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Volleyball begins first tournament: Home opener will be Tuesday against Wayland Baptist

August 27, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The volleyball team starts its season Friday in Canyon, participating in four matches at the Lady Buff Classic tournament. ACU opened the tournament Friday at 9:30 a.m. against Western New Mexico. The Wildcats will also compete against New Mexico Highlands at 4 p.m. On Saturday, ACU will meet Adams State at 9:30 a.m. ... [Read More…]

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Freshman, transfer golfers recruited: Golf team looking to replace graduated seniors with recruits

August 25, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer ACU golf coach Mike Campbell supplemented the loss of seniors Pierre Goethals and Jeremy Reedy by adding two transfers and one high school prep player to the 2004-2005 golf team. Kyle Byerly of Adams State (Colo.), Matthew Samples of New Mexico Military Institute and Jared Halbert of Round Rock High School announced in ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats focus on chemistry: Morrow, Slate emerge as leaders; named team captains

August 25, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer To some it is a college major, to others it is simply a class, but to the ACU volleyball team, chemistry is one of the most important factors in their quest for the Lone Star Conference championship. Chemistry is one of the invisible facets of team sports that plays a major role on the amount of success a team ... [Read More…]

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Mosley officially promoted to athletic director: New AD looks to four years of experience at ACU as an advantage

August 25, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The worst kept secret in the ACU athletics department is finally out as former ACU basketball standout Jared Mosley was promoted to director of athletics Aug. 4. Mosley, who served as the associate director of athletics for the last two years, is the seventh director of athletics in ACU history. Mosley enters his ... [Read More…]

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Appreciate spiritual coaches

August 23, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Front Roe Seat ACU women's basketball coach Shawna Lavender paced the sidelines of Moody Coliseum barking orders to her playoff-bound Wildcats. It was the final game of the regular season, and ACU was leading by double digits over Eastern New Mexico, but Lavender still demanded her team work hard. Oftentimes, a ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Volleyball

Volleyball ranked 28th nationally: Team returns six starters from last year’s playoff squad

August 23, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The volleyball team heads into the 2004 season ranked No. 28 in the nation, according to the CSTV/AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll. ACU has never been ranked in the nation's top 25, but it's believed the No. 28 rank is the highest in school history. The Wildcats reap the pre-season poll benefits because ... [Read More…]

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Kudos to the women Wildcats

April 30, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Front Roe Seat ACU men: you had a good year. The Wild-cat men's track and field team captured the NCAA Divi-sion II nation-al champion-ship. The ACU football team continued to improve in 2003 and just fell short of the postseason with a 6-4 overall record and a solid 5-3 record in the Lone Star Conference South ... [Read More…]

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ASU sweeps Cats to end season: ACU finishes season 20-30, 7-13

April 28, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Nationally ranked Angelo State swept the ACU Wildcats in a four-game series over the weekend to win the Lone Star Conference South Division. The Wildcats had a shot at reaching the LSC playoffs by taking three of four games from Angelo State. The No. 5-ranked Rambelles, however, knocked off the young Wildcats by ... [Read More…]

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Softballers to give last-ditch playoff effort at Angelo: Wildcats face No. 5-ranked Belles in four-game series

April 23, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The Wildcats continued their late-season surge by knocking off sixth-ranked Incarnate Word Tuesday at Wells Field. ACU has now won 10 of its last 13 games and owns a 20-26 overall record and a 7-9 record in the Lone Star Conference South Division. Freshman pitcher Alison Crouse led ACU in the opening 5-3 victory. ... [Read More…]

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Cats split with TWU: One series remains for up-and-down

April 22, 2004 by Brian Roe

By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The ACU softball team split a four-game series with No. 11-ranked Texas Woman's at Pioneer Field last weekend and put itself back in contention for a spot in the Lone Star Conference Post-Season tournament. The visiting Wildcats opened the series Friday with a 6-0 victory over TWU. Freshman pitcher Allison Crouse led ... [Read More…]

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