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ACU travels to WT: No. 3 baseball team winning with rising stars

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By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer After earning a No. 4 preseason ranking from Collegiate Baseball magazine, ACU has stepped up one spot to rank third in the nation. Senior third baseman and pitcher Brad Massey, who is hitting .349 this season with 11 RBI and a 2-0 record, said the Wildcats are not satisfied with the young season. "To be honest, ... [Read More…]

It’s do or die for Lady Wildcats

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team, which as of Thursday was 13-12 overall and 4-6 for fourth place in division play, began their do-or-die stretch with a road trip that began Thursday evening at West Texas A&M and continues Saturday at Eastern New Mexico. As of Thursday the Cats were two games behind West Texas A&M for ... [Read More…]

Wildcats get ready for Diamond Dame Classic: Cats face defending national champion St. Mary’s

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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

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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

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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…]

Softball team wins 3 of 4 in Irving: Solid pitching, clutch hitting highlight First-Pitch

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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

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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

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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…]

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