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Eligible matching funds are lowest in the state UT Arlington’s donation amount is $1.1 million compared to Texas Tech’s $24.3 million. BY ALI MUSTANSIR The Shorthorn senior staff
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Electrical engineering graduate student Hersh Shaw follows through on his bowl to mechanical engineering graduate student Samar Shah Friday evening in the UTA bookstore parking lot.
Students bring a tradition from home to help unwind after school BY TEMICCA HUNTER
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t’s the weekend and the UTA Bookstore’s parking lot is empty. Some would see just an empty parking lot, but Rajat Sharma sees an opportunity to do what he loves best — play a good game of cricket. Sometimes the electrical engineering graduate student plays with a cricket ball, but at other times he just uses a small green tennis ball. Sharma plays the sport whenever he gets spare time from his studies, he said. Sharma said cricket is a basic sport in India. In 2008, UTA international student enrollment was at 8 percent. The highest represented country of
origin was India with a total of 46.1 percent of all international students. “If you are anywhere in India, and you know the sport, you can find friends.” he said. Playing cricket involves a ball and bat, similar to a baseball bat except flatter. Two teams play in a pre-determined number of innings. The team that scores the highest number of runs, after each team bats an equal number of times, wins. Sharma has been in the U.S. for about a year and during that time has met many people who share his passion for the game, he said. CRICKET continues on page 3
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Industrial engineering graduate student Ganesh Nair bowls to civil engineering student Sanjog Sabnis during cricket practice Friday evening in the UTA Bookstore parking lot.
Of the seven eligible universities, UTA reported the lowest donation total eligible for a program that will match research funds for the state’s emerging research universities. The university announced Sept. 1 that $3.75 million in donated funds were pledged, of which $1.1 million is expected to be eligible for matching funds through the Texas Research Incentive Program. UT-San Antonio, UT-Dallas, UT-El Paso, University of Houston, University of North Texas and Texas Tech University, reported eligible donations of at ELIGIBLE least $2 milFUNDS lion. Texas Tech University The seven $24.3 million emerging reUT-Dallas search uni$16.8 million versities are University of Houston expected to $6.3 million present these UT-El Paso figures to the $4.1 million Texas Higher UT-San Antonio Education $3 million Coordinating University of North Board this Texas month. For $2.9 million a donation UTA to be eligible $1.1 million for the program’s funding, it must be a new donation for research. The fund has $50 million allocated for the next two years, broken into $25 million a year. Reported expectations from the universities exceed the $25 million allocated for this year, excess will be placed on a queue for next year. Texas Tech University announced the highest donations with $24.3 million, which are all eligible for TIER ONE continues on page 2
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Employees at work on Labor Day share positive outlooks
Proposal may make DFW research site
The Central Library, Ransom Hall, MAC were open among others on campus to help students, staff. BY JOHNATHAN SILVER The Shorthorn senior staff
While much of the campus looked like a ghost town on Labor Day, some students stuck around campus, enjoyed the quiet and prepared for the shortened week ahead. The libraries, the University Center food court and parts of the Maverick Activities Center were open. Students using campus services had to plan around the alternative hours, and some employees said they had no problem working. Bioengineering graduate student Mihir Mehta, a part-time food court staff member, said Labor Day is more important to full-time employees. “In India, there is nothing like Labor Day,” he said. “We usually work for six days a week and relax on Sundays.” Working on the holiday is not a problem but a benefit, Mehta said. “The Plaza was supposed to be closed,” he said. “I would have been out of $60 or $70 at the end of the month. Ultimately, it matters to us if it’s closed.” Business junior Connor Scheller and
friends from Trinity House went to the food court not knowing what to expect. “We walked down here not knowing if anything would be open,” he said. “The service was good and quick.” The MAC opened later, at 5 p.m. Monday. Social work senior Anthony Pone, who works the MAC front desk, said he usually just eats and sleeps on Labor Days, so he wasn’t missing anything. Pone was scheduled to work from open to 11 p.m. People started coming in as a soon as the doors opened, he said. “I feel motivated because I’m getting paid. It’s more hours on my paycheck.” Pone said. “I enjoy just interacting with people and getting information out there.” Drawing freshman Trevor Shin, who lives off campus, said he planned to go to the library but was sidetracked. Traveling by bike on his way to the Central Library, Shin swerved off the concrete path and fell onto gravel pavement — all to avoid striking a pedestrian. Health Services was closed. He said he noticed a number posted at the health center for emergencies, but didn’t think his scraped and bleeding knee was a major incident. Shin said he assumed the MAC would have some form of treatment. When he went, he was supLABOR DAY continues on page 3
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Snider Creek runs through River Legacy Park, located in north Arlington, is part of the Trinity River basin.
