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Bears Sign 23 New Players

Head Coach Clint Conque was an excited man yesterday afternoon while announcing the signing of 23 new players to the Bears football team. Headlining the list were transfer players Austin Haywood and Jacoby Walker. Haywood, a tight end, comes to UCA after two seasons at the University of Oklahoma. He will have two years of [...]

Bears Host Demons Tonight

The Bears look to end a three-game losing streak tonight when they take on the Northwestern State Demons in the Farris Center. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Head Coach Corliss Williamson said he expects the Demons to be a focused team tonight. The Bears defeated the Demons 77-73 last month in Natchitoches, La., but [...]

Bears Continue Winning Streak

The football Bears (7-3, 6-1) dominated the Northwestern State Demons on the road Saturday en route to a 45-20 victory to earn them their sixth consecutive win. The victory gives the Bears a 6-1 Southland Conference record, tying their best conference record set in 2008. The Bears rallied from a 20-14 halftime deficit to score 31 unanswered points from [...]

ORU Joins Southland Conference

When Texas State University and the University of Texas at San Antonio announced that they were leaving the Southland Conference, conference commissioner Tom Burnett went into a frenzy to find the best replacement. He found it last week at Oral Roberts University. ORU said it will leave the Summit League to join the SLC on July 1 [...]

Bears Win in Dramatic Finish

The football Bears (3-3, 2-1) won their second consecutive game Saturday, 37-31, in an Southland Conference offensive shoot out with Nicholls State (1-5, 0-2) in Thibodaux, La. The game featured 857 yards of offense between the schools but the game was decided by a Bears defensive stop on fourth and goal at the seven yard line with just [...]

Football Bears Face Colonels

The UCA football Bears (2-3, 1-1) play this weekend on the road against the Nicholls State University Colonels (1-4,1-1) in a Southland Conference match up. The Bears are coming in fresh off a 38-28 victory over two-time defending Southland Conference champions Stephen F. Austin last weekend at home. The Bears managed to find the endzone several different ways last [...]

Weekend Baseball Recap

The baseball Bears dropped two of three games against UT-Arlington in their Southland Conference series at home last weekend. The series was originally scheduled to begin Thursday but was rained out. The schedule change prompted a doubleheader Friday and pushed game three to Saturday. The first game of the doubleheader Friday produced a whooping 32 runs [...]

Bears Face Nicholls State

The baseball Bears hit the road this weekend for a three-game Southland Conference series against Nicholls State in Thibodaux, La. The first game is at 6 p.m. today. The next game is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday and the final game is at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Bears (16-17, 6-9 conference) are coming into the matchup off an impressive [...]

Baseball Bears Host Texas State

The baseball Bears are at home this weekend for a three-game Southland Conference series with Texas State beginning at 6 p.m. today. The Bears (14-16, 4-8 conference) are coming off a much needed win this past Tuesday in which they dominated UAPB, 13-2, in a shortened run-rule victory. The Bears dominated every inning of the game, scoring three [...]

Softball Bears Win Conference Awards

Sophomores Kelsie Armstrong and Melanie Bryant helped lead the softball Bears to a 5-1 record last week and they swept the Southland Conference weekly awards. Armstrong was named the conference Pitcher of the Week after going 3-1 in both conference and non-conference action. Bryant, the catcher, was named the conference Hitter of the Week after [...]