With the third annual Homecoming Week in the books, UTRGV’s sports teams will focus on their upcoming matchups, including five at home.
The Vaqueros will battle against the No. 25 Mississippi State University Diamond Dawgs at 7 tonight at the UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
On Tuesday, the Vaqueros will shift their attention to the No. 3 Texas Tech University Red Raiders at noon as they defend their field.
Days later, the men’s squad will travel to Beaumont to face the Lamar University Cardinals in a three-game series starting Friday.
As of press time Friday, the Vaqueros’ overall record was 4-1.
UTRGV played against the University of Illinois-Chicago last weekend in a three-game series. Results were unavailable at press time.
Basketball
Both teams will face the New Mexico State University Aggies Saturday in their last conference match of the regular season, with the men playing at 7 p.m. in the Fieldhouse and the women at 3 p.m. away.
As of press time, the Vaqueras’ overall record was 13-14 and 3-9 in WAC play, while the Vaqueros stood 14-15 overall and 5-7 in conference.
Golf
Today, the men will play in the Colin Montgomerie Invitational in Houston, while the women’s team tees off at the Islander Classic in Corpus Christi.
In other golf news, Alvaro Hernandez was named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Golfer of the Week for Feb. 14 through last Tuesday.
Tennis
The women’s team will take part in the South Texas Showdown against Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi at 2 p.m. Tuesday at home. The Vaqueras will travel to the Islanders’ turf for the final match at 2 p.m. March 9.
From Feb. 12-18, three Vaqueras garnered conference honors: Junior Dominique Ibarra was named the WAC Women’s Tennis Singles Player of the Week and the duo of senior Dominique Esparza and junior Doris Aleksovska earned the Doubles Team of the Week distinction.
On the men’s side, the Vaqueros will finish the South Texas Showdown when they battle the Islanders at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Edinburg.
UTRGV fell 4-3 to Corpus Christi in their first matchup Feb. 16.
On Friday, the rivalry will continue as the UTRGV Men’s Tennis Team faces the Islanders in the H-E-B Tournament of Champions in Corpus Christi.
Track & Field
The men’s and women’s track & field teams competed in the WAC Indoor Championships in the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, last Thursday through Saturday.
On the first day of competition, freshman Dobri Stalev placed second in four events of the men’s heptathlon with a total of 2,799 points.
Stalev finished second in the 60-meter dash (7.35 seconds), earning 762 points; third in long jump (6.76 meters), 757 points; third in shot put (11.91 meters), 601 points; and fourth in high jump (1.86 meters), 679 points.
As of press time Friday, both UTRGV teams were still competing in the WAC Indoor Championships. Visit goutrgv.com for results.
