It’s that crossover time of year, where basketball is wrapping up and the spring sports are in full gear. Just last Saturday we had seven teams competing, so you have plenty of chances to get out and support your HSU teams.
It has been a roller coaster year for the men’s hoops teams, but the Cowboys go into this weekend’s games tied for third place in the ASC West Division. They close the season with four straight games on the road, but they are all against teams that the Cowboys are tied with or below in the conference standings. It would be quite an accomplishment for this team to make it to the ASC Tournament and as we have seen in the past anything can happen once you get into the tournament. The ASC is probably a one bid conference this season so it could be an all out battle royal in Richardson for the tournament. UTD has not clinched, but they are in the driver’s seat to host.
The Cowgirls continue to rack up the victories and they are one game behind McMurry in the standings. HSU needs help to host the ASC Tournament. The Cowgirls need to win out and have someone beat McMurry. HSU would have the tiebreaker over McMurry if HSU wins out and they ended in a tie, by virtue of HSU sweeping Concordia and McMurry losing to Concordia. The Cowgirls are looking for their 11th straight 20-win season.
Congrats to Lindsey Newcombe for being selected to the D3Hoops.com team of the week. She won her fourth ASC West Player of the Week this week. She is putting together one of the best seasons in Cowgirl history.
Congratulations go out to Ashley Huston who provisionally qualified for the NCAA Indoor meet in the pentathlon. She won the Texas Tech meet last weekend.
The Cowgirl tennis team opened the season with a win over Division I Prairie View A&M.
The basketball teams had senior day last Saturday and the six seniors were recognized. Mollie Brawner and Kristen Harris for the women’s team and Marcus Smith, Terrence Willis, Rian Stubbs and Rob Yeatts all got starts ton Saturday. Smith is out of the season with a broken foot, but he participated in the opening tip and was immediately subbed out.
Stay tuned to www.hsuathletics.com for all of the new of HSU athletics. Also, the dates have been set for the Lettermen’s Golf Tournament (June 19) and the Joe Black Golf Tournament (Sept. 11). There is also a reunion of 20 years of Cowboy football being planned alongside the lettermen’s tournament.
