The general consensus is that this year Texas volleyball will be great. But after three Final Four appearances in four years without a crown to show for it, what makes this year the year for the Longhorns?
“We...
Wyoming comes to Austin hoping to recapture the momentum gained from a successful regular season in 2011 despite a loss to Temple in the New Mexico Bowl. Wyoming finished with an 8-5 record and a 5-2 conference...
No. 2 Texas rolled into West Virginia and came out with a win in its 2012 Big 12 season opener and first match against the conference newcomers. The team took the match in straight sets (25-15, 25-18,...
Former Longhorn Destinee Hooker and the United States women indoor volleyball team have easily cruised to a 5-0 record in the qualification round in London. The U.S. contingent will advance to the second...
The University of Texas boasts a strong swimming program that has brought home numerous national titles over the last couple of decades. The Longhorns have also sent quite a few swimmers to represent the...
Junior Anthony Fera has announced his intent to transfer to Texas for the fall of 2012 and will had depth to the Longhorn’s inexperience roster at kicker. Fera, who is originally from Cypress, Texas,...
After two full days of competition, three Longhorns have already acquired hardware in London.
Former Longhorns Ricky Berens and Brendan Hansen, along with senior Jimmy Feigen, all medaled in their respective...
The only question surrounding the Texas defense this summer is just how good they can be as an overall unit. A lot of that expectation comes from a star-studded returning cast that includes seniors safety...
When it comes to the Olympics, Sanya Richards-Ross knows exactly what to do — after all, her trip to London in two weeks will be her third time competing in the Olympic Games. But with all her accomplishments...
Very few people are extremely successful in one major sport, let alone two, but Marquise Goodwin is. Not only is Goodwin a top wide receiver for Texas, but in two weeks, he will represent his country as...
With the United States Olympic swimming team trials coming to a close earlier this week, a few more Longhorns have earned the right to represent the United States in London this summer.
Former Longhorn...
Although the 2012 United States Olympic Trials are still in full swing, many Longhorns have already qualified to make the trip to London in three different sports.
In diving, former Longhorn Troy Dumais...
A veteran on the diving board, Troy Dumais uses age and experience as an advantage when he steps up to the 3-meter platform to perform a dive.
The 32 year-old Texas alumni is one of the oldest competitors...
Jimmy Feigen is the one to watch in Omaha this week. As one of the fastest freestyle sprinters in the world, Feigen is a favorite to earn a trip to London during this week’s U.S. Olympic trials.
This...
Day five is underway at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials for diving in Federal Way, Wash. Several past, present, and future Longhorns have been competing this week for a spot on the Olympic roster.
Tonight,...
Diving trials started Sunday for membership on the U.S. Olympic team that will travel to London for the 2012 Olympic Games. Junior Maren Taylor, senior Drew Livingston and former Longhorn Troy Dumais competed...
You have to look closely to tell the difference with their helmets on, but the women of the Austin Outlaws play with every bit of enthusiasm on the gridiron as their male counterparts.
“It is a...
Freshman Jordan Spieth is slated to appear in his first major championship at the U.S. Open after helping the Longhorns to their third NCAA National Title last weekend. The 112th U.S. Open begins Thursday,...
The Crimson Tide weren’t going to let another shot at a National Championship go to waste.
The Tide earned their first ever title with a convincing, though rainy, 5-4 victory in game three...
The Crimson Tide weren’t going to let another shot at a National Championship go to waste.
The Tide earned their first ever title with a convincing, though rainy, 5-4 victory in...
This past weekend Texas went 1-2 against the University of Oregon in the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas. The No. 4 Longhorns narrowly missed a chance to go to the College...
It is surprising that last year she was only a freshman, filling in for junior Blaire Luna when asked by the coaches. However, sophomore Rachel Fox has stepped up in the circle and shown the maturity of...
The Longhorns won the series with the Aggies on Sunday.
Despite losing 9-0 Thursday night in a run-ruled game on the road in College Station, the Longhorns fought from behind and pulled off back to back...
This weekend marks softball’s final installment of the State Farm Lone Star Showdown and for the century-old rivalry. The Longhorns will travel to College Station Friday afternoon to play the first...
