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• 2011-2012 SEASONS UNDERWAY •

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MEN'S BASKETBALL 2011-12 SCHEDULE [From TexasSports.com] 2011-12 ROSTER [From TexasSports.com] NCAA SCOREBOARD [From CBS Sportsline] NATIONAL POLLS [From CBS Sportsline]

LONGHORN MEN DEFEAT IOWA STATE -- (AP Sports) - Freshman Myck Kabongo scored 13 points and Texas ended a three-game losing streak with a 62-55 win over Iowa State on Tuesday night.

J'Covan Brown added 12 points for the Longhorns (13-7, 3-4 Big 12) on an otherwise poor shooting night for Texas' leading scorer this season. Julien Lewis also scored 12 for Texas.

Iowa State, the Big 12 leader in 3-pointers, had a miserable shooting night, going 5 of 21 from long range and 33 percent from the floor overall. Two of the 3-pointers came in the final minute, when Chris Allen and Chris Babb connected to pull Iowa State within 58-55 before free throws by Brown and a layup by Kabongo ended the rally.

Royce White led the Cyclones (14-6, 4-3) with 15 points.

LADY LONGHORNS 2011-12 SCHEDULE [From TexasSports.com] 2011-12 ROSTER [From TexasSports.com] NCAA SCOREBOARD [From CBS Sportsline] NATIONAL POLLS [From ESPN]

LADY HORNS BEAT MISSOURI -- (AP Sports) - Chassidy Fussell scored 22 points and Yvonne Anderson added 18 to spur Texas Women's Basketball to a 75-58 victory over the Missouri Tigers on Wednesday night at the Frank Erwin Center.

The Longhorns scored the game's first 11 points and opened the second half with a 15-2 run to pull away from Missouri. UT never trailed in the game and led by as many as 22 points.

Christine Flores led the Tigers with 12 points and eight rebounds. BreAnna Brock posted a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Missouri shot 28.8 percent from the field on the night.

UT travels to Texas Tech on Saturday, Jan. 28. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. in Lubbock.

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* TEXAS - CAL * BOX SCORE AND STATS [From Mack Brown Texas Football] UT DEPTH CHART [From Mack Brown Texas Football] 2011 PLAYER ROSTER [From Mack Brown Texas Football] NCAA SCOREBOARD [From CBS Sportsline] AP RANKINGS [From CBS Sportsline] USA TODAY COACHES POLL [From CBS Sportsline]

TEXAS WINS HOLIDAY BOWL -- (AP Sports) - David Ash threw for one touchdown and caught a TD pass to lead Texas to a 21-10 victory against California in the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night.

The Longhorns (8-5) had five takeaways and sacked Cal's Zach Maynard six times.

The Golden Bears (7-6) are winless in five games against the Longhorns dating to 1959.

Ash caught a 4-yard pass from wide receiver Jaxon Shipley in the second quarter to join BYU's Steve Young, Texas A&M's Bucky Richardson and Oregon's Joey Harrington as quarterbacks who've caught scoring passes in the Holiday Bowl.

The Longhorns had the ball first-and-goal when Ash handed off to running back Malcolm Brown who then handed off to Shipley as if the Longhorns were going to run a reverse. Ash slipped into the end zone and caught Shipley's pass to give Texas a 7-3 lead. Shipley has thrown three touchdown passes this season, all while lining up at wide receiver.

Texas coach Mack Brown joked on Tuesday how much it still bugged him that Harrington caught a TD pass in the Ducks' 35-30 win against Texas in the 2000 Holiday Bowl. The Oregon offensive coordinator then was Jeff Tedford, who has been Cal's coach since 2002. Harrington now works for the Longhorn Network.

"I have to see Joey every day, have to hear him every day," Brown said Tuesday. "I see that throwback to the quarterback every time I see his face. It's not healthy for me."

That play helped salvage a little bit of the Holiday Bowl's reputation for high-scoring, wide-open games.

Ash had another impressive play in the third quarter when he threw a 47-yard touchdown pass to Marquise Goodwin, who made a nice over-the-shoulder catch in full stride. That gave the Longhorns a 14-10 lead.

