Swimming finishes second at Conference USA championships
· With its best conference performance in team history, the swim team finished in second place at last week's Conference USA championships at the University of Houston Health and Recreation Center Natatorium. The Owls' 653.5 score was the highest tally in the program's 24-year history, 70 points over their previous record of 582.5, set in 2000. However, it was not quite high enough to take the conference crown, as 12-ranked Southern Methodist University ran away from the crowd with an 853-point tally.
Baseball takes series from Long Beach State
· With a disappointing 3-3 record after the first two weeks of play, the baseball team's road to recovery became less rocky last week with three wins in four games. After a heart-breaking
Women's basketball splits two games
· The women's basketball team split a pair of games last week, finishing a two-week road trip with three wins in four critical contests. However, poor shooting emerged as the Owls' biggest opponent -- it doomed the team in a 64-50 loss to Southern Methodist Thursday, and it would have done the same in a 50-45 win at Tulsa on Saturday without the defensive leadership of senior forwards Lauren Neaves and Samantha Stovall.