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October 17 2007
SCOREBOARD
Standings
Scoreboard as of Monday
Wildcats rack up yards in win over Rams
Team
WTAMU
Tarleton St
ACU
MSU
Angelo St
TAMUK
ENMU
Dry. Overall
3 0 7-0
2-0 7-0
2-0 6-1
1-2 5 2
1-2 2-4
0-2 1-6
0 3 4-3
VeKayfeaN
Team Dry. Overall
WTAMU 7 0 22-7
Central Okla 6 0 23-4
MSU 5-1 20-3
ACU 4-2 9-11
Angelo St 4-2 6-15
TXWomans 4-3 13 8
TAMUK 4-4 11-8
TarietonSt 4-4 11-12
Cameron
TAMUC
SWOkla
SEOkla
ENMU
2-4 8-13
2-5 8-14
1-5 9-16
1-7 6-15
0-7 3-20
Women1 Seccar
Team Dhr. Overall
Central Okla. 6-0 12-3-1
MSU
WTAMU
NESt
TAMUC
Angelo St
4-2 8-3-2
4-3 10-4
4-3 6-8-1
3-3 7-8
3-3 6-7-1
TXWomans 3-3 6 8-1
ENMU 34 9 6
East Central 3-4 6 8-2
ACU 2-4 7-8
SWOkla. 0 6 0-15
Scores
Thursday
vounuu'
ACU 3 Angelo State 0
FrMay
women's socca
ACU 2 East Central 1
Saturday
FOOTIUl
ACU 52 Angela State 2S
Sunday
WOMOrS SOCCER
Northeastern State 2 ACU1
Upcoming
Thursday
youiyiau
ACU vs Texas MM Commerce
7pm
Friday
mrs TENNIS
Tyler College Invrtat onal in Tyler
TBA
WOMEN'S SOCCER
ACU at Central Oklahoma 3pm
Home games ts(edi nates
Briefs
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ACU will Induct five former
student athletes Into the ACU
Sports Hall of Fame The
event Is on Friday at 7pm
In the Teague Special Events
Center Tickets are $20
The Intramural schedule
In the Optimist is subject to
change and is not permanent
Any changes can be viewed on
the intramural bulletin board In
Moody Coliseum
For complete Intramural
scores and achedulti
visit.
www.fcuoprmfir.com
By Daniel Johnson
Sports Editor
ACU has one of the na
tion's best offenses and
Saturday they proved why
once again
The No 12 Wildcats
picked up their sixth
straight win after racking
up a season high 707 offen
slve sards in a 52 28 deel
sion oer Angelo State
ACU's offensive cxplo
sion was the second best
single game total in school
history the onl other time
ACU has recorded more than
700 yards Mas in 1952 The
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Soccer team
splits home
matches
By Christina Johnson
Sroms V RIIER
After starting the w eekend
with its second conference
win the ACU soccer team
dropped Its fourth Lone Star
Conference loss of the sea
son on Sunday after losing
2 1 to Northeastern State
Despite scoring first
against the Rher Hanks
and outshooting them 23
11 ACU's strong offensive
attack was not enough to
beat Northeastern
"We dominated 80 per
cent of the game and that
wasn't enough " head coach
Casey Wilson said
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ACU men finish 2nd at Chile Pepper
By Anastasia Mathli
Sports Writer
The ACU mens cross country
team took second place at the Chile
Pepper Festlv al in Fay cttevUle Ark.
this weekend falling only to meet
host the University of Arkansas
"Arkansas had the home ad
vantage they didn't travel and
their coach put a lot of pressure
on them to try and win the meet"
said head coach Derek Hood "Not
saying that ACU didn't run to the
best of their ability but Arkan
sas had a lot more running on
the line than ACU did"
Nlcodemus Naimadu placed
second in the race with a time
of 29 34 9 Julius Nyango placed
1 1 th with a time of 30 14 9 Serge
Gasore placed 1 7th with a time of
30 37 8 Amos Sang placed 20th in
30 45 2 then Philip Blrgen placed
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win was also the third time
this season ACU has scored
more than
50 points
ACU Jumped
from No 14
to No 12 In
the Ameri
can Football
Coaches' As-
sociation Na
tional Poll
ACU'swIn
mm
was crucial in the Wildcats'
hunt for a Lone Star Confer
Weekend Split
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makes a diving save In front ol Northeastern State forward Dani Watson during
NSU2.ACU1
ACU's record fell to 7 8
overall and 2 4 In the LSC
while Northeastern State In
creased its record to G 8 1
total and 4 3 in conference
Six of the Wildcats' shots
were on goal while the Riv
erHawks only had two on
frame but Northeastern
finished both of its shots
on goal
"We're gonna have to
learn to finish our shots "
Wilson said "We cant waste
so many opportunities "
ACU had a 1 0 lead after
freshman midfielder Court
ney Wilson scored from 12
yards out on an assist from
freshman midfielder Bree
Craig in the 51st minute
But the one goal lead
didn t last long
The Riv erHawks tied the
game five minutes later
24th with a time of 31 04 9 and
then Eric Brown was 104th with a
time of 33 17 7
"I think that there were a couple
of factors that went Into our guys
placing second or not running as
fast as they had in past years"
Hood said "I think the 1 0-hour trip
that it took to get out there made
us a little Hat We had also done
some pretty fast workouts in the
past week. Our times were a little
slower than 1 would of predicted
before the race but we did well "
On the woman's side Lolce
Cheboi led the pack by finish
lng 23rd with a time of 21 47
followed by Mary Mwangl who
placed 41st with a time of 22 07
and Haley Garner placing 130th
with a time of 23 43
"I was really pleased with the
ence championship and a
spot in the NCAA Division
II playoffs ACU now 5 0 In
the LSC and 2 O in the LSC
South Division needs to
continue winning to clinch a
spot in the playoffs
"1 feel like we're hitting
on all cylinders right now
and that's especially good
going Into the West Texas
A&M game" said senior
linebacker Cody Stutts
The win kept the Wild
cats undefeated in the
LSC extended their overall
record to G 1 and moved
ACU up one spot to No 7
in the Southwest Regional
when Junior midfielder
Ashley Badeen put a free
kick past ACU sophomore
goalie Allison Egan in the
5Gth minute
Northeastern midfielder
Joanne Spalding scored
the eventual game winning
goal after putting away a
pass from freshman mid
fielder Ellle Slack in the
74th minute
The loss to Northeastern
wasn't the only 2 1 dec!
