By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor Last season, the ACU women's basketball team started its season with seven straight victories. This season, they are off to the same start - only in the opposite direction. The Wildcats started their season 0-3 after losing their first three road games. "We still have a lot of the season left," said ... [Read More…]
Naimadu wins title, makes history
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Four-time individual cross country champion Nicodemus Naimadu and the men's and women's cross country teams got a hero's welcome when they returned from the national championships in Joplin, Mo. on Nov. 18. As the team's white travel bus braked in front of Elmer Gray Stadium, balloons, banners, cake, erratic car ... [Read More…]
Record-book season ends in triple overtime stunner
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor One of the best football seasons in school history came to a screeching halt Saturday after the Wildcats were knocked out of the NCAA Division II playoffs in a heartbreaking 76-73 triple-overtime loss to Chadron State. What began as another dominant ACU playoff performance soon turned sour after a shocking ... [Read More…]
Video: Cross Country National Champion
Nicodemus Naimadu makes a new record earning his fourth national division II title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-rwFjzZqA Video/editing by Chris Hansen ... [Read More…]
Cross Country National Champion
Nicodemus Naimadu makes a new record earning his fourth national division II title. Video/editing by Chris Hansen ... [Read More…]
Experience gives Wildcats hope
By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor Ten players are returning this season to the ACUwomen's basketball team- a team picked to finish second in the Lone Star Conference South Division. And with the return of so many experienced players and the addition of four talented freshmen, head coach Shawna Lavender is excited about the Wildcats' ... [Read More…]
A hero’s welcome: Record-breaking Naimadu and team return to Abilene in style
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Four-time individual cross country champion Nicodemus Naimadu and the men's and women's cross country teams got a hero's welcome when they returned from the national championships in Joplin, Mo. on Sunday. As the team's white travel bus braked in front of Elmer Gray Stadium, balloons, banners, cake, erratic car ... [Read More…]
Running for the record: Naimadu seeks fourth-straight title
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Three meets into his senior season, cross county phenom Nicodemus Naimadu injured his right knee. While running at the Oklahoma State Jamboree on Sept. 29, the three-time national cross country champion from Narok, Kenya fell and eventually had trouble walking, let alone running. With the injury, he was unsure if ... [Read More…]
No. 15 Wildcats host first NCAA playoff game
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor When ACU's regular season ended two seasons ago, offensive lineman Nathan Young and the rest of the Wildcats found themselves far from the playoffs. After another losing season, Young and his teammates were forced to do the only thing they could do - write off the season and get ready for offseason ... [Read More…]
Cats cruise past Mesa State: No. 15 ACU dominates first NCAA D-II home playoff game
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor The first play of ACU's first NCAA playoff home game wasn't exactly what the Wildcats would of preferred. Junior quarterback Billy Malone threw an interception to Mesa State linebacker Mark Gruner, and after a 17-yard run back, the Wildcats found themselves in an early 6-0 hole. But after the first touchdown, ... [Read More…]
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