Mondays With Coach Withers: Willie Jones III Starting QB, Depth Chart Coming Soon

Quarterback Willie Jones III breaks for a run to the left sideline as two UTSA players fail to make the right cut and are quickly left behind.

Mondays With Coach Withers: Willie Jones III Starting QB, Depth Chart Coming Soon

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter The competition at spring training camp, summer training camp, and all those moments in between has been palpable. Although the weather in San Marcos remains upward of 100 degrees on the Monday before the Texas State Bobcats take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, the competitive atmosphere in the football complex had a weather system to call its own. At the same time, competition was breeding […]

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Softball

Bobcat Softball Finishes Number One for Sun Belt Conference

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter Finishing the regular season triumphantly on a 4-1 victory over the University of Texas Arlington Mavericks, the Texas State Bobcats are Sun Belt Regular Season Champions. After a season of the natural ebbs and flows that softball dictates, the Bobcats have observably persisted through the ebbs, improved each week, and have earned the number one seed for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament beginning on Wednesday, […]

May 7, 2018 70

Softball

Softball Exits 1-2 After Trip to Troy

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter Entering the weekend having won the last four games, consisting of a processional sweeping of University of Louisiana-Monroe and a mid-week win over rival UTSA, the 21st-ranked Texas State Softball team had everything going for them. Consistent batting, austere pitching, and resilience ingrained from dedicated coaching made the trip to Troy another prime spot for the softball team to win. Yet, the Troy Trojans were […]

April 30, 2018 46

Baseball

Bobcat Baseball Looking to Rise Over Sun Belt Rival South Alabama

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter A sudden twist of urgency arose from the Texas State baseball team over the weekend in a sweep of the Georgia State Panthers – an eventful series which demanded that the team string together hits, fight back in overtime, and overcome a variety of pitchers. The urgency flowed over into a Tuesday night battle with the Texas A&M Aggies. However, after 11 hits, five runs, […]

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Baseball

Extra Innings, Extra Runs as Bobcat Baseball Sweeps Georgia State

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter After several weekends of suffering from incongruent hitting, complacent at-bats, and late swings in the dirt, the Bobcat baseball team finally arrived into this weekend’s play with a resilient determination to bounce their way back into competition. Sweeping Georgia State was the only option to find a competitive groove in the 2018 season. Extra innings and the batting lineup being surprisingly resilient on the day […]

April 16, 2018 47

Baseball

Double Header, Double Downer for Bobcat Baseball

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter The Bobcats facing University of Louisiana-Monroe was as much about separating themselves in the Sun Belt conference for a resurgent April as it was about gaining team morale. The Warhawks and Bobcats matchup was a challenge to each team as the definitive series to play as a team benefiting one another. The series also presented the rare double-header, further notating the need for every member […]

April 10, 2018 34

Softball

Bobcat Softball Overcomes Jaguars to Extend Sun Belt Lead

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter The Texas State softball team is composed of players not only renowned for individual efforts, but the tone in which they play together. The series sweep of the South Alabama Jaguars was a team series. Each player stood out for their own marked stats, but delineating those would be a disservice to the team organization head coach Ricci Woodard has built. The sweep was a […]

April 10, 2018 36

Baseball

Bobcat Baseball April Action Begins With ULM

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter After a devastatingly awkward end to March, which includes five straight losses for the Texas State Bobcat Baseball team, April action has begun with a twist. Monday saw a 6-1 victory over the Baylor Bears, featuring Anthony Pagano receiving his first 2018 pitching start and win. Ryan Newman made sure to follow up the pitching staff’s display with a statement home run. However, the next […]

April 5, 2018 42

Softball

Bobcat Softball Soars Against Georgia Southern

By Alexander Haynes Sports Reporter After three cancelled games, the Bobcat softball team had a week to practice, improve, and refresh for an onslaught of Sun Belt games. Any concern the team would display rust against Sun Belt rival Georgia Southern Eagles went sailing out the window after scoring three batters into the first inning. The off-week arguably made the Bobcats mentally sharper behind the insightful coaching of Ricci Woodard, […]

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