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Standings FOOTBALL Team
Div.
Ovrl.
ACU Angelo St. MSU Tarleton TAMU-K WTAMU UIW ENMU E. Central
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
3-0 2-0 3-0 0-3 3-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-3
VOLLEYBALL Team
Div.
ACU 2-0 WTAMU 2-0 Angelo St.. 1-1 TAMU-K 1-1 MSU 1-1 Tarleton St. 0-2
Ovrl. 8-2 6-4 4-6 3-7 6-5 9-2
WOMEN’S SOCCER Team Div. Ovrl. ACU Angelo St. MSU WTAMU Cen. Okla. E. Central ENMU NE St.
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
4-1-0 3-2-1 5-1-0 3-1-1 4-2-0 4-1-1 2-4-0 3-1-1
Briefs n The
women’s soccer team beat the University of Texas Permian Basin 3-0 behind second half goals by Katherine Garner, Julie Coppedge and Andrea Carpenter. The win pushes the Wildcat’s record to 5-1
n In
the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll, released Monday, the Wildcats received 14 votes but fell just outside the top 25, in 28th place.
Player Profile n Neely Borger may be
the newest addition to the starting lineup to the Wildcats volleyball team, but she is by no means an ordinary freshman. Borger helped her AmaBorger rilllo High team become the first ever Texas 5A four-peat champions in volleyball. Teammate and fellow freshman Madelyn Robinett was on those state championship teams also. She isn’t the first ACU athlete in her family, either. Her mom, Callie, played basketball in a Wildcats uniform from 1981-84.
FOOTBALL
Sports
Gale sets mark as ACU throttles ECU Brandon Tripp Sports Director
The Wildcats gave the home fans a show in their home opener for 2010, dominating East Central University 47-7. Despite being blown out in the end, the Tigers came out firing. Just one minute into the game quarterback Tyler Vanderzee found a wide-open Tyra Waits for the 70-yard touchdown. The score was the third touchdown allowed by the ACU defense of over 30 yards. The Wildcats answered quickly in just three min-
utes on a nine-yard leaping touchdown catch by Edmund Gates to tie the game at seven apiece. With that touchdown Gates needs just one touchdown catch to move into ninth all-time in ACU history for touchdown receptions. On the ensuing East Central drive the ACU defense made up for the earlier touchdown when David Lamour intercepted the pass from Vanderzee. It took just two plays for the Wildcats to score. This time it was Gale to Darrell Cantu-Harkless, as Gale was falling down, for
the 35-yard score. CantuHarkless, who started in place of Daryl Richardson, finished the game with 55 yards rushing and another 90 yards through the air to go along with two touchdowns. “I just took advantage of my opportunity,” said Cantu-Harkless. “Coach told me this morning I had to step up.” After a Morgan Lineberry field goal and an ECU punt, Mitchell Gale led the ACU offense back out on the field for a fiveplay 51-yard drive that ended in a connection
Knox caught four passes for a team-high 86 yards in the Bears’ win over Dallas on Sunday. Knox snagged a 58yard bomb in the first quarter from quarterback Jay Cutler which set up a touchdown later in the drive. Danieal Manning had seven total tackles in the effort a well.
Towards the end of the first half it was ACU up 37-7 on a 34-yard CantuHarkless touchdown. The Tigers were backed up deep in their own 12-yard line when Vanderzee missed the snap from center Chad Roark. It rolled into the end zone where defensive end Bryson Lewis pounced on it to put the Wildcats up 44-7 heading into the half. The touchdown by Lewis was the first touchdown of the season by the defense. Late in the second half ACU corner Caleb Withrow see BLOWOUT page 4
Victorious Wildcats dig home court Austin Gwin
Assistant Sports Editor
Some say home is where the heart is. For the ACU volleyball team home is where wins are. The Wildcats won in dominating fashion Saturday, blanking the Tarleton State TexAnns 3-0. The victory increased their win streak to seven. Head Coach Kellen Mock had only two words to say about the way her team is playing: “We’re good.” It was the ’Cats home opener, and they fed off a noisy crowd at Moody Coliseum, winning the three games by scores of 25-18, 25-21, and 25-8. ACU was efficient at the net with an average hitting percentage of .283 while holding Tarleton to just .034. “It was so nice having so many supporters there,” said Mock. “It was probably the biggest crowd I have seen since the 2004-2005 seasons.” The coaches weren’t the only ones who appreciated all the ACU support. “It was great having so many fans there,” said senior Jennie Hutt. “The whole team wants to thank everyone for the support they showed.”
