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Like brother, like sister: Adams siblings tag team collegiate tennis at ACU

March 31, 2017 by Max Preston

Growing up, shouting matches were not the only type of matches that took place between the brother sister duo of Henry and Sarah Eleanor Adams. In fact Henry said he and his sister were born into a family that all participated in tennis. "The reason we started playing tennis was because we have four older siblings who all played college ... [Read More…]

Tennis stays hot in double-header sweep, continues Southland play on the road

March 31, 2017 by Mikaela Clinton

The men's and women's tennis teams continued their winning streaks this past Saturday at the Eager Tennis Center right at home in Abilene with a doubleheader sweep over New Orleans. The men dominated with a 6-1 win over the Privateers, while the women closed the deal at 4-3 with Lucile Pothier winning the match-clinching point at the No. 2 ... [Read More…]

Softball falls to Baylor, gears up for Texas A&M-CC

March 31, 2017 by Davis Denton

The Wildcats traveled to Waco Wednesday night to square off against the Baylor Bears, the No. 13 team in the nation. The Bears scored six runs and recorded 10 hits while surrendering just three the ACU. Baylor pitcher Gia Rodoni gave up zero runs and recorded six strikeouts and improved her record to 9-1 this season. Hannah Null got her 17th ... [Read More…]

Windy weekend sees several stadium records broken

March 31, 2017 by Jonathan Raitz

The track and field team hosted its fourth annual Wes Kittley invitational over the weekend, breaking four stadium records and earning four gold medals. Senior Taylor Yantis Woods got the gold-medal winning started with a come-from-behind victory in the heptathlon. The victory is Woods fourth-career heptathlon win, as she beat out her next ... [Read More…]

Softball faced with national powerhouse in visit to Waco

March 29, 2017 by Davis Denton

ACU prepares to take on the Baylor Bears Wednesday night at 6 p.m., hoping to keep its momentum after winning nine of its last 10 ball games. However, Baylor is riding its own wave of momentum having won eight of its last 10. The Wildcats are 18-13 overall and 8-1 in conference play with .581 winning percentage on the season and .889 in ... [Read More…]

Softball earns eighth conference win in three-game sweep

March 27, 2017 by Davis Denton

The Wildcats traveled to Houston over the weekend and swept Houston Baptist in three games to improve their record to 18-13 and 8-1 in conference play. The losses dropped the Huskies to 7-16 overall and still seeking their first win in conference at 0-9. In the first game of the series, Sidney Holman got her 11th win of the year, improving her ... [Read More…]

Wildcats break top-three as a team through two rounds

March 27, 2017 by Jonathan Raitz

In a tournament that features three other Southland Conference competitors in Lamar, Stephen F. Austin and Central Arkansas, the golf team travels to Little Rock, Arkansas for the First Tee Classic at the Chenal Country Club. Along with the three Southland competitors, the tournament hosted by Arkansas-Little Rock at the par-72, 7,326 yard ... [Read More…]

Wildcat Stadium to feature reserved seating

March 24, 2017 by Jonathan Raitz

With the Chuck Sitton Tower in place as the tallest building on campus and the upper bowl of seating taking shape in the brand new Wildcat Stadium, director of athletics Lee De Leon said season tickets will become available to the general public during the first week of April. The seating of structure in Wildcat Stadium will be divided into ... [Read More…]

Finding a way: Trevino continues pursuit of MLB dreams at ACU

March 24, 2017 by Trevor Wyatt

Before the school year started, there was word of a late signing- a C/IF junior college transfer. When senior Russell Crippen found out, he didn't know what to expect. "Coach Bonneau was excited, but I had never met him," Crippen said. "Nobody had. It was a really late signing, he was supposed to go to Houston but it didn't pan out. So we got ... [Read More…]

Sheehy and Walker lead tennis to Sweep over Nicholls

March 23, 2017 by Max Preston

The men and women's tennis teams hosted a conference match up against Nicholls State Sunday and each cruised to a 7-0 sweep. This was the men's first conference matches of the season and with the win they improved to an overall record of 13-8. Nicholls was the women's fifth conference opponent of the season and moved their Southland record up ... [Read More…]