UTPB Volleyball grabs a spot in the Heartland Conference Play-Offs
Nov. 5, 2009
As UTPB was wrapping up its 3-0 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State just after 8 pm Thursday night the issue was still not settled.
Dallas Baptist was down 2-1 to Newman in Dallas. A Newman win and UTPB would be in a must win situation on Saturday against Newman Jets. A Dallas Baptist win and the Falcons would lock up at least fourth place and go back the Heartland Conference Tournament.
The Dallas Baptist Patriots rallied back and won two sets in row to knock Newman out of the race and hand UTPB the final ticket to the big show.
Despite, losing to Incarnate Word 3-2, St. Edward’s clinched, at least part of, the regular season title and the right to host the conference tournament. (Even if St. Edward’s and Incarnate Word finish the season tied, since the match went to five sets St. Edward’s would win the tie breaker).
So the current sitting for the tournament is as follows:
1. St. Edward’s
2. Incarnate Word
3. Dallas Baptist
4. UTPB
However, a scenario does exist in which UTPB can jump up one more playoff spot. If the Falcons defeat Newman on Saturday, Nov. 7 and Dallas Baptist loses to Oklahoma Panhandle State then UTPB and DBU would be tied and the tie breaker would go to the Falcons. (UTPB out scored DBU by one point in the Falcons 3-1 win over the Patriots).
In either case, the first round of the tournament will be Friday, Nov. 13 in Austin. The matches will be fourth seed vs. first seed and third seed vs. second seed (times are TBD).
The winners from each match will play Saturday, Nov. 14 for the right to represent the Heartland Conference at the NCAA Regional Tournament.
UTPB shuts down Panhandle State in Straight Sets 3-0
Nov. 5, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin left little doubt Thursday night against conference opponent Oklahoma Panhandle State as the Falcons swept the Aggies 3-0.
UTPB won 25-12, 25-17, 25-13.
The Falcons picked up nine aces in a game were 10 of the 12 players for UTPB got at least one kill. The two that didn’t were both defensive players. Freshmen Melanie Del Bosque, however, picked up three aces and freshmen Danae Eckart accounted for 13 of the team’s 32 digs. Sophomore Alex Genung led all hitters with 10 kills followed by freshmen Jamie Rodell who had six kills and seven block assists. Senior setter Brianna Tunnell had 15 set assists while sophomore setter Sara Torres had 10.
UTPB will wrap up regular season play by hosting Newman at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov. 7 in the Falcon Dome.
Women’s Soccer Defeated by Dallas Baptist, 1-0
Nov. 5, 2009
The UTPB women’s soccer team, playing in their final game of the 2009 season, fell in a heartbreaker to Dallas Baptist University, 1-0, this afternoon.
The loss moves the Lady Falcons to 6-12-1 overall and 3-8 in Heartland Conference play. Dallas Baptist improves to 8-10-1 overall and 7-5 in conference action.
Though statistically the Lady Falcons seem to dominate the first half of play, the teams entered intermission scoreless. The Lady Falcons outshot the Lady Patriots in the opening half 10-2, but could not get any attempts to find the back of the nets.
Finally at the 70:12 mark, Allyson Bales scored what would be the game winner. As the game would have it, Bales scored on a free kick – from 40 yards out. UTPB could not find the nets the rest of the way and the Lady Falcons fell, 1-0.
Women’s Soccer Defeats Newman, 3-0
Nov. 3, 2009
The UTPB women’s soccer team extended their win streak to three consecutive games by defeating Newman University, 3-0, on Tuesday afternoon . The win moves the Lady Falcons to 6-11-1 overall and 3-7-1 in Heartland Conference play. Newman falls to 8-7-4 overall and 6-4-2 in conference action.
Hannah Dozier got the Lady Falcons on the board at the 35:05 mark when she scored from 10 yards out on a breakaway. UTPB would use Dozier’s goal to take a 1-0 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Dozier scored her second goal at the 54:21 mark when she intercepted an errant pass from a Newman player to the goalie. Dozier knocked it in from close range to give the Lady Falcons a 2-0 lead. Finally, with just under ten minutes to play, Dozier crossed a pass to Brittany Booth, who found the back of the net to provide the final margin of 3-0.
