Month: April 2024

UTSA softball vs. No. 24 Baylor – photo gallery

UTSA's Sophie Campbell tags out a Baylor runner on the first-base line. No. 24 Baylor beat UTSA 2-1 in non-conference softball on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Roadrunner Softball Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Sophie Campbell tags out a Baylor runner on the first-base line.
UTSA’s softball team lost to 24th-ranked Baylor 2-1 on Tuesday at Roadrunner Softball Field.

UTSA center fielder and leadoff batter Madi Hays scored the Roadrunners’ run. Camryn Robillard and Kyle Forney had UTSA’s only hits. UTSA starter Jamie Gilbert pitched a complete game and allowed one earned run and five hits in seven innings.

Baylor center fielder Ashly Wachtendorf had two hits and drove in both of the Bears’ runs. Kaci West pitched the first four innings for Baylor. RyLee Crandall pitched the final three innings and earned the win.

UTSA’s Jordyn Jenkins 2023-24 in review – photo gallery

UTSA's Jordyn Jenkins playing against Temple in American Athletic Conference women's basketball on Feb. 22, 2024, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Jordyn Jenkins playing against Temple in American Athletic Conference women’s basketball on Feb. 22, 2024, at the Convocation Center. – photo by Joe Alexander
Jordyn Jenkins and Elyssa Coleman announced Friday on UTSA women’s basketball social media that they will both return for next season.

Jenkins missed UTSA’s first 21 games of the 2023-24 season with a knee injury. The 6-foot senior forward from Kent, Wash., averaged a team-high 17.1 points per game over the final 12 games of the season. Jenkins’ efforts helped UTSA to a fourth-place finish in the American Athletic Conference regular-season season standings in 2023-24.

She recorded team-highs of 27 points and seven rebounds in an 80-62 victory over Northern Colorado in the first round of the 2024 Women’s NIT – the first postseason tournament victory in UTSA women’s basketball history.

Jenkins was the Conference USA player of the year in 2022-23.

UTSA’s Elyssa Coleman 2023-24 in review – photo gallery

UTSA's Elyssa Coleman celebrates a victory over Wichita State in American Athletic Conference women's basketball on Jan. 6, 2024, at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Elyssa Coleman celebrates a victory over Wichita State in American Athletic Conference women’s basketball on Jan. 6, 2024, at the Convocation Center. – photo by Joe Alexander
Elyssa Coleman, who led UTSA women’s in rebounds and blocks in 2023-24, will return for next season.

Coleman and Jordan Jenkins both announced Friday on UTSA women’s basketball social media that they will be back for 2024-25.

Coleman averaged a team-high 7.2 rebounds per game, had 45 total blocks and was second in scoring per game at 10.4. She is a 6-foot-3 forward from Houston.