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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]