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GAME 1 - Sophomore Corey Knebel pitched a seven-inning one-hitter in his first collegiate start to lead the Texas Longhorns in a 3-0 win over the Texas Southern Tigers at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday afternoon. Knebel (4-3), who had made 62 relief appearances prior to the start, earned the victory, allowing no runs, only one hit and one walk while striking out six in 7.0 scoreless innings. He had a total of 79 pitches, including 53 strikes. The Longhorns drew first blood with a leadoff home run by sophomore Mark Payton in the first inning, his fourth home run of the season. Texas cushioned the lead with two more runs in the fourth. Sophomore Erich Weiss drew a lead-off walk, stole second base. Jonathan Walsh drew a walk and Jacob Felts singled to rightfield to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Alex Silver plated Weiss and after Walsh stole third base, Jordan Etier drove him home with a single through the left side of the infield. Abel Flores (2-5) received the loss allowing one run on one hit, one walk while striking out one over 2.0 innings. Tiger Denzel Pipkin relieved Flores to start the third inning, permitting two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out three over 4.0 innings. Longhorns racked up four stolen bases for the game with two by Walsh making him 10-for-10 in stolen bases this season. Felts led all players with two hits. GAME 2 - The Texas Longhorns scored in six of their eight at-bats and used four pitchers to scatter five hits in a 12-3 win over the Texas Southern Tigers to complete a doubleheader sweep at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Saturday afternoon. The Longhorns pounded out 11 hits and drew eight walks and scored in every inning except the fourth and fifth. Mark Payton led the charge, going 1-for-4 with one walk, two runs and four RBI. Payton, Erich Weiss, Jonathan Walsh and Alex Silver each logged two runs. Weiss, Silver and Jordan Etier accounted for two hits apiece. Jacob Felts and Silver both notched two RBI. The Tigers pounced on the Longhorns early taking advantage of an error by Texas starter Dillon Peters to take a 1-0 lead. Anthony Flenoy started the game by bouncing back to the pitcher’s mound, but Peters’ throw sailed over the head of Silver at first base for a two-base error allowing Flenoy to move to second base. Flenoy moved to third on a groundout by Corbin Smith and scored on a single to rightfield by Ray Hernandez. The Longhorns responded quickly with an equalizer in the home half of the first. With one out, Erich Weiss tripled to the gap in right centerfield and Jonathan Walsh drew a walk to put runners at the corners. Jacob Felts plated Weiss with a sacrifice fly to rightfield, knotting the game at 1-1. Texas staked claim to the lead in the bottom of the second inning. With one out, Etier reached on an infield single and with two outs, Brooks Marlow drew a four-pitch walk. After a wild pitch put both runners in scoring position, Collin Shaw drew a walk to load the bases. Payton deposited a 2-1 offering over the 375-ft sign in rightfield for his first career grand slam to give Texas a 5-1 lead. It was his second home run of the day, having hit a solo home run to leadoff the first inning in the the afternoon's first affair. The Longhorns added to the lead in the third inning. Walsh doubled down the leftfield line, moved to third on a wild pitch. After Felts drew a walk to put runners on the corners, Silver knocked in Walsh with a sacrifice fly to inflate the cushion to 6-1. The Texas lead ballooned to 7-1 in the sixth inning. Silver hit a leadoff single to rightfield, moved to second on a walk by Kevin Lusson and advanced to third on a deep fly ball to centerfield by Marlow. With runners at the corners, Collin Shaw singled to centerfield to knock in Silver for the six-run lead. The Tigers shaved a run off the lead in the top of the seventh inning. In a pinch-hit appearance, Tyler Flanagan roped a double into the gap in right centerfield to start the frame. With two outs, Jag Gordaya singled down the rightfield line to drive in Flanagan and cut the Texas lead to 7-2. The Longhorns dropped the anvil on the Tigers with three runs in the home half of the seventh. Weiss hit a leadoff single to leftfield and moved to second when a Texas Southern pickoff attempt sailed wide of the first baseman. Weiss advanced to third on a groundout by Walsh and scored when Felts singled to right centerfield. Silver drew a walk and back-to-back RBI singles by Etier and Lusson gave Texas a 10-2 advantage. Texas Southern mounted another rally in the eighth inning. With one out, Smith tripled to leftfield and scored when Walsh committed an error trying to throw the ball to the infield to cut the Texas lead to 10-3. Texas once again countered a Tigers run with runs of their own in the home half of an inning. The Longhorns scored two runs keyed by an RBI infield single by Silver to take a 12-3 edge. Peters (4-0) earned the win in a start he was designated to go four innings. He allowed one unearned run on two hits and one walk while striking out four. John Curtiss worked two scoreless innings of relief, retiring all six batters he faced, including two strikeouts. Nathan Thornhill pitched the seventh and eighth innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits while striking out two. Hoby Milner closed out the game by retiring all three batters he faced in the ninth, including one strikeout. Jakari Bass (1-2) was saddled with the loss for the Tigers. He yielded five runs on three hits and three walks over 2.0 innings. Texas returns to action on Thursday when the Longhorns travel to Waco for the first contest in a three-game series against the Baylor Bears. The first game will be played at Baylor Ballpark on Thursday at 6:35 pm. Action returns to UFCU Disch-Falk Field for a 6:30 pm game on Saturday and a 2 pm game on Sunday. 
