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Post by The Cats on Aug 23, 2014 20:39:55 GMT -5
#12 – April 29, 1985: WCU Wins First SoCon Baseball Tournament and NCAA Bid – The Cats come back through the losers’ bracket and defeat Marshall 13-12 to advance to their first NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Tournament.
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Post by The Cats on Aug 24, 2014 8:00:04 GMT -5
#11 – March 22, 1969: WCU Women’s Basketball Team Plays for National Championship – The Lady Cats defeat Ball State, Southern Illinois and Iowa Wesleyan before losing to West Chester State in the CIAW National Championship Game in Boston.
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Post by The Cats on Aug 25, 2014 9:24:21 GMT -5
#10 – Nov. 30, 1974: WCU Plays In First NCAA Football Postseason Football Game – The Catamounts lose their season-opener and then win nine straight to advance to the NCAA Division II Playoffs against Louisiana Tech.
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Post by The Cats on Aug 26, 2014 7:06:09 GMT -5
#9 – Jan. 30, 1957: Reid Gymnasium Is Dedicated – The No. 1-ranked UNC Tar Heels visit Cullowhee and leave with a 77-59 win over the men’s basketball team, going on to an undefeated season and the NCAA championship.
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Post by The Cats on Aug 31, 2014 8:43:54 GMT -5
#8 – July 1, 1976: Western Carolina Admitted to Southern Conference – WCU joins the ranks of NCAA Division I schools, along with Marshall University and University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 1, 2014 7:15:52 GMT -5
#7 – Nov. 19, 1949: Western Carolina Wins North State Conference Football Championship – The Catamounts defeat Appalachian State, East Carolina and Lenoir-Rhyne for the first time in a season and advance to first postseason game – the Smoky Mountain Bowl, held in Bristol, Virginia.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 2, 2014 8:10:34 GMT -5
#6 – Dec. 6, 1986: WCU Opens Ramsey Center against 18th-Ranked N.C. State – A standing-room only crowd of 8,114 watches WCU’s men’s basketball team unveil the university’s impressive new arena against Jim Valvano’s Wolfpack.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 3, 2014 7:57:26 GMT -5
#5 – March 3, 1996: Catamounts Win Southern Conference Basketball Championship and Punch Ticket to First NCAA Tournament – WCU men’s team snaps Davidson’s 19-game winning streak with a 69-60 win in the SoCon Championship game in the Greensboro Coliseum.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 4, 2014 6:29:07 GMT -5
#4 – Dec. 10, 1983: Catamounts Upset Furman to Advance to NCAA Division I-AA Football National Championship Game – More than 7,000 WCU fans travel to Greenville, South Carolina, to watch the Cats beat the Paladins 14-7 in a classic rematch in the NCAA semifinals to advance to the championship game against Southern Illinois.
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Post by The Cats on Sept 5, 2014 8:06:24 GMT -5
#3 – March 16, 1963: Catamounts Play for NAIA Basketball National Championship – Western’s men’s team wins four games in four days before losing in the championship game to Texas-Pan American in front of 10,000 fans in Kansas City.
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