Category: Baseball

  • Baseball wins first three games of season

    Comets to play every team in American Southwest Conference for first time The baseball team opened up its season in Frisco from Feb. 14-16 with a 3-0 start — their first perfect start since 2008. The Comet beat Whitman College 11-5, the University of Puget Sound 6-4 and Hendrix College 7-1. Their perfect start came…

  • Comets qualify for the playoffs

    UTD defeated East Texas Baptist University in the double-header on April 20 to qualify for the post-season tournament. The Comets lost the first game of the series 6-3 on April 19. The double-header sweep on the following day ensured a No. 3 seed for the team in the ASC East Division and helped them move…

  • ASC race heats up

    The baseball team edged out Mississippi College 2-1 in a three-game series on April 5-6 but lost 9-8 to Texas Wesleyan University on April 9 in a non-conference game. The Comets (17-18 overall, 8-7 ASC) have won two games out of the last four and are currently fourth in the ASC East Division, closely followed…

  • Catching fire at right time

    The UTD baseball team defeated UT Tyler 2-1 on March 15 to go level in the standings with the Patriots. Senior right-hander Derek Dallas picked up his fourth win of the season, tossing his third complete game. He gave up only one earned run while striking out four batter to lower his ERA to just…

  • Coach’s life-long passion for basketball

    Former three-time ASC champion desires to build relationships through coaching UTD women Many people spend a considerable amount of their lives searching for the perfect career, or finding out their path was the wrong one.  For Polly Thomason, head coach of UTD women’s basketball team, this was never the case.  Growing up with a father…