Texas finished the regular season with a 42-10 record and tied for third in the Big 12 with a 16-8 mark with Texas A&M. Baylor finishes the season with a 33-20 record, 10-14 in Big 12 play. Sunday's game was the final regular-season game for three Texas seniors: Lexy Bennett, Courtney Craig and Nadia Taylor. The Texas Softball team has been awarded the No. 6 national seed for the 2012 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and will host the NCAA Regional this Friday-Sunday (May 18-20) at Red & Charline McCombs Field. The Longhorns (42-10) will play Northwestern (27-27) on Friday at 4 p.m. (all time tentative) with Auburn (33-21) taking on Houston (34-22) at 7 p.m. The winner of the Austin Regional will face the winner of the Eugene (Ore.) Regional in NCAA Super Regional to play for the right to advance to the 2012 Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City, OK.
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HORNS QUICKLY DEPART TOURNAMENT -- (AP Sports) - This time, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin wanted to be on the other end of a slow start.
Cronin had caught his Bearcats slogging through the beginning of the Big East championship game last week, and it cost them. So when Texas came out slow after an early tip time in the NCAA tournament, Cincinnati was ready to pounce. ``I thought we came out sleepwalking against Louisville, so with the early start I wanted to come out pressuring the ball, denying, trying to get our deflections, get some easy baskets and really take the game to them early on with our physicality and our intensity,'' Cronin said. The sixth-seeded Bearcats responded by jumping out to a comfortable lead that helped them withstand a late rally by Texas and win 65-59 on Friday in the second round of the East Regional. They will meet No. 3 seed Florida State on Sunday. No. 11 seed Texas looked as if it had missed its wake-up call and opened the game 1 of 14 from the field. Cincinnati (25-10) jumped out to a 16-2 lead, while the Longhorns (20-14) shot a mere 16 percent for the first half. ``We came out strong, considering it was an early game,'' Cincinnati guard Dion Dixon said. ``They're a young team, and they were probably not up for it then, but they made a nice little run in the second half. We showed our experience by finishing the game off. We showed our experience down the stretch.'' After trailing 31-17 at halftime, the young Longhorns attacked, hitting five of their first seven from 3-point range and shooting 50 percent for the second half. They found the paint a bit more friendly, too, after being shut down there in the first half. With 3:44 to play, Texas' Jonathan Holmes hit a layup to tie the game at 52. It was an impressive response by a Longhorns squad that returned just three players from last season and features six freshmen in its regular rotation. ``When we got back in the game, I called timeout just to make sure they understood we're right where we need to be right now; now it's a matter of execution, that we've got to take care of the basketball,'' Texas coach Rick Barnes said. ``Definitely (the Bearcats) were back on the heels. They were worried about the score more than we were.'' The message didn't get through. Cincinnati scored the next six points as Texas turned the ball over once and missed a pair of shots. Yancy Gates scored inside for the Bearcats, Cashmere Wright drove the lane to hit a shot and then Gates connected over Clint Chapman to put Cincinnati ahead 58-52 with 1:11 to play. Cincinnati went 5 of 6 at the free throw line in the final 36 seconds. Gates finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds for Cincinnati. JaQuon Parker added 13 points, Dixon had 12 and Wright scored 11. J'Covan Brown led Texas with 19 points, and Chapman had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Julien Lewis scored 14 points and Sheldon McClellan added 10. ``We already knew at halftime we were going to come back and fight hard,'' Brown said. ``We're always going to play hard, and it showed how much heart we have. We've just got to learn how to finish our games.'' After drawing the early tip time in Nashville, Texas appeared to sleepwalk through much of the first half. The Longhorns got their first basket off a jumper near the free throw line by Lewis just over 2 minutes into the game, but they didn't score again for another 10:18. A foul by Jermaine Sanders sent Lewis to the free throw line with 7:30 in the half. Lewis hit both shots to make it 16-4. The crowd, which had been mostly quiet up until that