Year 1 established the program. Year 2 showed us what it could become. Now comes Year 3. UTRGV Swimming & Diving made a noticeable jump last season, scoring 271.5 points at the MPSF Championships after scoring 132 at the WAC Championships the year before. The Vaqueros increased their scoring entries from seven to 13 and finished the season with 15 program records. UTRGV hasn’t arrived yet. The Vaqueros still finished 10th at the MPSF Championships. But for a program entering

UTRGV men’s cross country made progress last season. The Vaqueros finished fifth at the Southland Conference Championships, their best conference finish in five years, with five runners setting personal bests. Now two of their top three finishers from that race are gone. Who replaces those points? Saturday’s UIW Invitational gave us our first look — and the first Vaquero across the line was a freshman. Brock Morales led UTRGV in his collegiate debut, finishing 26th in approxi

UTRGV women’s cross country entered 2026 with something to build on. The Vaqueros finished third at the Southland Conference Championships last fall, their best conference finish in 15 years, and were picked third again in this year’s preseason poll. Then came the season opener. Kailey Salazar and Mia Picazo immediately gave us something to talk about. Salazar produced one of the fastest 5Ks in program history, while Picazo made a significant jump from where she started last

UTRGV men’s tennis has been close. Twice. The Vaqueros have finished second in the Southland Conference in each of the last two seasons. Now, as UTRGV opens its fall schedule at the Islander Open in Corpus Christi, the question isn’t whether this program can compete near the top of the conference. We already know it can. The question is whether this group can take the next step. Head coach Nathan Robinson returns seven players and adds four newcomers to an 11-man roster. Ther

There might not be a UTRGV team with more to figure out this fall than women’s tennis. The Vaqueros return experience, including a player who went 8-1 in Southland Conference singles last season. But they also welcome five new players to a 10-player roster, including a transfer who finished her freshman season on an 18-match winning streak. Five returners. Five new faces. Starting Friday at the Islander Open in Corpus Christi, we get our first look at how it all fits together

UTRGV men’s golf already proved it can win. Now the Vaqueros have to prove they can keep winning after losing the player at the center of their breakthrough. UTRGV enters the 2026-27 season as the defending Southland Conference champion after beating UIW by one stroke last April. That championship sent the Vaqueros to the first NCAA Regional in program history. Four golfers from that NCAA Regional lineup are back. The one who isn’t is a pretty big loss. Jorge Martin Sampedro

UTRGV women’s golf already answered one big question. Yes, the Vaqueros can win the Southland Conference. Now comes the more interesting one: What do they do next? UTRGV opens the 2026-27 season Monday at the Bear Brawl in Greeley, Colorado, just a few months removed from a historic season. The Vaqueros won the Southland Conference Championship by one stroke over Houston Christian and earned the program’s first trip to an NCAA Regional. And instead of starting over, UTRGV bri

By Diamond DITV | Fan Perspective Five games into the season, UTRGV women’s soccer is 3-2. But the record doesn’t tell the whole story. The Vaqueros opened the season with back-to-back losses and were outscored 6-1. Since then? Three straight wins. Three straight shutouts. A 6-0 scoring advantage. And maybe most importantly, this team looks different. We were there for the season opener against Texas Southern. UTRGV had plenty of the ball and created opportunities, outshootin

By Diamond DITV | Fan Perspective It’s only two games. We know. But there’s already something interesting happening with UTRGV men’s soccer. The Vaqueros are 1-0-1 to start the 2026 season, and the record might not even be the most encouraging part. It’s how they’ve gotten there. UTRGV has fallen behind three times. UTRGV has answered three times. That’s not a bad identity to start building for a team with 16 newcomers and only nine returners. The Vaqueros opened with a 3-2 r

By Diamond DITV | Fan Perspective If you’re a UTRGV baseball fan looking for something to feel good about in the middle of August, here you go. Five Vaqueros just won a championship together. And some of them were right in the middle of winning the whole thing. The Saskatoon Berries are Western Canadian Baseball League champions after sweeping the Sylvan Lake Gulls in the championship series, and five players connected to UTRGV’s 2027 roster were part of it: Gael Salinas, Mer