By Lori Bredemeyer, Staff Writer Stealing the ball from the opponent, she races toward the goal, her teammates cheering and yelling encouragement. She fakes left, goes right, shoots the ball and scores. This sounds like an ACU basketball game, but it's not. It's ACU soccer. Many students and employees are unaware of the presence of ACU's ... [Read More…]
Rugema 1st, team 2nd at nationals
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Great athletes go out on top. They cap their illustrious careers with championships, records and defining moments. And they often do it despite adverse conditions. Alfred Rugema is a great athlete. The senior claimed his second individual title at the NCAA Division II Cross Country National Champion-ship on Nov. 23 ... [Read More…]
Cats off to slam-dunk start: 2-1 team begins LSC crossover Thursday
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer With seconds remaining in the first half of the men's basketball season opener against Howard Payne, a defender inadvertently poked sophomore forward Jeff Johnson in the eye, leaving a small cut above his left eye. Despite that small setback and some temporary pain, Johnson and the Wildcats maintained focus, ... [Read More…]
ACU drops first, wins second at WTAM Classic: Sickness plagues Wildcats in loss to St. Mary’s
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team moved to 3-4 on the season after splitting a pair of games in last weekend's West Texas A&M 7-Up Classic. The Wildcats, who are now in seventh place out of eight teams in the Lone Star Confer-ence South Division, fell to St. Mary's 75-62 in their opening round game Friday, but bounced ... [Read More…]
Men seeking first title against perennial champs
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor ACU men's cross country teams have accumulated quite a long list of accomplishments and boasted more than a few outstanding athletes through the years. Seventeen Lone Star Conference team titles since 1980. Five South Central Region titles since 1983. Twenty-seven all-America selections since 1986. But the "holy ... [Read More…]
Waters to run in first national meet
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Her high school dream was to be a rare, white, American sprinter to compete in the Olympic games. The dream may have been born even earlier than that, however-in the 100-meter dash on field day at Aledo Elementary School. By all accounts Angie Waters was meant to run very fast for short distances. But the ... [Read More…]
Cats hope to feel no Payne: ACU opens with non-conference foe Friday in Moody
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer Since their arrival on campus three years ago, junior basketball players Tucker Pierson and Ryan Coleman have lost three times as many games as they have won. The quest to revive the men's basketball program is ignited Friday night, as the Wildcats open the season with a non-conference game against Howard Payne at ... [Read More…]
ACU Classic begins Friday in Moody: Team takes on No. 2 Missouri Western in invitational
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team welcomes three teams to the ACU Classic in Moody Coliseum this weekend. Lone Star Conference South opponent Texas Woman's and non-conference teams Incar-nate Word and Missouri Wes-tern will join ACU in the four-team invitational that begins Friday and wraps up Saturday. Texas Woman's ... [Read More…]
ACU to win first, talk later in 02-03: Revamped team to forget last year, come out running
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer For the most part, change is a good thing. For the men's basketball program, change is a wonderful, welcomed thing. Looking to ascend from the depths of the Lone Star Conference South Division with the return of three starters, most notably second team all-LSC guard Rodney Lee, and a new coach in Klint Pleasant, ... [Read More…]
Wildcats beat up on Flames: New players a big help in 108-46 win
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor ACU's 108-46 battering of the semi-professional Houston Flames on Saturday didn't have a bearing on the Cats' record, but it gave a glimpse of what offensive firepower they can boast in the regular season. Junior center Melanie Carter led six scorers with 20 points, adding nine rebounds in the exhibition game at ... [Read More…]
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