ACU's three-game winning streak came to an abrupt halt on Wednesday night as the Wildcats fell in straight sets to Conference USA opponent North Texas. Meanwhile the Mean Green extended their win streak to eight with the decisive performance. The Wildcats fell behind early, as UNT jumped out to a 9-2 lead before an ACU timeout. But after the ... [Read More…]
Early Impact: Arteaga dominates despite her youth
Despite a winless weekend in Oklahoma and a difficult non-conference schedule, the Wildcats head into the Southland Conference opener stacked with young talent. Much of that young talent has come from freshman Christina Arteaga. Head soccer coach Casey Wilson said his freshman midfielder has helped create numerous chances for the team early ... [Read More…]
Guarantee games drive FCS football
The Wildcats have been outscored 76 to 24 in the first two games of the season, and had the spread been right in either game, it would be much worse. But aside from getting the big-game experience that FCS schools can't quite produce, why do schools like ACU play these lopsided games? $650,000 is why. Before each of the games, ACU had already ... [Read More…]
The Adam Dorrel Show #2 – 2017
Grant Boone and Coach Adam Dorrel recap last weeks game at Colorado State and preview the opening of Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium versus Houston Baptist. Hannah Null talks with team captain Kade Munden as they take a look at Wildcat Stadium. ... [Read More…]
Wildcats await Huskies in stadium and conference-opener
The football team will take the field in one of its most anticipated games in history, its conference opener against Houston Baptist University in the new Wildcats Stadium. Saturday's game will mark the first time the team will play on campus since 1958. Director of athletics Lee De Leon said only about hundred general admission tickets ... [Read More…]
Cross Country features new course this weekend
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…]
Playoff possibilities spur soccer in conference opener versus HBU
After a hard fought preseason schedule, ACU will host Houston Baptist in the Southland Conference season opener at Elmer Gray Stadium on Friday. Now that the Div. 1 four-year transition period has come to an end, the soccer team members say they are ready and eager to play now that they can qualify for post-conference play. “We are really ... [Read More…]
At the Helm: De Leon seeks campus and community unity
The Here and Now This December it will be three years since Director of Athletics Lee De Leon moved to Abilene to take the helm of the Department of Athletics. At 32, he would become the youngest Div. 1 athletic director in the country – an accomplishment shattering his initial goal of obtaining this type of job before he was 40. Now as ... [Read More…]
Soccer closes non-conference portion of schedule in Oklahoma
Contributed by: Rachel Poe The ACU soccer team fought hard this weekend against the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and Oklahoma State’s Cowgirls, but came up short in both games, 4-1 and 3-0 respectively. On Friday, ACU fell to the Eagles, 4-1. ORU scored four goals in the first half of the match and ACU was never able to recover, although it ... [Read More…]
Wildcats finish 3-1 at Borderland Invitational
The Wildcats are back on track after a 3-1 weekend at the Borderland Invitational, and now boast a 4-7 record on the year. ACU lost its first match to New Mexico State in straight sets, but bounced back with a five-set victory over Samford and a three- game sweep of Delaware State. Head coach Angela Mooney said the team got off to a slow ... [Read More…]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 121
- 122
- 123
- 124
- 125
- …
- 499
- Next Page »