The Heartland Conference

Below is the weekly report for volleyball, soccer, and cross country.  Click on the links to find all the stats and players of the week for each sport.

The UTPB women’s cross country team began their season this weekend (September 4, 2010) by finishing second, coming up short of first place by just one points. The Lady Falcons, who tallied a total of 31 points, were shy a single point of host and winning team Texas A&M International. The Lady Dustdevils finished with 30 points to win the event.

Monica Tavarez was the first Lady Falcon across the finish line as she posted a time of 20:34, which allowed her to finish third overall.  Ariel Renteria finished two seconds later for fourth overall with a time of 21:24.  Lorianne Pattee would finish fifth overall, giving UTPB three of the top five finishers on the women’s side.  Overall, UTPB had five ladies finish in the Top 12.

The Heartland Conference race for the championship in Men's and Women's Cross Country will be wide open, with six teams having a chance to take a piece of the championship on the women's side, while five teams will run for the championship on the men's side. 

The Newman University women's cross country team has been named a 2009 NCAA Division II USTFCCCA Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday. The Jets are one of 100 teams to receive such an honor.

Newman is one of just two Heartland Conference schools to be named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. Incarnate Word was the only other representative from the Heartland Conference. The Jets posted a 3.36 combined grade point average as a team.