Category: Sports

  • Frisbee team continues to grow

    For the first time in the history of the organization, the men’s Ultimate Frisbee team at UTD is able to field two full squads because of an influx of experienced freshman, allowing the group to compete at a higher level. Ross Neuman, a mechanical engineering senior and an Ultimate Frisbee captain, said the team is…

  • From start to finish

    Despite a rocky start to the season, the men’s and women’s soccer programs have qualified for another ASC tournament run, finishing first and fourth in their conferences, respectively. Both teams began the year by losing their first two games by a combined four goals. Junior forward Danny Meyer didn’t make too much of the losses,…

  • From start to finish: Women’s basketball

    As the women’s basketball team fell into the swing of an early season practice, head coach Polly Thomason hovered around the court, never staying in one place for too long. Outfitted in a grey athletic sweater, grey and orange Nike sneakers and orange basketball shorts, the 11-year UTD coach looked more like a player as…

  • Volleyball coaches lead team to 300 wins

    The UTD volleyball team won its 300th game in school history under the guidance of the same duo that coached the program to its first victory 12 years ago. Head coach Marci Sanders and assistant coach Zach Villarreal have been with the program since its inception in 2004. During their tenure, the team has won…

  • Women’s golf team reaches new heights

    The women’s golf team posted its four best tournament records in the program’s history this semester. Their fall season ended earlier this month after they placed first in the #DallasStrong Tri-Match. In the first tournament of the fall season, they placed third but broke a record for the program. It was a score of 318,…

  • Student-athlete wins logo contest

    A UTD student designed the winning entry in the contest for the American Southwest Conference championship logo for the second year in a row. Fayna Zeng, an ATEC and EMAC sophomore, became the first student in the history of the competition to be chosen twice with her win this year. Zeng first found out about…

  • Player shows American isolationist mindset

    How much do you love your country? Despite how proud someone can be of his or her heritage, this would be a hard question to answer. There’s no way to confirm the validity of an answer, but for Abby Wambach it should serve as a question to assess prospective U.S. men’s national soccer player. In…

  • Division III coaches

    Division III sports offer a unique experience for both players and coaches alike. Coaches at UTD primarily stick with DIII because of the opportunities for relationship building and player development. Women’s head soccer coach Kanute Drugan’s coaching pedigree stems from constantly hearing sports talk while growing up. His father and grandfather both coached at the…

  • Baseball facilities undergo upgrades

    The Athletics Department added a new batting cage to the baseball field last week, and a press box is soon to follow. The batting cage was completed on Sept. 26 and cost about $20,000. Head baseball coach Shawn Shewmake said these plans have been in the works for about a year. “As we do some…

  • Club team to promote competition

    Badminton Club, which started as a social gathering of students who enjoyed the sport, is putting more of an emphasis on building its competitive team as the organization gears up to hold tryouts on Oct. 3. The club was founded three years ago  and a competitive team was also formed immediately for those students who…