Welcome back to Whoosh Weekly! The fall postseason is here, with the Comets competing for the Lone Star Conference titles for the first time.
LAST WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS
Women's Soccer - The Comets lost 2-1 at UT Tyler in the regular season finale on Tuesday, but qualified as the #8 seed in the LSC Championship Tournament. On Friday, UTD defeated #7 Lubbock Christian 3-2 in double overtime on the road in the first round on Friday.
Ella Spiller scored 18 seconds into the second extra period to send the Comets to the quarterfinals.
Men's Soccer - UTD wrapped up the regular season with a 2-1 victory over UT Tyler at home on Wednesday. The Comets then hosted a LSC Tournament quarterfinals match on Saturday and easily defeated St. Edward's 5-0.
Callum Thompson scored the game-winning goal and
Avery Brazzell had two goals and an assist.
Volleyball - UT Dallas went 1-1 in its final weekend at home, sweeping Texas A&M International on Friday and losing in three sets to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday. The Comets celebrated five seniors before the match, honoring
Mari Hernandez,
Sydney Sabin,
Averi Frazier,
Laura See and
Avery Pickard. UTD is tied for fifth place with two matches left in the regular season. The top nine qualify for the LSC Championship Tournament.
UTD Athletics Hall of Honors - Four new inductees were added to the Hall of Honors in the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center on Saturday. Rachel Houston Cohrs (women's tennis), Kayla Jordan O'Connell (volleyball), Omar Jaroun (men's tennis) and Bruce Unrue (administration) made up the class of 2026.
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE (see entire schedule)
Women's Soccer - The Comets face #21 Texas Woman's in the LSC Championship quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Monday night in Denton. The winner advances to Thursday's semifinals at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of DBU in Dallas.
Men's Soccer - UTD will try to punch its ticket to the LSC finals when they travel to Wichita Falls, Texas on Wednesday. They will face the top-seeded #5 Midwestern State at 7 p.m. The finals will be Saturday at the highest seed remaining.
Men's Tennis - Jose Perez Castillo and
Antoni Pankowski will compete in the inaugural ITA Division II Singles & Doubles Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala. beginning Wednesday. The ITA South Central Regional finalist in doubles will play at least three matches over the week. The draw has yet to be announced.
Volleyball - The Comets will wrap up the regular season at DBU in Dallas at 6 p.m. on Friday and at Texas Woman's in Denton at 2 p.m. on Saturday
Cross Country - UTD will compete in the Lone Star Conference Championships in Lubbock, Texas on Saturday. The men's 8K race begins at 9 a.m., followed by the women's 6K at 9:45 a.m.
COMETS OF THE WEEK
Avery Brazzell - Men's Soccer
Ella Spiller - Women's Soccer
