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The AU field hockey team has been number one on the Patriot League’s ranking stats for weeks. With 13 wins and only five losses, AU is a the team to fear heading into the postseason. On Friday Nov. 3, the second seeded Eagles will play in the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament against third seeded Bucknell at 3 p.m. in Boston, Massachusetts
In youth sports, the goalkeeper’s position is often overlooked. The goalie usually sits crisscross in the net, picks dandelions and waves to videotaping parents in the stands, unsure what to do if the ball actually makes it to them.
The Washington Nationals hosted the CareFirst BlueCross Blueshield Haunted Pep Rally at Nationals Park Wednesday evening, heightening fans’s excitement for postseason home games. The Nats partnered with CBS radio stations to bring entertainment, candy and raffle prizes to the fans who want to see the Nationals get all the way to the World Series.
At an emotional town hall Wednesday, American University President Sylvia Burwell said she was “angry and sick” after Confederate flag fliers with cotton plants attached to them were posted in at least four campus buildings Tuesday night.
The University of Pennsylvania Quakers defeated AU field hockey 3-2 in overtime Sunday at Jacobs Field, ending the team’s four-game winning streak that included a victory in its Patriot League opener last weekend.
AU men’s soccer lost 3-0 to West Virginia University Tuesday, after The Eagles couldn’t bounce back from WVU’s two goals in the first 22 minutes of the game.
AU field hockey won both games this weekend, defeating Bucknell 4-0 and Drexel 4-1 Saturday and Sunday at Jacobs Field.
The Eagles’ strong defense kept the Campbell Camels’ score low, but a goal in the first half left AU with a 1-0 loss Friday at Reeves Field.
The American University men’s soccer team fell short against the Marist College Red Foxes, undone by two first-half goals before ultimately losing 3-0 at Reeves Field Thursday afternoon.
2016 AU grad Natalie Konerth was selected as the Corvias Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year on July 18. She is the third AU student-athlete to earn the title since AU joined the Patriot League in 2001.
With field hockey season rapidly approaching, the Eagles are sticking to their time-tested summer workouts with the goal of improved performance come fall.