Texas put it away on Cody Johnson's 4-yard touchdown run on the first play of the fourth quarter, which was set up when Maynard was sacked and fumbled, which was recovered by Chris Whaley at the Cal 44. Goodwin ran for 37 yards and Johnson had a 3-yard gain before his touchdown run.

Cal briefly took the lead at 10-7 after Isi Sofele's 6-yard run to cap the opening drive of the second half.

Ash's long TD pass to Goodwin came four plays into the next Texas drive.

SCORING SUMMARY -- TEXAS 21, CALIFORNIA 10


1st Quarter

CAL FG - Giorgio Tavecchio, 47 Yd, 6:06. Drive: 10 plays, 0 yards in 05:14

2nd Quarter

TEXAS TD - David Ash, 4 Yd pass from Jaxon Shipley (Justin Tucker kick is good), 6:08. Drive: 4 plays, 48 yards in 01:28

3rd Quarter

CAL TD - Isi Sofele, 6 Yd run (Giorgio Tavecchio kick is good), 9:47. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards in 05:13
TEXAS TD - Marquise Goodwin, 47 Yd pass from David Ash (Justin Tucker kick is good), 8:06. Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards in 01:41

4th Quarter

TEXAS TD - Cody Johnson, 4 Yd run (Justin Tucker kick is good), 14:57. Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards in 00:45

TEXAS WINS HOLIDAY BOWL

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• 2011 SEASONS CONCLUDED •

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2011 LONGHORN SOCCER SCHEDULE        2011 LONGHORN VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

TEXAS VOLLEYBALL BOWS OUT AT REGIONAL FINALS -- (UT Sports News) - The top-seeded Texas Volleyball team received a career performance from senior All-America middle blocker Rachael Adams, but came up short as it fell to eighth-seeded UCLA, 3-1 in the NCAA Lexington Regional final, Saturday evening. The 25-19, 22-25, 22-25, 21-25 loss dropped the Horns season mark to 25-5, while the Bruins improved to 28-6 and advanced to the National Semifinals.

Adams equaled a career-high with her 19 kills, hit a team-best .412 and added five total blocks in her final match in burnt orange. Sophomore outside hitter Bailey Webster joined her in double figures with 14 kills on .367 hitting and national freshman of the year candidate Haley Eckerman added 10 kills. Adams ended her Texas career with 20 career postseason matches played to tie the all-time UT record.

Texas called a timeout in the first set, trailing 11-8 and came out of the timeout on a 14-4 run fueled by a three blocks and two kills by Adams to claim a 22-15 lead. Adams tacked on two more kills down the stretch before a UCLA service error lifted UT to a 25-19 set victory.

UCLA jumped out to a fast start in the second frame, pushing its lead to 19-14 on a kill by Kelly Reeves. Texas answered with a 7-2 rally sparked by three Sha'Dare McNeal kills to tie the set at 21, but the Bruins responded with a run of their own, closing out the set on a 4-1 run to notch a 25-22 win.

The Horns fell behind early once again in the third, trailing 13-10 before bouncing back to reclaim the lead at the 15-14 mark on a McNeal kill. Texas kept the tally tight after relinquishing the lead and tied the set at 21 on a kill by Adams. UCLA sealed the stanza with a 4-1 run that captured a 25-22 set win.

In the fourth, Texas grabbed a 10-8 lead on a Webster kill, but UCLA mounted a 12-3 rally to erase the UT lead and forge ahead, 20-13. Following the run, Texas put together a 5-1 run of its own and closed the margin to 21-18 on a solo block by Webster. The Horns narrowed the Bruins' edge to two on a Madelyn Hutson/McNeal block that moved the score to 22-20. Late in the set, Texas' comeback came up short when Rachael Kidder connected for two of her 26 kills to lift UCLA to a 25-21 victory.

Texas concluded the season with a 25-5 record and made its NCAA-best sixth straight Regional final appearance.

UT SOCCER HIRES NEW COACH -- (UT Sports Info) - Angela Kelly, who spent the last 12 years at the University of Tennessee building the Lady Vols into a national contender, has been named women's soccer head coach at The University of Texas. The announcement was made Saturday morning by UT Women's Athletics Director Chris Plonsky.

Kelly's appointment is effective Monday, December 19 and involves an agreement of five-and-a-half years. She will become the third head coach in the history of the program. Kelly replaces Chris Petrucelli, who was reassigned in the department following 13 years as the Longhorns' head coach.

