April 6, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Texas A&M head coach Steve Denton invites Aggie fans to come out and watch the men's tennis team take on Baylor in a Big 12 Conference dual match scheduled for Wednesday, April 8 at the Baylor Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.
The sponsored bus trip is free and open to the first 50 fans who sign-up by Tuesday, April 7 at 3 p.m. (CT). Fans are encouraged to wear maroon to the match. Departure time for the bus trip to Waco is scheduled for 4 p.m. (CT) from the parking lot at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station.
First serve between the Aggies and Bears is set for 6 p.m. (CT). For more information or to sign-up for the bus trip, please contact Texas A&M director of tennis operations Kevin O'Shea via e-mail at: koshea@athletics.tamu.edu.
Men's Tennis Among ITA Attendance Race Leaders...The Aggies ranked third nationally in overall attendance for the month of March with a total of 1,236 fans in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Attendance Race figures released on Monday. They also ranked fourth in average attendance for the month with 309 fans for matches versus Ohio State, Illinois, USC and LSU combined. A&M ranks second only to Ole Miss in average attendance for the entire season drawing close to 350 fans per match at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station. The Aggie men recently drew the fourth-largest crowd in school history with 1,089 fans who attended their Big 12 home opener against Texas Tech on April 3.