Softball earns walk-off victory on senior day
Clay Massey | Staff Writer @Clay_FC Just a day after stopping its losing skid that would have been the worst in school history, the Mean Green softball team struck for
Roundtable: North Texas athletics 2015-2016 year in review
Editor’s Note: The North Texas Daily sports staff steps back and takes a look at the entire academic year for North Texas athletics, spanning from August 2015 to May 2016. Between the soccer team making the NCAA tournament and the football team making a mid-season coaching change the night of
Softball splits doubleheader, avoids longest losing streak in school history
Alex Lessard | Associate Sports Editor @alexjlessard With a 13-game losing streak weighing on its shoulders, the Mean Green softball team headed into its Saturday doubleheader with the University of Alabama at Birmingham looking to avoid a not-so great milestone. North Texas (21-33, 4-19) couldn’t break out of its slump
Brief: Men’s golf earns spot in NCAA Regionals
Austin Jackson | Staff Writer @a_jack17 The postseason dreams of North Texas men’s golf are still alive. The NCAA announced Thursday that the No. 62 Mean Green are the No. 11 seed in the NCAA-Tucson Regional. The Mean Green got the nod as one of 41 non-automatic qualifying teams to
New-look football closes out spring, looks forward to fall
Brady Keane | Staff Writer @BradyKeane The North Texas football team has undergone a complete overhaul since the completion of a 1-11 season last year, tied for the worst record in school history. The Mean Green has an almost entirely new staff led by head coach Seth Littrell, a new
Softball looking to recover from dismal second half
Clay Massey | Staff Writer @Clay_FC When the North Texas softball team entered conference play, it was riding the high of a five-game winning streak. The team had received votes to become nationally ranked and was sitting on a 13-6 record – the second best start in school history. However,
Dynamic recruit Griffin has potential to be next two-sport star at UNT
Brady Keane | Staff Writer @BradyKeane Deion Griffin is fast. The Arlington Heights High School senior who signed to play football with the Mean Green next season is so fast that his speed in the 200m dash would have placed 2nd at the K.T. Woodman Classic as a member of
Track and Field’s Stewart looks to end her collegiate career with a bang
Alex Lessard | Associate Sports Editor @alexjlessard As the sun soaked into the Fouts Field track, senior Chastity Stewart and her teammates gathered for a post-practice talk. Stewart had always drawn with chalk after practices throughout her career, but this time, head coach Carl Sheffield had a special assignment in
Softball falls to the Longhorns, extends losing streak to 13 games
Reece Waddell | Senior Staff Writer @ReeceWaddell15 It’s been 24 days since North Texas softball has found the win column. The Mean Green (20-32, 3-18) was beaten for the 13th consecutive time on Wednesday, falling 4-2 to the University of Texas at Austin on the road. Freshman pitcher Lauren Craine
Four track and field athletes ready for opportunity to compete at NCAA tournament
Reece Waddell | Senior Staff Writer @ReeceWaddell15 Head track & field coach Carl Sheffield made a bold prediction coming into the 2016 season, saying the Mean Green would double the number of athletes at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Last year North Texas sent eight athletes
Track and field ends regular season strong in San Marcos
Torie Mosley | Staff Writer @toriemosley The North Texas men’s and women’s track and field teams head into Conference play later this month riding high off a strong regular season-ending performance in San Marcos at the Bobcat Classic. Twenty-eight top 10 finishes, six second-place finishes and three titles capped off
Softball loses 12th game in a row, swept by UTEP
Alex Lessard | Associate Sports Editor @alexjlessard The Mean Green softball team just can’t find a way to win. North Texas (20-31, 3-18) lost 6-3 in the final matchup of a three-game series with the University of Texas at El Paso (22-28, 13-8), allowing the Miners to clinch a Conference
Women’s sports at UNT earn less, pay coaches less than men’s teams
Nealie Sanchez | Staff Writer @NealieSanchez Pay inequality between men and women is a prevalent issue, and the trend has made its way into collegiate athletics as well. According to the NCAA financial report released on January 25, 2016, approximately $5.1 million was paid to coaches in salaries, bonuses and