The shutout victory for the Lady Falcons is their second in their last three outings. Over the last three contests, the Lady Falcons have outscored their opponents, 8-1.
The Lady Falcons will play their final regular season contests on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 when they travel to Dallas Baptist University. Game time is set for 4 pm.
UTPB Men’s Soccer Team Shutout By St. Edwards, 2-0
Nov. 1, 2009
The men’s soccer team traveled to Austin, TX Sunday afternoon (11/1/09) to face St. Edwards just 48 hours after a big victory at Incarnate Word. Unfortunately, the Falcons could not make it two straight as they fell to the Hilltoppers, 2-0. The loss drops the Falcons to 4-11-1 overall and 2-7 in Heartland Conference action. St. Edwards improves to 7-7-2 overall and 7-1 in conference play.
After a scoreless first half of play, St. Edwards struck quickly to open the second half. Joeski Williams scored from straight on at about 10 yards out to put the Hilltoppers up 1-0 just under five minutes into the final stanza. Then, at the 62:36 mark of the contest, the Hilltoppers would add to their lead when Josh Nannen scored on a penalty kick. That would provide the final margin of 2-0 for the host.
Statistically, the Falcons were dominated in shot attempts as St. Edwards posted 20 tries to just five for St. Edwards. UTPB did not have one shot attempt in the entire second half. Additionally, the Falcons were tagged with four yellow cards and a red card in the contest.
UTPB will play host to Newman University on Sunday, November 8, 2009. The game, which is scheduled for 3:00pm, will be the final men’s soccer game of the 2009 season.
Falcons bounce back; pick up a huge 3-1 win over Dallas Baptist
Oct. 31, 2009
With the Heartland Conference Playoffs on the line, the Falcons got a much needed 3-1 win in the team’s second match against Dallas Baptist.
UTPB won 20-25, 25-21, 25-14, 27-25.
It did not look good in the first set of the match for the Falcons as they found themselves down early to the Patriots 10-3. However, the Falcons clawed their way back in and finally caught DBU at 16-16. Both teams stayed even through the 19-19 mark when Dallas Baptist retook the lead and never let it go. The Patriots took the first set 25-20.
Dallas Baptist and UTPB found themselves deadlocked through most of the second set. The score was tied at 15-15 when UTPB took a small lead and held off the Patriots to win the second set 25-21 and even up the match at 1-1.
Still riding the set two momentum, UTPB ran out to a 15-7 lead over Dallas Baptist and cruised to a 25-14 win to take the 2-1 advantage in the match.
Dallas Baptist came out firing away at UTPB in the fourth set. DBU jumped out to a 3-0 lead to force a UTPB timeout and then, extended their advantage to 10-6, leading UTPB to use both of its timeouts early in the set. The Falcons were not done. UTPB chased down and caught the Patriots at the 14-14 mark. The set stayed close through the 23-23 mark when DBU took the advantage to set up set point. UTPB fought off set point to tie the set at 24-24 before an attacking error brought the Falcons to set point. The Patriots put down a kill to even the set back up at 25-25. However, after DBU served the ball into the net to give The Falcons match point. UTPB put down a double block to win the set 27-25 and the match 3-1.
Senior Molly Atnip, sophomore Christina Bogers and freshmen Jamie Rodell each had 12 kills for the Falcons. Atnip also had six block assists and three digs; Bogers added one block assist and three digs and Rodell had a solo block and seven block assists for the match. Junior Heather Sanchez was right behind the trio with 10 kills, and nine digs while sophomore Alex Genung had eight kills, two solo blocks, one block assist with four digs.
Defensively, UTPB was led by freshmen Danae Eckart with 27 digs, an ace, two set assists and a kill. Just behind her was junior Mica Lamprecht with 15 digs, a block assist and a kill; senior setter Brianna Tunnell had 51 set assists, nine digs, two aces and three kills and freshmen Melanie Del Bosque had eight digs and two set assists.
