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Cross country returns to action at pre-nationals

October 12, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

Cross country travels to Louisville, Kentucky as it competes in the NCAA DI Pre-National Tournament for the first time as an eligible competitor. The Wildcats have ran well all year, especially on the women's side, but have not competed in two weeks due to heavy rain cancelling the inaugural Wildcat Open, which was supposed to be held on ... [Read More…]

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Tennis excels in home tournament, finishes in Malibu

September 28, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

Tennis had good showings in two parts of the country this week - as it dominated its home tournament and sent two players to the quarterfinals in Malibu. The annual Wal-Mart Open, held here at ACU, featured ACU, McMurry, Hardin Simmons and TCU. Men's tennis won all five sections in singles and doubles, losing only one game against another school ... [Read More…]

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Cross country heads into weekend after stellar performance

September 22, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

It couldn't get much better for the women's cross country team after a big win on their new home turf. Four Wildcat runners finished in the top-five of the field. The Hackett sisters led the way for the women, with Allie finishing first, followed 10 seconds later by her sister, Michaela. In third was sophomore Carnley Graham, and rounding out ... [Read More…]

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Cross Country features new course this weekend

September 14, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

It's a weekend of brand-new beginnings for the Department of Athletics, as football prepares to open an on-campus stadium for the first time in 59 years. The cross country team also will expereince a brand-new course as it returns to Abilene to host the Naimadu Classic on Saturday. The meet will serve as a the Wildcats second dual meet against ... [Read More…]

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Golf places 10th in first tournament

September 12, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

The Wildcats were right in the middle of the pack in their first tournament of the year, finishing 10th out of 19 teams. ACU finished +11 in the three-day Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational, shooting 293-295-287 over the par-72 course. The University of Wyoming picked up the win with scores of 284-270-281 (-29.) Head coach Tom Shaw said this is ... [Read More…]

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Cross Country wins 3 of 4 in first meet

September 8, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

The early signs for ACU's first year as a full-fledged D-1 school look promising for the cross country team as the men beat TCU and the women sweep TCU and Texas state. The dynamic duo of twins Michaela and Allie Hackett lead the way for the women's 4k as Michaela finished 3rd with a time of 13:21.5, following one Baylor and one unattached ... [Read More…]

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Cross Country looks poised for nationals

September 1, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

The Cross Country season begins this Friday, and both teams are in good shape to improve greatly upon last season's ninth place finish. On the men's side, runners look to get off to a hot start despite losing two seniors from last year in Reid Rivers and Sterlen Paul. Sophomore Drew Cummings, who emerged as one of the Wildcat's top runners last ... [Read More…]

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Cross country returns to action against Texas State and TCU

August 31, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

The cross country season gets underway this weekend as the men's and women's teams join Texas State and Texas Christian University at the Bear Twilight Invitational at Baylor University in Waco. The run will be a 4k instead of the usual 6k or 8k race, and cross country coach Jarvis Jelen said that gives the teams more opportunity to take an ... [Read More…]

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Lambright’s pitching, Trevino’s hitting not enough to get win against UCA

May 10, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

The Wildcats were swept by the University of Central Arkansas last weekend in a three-game series, dropping their conference record to 2-22. The first game of the series was a pitching duel, but UCA jumped out to an early lead as first baseman Hunter Strong doubled to drive in a run. However, senior Russell Crippen tied the game at one when he ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats take on Central Arkansas, looks to rebound from non-conference losses

May 5, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

After being swept by Kansas State and the loss in a make-up game to TCU, the Wildcats take on the University of Central Arkansas Bears in a three-game series at Conway, Arkansas. Both the offense and pitching have been struggling as of late, losing three games to Kansas State by scores of 6-5, 11-1, and 14-3. In the second game of the series, ... [Read More…]

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