By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The worst kept secret in the ACU athletics department is finally out as former ACU basketball standout Jared Mosley was promoted to director of athletics Aug. 4. Mosley, who served as the associate director of athletics for the last two years, is the seventh director of athletics in ACU history. Mosley enters his ... [Read More…]
Appreciate spiritual coaches
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Front Roe Seat ACU women's basketball coach Shawna Lavender paced the sidelines of Moody Coliseum barking orders to her playoff-bound Wildcats. It was the final game of the regular season, and ACU was leading by double digits over Eastern New Mexico, but Lavender still demanded her team work hard. Oftentimes, a ... [Read More…]
Volleyball ranked 28th nationally: Team returns six starters from last year’s playoff squad
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The volleyball team heads into the 2004 season ranked No. 28 in the nation, according to the CSTV/AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll. ACU has never been ranked in the nation's top 25, but it's believed the No. 28 rank is the highest in school history. The Wildcats reap the pre-season poll benefits because ... [Read More…]
Three Wildcats to represent ACU at UTA Open
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Most of the men's and women's track and field athletes will rest and train this weekend, a week before the Lone Star Conference Championships, while three athletes compete at the University of Texas-Arlington Open. Sophomore Delt Cockrell, who has been unable to qualify for nationals in the 200-meter dash because of ... [Read More…]
Kudos to the women Wildcats
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Front Roe Seat ACU men: you had a good year. The Wild-cat men's track and field team captured the NCAA Divi-sion II nation-al champion-ship. The ACU football team continued to improve in 2003 and just fell short of the postseason with a 6-4 overall record and a solid 5-3 record in the Lone Star Conference South ... [Read More…]
Baseball team hasn’t faced ECO since last season
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The Wildcat baseball team rolled into Kingsville Thursday afternoon with the attitude that it has nothing to lose. Although ACU is already statistically eliminated from qualifying for the South Central Region Tournament May 13-15, it would still like to bring home a LSC crown. "Everybody's excited to play," senior ... [Read More…]
Wildcats face No. 5-ranked Belles in four-game series
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In one of the biggest weekends for track and field in the United States, ACU athletes in two locations qualified for nationals either provisionally or automatically in seven new events. Several standout athletes represented ACU at the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia, an event witnessed by more than ... [Read More…]
Lively passed by in draft: Agent is shopping lineman around for free agency
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor From his parents' home in Eastland, Britt Lively watched as 255 names other than his own flashed on the television screen. "It was disappointing," said Lively, the former ACU offensive lineman. "All these scouts and agents were telling me I was definitely going to get drafted-everybody was." Upon the draft's ... [Read More…]
Puglia’s gutsy effort in No. 6 singles gives men 5-4 win over Cameron
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Ahead 1-0 in the third set of his Lone Star Conference Championship singles match against Cameron's Marco Valdez, sophomore Evan Puglia glanced at the balcony of the Oak Tree Country Club to see his teammates gathering by his court. They had come from the opposite side of the facility, where senior Trent Broach ... [Read More…]
Cats share conference title; tourney set for Kingsville
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Coy Polk received the painful phone call Saturday on the bus ride back to Abilene. The Wildcat baseball team had just won two of three games over West Texas A&M in Canyon, but it was the one loss-a 2-1, 3-hit performance in Friday's nightcap-that secured Texas A&M-Kingsville a share of the Lone Star Conference ... [Read More…]
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