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Oklahoma fans cheer at the end of OU's game against Texas on Oct. 7, 2023. The Longhorns fell to the Sooners 34-30.

Three college football games to watch this weekend

Anna Ambrose, General Sports Reporter September 19, 2024

Nebraska vs. Illinois, Friday at 7:00 p.m. on Fox The University of Nebraska will take on No. 24 University of Illinois at home in a sold-out Lincoln Memorial Stadium Friday night game. For the first...

Senior midfielder Lexi Missimo breaks free from her opponents on Oct. 8, 2023 during Texas' game against Iowa State.

Texas soccer approaches first SEC conference match

Payton Blalock, General Sports Reporter September 18, 2024

After officially emerging from non-conference play undefeated, Texas soccer is set to be the first team on campus to play in an SEC conference matchup on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Texas...

Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle (22) speaks at a postgame press conference after Texas A&M’s win against Florida at the NCAA Men’s College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on Sunday, June 15, 2024. (Chris Swann/The Battalion)

Texas baseball has started fall practice — here’s what they need to figure out

Meaghan English, Senior Sports Reporter September 18, 2024

Texas baseball doesn’t officially start for another six months, yet for head coach Jim Schlossnagle and the team, fall practice is already underway. After a tumultuous hiring, Schlossnagle seeks to...

Texas women’s swimming aims to break 33-year championship drought in SEC debut season

Texas women’s swimming aims to break 33-year championship drought in SEC debut season

Sophia Sandoval, General Sports Reporter September 18, 2024

Texas women’s swimming has taken home the second-place trophy at the NCAA national championships for the past three seasons under head coach Carol Capitani, who has shaped the program into the best it...

Malaika Rapolu and Tanya Sasnouskaya high five after winning a set against Oklahoma on March 3.

Women’s tennis in SEC: difficult road ahead

Ethan Kirschner, General Sports Reporter September 17, 2024

There has been a lot of talk about Texas' move to the SEC in revenue sports, and for good reason. In addition to the chatter about playing Georgia in football or Kentucky in basketball, women’s tennis...

The Texas men's tennis team chants before the match against Virginia begins on Jan. 18, 2024.

Men’s tennis looks to take command in new conference

Ben Wells, General Sports Reporter September 17, 2024

After finishing third in the nation in 2023, men’s tennis head coach Bruce Berque will look to seal the deal and capture the program’s second national title, the first of which came just a few years...

Jared Thomas runs downfield after hitting a home run during Texas' game against Cal Poly on Feb. 24, 2024.

Texas jumps Arizona State as the school with the most players in the College Baseball Hall of Fame

Liv Elizondo, General Sports Reporter September 17, 2024

Texas baseball alumni Roger Clemens and Murray Wall are the newest inductees to the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Texas will now have 14 former players in the Hall of Fame, surpassing Arizona State’s...

Kadin Shedrick during Texas' game against West Virginia on Feb. 10.

Texas men’s basketball’s Kadin Shedrick stepping up as leader “every rep, every practice”

Lauren Hightower, Senior Sports Reporter September 17, 2024

On the Texas men’s basketball team, graduate forward Kadin Shedrick claims he’s the best at swinging a bat.  “I have no way to prove it,” Shedrick said. “At UVA, we used to play a softball...

Head Coach Rodney Terry after Texas' win against Baylor on Jan. 20, 2024.

Indiana State transfer duo looks to get one more championship together

Isa Almeida, Senior Sports Reporter September 17, 2024

Texas men’s basketball head coach Rodney Terry and the Longhorns made a good impression on a duo of Indiana State prospects during their April visit to campus. After playing together for two years...

Redshirt freshman quarterback Arch Manning prepares to pass the ball during Texas' game against UTSA on Sept. 14.

Texas football shows depth, healthy competition in its quarterback room

Katie Borchetta, Associate Sports Editor September 16, 2024

If junior quarterback Quinn Ewers’ injury has taught us anything, it’s that Texas’ quarterback room has depth.  After Ewers went down early in the second quarter of the UTSA game Saturday, redshirt...

Starting Quarterback Quinn Ewers during Texas' game against UTSA on Sept. 14, 2024.

Texas reaches No. 1 in AP Polls for first time since 2008, but hopes national championship will remain center focus

Emma Hutchinson, Sports Desk Editor September 16, 2024

The Texas Longhorns are the No. 1 college football team in the nation for the first time in over 15 years. Less than 24 hours after Texas’ 56-7 beatdown over the UTSA Roadrunners on Saturday, the...

Madisen Skinner prepares to hit the ball during the first round of the NCAA tournament against A&M on Nov. 30, 2023.

Texas volleyball loses to No. 2 Stanford in Palo Alto

Henry Hipschman, General Sports Reporter September 15, 2024

Texas volleyball traveled to California this past weekend to face No. 2 Stanford University. The Longhorns fell to the second ranked team in the country in three sets, losing 0-3. Texas headed into...

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