Congratulations to UTRGV for this win! Let’s hope it marked the start of a great season.
I must point out an error in this article [“Third time is the charm,” Aug. 17, utrgvrider.com]. UTPA began a women’s soccer program in 2014, which was that university’s final year of existence. UTPA played a match with Texas Southern University. But UTRGV did not exist until 2015. That means Friday’s game was only the second time these schools have played each other. Not the third.
I understand that UTRGV inherited UTPA’s NCAA designation. However, that designation was not retroactive. Back in 2014, UTPA played its first (and only) season of women’s soccer. Meanwhile, UT Brownsville had been playing women’s soccer since 2006, finishing with an all-time record of 102-36-11, which included five years nationally ranked by NAIA and one year reaching the national title match.
From a Brownsville perspective, The Rider’s (inaccurate) description of 2014’s upstart Edinburg program as if it were UTRGV could be interpreted as disrespectful and biased.
Kip Austin Hinton
Associate Professor
Bilingual and Literacy Studies
