It's The Best Time of the Year

I don’t know about you, but as a sports fan this is my favorite time of the year. It seems like every day there is another big event going on, whether it is the baseball playoffs, the NFL, college football or the start of college basketball practices.

Today is the start of basketball practice at HSU and both teams are ready to get going. There will be a lot of new faces on both teams, but it could be some of the most talented teams that both programs have had.

It is stretch time for the fall sport seasons and both soccer teams and volleyball have a good shot at the postseason. The football team needs help to make the postseason. The Cowboys would need Mississippi College to defeat Mary Hardin-Baylor this weekend and then all three of those teams would need to win out. That would make the ASC a three-way tie and the champion would be determined by draw.

The Cowgirl soccer team looks like a lock to host its fifth straight American Southwest Conference Tournament. If you haven’t noticed what the Cowgirls have done it is amazing. They are 13-1 on the year and they have pushed their conference unbeaten streak to 91 matches. In the 89-0-2 stretch, the Cowgirls have outscored their opponents 577-21.

Sabrina Bingham’s volleyball team is in very good shape to win the West Division title. The ASC tournament will be at either UT-Dallas or East Texas Baptist this year. The Cowgirls recently ran off a 12-match winning streak to start conference play.

Dan Heger’s soccer team needs a couple more wins to secure its spot in the ASC Tournament. The Cowboys are in a three-way tie for fourth place. HSU would like to defend its two straight ASC titles.

It is amazing to me that we are down to the final two weeks of the regular season for volleyball and soccer. It has not even come close to getting cool so it is not feeling much like fall around here.

This weekend is homecoming and the Cowboys will host Howard Payne. It will be good to see old colleague Julie Goodenough, who will be inducted into the HSU Athletic Hall of Fame. It is a much deserved honor, who put the Cowgirl basketball program on the national map.