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Cats hope to reverse fortunes against Tigers

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer ACU will travel to Ada, Okla., 2 p.m. Saturday to face Lone Star Conference crossover foe East Central Oklahoma. The Lady Tigers of East Central are returning four of five starters from last season and are led by senior forwards Stormy Griffith and Leslie Shores. "They are a good team and similar to us," head coach ... [Read More…]

ACU begins winter schedule at ECO: Tigers’ Wilkerson presents challenge for unbeaten Cats

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Head coach Klint Pleasant cut the men's basketball team's practice time down from two hours to one Monday, a good indication for a team so soon into its regular season. "They were going so hard in practice that we had to cut it short," Pleasant said. "We're playing extremely well right now." Judging by the ... [Read More…]

Who’s the top athlete at ACU? (Joel Weckerly’s pick): Speed, strength make Manning No. 1

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor If any shades of doubt remained in anybody's mind about Danieal Manning being our school's premier athlete, then the football team's final home game Nov. 8 against Texas A&M-Kingsville quickly dispelled them. It was the Wildcats' most important game of the season, one in which they would have to win to make the ... [Read More…]

Wildcats sign top high school standouts: Brown, Lowry sign with volleyball team

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer After winning 25 games, having five players honored by the conference and coming within one spot of the NCAA Division II Southwest Region tournament in 2003, ACU head coach Brek Horn announced last Friday the volleyball team signed Abilene High standout Terah Brown and Flower Mound star Abbie Lowry to binding letters of ... [Read More…]

Wildcat men finish No. 2 at national meet

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Considering the success the ACU cross country team has enjoyed the last ten years, with seven top-10 finishes, including second place the last three seasons, another runner-up trophy in 2003 might seem like a disappointment. Not so. Without two-time individual national champion Alfred Rugema and multi-time ... [Read More…]

Cats suffer two close losses in Pittsburg St. Tournament: ACU now carries 1-3 record to Oklahoma for crossover kickoff

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer ACU went into Pittsburg, Kan., with a 1-1 record, but the Wildcats fell to 1-3 after dropping back-to-back games Friday and Saturday against Missouri Southern and Pittsburg State. On Friday, ACU dug itself into a hole after trailing by double digits at the end of the first half. The Wildcats battled back and tied the ... [Read More…]

Unblemished ACU heads to SE Okla. St.: Team still undefeated after road victory over St. Edward’s

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The men's basketball team kept its undefeated record intact with a 102-90 overtime win over host St. Edward's Nov. 25. With the non-conference win, ACU is 4-0 heading into this week's Lone Star Conference crossover schedule. St. Edward's (0-3) kept it closer than it should have been against a superior ACU team, ... [Read More…]

Ready to run: Wildcats prepared to bring championship trophy to Abilene

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer The sweat and pain of a three-month season will funnel down to a half-hour Saturday, as nine ACU athletes compete in the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships in Cary, N.C. ACU's seven-runner men's squad will be competing for its first national title, while two women will run for individual glory. "There's some ... [Read More…]

Cats to play two at Tipoff Classic: ACU looks for more intensity, effort in four-team invitational

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The 1-0 men's basketball team hopes to extend its home winning streak to three games this weekend when it plays host to the Quality Inn-ACU Tipoff Classic in Moody Coliseum. ACU welcomes cross-town university McMurry, Paul Quinn College and Southwestern Assemblies of God to the invitational, which kicks off 4 p.m. ... [Read More…]

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