The Daily Texan

Longhorn tennis teams dominate on Friday

By Yazmin Dominguez, Daniel Yznaga - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 10:55 pm

The Texas Tennis Center was at capacity Friday as the No. 3 men's team and the No. 6 women’s team simultaneously took on opponents. The men's team bounced back following a loss last week against No. 9 NC State with a win against an inconsistent Tulane squad, while the women’s team opened up conference play with a victory against a West Virginia squad that had lost just one game previously.
Long at-bats power Texas softball to first win in 2020 Longhorn Invitational

By Carter Yates - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 8:21 pm

In a game where the Longhorns were the heavy favorite, Texas went scoreless for three innings before earning two runs off of Liberty's pitching mistakes. “I asked the team (after this game) to pick it up this weekend because I don’t think we are playing as well as we should right now,” head coach Mike White said.
Keondre Coburn 2019: Breakout Star?

By Sam Bellessa - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 1:14 am

Texas football lost nearly its entire starting defensive line after 2018. Second-year defensive tackle Keondre Coburn was the man for the job. Coburn redshirted his freshman season, and 2019 was his first year consistently seeing snaps at Texas in a position that came with the pressure to live up to other Tom Herman-era defensive tackles.
Texas women’s basketball swept by Baylor for 3rd consecutive season

By Myah Taylor - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 12:20 am

It’s been three years since Texas last beat No. 2 Baylor. For now, the losing streak stands, and the Longhorns will have to move on.
Texas women’s golf looks to recapture momentum in Hilton Head

By Cameron Parker - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 12:17 am

In the search for their first win of the spring season, the Texas women’s golf team returns to action this week in Hilton Head, South Carolina, for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.
Longhorns look to continue win streak in season finale against Oklahoma State

By Stephen Wagner - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 12:15 am

What looked like a lost season that could have cost Texas head coach Shaka Smart his job may turn into his best coaching performance ever.
Texas softball looks to hold on to historic run during Texas Invitational

By Seth Forman - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 12:13 am

Not since the height of Texas’ first head coach Connie Clark’s program has the Texas softball team reached such heights. The team will try to continue that level of success in the 2020 Longhorn Invitational, which starts Friday.
NCAA football transfer portal provides more opportunity

By Wills Layton - Updated on March 6, 2020 at 12:09 am

Every offseason, NCAA football coaches will leave a program in the middle of their contracts without penalty. This leaves the program in a tricky position.
How former Longhorn Earl Thomas elevated Baltimore Ravens

By Seth Forman - Updated on March 5, 2020 at 12:30 am

Since the meteoric rise of the predominantly passing offense in the NFL, the free safety position has become one of the most valued positions on any team. Now, we are witnessing former Longhorn Earl Thomas transform the second defense of his career in this hard-to fill-role in the 2019-20 NFL season.
Coody clinches his first collegiate victory, leads Longhorns to 2nd place finish

By Cameron Parker - Updated on March 5, 2020 at 12:15 am

Parker Coody stood anxiously awaiting as his tee shot on the seventh hole sailed far right of the fairway bunkers that lined the cart path at the Southern Highlands Golf Club. It wasn’t out of play, but it stuck in the branch of a tree.