"As administrators we prioritize traits, qualities and credentials that are essential in coaching -- integrity, passion and expertise...an extraordinary ability to communicate and motivate, and a relentless willingness and capacity to work in a next-gear level," University of Texas Women's Athletics Director Chris Plonsky said.

"Angela Kelly possesses all of these elements, plus a pedigree in women's soccer that has earned her respect nationally and internationally from players, coaches and the unique community of soccer. I love her hunger to win, her presence, her energy. She has absolute focus on developing elite female student-athletes into champions, personally and competitively. Our entire Texas Athletics family and team look forward to working with her and the staff she assembles to take our soccer program to consistent competitive excellence and to championships."

"I am so excited to become a part of such a winning tradition here at Texas," Kelly said. "Our staff will be incredibly invested in the vision of this program and taking Texas Women's Soccer to national prominence. Our first priority is the investment into every single student-athlete's development, in the classroom, on the field, and most importantly as a young lady.

"We will hit the ground running on the recruiting front and look forward to reaching out to every Club and High School coach in the state of Texas."

At Tennessee, Kelly took the helm of a program that had never advanced to the NCAA Tournament, had never won an SEC Tournament match and had never collected any league first-team All-SEC honors or seasonal hardware. She eventually led the Lady Vols to four consecutive SEC Eastern Division crowns, three straight SEC regular-season titles and four SEC Tournament titles. She was tabbed SEC Coach of the Year three consecutive seasons from 2003-05.

Kelly was a four-year letterwinner for the North Carolina Tar Heels from 1991-94. She garnered All-America recognition as a senior and was three-year All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer.

Playing well in the spotlight, Kelly was a three-time NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team selection. She scored eight goals and registered four assists to help UNC to four consecutive national titles.

A native of Scotland, Kelly spent her youth in Brantford, Ontario. She earned a bachelor's degree in physical education with an emphasis in psychology from UNC in 1994.

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LONGHORN BASEBALL CLOSES OUT SPRING SEASON -- (UT Sports News) - The Texas Longhorns wrapped up their fall slate with a 13-6 win over the Texas State Bobcats in a contest that went a predetermined 14 innings at UFCU Disch-Falk Field on Sunday afternoon.

The Longhorns logged 16 hits over 14 innings, including six doubles and one home run. Erich Weiss led the hit parade going 4-for-7 with one run, two doubles and three RBI. Mark Payton went 2-for-2 with one walk, one run, one double and one RBI before leaving the game in the sixth inning. Jacob Felts went 2-for-3 with one walk, two runs, one double and two RBI before he exited in the 10th inning. Kevin Lusson hit the Longhorns lone home run and went 1-for-2 with one walk, two runs.

Texas had seven pitchers toe the rubber. Sam Stafford was the most effective. He pitched the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, facing just nine batters and striking out the last six he faced. He issued one walk, but the runner was caught stealing. Austin Dicharry pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth inning, allowing one hit and striking out two over 2.0 innings. Justin Peters allowed hit and fanned one over 1.0 shutout frames. Nathan Thornhill allowed a single, but erased the runner with a double play as he faced six batters in 2.0 innings.

Parker French, John Curtiss and Hoby Milner each allowed two runs. Parker French got the win as the starter, allowing two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 3.0 innings.

Texas put up multiple run frames in the first, second, fourth and eighth innings and added single runs in the ninth, 10th and 12th.

The Longhorns broke the scoring seal early with two runs in the bottom of the first. Payton drew a leadoff walk and was sacrificed to second with a bunt by Brooks Marlow. Weiss hit a sun-aided double to leftfield, plating Payton. Weiss came around to score when the Bobcats had a throwing error trying to complete an inning ending double play.

The Bobcats tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the second with a two-run home run by Jeff McVaney.

Texas responded with a two-run home half of the second to reclaim the lead. Jonathan Walsh hit a leadoff double and scored on a single through the right side of the infield by Felts. Taylor Stell replaced Felts on first with a fielder’s choice groundout and came around to score on a double to rightfield by Payton to give Texas a 4-2 edge.

The Longhorns inflated the cushion to 7-2 with three runs in the fourth. The inning was highlighted by a two-run single by Stell and a one-run single by Weiss.

