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Baseball: The solution to life's problems?

By Anna Tuman | February 22

It's been known since the start of time that spring is a symbol of new beginnings. The plants throughout American University are all beginning to sprout. The animals in National Zoo are all giving birth to new offspring and all of the teams of the MLB have another chance to play for the pennant.

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Eagle Sports brief: Navy sinks women's hoops

By Justin Hall | February 22

Despite a career-high 24 points from Nicole Ryan, the AU women's basketball team fell to Navy on Wednesday night, 65-58. The loss drops the Eagles into a three-way tie for fourth place with Navy and Lafayette. After giving up the game's opening basket on a three-pointer, the Eagles took its first and only lead of the game on a jumper by Abby Lipskis to go up 4-3.

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Women's bball falls to Crusaders, 61-54

By Justin Hall | February 19

First-half struggles plagued the Eagles once again on Saturday as the team fell behind early in their loss to Holy Cross, 61-54. The defeat gives the Crusaders sole possession of third place in the Patriot League and drops AU into a tie with Lafayette for fourth at 5-7 in the league.

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Recent turnaround has men's basketball seniors thinking about one last run at Patriot League title

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 19

With the most experienced roster in the Patriot League and confidence after a successful offseason trip to Europe, the AU men's basketball team began the season with dreams of winning the school's first Patriot League championship. After starting out the season with a 9-2 record, the Eagles appeared to be ready to make some noise in conference play, but a 3-7 start left the team looking for answers.

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Swim teams make splash to start PLs

By Anna Tuman | February 19

It was a big weekend for AU swimming as both the men's and women's teams traveled to Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., to compete in the Patriot League Championships, their biggest meet of the season. On Friday, junior Meghan Thiel defended her title in the 500 free, keeping a steady pace of 29 seconds per a lap for a 4:49.

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Lax takes first season opener since 2002

By Erin Keaveney | February 19

In their first season-opening victory since 2002, the AU women's lacrosse team defeated Davidson on Saturday, 9-5, at Maryland's Women's Lacrosse Complex. The Eagles began the first game of the 2007 season in an early hole, when Davidson's Cheli Bleda scored just under two minutes into the first half.

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Wrestlers snap 4-match losing streak

By Dave Stone | February 19

The AU wrestlers faced off against the East Stroudsburg Warriors in their last dual meet of the season on Saturday, and came away with a win to bring their record to 9-10 for the season. Wrestling by Pennsylvania rules, the match started at the 197-lb weight class with redshirt junior Evan Murtaugh, who took a forfeit.

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Eagle Sports brief: Track competes at PL Championships

February 19

On the final day of the Patriot League Championships on Sunday, the American University men's track team won league titles in the 800, 1,000 meters and mile, placing fourth in the team standings. AU swept the top four spots in the mile, led by junior Brendan Fennell, who took first with a final time of 4:06.

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Spring training:The return of baseball bitterness

By Michael Hoffman | February 15

Snow making you sick, depressed, or rowdy? Well, hang on Panama Blue, because spring training baseball is just around the corner, and by obvious extension, so is the spring. Unfortunately, amidst the coming return of America's pastime, one team's fan-base knows that it has no hope of doing anything.

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Men's hoops in PL picture with win over Army

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 15

Andre Ingram led all scorers with 15 points and AU scored 38 points in the second half to pull away for a 64-49 victory over Army on Wednesday night at Bender Arena. The Eagles led by just three points early in the second half, but broke the game open with a 20-4 run that was capped off by back to back three-pointers by Arvydas Eitutavicius and Garrison Carr.

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The importance of finding Mr. Wright

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 15

Instead of making fun of or complaining about five different sports figures this week, I am instead going to focus my energy into praising one great one: David Wright. Being a Mets fan isn't the easiest thing in the world. Sure, they won a World Series in 1986, but since I was only 13 months old at the time, I didn't get to experience it.

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'Limitless potential' propels women's swimming for PL tourney

By Anna Tuman | February 15

With the Patriot League Championships scheduled for this weekend, the women's swim team has been hard at work preparing for the most important meet of the season. "When it comes down to it, it's all about this meet," junior captain Meghan Thiel said. "It is a reflection of what you did all season.

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Women's hoops break streak with big win over Army

By Justin Hall | February 15

The AU women's basketball team broke a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion, upsetting second-place Army 58-54 Tuesday night at Bender Arena. The victory puts the Eagles in a third-place tie in the PL with Holy Cross, while the loss is only the fifth of the season for the Black Knights.

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Struggling women's hoops drop fourth straight with loss to Colgate

By Justin Hall | February 12

The AU women's basketball team fell again on Saturday afternoon, losing to Colgate 66-53 in Hamilton, N.Y. The defeat was the fourth straight for the Eagles, who have not won since a Jan. 24 victory at home against Navy. After scoring the game's first basket nearly two minutes into the first half, the Raiders would hold the lead throughout the contest.

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Last-minute foul call saves men's basketball

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 12

After Colgate's Dan Gentile tipped in a miss by teammate Jon Simon with 0.2 seconds remaining, it appeared as though AU was doomed to suffer yet another agonizingly close Patriot League loss. However, Brian Gilmore ran along the baseline before attempting to inbound the ball, drawing defender Kyle Chones right into Arvydas Eitutavicius, who held his ground and drew a foul.

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Wrestling drops weekend matches against Maryland, Old Dominion

By Dave Stone | February 12

In a familiar ending, the American University men's wrestling team dropped their fourth straight match on Sunday, losing to Old Dominion by a slim margin in the final bout. American was able to keep a 20-17 lead heading into the heavyweight match, but Old Dominion redshirt freshman Matt Pellar proved to be too much for redshirt junior Evan Murtaugh, who was pinned in 2:04 to give ODU the 23-20 win.

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Track sends fresh legs to Thompson Invite

By Michael Hoffman | February 12

At the Thomson Invitation in Newark, Del., the men's track team took 4th place among division two schools and the women's team would take 5th. Perhaps hoping to save runners for the Patriot League Championship on Feb. 17, American University track coach Matt Centrowitz ran only three men - all freshmen - for the event.

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