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Men's Tennis splits weekend

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AU Men's Tennis split a pair of matches this weekend, defeating Bucknell, 5-2, on Saturday before losing at Colgate, 4-3, on Sunday. The weekend brings the Eagles' Patriot League record to 3-1.

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From the Eagle Sports Desk

The Eagle Sports Desk with some briefs on the athletic achievements of Women's Tennis, Men's Golf, and two AU juniors.

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Lacrosse gets defensive in 6-3 win

The AU Women's Lacrosse team beat the Villanova Wildcats, 6-3, in a defensive battle Saturday afternoon at Villanova. Junior attacker Rebecca Copeland scored three goals for AU, matching the entire Wildcat output, to lead the Eagles to their fifth victory in their last seven contests.



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Talented UConn to win it all

In what has been one of the craziest sports years, college basketball fans have witnessed one of the craziest NCAA tournaments in recent memories. On the first weekend of tourney play, No. 1 seeds Stanford and Kentucky lost in surprising second-round matches against Alabama and University of Alabama-Birmingham, respectively.


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AU Soccer athlete back on the ball

Last Saturday, Freddy Llerena finally made it back to the starting lineup. Forget that he only played the first 30 minutes of Men's Soccer's 4-2 loss at Wake Forest. Forget that it was a spring game. And forget that, by his own accounts, he was a bit rusty.


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Lacrosse falls in final seconds to UMBC

The women's lacrosse team suffered a heartbreaking 13-12 loss Tuesday to the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) by a last-second goal. Despite remarkable individual performances by senior midfielder Tara Michael and junior attacker Rebecca Copeland, the Eagles fell in UMBC's first win of the season.




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Top 10 Jock Pranks

Have no fear, April Fools is here. We at the sports desk would like to remind you of the most intolerable jock pranks we remember from high school. I'm sure many of you out there have been on the giving and receiving end of at least one of these. If there is any explanation necessary just turn to the nearest high school all-star athlete for a quick explanation or demostration.


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'Once an Eagle, always an Eagle'

He's known as the prolific 5-foot-11 shooting guard for the AU Men's Basketball team, but there's a darker side of Clawed that the fans don't know about. Sitting in his nest in a rundown building in Southeast D.C. wearing only a wife-beater T-shirt and shorts, Clawed reminisced about a childhood gone awry.


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Yankees Sold, Moving to D.C.

In a long-awaited move, cash-strapped New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner sold the underachieving franchise to Washington, D.C., mogul Abe Pollin. The team will move into RFK Stadium this week to begin the 2004 season. Pollin, who also owns the Washington Wizards basketball team, said, "It's our sincerest hope that this move will reverse the fortunes of the Yankees and possibly make them a World Series contender.


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Cheerleaders change when old lady complains

AU Athletics announced today that the Eagles cheerleaders will be changing their uniforms due to an ongoing law suit. Yesterday in court 72-year-old Eagles basketball fan Myrtle Smith claimed that she endured extreme emotional distress after watching an Eagles halftime show during a men's game in late February.




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Eagles send Lafayette home crying

If the outcome of Saturday's Patriot League lacrosse match against Lafayette was ever in doubt, it couldn't have been for more than 22 seconds. After AU senior Tara Michael scored from the left side at 29:38 and then from the right side three minutes later, it didn't take long to figure out where this game was heading.


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Students must pay Adu to soccer

Sports columnist Ryan Sherwin: FREDDYYYY... ADUUUUU... When the 14-year-old soccer phenomenon's name gets called for the first time this Saturday at 4 p.m., the soccer nation will hold its collective breath, and rightfully so. The 5-foot-8, 140-lb. Ghana native has already played for every level of the national team except the senior one.


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Big East looks to dominate Sweet 16

Now that everyone's bracket has been busted and the state of Alabama, not Kentucky, has two teams in the Sweet 16, the question becomes who will emerge from each bracket and earn a trip to San Antonio for the Final Four. In order to answer this question, each of the eight games from the four regions must be broken down and analyzed with precision.


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Eagles fall to No. 12 Hopkins

AU Lacrosse lost to No. 12 Johns Hopkins Wednesday in a non-conference match that showcased two players who were honored for their performances last week. AU sophomore Moriah Linnell was named honorable-mention Player of the Week by Inside Lacrosse, while Blue Jay Heidi Pearce was named Player of the Week.



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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