Two former Longhorn baseball players, Brooks Kieschnick and Curtis Thigpen, battled it out at the Dell Diamond Sunday afternoon in Reckless Kelly’s 4th Annual Celebrity Softball Jam. The nine-inning...
The No. 5 Longhorns won another Big 12 series this weekend, going 2-1 against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls at home.
Friday night featured a close, low-scoring 3-2 victory while Saturday saw a 3-0 shutout...
Despite a few hiccups during the past two weeks that have handed the Longhorns twice as many losses as they had amassed all season, Texas still sits as one of the top college programs in the country.
This...
The Longhorns were back on the winning track with record-setting performances against Kansas last weekend. However, when the Longhorns traveled to Waco on Wednesday, they came up short and will now head...
Texas Tech only needed one swing of the bat to extend Texas’s losing streak to three games. The No 5. Longhorns dropped a road contest against the Red Raiders 5-2 Wednesday night.
The Longhorns...
She’s not one of the big names on the Longhorn roster and she doesn’t normally make headlines. She’s not one of the players who holds multiple school, conference and national records,...
The Texas offense was limited in action in its first set of conference losses all season.
The pitching staff on Saturday for No. 11 Missouri proved to be just as daunting for the Longhorn bats this weekend...
The game started out slowly for the first time all season, but the Longhorns scraped together five runs in the fifth inning to come out with the 9-5 win over the Missouri Tigers in game one of a three...
While a good, strong non-conference schedule is important in developing the skills of any team in a top conference, a season’s real success is based on the final conference record.
The No. 3 Longhorns...
Opening day is upon us and the Houston Astros will be celebrating their 50th anniversary when they take on the Colorado Rockies on April 6 at Minute Maid Park.
Last season the Astros went 56-106 and finished...
Forget school or conference records, senior designated player Nadia Taylor tied an NCAA record with three doubles in a single game during Sunday’s contest against New Mexico. Taylor is only the second...
There’s no place like home.
After several weeks of playing on the road, the No. 6 Longhorns will finally be able to enjoy a home field advantage. Texas will host four non-conference games this weekend...
There’s no place like home.
After several weeks of playing on the road, the No. 6 Longhorns will finally be able to enjoy a home field advantage. Texas will host four non-conference games this weekend...
Home runs were the norm as No. 8 Texas easily defeated the University of Houston Cougars 15-4 in a shortened five inning game on Wednesday evening. The contest was a part of the Longhorns’ annual...
Junior Kim Bruins stepped up to the plate. In front of her was the Iowa State defense and three of her teammates on base. On a perfect 2-2 pitch, the Longhorn’s starting pitcher knocked the ball...
The sandy beaches and cool blue water did nothing to distract the Longhorns from doing their job.
The No. 6 Longhorns took a break from conference play and flew to Hawaii to participate in the Spring...
Based on the outcome of the game, you would not know Big 12 conference play had begun.
The No. 6 Longhorns easily shut out Texas Tech with a final score of 8-0 in their Big 12 conference season opener...
The Texas offense is more than just power hitting. The No. 6 Longhorns proved this weekend that aggressive play and smart decisions on the base path make the usual high-scoring games possible.
“It...
If you blink, you might miss her. She can turn a single into a triple and can easily beat the throw to first.
Sophomore Brejae Washington is a powerful force at the plate for the No. 6 Longhorns, but...
They made it look easy. After a grueling five-game stretch that consisted of three ranked teams, the No. 6 Longhorns cruised through a double header against in-state rival Texas State.
Texas started off...
While the team’s weekend in California was fun, sophomore right-hander Rachel Fox is glad to be back in Texas and is ready for more softball.
After a long, five-game stretch on the road, the No....
It was bound to happen sometime. The Longhorns, who had surpassed expectations this season with a 10-0 start, were handed their first loss in California this past weekend.
The 8th-ranked Longhorns went...
It has been two weeks since their season started, and already the Longhorns are playing like it is May. The No. 8 Longhorns have posted an 8-0 record already this season while outscoring their opponents...
Texas fans have been getting used to easy ball games brought to them by record-setting play by the 13th ranked Longhorns. But this weekend, they saw a different side of the Texas defense in the two games...
It has been a long while since rain posed a threat to Texas sports. Officials at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational, hosted at McCombs field by the Longhorns, have cancelled or postponed the first...
