Category: Sports
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Halftime engagement
The basketball game halftime show on Feb. 16 was interrupted by Robert Stevens tearing out of a blowup mascot suit, walking across the court to his girlfriend Molly Millsap and getting down on one knee to pop the question. She said yes. Stevens, an interdisciplinary studies sophomore, proposed to Millsap, an interdisciplinary studies junior, during…
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Early exit
The UTD women’s basketball team was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament following a loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The Comets suffered a 79-63 loss on March 3 after blowing an early 10-point lead. Senior guard Kayla Reinhart, who transferred into the program this season, had five points and five rebounds in her 35…
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Tennis teams serve up new season
The two UTD tennis teams got off to different starts this season as the men’s team swept its first weekend and the women’s team dropped both of their opening matches. After their short run of fall matches, the teams worked to get ready for their regular seasons in the spring. For the men, this included…
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Local league finds Comet connection
Assassination City Roller Derby, a local roller derby league, has a growing population of players and officials from UTD. The league, which is part of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, is made up of four home teams plus a travelling all-star team. While some leagues are different, ACRD only has female players, though there…
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UTD hosts NCAA representatives
The NCAA visited UTD to meet with members of the athletic department as part of its effort to build a guide of best practices for Division III schools. Six members of the NCAA national staff came to campus on Jan. 26 and 27 as a part of a new program which will help improve Division…
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Full contact
The UTD women’s rugby team has been growing in size each year since its inception, yet it still struggles to recruit and retain players. Assistant head coach Jonathan Holmes partially attributes this to poor timing. “The women’s team’s retention rate is pretty low because so many people find out about it when they’re about to…
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Baseball to fill starter vacancies
UTD’s baseball team is preparing to start the new season with a revamped starting line up. As the team practices for its first games of the season, a double-header on Feb. 10, it’s looking to fill the starting positions left vacant by graduating seniors. Head coach Shane Shewmake only has three starters returning — the…
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Female role models key to student-athlete growth
Female coaches are an easy way for athletic departments to provide role models for female student-athletes, but it’s not the only option for schools. It has long been commonplace to see women coaching women’s sports and men coaching men’s sports, but this is starting to change for women’s athletics. The Tucker Center for Research on…
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Softball prepares for new season
UTD’s softball program is gearing up to start their new season following a run in 2016 that matched the school record for wins and saw the team make the semi-finals of the ASC tournament. Head coach Rich Wieligman, who is entering his second year at the program’s helm, coached the Comets to a 25-20 record…
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Alum to gain mentors through NCAA
For the first time in school history, a UTD student athlete was chosen to participate in a program designed to help minority students pursue careers in collegiate athletics. Sara Navarro, who graduated in the fall with a bachelor’s in business administration, was one of 40 students and recent alumni picked to join the NCAA Division…