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Baylor seniors revel in incredible athletic year

During the 2011-2012 season, it is possible that Pat Neff has gone through twice as many green bulbs as it did through 2008-2010.

Acrobatics & Tumbling ready to host championship

Baylor’s acrobatics and tumbling team hosts the 2012 National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association National Championships today through Saturday at the Ferrell Center.

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Equestrian wins national hunter seat title

It has been less than two weeks and Baylor has reigned in yet another national championship.

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Sports Briefs: Men’s tennis takes two

Softball: Conference play begins No. 15 softball opened its conference season last weekend, falling to No. 7 Oklahoma on Friday, 2-0, and Saturday, 5-0 before notching a 1-0 win on Sunday. The Lady Bears’ lone victory came behind junior pitcher Courtney Repka’s complete game shutout. Repka held the Sooners to four hits and improved to [...]

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Acrobatics & Tumbling jumps into new season with new head coach

Baylor’s acrobatics and tumbling team has a group of young athletes — young, but talented. The team consists of one senior and three juniors in a total of 35 women.

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Sports Briefs: Softball takes doubleheader during sad sports weekend

Disappointment Men’s basketball lost to Kansas State 57-56 Saturday at the Ferrell Center. Senior Quincy Acy led the Bears with 14 points. Acy was hit from behind driving to the hoop with 1:32 left but the referees did not blow the whistle. Rain slows but can’t stop Softball won both games of its doubleheader against [...]

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Sports Briefs: Records fall

Junior Brittney Griner became the first NCAA Division I women’s basketball player to eclipse 2,000 points and 500 blocks in a career as the No. 1 Lady Bears beat Kansas State on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan. Griner had 29 points in the victory.

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Gift to fund new center for BU equestrian

A donation by a member of the Baylor Board of Regents has contributed more than half of the $900,000 cost for a new equestrian building.

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Cheer changes name

Baylor, along with two other schools, united the movement to rename the sport formerly known as competitive cheer. Acrobatics and tumbling is currently supported by six inaugural members in its bid for recognition by the NCAA as an emerging sport.

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Competitive cheer takes individual event title at nationals

Competing at the inaugural National Collegiate and Acrobatic Tumbling Association National Championships, Baylor locked up its first-ever national title. The team won the 5-element stunt title and took second place in both the pyramid and ariel tumbling events. The Bears, competing in Eugene, Ore., lost in the semifinals round of the overall title battle to [...]

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