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Volleyball wraps up homestand, heads to Stephen F. Austin

September 4, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame Leave a Comment

The Wildcats turned around and defeated Northwestern State University 3-0 on Wednesday night after finishing the Wildcat Classic with a 1-2 losing record. In the Wildcat Classic, the team beat Missouri State University in four sets, lost a close match to Incarnate Word in five and got swept by Oklahoma. The game against Missouri State was the ... [Read More…]

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Football avoids shutout, falls in season opener

September 3, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame Leave a Comment

In football’s season opener, the Wildcats narrowly missed their first shutout since Nov. 18, 2017, when they faced the University of Tulsa Saturday night and lost 35-7.  The Wildcats ended up scoring late in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard rush from Stone Earle, senior quarterback from Fort Worth.  However, the team had several chances to ... [Read More…]

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Naimadu Classic to begin cross country season

August 28, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame Leave a Comment

The cross country season will start Friday evening for both men’s and women’s cross country with the 13th Naimadu Classic. The women's 4K race will begin at 6:45 p.m. and the men's 6K will start at 7:30 p.m. at the ACU XC course on EN 10th Street.  Named after former Wildcat runner Nicodemus Naimadu, the race has been held 14 times, but was ... [Read More…]

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New ‘competitive spirit’ drives new-look volleyball team

August 24, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame Leave a Comment

At the end of last season, volleyball fell short at the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. This year, they plan to win it all. Head Coach Ijeoma Moronu Alstrup is entering her third season at the helm of the Wildcats and said she always prioritizes fundamentals in her coaching style, but this year’s team takes it a step further. “We ... [Read More…]

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Out with the WAC, in with the UAC

June 29, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame

Beginning on July 1, 2026, the Western Athletic Conference will officially become the United Athletic Conference. Following departures of many schools like Grand Canyon University and Southern Utah University, the WAC decided to rebrand as the UAC, which already exists as a football-only conference, but will now extend to all sports, as stated ... [Read More…]

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Mid-majors face potential NIL legislation

May 7, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame

Former Wildcat football standout Anthony Egbo, Jr., spoke on March 4 to a congressional committee about the potential changes to name, image and likeness deals for college athletes.  Egbo, the vice-chair of the NCAA Div. I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, spoke to the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the importance of letting ... [Read More…]

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Spring volleyball season showcases new faces, new places

April 16, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame

The Wildcat volleyball team wrapped up its spring season on Saturday with matches against Weatherford College, Texas Woman’s University and Hardin-Simmons University.  All but one of the Wildcat spring matches were sweeps, including these three matches. The only game that the Wildcats did not sweep was their first of the spring at Texas Tech ... [Read More…]

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4th annual SGA Olympics bring ‘unique’ take on intramurals

April 9, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame

The Student Government Association Olympics provide a break from the typical intramural events and different opportunities than last year.  The six events hosted by SGA are bouldering, bench press, swimming, cornhole, ultimate frisbee and track and field events. The swimming and track and field events are the two events remaining from last year, ... [Read More…]

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Faculty honored at Women in Leadership Luncheon

April 3, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame

Dr. Susan Lewis, Naoemi Gire and Dr. Ramonica Scott receive the Dr. Patricia Hernandez and Brenda Van Dunk Leadership Award. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Intercultural Engagement and Belonging)

As part of Women’s History Month, three women were honored at a Women in Leadership luncheon on March 20.  The three women are Dr. Susan Lewis, provost and vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Ramonica Scott, associate professor and director for the Master of Athletic Training Program and Naoemi Gire, executive director of University Access ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats succeed at indoor championship, Wes Kittley Invitational

March 28, 2025 by Lindsey Blasingame

With a full indoor season in the books, the track and field team moved on to the outdoor season by hosting the Wes Kittley Invitational on March 21-22. At the final indoor meet, the Western Athletic Conference Championships in Spokane, Washington, the Wildcats had 12 medal winners in nine events, including the men’s distance medley. Ja’Dasia ... [Read More…]

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