Schickhardt leads Eagles surge

TWICE AS NICE - Junior defender Carly Boyce (No. 5, above) stifles her Holy Cross opponent during the Eagles' 4-0 victory on Saturday. Senior attacker Irene Schickhardt (No. 9, below) winds up to shoot on goal in the teams 3-0 win against La Salle on Sunday afternoon.

By Shaun Flynn

The No. 20 AU field hockey team rallied behind senior captain attacker Irene Schickhardt to defeat Patriot League rival College of the Holy Cross 4-0 during the annual "Phil Jacobs blue out" on Saturday before beating La Salle, 3-0 on Sunday. Schickhardt led an offensive surge against the Crusaders with seven points, including three goals and an assist. (continue reading)

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Eagles shut out PL rival

By Tom Feeney

The AU women's volleyball team continued to plow through its opponents Friday, when the team beat Lehigh 3-0. It was the Eagles' fifth win in a row, a stretch in which AU has won 15 straight sets. The Eagles, who are now 4-0 in conference play, dismantled Lehigh University by set scores of 25-8, 25-12, 25-23. (continue reading)

Eagles offense struggles

By Justin Hall

The AU women's soccer team suffered its third consecutive 1-0 defeat on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Colgate University Red Raiders. The loss is the sixth in a row for the team, dropping their season record to 3-8-1. Colgate came out of the gate with a strong offensive push, taking their first two shots on goal within in the opening ten minutes of the game but was turned away each time by AU freshman goalkeeper Arianna Efstathiou. (continue reading)

Sports briefs

Men's soccer brief Men's soccer opens PL play with 1-1 tie against Lafayette Senior Karsten Smith's 78th minute goal provided the only offense the AU men's soccer team would need to tie Lafayette College in the Patriot League's season opener. With neither team recording a shot on goal in the first half, it would be the Leopards who got on the scoreboard first, as Wayne Maminski took a pass from Stephen Macurdy and put it past AU goaltender Matt Makowski for a 1-0 lead. (continue reading)