Human interaction with nature and its concerns discussed at last weeks’ university-held conference. BY VINOD SRINIVASAN The Shorthorn staff
UTA faculty and graduate students, along with surrounding universities, are trying to draft an ecology research proposal to the Na-
tional Science Foundation to make the Metroplex a nationally-funded urban research site. An urban ecology conference on Friday focused on refining formal proposal themes dealing with how humans interact with the environment in and around the Metroplex’s Trinity River basin. The 35 to 40 attendees brainstormed research topics including ECOLOGY continues on page 3
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The university has 5.37 percent more money to work with this fiscal year than last, but needs to prepare for an expected deficit in the next two years, according to the business affairs vice president and controller.
Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Tommy Fitzpatrick/ Margo Sawyer: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 169 Fine Arts Bldg. Exhibitions dates are Sept. 4 - Oct. 10. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu. How to Get a Federal Job: 112:30-2:30 p.m., Red River and Concho rooms, University Center. Learn how to get a job at different types of government agencies and how to write a federal resume. Free. For information contact Career Services at 817-272-2932 or careers@uta.edu “Secret of the Cardboard Rocket”: 2-3 p.m., the Planetarium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for children and seniors, $3 for faculty, staff and alumni, and $2 for UTA students. For information, contact the Planetarium at 817-272-1183 or planetarium@uta.edu. UTA Volunteers meeting: 2:15-3:15 p.m., Student Congress Chambers, UC. Help plan events and find out about upcoming events. For information, contact Allison Bailey at 817-272-2963 or allison.bailey@uta.edu. The Link International Friendship Program Info Session: 6 p.m., Swift Center, free. This program matches UTA international students with Arlington community members. For information, contact the Office of International Education at 817-272-2355 or international@uta.edu “Stars of the Pharaohs”: 7:30 p.m., Bluebonnet Ballroom, UC. The comedian performs as part of the EXCEL Campus Activities new series. Free and open to the public. For more information contact EXCEL at 817-272-2963, excel-entertainment@ uta.edu WEDNESDAY Mostly Sunny • High 97°F • Low 70°F Census Date Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Tommy Fitzpatrick/ Margo Sawyer: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 169 Fine Arts Bldg. Exhibitions dates are Sept. 4 - Oct. 10. Free. For information, contact Patricia Healy at 817-272-5658 or phealy@uta.edu. Three Keys to Understanding Deep Economy: Noon-1 p.m., 100 Nedderman Hall. Free. For information contact Roxanna Latifi at 817-272-6107 or roxanna@uta.edu.
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POSTIN’ UP Civil engineering graduate student Samjhana Shrestha hands a poster on University Hall with the help of electrical engineering graduate student Binayad Shrestha on Monday.
POLICE REPORT PERSONAVACTION by Thea Blessener
This is a part of the daily activity log produced by the university’s Police Department. To report a criminal incident on campus, call 817-272-3381.
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THURSDAY Criminal Mischief or Vandalism Officer reported that an unknown male got out of his vehicle and flipped a gate arm upward, causing the gate arm to break, at 7:59 p.m. at 500 Pecan St. The subject was issued a city citation for reckless damage and a criminal trespass warning for the entire campus. Accident, Minor Officers investigated a minor accident involving two vehicles at 4:28 p.m. at 500 Summit Ave. There were no injuries. Assist Agency Officers assisted the FBI in locating the girlfriend of a suspect, both students, and the subject was subsequently arrested at 10:32 a.m. at 806 Bering Drive. The girlfriend was interviewed and released. Vehicle, Tow An abandoned vehicle was towed at 7:52 a.m. from Lot 33, 800 UTA Blvd., and taken to an impound facility.
CORRECTIONS In Friday’s Mind, Brain and Education story, Marc Schwartz’s name was misspelled. Also, the College of Education is planning to spend $250,000 in grant money to create a lab. The amount was incorrect in the story.
