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Volleyball overcomes hitting woes to win third PL contest The AU women's volleyball team overcame a hard-hitting Navy team and a rare game loss to overtake the Midshipmen in Annapolis Tuesday, 3-1 (30-22, 29-31, 30-23, 30-25). The Eagles (9-7. 3-0 Patriot League) lost the hitting battle, 64-58, for the first time this season.

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Danger abounds on our home turf

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With Ladnergate, September 2005 will not be remembered as AU's brightest historical moment. But, I'm getting sick and tired of hearing people complain about money misspent for things that don't affect the school. So, as a frustrated flag football player and president of Delta Tau Delta, I'm going to complain about the thousands of dollars AU did spend for a "good reason.

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O, it's a shame what's up in Baltimore

Last Friday night, I took the train up to Baltimore to see my beloved Red Sox take on the Baltimore Orioles. The announced attendance that night was 46,000. Of those 46,000, probably all but 27 were Red Sox fans. How could a team with a successful history, wonderful stadium and decent ticket prices not draw well? What happened to a team that once set records for attendance and sold out every game? I think there are a number of reasons.

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On the surface, AU teams are divided

In 1965, baseball's Houston Astros got a quick horticultural lesson: Grass grows best outside. After their first season in the Astrodome, their natural-grass field withered away. So they replaced it with the growing technology of synthetic turf, and thus began turf wars, which have divided athletes, fans and sports medicine experts.


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Working OT can't solve women's soccer's problems

If AU's women's soccer team had one weakness Monday, it was set-play defense. Against Towson, that problem came to agonizing light. Towson scored two goals, one off a corner kick and one off a free kick, to beat AU in overtime, 2-1, at Reeves Field. Towson scored the game-winner off an Alison Reinhart free kick that got through the box and AU's 'keeper in the 106th minute.




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turf column

September 2005 will not be remembered as the brightest moment in American University's history. But, I'm getting sick and tired of hearing people complain about money misspent for things that don't affect the school. So, ion honor of my frustration, I'm going to complain about the thousands of dollars AU did spend for a "good reason.


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Despite late slide, Nats' have a base to build on

The bubble of the Washington Nationals' dream inaugural season finally burst Sunday. The team's 6-5 loss to the New York Mets mathematically eliminated the Nats from the playoff race. (By most accounts, their prospects had been slim for the last week or so.


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Men's soccer's victory is worth the wait

After 90 tenuous minutes of regulation and 10 more of overtime could not break a 1-1 tie, the AU and Lafayette men's soccer teams huddled in front of their benches. Depleted players scurried for water bottles, anxious coaches dictated strategy for the second overtime, and in AU's huddle, Sal Caccavale dictated some of his own.



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AL MVP: Who's it going to be?

With only a few weeks left in the season, the MVP race in the American League is once again wide open. After all, it was last year when Vladimir Guerrero put the Angels on his back and pulled them into the playoffs, winning the MVP award along the way. So it seems about that time to take stock of the race, and the three main contenders.


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Coerced retirement insulting to love of the game

As a 23-year-old who's young at heart, one of the few ways to make growing up tolerable is to embrace the scenes of my youth. Maybe not the cloudy haze that once possessed my car on Saturday nights, but rathersuch times as when I scored 30 points in a middle school basketball game.


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This week in Eagle

Friday, Sept. 23 Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Bucknell Saturday, Sept. 24 Men's Soccer: 1 p.m. vs. Lafayette Volleyball: 2 p.m. vs. Colgate Sunday, Sept. 25 Field Hockey: 1 p.m. vs. Longwood



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Men's soccer's drops both matches to Ivy Leaguers at Yale Classic In the prelude to its Patriot League opener, the AU men's soccer team suffered a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Yale on Sunday, 3-2 in overtime. Competing at the Yale Classic in New Haven, Conn.


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Redoing a dome and city

When people think of the Superdome in 25 years, they won't be thinking of the memorable sports moments that have occurred there, but the shocking and horrific images of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Superdome has been home to Super Bowls, Final Fours and heavyweight championship matches.


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Volleyball turns south on West Coast trip

The AU women's volleyball team got the NCAA tournament rehearsal it wanted. It just couldn't get the win. The Eagles dropped three in a row - including two sweeps to top 25 teams - at the San Diego Invitational last weekend. AU (5-7) didn't win a game at the hands of No.


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This week in Eagle

Tuesday, Sept. 20 Women's Soccer: 3 p.m. vs. George Washington Volleyball: 7 p.m. at Georgetown Friday, Sept 23 Volleyball: 7 p.m. vs. Bucknell Saturday, Sept 24 Men's Soccer: 1 p.m. v. Lafayette Volleyball: 2 p.m. vs. Colgate


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Field hockey fends off pesky Tigers

Thankfully coaches don't get paid for pretty wins alone, otherwse AU field hockey coach Steve Jennings would need a temporary loan. After an arduous win Sunday against Towson, 2-1, nobody sees the problem more than him. The Eagles (7-0) found another victory for the standings, but uncovered a new issue: effort.



Section 202 hosts Connor Sturniolo and Gabrielle McNamee are joined by fellow Eagle staff member and phenomenal sports photographer, Josh Markowitz. Follow along as they discuss the United Football League and the benefits it provides for the world of professional football.


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