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Wildcats fall to Wolverines as volleyball drops fourth in a row

October 27, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (10-13, 5-6) dropped its fourth game in a row, losing to Utah Valley (8-14,5-6) in a sweep on Thursday night.  The Wildcats came into Thursday night's matchup facing some recent struggles, having lost three straight including two sweeps. The Wolverines were coming in off of back to back 1-3 set losses.  In set one, the Wildcats would get ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats take down Lumberjacks for second straight conference win

October 23, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (4-3, 2-1) won its second straight game on Saturday after taking down Stephen F. Austin (3-5, 0-3) in a final of 34-27. The Wildcats came into Saturday looking to keep their momentum rolling after taking down North Alabama last weekend for the team's first conference win. The Lumberjacks were coming in following back-to-back losses and ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats head to Nacogdoches looking to build off of conference win

October 18, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (3-3, 1-1) heads to Nacogdoches on Saturday looking for its second straight win as it takes on Stephen F. Austin (3-4, 0-2).  The Wildcats come into Saturday coming off their first United Athletic Conference win after defeating Northern Alabama last week 30-13, to end a three-game losing streak for the Wildcats. The Lumberjacks are still ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats snap losing streak, getting first conference win on Homecoming

October 16, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (3-3, 1-1) ended its three-game losing streak in Saturday afternoon's Homecoming matchup where the Wildcats took down North Alabama (2-5, 0-3) in a final score of 30-13.  The Wildcats got off to a slow start, but the ACU defense came up big on Saturday forcing five turnovers and allowing only six points in the second half, with two of those ... [Read More…]

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Soccer drops back-to-back road games as Wildcats extend losing streak

October 15, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU Soccer (7-8-1, 2-5-0) dropped both road matchups this week as the Wildcats have now lost four straight games.  The Wildcats took on Southern Utah (3-8-5, 3-3-1) and came up short by one goal, losing in a final of 3-2.  The Thunderbirds got on the board early scoring their first goal in the 14th minute of play. However, the Wildcat leader ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats look to get back on track headed into Homecoming game

October 10, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (2-3, 0-1) looks to get back on the right track in Saturday's Homecoming matchup, looking for its first conference win of the season as it takes on North Alabama (2-4, 0-2).  The Wildcats are coming off of a week of rest, after falling to the University of North Texas in the previous week. The Wildcats held their own throughout a majority of ... [Read More…]

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Volleyball takes down Utah Tech in five sets

October 10, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (9-9, 4-2) got its third straight win taking down Utah Tech (6-10, 2-4) in five sets on Saturday.  The Wildcats came into Saturday night coming off of two straight wins including a sweep on Thursday against Southern Utah.  ACU would take the first two sets in Saturdays matchup, but the Trailblazers would send the match to the fifth, where ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats take down Thunderbirds in dominating performance

October 5, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (8-9,3-2) took down Southern Utah (4-11,0-5) Thursday night in a 3-0 sweep.  The Wildcats came into Thursday night following a 3-2 set win against California Baptist on Saturday and were looking to go above.500 in conference play.  The Wildcats got out to an early 6-0 lead in the first set thanks to two kills from sophomore outside hitter ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats battle in Denton but come up short for third week in a row

October 2, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (2-3, 0-1) dropped its third straight game of the season, falling to The University of North Texas (2-2, 0-0) in a final score of 45-31 Saturday night in Denton.  The Wildcats got down early and could never recover as the Mean Green would score 31 unanswered points before the teams traded second half scores.  The Wildcats came into ... [Read More…]

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Wildcats head to Denton to take on Mean Green

September 29, 2023 by Will Dalton

ACU (2-2, 0-1) looks to get back on the right track following back-to-back losses when they take on the University of North Texas (1-2, 0-0) this Saturday night.  The Wildcats come into Saturday following two losses in a row, including a 52-17 loss to Central Arkansas last week in the teams first UAC game of the season. UNT comes in off of a ... [Read More…]

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