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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Wylie pushes Horns to excel during offseason workouts

Chris Hummer April 13, 2011

Texas first-year strength and conditioning coach Bennie Wylie is getting rave reviews from the Longhorns. During offseason workouts, Wylie has been leading the players in sprints, pushing the Longhorns...

Texas showcases solid defense, deep pitching staff against Pats

Jon Parrett April 13, 2011

Texas is a team built on defense and pitching, and the Longhorns showcased both Tuesday against Dallas Baptist. The Patriots only mustered four hits, all before the fifth inning, and Texas won the game...

Texas leads conference despite poor hitting

Jon Parrett April 12, 2011

If offense wins games and defense wins championships, where does this Texas team fit in? Texas doesn’t rank in the top five of any major hitting statistic in the Big 12, yet the Longhorns...

Behind Jungmann, Horns’ staff leads way in first half of season

Trey Scott April 12, 2011

It should have been just about impossible for Taylor Jungmann to set the bar any higher for himself. After all, Jungmann was already in the conversation as one of the best Texas pitchers ever, had...

New bats bring resurgence of ‘Augie ball’

Will Anderson April 12, 2011

Sometimes "Augie ball" is infuriating for Texas fans. The proliferation of small ball, the endless sacrifice bunts — Texas head coach Augie Garrido is a master of getting base runners...

Horns beat Red Raiders, jump to fourth in Big 12

Wes Maulsby April 11, 2011

Coming off its second conference loss — one that knocked it out of contention for the Big 12 regular-season championship — Texas hosted Texas Tech on Sunday in an important match for positioning...

Texas defeats Sooner state rivals twice during weekend

Alex Endress April 11, 2011

The Texas women’s tennis squad picked up two key conference victories over the weekend against Oklahoma State and No. 22 Oklahoma. First the Longhorns trounced the Cowgirls 6-1 on Friday. Junior...

Horns beat Nebraksa on late inning steal of home

Chris Hummer April 11, 2011

The fifth-ranked Longhorns traveled to Lincoln to play at Nebraska for the last time as a conference opponent, as the Huskers exit the Big 12 to head to the Big Ten after this season. Texas provided...

Finally getting a good break team defeats Bears at home

Trey Scott April 11, 2011

After four innings of missed opportunities and sheer bad luck — a few robbed hits, two long balls that fell short at the warning track and a strong wind that kept just about everything in play...

Cooper runs, jumps her way to 400-meter hurdles title

Julie Thompson April 11, 2011

In last year’s Texas Relays, Angele Cooper won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.52 seconds, one of the fastest in the country that season. On Saturday, the Texas junior again won the 400...

Texas avoids slump, bests rival Baylor

Jon Parrett April 11, 2011

Texas wanted to avoid a slump after its four-run ninth inning rally fell short on Saturday in Waco. The Longhorns did just that Sunday, beating Baylor 5-2 at Disch-Falk Field to take the series 2-1. “After...

Indviduals shine bright as relays come to close

Chris Medina April 11, 2011

The Texas Relays are over — the races have been run, all of the hurdles jumped and the firing guns put away. In four days of competition, college, high school and professional athletes recorded...

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