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Wildcats’ miscues lead to season-opening loss

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The University of New Mexico looked every bit like a nine-win bowl team, as it ran past the Wildcats 38-14 in the two teams 2017 season openers. ACU showed promise early, jumping out to 7-0 lead on a 15-play 99-yard drive after the defense held the Lobos on 4th and goal from the 1-yard line. But the Lobos scored 38 unanswered points and ... [Read More…]

Cross Country looks poised for nationals

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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…]

Soccer prepares for UTPB after cancelled tournament

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The soccer team prepares for UTPB on Tuesday after the Prairie View A&M tournament was cancelled due to inclement weather. The fields were not game ready as the pounding Hurricane Harvey recently struck the Texas coast and the games have been completely called off. The Wildcats have already began season play and are 1-3 after a loss to SEC ... [Read More…]

Season opener ushers in new era for Wildcat football

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The Wildcat football team will compete for the first time as a fully Div. I program when it travels to Albuquerque to face the University of New Mexico on Saturday. The team faces a Lobos squad that has appeared in the New Mexico Bowl the past two seasons, losing to Arizona in 2015 and beating the University of Texas-San Antonio in ... [Read More…]

Confidence rises after victory over Wyoming

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Volleyball began the new era of full Div. 1 postseason eligibility with an early season-defining win over Wyoming. The Wildcats battled to a four-set victory over the top-100 RPI team. Sophomore libero Amanda Chapa, who led the team with 45 digs over the weekend, said the team's mindset heading into the game against Wyoming was the ... [Read More…]

Cross country returns to action against Texas State and TCU

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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…]

Scoreboard debuts in final fall camp scrimmage

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After just over three weeks of practices and workouts, the football team's 2017 fall camp has come to a close. The camp concluded Saturday night with a purple and white scrimmage, where the purple team came out on top 47-7. First-year head coach Adam Dorrel said the purple team comprised of mostly veterans got off to a slow start, scoring just ... [Read More…]

Soccer falls 2-0 in home opener to UNT

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The women's soccer team played its home opener against the University of North Texas Friday night, losing 2–0. This dropped the Wildcats to 1–2 on the season while improving Mean Green to 2–1. "We played well, we had some good opportunities," senior midfielder Chloe Fifer said. "The coaches talked to us after the game and said we had a good ... [Read More…]

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