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Durant, Okla. – The SAU Volleyball team kicked off their second of two Oklahoma trips on the season today in a conference matchup against Southeastern Oklahoma. The back and forth affair ultimately went in favor of the hosts as the Muleriders hung close in all three sets. The Muleriders outhit the Savage Storm in set one, with both teams recording 13 kills. Set two saw the visitors stave off the Storm, coming back from 23-20 to take a 25-24 lead; however, the Storm scored the next three points to take the set. Seven Powers was once again the t...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Volleyball team finally opened the doors to the W. T. Watson Center tonight, hosting Arkansas-Monticello in a Battle of the Timberlands, with both teams entering the contest 0-2 in GAC play. The Cotton Blossoms took the first two sets 25-19, and the Muleriders were behind the visitors 7-6 in set three before ripping off a 9-0 scoring run to go 15-7 in the set. The Muleriders won set three 25-15 before a 12-0 scoring run by the Blossoms saw the guests go up 17-3 in set four, ultimately taking the match 25-10. Libero A...
Russellville, Ark. – The SAU Volleyball team, traveling up to Tucker Coliseum for a matchup against the Golden Suns, stayed close to Arkansas Tech in set one – ultimately dropping the set 25-20 – before dropping sets two and three 25-14 and 25-12. Seven Powers led all Muleriders in the attacking effort, recording seven of the team's 22 kills on the evening. The senior also led the team in digs with 11. Morgan Schuster recorded all of the Muleriders' 21 assists, and Bailey Cagle downed a pair of kills as well as recording a game-high four block...
Russellville, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced their weekly cross-country awards today, and the Muleriders swept the awards for the first time in almost four years. Freshman Lexington Hilton, for the first time in his career, received the honors as the freshman has been on fire to start the season. The freshman from Green Forest, Arkansas has started his collegiate career off with two top-10 finishes – 8th at the UCA XC Challenge and 6th last week at the Bob Gravett Invitational. Hilton's time of 26:26.7 this past weekend at the B...
Russellville, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced their weekly cross-country awards today, and the Muleriders swept the awards for the first time in almost four years. Junior Carley Hale, for the first time in her career, received the honors as the junior has been on fire to start the season. Entering this season, Hale had recorded three top-10 finishes in her career – this season, she has two through two meets, nearly matching her career total. Hale finished third this past weekend at the Bob Gravett Invitational hosted by Oua...
Arkadelphia, Ark. – The SAU Softball team took care of business on Saturday, not falling victim to a lack of offense that saw them eke out a game one 1-0 win over Marisa Butler and Ouachita despite being no-hit. The Muleriders got to Butler early in game two, loading the bases in the second inning courtesy of an Elisa Favela single, Savanah Martinez hit by pitch and a Rachel Miller bunt single. Sarah Pitre then drew a walk to break the scoreless deadlock, and later in the inning with two outs, Laina Suesue singled up the middle to drive in t...
Ada, Okla. – The #6 SAU Softball team got back to their winning ways on Friday with a sweep over East Central as the Muleriders outscore the Tigers 12-2 and hit five home runs in the process. Savanah Martinez kicked off the scoring in game one with a two-run home run in the fifth inning that scored Sarah Pitre. Sarah Evans went yard two batters later as the Muleriders jumped out to a 3-0 lead. The Muleriders tacked on three more runs in the top of the seventh as Martinez singled in Laina Suesue. With the bags full of Muleriders, Rachel M...
Russellville, Ark. – The Great American Conference released their preseason coaches' poll this afternoon, and the SAU Men's Track and Field team, the defending conference champions, came in at the top spot. The Muleriders received 34 points and four of the seven first place votes. Oklahoma Baptist came in at second, one point and one first place vote behind the Muleriders with 33 points and three first-place votes. Harding received 25 points; Oklahoma Christian and Rogers State both received 18 points; East Central received 12 points; and, S...
