Serious Summer Training
Athletes prepare over the break and face tough regimens, early mornings and new changes as they get ready for the year New era begins for women’s soccer team, coaching staff Members of the women’s soccer team steadily filed into the Activity Center as the clock struck 7 a.m., some still...
UTD coach selected to assist U.S. collegiate national volleyball team for second time
For the second year in a row, head volleyball coach Marci Sanders will be an assistant coach to the U.S. Collegiate National Team. USA Volleyball selected 36 athletes to participate in the U.S. Collegiate National team program, and Sanders will train the athletes and help them prepare for the USA...
V-ball player tries out for national team
Kelsey Morrison knew that she didn’t have a chance of making one of the three U.S. national volleyball teams. Out of the 240 or so volleyball players from around the country that had traveled to Colorado Springs, Col., Kelsey was well aware of the fact that she couldn’t make the...
Lady Comets win NCAA quarterfinals
The volleyball team defeated Pomona-Pitzer 25-18, 25-27, 25-17, 25-21 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament on Nov. 15. The Comets were picked to play in the NCAA tournament on the basis of their outstanding 30-8 record. The Comets had failed to win a single set in their two previous...
Can our volleyball team win the ASC?
Marci Sanders’ volleyball squad might be picking up a few pointers from the women’s basketball team — they’ve found a way to rebound. After a blistering start to the season marked with three consecutive losses — their worst start since 2005 — the Comets have righted the ship. When the...
Volleyball grabs two victories
The volleyball team continued its winning streak with two wins against Mississippi College and UT Tyler on Oct. 12. The Comets breezed through the Mississippi game with a win in just three sets. UTD broke through in the first set at 5-5 and ended the match at 25-11. The next...
Volleyball seeks out sixth title
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 outright division titles under head coach Marci Sanders, after sharing one in 2006....
Calverly set on ‘winning everything’
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 school volleyball team. One can’t be too surprised Calverley chose volleyball above other sports she played as...
Reigning champs go for broke
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 winning the title two years in a row is going to take some hard work. “It’s going to be...