point, erupted into cheers. With 40 percent shooting before halftime, Cincinnati wasn't doing much to impress offensively, either. What the Bearcats were doing was shutting down Texas around the basket in every way possible. Cincinnati held a 26-18 rebounding advantage at halftime and had outscored the Longhorns 22-6 in the paint while keeping them from getting a single second-chance basket. The victory meant a second straight 25-win season for Cincinnati under Cronin, who was tasked with returning the program back to national prominence when he was hired six years ago. The Bearcats' win total has increased every season under Cronin, and the No. 6 seed represents their highest spot in the tournament since earning a No. 4 seed in 2004. Cincinnati was coming off its first appearance in the Big East tournament title game, where it lost to Louisville 50-44. ``In order to advance at this time, you're going to be playing the best teams, so you have to be able to win the games in the last two, three minutes,'' Gates said. ``Today I think gives us the confidence, as we move on, to be able to focus and step up and make plays that are at the end of the stretch of the game.''
UT HIRES KAREN ASTON AS COACH -- (UT Sports News) - Karen Aston, an eight-year assistant to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame coach Jody Conradt, has been named women's basketball head coach at The University of Texas. The announcement was made Tuesday morning by UT Women's Athletics Director Chris Plonsky.
"Karen has been a winner wherever she's been. She has a great intensity and love for basketball, and she cares about her players and gets the best out of them," Plonsky said. "She's an aggressive recruiter that operates with total integrity, and players that have come through her system have always been impressive with how hard they play. Karen's teams have always found ways to overachieve." "Texas alumni and fans are familiar with Karen and have a high level of respect for her and what she's accomplished. She comes from the Texas Women's Basketball family, and she is the right person to carry on this the torch," Plonsky added. Aston's appointment is effective immediately and runs through Aug. 31, 2017. She becomes the fourth head coach in the history of the Texas program, replacing Gail Goestenkors who resigned on March 19. "First and foremost, I want to thank the administration at The University of Texas for this tremendous opportunity. To me, 'Texas' means an incredible sense of pride. That sense of pride was engrained over my eight years here as an assistant," Aston said. "When I moved back to this state last year, part of that reason was to return to the scene of Texas recruiting because I think Texas basketball is some of the very best out there. Being a Longhorn means excellence. It's everything that every young person in this state wants to be." "You always want to thank those individuals that have had an impact on your growth as a coach and what led you to this point. Jody (Conradt) molded me in my career and I have an enormous amount of respect and love for what she means to this university. My goals and my ambitions are to carry on the tradition of Texas Women's Basketball. I'm excited about the challenge and thrilled to be a part of the storied Texas tradition," added Aston. After four seasons as head coach at Charlotte (2007-11) and one year as head coach at North Texas (2012), Aston returns to Texas where she originally carved her reputation as an energetic leader and relentless recruiter. Aston tripled the Mean Green's victory total in one season, as UNT went 15-16 during the 2011-12 season under her direction after winning just five games the previous year. At Charlotte, Aston led the program to record-breaking heights with 86 victories in four seasons, including a school-record 27 wins in 2010-11. Aston led the 49ers to four-straight postseason appearances and the 2009 Atlantic 10 Tournament Championship en route to the school's second-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. In her final season at Charlotte, Aston's squad advanced to the WNIT Final Four. While on the Forty Acres from 1998-2006, Aston was instrumental in the Longhorns' trip to the 2003 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four and a pair of "Sweet 16" appearances in 2002 and 2004. During that span, Texas posted a 173-83 (.676) record that included seven NCAA Tournament appearances. The Longhorns also captured the 2003 Big 12 regular season and tournament titles, and UT shared the 2004 Big 12 regular season title. Aston