Senior infielder Lexy Bennett is excited to be back on the field. Towards the end of the 2011 regular season, Bennett was forced to watch her team from the bench after a rouge pitch injured her right arm...
After outscoring their opponents last weekend 60-0, you wouldn’t expect No. 13 Longhorns to have to rally from behind to secure a win against the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders.
The Longhorns...
Despite a chilly Sunday afternoon in which snow flurries and sleet made appearances throughout the game, Texas capped off a very successful weekend tournament with an 8-0 run-ruled victory against the...
The season has barely begun and the Longhorns are already rewriting the Texas record books with a 23-0 win against the California State Fullerton Titans Thursday night. The Texas offense overshadowed a...
While most athletes hit the gym and dive into personal workouts and unofficial team workouts in the offseason, Taylor Hoagland did something a bit different this past fall. Last summer the junior outfielder...
With the implementation of the Longhorn Network this season, the University of Texas has been both praised and criticized for its multimillion dollar decision. Although the Longhorn Network has been credited...
Senior Lexy Bennett along with juniors Taylor Hoagland and Blaire Luna have been named to the watch list for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award, which is given by the Amateur Softball...
On a typical Saturday afternoon, as Texas takes the field, you can see the dedication of the orange and white clad Longhorns who battle through pain, intense heat and long practices day in and day out...
Angela Kelly has seen many years of success in soccer that fit well with the ideology and desire to win that exists at Texas. Kelly, who comes to the Forty Acres after 12 years with the Tennessee Volunteers,...
After falling behind early, the Longhorns were not able to overcome a deficit in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against the University of South Carolina this past weekend. In the seventh minute...
Last season the Longhorns finished on a sour note.
Despite a strong performance by current senior Kylie Doniak that resulted in the Longhorns’ only score, they fell 3-1 to James Madison in the first...
They put up a valiant fight, but ultimately the Longhorns fell to the Oklahoma State Cowgirls, 1-0, in the semifinal round of the Big 12 Championship Tournament. Texas took the No. 2 team in the...
Though the regular season is over, there is still work to be done. The Longhorns (10-7-1, 3-4-1) will play in San Antonio today for the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
“Our whole mindset has...
In one of the more dramatic World Series in baseball history, the Texas Rangers were denied their first-ever championship by the St. Louis Cardinals. The seven-game series provided both epic entertainment...
With a 3-0 shutout victory at Mike A. Myers Stadium, the visiting Texas A&M Aggies said goodbye to Texas in a convincing way.
The loss gives the Longhorns a final record of 10-7-1 on the season and...
This will be the final time the Longhorns can prove they are in the same league competitively with the Aggies. Last season Texas fought through two overtimes to draw 1-1 with their oldest rivals at home....
Texas had a long weekend. On Friday night, the Longhorns traveled to Stillwater, Okla., where they faced the second-ranked and undefeated Cowgirls. After fighting through two overtimes against the Cowgirls,...
The Longhorns want to get the bad taste of defeat out of their mouths.
After winning an important conference game against long-time rival Oklahoma, Texas dropped a physical battle against out-of-state...
The Longhorns want to get the bad taste of defeat out of their mouths.
After winning an important conference game against long-time rival Oklahoma, Texas dropped a physical battle against out-of-state...
This weekend, two Texas alumni return to Red and Charline McCombs Field. However, neither will be wearing burnt orange and white and neither will be rooting for the Longhorns. Olympic gold medalist and...
Unless you live under a rock, you may have noticed the increased activity present on the 40 Acres that can only be associated with the a good football game. The annual Red River Rivalry is this weekend...
Texas came out strong for the second straight weekend against an overmatched opponent and improved to 2-0 for the fall season with an easy 15-1 win over St. Mary’s on Friday night.
“This gives...
Texas returns to Red and Charline McCombs Field for their second of five fall exhibition games. After dominating Temple College last week 20-0, the Longhorns will host St. Mary’s College tonight...
They didn’t let the summer break slow them down. Despite the intense heat, Texas impressed in all aspects of the game, rolling past Temple College 20-0 in its fall season opener last Friday.
All...
