In their first year, the club soccer team has built something from nothing. This weekend, they will find out how far that something can take them. The Wildcats will host the Lone Star Invitational at the soccer complex adjacent to the Dodge Jones Youth Sports Center, about 10 minutes from campus. The seven-team field includes Oklahoma State, Texas ... [Read More…]
Softball falls 9-7 against UNT in near-walkoff thriller
Softball came within a few feet of one of its most electric moments of the season Wednesday night. Down two with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, WAC home run leader Ari Maxwell stepped to the plate representing the winning run. Maxwell drove the first pitch she saw deep to centerfield, but North Texas centerfielder Taylor Platt ... [Read More…]
Golf programs ride momentum into WAC championships
The men's and women's golf programs posted strong results last week and head into their respective Western Athletic Conference Championships this spring, entering the postseason at full speed. The men's team claimed its first tournament title in four years, securing a four-stroke victory at the Seattle U Redhawk Invitational at Chambers Bay in ... [Read More…]
ACU opens spring with record class, new faces at quarterback
ACU head football coach Keith Patterson welcomed the largest recruiting class in the program's Div. I era this offseason, signing 40 players, including 17 transfers and 23 high school prospects, as the Wildcats begin spring practice with a rebuilt roster and renewed championship aspirations. The jump from last year's class of 18 is significant, ... [Read More…]
Wildcats return home for three-match weekend homestand
Men's tennis returns to its home courts this weekend for a three-match homestand, welcoming UTSA on Friday before hosting Hardin-Simmons and UT Permian Basin in a Saturday doubleheader. Friday's match against UTSA begins at 1 p.m. at the ACU Tennis Pavilion. Saturday's action tips off at 9 a.m. against Hardin-Simmons, followed by a 5 p.m. match ... [Read More…]
Wildcats break three school records at WAC Indoor Championships
The track and field team finished fourth in both the men's and women's team standings at the 2026 Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. The men scored 86 points and the women 82. Utah Valley won the men's title with 197.5 points, and Tarleton State won the women's with 180.5. ACU recorded 12 podium appearances and four ... [Read More…]
ACU falls 12-3 at DBU, turns focus to Oral Roberts
The Wildcats dropped their first midweek contest of the season Tuesday night, falling to the Dallas Baptist Patriots 12-3 at Horner Ballpark, moving to 3-2 on the year. DBU wasted no time setting the tone. Jake Bennett's first homer of the night, a two-run shot to right-center on an outside changeup in the bottom of the first, staked DBU to an ... [Read More…]
Hull’s 27 points lifts ACU past Tarleton State, 68-65
The Wildcats came away with a 68-65 victory over Tarleton State in their return home to Moody Coliseum on Tuesday night. The team improved to a perfect 11-0 at home this season and extended its home winning streak to 16 consecutive games.Payton Hull led the way with a game-high 27 points, her most in a WAC matchup since her freshman season. Hull ... [Read More…]
Nakamine delivers historic win in Wildcats loss to Oklahoma
Men's tennis player Luis Jose Nakamine's victory on Sunday afternoon marks the highest-ranked win by an ACU player in over 10 years, even as the Wildcats fell 6-1 to the Sooners at the Headington Family Tennis Center. The sophomore and Baylor transfer defeated Oklahoma's Oscar Lacides, the nation's 57th-ranked singles player, 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 at the ... [Read More…]