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March 19, 2019

ETBU Women’s Soccer travels to the mission field of Costa Rica

The East Texas Baptist University Women’s Soccer Team traveled to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica from Saturday, March 9 through Saturday, March 16 as a part of the Tiger Athletic Mission Experience (TAME) program. Led by Head Coach Kristin Cox and Director of the Great Commission Center and Global Education Lisa Seeley, the group of 30 student-athletes and University staff partnered with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) to share the Gospel through sport clinics, international soccer games, personal testimony, and Bible distributions.

December 1, 2015

ETBU Hires Crawford as New Men's Soccer Coach

SOCCER (M): MARSHALL, Texas (11/30/15) - Bringing a resume of servant leadership and development of men of character, the East Texas Baptist University athletic department has hired Chris Crawford as their new head men's soccer coach. Crawford comes to ETBU after serving as the head coach at Dallas Baptist University for three years re-starting the men's soccer program in 2012.

October 19, 2015

Tiger Athletics: Weekend Action By Volleyball, Football & Soccer

VOLLEYBALL: TYLER, Texas (10/17/15) - For the fifth time in as many matches, the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team won via sweep as it topped Howard Payne University, 3-0. Playing on Saturday in its third and final match as part of the American Southwest Conference Crossover Tournament hosted by University of Texas-Tyler, ETBU (20-3, 8-2 ASC) bested Howard Payne (1-17, 1-9 ASC) by set scores of 25-13, 25-12, 25-18.

For the match, ETBU had a team attacking percentage of .313. In comparison, Howard Payne hit .067 as a team.

October 12, 2015

Weekend Tiger Athletics: ETBU Earns 9th Sweep of the Year

VOLLEYBALL: JACKSON, Miss. (10/10/15) - Playing for the first time since Tuesday night, the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team claimed a straight-set win at Belhaven University on Saturday afternoon inside of Rugg Arena. Set scores for ETBU were 25-15, 25-15 and 25-6. With the non-conference victory, ETBU pushes to 16-3 overall, while Belhaven slips to 7-13 this season.