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Blair’s Wildcats strive for bounce-back wins

October 12, 2022 by Connor Mullins

A 2400 mile round trip is what's ahead this week for new head coach Alisa Blair and the Wildcats. The Wildcats (4-13, 1-4) head to California Baptist (7-9, 2-3) on the road on Thursday and Grand Canyon (9-7, 3-2) at home on Saturday. Blair's team was swept in back-to-back matchups last weekend against Southern Utah and Utah Tech.  Western ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: ACU, ACU Volleyball, Alisa Blair, California Baptist, Grand Canyon, Jada Birkel, Londyn Gray

Wildcats head home from Utah after disappointing WAC weekend

October 10, 2022 by Connor Mullins

The Wildcats (4-13, 1-4) struggled in their first trip to Utah this year with back-to-back sweeps against Southern Utah (3-12, 2-4) on Thursday and Utah Tech (8-7, 2-4) on Saturday.  Not many things went well for new head coach Alisa Blair’s Wildcats during their first Western Athletic Conference road trip. Blair said the Wildcats struggled to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: ACU, ACU Volleyball, ACU Wildcats, Alisa Blair, Ashli Edmiston, California Baptist, Grand Canyon, Head coach Alisa Blair, Jada Birkel, Londyn Gray

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