Texas State trimmed the lead to 7-4 with two runs in the seventh. Isaac Nuti plated a run with a groundout and Cody Gambill singled in the second run of the frame.

Texas put the game out of reach with a three-run eighth. Walsh, Felts and Cohl Walla produced RBI with a groundout, double and single, respectively, to give the Longhorns a 10-4 edge.

The lead ballooned to 13-4 as Weiss hit an RBI single in the ninth, Jackson drove in a run with a bases-loaded infield single in the 10th and Lusson hit a solo dinger to rightfield in the 12th.

The Bobcats closed out the scoring with two-run home run by Tyler Sibley in the 13th.

Texas returns to action on Feb. 17 with a 6 p.m. contest against the Duke Blue Devils to open up the 2012 season.

UT SOFTBALL BEATS ST. EDWARDS, 4-0 -- (UT Sports Info) - The Texas Softball team followed a three-inning, seven-strikeout performance from starter Blaire Luna to defeat St. Edward’s, 4-0, in fall exhibition play on Friday night at Red and Charline McCombs Field.

The Longhorns got on the board quickly in the bottom of the first inning. Lexy Bennett’s single scored Torie Schmidt, who earlier drew a walk and then stole second base.

UT then added another run in the bottom of the fourth. Nadia Taylor hit a bouncing single into left field, which scored Courtney Craig from third and put the Longhorns in front, 2-0. Craig led off the inning with a stand-up double into the left-center field gap.

Krissie Fountain’s two-out double in the fifth pushed UT’s lead to three, after Mandy Ogle scored from second base.

Craig hammered a triple into center field with one out in the bottom of the sixth and came home after an illegal pitch was called against St. Edward’s.

Four Texas hurlers limited the Hilltoppers to two hits in the win.

Texas returns to McCombs Field on Friday, Oct. 28 when the Longhorns take on Incarnate Word. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. Central

BASEBALL'S 2002 CWS MEMORIES ON THE 'FLASHBACK-2002' PAGE -- The 2002 National Championship! Augie Garrido and the Texas Longhorns GOT their five championships in 2002 -- a goal the Coach mentioned often in the post season. Champions of the Big XII regular season, the Big XII Tournament, the NCAA Regional Tournament, the NCAA Super Regional Tournament, and the 55th College World Series. Nicely done. Nicely done, indeed. Check out the 'FLASHBACK-2002 PAGE' - a carbon copy of this site just after the 2002 Horns' victory.
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"The one constant through all the years ... has been baseball. Baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again." Fictional Character Terence Mann, "The Field of Dreams"

Onward.......

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UT WOMEN FALL TO AUBURN -- (UT Sports Info) - Facing its second top 10 opponent in five days, the No. 4 Texas Women’s Swimming and Diving team suffered its first dual meet loss of the year, 167-133, at No. 7 Auburn Wednesday.

“I am disappointed with the loss after coming off a really good meet against Georgia,” said head coach Kim Brackin. “Inconsistency was our biggest thing tonight. Auburn has talented kids who were ready to face our team and they raced better than us today.”

The Longhorns are now 4-1 on the season. Wednesday’s meet was tightly contested throughout with UT holding a lead after seven events but the Tigers were able to finish first in several races down the stretch to pull away from Texas.

TEXAS MEN DEFEAT GEORGIA -- (UT Sports Info) - The No. 2 Texas Men’s Swimming and Diving team dominated the dual meet against No. 9 Georgia on Saturday at the Lee & Joe Jamail Swim Center.

The final score was 160-125 but after the ninth event the Longhorns had a 147-41 lead to clinch the victory. For the remainder of the individual events, the Texas swimmers swam as an exhibition and were thus ineligible to score.

“It is almost like a little snow ball rolling down a snow hill,” said Feigen. “It started with the Orange-White and we continue to gather momentum so hopefully by the end of the year we will be really strong when we get into March.”

Prior to the meet, Texas honored its senior class before they swam in the final home meet of their career. The honorees included Neil Caskey, Matt Cooper, Jimmy Feigen, Eric Friedland, Matt Hoyland, Hayes Johnson, Drew Livingston, Kyle McNeilis and Jackson Wilcox. The seniors made the most of their big day.

