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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Junior midfielder Rachel Mullen does work on a project in between her soccer practices and her classes. Photo by Yannis Shafi | Mercury Staff.

Academic work strains athletes

October 16, 2017

The demands required of student athletes have played a role in the national debate about whether or not student athletes should receive additional stipends because of their limited academic flexibility. Though...

Photo by Anupam Gupta | Mercury Staff.

Fan apathy concerns

October 16, 2017

The absence of a football team differentiates UTD, a Division III school, from other universities in Texas. That is the main difference for sophomore volleyball setter Caroline Schecterle between her experience...

Members of the men’s soccer team participate in a practice on the campus fields. The team has over 40 players, nearly double the size of an average team. The men’s team was tabbed as favorites to win the ASC championship before the season began, but had a slow start to the season. They have a 7-5-1 record through the first 13 games of their 17 game season. Photo by Valerie Perez | Mercury Staff.

Friendly competition

October 16, 2017

Where a typical Division III soccer team would have 11 starters with an additional 12 players for substitutions, UTD’s team includes over 40 members on its roster. According to Division III regulations,...

The women’s golf team took home first place at the Transylvania Intercollegiate in Nicholasville, Kentucky during the weekend of Sept 23-24. Six girls traveled to compete in the competition (from left to right): Michelle Oliff, Hailey Hollas, Shreena Bhakta, Vivian Pham, Marissa Langer and Lindy Patterson. In addition to the team’s win, Patterson placed second overall individually. Photo courtesy of UTD Athletic Department.

Golf team swings for a better start

October 2, 2017

The women’s golf program started this season with a series of new individual and team records as they work to establish the program as an athletic competitor as well as an academic one. In a school...

Junior forward Melissa Fulfer practices on the UTD soccer fields. Fulfer continues to work her way up the UTD career assist leader board. After the 2-0 home win against Howard Payne on Sept. 30 where she added another assist, Fulfer sits in third place with 25 assists, tied with Carli Beckett. She needs 29 assists to tie the record and 30 to take over sole possession of first place. She came into the season in ninth place with 18 assists and added seven so far this season. Photo by Sachin Arya | Mercury Staff.

Soccer player eyes record

October 2, 2017

A promising women’s soccer player is on her way to beat UTD’s all-time assist record of 29. Junior forward Melissa Fulfer began this season with 18 assists, and after the first 10 games, has brought...

Freshman Karthik Gattepalli practices on his pitch. He was invited to compete with the U.S. Under-19 team. Photo by Roman Soriano | Mercury Staff.

Freshman cricketer gains int’l experience

September 18, 2017

When he was only 17 years old, one of the UTD cricket team’s newest members received an invitation to try out for the International Cricket Council’s under-19 USA team. Born in Australia, finance...

Head athletic trainer Josh Dreher helps wrap junior midfielder Hunter Williams’ foot on the morning of Sept. 13. Dreher works primarily with men’s soccer. Photo by Vyasraj Vajramani | Mercury Staff.

New head athletic trainer takes over

September 18, 2017

The UTD athletic training department has a new head of staff. Head athletic trainer Josh Dreher joined the team in August following a hiring search over the summer. The position comes with another title...

Freshman forward Maya Fuller moves the ball down the field during a home game against Willamette on Sept. 10. The Comets lost 2-1 in overtime. Fuller is one of 17 freshmen on the roster. She scored the only goal for the Comets with assists from junior forwards Jacquie Kaufman and Melissa Fulfer. Photo by Ian Bird | Mercury Staff.

Fresh faces

September 18, 2017

The UTD women’s soccer team is focusing on the significance of player development this season with a squad that includes 17 freshmen. With 36 members on the team, 24 of whom are underclassmen, head...

Students and parents gather at The Box during a soccer match on Sept. 1. This was one of the first uses of the venue. Photo by William Legrone | Mercury Staff.

Thinking outside of The Box

September 5, 2017

The UTD Athletics Department added a venue for students to tailgate and watch various outdoor sporting events with new levels of viewing entertainment. The Box’s goal is to provide students with the...

Senior accounting major Jagpreet Singh practices his swing on the new cricket field in preparation for the upcoming games. He is the team president and said he anticipates what the season has to offer. Photo by Roman Soriano | Mercury Staff.

New cricket field solves woes

September 5, 2017

A new field built for the UTD cricket team opened at the beginning of the semester after the team’s old field closed. The cricket team spent the past year without a proper facility and was unable to...

UTD’s cheer team headed to Daytona Beach for the National Cheerleaders Association Collegiate Cheer and Dance, held over the long weekend of April 4 through 8. They competed at the Division II level, placing fourth out of 19 schools. The squad has battled with low participation this year, with only 11 students cheering. Photo courtesy of UTD Cheer Team.

Cheer squad goes national

April 24, 2017

The cheerleaders at UTD have had a hard time boosting their squad numbers, but the size of the team didn’t affect their recent competition performance. UTD Cheerleading spreads school spirit at sporting...

Barry Casey, a junior infielder, worked on his swing during a practice on the UTD baseball field on April 5. Casey, who started in all 37 games this season with a batting average of .411, is one of 13 transfer students brought in for this season to help replenish the depleted roster following the graduation of nine seniors. The team sits at third place in the ASC with three games left to play in the season, going 28-9 (16-5 ASC) on their way to a 14th place national ranking. Photo by Srikar Baskara | Mercury Staff.

Transfer of power

April 24, 2017

UTD’s baseball team, ranked 14th in the country, is seeing success this season after the addition of 13 transfer students to the roster. The Comets are nationally ranked for the first time in 10 years...

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