was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach in July of 2000 after serving as UT's assistant coach for two seasons. Aston spearheaded UT's signing of 25 nationally-recognized recruits, including seven McDonald's High School All-Americans and seven WBCA/Nike All-Americans. Two of those high school All-Americans -- Tiffany Jackson and Erika Arriaran -- were named National High School Players of the Year. All eight of the recruiting classes Aston attracted were nationally ranked, including the No. 1 class in the nation in 2005-06. Aston originally came to Austin from the University of North Texas, where she served as an assistant coach for two seasons (1996-98). Prior to joining the North Texas staff, Aston was a restricted earnings coach at Baylor for two seasons (1994-96). Following Aston's stint on the Forty Acres, she was named associate head coach at Baylor for the 2006-07 season. With Aston on board, the Lady Bears won 26 games and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
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“You would think second would be good enough but it is not,” said head coach Eddie Reese. “We came in having a shot and Cal stepped up every time and had a great race. We let down a little bit this morning and they got up on us. We weren’t as good as we needed to be and that is my fault.” The Longhorns have now finished in the top two of the National Championships five straight years and have claimed a spot in the top five in 32 of the last 33 seasons. “I know everybody at home was watching this and wishing they were here and we aren’t satisfied with how it went,” said junior Dax Hill. “When we get back home we are going to work on getting everybody ready to come back next year.” “We have had a really long three days and a late night last night so even though it is good to want more you also need to reflect on what you accomplished and we accomplished a lot,” said Feigen. “It was a great meet all around and couldn’t be happier for it. We did the best we could and ultimately that is all you can ask for.” With second place secured going into the final event, Texas was able to close out the meet the best way possible. The Longhorns ended Saturday by winning the national championship in the 400 freestyle relay. The relay group of Hill, Clay Youngquist, Austin Surhoff and Jimmy Feigen combined to improve their prelims time by almost three seconds, going the fourth best time in school history with a 2:49.83. “After that race last night (800 freestyle relay) we had confidence going into tonight,” said Youngquist. “Then with the way Jimmy and Dax swam in the 100 free earlier I knew he had a good shot.” All four swimmers were under 43.00 in their splits with Feigen posting a blistering 41.32. When Feigen entered the pool for the final leg, Texas stood in fourth place. UT was 55/100 off the lead but Feigen was easily able to overcome the competition and touch the wall first, giving the Longhorns the championship. “That was really a great cap to my senior year,” said Feigen. “I haven’t had a moment like that since high school with coming from behind to win. When I finally got a glimpse of the field coming off that last wall I saw I had half a body length. Once I saw we were ahead it was history because nobody is going to come back on me in the 100 free.” “We knew we weren’t going to get the team title so we switched our focus on the relay title and wanted to give our fans something to be happy about for sticking with us the whole way,” said Surhoff. “When I dove in the water I knew I just had to give Jimmy a chance on the anchor leg.” Jimmy Feigen was crowned national champion for the second time on the weekend. After winning the 50 freestyle on Thursday he added the 100 freestyle on Saturday. Feigen led start to finish, ending with a time of 41.95 for his second career national title. “The 100 free this morning scared the daylights out of me because it was a really hard 100 free,” said Feigen. “I was weary going into tonight and wanted to get off the blocks as fast as I could. When I saw that I was ahead I was a little shocked. It fueled my energy level and I pulled out the win.” It is the fifth national title in the 100 freestyle for Texas and first since Garrett Weber-Gale won in 2006 with a 42.11. Texas finished with five individual national titles on the weekend, the most since 2004 when UT won seven championships. It is the 11th time in school history the Longhorns have won five or more individual titles in one year. Texas finished off a great weekend in the diving well. Senior