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Young Wildcats gain valuable experience at ACU Invite

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Abilene Christian women’s tennis opened its season at the annual ACU Invite at home. It’s the first opportunity for the new team to compete against high-level competition to prepare for conference play at the end of October. With seven newcomers on the roster, head coach Bryan Rainwater said that the weekend provided valuable experience for a team ... [Read More…]

Gallery: Wildcats volleyball hold off Prairie View 3-1 in home win

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The Wildcats played their second game of the Wildcat Classic against Prairie View on Friday, taking the win over four sets, making their record 8-4. ACU fell short in the first set, 16-25, then came back with strong wins in the last three sets. Hannah Gonzalez and Aubrey Beaver both led the team with 12 kills, and Rachel Koss led the team with 4 ... [Read More…]

Gallery: Volleyball takes dominant win over SFA 3-1 at home

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Volleyball continued its winning streak on Saturday with a win over SFA on Saturday, 3-1. The Wildcats extended their streak to three wins while at home. Hannah Gonzalez, senior middle blocker from Lucas, led the team in points scored with 13 and tied with Rachel Koss, senior setter from Freedom, Wisconsin, for most blocks at three.  Their next ... [Read More…]

Gallery: Volleyball sweeps in opening game of Wildcat Classic

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ACU Volleyball started its three-game run in the Wildcat Classic with a 3-0 win against Louisiana Tech. The team was led by outside hitter Maddie Finnegan, who had 11 kills across 25 attempts and six digs on defense. Libero Brennan Ramirez led ACU defensively, reaching double digits in digs with 10. The Wildcats will play their next game tonight at ... [Read More…]

ACU falls flat in the blackout, and the quarterback question won’t wait

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Last week, ACU walked away from Lubbock with a moral victory, which in sports usually doesn't mean much, but after the lethargic start the Wildcats had against Lamar in the season opener, it felt like something we all needed to see. Coming into Saturday, expectations were sky-high against what has become a football rivalry of sorts. ACU had won 10 ... [Read More…]

Keith Patterson has been here before

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With Abilene Christian football sitting at 0-3, questions have arisen about what is going to change. The Wildcats have one more test before conference play, and therefore a limited amount of time if they would like their hopes of a conference three-peat to stay alive. Head coach Keith Patterson has faced this type of tribulation before, and the ... [Read More…]

‘It should have been a blowout, not a blackout’: Football starts season 0-3

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After a tough 26-7 loss to Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, the Wildcats find themselves on the wrong side of the history books. For the first time in 30 weeks, dating back to 2024, ACU enters a game unranked. In addition, the loss marks the first 0-3 start since 2020 and the Wildcats’ first loss at Wildcat Stadium since 2024, dropping them to 0-1 ... [Read More…]

John David Black’s case for QB1

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John David Black sat on the bench in ACU’s season opener versus Lamar, uncertain of what the following moments, let alone the rest of the season, would look like. He came into fall camp in a small-margin battle between multiple quarterbacks for Abilene Christian’s starting role. Redshirt sophomore Tucker Parks, transfer out of Western Kentucky, ... [Read More…]

Former Wildcat fights for fifth year amid NCAA lawsuit

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Former Wildcat men’s basketball player Bradyn Hubbard is one of the athletes affected by the recent lawsuit, Wisne v. NCAA, which ruled that the high school class of 2022 athletes would get a fifth year after the NCAA's recent eligibility changes. In June, the NCAA adopted the five-year eligibility rule, which gave athletes five years of ... [Read More…]

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