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Womens tennis begins march towards NCAA Championship

Alex Endress • May 6, 2011

Texas is scheduled to battle South Florida in its first round of the NCAA Championships on Friday, May 13, in Coral Gables, Miami, Fla. The Longhorns earned a No. 2 seed in the Miami region of...

Longhorns guard Fussell to try out for national U19 team

Will Anderson • May 6, 2011

Freshman guard Chassidy Fussell and incoming recruit Cassie Peoples will try out for the national under-19 development team in Colorado Springs, Colo., later this month. USA Basketball made the...

Team looks to bounce back with win over surging Tigers

Chris Hummer • May 6, 2011

The conference championship is what defines every team’s season, and that defining moment for Texas is essentially on the line this weekend in Missouri. These two softball powerhouses sit...

Longhorns not overlooking last place Nebraska

Jon Parrett • May 6, 2011

If there is such a thing as a trap game in college baseball, Texas’ series against Nebraska this weekend would be the perfectexample of one. The Longhorns are tied with Texas A&M for...

Heartbreaks tarnish four years of wins

Dan Hurwitz • May 5, 2011

The class of 2011 has seen some great moments in Texas sports during the four years that most students take to graduate. From the Hunter Lawrence kick heard around the nation to 45-35, there have been...

Longhorns in the MLB

Austin Laymance • May 5, 2011

The 2011 Major League Baseball season is just over a month old, and five former Longhorns are contributing to big league clubs. We take a look around the league to check in with former Texas players....

Texas makes central regional after winning conference title

Stephanie Yarbrough • May 5, 2011

Texas makes its fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament with its trip to the NCAA Central Regional Championship on Thursday as the No. 6 seed. The team won an automatic...

Longhorns fall to Aggies despite fast start on offense

Sara Beth Purdy • May 5, 2011

The Texas offense jumped to a great start Wednesday night against the Texas A&M Aggies by earning one run in the top of the first, but was unable to put anything else together in a 5-1 loss in College...

Friday Night Fights returns to Austin

Will Anderson • May 5, 2011

The last time ESPN’s Friday Night Fights came to Austin, in September 2008, Jesús Chávez was busy training for a fight against Andres Ledesma in Houston. When the cable network’s...

Reed wants a shot at current national champions

Alexandra Carreno • May 5, 2011

For Cokie Reed, watching the Texas A&M women’s basketball squad win this year’s NCAA Championships brought back a feeling she has known since she begun her athletic career — competitiveness. “It’s...

Freshman hurler brings depth, relief to bullpen

Trey Scott • May 4, 2011

In his first ever start, Nathan Thornhill was perfect. Well, for five innings at least. And if the gem the freshman pitched against the Panthers is any indication — four strikeouts with...

Thornhill, Texas blank Panthers

Jon Parrett • May 4, 2011

Nathan Thornhill had no idea what he was doing. The freshman pitcher was in the Texas locker room preparing for his first collegiate start Tuesday and asked veterans Taylor Jungmann and Cole...

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