Category: Softball
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Softball head coach brings Division I experience to help revitalize team
After finishing with a second straight losing record in conference play and the first losing season since 2011, changes at the helm have been made in an effort to revitalize the softball program. UTD’s softball program will begin the year with a new head coach. Rich Wieligman was officially appointed the new coach on Aug.…
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Softball coach leaves UTD after four years
After four seasons with the softball team, head coach Brad Posner will not be returning to UTD next season. His last day was June 1. Athletic director Bill Pettit said he and Posner both had a mutual understanding at the end of the season that it was time to move on, but he would not…
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Culture, seniors key to softball success
Head coach Brad Posner vying for first win in conference tourney The softball team is looking to expand upon its recent streak of playoff appearances as it heads into the 2015 campaign. This will be the fourth year the Comets are with head coach Brad Posner. When he first started in 2012, the team had…
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Inexperienced softball team improving in spite of recent losses
The UTD softball team defeated the University of Dallas in two nonconference games on April 1 before losing three conference games to UT Tyler on April 4 and 5. The first game against the University of Dallas ended in just five innings after the mercy rule was invoked, as the Comets led 9-0. The team…
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Team stumbles in ASC play
The softball team’s six-game winning streak came to an end when it lost three consecutive games against Mary Hardin-Baylor on March 21-22. The Comets took the lead toward the end of the second inning in the first game with back-to-back runs by freshman infielder Kendall Moore and junior infielder Morgan Anderson. They kept the lead…
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Away games faze team
The softball team struggled in its conference games against Hardin-Simmons, losing all three games. The Comets lost 7-6 on Feb. 28, and then lost 5-0 and 1-0 in the doubleheader on March 1. Their losses over the weekend bring their overall record to 4-6. The Comets gave up a one-hit lead in their first game…
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Softball player chooses D-III over D-I
Robin Thomas’ religious beliefs help frame her career, future as she looks to impact lives It was the summer of decisions. Manvel High School’s softball player Robin Thomas was heading into her senior year, trying to get into Div. I universities. Unlike what she’d imagined, 2011 was going to be the year she would come…
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Softball team focuses on improving overall program, ASC title
The softball program has made great strides in its two years under head coach Brad Posner, with two consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time since 2006. The team will look to improve on its past performances as they hope to win the ASC tournament this year. The Comets will start the season against Louisiana…
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Coach brings passion, knowledge to program
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 his career to influence minds and leave his mark on young adults’ lives, the first of which came at…