By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Try to catch ACU track and field coach Don D. Hood without a smile on his face, and chances are you won't. That's because when it comes to his new position at his alma mater alongside brother Derek and father Don, Don D. is speechless. "I walked away from a pretty good job to come do this, and this is better than I ... [Read More…]
Track teams qualify individuals, relays for nationals
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In their first meet of the season, the men's and women's track and field teams combined to provisionally qualify six individuals and two relay teams for the indoor national meet at the Wes Kittley Invitational Friday in Lubbock. The women's team qualified athletes provisionally in four events, along with the ... [Read More…]
Lady Wildcats take first conference win a blowout
By Jared Fields, Sports Editor Starting conference play with a 0-3 record, the Wildcats, the LSC South pre-season favorite, need wins to keep their post-season dreams alive. Those hopes are why senior Kierstan Barbee said the first conference win Saturday was "very big." Conference play is still in the early part of the season, but Barbee's 14 ... [Read More…]
Seniors make another first for program: Trio earns all-American honors from AVCA
By Jared Fields, Sports Editor At the end of the 2004 season, Amanda Slate asked head coach Brek Horn what it would take to be an all-American. "You get your team to the national tournament and get some national recognition, that's what will make the difference," Horn and staff said to Slate. A year later, the Wildcats just finished making their ... [Read More…]
Women’s soccer will begin in 2007
By Mitch Holt, Opinion Editor The university will even the number of men and women's athletic teams at seven by beginning a women's soccer program in fall 2007. Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, announced Thursday that a women's soccer team on campus is no longer a rumor but will become a reality in a year and a half. The ... [Read More…]
Naimadu wins second consecutive individual title
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Two national titles down, two to go. Sophomore Nicodemus Naimadu won his second straight NCAA Division II National Cross Country Championship on Nov. 19 in Pomona, Calif., becoming the first Wildcat to accomplish that feat and the first to win titles as both a freshman and a sophomore. Naimadu finished the ... [Read More…]
Lopers end Wildcats’ record season
By Jared Fields, Sports Editor After winning a team-record 31 matches in a row, the Wildcats consecutive streak came to a halt in the regional final Nov. 20 against the No. 1 team in the region and nation, Nebraska-Kearney. The Lopers won in three games, 30-24, 30-19, and 30-22, to improve to an overall record of 36-1 and advance to the Elite ... [Read More…]
Turnovers prove costly in early season losses
By Jared Fields, Sports Editor After all of the preseason hype and expectations to win the Lone Star Conference South Division, the women's basketball team began the first three games of the year with a 1-2 record. The Wildcats got off to a good start by winning their first game, a 73-51 victory over Incarnate Word in Austin. The next day the ... [Read More…]
Moody Maniacs bring energy to basketball games
By Denton Josey, Student Reporter This season when people enter Moody Coliseum to watch a men's basketball game, they will notice a group of students who look more like extras from a Braveheart battle scene than basketball fans but with more purple and basketball motifs. In an attempt to enhance the efforts of an already effective group, raucous ... [Read More…]
Cross country teams prepare for NCAA Division II National Championships
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer As an orange sun set Wednesday over the last official practice of the season, head cross country coach Derek Hood sat back in his seat and sighed. Maybe for the first time all season, Hood was in a position of complete surrender, depending completely on the training he had orchestrated for his men and women up to that ... [Read More…]
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