Category: Sports
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Golf shows strong presence at conference
The women’s golf team played in the American Southwest Conference Championships on April 12-14. The championship was held in Glen Rose, Texas, where the Comets also competed against Mary Hardin-Baylor, Hardin Simmons, Concordia, McMurry, UC Santa Cruz, East Texas Baptist, Howard Payne and Le Tourneau. The team started the tournament as the No. 3 seed…
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Bad weather leads to rough season opener for women’s golf
The UTD women’s golf team opened the spring season with a second place finish at the Pinecrest Intercollegiate, a two-day event hosted by LeTorneau University. UTD finished at the event, held March 5, with a 36-hole total of 708, 16 shots behind the tournament champion. The event began with a 360 on Monday and increased…
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Eyes on the prize
It’s 6 p.m. and UTD’s softball team is running one last set of laps before the weekend. As her teammates round the field, Melissa Livermore’s cleat taps home base. For a moment, she stands there alone, eyes cast out somewhere beyond the outfield. Then the spell is broken. Livermore extends a hand for a high…
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Men’s baseball makes comeback after losses
The men’s baseball team played three games of this year’s American Southwest Conference Tournament this weekend against Concordia University, coming up short in the first two but making a comeback in the third. The team competed in two ASC series earlier this season where it won one game each series. The ASC Tournament will consist…
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Racer finds international success
A UTD junior has aspirations to become a professional race car driver — and has already made strides towards his dream. Nicholas Reger, a global business major, won the Global MX-5 Cup in 2018, winning a Mazda scholarship worth $200,000. Previously, in 2014, he was the Texas Teen Mazda Challenge Champion at the age of…
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Athlete named to academic all-district
After scoring 20 points against McMurry University to bring an 80-64 win for the Comets, women’s basketball guard Victoria Peña became the third Comet to reach over 1000 career points. Peña was named the American Southwest Conference East Player of the Year for the second year in a row and was named to the College…
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NCAA losses for basketball
Both men’s and women’s basketball endured losses at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III national championships after they won their respective regional American Southwest Conference tournaments. The No. 18-ranked women’s team, led by head coach Polly Thomason since 2005, has been to the NCAA championships for the last three seasons. “The consistency is due…
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New esports team wins at regional competition
UTD Esports announced their spring roster for the new “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” team at the end of February via Twitter. The new team finished in first place in its first tournament on March 9 at Texas A&M University. The esports teams participate in tournaments through the Collegiate Starleague, which is limited to students at…
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Men’s Basketball Takes ASC Title
Team brings home championship victory for first time since 2014 season The men’s basketball team became four-time ASC champions after taking home an 88-74 victory against Hardin-Simmons University in the final game of the conference. The Comets competed in three games from Feb. 21-23, where they earned double-digit wins against McMurry University, Concordia University-Texas and…
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Frisbee sweeps season opener
The UTD men’s ultimate frisbee A team competed at the 2019 Florida Warm Up in Tampa this past weekend, where it took home five wins and one loss. The team is ranked 55th in the nation on the USA Ultimate website, with a record of 22 wins and seven losses last year. The team opened…