By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The No. 8 ACU golf team will open its 2003 spring golf season on Monday, March 3, at the St. Edwards Spring Invitational. The team was originally scheduled to travel to Bakersfield, Calif., to for the Bakersfield Invitational, however that tournament was canceled. The St. Edwards Spring Invitational is one of four ... [Read More…]
Wildcats “Eager” for weekend to begin: Intrasquad tournament begins Saturday
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Sing Song? The ACU men's tennis team has other plans this weekend. The schedule calls for a home match against ... the ACU Wildcats? Head coach Hutton Jones scheduled the Eager Inaugural Intrasquad match for this Saturday. The team does not play against another university until March 1, but the match is still of ... [Read More…]
Campus Store offers best CD prices in town: Students can now buy CDs from $3.99 to $13.99
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer When it comes to buying CDs, junior Amanda Harris said it comes down to one thing. "Money," said Harris, human development and family studies major from Cedar Hill. "I am a poor college student, so I usually just jam to the radio," Fortunately for Amanda and other students, The Campus Store reduced CD prices Feb. 3. ... [Read More…]
Wildcats come out on top in Bluegrass State: Team beats 4 of 5 D-I opponents
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The women's tennis team continued to prove its dominance this spring by defeating four of five Division I teams last week in Lexington, Ky. The team started by easily dispatching Division I opponents Northern Kentucky and Wright State 9-0. On Saturday, ACU competed against Eastern Kentucky at 8 a.m. and Kentucky at 6 ... [Read More…]
Cats take weekend off: Team coming off long road trip
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The men's tennis team spent last weekend in Las Cruces, N.M., playing a series of four matches in four days. But the weekend also was filled with activities other than tennis competition. "Las Cruces is actually a cool place," said Sal Taweel, senior men's player. "We ended up having a day off so we were able have some ... [Read More…]
ACU still unbeaten: Cats net victory in own Indoor Classic
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The ACU women's tennis team continued its early season dominance by winning 18 consecutive matches last Tuesday en route to defeating Hardin-Simmons and Howard Payne universities. The women remain undefeated in 2003 with a 5-0 record and have won 44 of 45 individual matches this spring. The quick start has head tennis ... [Read More…]
Cats go to Aggie Invite: ACU faces top teams in tourney
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The men's tennis team will travel to New Mexico this weekend to compete in the Aggie Invitational, facing tough competition like New Mexico State., Tennessee Tech, Pan American and West New Mexico. ACU will also play Monday against Texas Tech, and head coach Hutton Jones, said the brutal schedule that serves up five ... [Read More…]
ACU knocks off TSU, Midwestern: Women win two conference matches in three-day span
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The No. 1 women's team in the region showed why it claims supremacy over other conference schools by decisively winning two conference matches in three days. The women started out on the road Saturday playing conference rival Tarleton State in Stephenville. The Lady Wildcats won all three doubles matches and five of ... [Read More…]
Intense offseason prepares Wildcats: Men kick off season as tournament host, women go on road
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer So much for offseason. The ACU men's and women's tennis teams didn't receive much "off" time since completing its fall season in October. "We have worked on fitness more during the offseason than anything else," senior women's player Lacy Johnson said. "We did a lot of running, weight training and worked on getting ... [Read More…]
Lackey, Halos make it a Series to remember
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Front Roe Seat Even writers from the Disney owned Anaheim Angels could not have written a better script for the magical team that won its first World Championship on Sunday. The Angels won the best of seven series over the San Fran-cisco Giants in the highest scoring World Series in Major League history. The Angels ... [Read More…]