yet. University
of Texas head coach Jeff Moore
does not believe the two rivals
have separated themselves from
tlie rest of tiie conference.
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