🤙 The Official Newsletter For UTSA Athletics

Good morning. Calling all UTSA fans! The Roadrunners face a 2023 NCAA Final Four Participant, the No. 23 Florida Atlantic Owls, on Sunday at the Convo. No, it’s not one of Diddy’s famously lavish White Parties, but fans are encouraged to wear white. The first 250 fans in attendance will receive a UTSA White Out T-Shirt.

Go here to buy tickets. Birds Up! 🤙🏼

What else can you find in today’s Brew?

⛹🏾‍♀️ WBB Coach Karen Aston to speak at the State of the University Address
🏀 Kyra White picked up Player of the Game after win over South Florida
​🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 The Immaculate Sweep. The UTSA women’s tennis team earned a clean sweep, 7-0, over St. Mary’s (TX) to open up spring competition on Thursday at the UTSA Tennis Center.

In doubles action, the duo of Aleksandra Zlatarova and Cassie McLay defeated the Rattlers’ Selina Wu and Paula Garrote by 6-1 to open up play. Freshman Ekua Youri paired with sophomore Fatima Gutierrez to take down Kyndall Quiroz and Bailey Godwin, 6-1, and secure the doubles point for UTSA. Magda Tuells and Vittoria Baccino finished the doubles sweep by defeating Stela Sifuentes and Janel Ospanova by 6-2.

Read the full article for more on the stellar singles play.

The Roadrunners host ACU on Friday at 1:00 PM CST to cap off the season-opening week at the UTSA Tennis Center.

🔼 Spring Has Sprung. ‘Runners headed out for their first day of softball practice on Wednesday! Head over to Twitter to see all the UTSA sports getting underway.

🔼 What a Baller. UTSA Women’s Basketball Head Coach Karen Aston will be a featured speaker at UTSA President Taylor Eighmy’s 2024 State of the University Address on Monday from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Monday, January 22, 2024 |  9:00-10:15 a.m
Buena Vista Theater | UTSA Downtown Campus 

Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the event in person at the Downtown Campus Buena Vista Theater (BV 1.326) or by viewing the live stream here.

🔼 Bird(ies) Up. UTSA senior Hunter Bott checks in at No. 85 in the Clippd Scoreboard NCAA Division I Individual Rankings. Let’s go!

🔼 Hot Start, Cold Finish. After a fiery start for both teams right out of the gate, the UTSA men’s basketball team (7-11, 1-4 AAC) saw a close halftime score evaporate as its shooting went cold early in the second half, resulting in a 107-78 loss to Tulsa on Wednesday night at the Reynolds Center.

Carlton Linguard Jr. opened the game with a leadoff three just 12 seconds into the night, and the Roadrunners knocked down the first two scores unanswered. Jordan Ivy-Curry floated a fast-break runner to push the Roadrunners to their biggest lead at 13-7, but that’s where former LA Tech star Cobe Williams got the Golden Hurricane moving on a big offensive night.

Ivy-Curry added his seventh double-figure scoring performance in eight tries with 19 points against Tulsa on 5-of-8 shooting from the field and 7-of-8 at the line, also grabbing a team-high seven rebounds.

UTSA went 19-for-23 from the free throw line for the second-best performance (82.6 percent) this year.

As mentioned above, UTSA returns to the Convocation Center for a big one this weekend, hosting Florida Atlantic on Sunday, Jan. 21, at 2 PM CST. The following week sees the Roadrunners host Tulane (Jan. 24) and travel to face South Florida (Jan. 27). 

🤔 UTSA TRIVIA

From Whence She Came. After a huge week for Kyra White for her role in the commanding win over USF, the trivia turns to the ultra-talented guard.

Today’s question—what school did White transfer from to become a Roadrunner?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🤙 ONE BIG THING

And Yet Another White-Out. ICYMI—The Roadrunners women’s basketball team took down the defending AAC Champions on Tuesday, marking their fourth consecutive win and the hottest start to a season since the 2013-14 campaign.

Scoring at a 40% clip, picking up a game-high six assists, and sinking five threes, Kyra White picked up Player of the Game against South Florida. The ‘Runners achieved 11 treys total, the most three-pointers made in a game since the Dec. 31, 2022 contest against Idaho.

📬 STICK WITH US

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📅 COMING SOON

Friday 1/19

👟 Indoor Track & Field/Cross Country @ Lumberjack Team Challenge

👟 Indoor Track & Field/Cross Country @ Bellarmine Open

🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. ACU @ 12:00 PM CST

Saturday 1/20

(No Activities Scheduled)

Sunday 1/21

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UT Rio Grande Valley @ 12:00 PM CST

🏀 Women’s Basketball @ UAB @ 1:00 PM CST on ESPN+ | Tickets | Live Stats | Listen

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. No. 23 Florida Atlantic @ 2:00 PM CST (White Out) | Live Stats | Tickets | Watch | Listen

View the full UTSA Athletics calendar here

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: University of Southern California

White played three seasons at USC, playing in 77 games with 22 starts … scored 138 points, averaging 1.8 per game … also posted 131 rebounds, 49 steals, 25 blocks, and 127 assists.

🤙🏼 Have a great Friday, y’all!