By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team, which as of Thursday was 13-12 overall and 4-6 for fourth place in division play, began their do-or-die stretch with a road trip that began Thursday evening at West Texas A&M and continues Saturday at Eastern New Mexico. As of Thursday the Cats were two games behind West Texas A&M for ... [Read More…]
Wildcats get ready for Diamond Dame Classic: Cats face defending national champion St. Mary’s
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU softball team kicks off its home schedule Friday and Saturday as the host of the annual Diamond Dame Classic at Wells Field. ACU is coming off a successful weekend at the Lone Star Conference First-Pitch Tournament in Irving, where it won four of five games to improve its record to 5-4. Two other teams are ... [Read More…]
Softball team wins 3 of 4 in Irving: Solid pitching, clutch hitting highlight First-Pitch
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The softball team found a variety of ways to win in last weekend's Lone Star Confer-ence First-Pitch Tournament in Irving. Whether it was a pitching duel or an offensive comeback, ACU found a way to get the job done en route to winning three out of its four games in the crossover tournament. "I'm so proud of ... [Read More…]
Men, you’ll never understand women
Weck's World Happy Valentine's Day! Well, for some, anyway. A lot of guys around campus seem to think this day encompasses the very downfall of society. And with good reason, I suppose. Guys think about girls enough as it is, and most of them don't need a special day reserved for the frustrations of trying to figure out the female gender. The ... [Read More…]
Williams takes leave of absence: Health problems in coach’s family forces decision
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Women's basketball coach Wayne Williams was granted a requested leave of absence Wed-nesday to deal with ongoing health issues within his family. The leave, granted by director of athletics Shanon Hays Wednesday morning, comes with six games remaining on the team's schedule. Assistant coach Shawna Lavender will ... [Read More…]
Wildcats go 2-3 in Vegas: Team heads to LSC tournament Friday
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Highs and lows marked the beginning of the softball team's season this past weekend at the Las Vegas Classic. ACU played five games in the 16-team tournament from Thursday to Saturday, and came out of the desert with a 2-3 record. The Wildcats started off Thursday with a 5-2 loss to Southern Colorado and a 10-2 ... [Read More…]
Caedmon’s returns to its roots
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor After 10 years of making folk/acoustic/pop/rock Christian music worthy of singing along and tapping a steering wheel to, Houston-based Caedmon's Call has released an album that brings it all Back Home...literally. Back Home, the band's fifth studio-produced release that hit music store shelves Tuesday, is simply an ... [Read More…]
Smiling Bob: At 74, Texas Representative and ACU vice president emeritus Bob Hunter still has enthusiasm for work and life
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Visitors to State Representative Bob Hunter's office in Austin's capitol building find it hard to miss his elephants. After all, the room is filled with thousands of the tusked beasts-not real elephants, of course, but rather miniature models of every shape and size. "My mother and father-in-law sent us a number of ... [Read More…]
Wildcats trying to stay positive: Team looking to keep intensity up for full game
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team has lost three conference games in a row, dropping its standing to seventh place in the Lone Star South Division. Of course, you wouldn't know it by talking to the players. "We're very excited right now," junior forward Jackie Vinson said. "We've gotten off track a little bit, but we're ... [Read More…]
New-look Cats hope for fresh start in 2003: No. 6 preseason ranking doesn’t bother young team
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Softball team co-captain Katie Bryan opened a newspaper a couple weeks ago to discover that, according to a preseason poll, she and her Wildcat teammates were picked to finish sixth place in the Lone Star Conference South Division. Curious, the sophomore second baseman turned to a teammate. "How many teams are in ... [Read More…]
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