Weather could be an issue, though forecasts show just a 30 percent chance of rain, others have said that the Abilene area has the possibility to experience torrential downpour.
Weather.com Forecast
http://www.ktxs.com/weather/forecast.html
We could see remnants of the 1993 football movie, “The Program,” when Joe Kane’s team gets pounded in the middle of a hurricane. Or… it could end up looking like this:
… too bad Shotwell has field turf.
With as liberal a passing game that ACU has, it will be interesting to see how weather affects the play calling. Luckily for the Wildcats, ACU’s run game is pretty solid too with perhaps the best running back in NCAA Division II in Bernard Scott.
Check out the ACU vs. NW Missouri State Photo Gallery here
Click here for ACU’s Football Notes for week 2
VOLLEYBALL:
The volleyball team, off to an 8-0 start and was scheduled to play three matches in San Antonio this weekend. However, due to Hurricane Ike, the tournament will be moved up a day causing ACU to cancel its match with St. Edward’s. However, the Wildcats will play Thursday against St. Mary’s at St. Mary’s at 7:30 p.m. Then Friday, ACU will face Incarnate Word at Incarnate Word 12:30 p.m. at UIW’s gym.
Freshman Jennie Hutt was named the Lone Star Conference’s co-Offensive Player of the Week for her performance at the Skyhawk Classic in Durango, Colo. while Ijeoma Moronu was named the tournament’s MVP. Read about that here …
Click here for ACU’s Volleyball Notes for week 3
MEN'S GOLF
ACU’s golf team kicks off its non-traditional fall season this weekend in Abilene at the Diamondback Golf Club. The Charles Coody West Texas Intercollegiate Tournament will feature 15 teams including head coach Mike Campbell’s Wildcats who finished fifth in last year’s tournament.
The Lone Star Conference will be well represented in the tournament with Cameron, Midwestern State, Southwestern Oklahoma and Southeastern joining the competition. St. Edward’s, the No. 2-ranked team in the NCAA Division II by Golf World / Nike in the pre-season will also be present.
ACU finished second at the 2008 Lone Star Conference Championships and were second at the NCAA Division II South Central Region championships. Among Campbell’s returnees are sophomore Cyril Bounoil (4th at LSC C-Ships; 18th at NCAA Reg.) and senior Patrick Hanauer (12th at LSC C-Ships; 14th at NCAA Reg.).
Click Here for ACU's Men's Golf Notes
On an un-related but related note: Campbell’s brother, Chad Campbell, was recently selected to compete in the PGA Tour’s Ryder Cup as a representative of the United States team. Chad will join Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk among others Sept. 16-21 in Louisville, Ky.Read about Chad and the Ryder Cup from Golf.com by clicking here
WOMEN'S SOCCER
The women’s soccer team has shown a solid defensive effort in its first four matches this season allowing just three goals. However, on the offensive side, the Wildcats have just three goals in four matches as well, which reflects in the 1-2-1 start. Head coach Casey Wilson and ACU are still trying to figure out the offensive kinks after ranking third in the conference in goals scored last year with 42.
The team is going for a milestone win this weekend against a couple of NAIA schools in Cedar Hill. The Wildcats need just one win to reach 10 in the program’s infancy. John Brown and ACU square off Friday; JBU was ranked No. 20 in the nation among NAIA schools in the preseason. Our Lady of the Lake and ACU will play Saturday; OLL is a first-year program but has begun the season at 3-1-1.
Listen to head coach Casey Wilson’s comments on upcoming matches and the season thus far (4:10)
Click here to see ACU Soccer’s Notes for Week 3
CROSS COUNTRY
In case you missed it, the cross-country program hired a new head coach: Sam Burroughs.
Click here for the release:
Here are head track and field coach Don D. Hood’s quotes on Burroughs:
"Hiring a coach of his quality and with his credentials is tremendous for this program and for our runners," Hood said. "Our goal was to find a coach that would be an excellent role model and mentor for our athletes while continuing to win national championships, and Sam Burroughs is that coach."
"Our athletes will continue to receive top quality instruction and will be able to know that the training they are receiving will allow them the opportunity to compete to their maximum capability," Don D. Hood said. " Coach Burroughs' athletes have risen to higher levels at every school he has worked with. I believe that our runners will be fortunate to work with him.
"Coach Burroughs is a proven recruiter as well," he said. "The athletes he recruited to Iona and coached raised that program to a 2nd place finish at the NCAA I men's Championships and the women to a top 20 finish. I think our program will be in very good hands.”
The Cross Country teams are idle this week after playing host to the ACU Classic Saturday. The Wildcats will run again Sept. 19 at the Jackrabbit Open in Lubbock.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment