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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

Akshay Harshe
Club qualifies for national tournament in first season

Unlikely champions

March 19, 2012

It’s not often to find a true rags-to-riches story in sports. Rarely does a team that epitomizes an underdog actually pull off the upset, go undefeated or win a championship. But in its first year of...

Sports briefs

February 13, 2012

RUGBY SCORES HOME FIELD IN REGIONAL After a 74-0 beat-down against SMU, UTD’s rugby club has advanced to the Texas Rugby Union Regional Tournament. The team earned home-field advantage by going undefeated...

Ben Hawkins|Mercury Staff

Coach brings passion, knowledge to program

August 22, 2011

Brad Posner has been a coach his entire life. Softball may be his passion, but teaching is his calling. Posner was named UTD’s head softball coach July 5. For Posner, it is yet another opportunity in...

Mercury File Photo

Soccer set to kick off 2011 run

August 22, 2011

Returning core gives head coach luxury to adjust, experiment with starting lineup The UTD men’s soccer team has begun preparations for what head coach Jack Peel hopes to be the program’s fourteenth...

Mercury File Photo

Volleyball seeks out sixth title

August 22, 2011

Women begin season Sept. 1 at U. of Dallas The Lady Comets volleyball team will set out for another division title Sept. 1 when they take on the University of Dallas Crusaders. UTD has won four consecutive...

Comets to face new ASC foe

August 22, 2011

UTD will gain a new conference adversary this fall, after the American Southwest Conference, added Centenary College of Louisiana to the East Division. Centenary, a private liberal arts college in Shreveport,...

Eric Prince| Staff
Niki Calverley, an undeclared sophomore, said she didn’t think twice about attending UTD after being offered a spot on the team. She is part of a three-woman dynasty that played high-school volleyball together.

Calverly set on ‘winning everything’

August 24, 2009

Comets setter and team member of the 2008 American Southwest Conference (ASC) championship winning team, Niki Calverley, is a part of the Wylie dynasty of volleyball players who played for the same high...

Eric Prince | Staff
Biochemistry senior Jarrod Payne said he hopes to recapture the ASC title during his final year on the team.

Payne seeks to reclaim ASC title in final year

August 24, 2009

As comfortable in the lab studying E. coli as he is on the field dishing tackles to opposition, biochemistry senior Jarrod Payne is one of the most experienced players in the Comets lineup. A defensive...

Eric Prince| Staff
Software engineering sophomore Yingsong Kaping practices Aug. 18 on campus.

Soccer teams hope to reach championships

August 24, 2009

The smell of fresh cut grass on the main soccer field across from the Waterview Park Phase III apartments means  one thing to the soccer buff: the new season is here. The men’s and women’s soccer...

Eric Prince| Staff
Undeclared sophomore Leah Bowyer played 21 games last year as forward, scoring 13 goals. She was tapped for a spot on the All-American Southwest Conference first team last year.

Bowyer to lead the forward line

August 24, 2009

Breaking into any first team is by no means an easy feat. Breaking into the team as a freshman and returning the highest goal tally for the season in one fell swoop? Enter Leah Bowyer, UTD women’s soccer...

Eric Prince| Staff
The UTD volleyball team hopes to repeat a showing at the NCAA tournament. The team’s first regular season game will be Sept. 12 at home against Mississippi College.

Reigning champs go for broke

August 24, 2009

Fresh from winning their first American Southwest Championship (ASC) title as well as a first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2008, assistant volleyball coach Zach Villarreal, more than anyone, knows...

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