“I have some really great memories here over the last four years,” said Feigen. “I am happy we got to cap it off with a win and I am happy we are on such a great path for NCAA’s. It was a good reflection meet and luckily we had enough time today to do that.”

Next weekend Texas will travel to Auburn for a dual meet Jan. 12-13 with action slated to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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TEXAS MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY -- (UT Sports Info) - The Texas Men’s Cross Country team earned an 11th place finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships on Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.

"Our race today was a big jump for our program," said cross country coach John Hayes. "Our guys understand that most of the top teams this year had a lot of older guys. The future looks bright and young kids who are long distance runners are seeing that Texas is a great option."

As it has been all year, the team was led by true freshman Craig Lutz. The Highland Village, Texas native came in 33rd overall with a time of 30:02.0, over 30 seconds faster than last week’s time.

TEXAS WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY -- (UT Sports Info) - The Texas Women’s Cross Country team concluded the 2011 season with a 26th place finish at the NCAA Championships Monday in Terre Haute, Ind.

“We didn’t get out to a good start in the race,” said cross country coach Steve Sisson. “When you don’t get out into a position where you can move up then it is really hard to be competitive. We didn’t execute the plan we wanted to and that is why we didn’t get the results we wanted.”

A pair of sophomores from Dallas, Sara Sutherland and Megan Siebert, were the top two runners for the Longhorns. Sutherland came in 96th overall with a time of 20:59.4 while Siebert ended up in 126th with a time of 21:13.9.

ANDERSON-NCAA CHAMP (UTSID)

HOOKER, ANDERSON -- 2008 NCAA CHAMPS -- (UT Sports Info) - With just two athletes competing on day three of the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Longhorns won two national titles behind senior Alexandria Anderson in the 100m and junior Destinee Hooker in the high jump. This is the first time since 1998 that the Longhorns have won two individual titles at the national outdoor meet.

HOOKER-NCAA CHAMP (UTSID)

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.

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2011-12 UT MEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE        2011-12 UT WOMEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE

TEXAS MEN DEFEAT RICE -- (UT Sports Info) - No. 19 Texas swept the doubles session and claimed four of six singles matches en route to a 5-2 victory over No. 39 Rice (2-1) Friday evening at The Downtown Club at The Met.

The Longhorns, playing their second indoor road match in a week, quickly claimed victories at the first and second doubles positions to nail down the doubles point and assume a 1-0 lead. Junior Alex Hilliard and freshman Soren Hess-Olesen notched an 8-2 win over the Owls’ Harry Fowler and Justin To at first doubles.

Texas junior Daniel Whitehead and sophomore David Holiner followed with an 8-2 win over Michael Nuesslein and Christian Saravia at the second slot. At third doubles, UT freshman Jacoby Lewis and sophomore Sudanwa Sitaram broke the serve of Rice’s Leif Berger and Sam Garforth-Bles to even their match at seven and force a tiebreaker. Lewis and Sitaram went on to win the tiebreaker to complete the Longhorns’ doubles sweep.

“Our effort in doubles was really good tonight,” UT head coach Michael Center said. “We were very aggressive at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles. We were cutting a lot of points off at the net, and our energy level was really good. I was really pleased with those two doubles teams. At No. 3, Rice served for the match, but our guys broke them and won the tiebreaker. Our doubles teams were very strong tonight.”

2011-12 UT MEN'S GOLF SCHEDULE        2011-12 UT WOMEN'S GOLF SCHEDULE

MEN'S GOLF WINS THIRD TOURNAMENT -- (UT Sports Info) - The No. 1 Texas Men's Golf team (Golfweek and Golfstat polls) rolled to its third straight victory of the fall season at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational Tuesday afternoon while adding first and second-place finishes by freshman Jordan Spieth (65-73-67=205, -11) and senior Dylan Frittelli(73-71-69).

The win marks the first time the Longhorns (278-296-282=856, -8) have won three-straight tournaments since 2002 when they claimed the Morris WilliamsIntercollegiate (March 25-26), U.S. Collegiate Championships (April 5-7), ASU Thunderbird/Savane Invitational (April 12-13) and Big 12 Championship (April 29-30). Texas has won its last three events (Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, Jack Nicklaus Invitational, Isleworth Collegiate Invitational) by a combined 63 strokes.

