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Women's hoops erupt on Senior Day

By Jesse Epstein | February 24

AU's six seniors closed out their careers at Bender Arena Wednesday night with one of the most complete performances of their four-year careers, shellacking Lehigh, 65-50, on Senior Night. The six seniors, Chanel Hunt, Joanna Barnes, Jenyce Woodruff, Kim Salem, Angel Jordan and Damarah Rhymer, combined for 59 of AU's points in the win that put the Eagles on the brink of the third seed in the upcoming Patriot League tournament.

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AU Makes Memories on Senior Night

By Jesse Epstein | February 24

AU's six seniors closed out their careers at Bender Arena Wednesday night with one of the most complete performances of their 4-year career, shellacking Lehigh, 65-50, on Senior Night. The six seniors, Chanel Hunt, Joanna Barnes, Jenyce Woodruff, Kim Salem, Angel Jordan and Damarah Rhymer, combined for 59 of AU's 65 in the win that put them on the brink of the third seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament.

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Boston's sad losers now sore winners

By Eric Fantegrossi | February 24

Growing up in a suburban town just outside Boston, I learned a religious level of admiration for the Red Sox. The flip side of this coin was obviously our never-ending hatred for the Yankees. Our acceptance of this was as natural as the leaves changing color in the fall.

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Men end 4-game slide, beat Lehigh 65-61

By Ian Quillen | February 24

The AU men's Basketball team finally snapped not one but two four-game losing streaks Wednesday night. The Eagles' 65-61 victory at Lehigh put them back into the win column, a place they haven't been since a Feb. 4 win over Army. AU had lost its last four games, all in the Patriot League.

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Golfers look for a diamond in the rough

By David Bergman | February 24

After a difficult fall season wrought with disappointing finishes, the AU Men's Golf team is looking to rebound with a trip to California and a promising spring season. The Eagles, who placed eighth or lower in three out of four events this fall, have a seven-tournament spring schedule that includes the three-day Intercollegiate at Diablo Grande, a tournament in Patterson, Calif.

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AU cuts golf and tennis programs

By Ian Quillen | February 24

The AU Athletic Department announced it will cut the men's golf and men's and women's tennis programs after this season, according to a statement released Thursday evening. AU will honor scholarships already given to those students should they decide to stay at AU, but in the future scholarships for those programs, part of AU's total of 80 sports scholarships, will be redirected to other sports that do not meet NCAA maximum scholarship limits, the statement indicates.

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AU runs to best-ever PL finish

By Kevin Hilgers | February 21

AU Men's and Women's Indoor Track teams didn't finish the weekend's Patriot League Championships with the most points, but they could be called the competition's most efficient squads. Eagle runners placed first in 10 of their 13 events as the women finished fifth and the men finished third, their best-ever finish in the PL Championships.

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AU still ordinary where it counts

By Ian Quillen | February 21

Ever since the Eagles swooped down on the Patriot League, they've been a dominant force, right? Well, that is the running narrative around Nebraska Avenue. And yeah, there's some merit to it. AU has won a plurality of league championships since it entered the league when.

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For Eagle wrestlers, 1 out of 3 could be worse

By Eric Fantegrossi | February 21

In wrestling, if you can't make weight on match day, you can't compete. AU head coach Mark Cody wanted to be sure that his wrestlers could make weight on three straight days, since they will have to at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association championships as well as the national tournament, so he scheduled matches this weekend for three consecutive days.

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Sports brief: Lafayette beats men's hoops in overtime

By Elliot Smilowitz | February 21

AU Men's Basketball blew a nine-point lead with three and a half minutes to go and lost at Lafayette in overtime Saturday, 93-89. Sophomore guard Andre Ingram scored a game-high 37 points for AU, but Marcus Harley's five overtime points for the Leopards sealed AU's fate.

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Eagles edge Leopards, stay in PL pack

By Jesse Epstein | February 21

There have been prettier games than AU's 58-56 win over Lafayette Sunday. But at this point in the season, a win is a win. Senior forward Chanel Hunt played her strongest game of the season, scoring 13 points, pulling down 9 rebounds and leading a controlled Eagles offense that completed a 10-point second-half comeback to knock off the lesser opponent and stay in contention for the third seed in the upcoming Patriot League tournament.

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Good and bad of black legacies

By Chad Bascombe | February 17

You would be hard-pressed to find a sport whose history over the past 100 years has not provided some meaningful juncture in the struggle for the equality and recognition of blacks in the 20th century. From baseball to football, and more recently golf, diversity in sports is reflected in many of the stunning achievements of pioneering black athletes who graced sports with style and athleticism.

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Count Down

February 17

Over the past year, there have been more defections than deflections or reflections. Free agency has hit its twilight period, and never before has the sporting world seen so many players coming and going ... and not so peacefully. Below is the list of the Top 10 Messiest Sporting Divorces (Bennifer and Brad and Jen excluded) of the past year.

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Kuykendall to start pro career in D.C.

By Ian Quillen | February 17

In most sports, athletes traversing from college to the pros might be sent clear across the country. And in soccer, it is common for American players to venture even farther, plying their trade in one of Europe's or South America's numerous leagues.

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Sports Brief: AU Women's Club Ice Hockey falls to UVA, 2-1

February 17

The AU Women's Club Ice Hockey team fell to the University of Virginia's club team, 2-1, Saturday. Captain Sarah O'Hara, an AU graduate student, scored the first and only goal for the Eagles. O'Hara scored her 11th goal of the season after a breakaway opened up a shot for her in the first period.

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First-place hopes start to fade for Men's B-ball

By Ian Quillen | February 14

A week ago, the AU Men's Basketball team sat just one free throw away from tying Holy Cross atop the Patriot League standings. How quickly things change. Bucknell and Colgate combined to officially eliminate the Eagles from PL regular-season title contention during a two-game AU road trip this weekend.

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Sports Brief: Swimmers gather wins going into PL championship

By Ian Quillen | February 14

In the last tune-up before the Patriot League championship at the end of February, the Swimming and Diving team grabbed four individual wins in Bucknell's Bison Invitational Saturday in Lewisburg, Pa. AU's women, led by the youth movement of freshmen Alex Kinzler, Melinda Gilbert and Megan Thiel, and sophomore Kaitlyn Moughty, took home the most spoils for the Eagles.

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