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Texas looks to ride momentum as SEC Championship looms

Texas looks to ride momentum as SEC Championship looms

Nolan Clay, General Sports Reporter March 5, 2025

The No. 5 Texas men’s golf team enters the home stretch of its season, looking to ride the momentum of its two previous tournaments as it travels to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida this weekend. The Longhorns...

Junior Rylan Galvan runs across first base and makes a home run during the game against the A&M Corpus Christi on March 4, 2025. The Longhorns beat the Islanders 15-5.

Fourth inning lows not enough to keep the Longhorns down, No. 12 Texas takes down Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Alistair Manliguez, Senior Sports Reporter March 5, 2025

Heading into the top of the fourth inning, No. 12 Texas baseball led unranked Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4-0. By the time the fielding unit came off, the Longhorns had changed pitchers twice and were...

Freshman guard Tre Johnson drives for the basket during Texas' game against Arkansas on Feb. 5, 2025.

Miracle in Mississippi – Texas men’s basketball pulls off its first win in two weeks in overtime

Meaghan English, Sports Desk Editor March 5, 2025

The drought — at least for tonight — is over. With a stunning battle into overtime, Texas men’s basketball finally pulled a win over No. 25 Mississippi State 87-82. Late free throws from senior...

Junior outfielder Max Belyeu dives for home plate during Texas' game against Ole Miss Feb. 15, 2025.

Getting up to speed with No. 12 Texas Baseball

Nicholas Kingman, General Sports Reporter March 4, 2025

Texas baseball started out the year at No. 19 in the preseason polls and has begun its ascent up the rankings. After getting their opening day jitters versus Louisville out of the way, the Longhorns are...

Texas men’s swim and dive lands swimmer Aiden Hammer, flips from Cal

Texas men’s swim and dive lands swimmer Aiden Hammer, flips from Cal

Diego Becerra, General Sports Reporter March 4, 2025

No. 25 ranked commit Aiden Hammer flipped to Texas after verbally committing to the University of California, Berkeley, back in October. In the same announcement, Hammer said he would be reclassifying...

Junior Logan Popelka fires out of the block during the 400-meter dash at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 1, 2025.

Men’s track and field has growing pains in first SEC Championship, finishing No. 14

Karthik Nemmani, General Sports Reporter March 4, 2025

“Everybody’s better than (in) the Big 12.” When asked about the competition in the Southeastern Conference, junior sprinter Logan Popelka kept it short and sweet. And in Texas’ first year in...

The crowd cheers at the Texas volleyball game against Washington State on Sept. 15, 2023.

Reunited on the Forty: Ben Josephson joins Texas volleyball staff

Kendell Ungar, General Sports Reporter March 4, 2025

Texas volleyball welcomes Ben Josephson to the staff as a new associate head coach, replacing Erik Sullivan, who was named Team USA's Women's National Team head coach earlier this year. Josephson spent...

Freshman Timo Legout celebrates earning a point during the match against Ole Miss on Feb. 24, 2025.

No. 4 men’s tennis stays undefeated in SEC with 5–2 win against No. 37 Florida

Leo Barnes, General Sports Reporter March 3, 2025

No. 4 Texas men’s tennis went down to Gainesville on Sunday to take on No. 37 Florida, bringing home another Southeastern Conference road win with a gritty 5–2 victory. With both teams entering...

Reese Atwood scores a run during the third inning against the University of South Florida on Feb. 28, 2025.

Texas softball remains undefeated at home, thrashes South Florida, Alabama A&M

Sophia Sandoval, General Sports Reporter March 3, 2025

No. 2 Texas softball swept its last two games of the Longhorn Invitational, defeating South Florida 9–1 and Alabama A&M 8–0 in five innings.  While Texas’ offense got off to a slow start...

Athletic director of the University of Texas at Austin Chris Del Conte at the Orange vs. White football game on April 20, 2024.

Chris Del Conte announces spring game replacement at annual town hall

Ryan Hopper, General Sports Reporter March 3, 2025

Texas Athletics Director Chris Del Conte addressed a number of topics at his annual town hall at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Wednesday night. After highlighting his department’s...

The Texas women's basketball team with the SEC Championship trophy on March 2, 2025.

Texas celebrates senior day, flattens Florida in last game of regular season

Anna Ambrose, Senior Sports Reporter March 2, 2025

As white and burnt orange confetti fluttered down over the Moody Center court, the Texas women’s basketball players and coaches huddled together with quite a bit to celebrate. The Longhorns...

The Texas women's basketball team reacts to the coin flip decision for the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament after Texas and South Carolina were named co-regular season champions on March 2, 2025. The coin flip awarded South Carolina the No. 1 seed.

Texas women’s basketball to hold No. 2 seed in SEC tournament

Zach Davis, Senior Sports Reporter March 2, 2025

Despite the confetti, the net cutting and the celebrations, No. 1 Texas women’s basketball will hold the No. 2 seed in the Southeastern Conference tournament. Decided by a coin flip, the Longhorns...

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