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The American Conference officially revealed its 2025-26 women's basketball scheduling matrix on Wednesday, with UTSA set to face nine opponents in league play at the Convo. An 18-game conference slate will be on the docket, with UTSA set to play 12 opponents, facing six twice and the other six once.

⛹🏽‍♀️ : FULL RUNDOWN

The 2025-26 conference lineup is also officially set for the Roadrunners MBB team heading into the second season under head coach Austin Claunch. The American revealed UTSA’s nine conference opponents coming to the Convocation Center and the nine conference road opponents on the 2025-26 schedule. UTSA is slated for an 18-game conference campaign, spanning 12 league foes with six home-and-away matchups, while the other six will face the Roadrunners just once.

🏀 : FULL RUNDOWN

What other ingredients do we have for the Brew today? Check it out below!

⚾️ Jordan Ballin feature
✍🏽 Lytle signed undrafted free agent contract with Astros
🤙🏼 And much, much more!

Your Wendy’s Woman of the Month is UTSA soccer player Zoё May.

Hailing from Ontario, May has participated in multiple triathlons and competed in both hockey and track growing up. Before UTSA, she played in 23 outings with six starts in two seasons at Memphis, helping the Tigers to consecutive American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships and a 2023 No. 3 ranking with a Sweet 16 appearance.

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🔼 High Baseball IQ. Find a Way.

It’s an eight-letter phrase that both adorns Jordan Ballin’s glove and is tattooed on his skin. But it’s much more than a slogan; it is his defining philosophy and one that helped him become one of the nation’s top freshmen, playing for UTSA in 2025.

“My parents and I, we have a special saying, ‘find a way,’” said Ballin, a native of nearby Boerne, Texas. “There’s going to be adversity wherever you go and whatever you do.”

In his first collegiate season, Ballin led the American Athletic Conference and finished fourth nationally in on-base percentage at .541. He was fourth on his team with a .333 batting average, earning American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team and Second-Team All-Conference accolades.  

His approach to baseball is wise beyond his years.

⚾️ : FULL FEATURE ON JORDAN BALLIN

🔼 Houston, We Have No Problem. Senior outfielder Mason Lytle has signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Houston Astros.

Lytle is the 21st Roadrunner to sign an undrafted free agent deal. He is the first UTSA student-athlete to sign an UDFA contract with the Houston Astros and the third student-athlete to sign a UDFA contract this year.

Lytle had a stellar year as he was selected as the 2025 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, AAC Defensive Player of the Year, and 2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Team. The ABCA/Rawlings All-American Third Team member holds the program’s singles season records for games played, games started, at-bats, and runs.      

🔼 Setting the Bar. UTSA Athletics is a national leader in supporting first-generation student-athletes. Throughout the 2025-26 school year, GoUTSA.com will spotlight the department’s first-generation student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and staff. 

Brad Smith, Ed.D., is the Deputy Athletics Director for External Affairs at UTSA after joining the Roadrunners in the summer of 2023. He is a first-generation college graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Q: What does it mean to you to be a first-generation college graduate?  

Brad Smith: “Being a first-generation college graduate is one of the most meaningful chapters of my life, not just because of the degrees I earned, but because of what they represent. I still remember stepping onto the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi for the first time. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. No one in my family could tell me how to register for classes, what a syllabus was, or why office hours mattered. I came from a hard-working family that believed in me, but we were figuring it out together.”

ℹ️ : FULL Q&A

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Thursday, Aug. 14
⚽️ Soccer vs. Houston- Season Opener @ 7:30 PM

Friday, Aug. 29
🏐 Volleyball vs. Stephen F. Austin - UTSA Invitational @ 6:00 PM

Saturday, Aug. 30
🏈 Football @ Texas A&M - Season Opener @ 6:00 PM ESPN | Ticket 760
🏐 Volleyball vs. Texas State - UTSA Invitational @ 6:00 PM

Sunday, Aug. 3

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ℹ TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: .366!

This past season, Mason Lytle was in the Top‑100 nationally in batting average, doubles, hits, runs, RBI, hits/game, sacrifice flies, total bases, and “toughest to strike out.”

🤙🏼 Have an amazing weekend, Roadrunner Nation!