UTPB has two matches left in the regular season and both of them are important as UTPB is in a fight for the last playoff spot with Newman, a team who beat UTPB the first time the teams played 3-2.
First the Falcons will face Oklahoma Panhandle State at 7 pm on Thursday, Nov. 5. Then UTPB will face Newman at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov. 7. Both games will be live and in living color in The Falcon Dome.
42nd Annual Hendrix Classic/47th Annual Hendrix Relays
Oct. 30/31, 2009
The UTPB Falcons competed in Conway, Arkansas at the Hendrix Classic and Hendrix Relays. The Hendrix relays is the longest continuously running collegiate relay meet in the country.
The Hendrix Classic began Friday night. This was the first Invitational for the Falcons to compete in this season. There were nine swim teams that participated in the Hendrix Classic.
The UTPB Women’s team finished seventh with 175 points. Centenary (D-I) won the Classic with 368 and University of Arkansas Little Rock (D-I) finished second with 286. Third was University of the South with 230 points.
On the Men’s side Centenary finished first with 360 points followed closely behind the Falcons with 302 points. The University of the South finished third with 282 points. Combined UTPB finished third with 509 points behind Centenary and University of the South with 537 and 764 points respectively.
The Women’s team was lead by Rachel Duhon’s school record performance in the 200 Butterfly. The Women’s 400 Medley Relay finished eighth and the 400 Free Relay placed third. The Falcons had five top eight finishes on the women’s side. Allie Lape and Char-Day Charnholm finished sixth and seventh in the 1000 Freestyle. Rachel Duhon placed fifth in the 200 Freestyle and the 200 Butterfly. Allie Lape placed fifth in the 500 Freestyle.
The Men’s team was lead by Joseph Sarradet’s Hendrix Pool Record in the 200 Individual Medley first place finish and second place 200 Backstroke. Other top finishers include Sam McKinlay third and Alex Palma fouth in the 1000 Freestyle. Logan Greenburg placed seventh in the 200 Freestyle. Rick Millan and Erik Downs placed third and fifth respectively in the 50 Freestyle. Sam McKinlay and Xavier Morales placed third and sixth respectively in the 200 Butterfly. Brian Schroeder placed third in the 100 Freestyle out touching teammate Rick Millan in fourth. Will Hinson placed fifth in the 200 Backstroke. Sam McKlinay placed second and Alex Palma fifth in the 500 Freestyle. In the 200 Breaststroke Matt Smith placed fifth with Michael Anzano sixth. The 400 Medley Relay placed second consisting of Joseph Sarradet, Matt Smith, Xavier Morales, and Brian Schroeder. The 400 Freestyle Relay placed second as well consisting of Alex Palma, Erik Downs, Brian Schroeder, and Rick Millan. Both Relays finished behind Centenary.
Hendrix Relays
The Hendrix Relay meet was Saturday beginning at Noon. This meet consisted of a variety of relays. This is the only time the Falcons will be swimming a few of the relays until Conference. The Women’s finished fifth with 268 points. Henderson State, Centenary, and University of Arkansas Little Rock rounded up the top 3 with 466, 386, and 348 points respectively. The 200 Freestyle Relay placed fifth with a time of 1:50.59. The 300 Breaststroke Relay placed sixth with a time of 3:51.47. The 300 Butterfly Relay placed 4th with a time of 3:16.08. The 200 Medley Relay placed sixth with a time of 2:04.55.
On the Men’s all the Relays placed top six. The 400 Medley Relay placed third with a time of 3:39.10. The 300 Back Relay placed third with a time of 2:45.46. The 800 Freestyle Relay placed third with a time of 7:20.24. The 1500 Freestyle Relay placed second with a time of 15:09.90. The 300 Individual Medley Relay placed second with a time of 2:46.76. The 300 Butterfly Relay placed third with a time of 2:47.38. The 500 Freestyle Crescendo Relay placed third with a time of 4:23.32. The 200 Medley Relay placed third with a time of 1:40.44. The 400 Freestyle Relay placed third with a time of 3:20.43.
