Saturday, November 8, 2008

Guess who's back?


Back again ... Billy's back, tell a friend.

Malone starts in ACU's pursuit of a perfect regular season. Midwestern State comes to town to try and rain on the parade of a chance at 10-0. The last team to accomplish the feat at ACU was the 1950 squad, which was the only team in the nation regardless of division to finish undefeated.

Several members of that 1950 squad will serve as honorary team captains at today's game. Last year, ACU's come-from-behind win in Wichita Falls over the Mustangs sealed the deal for the Wildcats to make the Playoffs for the second-straight year.

ACU was down 38-21 in the third quarter, but a fierce rally capped by Bernard Scott's 5-yard run with a minute left helped the Wildcats go over the top. Midwestern did drive and threatened but the final play of the game was incomplete pass in the endzone.

On to other Wildcat news:

• ACU's men's cross country team won the South Central Region title while the women placed ninth. The Wildcats will head to the NCAA Division II National Meet in two weeks in Slippery Rock, Penn.
• Several soccer players were named to the all-LSC women's soccer team Thursday after falling in the opening round of the conference tournament. However, ACU posted its first winning season and made the tournament for the first time in only the program's second year of existence
• The volleyball team won its 10th straight game this morning over East Central. That is the longest winning streak of the season and brings ACU's record to 24-8 on the season. The rest of today's action will determine the Wildcats' seeding in next week's LSC Volleyball Tournament, however, it is likely that ACU will go to Canyon as the No. 3 seed
• Tonight's ACU fans can get their first taste of Wildcats women's basketball as they play an exhibition contest against NAIA Lubbock Christian at 7 p.m. at Moody Coliseum

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