sion the Wildcats were part
of last weekend ACU beat
East Central 2 1 Friday
The match was tied at
1 1 until Courtney Wilson
put away an indirect free
kick from Lindsey Womack
in the 81st minute The goal
was Courtney Wilson's sec
ond of the game she scored
earlier in the G2nd minute
"We had more opportu
nities to score this game
than on Friday" Wilson
said "We Just couldnt do
women s efforts this race" Hood
said "Lolce and Mao ran a great
race Haley made up some great
ground during the last mine and
Lindsey Putman ran two meets this
week She ran with great commit
ment and time. I was also really
impressed v1th anessa Whittle
because of the way she felt physi
call) since she has had been hav
ing some stomach problems "
ACU's next race Is the LSC
championships in Commerce
on Saturday
"We trained hard Monday
and will Wednesday and then
taper off to prepare for our con
ferences meet" Hood said "The
workout Wednesday will be long
and fast but then we will start
charging out batteries to defend
our championships "
-MUMHsititarirttiMJ
rankings which puts more
emphasis on ACU's Home
coming matchup with un
defeated and nationally
ranked West Texas A&M
No 6 W est Texas mov cd
to GO with a 02 31 win over
Eastern New Mexico and
Saturday's game will be a
battle for an upper hand In
the South Division
"It's not the Super Bowl
It's Just another game we
have to win on our route
to an LSC Championship"
Stutts said
The win in San Angelo
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BRIAN SCHMIDT SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
ACU s match on Sunday
it I felt like Friday's team
was better than this team "
ACU Is currently ninth
in the 10 team Lone Star-
Conference and has three
conference matches re
maining in its season If
the Wildcats win out they
may have a shot at making
the LSC postseason tourna
ment on Nov 1 4
"We Just need to come In
with an attitude to take a step
forward and be In the right
frame of mind " W llson said
The Wildcats played Di
vision III opponent Hardin
Simmons in a non confer
ence match on Tuesday
but the results were not
available by press time The
match was rescheduled be
cause ACU and HSU s origi
nally scheduled match on
Sept 25 was cancelled be
cause of weather
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MIAN SCHMIDT SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
ACU cross country runners Philip Bigen Carson Penepacker and
David Webster run In the ACU Cross Country Classic on Sept 1
I OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT
The ACU football team recorded
a season high 707 offensive yards
1 and eight touchdowns In Its win
1 against Angelo State on Saturday
Top
Running back Bernard Scott.
231 rushing yards 63 receiving
yard three touchdowns
Quarterback BflrMalone 383
passing yards two touchdowns
Wide receiver Jerato Badon
nine catches 149 yards one
touchdown
Wide receiver Edmund Gate
45 rushing yards 56 receiving
yards two touchdowns
Women
miss spot
inD-I
tourney
By Rachel Davis
OnNTON Editor
Irene Squillacl and Aina
Rafolomanatsiatoslka Just
missed a shot at playing in a
NCAA Division I tournament
while the men's doubles team
of Juan
Nunez and
Ryan Hud
son placed
third in the
Division
II bracket
of the ITA
Small Col
lege Cham
pionships
in Mobile Ala
The women's team of
Squillacl and senior Alna
Rafolomanatsiatoslka offi
dally placed second In the
Division
II bracket
of the ITA
tourna
ment but
because
the team
that won
Brigham
o u n g
Unlversi
ty Hawaii is affiliated with
the Mormon church they
did not play in a Super Bowl
tournament on Sunday ACU
took BYU Hawaii's place in
the Super Bowl tournament
The Super Bowl tournament
gave teams a chance to play
each division represented in
the ITA champlonships-Divl
sion II Division in NAIA and
Junior college teams who won
their respective brackets met
up to determine the actual
tournament champion. The
winner of the Super Bowl won
a wild card spot in the Division
I ITA National Intercollegiate
Indoor Championships
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