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matching funds through the program, said Sally Post, Texas Tech News Media and Broadcasting director. The donations could generate $21.5 million in matching funds. “We are thankful to everyone for their support of Texas Tech University and our goal of becoming the state’s next national research university,” said Kent Hance, Texas Tech University System chancellor, in a press release. “The fact that the fund is oversubscribed for 2010 as of today shows that this is good for all seven emerging research universities and will be extremely beneficial for the state of Texas.” University spokesperson Kristin Sullivan said UTA is building a base of private funding. “This is a really young philanthropy program,” Sullivan said. “We are proud of the gifts we have received.” Sullivan said state universities relied on state funds until 2003, when the state deregulated tuition. The current private dona-
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The new budget has an increase of more than $22 million but only about one quarter comes from the state. The rest comes from outside sources like donations, fundraising, tuition or rent, said Rusty Ward, business affairs vice president and controller. He said $3.8 million comes from a stimulus bill instead of state funding. The budget, approved Aug. 20, also includes a one-time $5 million appropriation for the UT Arlington Regional Nursing Center, which is meant to help fill the state’s nursing shortage, said Charles Miller, budgeting and financial planning assistant vice president. Ward said the state is expecting a large deficit in the next biennial, 20122013, and every school needs to prepare. “We are in good shape but we have to be very careful for the next couple years,” Ward said. Ward said 70 percent of the budget is used for personnel, utilities, debt services and other fixed costs. These costs cannot be adjusted without losing electricity or cutting jobs, he said. “We want to maintain quality of education, and we want to retain those providing the education,” Ward said. Tuition increase generated $9 million more in revenue, Ward said. Tuition increases an average of 4.95 percent per year, he said. All students don’t have the same tuition rate until taking more than 12 hours, then it becomes a flat rate. The budget also allocates $298,000 for intercollegiate sports scholarships to offset tuition increase, Ward said.
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tions culture is built by community members and alumni, she said. She referenced alumnus Mustaque Ahmed, who gave out-of-pocket to endow the College of Liberal Arts Festival of Ideas Global Research Institute. “The amount doesn’t matter,” Sullivan said. “It is the demonstration of support for the university and the growth of the philanthropic program.” The university also received support from corporate entities. Carrizo Oil & Gas gave $1 million, and Texas Instruments Inc. donated $225,000. “We value the gift from our donors,” Sullivan said. “They are every bit as substantial and they are important.” Fred Patterson, Center for Innovation at Arlington business coach, said reporting larger donations creates more confidence in a university. If others have given money, more are likely to follow, he said. “Definitely a momentum that is generated,” Patterson said. “The more money you get the more you are likely to get.”
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Cricket
Computer science and engineering freshman Cedrick Davis attempts to get ahead by doing math homework on Labor Day in the Ransom Hall computer lab.
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“This is my favorite holiday to work on. It’s like a vacation day.” Julie Swink,
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plied with bandages and ointment. “The MAC is awesome,” he said. “People are friendly, nice and they’ll do just about anything you need within reason.” Services in Ransom Hall’s computer lab are available 24 hours every day. Labor Day was no different. Most students used the lab to do assignments, meet with friends, play games and communicate through Skype, an Internet phone software
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the Sam Houston National Forest, the Caddo-LBJ National Grasslands and the River Legacy Parks. They set a December deadline to have a proposal ready for the NSF in January. The Dallas-Fort Worth area is an ideal candidate for urban ecological research, said biology associate professor Laura Gough, who hosted the event. “The DFW Metroplex is rapidly growing in area and population therefore offering more and more opportunities to study the effects of humans on the environment and also how the environment reacts back,” Gough said. People broke into three brainstorming groups to discuss the proposal’s overall conceptualization, practical
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application. Niraj Patel, a freshman Coordinated Admission Program student, used the lab to do math homework. “It’s nice that Ransom Hall and the library are open,” he said. “People who don’t go home can still study or do whatever.” The Central Library was open regular hours Monday. Library assistant Julie Swink worked on Labor Day in the Central Library for the second time. She and other Central Library staff have to sign up to work “skeletal days,” she said. Skeletal days are days when
staff work a couple of holidays out of the year and operate the building with the minimum amount of people necessary. “This is my favorite holiday to work on,” she said. “It’s like a vacation day.” Library traffic was high, as usual, Swink said. “Students don’t have set schedules,” she said. “They study whenever they can and we’re happy to be available to them.”
implementation and how to improve public outreach. The groups reconvened and summarized their ideas. Gough said she would look over the ideas this week and start formulating the formal proposal. James Grover, environmental and earth sciences director, said he is interested in how humans affect the succession of plants in an urban environment. “A possible research area is to study the history of an ecosystem and see if humans change the type of succession in an urban area,” Grover said. One idea was to study water quality at different points in the Trinity River’s tributaries, which run in and around the Metroplex. Graduate student Chad Larson expressed interest in studying how humans affect the water quality as well as the surrounding areas such as the
River Legacy Parks. “This conference was a good way for me to meet people who have experience researching in the field,” Larson said. Gough said research should be available to community members because they are affected by findings. Engineers, economists, landscape architects and ecologists were some professions at the conference. Gough said the conference lacked a social scientist who would present societal concerns. “In order to receive a grant, proposals must present different angles from various disciplines and having a social scientist would give us more balance,” Gough said.
