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Soccer stripped down during offseason

By Ian Quillen | September 2

In 2003, most thought 2004 would be "the year" for the AU men's soccer team. But after a crazy, volatile and ultimately disappointing season last year, an older, wiser but depleted squad is taking things one step at a time. "The only expectation I've given these guys," said AU head coach Todd West, "is to work harder than everyone else, and to play as a team."

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Volleyball team looks to extend PL win streak

By Phil Turner | September 2

Having amassed a 49-0 Patriot League record over the past three years, it comes as no surprise that the AU volleyball team is again expected to be the class of the league in 2004. Despite the graduation of 2003 All-American and three-time Patriot League Player of the Year Karla Kucerkova, 15-year veteran coach Barry Goldberg and his players have spent the past year focused on continuing their league dominance and breaking onto the national scene.

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Poker picks up the slack during summer sports lull

By Phil Turner | July 12

In the seventh-inning stretch of summer, with almost all professional sports in their off-season, sports columnist Phil Turner finds solace in the World Series of Poker.

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Top 10 Sporting Legacies

July 12

Few times can a coaching change rock the sports world. However, that's exactly what Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski's move to the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers would do. It would signal the shifting of power by college's most successful coach to professional sports' most successful franchise. It only seems appropriate to take a look at the ten greatest legacies in recent memory.

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Oh where may the Expos lay?

By Kevin Hilgers | July 12

The years of uncertainty about baseball's Montreal Expos might finally come to a head this month. The Associated Press recently reported that league officials will decide where to put the struggling franchise after the July 13 All-Star Game, and Northern Virginia and D.C. seem to be the frontrunners.

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AU asst. coach runs in 1,500 m Olympic semifinals

July 12

Sean O'Brien, an AU assistant track coach and former AU track athlete, placed No. 21 of 24 competitors in the 1,500-meter run semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday, July 16, according to the USA Track & Field Web site, www.usatf.org.

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Former AU athlete killed, 'of interest' in murder cases

By Phil Turner | July 12

Jarion Childs, a standout defensive star and leader for the AU men's basketball team from 1997-2000, was shot and killed in his hometown of Groton, Conn. after breaking into a Dairy Queen shortly after midnight on June 28. His death has been ruled a homicide, according to WFSB, a news channel in Connecticut. Since then, Childs has also been named a "person of interest" involved in murder.

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AU eye on the Olympics - potential and former Olympians reflect

July 12

People watch the Olympics with varied interest. To some, the games inspire national pride, to others they offer entertainment. Yet of all the television viewers around the world, few connect to the athletes like the competitors of past Olympic Games and trials. Here, AU athletes and coaches relay their Olympic experiences.

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Rugby faces tough competition this summer

July 12

This summer the AU men's rugby club team has made some painful strides in trying to improve their program by competing in multiple matches during the off season. In late June the Eagles competed to a one-and-three record at the Potomac Athletic Club 7s Rugby Tournament.

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AU names new Women's Basketball Coach

By Jesse Epstein | June 21

Melissa McFerrin will succeed Shann Hart as the head coach of the AU Women's Basketball team, according to an announcement by the Athletics Department in early May. McFerrin joins the Eagles from the University of Minnesota, where she was an assistant coach for the past two years, including last season's run to the Final Four.

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From the Eagle Sports Desk

By Elliot Smilowitz | June 21

Sports brief on the protest of the Iranian National Wrestling Team, which was supposed to visit AU for a dual meet.

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Arsenic field renewal delayed

By Ian Quillen | June 21

AU fans awaiting the construction of a multipurpose AstroTurf facility on campus will have to wait just a little bit longer. Work on a softball diamond with a turf outfield large enough to double as a regulation-sized field for field hockey - among other things - has been delayed by logistical issues typical of construction, said Ed McLaughlin, AU's associate athletic director for facilities and operations.

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Athens in Fear

June 21

Eagle Sports Columnist Adam Montgomery on the purpose and politics of the Olympics

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Top 10 sporting events you won't see this year

June 21

Top 10 Countdown this issue in Sports: top ten events you won't be watching as an AU student.

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From the Eagle Sports Desk

April 26

The Eagle Sports Desk discusses the end of the women's lacrosse perfect record and the recent accomplishments of AU runner Kiera Carlstrom.

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A close look at the legend behind the man

By Phil Turner | April 26

Jeff Jones, head coach of the AU Men's Basketball team, made it to the Final Four in a different capacity this year - as a father. Putting aside painful memories of a third straight loss in the Patriot League Championship game, Jones took his 10-year-old son, Jeff Jr., to San Antonio for his first Final Four.

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Golf slices fifth place

By David Bergman | April 26

In a season that saw them come so close so many times, the end result came as a surprise to no one. The AU Men's Golf team finished in fifth place at the Patriot League Championship at Colgate's Seven Oaks Golf Course, its final tournament of the year.

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