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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter

Aakriti is a sophomore majoring in biology and minoring in journalism from Dallas, Texas. Currently, she covers the women’s tennis beat as a general sports reporter and previously worked in the social media department. She loves the Dallas Cowboys.

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Texas alum Kate Knifton reflects on rowing career, spine surgery scare

Texas alum Kate Knifton reflects on rowing career, spine surgery scare

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter July 6, 2023

As a young girl, Kate Knifton would watch her dad row. A former Texas alum who competed on club and national teams after college, Knifton’s dad encouraged her to follow in his footsteps. But before she...

Tanya Sasnouskaya to join the Longhorns’ 2023-24 season

Tanya Sasnouskaya to join the Longhorns’ 2023-24 season

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter June 19, 2023

After spending four years at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, graduate student and women’s tennis athlete Tanya Sasnouskaya has found her new home in Austin. Announced on June 8 by Texas...

Texas track and field claim victories in field events at Longhorn Invitational

Texas track and field claim victories in field events at Longhorn Invitational

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter March 5, 2023

Coming off its second and third placements at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Lubbock, No. 8/1 Texas track and field kept up its momentum at the Longhorn Invitational on Saturday. Saturday’s early...

No. 1 Texas women’s tennis falls short in ITA National Team Indoor Championship

No. 1 Texas women’s tennis falls short in ITA National Team Indoor Championship

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter February 12, 2023

After a 4–0 sweep against Washington on Friday evening, No. 1 Texas fell short in the quarterfinals against No. 14 Iowa State, losing 4–1. The Longhorns concluded the ITA National Team Indoor Championships...

No. 1 Texas takes control of ITA Kick-Off weekend matches, headed to indoor national championships

No. 1 Texas takes control of ITA Kick-Off weekend matches, headed to indoor national championships

Aakriti Singla and Juan Ferro January 29, 2023

After securing a 3–0 season start last weekend, No. 1 Texas women’s tennis continued to fight in the ITA Kick-Off weekend games. Texas played Fresno State on Friday and Baylor on Saturday, sweeping...

No. 1 Texas women’s tennis dominates opening weekend games

No. 1 Texas women’s tennis dominates opening weekend games

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter January 22, 2023

No. 1 Texas women’s tennis delivered in its first home games this weekend, defeating North Texas, SMU and Tulane consecutively to improve to a 3–0 start. The Longhorns’ successful weekend started...

A look back at former Texas baseball coach Cliff Gustafson’s decorated legacy

A look back at former Texas baseball coach Cliff Gustafson’s decorated legacy

Aakriti Singla, General Sports Reporter January 12, 2023

Former Texas baseball head coach Cliff Gustafson passed away at the age of 91, but his legacy lives on at the Forty Acres. Gustafson played for the Longhorns in the early 1950s as a middle infielder,...

Former track star, Olympian Carlette Guidry-Falkquay to be inducted into Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Former track star, Olympian Carlette Guidry-Falkquay to be inducted into Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Aakriti Singla, Sports reporter November 18, 2022

When Carlette Guidry-Falkquay was in middle school, she read the inspirational story of Wilma Rudolph, an Olympic track and field champion who overcame the struggles of polio and paralysis in her legs...

‘Roll with the punches’: Seniors from men’s club soccer reflect on past 3 years

‘Roll with the punches’: Seniors from men’s club soccer reflect on past 3 years

Aakriti Singla, Sports reporter October 24, 2022

On a hot August evening in 2019, three freshmen anxiously awaited by the goal post for their first tryouts with the Texas men’s club soccer team.  Three years later, the seniors look back and have...

Student-led competitive dance team Hook’em Bhangra begins first year of competition

Student-led competitive dance team Hook’em Bhangra begins first year of competition

Aakriti Singla, Sports Reporter October 10, 2022

Despite being in its first year, student-led Indian dance team Hook’em Bhangra is already finding its beat on campus.  Bhangra, a form of traditional folk dance from the Punjab regions of India and...

The sport that stuck: From Longhorn to Olympic Trials, former Texas swimming and diving star inducted into Hall of Honor

The sport that stuck: From Longhorn to Olympic Trials, former Texas swimming and diving star inducted into Hall of Honor

Aakriti Singla, Sports Reporter December 17, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 22 flipbook. The former four-time Big 12 champion has one piece of advice for those who wish to walk in her shoes: “When you stick to it,...

Walking down the same path: Former Longhorn legend Mike Adams is now coaching after an impressive Hall of Honor career

Walking down the same path: Former Longhorn legend Mike Adams is now coaching after an impressive Hall of Honor career

Aakriti Singla, Sports Reporter December 14, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 11 flipbook.  As a middle schooler in Arlington in the 1980s, Mike Adams stayed up late on the porch during the summer surrounded by friends...

The battle of the UTs – Texas vs Tennessee drags into overtime, ends in 74-70 loss

The battle of the UTs – Texas vs Tennessee drags into overtime, ends in 74-70 loss

Aakriti Singla November 21, 2021

Four seconds left on the shot clock. Texas and Tennessee tied at 59.  All eyes are on Tennessee junior guard Jordan Horston and Texas junior guard Aliyah Matharu.   The pounding screams of the audience...

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