ENMU Athletics News
Lone Star Conference Football Festival
The Greyhound football team enters the 2015 season in search of its third consecutive winning season after a pair of seven-win seasons. For the fourth straight season, Eastern will appear in the Lone Star Conference Football Festival at AT&T Stadium. On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Hounds will face Midwestern State in a rematch from last season’s 42-17 setback, which marked the first time ENMU suffered defeat in the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Eastern dominated the first quarter and the early part of the second quarter to build a 10-0 lead, but an interception returned for a score reversed the Mustang’s fortunes. Jeremy Buurma returns for his third season as a starter at quarterback for the Hounds. Eastern has posted a 14-7 record over his two seasons as the primary signal caller and earned a Lone Star Conference championship in the 2013 campaign. Also, making the trip to Arlington is National Football Foundation Honor Society (NFFHS) honoree, defensive back Seth Bailey. NFFHS recognizes college football players in all divisions for excellence both on the field and in the classroom. Bailey also led the Greyhounds with tackles, solo tackles, and interceptions. The Greyhound Club in conjunction with Alumni Affairs and the ENMU Foundation 16
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mark the Lone Star Festival with several alumni and friends gatherings. Friday, Sept. 18, ENMU encourages fans to attend the Texas Rangers baseball game in the evening with the group. Saturday morning there will be a send off for the football team from the team hotel (TBD) and a pre game party at AT&T Stadium will follow in the Miller Lite Club. For more information on the Football Festival and alumni and friends events, please visit the event website at enmu.edu/greyhoundsinarlington.
Women’s Rodeo Repeats as South Central Champions
The ENMU women’s rodeo team claimed its second straight National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association South Central Region title after it compiled 2,267 points. Hayden Segelke-Todd won the women’s all-around for the region and finished more than 140 points ahead of the runner up. Segelke-Todd and Cassidy Boggs won regional champions in the goat tying and breakaway roping, respectively. Lindsey Adcock was fourth in the goat tying, while Kortney Cleveland placed fifth in the barrel race. Tarleton State was the women’s runnerup in the region, but finished nearly 200 points behind ENMU. Odessa College finished third.
The men’s team finished ninth in the region and were paced by Levi Lord’s third place finish as a heeler in the team roping. Clay Bonner finished sixth in the tie-down roping. As the region’s all-around winner, SegelkeTodd competed in the barrel race and goat tying at the College National Finals. She entered as the defending champion in the goat tying. Joining her at the CNFR were Boggs, Adcock, Cleveland, and Lord. The women’s team ended the CNFR with a third place finish for the second year in a row. The team garnered a total of 350 points overall, falling behind McNeese State University and Blue Mountain Community College. SegelkeTodd earned the reserve all-around and Cleveland finished sixth in the short go round and fifth in the barrel racing. Cleveland was the only ENMU athlete to reach the short go.
Softball Shows Improvement in 2015
For the third consecutive season, the ENMU softball team picked up more wins than the previous year and managed to earn some dramatic victories. The Greyhounds faced a 9-2 deficit against University of the Southwest and rallied to seize a 10-9 win on a sixth-inning sacrifice fly from Amanda Martinez. The win gave ENMU its best 16-game start since the 2001 season that saw the team claim a spot in the NCAA Championships.
