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Women's basketball soars over buckled-down Bison

The women's basketball team broke a record last night in Lewisburg, Pa., when they beat the Bucknell Bison 50-46 to mark their fifth straight win of the season, a first-ever occurrence for the Eagles since joining the Patriot League. Guards Liz Hayes and Pam Stanfield racked in the points for their team as AU started the game off strong, entering the first half with an 11-3 run.

Men's basketball wins fourth in a row

After last night's wire-to-wire 68-64 win over Bucknell at Bender Arena, the men's basketball team found they are now on a four game winning streak, something they had not accomplished all year. Junior Bryce Simon got the Eagles' offense going from the start with two early three-point shots.

Lack of depth pins down wrestling against Rutgers

The wrestling team Sunday came up short against Rutgers New Jersey, losing 28-13 against their conference rivals. Forfeits were a major factor in the defeat for AU, which was without some of their top wrestlers such as defending national champion Josh Glenn.

Lear leads women's basketball to road victory over Lehigh

Freshman Liz Lear's career-high 16 points helped lead the women's basketball team to its fourth straight victory on the road Saturday, defeating the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 62-49. Lear's eight consecutive points in the opening minutes, combined with back-to-back three-pointers by fellow freshman Michelle Kirk and senior Talicia Jackson, gave AU a commanding 22-5 lead throughout the game's first 10 minutes.

Men's basketball shines with cameras rolling

The Eagles got a huge lift from an unexpected source Sunday when junior Brian Gilmore came off the bench to score a career-high 26 points to lead the Eagles to an 82-74 win over Lehigh at Bender Arena. The Eagles fell behind early and quickly found themselves in an 11-4 hole as the Mountain Hawks converted on seemingly every possession in the first five minutes of the game.

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Wednesday, Feb. 13 Men's basketball vs. Bucknell (7:30 p.m.) at HOME Women's basketball vs. Bucknell (7 p.m.) at Bucknell Wrestling vs. Maryland (7 p.m.) at Maryland

Track seniors run strong in warm-up before PL champs

Senior Steve Hallinan captured the men's mile crown while fellow seniors Cathleen Ford and Kate Lilley had personal-best times at the same distance as the men's and women's track teams competed at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational over the weekend in New York City.

Eagles soar in second half

Four days after taking down first-place Lafayette, the men's basketball team rode a strong second half to beat the Holy Cross Crusaders 62-46 last night in Worcester, Mass. The Eagles were up to a tough challenge heading into the game. In the first meeting of the season, Crusader center Tim Clifford proved to be too tough for the smaller AU defenders to handle down the stretch en route to a game-high 24 points.

Team USA heads to Bender for wrestling meet

The red, white and blue of AU's student athletes will be replaced by the stars and stripes of Team USA wrestling when they takes on the Belarus national team Thursday inside Bender Arena. AU head coach Mark Cody, along with his AU assistants, were chosen as the coaches for Team USA, whose squad includes two nationally No.

Spygate scandal: Don't we have better things to worry about?

Apparently, being dropped in the Super Bowl by the underdog Giants was not the worst news of the weekend for the New England Patriots organization. OK, maybe not. But with the never ending "Spygate" scandal going as strong as ever, the media focus will not be shifting from the franchise any time in the near future.

Winter weather can't cool off AU athletics

Now that the snow is melting and the temperatures are starting to rise, thoughts across campus are already turning toward spring. However, as the calendar turns from January to February, let's not forget the men and women of AU athletics. It's time to do a quick recap on all the Eagles to see where they stand going into the Patriot League championship season.

Seven top 5 finishes anchor swimmers at Navy Invitational

The men's and women's swimming and diving teams took to the water as seven top five finishes were recorded at the non-team scoring Navy Invitational meet on Saturday. The women's team raked in six of the seven top five finishes. Freshmen Eleanor Clay and Morgan Haycock lent a helping hand to their team.

Monarchs Tech Fall Eagles

Red shirt senior Josh Glenn (197-lb.) fought his last home bout for the Eagles Sunday in Bender against the Old Dominion Monarchs. The AU wrestlers were not able to overcome the power of Old Dominion, though, and ended with a final score of 31-12. Glenn is the first national wrestling champion out of AU.

Underclassmen run away from the pack at invite

Nine members of the AU track team competed at the Thomson Invitational at the University of Delaware on Saturday, taking home five top 10 finishes in the process. Junior Brendan Laks was the sole winner of the day, taking home first place in the 5000-meter run with a time of 15:16.

Men's basketball takes down Lafayette

Just three days after AU head coach Jeff Jones said his team needed "more energy and more of a competitive spirit" following their second straight home loss, the men's basketball team rode a wave of hot shooting and defeated Patriot League leader Lafayette 87-76 Saturday in Easton, Pa.

Hat trick for women's basketball

Junior guard Talicia Jackson led a fast-paced, run-and-gun Eagle attack with 16 points as AU defeated Patriot League rival Lafayette 68-54 at home on Saturday during women's Phil Bender. The Eagles, winners of three straight games, move into a 4-3 tie with Lafayette in the Patriot League standings.

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