Two-time U.S. Junior Amateur Champion Spieth cruised to his first collegiate victorywith a wire-to-wire win at Isleworth Country Club. He notched his second eagle of the tournament - this time on the 573-yard seventh hole - along with four birdies (Nos. 3, 4, 13, 16) and a lone bogey (No. 17) for a final-round 5-under 67. Spieth is the first Texas freshman to earn medalist honors since Frittelli accomplished the same feat at the 2009 Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 27 - March 1).

Frittelli notched his third runner-up finish of the fall at 3-under 213. After a bogey on the fifth hole, the reigning Big 12 Golfer of the Month found four birdies at Nos. 7, 9, 10 and 13 before making pars on his final five holes.

Junior Julio Vegas(70-73-75) added a season-best finish with a tie for sixth place at 2-over 218. He previously finished eighth in the Jack Nicklaus Invitational and tied for 11th place in the first two events of the season.

Sophomore Toni Hakula (70-79-72=222) and junior Cody Gribble(75-81-73=229) rounded out the Texas team in ties for 20th and 42nd, respectively.

WOMEN'S GOLF WINS BETSY RAWLS -- (UT Sports Info) - The Texas Women's Golf team concluded the fall season with a win at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at The University of Texas Golf Club where senior Nicole Vandermade and junior Madison Pressel finished first and second, respectively. UT (288-293-299=880, +16) fired a final-round 299 to cruise to a 12-stroke win over runners-up Pepperdine (297-299-296=892, +28), Florida (285-304-303) and Tulsa (293-301-298). The victory marks the Longhorns' second of the fall season after claiming the Texas A&M "Mo" Morial (Sept. 11-13).

The Betsy Rawls team crown is Texas' seventh overall win at its annual home tournament and first since 1999. Vandermade is the first Longhorn to earn medalist honors since Jessica Reese accomplished the feat in 2003. UT has produced nine individual champions since the tournament's inaugural year in 1974.

Beginning Wednesday's final round tied for sixth place, Vandermade (72-73-69) overcame a four-stroke deficit for the first win of her collegiate career. She produced back-to-back birdies on the second and third holes before making a bogey at four and a third birdie on five. Vandermade dropped to as many as 4-under with another pair of subpars on nine and 10, but bogeys on 12 and 16 cost her two strokes. She capped off her victory with a 15-foot birdie putt on 18 to finish at 3-under for the day and 2-under 214 through three rounds.

Pressel (72-71-72) overcame a bumpy trio of holes midway through her final round to produce an even-par scorecard and finish in second place at 1-under 215. After birdies on the first, second and fifth holes, she made back-to-back bogeys on six and seven and capped off the difficult stretch with a double bogey on eight. Pressel secured her final birdie of the round on the par-3 12th hole.

Junior Katelyn Sepmoree (77-74-78) finished tied for 35th place at 13-over 229. Juniors Desiree Dubreuil (72-75-83) and Haley Stephens (72-79-80) trailed by one and two strokes, respectively, to finish tied for 39th and 47th places.

Senior Megan Rosenfeld (80-77-82=239) and sophomore Alyssa Morgan (79-88-76=243) finished tied for 67th and 75th while competing as individuals.