Head Coach Rob Rankin had this to say “We swam tough against good competition. We had some good surprise swims. This was a first big meet for our freshmen and they stepped up and swam well. We had people seated above us that helped push us while we had teams that we felt confident that we could beat putting us in a good position to swim well at our first big meet. Centenary is a Division 1 school and Henderson State is a highly ranked Division-II program. We were able to compete with them, and even beat them in some of our races. Joe (Joseph Sarradet) lead the team in all of his races. Setting a pool record in the 200 Individual Medley, leading the 400 Medley Relay off with a 52. He’s the type of athlete that doesn’t have a lot of excuses. He’s swims to win. He’s a tough competitor that likes rising to the occasion against tough competition. In a coaches poll done by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference he was picked as a pre-season All-Conference selection. This was a good meet for us all.”
UTPB Men’s Soccer Stuns Incarnate Word, 1-0
Oct. 30, 2009
The UTPB men’s soccer team pulled off an upset on Friday evening by defeating host Incarnate Word University, 1-0. The victory for the Falcons avenged a heart breaking loss just under three weeks ago to ICU that saw UTPB fall 4-3 in overtime after leading late in regulation.
The win moves the Falcons to 4-10-1 overall and 2-6-0 in Heartland Conference play.
The Cardinals fall to 6-7-3 overall and 4-3-0 in Heartland Conference action.
After a scoreless first half, the Falcons’ Ulises Guillen ran up the middle and beat the Cardinals’ goalie to give UTPB the only goal for either team in the contest. The goal came less than one minute into the second half. UTPB would manage to hold on down the stretch to gain the 1-0 victory.
In shot attempts, the Falcons were dominated in the contest. ICU blasted the Falcons, 19-2. However the one category that matters most, shots made, was won by the Falcons, 1-0.
The Falcons will travel to Austin, TX to battle St. Edwards on Sunday, November 1, 2009. Game time is set for 1:00pm.
UTPB drops game one to Dallas Baptist 3-1
Oct. 30, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin volleyball team bounced back after dropping the first set to conference opponent Dallas Baptist, but in the end the Patriots held on to win the match 3-1.
UTPB lost 25-14, 29-27, 18-25, 25-20.
After dropping the first set by 11 points, the Falcons came out in the second set looking to make a statement. UTPB closed an 11-6 gap and finally caught the Patriots at 18-18. The set stayed close and UTPB had set point twice. However, DBU came back both times and finally took the lead as they won the second set 29-27.
The Falcons came out of the break on fire as they out scored the Patriots 12-5 late in the set to get back in the match with a 25-18 win.
The Falcons played well in the fourth set, but just fell a little short as the lost the set 25-20 and the match 3-1.
Sophomore Alex Genung had a huge match for the Falcons with 18 kills, 11 digs, a block assists and a solo block. Defensively, freshmen Danae Eckart had 21 digs with a set assist; senior setter Brianna Tunnell had 20 digs and 33 set assists to go with her four kills; junior Mica Lamprecht had 14 digs with six kills and a set assist and junior Heather Sanchez had 11 digs, one kill and one solo block.
Game two against Dallas Baptist will take place at 2 pm Saturday, Oct. 31, live in The UTPB Falcon Dome.
UTPB Women’s Soccer Defeats Angelo State, 1-0
Oct. 28, 2009
The UTPB women’s soccer team defeated Angelo State on the road, 1-0. The victory improves the Lady Falcons to 5-11-1 overall. Angelo State dropped to 9-9 on the season.
At the 28:25 mark, UTPB’s Hannah Dozier scored what would be the game’s only goal. The goal was scored when Jessica Lentz sent a cross pass in front of the net. At that point, Dozier found the back of the net for the Lady Falcons.
Angelo State just outshot UTPB in the contest overall at 16-14, but the Lady Falcons ultimately had the one shot that mattered most in the contest.
UTPB will travel to Wichita, KS to battle Newman University on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Game time is set for 4 pm.
UTPB falls to Abilene Christian 3-1
Oct. 27, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin volleyball team took one set from the Wildcats from Abilene Christian Tuesday night on their way to a 3-1 loss in Abilene.
