By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The softball team tuned up for this weekend's four game home series with Lone Star Conference South Division rival Texas A&M-Kingsville with a doubleheader split against Southern Colorado on Wednesday. ACU (17-19 overall, 1-3 LSC South) fell to USC 10-4 in the first game but came back to top the Thunderwolves 11-8 ... [Read More…]
Variety of sports overlap in spring: Kittley: Intramural jam the result of last fall’s weather
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor As the spring semester comes closer to an end, the Intramural Office has kept itself busy with a variety of athletic events taking place at the same time. Currently, volleyball, soccer, baseball-and last weekend 3-2 softball-have gone on simultaneously, with some game times interfering with others. Accoring to ... [Read More…]
Back above .500, Wildcats start division play: ACU plays four at Tarleton State
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor With a sweep over New Mexico Highlands Tuesday, the softball team moved back over .500 just in time to kick off Lone Star Conference South Division play at Tarleton State this weekend. ACU knocked off Highlands at Wells Field 4-0 in the first game and 3-0 in the nightcap to increase its record to 16-15. Freshman ... [Read More…]
Saddam Hussein-the little kid down the street
Weck's World Ever see two little children fight with each other? It's usually the same scene: Big kid wants something that little kid has, but little kid isn't ready and willing to give it up, so big kid beats him up and takes it back. Such is the case with what might very well take place Wednesday at 7 p.m., at which point President George Bush ... [Read More…]
Cats go 2-3 over break, prep for conference: No. 1 St. Mary’s comes back from 5-0 ACU lead
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU softball team went 2-3 over spring break against regional opponents Incarnate Word and No. 1 St. Mary's, moving its record to 14-15 just before the start of Lone Star Conference South Division play. The Wildcats kicked off their week Tuesday by sweeping a doubleheader at Incarnate Word with scores of 6-4 ... [Read More…]
The agony of victory: Despite big win, playoffs snatched from ACU’s grasp
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Shortly after coaching her team to an 86-73 upset victory over Midwestern State on Saturday night in a fitting regular season finale, interim head women's basketball coach Shawna Lavender sat down for dinner at Outback Steakhouse with her husband Mark and assistant coach Jason Osuna. And why shouldn't she? After ... [Read More…]
Two of a kind: Siblings stand out on respective athletic teams
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor When he was a small boy, Creighton Bryan would practice baseball in the backyard with his dad. But he wasn't the only one. "I was working with Creighton," said Jim Bryan, a former professional baseball player with the Orioles and Yankees in the late '70s, "and Katie came out and started practicing with him. She ... [Read More…]
Women need just one more victory: ACU makes playoffs if it wins one of last two
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Fresh off a four-game winning streak, the women's basketball team has its eyes set on the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament, which it can qualify for with one more victory in its final two regular season games. "Right now I definitely think we've put ourselves in a position to make the playoffs," interim ... [Read More…]
Cats a step closer to playoffs: ACU records key road victory
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team's road win Thursday over West Texas A&M improved the Wildcats' chances of reaching the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament, as the Wildcats improved to 14-12 overall and 5-6 in the LSC South Division. WTAM dropped to 16-8 overall and 6-5 in the South. If the Buffaloes lost to ... [Read More…]
King of her castle: Hot-shooting freshman worked to get starting role
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Thank God Ashley King doesn't play basketball the way she takes care of her room. "She has her messy days," roommate and teammate Kier-stan Barbee said of the tidiness issue in their Gardner Hall dorm room. But messy days come as a rarity for the true freshman on the basketball floor. "She's very much a ... [Read More…]
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