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Jennings' and Eagles' timetable right on time

By Kevin Hilgers | November 10

When Caroline Vo was a high school senior in Massachusetts, the thought of playing college field hockey was a stretch. The current senior defender's plan was just to find a school where she'd get minutes. What was even farther from her mind was some place called American University.

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Tackle all your troubles: watch a ballgame

By Carolyn Fox | November 10

Sometimes all it takes to make a bad night good is a great tackle. I sat on the couch two Sundays ago failing miserably at snapping out of a mood I had been in since Wednesday. It had been one of those weeks, the kind when gravity won more often than balance, and food dropped on my shirt instead of in my mouth.

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Soccer prepares for PL tourney

By Ian Quillen | November 10

For the second time in as many seasons, the AU men's soccer team will host the Patriot League Tournament, Friday and Sunday at Reeves Field. But this year has been hardly anything like the last. In 2004, led by seniors Thomas Myers in goal, Sean Albright, Charlie Koniver and Nick Zaron on defense, Shawn Kuykendall at midfield and Dave Marut up front, the Eagles entered the PL playoffs with a 9-1-1 mark in their last 11 games.

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Senior Day extra special for volleyball, who avenges only PL loss in program history

By Dan Jacobson | November 7

Maybe it was destiny that on Senior Night, AU faced the team that handed AU its first-ever Patriot League loss. Playing like every point was their last, the Eagles (22-8, 13-1 PL) avenged their earlier loss to Army (19-5, 10-3) with a clean 3-0 sweep (30-22, 30-25, and 30-22) Saturday night in front of a thunderous crowd at Bender Arena.

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Women's rugby gives home field a try

By Patrick Ambrosio | November 7

Energized by a home crowd for the first time, the AU women's rugby team dominated Catholic University in every aspect Saturday afternoon, winning 65-0 on the Massachusetts Avenue field. AU out-ran the opposition from the opening whistle, keeping play on Catholic's end throughout the affair by playing solid defense.

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Eagle men's soccer tumbles early on, rises from pitch as PL regular-season champions

November 7

The AU men's soccer team shut out Army, 3-0, on what was an oh-so-sweet Senior Day as AU clinched home field advantage for next weekend's PL tournament. The Eagles beat out Lafayette for the top spot on a head-to-head tiebreaker. Both teams were 5-2 in the PL, but AU defeated Lafayette earlier in the season, 2-1, in double overtime.

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Reception no good for AU's displaced NFL fans

By Jesse Epstein | November 7

For five weeks, I've been following my Dallas Cowboys through text messages, NFL.com and phone calls from friends in far-off places where they actually show the Boys' games. In enemy (read: Redskins) territory, I rarely see a game on T.V. myself. In an ironic twist, when the Skins played on Sunday night against this region's second favorite team, the Eagles, and the Giants played at 4:15 p.

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Don't forget to give me my IM T-shirt

By Jordan Beane | November 3

Championships are not always won in packed stadiums or sold-out arenas. Sometimes they can be won in empty gyms, where the only fan is a house mate waiting for a ride home, the refs want the game to be over with so they can finish their homework, and the prize is not a trophy or a check, but a T-shirt.

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Sports brief: Men's soccer shut out at Penn

By Kevin Hilgers | November 3

The AU men's soccer fell, 2-0, at Penn Wednesday in its last non-conference match of the season. The Eagles (5-9-1) were outshot, 13-6. Junior midfielder Garth Juckem led AU with five shots Penn (9-3-1) scored first in the seventh minutewhen Derek Hobson scored an unassisted goal.

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New blood, Hadavi's return key for AU

November 3

The AU women's basketball team began practice for the 2005-06 season with new faces, but the same approach: win the Patriot League title. Despite preseason polls picking AU fifth in the PL, second-year head coach Melissa McFerrin and her staff will expect big things from the Eagles.

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For AU, PL's ugly soccer is beautiful

By Ian Quillen | November 3

If you've watched the AU men's soccer team compete in the Patriot League over its five-year PL history, you know this much: AU does not play like a PL team. Under head coach Todd West, the Eagles play a technical style based on quick passing, spacing, and thoughtful runs, something more akin to the nation's elite squads than to the long-ball, mad-fray-in-the-box approach of most PL rivals.

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Hockey set to play host, play for title

By Katie Munro | November 3

For the first time in school history, the No. 7 AU field hockey team will host the Patriot League tournament Saturday and Sunday at the Jacobs Recreational Complex. The top-seeded Eagles earned that right with their second-straight 5-0 PL regular season mark.

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XC reigns supreme in the PL again

By Jesse Epstein | October 31

The AU men's cross country team won its fourth consecutive PL title Saturday in Bethlehem, Pa., finishing 49 points ahead of second place finisher Army. The AU men boasted the top two finishers in the 8,000-meter race, Steve Hallinan and Brendan Fennell. Meanwhile, the women's team took fourth, behind Bucknell, Army and Lehigh, boasted individual winner, senior Keira Carlstrom.

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ChiSox magic relived

By Dan Jacobson | October 31

I still can't believe it happened. The White Sox are World Series champions. After all the years of being second fiddle to the Cubs, playing second place to the Twins or Indians and signing big-name free agents more than a second late in their careers, the White Sox have finally reached the Promised Land.

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AU mauls Colgate, secures playoff home field

By Katie Munroe | October 31

What a Senior Day it was for the AU field hockey team, especially for seniors Shannon Goans and Javiera Villagra. They combined to score seven goals as the Eagles routed Patriot League rival Colgate, 9-1, at the Jacobs Recreational Complex Saturday. The win assured the Eagles will host the PL Tournament next weekend, and improved AU's record to 16-1 (4-0 PL).

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Swimming dives into '05-06 vs. GW, CUA

By Carolyn Fox | October 31

The AU Men's and Women's swimming and diving team finished first in overall points in a two-day meet versus George Washington and Catholic this weekend. It was the first opportunity of the season for swimmers to race in individual events. The three sessions (one Friday night at Catholic, and two Saturday at AU) meant each swimmer competed in six individual events total.

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Sports briefs

By Ian Quillen | October 31

Men's Soccer gets first '05 road win at Bucknell The AU men's soccer team will play for the right to host the Patriot League tournament this Saturday after winning at Bucknell last Saturday, 2-1. AU freshman midfielder Stephen Romeo's first career goal won it in the 71st minute, created by an assist from AU junior forward Larry Mark.

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