By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU softball team kicks off its home schedule Friday and Saturday as the host of the annual Diamond Dame Classic at Wells Field. ACU is coming off a successful weekend at the Lone Star Conference First-Pitch Tournament in Irving, where it won four of five games to improve its record to 5-4. Two other teams are ... [Read More…]
ACU has solid weekend: Freshman breaks 5,000-meter record
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor A school track and field record fell on Friday, along with the times of several ACU athletes among mostly Division I talent at the Razorback-Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Freshman Yuliya Stashkivran a school-record and na-tion-best time of 16:27.69 in the women's 5,000 meters to qualify automatically for the ... [Read More…]
ACU sweeps by Greyhounds: Cats move to No. 3 in nation
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer The ACU baseball team had an eventful weekend. Coach Britt Bonneau's squad earned its highest-ever national ranking after sweeping Lone Star Conference South rival Eastern New Mexico in a three-game series Friday and Saturday at Crutcher Scott Field to open conference play. The Wildcats, now 10-2 overall and 3-0 ... [Read More…]
Wildcats come out on top in Bluegrass State: Team beats 4 of 5 D-I opponents
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The women's tennis team continued to prove its dominance this spring by defeating four of five Division I teams last week in Lexington, Ky. The team started by easily dispatching Division I opponents Northern Kentucky and Wright State 9-0. On Saturday, ACU competed against Eastern Kentucky at 8 a.m. and Kentucky at 6 ... [Read More…]
Softball team wins 3 of 4 in Irving: Solid pitching, clutch hitting highlight First-Pitch
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The softball team found a variety of ways to win in last weekend's Lone Star Confer-ence First-Pitch Tournament in Irving. Whether it was a pitching duel or an offensive comeback, ACU found a way to get the job done en route to winning three out of its four games in the crossover tournament. "I'm so proud of ... [Read More…]
ACU to face nation’s best athletes in Arkansas
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Even more than a Whitman's Sampler or soap-on-a-rope this Valentine's Day, head track and field coach Jon Murray wants to bring home 18 automatic nationals qualifiers from the Tyson Foods Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. He is taking his 22 best athletes to the elite indoor meet at the Randal Tyson Track Complex on ... [Read More…]
Cats hoping playoff wish won’t dissolve: Team to play TAMC in Moody Saturday
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer From Dec. 16 to Jan. 9, the men's basketball team seemed to be on top of the world, winning seven consecutive games, posting a 9-3 record. Since then, the Wildcats, 11-10 overall and 2-5 in Lone Star Conference play, have crashed back to earth, losing seven of their last nine games. They now face the possibility ... [Read More…]
Cats take weekend off: Team coming off long road trip
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The men's tennis team spent last weekend in Las Cruces, N.M., playing a series of four matches in four days. But the weekend also was filled with activities other than tennis competition. "Las Cruces is actually a cool place," said Sal Taweel, senior men's player. "We ended up having a day off so we were able have some ... [Read More…]
Williams takes leave of absence: Health problems in coach’s family forces decision
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Women's basketball coach Wayne Williams was granted a requested leave of absence Wed-nesday to deal with ongoing health issues within his family. The leave, granted by director of athletics Shanon Hays Wednesday morning, comes with six games remaining on the team's schedule. Assistant coach Shawna Lavender will ... [Read More…]
Eight more Wildcats look forward to nationals
By Steve Holt, Copy Editor Two throwers were among the eight nationals qualifiers at Friday's Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock. Sophomore Manuel Brandenborn and senior Shai Shalev qualified automatically for the Division II Indoor National Track and Field Championship in the shot put, placing first and second in the event, ... [Read More…]
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