“I didn’t really expect that any student here would have a bat or ball,” he said. “But it was great to see people keeping up with their love for the sport.” Sharma usually plays cricket by the UTA Bookstore’s dock during the weekend. UTA Bookstore director Bill Coulter said the only time he has seen the game played on the bookstore’s parking lot is on Sundays. “It doesn’t present any problems by them playing on the parking lot,” he said. “It’s an empty parking lot on Sundays.” Coulter said the bookstore is usually closed on Sundays, with the exception of two Sundays out of the year. At Centennial Court apartments, physics graduate student Prasad Joglekar plays cricket on Friday evenings when time permits. Chemistry graduate Subhash Chand plays with Joglekar on Fridays, but he wants more competitors, he said. “We want more people to come
out and play this game,” Chand said. “It’s very exciting.” The Campus Recreation Fields Complex could accommodate students wanting to play cricket, but there would have to be some giveand-take based on the current setup, said Chris Muller, campus recreation associate director. “The Department of Campus Recreation would be more than willing to work with any student to attempt to serve their needs,” he said. Sharma said he plays with different people now that the new semester started. He has played the game since childhood. He even remembers getting his first bat from his father. “I must have been around a year and a half when I got my first bat, even though it was made of plastic,” he said. Sharma, originally from New Delhi, India said he played cricket with his father, his older sister and friends. “Back at home, me and friends would play cricket any time,” he said. “Anywhere possible, scorching heat or rain, nothing would stop us.” Temicca HunTer news-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
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Mechanical engineering graduate student Samar Shah bowls a tennis ball to electrical engineering graduate student Hersh Shaw Friday evening in the UTA Bookstore parking lot.
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Questions for Darren Carter
The Shorthorn shares its conversation with the californian comedian By Harold loren The Shorthorn staff
“Lookout! It’s Darren carter – the party starter” and he’s hitting Arlington tonight to kick off eXceL campus Activities’ One Mic Stand, the new monthly comedy series that’s free for all. Darren carter’s made a name for himself by unleashing a captivating flurry of impersonations, keen cultural observations and off-the-wall social commentary. His contagious charm and vivid imagery paints a picture, both unique and relatable. After spotted by hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg for carter’s dead-on impersonations of the rapper, he’s become a favorite of the hip-hop culture and a much-requested comedian. He’s been seen on e!’s “chelsea Lately” and in Showtime’s “comics Without Borders.” He’s recently appeared in Be cool with John Travolta and continues to rack up TV appearances including comedy central’s “Premium Blend,” BeT’s “comic View” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
The Shorthorn caught up with carter, on the phone, in Los Angeles while on his way to buy his wife a birthday cake before going on the road for a few days. We talked on his way there and then he called back after returning home. He asked us to help him sing “Happy Birthday” to his wife before we continued our chat.
WHen and WHere What: One Mic Stand Comedy Series featuring comedian Darren Carter When: Today. Doors open at 7 p.m. Show begins at 7:30 p.m. Where: Bluebonnet Ballroom Price: Free
The Shorthorn: Let’s go back to the start. You’re a kid. You’re growing up in Fresno, Calif. When and how does the idea occur to you that maybe you can make people laugh for a living?