Weatherford, Okla. – The SAU Softball team, coming off a day one split against Southwestern Oklahoma State, came out in day two and were outscored 18-6 by the Bulldogs, including being on the receiving end of a run rule. In game one of the doubleheader, the Bulldogs run-ruled the Muleriders 10-0 as Victoria Taylor gave up seven runs and five hits in three innings of work. Elisa Favela came into the game in relief, and gave up a three-run home run in her one inning of work to allow the score to balloon to 10-0. The Muleriders only mustered f...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team broke their 11-game losing streak on the penultimate day of the season with a dominant 73-58 victory over Oklahoma Baptist that marks the Muleriders' first win in six weeks, and their first win at home since November 2018. Katy Custer led all scorers with 27 points on the night on 9-18 shooting; however, a combined 31 points from the rest of her teammates see the Bison lose their final game of the season. On senior day here at the W. T. Watson Center, it was the Muleriders' two seniors – Aly...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team fell short at the hands of Southern Nazarene as the Muleriders' 20-point fourth-quarter was not enough to complete the comeback against the Crimson Storm. Adrienne Berry led all scorers with 18 points as the Crimson Storm shot 60 percent from the field in the second quarter, which saw the Crimson Storm outscore the Muleriders 18-10. The Muleriders outscored the Crimson Storm 33-22 in the second half, but it was not enough to get themselves out of their first half deficit. Olivia McWilliams led t...
Ada, Okla. – The SAU Women's Basketball team lost their road finale this afternoon, scoring a season-low in points in the process. East Central scored 65 points and held the Muleriders to 27 points over four quarters as the Tigers improve to 19-7 overall and 14-6 in the conference. The Muleriders shot 19 percent from the field, only making eight of 42 attempts from the field. As a team, the Tigers made more three-pointers (nine) than the Muleriders made total field goals. The Tigers shot 44.6 percent from the floor, and after falling behind 3...
Durant, Okla. – The SAU Women's Basketball team dropped their GAC contest tonight against Southeastern Oklahoma State despite entering the half with a seven-point lead, including a 12-point lead at one point in the second quarter. Briley Moon led all scorers with 20 points for the Savage Storm. The Muleriders outscored the Savage Storm 17-9 to enter the half with a 32-25 lead; however, the Muleriders only scored three points in the third quarter as the Savage Storm put 19 points on the board to reclaim the lead and did not concede it for the re...
Arkadelphia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team lost 63-59 in a game that was back-and-forth between the two sides, with Ouachita capitalizing on a late turnover to put themselves in the lead and eventually the win column. Alivia Huell led all scorers with 18 points on the afternoon, as the Tigers stay alive in the hunt for the final GAC playoff spot. It was a pair of freshman that led the scoring charge for the Muleriders – Ariana Guinn and Jerica Bell. Guinn led the team with 15 points on 3-13 shooting from the field, going 1-3 from thr...
Russellville, Ark. – SAU Baseball, for the second week in a row, has a player named as the conference's player of the week. This week, the recipient was freshman Brett McGee. McGee receives the award one week after teammate Cooper King won it following opening weekend. For the weekend, the Muleriders went 2-2, with wins over Arkansas-Fort Smith and Missouri Western. For the week, the freshman catcher went 8-18 from the plate, including a 3-5 performance against Arkansas-Fort Smith that included a double and a grand slam, as well as scoring t...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Men's Basketball team continues their magnificent home form for the season as they remain undefeated inside the W. T. Watson Center following today's 78-75 victory over Arkansas Tech. Arkansas Tech's Freddy Lee led all scorers with 23 points in 40 minutes. The Muleriders sported four players in double-digits, with CJ Elkins and Jalen Brooks both scoring 18 point apiece. Elkins' points came on 6-13 shooting, including 2-6 from three-point land as well as making all four attempts at the line. Elkins also grabbed seven reb...
Arkadelphia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team lost their Thursday night matchup to Henderson State, a game in which the Reddies outscored the Muleriders 26-10 in the third quarter to put the game out of reach. The high scorer for the night was Pink Jones, who scored 20 points on 7-14 shooting from the field. Ariana Guinn led the Muleriders in scoring for the night. The freshman guard scored 14 points on 5-10 shooting from the field and 4-6 from the line. She also grabbed three rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench. After the Reddies o...
