Scorpions men's soccer looks to keep record umblemished
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College men’s soccer team seeks to stay undefeated when it visits University of St. Thomas on Saturday in Houston.
The No. 22 Scorpions (5-0-1) met the Celts (3-2-2), independent members of the NAIA, Sept. 3 at REK Center Field in a 2-0 Scorpions victory. This will be the sixth meeting between the schools, with UTB-TSC holding a 4-1 advantage.
UST is the only team to have beaten the Scorpions in Brownsville since the men’s soccer program was started in 2007.
Saturday’s game is the fifth in a string of seven road games for the Scorpions and the last against a non-NAIA opponent until the season finale in November.
UTB-TSC begins Red River Athletic Conference play against University of the Southwest on Oct. 3 in Hobbs, N.M.
Volleyball team aims to continue streak
The 12th-ranked University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College women’s volleyball team takes an 11-match winning streak to Muskogee, Okla., for a game against Bacone at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Scorpions (13-1) face a Bacone team that is 1-7 this year after a 3-23 season in 2007 and 14-23 campaign in 2008. UTB-TSC coach Todd Lowery’s squad climbed from No. 14 to No. 12 in the NAIA poll released Tuesday.
Scorpions setter Daianarah Bracero leads the RRAC in assists with a 9.7 average per game.
Following Saturday’s match, the Scorpions are home for five matches during a two-weekend span. They play host to two matches Friday, Oct. 2, and another Saturday, Oct. 3, starting with a meeting with defending conference champion Wiley College at 5 p.m. Friday.
