ETBU athletics winning across the board.

[Mavchamp]

The ETBU baseball team isn't finished yet since they are headed to the Div III CWS.....but the 2022-23 school year has been a BIG year for the athletic program.  

1 National runner up
1 National semifinalist
12 sports teams advanced to national playoffs
4 conference championships
4 nationally ranked teams
5 teams finished 2nd in the ASC play

MENS SPORTS

#15 Baseball- ASC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS; Super Regional Champs; NCAA D-3 College World Series

#25 Basketball- ASC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS; advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA D-3 tournament, lost on a buzzer-beater shot 72-70.

#5 Bass Fishing-  Finished the season ranked #5 in nation.

Cross Country- Finished 7th at the ASC championship.  Advanced 3 runners to the West Regional in Spokane, Washington.

Football- Finished (5-5)

Golf- Finished 2nd in the ASC tournament

#17 Hockey- TCHC D-2 (Texas Collegiate Hockey Conference) TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS;  Tigers finally beat Texas A&M to avenge the conference championship losses in 2021 and 2022.  Lost in the ACHA regionals to Washington Huskies 2-1.  Highlights include sweeping Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, SMU, Baylor, and 3 of 4 Vs. Texas A&M.  

LaCrosse- Advanced to the Lone Star Alliance playoffs for the first time in program history (started in 2021).  Lost to UTSA 14-12.

Soccer- Finished 9th in ASC play. 

Tennis- Finished 2nd in the ASC East Division behind UT-Dallas.

Track and Field- Finished 2nd at ASC meet behind national powerhouse McMurry (Abilene).  Sent one runner to the NCAA D-3 National Track and Field Championship

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WOMENS SPORTS

Acrobatics and Tumbling- Advanced to the NCATA national semifinals (NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ACROBATICS & TUMBLING ASSOCIATION)

Basketball- ASC Tournament Championship Runner-ups; In spite of advancing to the ASC title game, a 63-57 loss to UT-Dallas cost them the trophy and the automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.  They finished the season (21-7).

Beach volleyball- The Lady Tigers advanced to the AVCA national tournament in their first year of play this spring in the small school division.  

Cheerleading/Pom- History was made for the cheer and pom programs as they earned a second-place finish at the National Cheer Association/National Dance Association College Nationals

Cross Country- Finished 3rd at the ASC meet.  Advanced to the Div III championship in Lansing, Michigan.

Golf- Finished 7th at the ASC tournament

Soccer- Finished 7th in the ASC

Softball- Finished 2nd in the ASC regular season.  Won the conference tourney championship; Advanced to the regional tournament; Finished the season (39-7).  HOSTING 2023 NCAA D-3 SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES 

Tennis- Finished 2nd in the ASC East.

Track and Field- Finished 3rd at the ASC meet.  Three athletes sent to NCAA D-3 NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP

Volleyball- Finished 3rd in ASC play.  Advanced to the ASC tournament championship.  Missed out on an at=large bid and finished the season (22-7).

[Mavchamp]

Going to be interesting to see what ETBU decides to do in the near future with their conference affiliation. 

The ASC will be toast for football after this coming fall.  Barring a miracle.... there's no way ASC survives with just 4 schools (ETBU, UMHB, HPU, HSU).  Austin College, Southwestern, McMurry, and Texas Lutheran are all moving to the SCAC.  Sul Ross State is moving up to D-2 and the Lone Star conference.

And it looks like several of their non-football schools are starting to jump ship too.  University of the Ozarks and Concordia have announced they are leaving the ASC.

That leaves only ETBU, UMHB, HPU, HSU, UT-Dallas, and LeTourneau for all other sports.

My prediction is that they end up their former members in the SCAC.... with Centenary and Concordia joining football in the coming years.

Either way.... they need to continue winning...make themselves look as attractive as they can when courting another conference be it the SCAC, independent, going NAIA, or moving up to D2.    

 

[RETIREDFAN1]

Gotta Colmesneil kid joining that bass fishing team next year.......