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Subscriptions: A part of the University Advancement Fee entitles each Texas A&M student to pick up a single copy of The Battalion. First copy free, additional copies $1. SPORTS (Left) Ines Deheza and Stefania Hristov track a ball and (right) Rutuja Bhosale serves to her opponent. Women’s tennis finishes regular season strong, men’s streak ends By Alex Scott Both the Texas A&M men’s and women’s teams concluded regular season play this weekend. The women finished with two conference wins as the men fell to TCU, ending their win streak. The No. 7 Texas A&M men (17- 4, 11-1 SEC) traveled to Fort Worth Saturday to take on the No. 10 Horned Frogs (19-6, 2-2 Big 12) for the sec ond time this year. Like the first time around, the Frogs emerged as the victor and spoiled the Aggies’ 10-game win streak. Softball splits doubleheader, drops series A&M lose two of three to Auburn in weekend fraught with rain delays A&M dropped the doubles point for just the fourth time this season and was unable to capture a win on the singles court, which led to its shutout loss, 0-4. The Aggies will move forward and prepare to host the SEC tournament starting Wednesday, in which they are projected to be the No. 1 seed. The No. 10 Texas A&M women’s team (15-4, 11-2 SEC) remained at home this weekend as it hosted its final two conference matches of the regular season. On Friday the team hosted the No. 8 Vanderbilt Commodores in a riveting match that finished in the favor of the Aggies, 4-3. The win made for A&M’s sixth straight victory and was its fourth win of the season over a top-10 ranked team. Sunday the Aggies hosted the Ken tucky Wildcats in a match that was moved up three hours in an effort to avoid the rain. In under an hour and a half, A&M defeated the Wildcats by a score of 4-0 and captured its 12th win in its last 13 matches. The Aggies will look ahead to the SEC tournament held in South Caro lina that will begin Wednesday. Maiy Reves —THE BATTALION The softball team celebrates at home plate during the Saturday doubleheader. By Alex Scott The No. 23 Texas A&M softball team split its doubleheader against the Auburn Tigers Saturday in a day that featured three sepa rate rain delays. After falling 8-1 to the Ti gers (40-6, 12-3 SEC) in the first game of the weekend, the Aggies entered Saturday on a mission. Heading to the third in ning of the first game, the Tigers held the lead, 2-1, but it did not last long. Tori Vi- dales got the inning started for the Aggies (32-12, 8-7 SEC) when she knocked one out of the park, bringing Ryan home with her. From that point on it was all Aggies as they went on to tally 10 runs in the third an chored by two Tori Vidales home runs. Along with Vi dales, Breanna Dozier, April Ryan and Cali Lanphear also recorded hits in the inning. A&M added one more run in the fourth inning, courtesy of Dozier, which all but sealed the first vic tory of the weekend for the team. A&M headed into the second game of the day with a 12-4 win after playing just five innings. The momentum for the Aggies, and especially for Vidales, carried over into the second game of the double- header Saturday. The fresh man hit her third home run of the day, this time being a two-run shot. At the conclusion of the third inning A&M held a 3-1 lead, but the game was put on pause due to inclement weather and did not resume for nearly an hour and a half. It was Auburn that seemed to benefit from the break in play as it had a three-mn fourth inning that helped them it the lead with a score of 4-3. In the bottom of the fifth, Brittany Clopton hit a single that, due to an Auburn error, led to her rounding the bases to cut the Tiger lead to two runs. Following Clopton’s score, the game entered its second rain delay and did not pick back up for another 45 minutes. Once again, Auburn came back from the delay with hot bats. The Tigers scored two runs on a homer from Branndi Melero and did not slow down. The next time Melero took the plate the bases were loaded and she hit a grand slam shot that extended the Auburn lead to eight, 12-4. The eight-mn deficit was too much for A&M to re cover in the final inning as it fell to the Tigers for the second time on the week end, 12-4, and dropped the conference series. The Aggies will return to action at 6:30 p.m. Wednes day when they host Lamar. CELEBRATE AGGIE STUDENT EMPLOYEES NATIONAL STUDENT EMPLOYMENT WEEK APRIL 13-17, 2015 Sponsored by the Student Employment Office within Scholarships & Financial Aid, this week-long celebration is dedicated to showing appreciation for the contributions made by Texas A&M student employees to both the University and the surrounding community. SPECIAL EVENTS Stop by the NSEW tables and visit the Student Employment Staff. We will have games, free promo items, prizes, recognition of the Student Employee of the Year nominees, and the Weirdest Job nominees on display! Play games to WIN PRIZES! Monday, APRIL ? 3th {wm ? 0am * 2pm @ East Side Evans Library Breezeway Tuesday. APRIL 14th 10am *> 2pm @ East Side Evans Library Breezeway If you have a job, you will want to register at our tables for HUGE drawings. We have prizes donated by area businesses including free food, gift cards, and more! Drawings will be pulled on Friday and winners will be notified the following week. GOLF Cody Franklin —THE BATTALION Junior Andrew Lister hits from the sand at the Reveille Invitational at the Traditions Club in Bryan, Texas on Sunday. Texas A&M won the home tournament its last tuneup before the SEC Championships.