Bethany, Okla. – The SAU Women's Basketball team end their second Oklahoma trip of the season still winless in the Sooner State with a 60-50 loss to Southern Nazarene in a game where the Muleriders held the lead from the beginning of the game until midway through the third quarter, and still find themselves on the losing end. The Muleriders entered halftime with a 33-27 lead, but the Crimson Storm (9-9, 8-4) outscored the Muleriders 33-17 in the second half. Alexus Jones propelled the Crimson Storm in this one as she scored a game-high 16 p...
Shawnee, Okla. – The SAU Women's Basketball team dropped their third game in Oklahoma this season with a 67-47 loss to Oklahoma Baptist in a game where the Bison jumped out to an 8-0 lead and never conceded the lead from that point onwards. The Muleriders were able to hold Autumn Avina to eight points on the night; however, Avina also passed out 12 assists as Victoria Blankenship led all scorers with 20 points. Freshman Ariana Guinn led the Muleriders on the score sheet, scoring 14 points on 5-6 shooting from the field. Guinn went 3-4 from t...
Monticello, Ark. – The SAU Women's basketball team snapped their 11-game losing streak on Thursday in a 62-56 contest that saw the Muleriders shoot 53.7 percent from the field (22-41) and 66.7 percent from three-point land (8-12). The win marks the Muleriders' first win of 2019, their first win against NCAA opposition and first GAC win of the season. Junior Lena Maledon led the Muleriders in scoring with 14 points in 24 minutes. The Parisian shot 4-7 from the field, including making both of her three-point attempts, and shooting 4-6 from the f...
Russellville, Ark. – The SAU Baseball team came out on top of the preseason GAC Coaches Poll released Tuesday afternoon. The Muleriders totaled 114 points while receiving 7 out of 12 first-place votes. The Muleriders are coming off a 2018 campaign that saw them go 41-19 on the season, including 22-11 in conference play, and win the conference tournament before losing in the Central Regional Final to Augustana University: the eventual national champions. The Muleriders received six more points than second-place Oklahoma Baptist (108 points), w...
Russellville, Ark. – The coaches of the GAC have picked SAU Softball to finish at top of the league in the coaches poll released Tuesday morning. The Muleriders received 121 points and 11 of 12 first-place votes, and are returning thirteen players from last season's team that went 60-11 on the season, including a 38-6 mark in conference, while finishing their season in the semifinals of the College Softball World Series. Arkansas Tech comes in next on the poll with 110 points and one first-place vote. Harding, Henderson State and S...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team drop their first home game of the calendar year following a 76-55 loss to East Central, despite another huge game from Jerica Bell. The freshman forward scored 17 or more points for the third straight game, and took a team-high 13 attempts from the field to reach the 17-point mark. Bell was 7-13 on the night and 3-3 from the free throw line, and grabbed five rebounds, as she was the only Mulerider to score in double figures on the night. Ariana Guinn was the next-highest scorer with eight p...
Weatherford, Okla. - The SAU Women's Basketball team conclude their first Oklahoma trip of the season with a 59-90 loss to the team currently on top of the GAC standings, Southwestern Oklahoma State. The Muleriders only had two players score in double digits. For the second game in a row, Jerica Bell scored in double figures, with 10 points on 4-8 shooting from the field as well as making both of her free throws. The freshman recorded three rebounds, one block and one steal in 21 minutes of gametime. Alyssa Crase was the other Mulerider in...
Magnolia, Ark. – The SAU Women's Basketball team lost a back-and-forth matchup with the Williams Baptist Eagles by a single point, 52-51. In a closely contested game where neither team held a double-digit lead, a second quarter where the Muleriders could only manage four points proved to be the difference. Freshman Kylie Warren was the top scorer for the Muleriders, and joint-top scorer overall, with 17 points. The Carlisle native's career-high scoring night came on 5-10 shooting from the field, including 4-6 from three-point land and 3-4 f...