Darren carter: early. Like in 8th grade. I was just a funny kid. I didn’t really have any other talents, like I couldn’t play baseball or football or anything like that. I did well in speech and debate team and enjoyed that. I often won by adding funny to my viewpoints. I grew up around a lot of Hispanic kids in Fresno, and I’m white with red hair, it just felt like I was always in a situation that was just always primed for comedy. Did your parents support you? not really. My family was actually pretty strict. I couldn’t really do much. My father was a Baptist deacon and he was really involved with the church. They didn’t go for music or believe in dancing or anything like that. I love them but it was all kind of weird. For me, life would begin everyday the minute I opened the door and left the house. So, as you grow older and decide to perform, where does your big break come? Is that how it happens? Is there really such a thing as a big break? Well, I would say that it’s more like a lot of small breaks. Yeah, small breaks spread out over a long time. I started out in Fresno and soon I started signing up for the open mic nights in the comedy clubs of San Francisco. I met people, like other comedians and I just developed my sketches. Then, I did a series of college comedy tours. Later, I hit the comedy clubs of LA. All in all, I’ve been a comic for about 15 years now. You do a lot of amazing impersonations and you seem to have mastered every culture you do, are your audiences ever offended? not really. Actually, it’s kind of the opposite. People seem to truly love when I do a funny sketch or interpretation of their culture. They seem to laugh the hardest when it’s all about them. The thing about me is that for every one joke I throw at anyone, I put three jokes on me. I don’t try to put anyone down. I celebrate the funny things about us all. So, what can we all expect from your upcoming September 8th performance at UTA? expect the unexpected. every show I do is different, because I turn it into a dialogue with the audience. every audience is unique. This one guy made me a killer theme song, which you can download for free on my MySpace page. check it out, It’s funny. You can expect impersonations, a few off-thewall sketches and whatever’s on my mind that day because really it’s all just about how I think.
Courtesy: Darren Carter
Comedian Darren Carter performs tonight for free at the Bluebonnet Ballroom in the University Center. His routine includes numerous impressions of different cultures, races and personas such as Snoop Dogg.
on tHe WeB For more information about Darren Carter, check out: http://www.darrencarter.com http://twitter.com/darrencarter http://www.myspace.com/darrencarter http://www.facebook.com/comediandarrencarter
You can hook up with me via Twitter, YouTube or on my Web site for a preview. The most important thing I can tell you is just to be loose and come prepared to laugh. I’m looking forward to it. Harold loren features-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu
Fox premiers “Glee” this Wednesday. The show follows the revival of a high school’s glee club, as the group of underdogs rises above oppression from the rich and popular.
More glee for Sitcom World FOX comedy has new take on high school drama Courtesy: Carin Baer/FOX
Kegan Sandoval The Shorthorn senior staff
The new comedy sitcom “Glee” burst on the scene with its pilot of not-so-popular high school performers and a cast of quirky teachers. Due to, we’ll say, mischievous behavior, the glee club director position is up for grabs. Spanish teacher Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) decides to make the best of his previous glee club stardom and take the position. The underfunded glee club is freshly named new Directions to add a new sparkle to the program, but the group is shadowed by the renowned cheer squad, the cheerios, and its witty
nounces she’s pregnant and persuades Will to coach, Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). Auditions revealed a less than optimistic drop his passion for performance and become an accountant. turnout, and the glee club looks to After talking be in ruins with only four memwith the germophobers, including a nerdy guitarist, a “glee” bic teacher emma flamboyant diva and a punk-rock Show: “Glee” Pillsbury, who is girl. Genre: Comedy hiding a crush Schuester manages to bring Network: FOX on Schuester, he some much needed attraction to Launch Date: 8 p.m. on Wednesday swoops the team the unappealing gang by black- hhhh under his wing once mailing a shower-singing star footagain. ball player. From the trailers, “Glee” appears to be anBut right when the gang begins seeing progress, Schuester’s self-centered wife Terri an- other over-dramatized, high-school-gossip
show, but the plot’s novelty is surprising. There is much to like about a sitcom with a style resembling “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” The zany character’s dry humor and offbeat personalities deliver oddball laughs. “Glee” has a comedic punch similar to “The Office” but a storyline to follow week-to-week. By the end of the pilot the bunch will have you rooting for the underdogs on the schoolyard. Audiences definitely need to watch this series and see if it holds up to its promising beginning. Kegan Sandoval features-editor@shorthorn.uta.edu
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Cross CounTry
Mavericks endure tough opening competition ference,” he said. the women’s team finished fourth out of five teams in the 2-mile race. the women’s team had two runners finish in the top 10. sophomore Jennifer Carey led by Travis DeTherage the Mavs with a time of 11:53, which put her The Shorthorn staff at eighth place. the other top-10 runner was the UtA men’s and women’s cross country junior Amanda McMahon who finished in teams started the season saturday at the tCU ninth place with a time of 11:54. season opener at trinity trails in Fort Worth. “there’s a proven commodity on the womthe men’s team finished last behind texas en’s side,” sauerhage said. “We’re looking for Christian and North texas. tCU finbig things from Amanda.” ished first overall with a score of 37 Freshman Marissa paz and points and UNt finished second with sophomore Lydia Chebii fina score of 44, narrowly beating UtA’s “We might not ished with the same time of score of 45. Freshman Eric Montou fair well in the 12:23. paz said she is looking led the Mavericks in the 4-mile race forward to the rest of the season with a time of 21:40, which put him fall, but the and conference championship in sixth place amongst all runners future is bright goals. competing. “I know the girls really want Head coach John sauerhage, who for our cross to win a conference championis entering his 15th year head coach country team ship, so I’m just here to tag for the cross country team, said the and see what UtA is all because they are along young team is a work in progress. about,” paz said. “We might not fair well in the fall, all almost entirely Coach sauerhage has led but the future is bright for our cross UtA cross country teams to 20 freshmen.” country team because they are all team championships in 65 opalmost entirely freshmen,” sauerhage John sauerhage, portunities. sauerhage has also said. won three conference titles. head coach UtA actually led all teams with “We got to keep our finfour runners, all freshmen, finishing gers cross that these guys stay in the top 10. Ken Wallace finished healthy,” sauerhage said. “they seventh with a time of 21:46, Cody need to think like Division 1 Widener finished ninth with a time of 21:57 runners and hopefully the stuff will build. and Anthony Groom finished 10th with a time Were glad to have them here.” of 21:58. Groom is looking forward to the year. “I want to be on the travel squad and be in Travis DeTherage sports-editor.shorthorn@uta.edu the top seven and help the team score at con-
Men’s and women’s team came up short in first race of the year, but remains optimistic in the long run.