UTPB lost 25-10, 21-15, 25-13, 25-18.
Senior Molly Atnip led all hitters with 10 kills, three set assists, three digs, one solo block and three block assists in the match. Defensively, senior setter picked up 16 digs and 27 set assists to go with her two kills. Freshmen Danae Eckart had 13 digs and one kill while junior Mica Lamprecht had 10 digs and a kill.
UTPB Men’s Soccer Falls to St. Mary’s, 3-0
Oct. 25, 2009
The UTPB men’s soccer team fell on Sunday afternoon (10/25/09) to St. Mary’s, 3-0. With the loss, the Falcons fall to 3-10-1 overall and 1-6-0 in Heartland Conference play while St. Mary’s improves to 5-8-1 overall and 3-3-1 in conference action.
After a scoreless and competitive first half, things began to unravel from the outset of the second half for the Falcons. Less than three minutes into the second half, Robson Pritchett scored off a header on a free kick by Aaron Strother to put the visitors on the board at 1-0. Stephen Gamez then made it 2-0 for St. Mary’s at the 68:48 mark on a one-timer off a goal kick.
St. Mary’s Luis Gonzalez would add a final goal for St. Mary’s with about 30 seconds left when he put back a rebound off a missed shot attempt.
St. Mary’s second half domination led to an astounding 19-5 lead in shot attempts in the contest.
The Falcons will travel to Incarnate Word on Friday, October 30, 2009. Game time is set for 6:00pm in San Antonio.
UTPB Women’s Soccer Dominates Texas A&M International, 4-1
Oct. 24, 2009
The UTPB women’s soccer team dominated visiting Texas A&M International on Saturday afternoon by a score of 4-1. The win moves the Lady Falcons to 4-11-1 overall and 2-7-1 in conference play while TAMIU falls to 0-14-1 overall and 0-8 in Heartland Conference action.
Brandy Watts got UTPB on the board just 23 minutes into the contest when Kaylen Gerkey crossed a pass into the box, where Watts punched it in from eight yards out. Then, with 36 seconds left in the opening half, Sadie Moya found Hannah Dozier, who maneuvered past the goalie and scored to put the host up 2-0 at halftime.
Kaylen Gerkey picked up her second assist of the day at the 57 minute mark when her corner kick to the front of the box was put home by Tesla De La Pena to make it 3-0. The Lady Falcons final goal would come at the 63:32 mark when Kaylen Gerkey made a spectacular one-on-one move and scored from about 15 yards out, giving UTPB a 4-0 lead.
The Lady Dustdevils would be fortunate to get on the board in the final few minutes. A shot on goal was saved by UTPB’s Victoria Ramirez, who then dropped the ball well after the catch. The ball would fall into the nets for the only TAMIU point of the day.
The Lady Falcons will return to action Wednesday, October 28, 2009 when they travel to Angelo, TX. UTPB will battle Angelo State in non-conference action that is set to begin at 3:00pm.
Falcons Overcome Slow Start to Roll-Up A&M International 3-0
Oct. 24, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin volleyball didn’t get off to a great start against conference foe Texas A&M International on Saturday afternoon, but, UTPB pulled together and finished off the Dustdevils in straight sets 3-0.
UTPB won 25-19, 25-16, 25-16.
After being tied at 4-4 UTPB quickly found themselves behind 11-5 early in the first set. The Falcons regrouped, caught up and eventually past TAMIU to win the first set 25-19.
The Falcons controlled the last two sets and won comfortably 25-16 and 25-16.
Sophomore Chrisitina Bogers lead all hitters with seven kills and a solo block. Defensively, junior Mica Lamprecht had seven digs to go with her two kills and two set assists while senior Chassidy Johnson had four block assists to go with her five kills. Senior setter Brianna Tunnell had 23 set assists with six digs, two block assists and a kill.
