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Straight from print: Grinding towards greatness

By Shannon Scovel | March 6

AU senior wrestler seeks more pins before his collegiate career concludes

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Basketball

Column: Sa’eed Nelson was robbed In Patriot League Rookie of the Year vote

By Austin Sternlicht | February 28

Austin Sternlicht makes the case for why Nelson deserved the award

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Sports

Women’s basketball clinches home court advantage in win over Loyola

By Haley Samsel | February 27

It wasn’t pretty, but it was exactly what the Eagles needed: some momentum going into the Patriot League tournament.

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Basketball

Women’s basketball hold on for crucial victory over Navy

By Vincent Salandro | February 23

Two Reads: JE For the second time in the span of a week, the AU women’s basketball team saw a large fourth quarter lead evaporate.

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Sports

Eagles fade late, lose to Holy Cross 69-54

By Matt Holt | February 20

The AU men’s basketball team battled against the defending Patriot League champions the Holy Cross Crusaders but eventually came up short, losing 69-54. Bender Arena was mostly full for senior day, in which all of the team’s graduating players were honored before the game.

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Sports

Women’s basketball cruises to victory over Lafayette

By Vincent Salandro | February 16

The AU women’s basketball team halted its two-game losing streak with a strong, balanced performance Wednesday night at Bender Arena.

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Sports

AU wrestling notches fourth win of the season against ODU, 25-14

By Shannon Scovel | February 13

Sunday’s dual against Old Dominion University was the match AU needed to win but wasn’t supposed to win.

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Basketball

Women’s basketball fades late in 68-57 loss

By Vincent Salandro | February 13

With six minutes left in the fourth quarter Saturday afternoon in Bender Arena, senior forward Lauren Crisler’s lay-up off a pick-and-roll pulled the AU women’s basketball team within two of the Army Black Knights.

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Sports

AU Hall of Fame induction highlights three storied athletic careers

By Shannon Scovel | February 7

Inductees share memories of their AU student-athlete experience during 2017 recognition dinner

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Sports

Binghampton takes down AU wrestling in EIWA home dual

By Shannon Scovel | February 7

Midway through 285-pound junior Brett Dempsey’s wrestling match against Binghamton sophomore Connor Calkins, Sunday’s team dual looked to be close.

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Sports

Men’s basketball loses fifth straight, falls to Lehigh 70-55

By Matt Holt | February 6

The AU Eagles lost their fifth straight game on Saturday to the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, 70-55, despite a strong first half showing.

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Sports

Men’s basketball loses to Colgate in final minute

By Theresa Maher | January 30

AU unable to maintain lead late on District Day

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Sports

What’s been wrong with the Eagles this season?

By Austin Sternlicht | January 27

What The Eagles must do to gain some positive momentum this season 

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Sports

Men’s basketball falls to Navy 71-53

By Vincent Salandro | January 26

The height and rebounding ability of the Navy Midshipmen proved too much for AU to overcome at home on Wednesday night as they fell to their opponents 71-53.

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Sports

Three Eagle athletes to be inducted into AU Athletics’ Hall of Fame

By Shannon Scovel | January 20

Keira Carlstrom D'Amato stood at home plate on a baseball field in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, preparing to defend her Patriot League cross country title in 2004.

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Sports

The Eagle 2016 Sports Awards

By Shannon Scovel and Vincent Salandro | January 17

Last January’s first annual “Eagle Sports Awards” began with a quote from Olympic champion Mark Spitz about breaking records; this year, as The Eagle honors the best athletes of 2016, it seems only appropriate to quote one of AU’s own Olympians from this past year.

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Sports

Lehigh overpowers AU in wrestling dual on Alumni Night

By Shannon Scovel | January 16

The battle between a small private school in Northwest D.C. and a national wrestling powerhouse from Pennsylvania, one of the largest wrestling states in the country, could be seen as a David vs.

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