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During the last six minutes of AU’s non-conference field hockey game against No.13 Princeton, the crowd roared a little bit louder every time the ball touched an Eagle athlete’s stick. Six minutes. Five minutes. Four minutes. Timeout AU.
While it was nearly two weeks since its previous victory, the AU men’s soccer team coupled efficient shooting with a strong defensive performance to pull out a win to open the Patriot League season on Saturday afternoon.
Despite a poor offensive night, the AU volleyball team held off the Bucknell Bison 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 to win their 28th consecutive Patriot League match at Bender Arena. The Eagles (10-6, 1-0 PL) hit .183 offensively and committed 18 attacking errors, both numbers that concern head coach Barry Goldberg.
On Sept., 15, the AU men’s basketball team officially released its schedule for the upcoming season.
The AU volleyball team finished up its non-conference schedule by falling to Hofstra University in three sets on the final day of the Hofstra/Stony Brook Invitational this past weekend. The Eagles won four-set matches against Stony Brook University and Indiana University- Purdue University Fort Wayne on the first day of competition on Friday in Stony Brook, New York.
The AU women’s soccer team kept an aggressive match alive on Saturday, but fell 1-0 to the Colgate Raiders on a mild, sunny afternoon at Reeves Field.
A quick glance at the AU’s women’s soccer schedule so far this season will reveal that one thing is not like the other. A nearly constant series of “L’s” fills the right column on the schedule, a mark of both AU’s close games and the blowouts. UMBC, Campbell, George Mason, Mount St. Mary’s, Monmouth, Tennessee--- they all ended in identical ways.
For every AU cheer coming from the back of Reeves Field on Sunday afternoon, the Tennessee fans cheered louder. With organized chants, foot stomping and deafening yells, the Vols fans celebrated loudly as their team earned an easy 3-0 non-conference win against the Eagles.
He felt like family. To the millions of viewers watching Saturday’s Olympic 1500 meter final, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. seemed like a brother. Or a son. And for AU cross country coach Matt Centrowitz Sr. that’s exactly what he was. But for the rest of the audience, Matt Centrowitz Jr. was simply the young American who ran the fastest 1500m in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, smiled broadly when he crossed the finish line, wrapped himself in the American flag and flashed his famous tattoo: “like father, like son.”
With the start of the semester drawing near, AU athletes have already started training, lifting and running in preparation for the fall sports season. For 20 hours every week, these athletes will continue to push towards their goals, but each team has a unique set of challenges ahead of them. The women’s volleyball team hopes to win its fourth consecutive conference title, while the men’s soccer team will try to build on their success from last year and try to capture its first Patriot League championship. The women’s field hockey team, a group known for its positive team culture, will strive to reclaim a league title, after falling short the last two years, and the women’s soccer team will work to secure another playoff spot. The men’s and women’s cross country team will focus on individual improvement, but both teams will race on Oct. 29 at the conference championship. Here’s a brief breakdown of the major storylines for this fall sports season.
In 2013, the women’s volleyball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history. Now, three years later, as the lone senior on a team with seven new players and high expectations, Julita Kurdziuk will attempt to the lead her team to the NCAA tournament once again.
Conference titles, playoff spots and NCAA qualifying bids...they’re all on the line for AU’s fall sports teams this year. Coaches and players have welcomed freshman athletes, upperclassmen have stepped into leadership roles and fans should be ready for what looks to be an action-packed fall.
AU senior swimmer Caylee Watson made history on August 7 as she jumped in the water at the Olympics Aquatics Stadium in Rio and competed for her native U.S. Virgin Islands in the women’s 100 meter backstroke. When she qualified for the Olympics back in January, Watson became the seventh AU student to swim in the Olympic Games, joining the likes of gold medalist Shelley Mann, bronze medalist Sergio Lopez, two-time Olympians Fred Hviid and Gabriella Csepe and competitors Chris Hauth and Casey Legler. In honor of Watson's accomplishment and AU’s history of success in the pool, The Eagle took a look back at the previous Olympians, their careers and their performances on the world’s largest stage.
For the Washington Wizards, a volatile NBA free agency period presented a chance to rebuild their team after a disappointing season.
Bryce Harper, Daniel Murphy, Wilson Ramos and Stephen Strasburg will represent the Washington Nationals in the 2016 MLB All-Star game. The four selections tie a franchise record for the club.
On Thursday, June 23, the Philadelphia 76ers selected former LSU player Ben Simmons as the No.1 overall NBA draft pick, and The Eagle reflects on how AU fared against the superstar on December 22, 2015.
For the Washington Wizards and their fans, last season didn't pan out as well as both may have hoped.
If asked about her AU field hockey career, Emilie Ikeda will enthusiastically talk about teammates, friends, coaches and the administration. She will talk about being a color commentator at the games and stepping on the field during senior day for the last time. And then she will talk about the doctor’s appointments.
After senior Brendan Johnson captured gold in the men’s 10,000m (6.2 mi) race at the Patriot League Conference Championships and competed in the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds on May 26, he said he took five days off to rest and recover.
Solutions by The State News