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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Graphic by Matt Strack | Mercury Staff.

UTD hosts NCAA representatives

February 6, 2017

The NCAA visited UTD to meet with members of the athletic department as part of its effort to build a guide of best practices for Division III schools. Six members of the NCAA national staff came to campus...

Alumna Sara Navarro, who played softball for four years while attending UTD, rounds the bases during a game.  Navarro is the first student athlete from UTD to be chosen to attend the prestigious Immersion Program at the NCAA Convention in Nashville. Photo courtesy of Sara Navarro.

Alum to gain mentors through NCAA

January 9, 2017

For the first time in school history, a UTD student athlete was chosen to participate in a program designed to help minority students pursue careers in collegiate athletics. Sara Navarro, who graduated...

The Comets fell to Southwestern in the regional final of the NCAA tournament held on campus from Nov. 11 to 13. Photo by Roman Soriano | Mercury Staff.

November madness

November 15, 2016

As players from Southwestern University hoisted the NCAA regional trophy high in the air atop the green and orange “Comets” logo at the midcourt of the Activity Center gym, UTD’s volleyball team...

Tracking volleyball’s rise to prominence at UTD

July 5, 2016

The innermost layer of a volleyball is comprised of a rubber bladder, the second is made out of cloth and the third shell consists of 18 rectangular leather panels arranged in six identical sections. Just...

Softball team’s luck looking up

April 11, 2016

New coach’s approach leads to team built around aggressive offense, needs to maintain success to turn program around The softball team may finally be turning a corner in its quest to rise from the mediocrity...

Andrew Gallegos|Staff Photographer
Senior forward Omar Jaroun fights for possession of the ball against two Trinity defenders. Trinity beat UTD 1-0 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

Men’s soccer falls in NCAA second round

November 17, 2014

For the first time in program history, the men’s soccer team hosted the NCAA tournament from Nov. 15-16. Even though it hosted, the team wouldn’t have entered into the tournament if it were not for...

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