Matt Cooper, competing in his first A final of the weekend scored 449.15 points for third overall. Fellow senior Drew Livingston wrapped up the weekend by finishing in the top four in all three diving events. He scored 427.05 points for fourth overall after winning the national title in the 1-meter and placing second in the 3-meter. “It was great to see Matt Cooper step up in this final and dive like we know he can,” said diving coach Matt Scoggin. “It was great to see him end his college career like he did. Drew had a really great weekend in the 1-meter, 3-meter and prelims on platform. In the finals for some reason it just didn’t fall his way but he is such a team player and all he cared about was the team performance. He is a class act and had a great weekend.” For his overall weekend performance, Livingston was awarded the NCAA Championships Diver of the Meet. Diving coach Matt Scoggin was named the CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year. “I couldn’t be happier because this was my most complete meet in four years,” said Livingston. “It just shows all the hard work I have put in at the forty acres these last four years. A team title would have been great but I couldn’t have done this without all of my teammates and the fans. This is a family that goes beyond here and these guys will be my best friends for the rest of my life.” Dax Hill won his 100 freestyle race. Swimming in the consolation B final, Hill ran down Ohio State’s Jason Schnur in the final 25 to win the heat and gain ninth place overall with a time of 42.63. The night started with the final heat of the 1,650 freestyle. The defending national champion in the event, junior Michael McBroom, swam his fastest time of the year to claim eighth place and earn All-America status. Jackson Wilcox (19th) had a time of 15:05.06 and Jake Ritter (20th) was close behind with a 15:07.13. Senior Neil Caskey tied for seventh in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:44.75. Caskey had the lead after the first 100 yards but could not hold on as the field made a big push at the end. Earlier in the day during prelims, Caskey broke the school record in the event with a 1:42.52. Eric Friedland finished eighth in the 200 breaststroke one year after winning the event. He clocked a 1:55.32 to garner All-America status. Nick D’Innocenzo was in the consolation B final of the event and ended up 13th with a time of 1:55.38. Three Longhorns were in the consolation B final of the 200 backstroke. Austin Surhoff posted the top time for UT at 1:43.05 to end up 12th overall. Kip Darmody touched the wall at nearly the same time for a 1:43.09 and 13th. Cole Cragin had a 1:44.71 for 16th. Overall on the weekend 14 Texas swimmers garnered All-America or honorable mention All-America honors with their performances. Leading the way were Jimmy Feigen with seven and Neil Caskey with five. Eric Friedland, Dax Hill and Clay Youngquist each finished with four All-American honors. Cole Cragin collected three All-America honors and one honorable mention All-America honor while Drew Livingston is a three-time All-American. Kip Darmody added two All-America honors and one honorable mention while Michael McBroom is a two-time All-American in 2012. Both Matt Cooper and Nick D’Innocenzo had one All-America and two honorable mention All-America selections. Charlie Moore and Austin Surhoff each had one All-America award while Kyle McNeilis is an honorable mention All-American. • TEXAS LONGHORN WOMEN'S TRACK - 2006 OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPION •  • TEXAS LONGHORN TRACK AND FIELD FROM GOHORNS.COM •
Anderson became the Longhorns' first 100m NCAA Champion since 2005 as she crossed the line in 11.20 for the win and the first individual title of her career. The senior bumped her All-America total to 18 with the victory, giving her the third-most All-America honors in UT history. Hooker made history of her own as she became the second female in NCAA history to win three outdoor high jump titles Friday afternoon after she cleared 6-4.75 (1.95m) to win the 2009 NCAA Outdoor high jump crown. Hooker joins Arizona's Tanya Hughes who accomplished the feat from 1991-93. • TEXAS TENNIS - TEXAS GOLF •  • TEXAS LONGHORN TENNIS AND GOLF FROM GOHORNS.COM • 2011-12 UT MEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE 2011-12 UT WOMEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE
Texas and Texas A&M split the first two matches before the teams engaged in a tight match at No. 3 doubles to decide the doubles point. The Aggies' Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow led off with an 8-3 win at the first slot over the Horns' 36th-ranked duo of Chris Camillone and David Holiner. Texas' junior tandem of Ben Chen and Daniel Whitehead responded with a convincing win at second doubles, where they dealt A&M's Niall Angus and John Lewis an 8-2 defeat. At No. 3 doubles, with the two teams on-serve and A&M leading 6-5, the Aggies' Colin Hoover and Alexis Klegou broke the serve of UT's Soren Hess-Olesen and Jacoby Lewis to assume a 7-5 lead. The Aggies held serve in the final game to close out the match, 8-5 and win the doubles point. UT's Sitaram raced out to a 6-0 first-set win at third singles over the Aggies' Hoover. Sitaram closed out the win with a 6-3 second-set victory to even the match at one point apiece. The Aggies struck back at first singles, where Klegou dealt UT's Hess-Olesen a 6-3, 6-1 defeat to claim a 2-1 A&M lead. UT evened the match with a win at second singles from Whitehead. The Texas junior broke A&M's Ore to even the first set at four before holding serve and breaking Ore once more to take the set, 6-4. Whitehead broke Ore late in the second set and took the set, 6-4 to win the match and even the team score at two. The Aggies' Withrow put A&M in the lead once again, as he posted a 6-3, 6-3 win over UT's Lloyd Glasspool. At fifth singles, A&M's Lewis took the first set in a tiebreaker off of UT's Chen, 7-6(2). Chen broke Lewis in the second set to tie the set at four, but Lewis broke Chen in the following game to take a 5-4 second-set lead. Lewis held serve in the next game to win the match, 6-4 and close out the 4-2 victory for the Aggies. The final match at fourth singles was suspended. The NCAA will announce its selections to the NCAA Championship on Tuesday, May 1 at 4:30 p.m. CT on NCAA.com.
The Longhorns punch their ticket to the NCAA Championship’s round of 16 in Athens, Ga., for the third time in the last five seasons (2008, 2010, 2012). Texas most recently reached the round of 16 in 2010, when the round of 16 and beyond also were held in Athens. Texas will meet the winner of Saturday’s Georgia-Clemson match on Thursday, May 17 in the round of 16 at Georgia’s Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Nebraska opened the match by claiming the match at first doubles. The Huskers’ Madeleine Geibert and Stefanie Weinstein teamed up to produce an 8-5 win over UT’s Padegimaite and Noel Scott. Texas, however, responded with wins at the second and third positions to nail down the doubles point. UT’s Krista Damico and Gaytan-Leach held an 8-7 lead on NU’s Patricia Veresova and Mary Weatherholt at second doubles, but the Huskers broke the Horns in the next game to force a tiebreaker. Damico and Gaytan-Leach took control early on in the tiebreaker and posted a 7-2 win to take the match. At third doubles, NU’s Izabella Zgierska and Janine Weinreich broke for a 7-6 lead, but UT’s Elizabeth Begley and Ellis saved two match points on Nebraska’s serve before breaking the Huskers to even the match at seven games-all. Ellis held serve in the next game, and Texas broke Nebraska at-love in the following game to win the match, 9-7 and claim the doubles point. Ellis maintained her momentum in singles play and staked Texas to a 2-0 lead behind a convincing win at first singles. The All-American took the first set off of Nebraska’s Weatherholt, 6-2, and after being broken in the first game of set two, Ellis promptly took the next six games to win the set, 6-1. Nebraska sliced the Texas lead to 2-1 behind a 6-3, 6-4 win from Veresova over UT’s Damico at second singles. The Cornhuskers’ Weinstein evened the match at two apiece with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Scott at fourth singles. Texas’ Padegimaite gave the Horns the lead for good at third singles, where she registered her fifteenth consecutive win, a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Nebraska’s Geibert. UT’s Gaytan-Leach dropped the first set against NU’s Weinreich at fifth singles before rallying for a 6-3 second-set win. Gaytan-Leach opened the third set by breaking Weinreich’s serve, but Weinreich broke and held serve for a 2-1 lead. Gaytan-Leach returned the favor, holding serve and breaking Weinreich for a 3-2 lead. Gaytan-Leach later held serve for a 5-3 lead, and with match point against her, Weinreich double-faulted her serve to give the third-set win to Gaytan-Leach, 6-3. The remaining match at sixth singles, with UT’s Begley and Nebraska’s Zgierska locked at two-all in the third set, was suspended given that Texas had clinched the victory.