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Freshman Kevin Vasquez, left, and junior Heinz Schwarzkopf take the first turn at the TCU Cross Country opener Saturday at Trinity Trails in Fort Worth. The men’s team finished third overall.
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team opens tournament strong, then loses steam After sweeping Georgia Southern the first night of play, Mavs didn’t win another set throughout the weekend. by ClinT uTley The Shorthorn staff
the volleyball team went 1-2 in three matches this weekend at the Colorado state Hilton Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. the team swept Georgia southern Friday night and lost to Colorado state and ohio state on saturday to go 2-5 for the season. Junior setter raegan Daniel was named all-tournament for her play. Daniel averaged 5.1 assists, 2.0 digs and 1.7 killsper-set in three matches. Head coach Diane seymour was pleased with Daniel’s performance. “she got the weekend started against Georgia southern,” seymour said. “If we can get her to average two kills per set, that’s a good thing for us. probably the best she’s played since she’s been at UtA.”
the team swept the first match against Georgia southern 25-21, 26-24, 25-17 to record their second win of the season. Georgia southern started the match with a 15-8 run to open the first set, but the Mavericks responded with a 17-6 streak to win the first set 25-21. Daniel had three kills in five attempts and recorded seven assists. Junior outside hitter Bianca sauls added three kills for the Mavericks. the second set saw the team in need of another comeback. the team trailed 20-11 before a 15-4 run sealed the set. the Mavericks capitalized on seven Georgia southern service errors and nine attack errors. After a short-lived 2-1 deficit in the third set, the Mavericks took the lead and never let it go. the final frame ended 25-17. sauls contributed four kills in the set and Daniel stood out with six kills, a .545 hitting percentage, 20 assists and six digs in the match. Daniel was quick to give credit to the
team’s all around play. “I was really excited and honored to get that,” Daniel said of her all-tournament selection. “I didn’t really see it coming. I definitely couldn’t have done it without my teammates.” the thrill of victory departed after a loss to Colorado state on saturday. the Mavericks were swept 25-16, 25-13, 25-18. An early lead by the Mavericks was forgotten after the rams used a 16-8 streak to close the first set. sauls carried the team with four kills and four digs. the closest the team came in the second set was six points, 6-12, before the rams took the set 25-13. A similarly-dreary third set doomed the Mavericks as they recorded only a .063 hitting percentage compared to Colorado state’s .291 percentage. sophomore outside hitter tara Frantz said more energy throughout the match will lead to more wins. “I think energy can carry a team a long
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way,” she said. “When you’re tired, when you’re down, take what you have from the start and put it in all the way to the finish.” their third tournament match against ohio state was a sweep in the Buckeyes’ favor. the Mavericks lost 25-10, 25-21, 25-17 on saturday night. After a dismal first set, the Mavericks showed more fight in the second. ohio state used an 8-1 run to seal the second set after trailing 20-17. the Buckeyes swept the match with 17 kills and a .250 hitting percentage in the third set. seymour would like to see an improved defense for the Mavericks’ home opener this saturday. “If we want to win more matches,” she said, “one of the things we have to do is play better defense and come up with more digs.” ClinT uTley sports-editors.shorthorn@uta.edu
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