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Soccer ends regular season with win over Incarnate Word

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The Wildcats ended their regular season with a 1-0 win, adding to a four game winning streak, over the Cardinals of the University of Incarnate Word. The game remained scoreless until the last three minutes, when sophomore Christina Arteaga received a combined pass from junior Samantha Vestal and senior Dylan Owens in the box. The sophomore ... [Read More…]

Volleyball snaps winning streak to HBU and TAMCC

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This week the Wildcats were on the road taking on Houston Baptist and Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Before this week the Wildcats were on a 6 game win streak in conference but broke it losing both games. In the first game on Thursday, the Wildcats lost 1-3 against the Houston Baptist Huskies. The Wildcats won the first set 25-20 but they ... [Read More…]

Cross country competes in Southland Championships

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The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed this past weekend in Lake Charles, Louisiana at the Southland Conference cross country championships at McNeese State. Junior Runner Carnley Graham repeated as a Second Team All-Southland Honoree after placing sixth at the Championships in the women’s 6K race. The Men’s team placed ninth at ... [Read More…]

Peak performance: Vestal seeks professional career after college

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Since she was 3 years old, Sam Vestal has enjoyed the simplicity of kicking a soccer ball on the freshly cut, dew-covered grass. Though the road to professional athletics ends for most in high school, Vestal said she desires to continue after college. Vestal played on the varsity team all four years of high school at Permian High School in ... [Read More…]

Soccer claims spot in Southland tournament over weekend

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The soccer team earned a spot in the Southland Conference postseason tournament after defeating Sam Houston 3-0 Friday and improved to 6-3-1 in conference after a win over SFA Sunday. Against the Bearkats, ACU's first goal came 18 minutes into the game when junior midfielder/defender Shay Johnson passed the ball to sophomore midfielder/forward ... [Read More…]

Sheehys beat ranked opponents, women conclude fall season

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ACU's Josh and Johnathan Sheehy made strong showings in singles and doubles matches in Waco at the ITA Men's Texas Regionals as they took down Power 5 competitors from the Big 12. Josh Sheehy beat Texas Tech's No. 10 Parker Wynn, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3), then advanced past No. 7 Sven Lah from Baylor via retirement after going up 2-0 in the first ... [Read More…]

McCrary runs for 222 yards in win over Lions

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After a tough 2017 Homecoming against Southeastern Louisiana, the Wildcats came into Hammond Saturday evening and avenged the loss with a lopsided 48-27 victory of their own. Neither team scored through 12 minutes of the first quarter, but ACU broke the silence with a 33-yard field goal from redshirt sophomore kicker Oscar Hernandez and left the ... [Read More…]

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