Senior Night at UT: Halloween night, against Baylor, is the home finale for perhaps the best Longhorns senior class ever: Courtney Gaines, Jill Gilbeau, Stephanie Logterman, Kasey Moore, and Dianna Pfenninger. They all contributed in two good road wins last weekend – 1-0 at Kansas and 2-1 at No. 20 Missouri – and Pfenninger and Moore were named defensive and offensive players of the week, respectively, in the Big 12, as the Horns rose to No. 8 in the country (but only fifth in the Big 12). Friday, Oct. 31, 7pm at Myers Stadium. Free if you wear a costume; $3 for players and coaches wearing jerseys; $3 with Web coupon: www.texassports.com/ot/bevo-bargains.html.
The St. Edward’s women won four games in nine days to move into a tie for the Heartland Conference lead and into position for an NCAA tournament bid. They’re on the road for their last four games. St. Edward’s men dropped another heartbreaker, 2-1 in overtime, to the top-ranked Division II team in the country, Midwestern State, but they, too, remain in good position for an NCAA bid. They’re on the road this weekend, before ending the season at home next Friday and Sunday (St. Mary’s and TAMU-International).
The top Division III team in the country, Trinity of San Antonio, is in town this weekend, or at least at Southwestern in Georgetown: noon Saturday, Nov. 1.
The Houston Dynamo got a 1-1 draw in El Salvador on Tuesday; they’ll have to beat the Salvadoran club, Luis Angel Firpo, next month in Houston to advance to the CONCACAF Champions League final eight. Meanwhile, the Dynamo start the MLS playoffs this Saturday on the road at New York (3pm, live on FSC). Other matchups: Chicago at New England, Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake, Columbus at Kansas City. Return legs the following week.
This article appears in October 24 • 2008.