Championship Week

Can you believe the fall sports are winding down? It always amazes how fast the time flies when you get into postseason play.

I think all three teams playing in the championships this weekend are legitimate contenders for the title. The women’s soccer team is looking for its sixth straight title and will host the tournament at the HSU Soccer Complex on Friday through Sunday. If you get a chance come out and support the Cowgirls. They play at 11 a.m. on Saturday and if they win the championship will be on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The men play at UT-Tyler in what is shaping up to be a competitive tournament. The top five seeds were separated by just four points in the final standings. The Cowboys play at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The game can be heard on the Internet via the UT-Tyler tournament site.

The Cowgirl volleyball team will head to Seguin for the league tournament. HSU opens the tournament with a noon game on Friday against UT-Tyler. If they win they will play UT-Dallas at 5 p.m. Friday and the finals are slated for 2 p.m. Saturday. The championship game can be seen live by an audio stream. The Cowgirls came in eighth in the regional rankings this week.

All three tournaments will have livestats for all of the games and you can access those by clicking here.

The football team looks to continue its late season roll with the regular-season finale against McMurry at Shelton Stadium. The Cowboys look to be in good shape for a Pool C slot into the NCAA playoffs. HSU was ranked fourth in the region this week. Game time is set for 2 p.m. at Shelton Stadium.

I got a chance to watch the men and women’s basketball teams at their scrimmages this week and both looked very good. They both have a lot of experience returning and both have brought in a talented class. Believe it or not the Cowboys open the season on Nov. 15 at UT-Arlington. That game is set for 8 p.m.

I encourage all of you to come out to the games this weekend and if you can’t be there follow the games on our web site. The new site has been averaging about 1,300 unique visitors per day, so we hope you keep www.hsuathletics.com as your main source for Hardin-Simmons athletic news. The site has been a great investment in promoting HSU athletics.