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Wildcats hit triple digits in opener against Patriots

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The men's basketball team started its season off Tuesday evening in Moody against Arlington Baptist and won convincingly 107-54. ACU was in the driver's seat each half scoring 52 in the first and 55 in the second. They held the Patriots to 25 in the first half and 29 in the second. It was a slow start for the men as they found themselves down ... [Read More…]

Men’s Tennis ends fall season at Grand Canyon Invitational

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ACU men's tennis finished the fall tennis season strong at Grand Canyon Invitational in Arizona. Both Junior Johnathan Sheehy and Freshman Michael Benavides won all 6 of their matches (three singles and three doubles each). Benavides defeated Nicolau Macedo (GCU) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in singles on Friday. He defeated Lukas Hoffrichter (MCC) 7-6 (1), ... [Read More…]

Volleyball falls at UCA and SFA

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The Wildcats were on the road last week, taking 0n the UCA Bears and the SFA Lumberjacks.  They were swept by UCA and lost 1-3 against SFA. In the UCA game, Kendall Bosse, senior setter for the Wildcats, had a record 3,000 assists. She is only the seventh athlete to have completed this in ACU volleyball history.  She said that she is very ... [Read More…]

Wildcats cast out Demons for fourth conference win

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The football team defeated Northwestern State Saturday afternoon 49-47 to give them its fourth conference victory this season for the first time as a Div. I program since 2014. This put the Wildcats over .500 on the season both overall and in conference play (5-4, 4-3). For the Demons, they slip to 3-6 overall and 2-5 in conference. Redshirt ... [Read More…]

Wildcats take down Nicholls at home

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The Wildcats faced the Nicholls State Colonel's in Moody Tuesday evening and swept them in three straight sets. ACU won the first set 25-15, the second 25-22 and the third 25-16. Katelyn Mueller, sophomore outside hitter was a big contributor to the Wildcats win. Mueller said getting the win was a great way to start off the week they ... [Read More…]

Wildcats defeat McNeese, advance to semifinal

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Despite a 1-0 defeat by McNeese in the first match of the season, the Wildcats flipped their performance for the second meeting between the two on Wednesday winning 3-1. This win advanced the team past the quarterfinal round and will now face Central Arkansas in the semifinal. The first and only goal of the first half came from junior ... [Read More…]

Football seeks fourth conference win against Demons

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For the first time since 2014, the football team will have a chance to win its fourth conference game as a Div. I program when it welcomes Northwestern State on Saturday. The Wildcats defeated Incarnate Word, HBU, Central Arkansas and SFA in 2014. This year, ACU will try to add the Demons to its list after defeating HBU, Nicholls and ... [Read More…]

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