GRANT STEPHEN // Staff Photographer
Kalynne Allen (6) and Shawna Hines (7) go up for a block in the game against Tarleton Sate, Saturday. The Wildcats won the match in dominating fashion 3-0. Allen had four kills in the match while Hines added eight. ACU will play again Thursday in Denton. The Wildcats’ ability to get to the ball that was the difference between the teams in the game. Throughout the game, it seemed as if ACU had two more girls on the court, as the ’Cats rarely let a ball fall to the ground untouched.
The momentum built up through the first two games and came to a head in the third and final game when the Wildcats held Tarleton to a season low of 8 points. It is the first time all year the Wildcats have held an opponent to a single-digit point total.
SOCCER
It was a true team effort from the ladies in purple with only junior Jennie Hutt getting into double digits for kills with 10. Shawna Hines and Jordan Schilling added eight apiece while Neely Borger, Ijeoma Moronu and Kalynne Allen each had four.
Sports Reporter
MEGAN HERNANDEZ // Staff Photographer
Andrea Carpenter fights for a ball Saturday. Carpenter leads the team in goals this season with six.
Overtime goal dooms ’Cats Assistant Sports Editor
The Wildcats upset bid of 12th-ranked Florida Southern came just short as ACU lost in overtime, 3-2. The heartbreaking loss drops the Wildcats to 4-1 on the season. A goal on the opening kickoff in overtime by
see ASSASSINS page 4
Mongin upsets Div. I athletes Jeff Johnston
Ryan Cantrell
“Ij is doing an amazing job of moving the ball around,” said Mock. “That is part of the reason we are getting so many kills as a team – cause so many people are contributing.”
TENNIS
n Bernard
n Johnny
from Gale to fullback Emery Dudensing. Dudensing caught his third and fourth touchdowns of the season and of his career in the game. On the Tigers first possession of the second quarter, Vanderzee completed another pass to the ACU defense this time it was Darien Williams grabbing his second interception of the season. Gale found Dudensing again on a one yard score to put the Wildcats up big 30-7, Morgan Lineberry clanked the extra point off the left post.
VOLLEYBALL
Ex-Factor Scott had five carries for 17 yards and had a 60-yard kick return that set up a Bengals touchdown in a 15-10 win against the Ravens.
September 22, 2010
the Moccasins ultimately doomed the Wildcats. Adi Alvarado launched a ball that just knuckled past goalkeeper Elliot London to seal the victory for Florida Southern. “We played well in the first half, and we had plenty of opportunities to score,” head coach Casey Wilson said. “I felt we fell out of our game plan in the
second half, which led to us running more and getting tired. If we would have maintained our game plan, we could have kept them out from getting back into the game.” Florida Southern jumped out early in the first half, scoring in the sixth minute on a goal by see HEARTBREAKER page 4
The men’s and women’s tennis teams finished their third tournaments of the season this past weekend. Some of the men and women traveled to Midland for their tournament. The rest of the women traveled to Memphis while the remaining men made their way to Corpus Christi. The men at Corpus Christi weren’t able to finish their tournament due to rain. The rest of the Wildcats were more fortunate and finished both tournaments, each with numerous players performing well. Freshmen Micah Hermsdorf and Emily Conrad both reached the finals in their singles flights at the Memphis Invitational. Hermsdorf won her flight in just two sets, 6-3, 6-3. Conrad
lost her flight in a tough three-set match 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. Senior Natalie Friend also reached the final in her flight, but like Conrad, lost an intense threeset match, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. The Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational in Midland brought much success to the Wildcats. Senior Bryan Joiner and junior Eldad Campbell were both able to defeat NCAA Division I opponents in their first rounds of play before being knocked out in the second round. Campbell beat a player from University of Texas at Arlington 6-4, 6-2. Joiner beat a player from Texas Tech in an intense match 6-3, 6-7, 11-9. Sophomore Julia Mongin topped all Wildcat performances of the weekend with a win in the singles championship at the see UPSET page 4