Next up for the Falcons is a trip to Abilene to face Abilene Christian University at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
UTPB Cross Country Men Finish Fourth, Women Fifth At Heartland Conference Meet
Oct. 24, 2009
The UTPB cross country teams traveled to Dallas Baptist University on Saturday to participate in the Heartland Conference cross country meet. The women’s team placed fifth out of nine teams while the men’s team finished fourth out of seven teams.
On the women’s side, Ariel Renteria finished 14th overall, which allowed her to be named to the Honorable Mention All-Conference team, with a time of 25:09. Renteria has consistently led the Lady Falcons throughout the season. Monica Tavarez was the only other UTPB runner in the Top 20, as she finished 20th overall. Other Lady Falcons participating in the meet were:
Runner - Time
Ariel Renteria - 25:09
Monica Tavarez - 26:00
Mindy Naverette - 26:36
Ashley Carrasco - 27:58
Victoria Padilla - 28:41
Jessica Alvarez - 31:42
First year head coach Josh Caudill reflected afterwards on the women’s program. “Our goal this season was to finish better than where we were picked in the preseason (seventh), which we did with our fifth place finish. I believe our women’s program took a step forward this year. I am also very proud of Ariel and her efforts this season, which resulted in her being named to the Honorable Mention All-Conference team. She truly deserved this honor.”
On the men’s side, James Blessinger and Roy Rodriguez were named to the Honorable Mention All-Conference team for their performances. Blessinger, the leader for the Falcons throughout the season, finished 11th overall with a time of 27:30. Rodriguez finished right behind Blessinger in 12th place overall with a time of 27:47. Other Falcons participating in the meet were:
Runner - Time
James Blessinger - 27:30
Roy Rodriguez - 27:47
Joey Escalante - 28:43
Seth Tullar - 28:51
Karthik Rajedran - 29:31
Following the meet, first year head coach Josh Caudill reflected on the men’s season. “Our goal this season was to finish better than where we were picked in the preseason (fifth), which we did with our fourth place finish. I believe our men’s program took a step forward this year. I am also very proud of both James and Roy for their efforts this season. Both are very deserving of the Honorable Mention All-Conference awards they received.”
Topper’s Escape The Falcon Dome with a 3-1 Win
Oct. 22, 2009
It was another classic match between The University of Texas of the Permian Basin and the Hilltoppers from St. Edward’s Thursday night in Odessa. Unfortunately, for the Falcon faithful, it was not UTPB’s night as the Falcons fall to the ’Toppers 3-1.
UTPB lost 22-25, 29-27, 25-20, 25-22.
Neither team really took control of the first set that featured eight ties and five lead changes. The two squads were locked a 21-21 when UTPB took the advantage off a kill from senior Molly Atnip. The Falcons held off St. Edwards and won the first set 25-22.
UTPB got off to an early 3-0 lead over the Hilltoppers to start the second set. St. Edward’s caught up to the Falcons at 11-11 and kept the set close until the 19-19 mark. UTPB took a small 21-19 lead over the Hilltoppers and even reached set point at 24-22. However, St. Edward’s was not done. The ’Toppers and fought back into the set to tie UTPB 24-24 with two quick points. The Falcons fought off set point three times before the Toppers could put down two points in a row to win the set 29-27.
St. Edward’s continued their run in the third set as they running out to a 15-9 lead over the Falcons. St. Edward’s went on to win the set 25-20 and take the advantage in the match 2-1.
The Falcons came out on fire in the fourth set. The teams were tied at 9-9 before UTPB opened up a 17-11 lead on the Hilltoppers. St. Edward’s slowly crept back into set, but the Falcons were still holding on to a 22-17 lead. The Hilltoppers, unfortunately, would score eight unanswered points to pull ahead of the Falcons and win the set 25-22 and the match 3-1.
Freshman Jamie Rodell led all UTPB hitters with 16 kills four block assists and dig. Behind her was sophomore Christina Bogers with 11 kills, nine digs, two aces and five block assists and sophomore Alex Genung with 11 kills, six digs and three block assists. Junior Heather Sanchez had nine kills, 12 digs and an ace and Atnip finished the night with eight kills, seven set assists, three block assists and three digs.
