Category: Sports
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Comet baseball post-midseason
The Comets baseball team is nearly at the end of its season. With 11 wins and seven losses in the Division III American Southwestern Conference, the team stands at second place in the conference. Here’s everything you need to catch up on before the ASC tournament on May 4, including recent games you might have…
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Tennis team undefeated
UTD’s men’s and women’s tennis teams are No. 1 in the ASC East conference for Division III, where they have persisted as undefeated against other DIII teams. The women have played 12 games so far — three of which were against other DIII colleges in the East conference — with an overall score of 8–4…
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UTD chess conquers Texas Women’s Championship
Two UTD students secured chess honors on March 25 at the 2023 Texas Women’s Chess Championship. The format of the tournament consists of six rounds, and each round is 30 minutes per game per player with five seconds of delay. Two players from the UTD chess team were the final finishers: Gergana Peycheva, a business…
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Men’s basketball star second ever Comet to ball as an All-Star
Graduate guard Kyle Poerschke became the second Comet in the history of UTD men’s basketball to play in the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-Star game. The All-Star game on March 18 featured top DIII senior players from across the nation, including another player from the American Southwestern Conference, Ty Prince of Mary-Hardin…
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Female athletes shatter program records
From courts to fields, female athletes have made waves in golf, tennis, track and softball. Competing this spring semester, five women stand out as athletic inspirations at UTD: graduate golfer Karen Lee, junior tennis player Rebecca Jackson, sophomore runner Sage Herrera and softball players Emilie Hoelscher and Megan Todd. Karen Lee Business analytics graduate student…
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Fencers prepare for intercollegiate tournament
The UTD Fencing Club gears up for the April 22 intercollegiate championships at Texas State University. The team will send 12 students to compete for each of the three weapons: the épée, foil and sabre, making it 36 members in total. The tournament is hosted by the Southwest Intercollegiate Fencing Association, or SWIFT. Deepika Krishnan…
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Chess team dominates the Southwest
The UTD Chess team finished their season strong with a victory at the Southwest Collegiate Team Championship, qualifying them for the 2023 Texas Collegiate Super Finals in fall. The rapid-style tournament was held on Feb. 25 at Texas Tech University against five other Texas universities. UTD competed at the tournament with two teams: UTD A,…
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Women’s basketball exits nationals with home awards, high honors
The No. 4/5 Trinity University Tigers defeated UTD in the NCAA Division III National Championship after losing 79-62 in the first round on March 3. However, the Comets secured several player awards and a program record. After winning the American Southwest Conference, or ASC, for the seventh time in UTD history, the Comets were invited…
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Black student athlete spotlight
Junior Sarah Lewis and sophomore Cierra Trigg have established themselves as cornerstone members of the softball and basketball teams respectively. With the spring season progressing for each team, Lewis and Trigg hope their impressive play can help lead their programs to a championship. This February, in honor of Black History Month, The Mercury wanted to…
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Women Win Championship
Two teams returned to the court Feb. 25 to claim the championship title for the American Southwest Conference, also known as the ASC. The Comets, who previously beat the undefeated No. 8/9 Hardin-Simmons in the semifinals, made a blazing 63-57 victory against the East Texas Baptist Tigers. The women’s basketball team earned the program’s fifth…