The Texas forwards hoped to compensate for the lack of rain in Austin by watering the field at Mike A. Myers Stadium with sweat and tears. After a disappointing 1-0 loss at home to Baylor in their conference...
In just two years, junior goalkeeper Alexa Gaul has made a world of difference. Her confidence and skill in the net has contributed not only to the Longhorns’ success but to the success of the U.S....
This past weekend, the Longhorns traveled to the Golden State to compete in the USC Invitational hosted in Los Angeles. After dropping the first game of the weekend 2-1 to San Diego, the Longhorns fought...
With the release of head coach Mack Brown’s fluid depth chart for the game against Rice on Saturday, most people in college football were buzzing about his decision to start junior Garrett Gilbert...
From the stands, Lexi Harris looks just like every other player on the Longhorn’s bench. She’s quick, makes good decisions on the field and loves to win. But this sophomore midfielder from...
Despite the record heat at Mike A. Myers Stadium, Texas continued its offensive attack on Cal State Northridge through the full 90 minutes of play to win with a score of 5-1. While the temperature reached...
At the beginning of this year’s fall camp, tight ends coach Bruce Chambers called for the “27 Naked Ohio” play and then waited to see what Blaine Irby would do.
“He just kind of...
This weekend will focus on several firsts. Texas will face Georgia for the first time in school history. Georgia will be hosting their first home game of the season against Texas. Cal State Northridge...
With the 2011 season right around the corner, several question marks surround Mack Brown’s revamped team, but the corps of wide receivers was never supposed to be one of them.
Just a few months...
Texas’ rising junior Taylor Hoagland hadn’t been playing at her best as she stepped up to bat in the bottom of the sixth inning of the World Cup of Softball Championship game against Japan....
College GameDay to help kick off Longhorn Network's debut
The group who many avid college football fans are accustomed to starting their Saturday morning with will help Longhorn Network kick...
Wearing number 36, rather than her usual number six, Longhorn junior Taylor Hoagland has already started to contribute to the success of the USA National Women’s softball team during her first...
Spike Owen, who played shortstop and third baseman for the Longhorns in the early 1980s, has found his way back to Austin as the interim manager of the Round Rock Express.
While at Texas, Owen led...
The world is ending on July 1.
Not really, but the world of college sports will be different. Come July, Colorado and Nebraska will no longer be part of the Big 12 Conference. Colorado is heading...
He may be older than most divers, but Texas alumnus Troy Dumais is not ready to quit. Although his successful college career has been over for a long time, Dumais is still dominating in the pool.
The...
Tristan Thompson was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the fourth overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. This selection makes Thompson the third highest selection to come from Texas behind LaMarcus...
Rising junior Taylor Hoagland will join 17 other female athletes on the road this summer as part of the USA Softball Women’s National Team. The team is sponsored by the Amateur Softball Association...
Tonight, three Longhorns will be watching for their name in the 2011 NBA Draft. Tristan Thompson, Cory Joseph and Jordan Hamilton have all chosen to forgo the rest of their eligibility at Texas.
Last...
The University of Texas hosted ESPN’s Friday Night Fights last weekend in the Frank Erwin Center. The night featured a title bout between Fernando Guerrero and Grady Brewer for the North American...
Three welterweight competitors will enter the ring at the Erwin Center Friday night to fight in front of a national audience live from their hometowns.
Gilbert Vera, Cory Yett and Zachary Briones...
Although her season ended almost three months ago, junior Karlee Bispo is still reaping the rewards of her performances both in the pool and in the classroom.
Last week, Bispo was named to the 2011...
For two Longhorns, softball season is not over yet.
Sophomores Blaire Luna and Taylor Hoagland will head to Chula Vista, Calif., next week to try out for the 2011 USA Softball Women’s National...
The Longhorns were happy with their regular season performance. They only lost eight games, defeated many top ranked opponents and earned the third overall seed in the postseason, which meant they would...
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...
ESPN picked a good weekend to focus on college softball. After dropping the first game of the series against No. 15 Oklahoma, the third-ranked Longhorns battled back and earned a 5-3 victory Sunday...
Sophomore all-American pitcher Blaire Luna tied for the lead in the NCAA for complete game shutouts. Luna fired her 14th shutout of the season and 25th of her career in the Longhorns’ 3-0 victory...
