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American University, in unison with the Patriot League, announced the cancelation of its fall sports season on Monday, due to the ongoing challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Elijah Murphy hovers in the back of the gymnasium with a lump in his throat. He's at a training day for The Grassroot Project, a local nonprofit where D.C. student-athletes teach middle schoolers about sexual, nutritional and mental health through play-based learning.
According to a press release from the Patriot League and a comment from the athletic department, American University athletics will resume in the fall, pending updated safety guidelines.
Since protests erupted in late May, following the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, many AU athletes and coaches have been at the forefront of the demonstrations and have led discussions concerning racism in the United States.
AU announced the hiring of a new women’s lacrosse coach on Saturday, who will fill a head coaching position that has been vacant since December when the former head coach, Jenna Petrucelli, was released from her contract.
This article has been updated with a correction. AU men's basketball went 8-22 in 2016, not 6-24.
Former AU men’s basketball forward Mark Gasperini will be transferring to UMass Amherst, he announced Wednesday via Twitter. He will be eligible to play for the Minutemen immediately.
This article has been updated with corrections since it was first published. Three players have now transfered from the University. Additionally, four out of the five players that received Petrucelli's initial letter on Nov. 25 had scholarships and a quote from Petrucelli has been corrected.
The Eagle’s season came to an abrupt and heartbreaking end in the quarterfinals of this year's Patriot League tournament. With the loss to the No. 7 Bucknell Bison, AU was no longer in contention for the now-canceled NCAA tournament.
The AU women’s basketball season ended Monday with a 46-44 loss to Boston University inside the Case Gym in Boston. While AU (13-17, 8-10 PL) never trailed by more than six points in the game, it couldn’t get the offense going fast enough to upset the second-seeded Terriers (18-12, 12-6 PL).
This article has been updated with new information about winter sports cancellations.
Redshirt juniors Kizhan Clarke (149), Tanner Harvey (184) and Gage Curry (125) qualified for the NCAA Championships at the EIWA Championships on March 6 and 7 at Lehigh University.
Two weeks ago, it looked like sophomore guard Emily Fisher would close out her season as a one-way player: a special talent on the defensive end while averaging just six points per game down the stretch.
Despite the abundance of talent and experience on this year’s Eagles squad, AU was unable to achieve its ultimate goal of making the NCAA Tournament, as it lost to the Bucknell Bison 64-59 in the Patriot League Quarterfinals on Thursday night inside Bender Arena.
The American University women’s basketball team defeated Navy (7-23, 2-17 PL) 57-42 in their final game of the regular season in Bender Arena on Wednesday. The Eagles and Midshipmen finished seventh and tenth in the Patriot League standings respectively, meaning that AU will host Navy again on Saturday at 2 p.m. for the first round of the Patriot League tournament.
After earning the two-seed on Saturday, AU men’s basketball (16-13; PL 12-6) hope that their hard work this season will begin to pay off Thursday at 7 p.m. in their upcoming opening-round playoff matchup against the #7 Bucknell University Bison (12-19; PL 8-10) inside Bender Arena.
Senior guard Kaitlyn Marenyi is sitting next to the Bender Arena court with a walking boot on her left foot. Just minutes ago, she switched it over from her right foot. But are both legs injured? Could the university only provide one boot?
After some optimism heading into senior day, AU women’s basketball (11-16, 7-10 PL) dropped a crucial game against Holy Cross (17-11, 10-7 PL), 73-58, inside Bender Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles especially struggled on the defensive end, as they allowed a near-season-high 38 points in the paint.
It’s Wednesday night at Bender Arena and AU is ready to play against the Lafayette Leopards. There are 1,017 fans in attendance. It appears to be a regular midweek Patriot League matchup, except it isn’t. On this particular night, AU is looking for a win to stay in the hunt for the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament, and senior point guard Sa’eed Nelson needs just two points to pass Russell “Boo” Bowers for AU men’s basketball’s all-time scoring record.
On Nov. 11, 2016, a freshman guard from Pleasantville, N.J. scored the first points of his career for the American University Eagles against the #25 Maryland Terrapins.
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