Underwood’s path to college softball influenced by family
Clay Massey | Staff Writer @Clay_FC As junior right-handed pitcher Stacey Underwood stares down opposing batters from the pitching circle, she means business. She always has. The integrated studies major with a focus on business wants to be her own boss one day, something she does every time she steps
Behind the mascot
Austin Jackson | Staff Writer @a_jack17 After a celebratory stanky-leg-dab combo, sweat pours into blue eyes as they beam through the skinny mesh sliver in Scrappy’s bright yellow beak. The anonymous celebrity spreads an invisible smile and drapes their wing across the shoulder of a young Mean Green fan to
Tennis team finds positive outlook after season ends in C-USA Semifinals
Courtney Anderson | Staff Writer @CPaigeA23 After dominating the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the first round 4-1 and sweeping Louisiana Tech University in the second round 4-0, the Mean Green could not keep up momentum in the third round. In their first ever appearance at the Conference USA
New basketball transfer Temara ready to prove himself at D-I level
Torie Mosley | Staff Writer @toriemosley With North Texas men’s basketball’s graduate forward Eric Katenda, who started 18 games for the Mean Green, graduating and leaving the program, the team has a hole to fill. North Texas may have found the perfect solution with the recent signing of sophomore JUCO
FootGolf bringing new life to old sport
Austin Jackson | Staff Writer @a_jack17 Alex Lessard | Associate Sports Editor @alexjlessard Andrew Randich studies the fairway of Lake Park Golf Course that sprawls before him. With the wind at his back, Randich sets his ball down, takes five measured steps back and exhales for just a moment. He
Men’s golf unable to repeat as C-USA champions after stroke-play playoff
Austin Jackson | Staff Writer @a_jack17 North Texas freshman Ian Snyman and the youthful Mean Green men’s golf team put on a dogged title defense at the Conference USA Championship in Texarkana, Texas. North Texas clawed from behind to take eventual champion Louisiana Tech University to two-hole playoff before falling
Home runs doom softball in Texas Tech doubleheader
Reece Waddell | Senior Staff Writer @ReeceWaddell15 North Texas softball fell victim to the long ball on Wednesday afternoon, giving up six home runs to Texas Tech University to extend its losing streak to nine games. The Mean Green (20-28, 3-14) had two costly innings in each contest, allowing the
North Texas Cheer hopes to uses third place finish in Daytona to improve with new talent and fifth-year seniors
Nealie Sanchez | Staff Writer @NealieSanchez The North Texas Cheer team placed third out of 18 teams in the National Cheerleaders Association Daytona competition in a new division this year, marking the end of four four-year seniors’ collegiate careers. For All-Girl Captain Clonisha Stewart, she knew before the competition earlier this
Track and field seniors thrive at the John Jacobs Invitational
Austin Jackson | Staff Writer @a_jack17 Mean Green track and field notched 21 top-10 finishes against elite competition Saturday at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma. The women’s team took third place behind Wichita State University and meet-host Oklahoma University, who took first in both men’s and women’s events.
Softball swept by Louisiana Tech, eliminated from postseason play
Clay Massey |Staff Writer @Clay_FC After two losses in a doubleheader yesterday, the Mean Green softball team could not avoid a sweep against Louisiana Tech University, losing 9-3 on Sunday afternoon. With the loss, North Texas is now mathematically eliminated from making the Conference USA tournament hosted at Lovelace Stadium
Tennis season ends with C-USA semifinal loss to Rice
Torie Mosley | Staff Writer @toriemosley The North Texas tennis season came to an end in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on Saturday in a 4-1 Conference USA semifinal loss to No. 45 Rice University. Riding a four-meet winning streak and winning seven of its last eight in the last month, the Mean Green
Goree, receiving corps shine in football spring game
Brady Keane | Staff Writer @BradyKeane3 With Seth Littrell’s pass-heavy offense on full display for the first time at the 2016 Spring Game, the Mean Green football team entered Saturday afternoon searching for playmakers in the receiving corps to provide the system with the necessary pieces to succeed. Sophomores Tee
