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Solid pitching pushes Cats into postseason

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Four outstanding performances by ACU's four starting pitchers made the postseason a sure thing for the nation's No. 13 team this weekend. Pitchers Chris Wiman, Trey Watten, Brian Kennedy and Matt Davis all won their games against Eastern New Mexico this weekend to help the Wildcats reclaim first place in the Lone ... [Read More…]

Bid depends on continued success for baseball team: The ACU baseball team will play in its second to last Lone Star Conference series this weekend and needs to continue winning to secure a postseason spot

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor The ACU baseball team is done with the majority of its regular season, but the No. 1 seed in the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament is still theirs to lose. With 10 games remaining in the regular season, nationally ranked ACU is tied with Angelo State for first place in the LSC South Division and must win ... [Read More…]

No. 13 ACU win first Divisional road baseball series: The ACU baseball team won its first road series in Lone Star Conference South division play after winning three out of four games this weekend.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU closer Jameson Maj has already secured his spot in the ACU history books, and after two more solid performances in Kingsville this weekend, Maj's name is now among the best pitchers in the history of the Lone Star Conference.  In only his first season at ACU, Maj broke the LSC single-season record for ... [Read More…]

Kingsville first divisional road series: The nationally ranked ACU baseball team will play in its first Lone Star Conference South series this weekend against Texas A&M-Kingsville.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor After splitting a series with defending Lone Star Conference champions Central Oklahoma, sweeping Tarleton State and nearly winning its series against defending LSC South champs Angelo State, ACU may have already seen the best its conference has to offer. But if the nationally ranked Wildcats want to continue its ... [Read More…]

ACU moves to No. 12 despite pair of losses

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU moved up five spots from No. 17 to No. 12 in Division II national rankings and remained in first place in the Lone Star Conference South Division, despite splitting a four-game series with defending LSC South champions Angelo State this weekend. ACU swept Friday's games 10-3 and 1-0, and Angelo swept Sunday's ... [Read More…]

Sweep lifts ACU to first in LSC: The 17th-ranked ACU baseball team swept its first Lone Star Conference South Division series against Tarleton State to start divisional play with a 4-0 record.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor With the game-winning run on third, all ACU needed to sweep Tarleton State was a hit from shortstop Willy Uechi. Instead, all Uechi had to do was take a step back and let second baseman Thomas Bumpass run home. Bumpass scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning of the extra inning game after TSU catcher ... [Read More…]

Bonneau expects competitive series: ACU will open its LSC South division play against Tarleton State on Friday. ACU and Tarleton have split their four-game series the last two seasons the teams have met.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Head baseball coach Britt Bonneau doesn't anticipate any high-scoring games in the Wildcats series against Tarleton State this weekend, and based on the program's past battles his prediction is well founded. ACU and Tarleton have split the series the last two season's and ACU slightly leads the series ... [Read More…]

Wildcats complete crossover play: The 17th-ranked ACU baseball team finished its portion of the season against Lone Star Conference North teams with a split series against Central Oklahoma.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU lost the first two games of its series against the University of Central Oklahoma, but starting pitcher and shortstop Trey Watten knew the 17th-ranked Wildcats wouldn't get swept. "That's what I like about us the most," Watten said. "We're fighters." And sure enough, ACU baseball team clawed back from early ... [Read More…]

Road tests ahead for No. 8 Wildcats: The ACU baseball team will play 10 games over spring break, including a two-game series against nationally ranked regional opponent Delta State.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Despite losing veteran pitcher Ben Maynard and starting second baseman J.J. Pacheco to injury, the ACU baseball team has already posted the third-best start in the program's history. And if the 15-3 Wildcats want to add on to its superb start, it'll have to continue to win over spring break. "Everybody on this ... [Read More…]

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