A little over one month to go, #RooNation. Both for our Spring Sports Seasons and our Academic Calendar. As we roll into April, the stakes get “that much” higher as every competition changes the conference standings, rankings, and post-season qualification. Everyone is on the road this weekend, so we won’t have any home games of which to inform you. But the SCAC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships in Sherman, TX get closer every day. So clear your schedules for the 19th-21st of April in advance.
Men’s & Women’s Distance Track wrapped up a great meet last weekend and Women’s Water Polo rolled to their first winning streak of the season. All this and more in the first April edition of the AC Athletics Update.
Men’s & Women’s Tennis
Showdown in Georgetown. The #10 West Kangaroos will travel to Central Texas this weekend to face three SCAC opponents prior to the Conference Tournament in 2 weeks. First up is #21-Nationally Ranked Southwestern in Georgetown on 4/5, followed by last year’s SCAC 4th Place Colorado College on 4/6 and concluding with Texas Lutheran University in Seguin on 4/7.
The Men’s Team will play the same schedule, starting with #29-Nationally Ranked Southwestern. You can follow all the action on Twitter: @ACRoosMWTennis for live scoring, up-to-the-minute weather updates, and all post-match recaps.
- Friday, April 5th, 2019 (Georgetown, TX)
- M/W Away vs. #29/#21 Southwestern @ 5:00PM
- Saturday, April 6th, 2019 (Georgetown East View High School)
- Neutral vs. Colorado College @ 12:00PM
- Sunday, April 7th, 2019 (Seguin, TX)
- Away vs. Texas Lutheran University @ 10:00AM
Baseball
The Kangaroos took a huge 2/3 game series against Schreiner over the weekend, outscoring the Mountaineers 38-17 in the process.
AC currently sits at 7-14 (3-6 SCAC) on the season, just 2 games back of 4th place in the Conference Standings. The ‘Roos will travel to play current Conference Leader, Trinity on Friday, April 5th & Saturday, April 6th, before coming home to host LeTourneau and Texas-Dallas on the 9th and 10th.
Follow @ACSports for live coverage, and visit ACRoos.com for Live video of all the games this weekend.
- Friday, April 5th, 2019
- Away vs. Trinity @ 7:00PM
- Saturday, April 6th, 2019
- Away vs. Trinity @ 2:00PM and 5:00PM
- Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
- Home vs. LeTourneau @ 6:00PM
- Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
- Home vs. Texas-Dallas @ 7:00PM
Softball
AC dropped four home games this weekend to a tough Texas Lutheran squad, and hits the road again this weekend to face University of Dallas in Irving, TX. Video and live stats available at ACRoos.com and all updates will be communicated via @ACSports and @ACRoosSoftball.
- Saturday, April 6th, 2019
- Away vs. University of Dallas @ 12:00PM and 2:00PM
- Sunday, April 7th, 2019
- Away vs. University of Dallas @ 12:00PM and 2:00PM
Distance Track
In her first time running the 1500-meter event, Hannah Fraga won her heat at the Oklahoma Baptist University Invite with a time of 5:40.02. RJ Navarro had identical success, winning his heat in the Men’s event with a time of 4:27.03, good for 19th place. Later, Navarro would break the school record in the 800-meter, finishing with a time of 2:06.74, placing 11th overall.
AC performed well last weekend and will take this weekend off before traveling to Texas A&M-Commerce on April 13th.
Women’s Water Polo
Women’s Water Polo went on a tear this past weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Kangaroos avenged an earlier loss to #10 Monmouth 14-9 in their first victory of the weekend, squeaked out an 8-7 victory over Carthage, then rolled to an 8-4 win over Wittenberg for their first winning streak of the season.
Austin College will train this weekend before heading to New London, Connecticut for the CWPA Championships starting Friday, April 12th.
Three teams in action this weekend, three teams on the road this weekend, with Tennis in Georgetown, Baseball in San Antonio, and Softball in Irving.
Championships are fast approaching, and the 2019 SCAC Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships will be in Sherman, TX from the 19th-21st. Book that weekend as “busy” on your calendars so all of #RooNation can come cheer on our Regionally Ranked Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams in their only true home contests on campus.
Take a break from studying this weekend and check in on the Conference action via one of our social media handles…
@ACSports – Austin College Athletics
@ACRoosMWTennis – Men’s & Women’s Tennis
@ACRoosSoftball – Softball
@ACRoosBSB – Baseball
And as always, when supporting the ‘Roos home, abroad, or via social media…
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GO ‘ROOS!