By Joel Weckerly, Sports Writer The ACU men's and women's tennis teams will play host to the NCAA Division II Central Region tournaments Friday and Saturday on the Eager Tennis Center courts. The men's team is coming off of a solid win last week over Cameron en route to capturing its second straight Lone Star Conference championship. "We're all ... [Read More…]
ACU’s Yuliya Stashkiv now ranked No. 1 in 1,500, 3,000 meters
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor ACU made its mark on one of America's oldest and largest track and field events last weekend, qualifying one women's runner automatically and a men's relay provisionally for nationals. Only two individual athletes and three relay teams participated in the Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia Thursday-Saturday, but ... [Read More…]
Cats end season, await playoffs: ACU geared up for Thursday’s LSC playoffs at UCO
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer The Wildcat baseball team closed out regular-season play Friday and Saturday after sweeping a four-game series from Lincoln (Mo.) University. ACU, 39-16 overall and 15-8 in Lone Star Conference South Division play, prepare to take on LSC North Division champion Central Oklahoma Thursday at Broncho Field in Edmond, ... [Read More…]
ACU’s ’03 campaign ends with seven-game skid: Season was learning process for young Wildcats
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor In the first game of Friday's doubleheader against league-leading Angelo State, the softball team couldn't get anything going. Hitters were getting ahold of the ball, but potential hits seemed to go directly to the gloves of ASU defenders. Thus was the theme of the Wildcats' season, capped off with a four-game ... [Read More…]
Wildcats head to Keystone State for Penn Relays
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor A handful of Wildcat track and field athletes are competing at one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious meets, the Penn Relays Carnival, Thursday through Saturday in Philadelphia. The ACU men's team has won eight relay events in its history at the 108-year-old meet, which has grown from 5,000 spectators in 1895 ... [Read More…]
Wildcats wrap up regular season at home: Team preps for playoffs with four against Lincoln
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer Hitting two home runs and collecting seven RBIs would make a pretty memorable weekend for almost any baseball player. ACU junior first baseman Arnie Gomez had another reason for last weekend's three-game series at Eastern New Mexico being so memorable: family. "My dad, younger brother and sister, grandmother and ... [Read More…]
For pitcher Cochran, war hit closest to home
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World For her first collegiate season, freshman softball player Heather Cochran has put up some rather impressive numbers. The right-handed pitcher from Seattle, Wash., has picked up eight wins, nine losses, a 5.48 ERA and 37 strikeouts, as well as a .326 average at the plate. But it's the number she's put ... [Read More…]
Athletes qualify nationally in seven new events
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Athletes were added to the provisional qualifying list in seven new events last weekend as the ACU track and field teams competed at the 45th annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. Three meets remain in the outdoor season for Wildcat athletes to qualify for the Division II Outdoor National Championships May 22-24 in ... [Read More…]
ACU adds six in productive signing day: Three Division I transfers top Pleasant’s recruits
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer Last week, men's basketball coach Klint Pleasant announced the addition of six players for the 2003-04 season, including three transfers from Division I programs: Adrian Scott of Southeastern Louisiana, David Baxter of the University of Detroit and Atiba Alexander of Lipscomb University. Pleasant also signed junior ... [Read More…]
Pair of pole vaulters notch career-bests over weekend
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Basking in the favorable track and field weather characteristics of bright sunlight and minimal wind, five men and four women posted provisional qualifying marks at the David Noble Angelo State Relays in San Angelo on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The nine additional qualifiers brings ACU's total number to 28 athletes ... [Read More…]
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