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Whiteside, Richardson earn All-Star invite

February 3, 2012 by Bryson Shake

Former ACU football standouts Aston Whiteside and Daryl Richardson will prolong their collegiate football career on Saturday as both will play in the Players All-Star Classic at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark. The two ACU products will be playing for the South team in Saturday's game, which will start at 3 p.m. The rosters will be ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Football

Bain earns automatic qualifying mark

February 1, 2012 by Bryson Shake

Three meets into the young 2012 outdoor season, and the Abilene Christian Track and Field team has three athletes who have automatically qualified for nationals. Junior hurdler Dennis Bain was the most recent to add his name to that list, as he won the 60-meter hurdles with a personal record time of 7.95 seconds last weekend at the New Mexico ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track & Field

Wildcats hit road for meets in Colo., N.M.

January 27, 2012 by Bryson Shake

The ACU track and field program will attempt to add to the ten athletes that provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship Meet Friday and Saturday as the team travels in two separate directions. The multievents athletes - Parker Petty, Matthew Stark and Cassie Brooks will travel northwest to Colorado Springs, Col. to compete at the Air Force ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track & Field

Ouedraogo headed to NCAA nationals

January 25, 2012 by Bryson Shake

Junior triple jumper Amanda Ouedraogo jumped her way to the NCAA Championship Meet after winning the women's triple jump title Saturday at the Texas Tech Open in Lubbock. Ouedraogo jumped 12.48 meters, hitting the automatic qualifying mark necessary to compete at Nationals. "Amanda is an athlete that has a great combination of skills and drive ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track & Field

Track and Field prepare for Lubbock meet

January 20, 2012 by Bryson Shake

Fresh off of being ranked No. 24 in the nation by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country pre-season rankings Tuesday, the ACU track and field team will look to defend that ranking Friday and Saturday at the Texas Tech Invitational in Lubbock. The meet will mark the team's second meet of the 2012 season, and head coach Roosevelt Lofton ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Track & Field

Wildcats net two All-Americans, Coach of Year

December 7, 2011 by Bryson Shake

The ACU women's soccer team pulled in three major awards with sophomore forward Andrea Carpenter and senior defender Lyndsey Womack each being announced as Daktronics Division II All-Americans and head coach Casey Wilson being named South Central Region Coach of the Year. Carpenter was named to the second team All-America team in honor of a season ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Women's Soccer

A Dynamic Duo

December 5, 2011 by Bryson Shake

Two of the things that serve big roles in my life are my faith and sports. Each defines me, albeit in different amounts, yet each does to a certain extent. I grew up deeply immersed with each alongside as I progressed through life. I have attended church since birth and been involved with sports in different capacities since my toddler years. Both ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns, Sports

Wildcats fall in rainy heartbreaker

November 30, 2011 by Bryson Shake

The Abilene Christian women's soccer team reached an unfortunate end to their season Sunday, Nov. 20 in Los Angeles on a dreary, rainy day as the team fell to Chico State 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II Championship. The team finishes the year with a record of 20-2-1, which is the best in the program's five-year history. Chico ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Women's Soccer

Team prepares for UTPB Classic

November 18, 2011 by Bryson Shake

This weekend, the ACU men's basketball team will head to Odessa to take on UT Permian Basin and A&M International in the UTPB classic. The Wildcats are looking to build on their impressive 2-0 start when they play their first two road games of the year. Friday night, the Wildcats take on the UTPB Falcons in the first of two November matchups ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Men's Basketball

‘Cats advance to South Central Region in LA

November 16, 2011 by Bryson Shake

Through 20 games this season, Jacey Ferrara had not scored a goal. But that changed Sunday afternoon in the second round of the NCAA Division II women's soccer playoffs. The sophomore midfielder scored her first goal of the year with 30 seconds left in the first overtime period to propel the Wildcats to a 2-1 victory over Midwestern State at the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase, Sports Tagged With: Women's Soccer

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