Defensively, senior setter Brianna Tunnell had 43 set assists and 22 digs with an ace and three block assists. Freshman Danae Eckart had 21 digs, three aces and a set assist; junior Mica Lamprecht had 16 digs and freshmen Melanie Del Bosque had eight digs and an ace.
Incarnate Word Defeats UTPB Women’s Soccer, 2-1
Oct. 22, 2009
The UTPB Lady Falcons soccer team stumbled at home this afternoon (10/22/09) to Heartland Conference foe Incarnate Word by a score of 2-1. The loss moves the Lady Falcons to 3-11-1 overall and 1-7-1 in league play on the season while the Lady Cardinals moved to 11-2-3 overall and 6-1-1 in league play.
Incarnate Word scored the game’s opening goal on a penalty kick at the 23:33 mark by Sarah Hernandez. The Lady Cardinals’ Emily Hernandez would add a second goal for the visitors with just less than three minutes remaining in the opening half. Incarnate Word would lead 2-0 at intermission.
In the second half, the Lady Falcons would attempt to rally behind Tesla De La Pena, who fired a free kick in from nearly 50 yards out at the 67:46 mark. Unfortunately, the Lady Falcons would squander a few late opportunities and fall by a final score of 2-1.
The Lady Falcons will return to action Saturday, October 24, 2009 when they host Texas A&M International University. The Heartland Conference match-up is set for 2:00pm in Odessa on the UTPB campus.
UTPB Men’s Soccer Falls to Truman State, 6-1
Oct. 21, 2009
The UTPB men’s soccer team fell on Wednesday afternoon to Truman State, 6-1. With the loss, the Falcons fall to 3-9-1 overall while Truman State improves to 11-2-1 in conference action.
Bobby Larkin got the Bulldogs on the board at the 34:21 mark of the first half. Matt Taylor would putback a rebounded miss just before intermission to make it 2-0 at halftime.
In the second half, things remained at 2-0 for the first 23 minutes of the second half. Then, Ben Green got hot for the host Bulldogs as he scored back to back goals in a span of 59 seconds to put Truman State up 4-0. Two minutes later, Matthew Sanderson added a goal to put the Bulldogs up 5-0.
The Falcons finally got on the board at the 72-minute mark when Barrett Yates scored his first goal of the season. Charlie Backus would add the game’s final goal for the Bulldogs to provide the final margin of 6-1.
Truman State dominated in the contest as they outshot the Falcons, 29-6. UTPB was only able to get two shot attempts on goal during the entire match.
The Falcons will host St. Mary’s on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Game time is set for 4:00pm.
Falcon Women’s Swim Team Picks up One Win and One Loss in Abilene
Oct. 20, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin women’s swim team went 1-1 at the McMurry three-way head-to-head Tuesday night.
UTPB defeated McMurry 452-347 and lost to Incarnate Word 604-401.
The Falcons picked up a second place finish in the 200 Free Relay (Julie Walter, Cynthia Le, Elora McCullough and Shelbe Moon) while Walter went on to grab second in the 50 Freestyle.
Next up for the Falcons will be the Hendrix Classic on Friday Oct. 30 and the Hendrix Relays on Saturday Oct. 31. Both meets will take place In Conway, Ark.
UTPB Men’s Swimming Team Split at Tri-Dual Meet
Oct. 20, 2009
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin swimming team brought home one win and one loss in a three-way head-to-head meet at McMurry University in Abilene Tuesday night.
UTPB defeated McMurry 473-350 and lost to Incarnate Word 643-400.
Top showing for the Falcons included a second place finish in the 200 Medley Relay (Joseph Sarradet, Michael Anzano, Xavier Morales and Rick Millan) and the 200 Freestyle Relay (Erik Downs, Brian Schroeder, Alex Palma and Rick Millan). Sarradet took second in the 200 IM and the 100 Backstroke.
Next up for the Falcons will be the Hendrix Classic on Friday Oct. 30 and the Hendrix Relays on Saturday Oct. 31. Both meets will take place In Conway, Ark.
UTPB Defeats Angelo State in Straight Sets
Oct. 20, 2009
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