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Unexpected matchup brings unlimited talent to ALCS

By Brayden Billbe | October 9

The Detroit Tigers and the Oakland A's are set to square off in what might be the least predicted ALCS in recent memory. Of the two teams, Oakland appeared in the ALCS most recently in 1990, when Mark McGwire still looked like Marky Mark. Despite the unlikely participants, the 2006 ALCS promises to be one of the better playoff series since the Red Sox beat the Yankees in 2004.

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Men's soccer continues home cooking over HC

By Justin Hall | October 9

The AU men's soccer team continued their success at Reeves Field with a 4-2 win over Holy Cross on Saturday. The win was their fourth consecutive victory at home this season and first win of any kind since a 2-1 win over Loyola (Md.) on Sept. 10. Coming off of a 0-4-2 month-long road trip that included four straight heartbreaking double overtime losses, the Eagles were looking to get back on the winning track.

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Field hockey overcomes the elements, stays undefeated in Patriot League play

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 9

Tiffany Carter and Jesika Pufnock both scored their first goals of the season to lead No. 15 AU (9-4-0) over Bucknell (4-6-0) on Saturday by a score of 2-0. Coming off a 1-0 loss at Albany last weekend, it didn't take very long for the Eagles to get their offense back on track on a cold, rainy day at William I.

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Victorious weekend for Eagles in women soccer

By Justin Hall | October 9

The AU women's soccer team had a very successful weekend, picking up their first two PL victories with a 1-0 win over Holy Cross on Friday followed by a 2-1 triumph over Army on Sunday. The two wins for the Eagles improved the Eagles to 8-4-0 on the year and more importantly gave them a 2-1-0 record in the competitive Patriot League.

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Playoff baseball? JP Losman? I'm so excited,

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 5

Welcome to this week's edition of Five Cents, where the entire column will be dedicated to the start of the NHL season. Oh wait, nobody would actually read that, so football and baseball it is. Wait a minute, nobody reads this anyway. Whatever, let's get this over with.

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Club Watch

October 5

Men's rugby: 10/7 Frostburg State Frostburg, Md., @ 1 p.m. Sailing: 10/7 Georgetown, Arlington, Va. 10/8 Georgetown Women's ice hockey: 10/7 Mt. Vernon Ice Arena Fairfax, Va., @ 11:45 a.m. 10/8 Fort Dupont Washington, D.C. Women's rugby: 10/7 GW, Georgetown, Catholic Hyattsville, Md.

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Eagle sports this weekend: What to watch for

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 2

Field Hockey (8-4 overall, 1-0 Patriot League, tied for first place): 10/7 vs. Bucknell Coming off a 1-0 loss at Albany last weekend, the AU field hockey team will return home for its second PL game of the year Saturday at 1 p.m. AU hasn't been as dominant as they were the past two seasons, losing four games to non-conference opponents already this year, including a 4-3 loss to Richmond at home two weekends ago.

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Volleyball up 2-0 in PL play

By Erin Keaveney | October 2

The AU women's volleyball team won their first two Patriot League matches this weekend, besting Holy Cross, 3-0, on Friday and Army, 3-1, on Saturday. The Eagles rolled to an easy victory over the Crusaders on Friday, holding the advantage in kills and hitting percentage.

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Women's soccer falls to No. 25 Navy, 2-0

By Erin Keaveney | October 2

The AU women's soccer team fell to No. 25 Navy on Saturday, losing 2-0 in their first Patriot League match of the season. The Eagles were able to hold the Midshipmen to a scoreless tie for the first 30 minutes of play. Navy's Sam Schroth assisted a CiAnna Weikle header in the 32nd minute to put the Midshipmen up 1-0.

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Slide continues into Patriot League play for men's soccer

By Erin Keaveney | October 2

Winless in their previous four matches, the AU men's soccer team continued their downslide on Saturday with a 4-0 loss at Lehigh. The game remained scoreless through the 17th minute, when Lehigh's Kyle Evans scored off an assist from Robert Quinlan to put the Mountain Hawks up 1-0.

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Field hockey splits weekend in N.Y.

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 2

The AU field hockey team traveled to upstate New York over the weekend, holding on for a close 4-3 victory over Patriot League rival Colgate but falling to the University of Albany in a 1-0 defensive battle. Fresh off their first home loss in almost a year on Sept.

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Field hockey's Jennings picked to coach U.S. national team

By Justin Hall | October 2

Field hockey head coach Steve Jennings took a temporary hiatus from his AU coaching responsibilities for the U.S. national team this past month, helping lead the squad into competition against the best teams in the world at the 2006 World Cup in Madrid. Coach Jennings was named as the team manager for the international tournament, the only collegiate coach named to the coaching staff.

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Cross country gets literal for weekend road trip to Oregon, Virginia meets

By Patrick Ambrosio | October 2

The AU cross country team split up this weekend, with half of the men's team traveling to Eugene, Ore., to compete in the Bill Dellinger Invitational on Friday, while the rest of the team ran at the George Mason Invitational in Manassas, Va. Senior Conor Lanz led the AU contingent to a 12th place finish in the 8K event in Oregon.

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Soccer captain hopes 'goal'-getter attitude translates to success at AU and beyond

By Justin Hall | September 28

When the fans sitting in the bleachers at Reeves Field yell out "Go Sal!" or "Come on No. 10," they can only be talking about one person. He is none other than senior captain Sal Caccavale, a fixture on the AU men's soccer team for the last four seasons and a main reason why the Eagles have been successful throughout his career.

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September wrap-up: Eagle sports recapped

By Matt Doolin | September 28

Women's soccer Back-to-back home wins this past weekend over Richmond and Robert Morris helped the AU women's soccer team improve their overall record to 6-3-1. After being held scoreless for three of their four previous games, the Eagles offense came to life scoring five goals in just two games en route to posting 3-0 and 2-1 wins, respectively.

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Ruptured spleens, arrested Bengals and whining Yankees mean it's just another week in sports

By Patrick Ambrosio | September 28

Welcome to this week's edition of Five Cents, where if you don't like what I'm saying, you can always just stick a knife through my door. 1. Redskins fans should calm down; it was only the Texans. Washington rejoice! The Redskins offense finally got on track, scoring 31 points and amassing almost 500 yards of total offense in a victory over Houston.

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Mario not-so-super; NFL is obviously Bush's league

By Brayden Billbe | September 28

Watching the Saints' emotional victory over the Falcons on Monday night, one thing became abundantly clear to me: I am glad I am not a Houston Texans fan. While Reggie Bush hasn't been All-World like many expected after the Saints drafted him No. 2 overall in last April's NFL draft, he has unquestionably outperformed the player the Texans drafted before him, Mario Williams.

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