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DATE/SPORT OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/NOTES TUE-12-06 M-HOOPS UT Arlington Austin 7:00 FRI-12-09 V-BALL Kentucky Lexington 6:00 SAT-12-10 M-HOOPS Texas State Austin 7:00 W-HOOPS Michigan State Austin 2:00 V-BALL NCAA Regional Final Lexington TBA TUE-12-13 M-HOOPS Nicholls State Austin 7:00 WED-12-14 W-HOOPS Arkansas-Pine Bluff Austin 11:00 SAT-12-17 M-HOOPS Temple Austin 1:30 W-HOOPS North Texas Austin 7:00 TUE-12-20 W-HOOPS Grambling State Austin 7:00 WED-12-21 M-HOOPS North Carolina Chapel Hill,NC 6:00 WED-12-28 W-HOOPS Delaware State Austin 7:00 SAT-12-31 M-HOOPS Rice Austin 1:00 TUE-01-03 W-SWIM Colgate Puerto Rico NOON Wed-01-04 W-HOOPS Kansas Austin 8:00 M-HOOPS Iowa State Ames, Iowa 8:00 FRI-01-06 M-TENNIS Key Biscayne Quad Key Biscayne Thru Sunday SAT-01-07 M-HOOPS Oklahoma State Austin 6:00 W-HOOPS Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK 2:00 M-W-SWIM Georgia Austin 11:00 WED-01-11 M-HOOPS Texas A&M Austin 8:00 W-HOOPS Texas A&M College Stn 6:00 W-SWIM Auburn Auburn, AL 5:00 THU-01-12 M-SWIM Auburn Auburn, AL Thru Friday W-SWIM USA Swim Grand Prix Austin Thru Sunday FRI-01-13 W-TRACK Hilton Memorial Houston All Day M-TRACK Arkansas Dual Fayetteville All Day W-TENNIS Nat'l Classic La Quinta, CA Thru Sunday SAT-01-14 M-HOOPS Missouri Columbia, MO NOON SUN-01-15 W-HOOPS Baylor Austin 1:30 M-TENNIS SMU Dallas 1:00 WED-01-18 M-HOOPS Kansas State Manhattan, KA 8:00 W-HOOPS Iowa State Austin 8:00 FRI-01-20 M-TENNIS Rice Houston 6:00 SAT-01-21 M-HOOPS Kansas Austin 3:00 W-HOOPS Oklahoma Norman, OK 11:00 W-TENNIS Virginia New York, NY 6:00 W-TRACK Auburn Indoor Birmingham, AL All Day SUN-01-22 W-TENNIS North Carolina New York, NY NOON

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UT ROWING (UTSID)

TEXAS ROWING AT HEAD OF THE HOOCH -- (UT Sports Info) - The University of Texas Rowing team notched three wins on day two of the 2011 Head of the Hooch, posting victories in the open 2-, open 8+ and championship 1x.

Sophomore Sydney Boyes was Texas' lone entry in the women's championship 1x and she finished first among 10 entries, clocking a time of 19:32.0.

The Horns entered seven pairs in the women's open 2- and the tandem of Felicia Izaguirre-Werner and Jacqueline Gorcyca claimed the victory, crossing the finish in 19:19.0. UT's pair of Brenna Coldren and Chelsea Burns placed fourth with a time of 19:52.3, while the duo of Melanie Eckert and Laurel McCaig finished eighth and posted a time of 20:12.0.

Texas' pair of Jillian Byron and Emily Jones finished 11th in the open 2- (20:26.1), Lyndsey DuBose and Sarah Pedersen placed 12th (20:28.7), Casey Redman and Kim Gorcyca finished 16th (20:50.1) and Abbey Wilkowski and Katie Orem finished 21st (21:15.8).

The Longhorns' varsity entry in the women's open 8+ was also victorious as the crew of coxswain Megan Kelly, stroke Taylor Parker, Jessica Glennie, Olivia Nail, Anna Thomson, Lauren Studey, Tea Vrtlar, Devon Clark and Courtney Nicklas clocked a time of 16:44.4.

UT's had three novice entries in the open 8+ as well, with the Horns finishing 15th (18:15.8), 22nd (18:52.0) and 23rd (18:52.5).

Texas returns to action in the Spring when it kicks off its 2012 racing season at the Fighting Nutria on Saturday, Feb. 11.

 

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LONGHORNS' DODDS RECEIVES HONORS -- (UT Sports Info) - Texas Men’s Athletics Director DeLoss Dodds was honored among the best in sports business on May 18, 2011, during the fourth annual Sports Business Awards at New York’s Marriott Marquis Times Square.

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

LONGHORNS PACE 2008 OLYMPICS -- (Courtesy UT Sports Info) - Ten former and current University of Texas student-athletes accounted for a total of 14 medals, including 10 gold, during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. If these athletes were competing as a separate country, Texas would have ranked eighth among all nations in number of gold medals earned and tied for 18th in number of total medals won.

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).

ORANGE TOWER INFORMATION -- GoHorns.com found an interesting news release from the UT Office of Public Affairs regarding the policies for an ORANGE TOWER, and a brief graph on how the tradition started. Click HERE for the release. It's got pictures, folks! The Daily Texan also addresses the topic in Tower looms LARGE at UT from July, 2002. Other Daily Texan tower archive stories are HERE and HERE (both from 2003 archives).

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