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Galaxy, Black Mambas claim basketball titles

April 1, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The intramural basketball season came to a close Sunday as Galaxy and the Black Mambas took home titles in the men and women's champ league. This season featured more leagues than ever before, including a co-ed 3-on-3 league, with 69 total teams playing intramural basketball. G-1 won the men's champ ... [Read More…]

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Twitter allows fans to follow athletes

April 1, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The day has come. The day that every coach feared and every fan longed for. The day when a player could interact with fans on a personal level in the middle of a sporting event. Thanks, Twitter. Twitter, a social networking site, was founded in 2006 and uses short messages, similar to text messages, to ... [Read More…]

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Golf team prepares for Classic

March 27, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The ACU golf team travels to Dallas on Monday to compete in the Dallas Baptist Patriot Classic. The tournament will be sponsored by Dallas Baptist University at the Golf Club of Dallas. The Wildcats are midway through their season and currently are ranked fourth in their region. "Our season started off ... [Read More…]

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Four Cats qualify for outdoor nationals

March 25, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor ACU javelin thrower Linda Brivule reached an automatic qualifying mark for the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship, while three other athletes provisionally qualified with their performances in two separate meets. Decathlete James Hardin traveled to San Angelo on Thursday and Friday for the ... [Read More…]

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Golf team places sixth at SoCal tournament

March 20, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The golf team finished in sixth place overall at the SoCal Intercollegiate tournament in Mission Viejo, Calif., on March 9-10. Sophomore Cyril Bouniol led the Wildcats by finishing in second place individually. The teams played 36 holes on day one and 18 holes on day two of the tournament hosted by the ... [Read More…]

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Teams looking to defend outdoor titles

March 20, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The track and field teams begin their outdoor season this week as they aim to defend their respective national titles from 2008. The men's team began Thursday as it sent James Hardin to the Angelo State Spring Break Multis. Fifteen men and 16 women will travel to Baylor University on Saturday to compete ... [Read More…]

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Standing Tall: Two win individual titles at indoor championships

March 18, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor Camille Vandendriessche, heptathlon, and Andrew McDowell, 60-meter hurdles, won their respective national title at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 13-14. The men's team placed third, and the women's team placed eighth in the overall competition. "If you look at the ... [Read More…]

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ACU defeats Cameron in nonconference matchup

March 6, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The softball team defeated Cameron 5-3 on Tuesday at Wells Field in a game that was delayed for an hour and a half over confusion on the part of who was to umpire the matchup. Originally, the teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader, but after the initial delay, it was agreed upon to just play one ... [Read More…]

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Thirteen athletes ready for national championships

March 6, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The Wildcat track and field team travels to Houston on March 13-14 for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships. The Wildcat men's team has 13 athletes competing in 11 events, including five that will participate in multiple events. The women's squad boasts seven athletes ... [Read More…]

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Track and field team adds three more for nationals

March 4, 2009 by Chandler Harris

By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The men's track and field team claimed three more automatic qualifying bids to the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championship after competing in two meets Feb. 20 and Feb. 21. Several Wildcats competed in the Nebraska Tune-Up, while others traveled to Norman, Okla., for the Sooner ... [Read More…]

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