UTB-TSC Capsules: Scorpions take unbeaten record to Missouri
The eighth-ranked University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College women’s volleyball team is in Missouri for four matches in the Quality Inn Classic on Friday and Saturday hosted by Columbia College.
UTB-TSC plays Missouri Baptist at 9 a.m. Friday, Lindenwood (Mo.) at 3 p.m. Friday, Friends University (Kan.) at 3 p.m. Saturday, and seventh-ranked Columbia at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Missouri Baptist is 2-2, Lindenwood is 3-2, Friends is 0-0, and Columbia is 1-0.
The Columbia match is the NAIA’s featured "Match of the Week" since it is the only national matchup involving two teams ranked in the top 10.
The Scorpions are 3-0 after winning their first three matches of the season at the Wesleyan Hughes Tournament last week in Fort Worth, hosted by Texas Wesleyan. UTB-TSC started the 2010 season with wins over Mid-America Christian (Okla.), Loyola (La.) and Brenau (Ga.).
Saturday night’s tournament feature matchup between the Scorpions and Cougars is the second meeting between the two schools. UTB-TSC last played Columbia in 2008, when the Scorpions had a down year with a 10-23 record. The two teams met in Columbia, Mo., and the Cougars swept the Scorpions 3-0.
UTB-TSC had one other visit to Columbia College in 2007, when they participated in the NAIA national women’s volleyball championships. The Scorpions advanced to the Elite 8 at the national tournament that year, just as they did in the 2009 season.
After the Missouri road trip, the Scorpions have one more road match against Huston-Tillotson on Sept. 7 in Austin before playing their first home match Sept. 14.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Scorpions take on NCAA D-I Lamar on Friday in Beaumont
The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College women’s soccer hits the road for the start of a stretch of five straight road games when it meets Lamar at 7 p.m. Friday at LU Soccer Complex in Beaumont.
The Cardinals are 0-2 this year, losing 1-0 to Louisiana Tech and 2-1 to Louisiana-Lafayette. Lamar, a member of NCAA Division I, is a member of the Southland Conference.
The matchup against the Scorpions is the only meeting for the Cardinals against an NAIA team.
Conversely, the meeting for the Scorpions against Lamar is the only one on the schedule against an NCAA team.
The Scorpions are 1-0-1 after the Scorpion Soccer Classic Aug. 28 and 29. UTB-TSC tied ninth-ranked William Carey (Miss.) 1-1.
Following the Lamar game, the Scorpions have 12 days off before their next game Sept. 16 at Incarnate Word.
