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Soccer first up to open WAC play
9/24/2021 10:00:00 AM | Soccer
HUNTSVILLE — The Sam Houston soccer team will play the school's first-ever Western Athletic Conference game in any sport Friday against Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches.
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While the opponent might be familiar, the Bearkats and Lumberjacks left the Southland Conference over the summer along with Lamar and Abilene Christian to join the WAC along with existing members California Baptist, Chicago State, Dixie State, Grand Canyon, New Mexico State, Seattle, Tarleton, UTRGV and Utah Valley. Southern Utah will join the league in July.
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Sam Houston (2-5) and SFA (2-5-1) will get underway at 7 p.m. at the SFA Soccer Field. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.
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The Bearkat volleyball team opens its WAC schedule at home on Sept. 30. Sam Houston will host Tarleton at Johnson Coliseum at 6:30 p.m.
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The 95th annual Battle of the Piney Woods will be the Bearkat football team's first WAC game. The Kats and Lumberjacks play at NRG Stadium in Houston on Oct. 2 at 4 p.m.
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Since the WAC does not have enough teams to compete for an automatic qualification into the 2021 FCS playoffs, the league has agreed to a football scheduling alliance with the ASUN Conference. The Bearkats, Cardinals, Wildcats and Lumberjacks will compete for the automatic playoff spot with Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State.
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The WAC's other two football programs — Tarleton and Dixie State — will play a joint schedule with the rest of the league but will not be eligible for the group's AQ as they will be in their second year of NCAA reclassification to Division I.
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While the opponent might be familiar, the Bearkats and Lumberjacks left the Southland Conference over the summer along with Lamar and Abilene Christian to join the WAC along with existing members California Baptist, Chicago State, Dixie State, Grand Canyon, New Mexico State, Seattle, Tarleton, UTRGV and Utah Valley. Southern Utah will join the league in July.
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Sam Houston (2-5) and SFA (2-5-1) will get underway at 7 p.m. at the SFA Soccer Field. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.
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The Bearkat volleyball team opens its WAC schedule at home on Sept. 30. Sam Houston will host Tarleton at Johnson Coliseum at 6:30 p.m.
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The 95th annual Battle of the Piney Woods will be the Bearkat football team's first WAC game. The Kats and Lumberjacks play at NRG Stadium in Houston on Oct. 2 at 4 p.m.
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Since the WAC does not have enough teams to compete for an automatic qualification into the 2021 FCS playoffs, the league has agreed to a football scheduling alliance with the ASUN Conference. The Bearkats, Cardinals, Wildcats and Lumberjacks will compete for the automatic playoff spot with Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State.
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The WAC's other two football programs — Tarleton and Dixie State — will play a joint schedule with the rest of the league but will not be eligible for the group's AQ as they will be in their second year of NCAA reclassification to Division I.
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