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A simple mid-range jump shot accompanies Melissa Thomas on her visit to the Herrington Patriot Center one afternoon. Thomas is a senior guard on the University's women's basketball team, and on this particular day the team does not have practice. But that's not enough to keep her away from the court.

SAN ANTONIO-The University's men's soccer held the top ranked team in the country to a scoreless battle, only to fall 4-2 in penalty kicks to Trinity University on Saturday night in the second round of the NCAA national tournament.

ABILENE-The University's women's soccer team failed toovercome a two-goal halftime deficit and fell 4-1 to Hardin-Simmons in the championship game of the American Southwest Conference tournament on Sunday afternoon.

The win for the Cowgirls clinched their eighth straight ASC title.

The 2010 American Southwest Conference Cross Country championship is scheduled for Oct. 30 on the University campus.

The women's team is the defending ASC champion and finished 17th out of 40 teams at the NCAA South/Southwest Regionals in Greensboro, N.C."Hardin Simmons, Texas Lutheran and us all seem to be running fairly strong," head cross country coach Bob Hepler said.

The men placed second last year but won the meet in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The team finished ninth out of 36 teams in Greensboro.

Jeff Chandler’s 8K time of 27:14 led the University’s men’s cross country team to a second place finish at the Texas Div. III State Cross Country Championship in Seguin. Chandler’s time also earned him the individual crown at the meet, beating Trinity’s Zach Brush by 15 seconds.

The Patriots finished with 47 points, 19 points behind Trinity.

University officials announced the addition of Christy Gibson and Megan Dobrinski to the Patriots' softball coaching staff last Friday.

Gibson rejoins the staff after taking a year off. She was apart of the staff in 2009, who won the 2009 NFCA West Region Coach Staff of the Year, and helped lead the team to their first appearance in the NCAA Div. III Softball College World Series.

The University of Texas at Tyler women's soccer team dropped their second game of the season, losing 2-1 to Trinity (Texas) on Sunday afternoon at Citizens 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex.

PITTSBURGH - The University's men's and women's tennis teams saw their seasons come to an end in the NCAA Regional round May 13-15. The men's tournament took place in Pittsburgh, Pa., the women's in Claremont, Calif.

Women

The women's team dominated its first round opponent Whitworth. The Patriots took all three doubles matches. Lauren Giovaninni and Brittany Trich sealed the victory with two singles wins. The win for Giovaninni moved her into first place all-time in singles wins with 60 at the University.

HERSHEY, Pa. - It was moving day at the NCAA Div. III National golf tournament in Hershey, Pa., and moving is exactly what the UT Tyler men's team did.

The Patriots turned in a score of 291 (+3) and sit tied for seventh with Greensboro College at 47 over.

Methodist (N.C) holds a three day lead at 24 over, five shots ahead of Huntingdon College.

Joey Rippel fired a 70 (-2) at Hershey Links to lead the team in round three. Brandon Ellis followed shooting even par. Tynan Day rebounded from day two, shooting 74.