The Longhorns rallied on the back nine where counting scores by senior Alex Moon, junior Julio Vegas, sophomore Toni Hakula and freshman Jordan Spieth totaled 1-under to the Aggies’ 9-over. Earlier at the turn, Texas was 4-over while A&M came in at even. Senior Dylan Frittelli held a three-stroke individual lead at 5-under through 15 holes, but a double bogey on 16 and a triple bogey on 18 cost him his deficit. Frittelli (69-76-67-76) finished tied for third place at even-par 288. Spieth (74-69-75-71=289, +1) notched his second subpar round of his first conference championship appearance with a 1-under 71. Spieth finished one shot behind Frittelli in fifth place. With his eighth-place finish at 5-over 293, Vegas (78-71-69-75) collected his sixth top-10 of the season. Moon (81-76-72-72=301, +13) and Hakula (81-76-77-73=307, +19) finished tied for 20th and 33rd places, respectively. Frittelli, Spieth and Vegas earned All-Big 12 Team honors by finishing among the top-10 individuals in the 50-player field. Next up, Texas will compete in one of six NCAA Regional Championship events from May 17-19 at a site to be announced Monday, May 7 at 8 p.m. Central on NCAA.com.
The Longhorns (296-300-282) finished tied for second place in the 24-team field at 14-over 878 and earned one of the top-eight regional berths to the national championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., from May 22-25. Sepmoree (74-74-69=217, +1) carded a season-low 69 and matched her career-best single round to climb from a 24th-place tie after 36 holes into a season-best tie for seventh. After back-to-back rounds of 74, Sepmoree sank a team-high five birdies – including three over her final nine holes - to overcome an opening double bogey on the par-4 10th hole in Saturday’s finale. Strauss (73-78-70) finished tied for 19th place at 5-over 221 in her NCAA postseason debut. She began and finished her round with birdies on 10 and nine while adding a third birdie on the third hole and a lone bogey on five. Senior Nicole Vandermade (72-75-75=222, +6) finished tied for 29th after a final-round 75. Stephens was one stroke back at 7-over 223 (77-75-71) to tie for 35th place and junior Desiree Dubreuil (79-76-72=227) completed the Texas squad in a tie for 59th place. South Carolina (288-294-291=873, +9) led wire-to-wire and finished five strokes ahead of runners-up Texas and Texas A&M (296-296-286). Alabama (879), Florida (879), Arizona State (887), Michigan State (887) and Duke (887) rounded out the eight advancing teams.
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Tennessee won gold in the Varsity 8 and Second Varsity 8 races, while placing second in the Varsity 4+ behind Kansas. The Longhorns took home silver in the Second Varsity 8, while finishing third in both the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 races. Oklahoma placed third in the team standings with a silver in the Varsity 8 and a bronze medal finish in the Second Varsity 8. UCF placed fourth overall and Tulsa finished fifth. Kansas State, Alabama, Kansas and SMU rounded out the team scoring for the championship. Three Longhorns were selected to the all-conference tema: seniors Felicia Izaguirre-Werner and Karli Sheahan and freshman Jackie Gorcyca. This is the third annual C-USA Rowing Championship. Selections to the NCAA Rowing Championship will be announced on Tuesday.  • AROUND THE LONGHORNS • TEXAS LONGHORN ATHLETICS • AROUND THE LONGHORNS •
Dodds was honored as the Athletic Director of the Year at the awards ceremony, which is presented by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily, the two leading publications on the business of sports. Dodds' calm, thoughtful leadership pulled UT through the unpredictable summer climate of conference realignment. UT emerged as the leading member of a smaller Big 12, and in January, UT announced the creation of the Longhorn Network, the first sports network devoted to a single school. "The coach in DeLoss comes out in the most pressure-filled situations, where he leads, he stays consistent and people absolutely respond," said Chris Plonsky, UT's Women's Athletics Director. ESPN, UT’s programming and production partner in the Longhorn Network, won for Best in Sports Media, and ESPN Networks was named the winner for Best in Sports Television. Additionally, George Bodenheimer, the president of ESPN/ABC Sports, was named the Sports Executive of the Year. ESPN has a 20-year agreement to own and operate a year-round, 24-hour network dedicated to The University of Texas in partnership with UT and IMG College. Longhorn Network, scheduled to launch in August 2011, will offer a variety of content, highlighted by more than 200 exclusive events annually from 20 UT sports. Awards were presented in 15 categories. Winners were chosen by a committee of outside panelists and members of the editorial staff of the SportsBusiness Journal/Daily. 2011 SPORTS BUSINESS AWARDS Lifetime Achievement: Billie Jean King Sports Executive of the Year: George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN/ABC Sports Athletic Director of the Year: DeLoss Dodds, University of Texas Professional Sports Team of the Year: San Francisco Giants Professional Sports League of the Year: National Hockey League Sports Event of the Year: 2010 ING New York City Marathon Best in Sports Media: ESPN Best in Sports Television: ESPN Networks Best in Digital Sports Media: Turner Sports Best in Talent Representation and Management: CAA Sports Best in Corporate Consulting, Marketing and Client Services: GMR Marketing Best in Property Consulting, Sales and Client Services: AEG Global Partnerships Best in Sports Event and Experiential Marketing: The Marketing Arm Sports Sponsor of the Year: Subway Sports Facility of the Year: Target Field Best in Sports Technology: Daktronics
In its storied Olympics history, former and current University of Texas student-athletes have produced a total of 116 medals, including 67 gold, 31 silver and 18 bronze. Former swimmer Aaron Peirsol paced the Longhorns' contingency with three total medals. Peirsol claimed gold in both the 100-meter backstroke (world-record time of 52.54) and the 400-meter medley relay (world-record time of 3:29.34) and earned silver in the 200-meter backstroke. Texas-ex Garrett Weber-Gale won gold medals in the 400-meter freestyle relay (world-record time of 3:08.24) and the 400-meter medley relay (swam the freestyle leg in the prelims). Four other Texas swimmers earned gold medals in Beijing. UT junior Ricky Berens swam the third leg of Team USA's gold medal-winning and world record-breaking 800-meter freestyle relay (6:58.56), while classmate Dave Walters earned a gold medal after swimming in the event's preliminary round. Texas-ex Brendan Hansen swam the breaststroke leg on the 400-meter medley relay, while former Longhorn Ian Crocker claimed a gold medal after swimming in the event's preliminary round. Texas-ex Sanya Richards ran the anchor leg on Team USA's gold medal-winning 1,600-meter relay and earned a bronze medal in the 400-meters. Former Longhorn Melaine Walker claimed a gold medal for Jamaica in the 400-meter hurdles (Olympic-record time of 52.67). Texas-ex pitching legend Cat Osterman earned a silver medal with the U.S. softball team, while former Longhorn catcher Taylor Teagarden helped the U.S. baseball squad to a bronze medal. These totals do not include UT head women's basketball coach Gail Goestenkors, who served as an assistant coach and helped Team USA to the gold medal in women's basketball, or the one gold and three silver medals earned by Texas women's swimming volunteer assistant coach Kirsty Coventry for Zimbabwe. A total of 23 current or former University of Texas student-athletes and five current coaches represented seven countries during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In addition to Goestenkors' gold medal with Team USA's women's basketball squad, Eddie Reese paced the U.S. men's swimming team to 16 total medals (nine gold, two silver, five bronze), while Bubba Thornton directed the U.S. men's track and field squad to 14 medals (four gold, five silver, five bronze). Kim Brackin led the Zimbabwe swimming team to four medals (one gold, three silver).
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SOME QUOTES FROM ANNUAL SPRING GAME -- (UT Sports News) - MACK BROWN: Opening Statement: I thought today was exactly what we needed. It started with history; what a great crowd for Ricky Williams. I thought the ceremony with the statue was fitting. He started today by saying he missed his plane in Dallas and wasn’t going to be here. We all panicked and didn’t know what to do so I said put him at the end of the scrimmage and if he doesn’t get here what we’ll do is have his mother accept it. Ricky can drive you crazy. About 45 minutes later he texted us and said, “April Fools, see you in a few minutes.” He was in town the whole time. That’s typical Ricky Williams. I thought he did a great job and that’s by far the largest crowd we’ve had. I thought that was a great compliment to Ricky and a great compliment to where we are as a program.
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