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Wrestlers snap 4-match losing streak

By Dave Stone | February 19

The AU wrestlers faced off against the East Stroudsburg Warriors in their last dual meet of the season on Saturday, and came away with a win to bring their record to 9-10 for the season. Wrestling by Pennsylvania rules, the match started at the 197-lb weight class with redshirt junior Evan Murtaugh, who took a forfeit.

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Eagle Sports brief: Track competes at PL Championships

February 19

On the final day of the Patriot League Championships on Sunday, the American University men's track team won league titles in the 800, 1,000 meters and mile, placing fourth in the team standings. AU swept the top four spots in the mile, led by junior Brendan Fennell, who took first with a final time of 4:06.

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Spring training:The return of baseball bitterness

By Michael Hoffman | February 15

Snow making you sick, depressed, or rowdy? Well, hang on Panama Blue, because spring training baseball is just around the corner, and by obvious extension, so is the spring. Unfortunately, amidst the coming return of America's pastime, one team's fan-base knows that it has no hope of doing anything.

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Men's hoops in PL picture with win over Army

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 15

Andre Ingram led all scorers with 15 points and AU scored 38 points in the second half to pull away for a 64-49 victory over Army on Wednesday night at Bender Arena. The Eagles led by just three points early in the second half, but broke the game open with a 20-4 run that was capped off by back to back three-pointers by Arvydas Eitutavicius and Garrison Carr.

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The importance of finding Mr. Wright

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 15

Instead of making fun of or complaining about five different sports figures this week, I am instead going to focus my energy into praising one great one: David Wright. Being a Mets fan isn't the easiest thing in the world. Sure, they won a World Series in 1986, but since I was only 13 months old at the time, I didn't get to experience it.

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'Limitless potential' propels women's swimming for PL tourney

By Anna Tuman | February 15

With the Patriot League Championships scheduled for this weekend, the women's swim team has been hard at work preparing for the most important meet of the season. "When it comes down to it, it's all about this meet," junior captain Meghan Thiel said. "It is a reflection of what you did all season.

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Women's hoops break streak with big win over Army

By Justin Hall | February 15

The AU women's basketball team broke a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion, upsetting second-place Army 58-54 Tuesday night at Bender Arena. The victory puts the Eagles in a third-place tie in the PL with Holy Cross, while the loss is only the fifth of the season for the Black Knights.

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Struggling women's hoops drop fourth straight with loss to Colgate

By Justin Hall | February 12

The AU women's basketball team fell again on Saturday afternoon, losing to Colgate 66-53 in Hamilton, N.Y. The defeat was the fourth straight for the Eagles, who have not won since a Jan. 24 victory at home against Navy. After scoring the game's first basket nearly two minutes into the first half, the Raiders would hold the lead throughout the contest.

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Last-minute foul call saves men's basketball

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 12

After Colgate's Dan Gentile tipped in a miss by teammate Jon Simon with 0.2 seconds remaining, it appeared as though AU was doomed to suffer yet another agonizingly close Patriot League loss. However, Brian Gilmore ran along the baseline before attempting to inbound the ball, drawing defender Kyle Chones right into Arvydas Eitutavicius, who held his ground and drew a foul.

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Wrestling drops weekend matches against Maryland, Old Dominion

By Dave Stone | February 12

In a familiar ending, the American University men's wrestling team dropped their fourth straight match on Sunday, losing to Old Dominion by a slim margin in the final bout. American was able to keep a 20-17 lead heading into the heavyweight match, but Old Dominion redshirt freshman Matt Pellar proved to be too much for redshirt junior Evan Murtaugh, who was pinned in 2:04 to give ODU the 23-20 win.

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Track sends fresh legs to Thompson Invite

By Michael Hoffman | February 12

At the Thomson Invitation in Newark, Del., the men's track team took 4th place among division two schools and the women's team would take 5th. Perhaps hoping to save runners for the Patriot League Championship on Feb. 17, American University track coach Matt Centrowitz ran only three men - all freshmen - for the event.

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Horrible conditions make Super Bowl worth

By Michael Hoffman | February 8

While executives at the NFL may have been concerned about the conditions in Miami, after years of seeing championship games played in domed stadiums and under pristine conditions, I was personally very happy to see "monsoon-like conditions" hit during the game.

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Five Super Bowl ads that should have aired

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 8

Let's be honest: the Super Bowl this year was boring. There were more turnovers than the weekly two-hand touch game that I play in and Prince's halftime show would have been a great idea if it was still 1984 (or even 1999 for that matter, but party we did not).

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Wrestling's Cannon holds it down at AU

By Erin Keaveney | February 8

Making the transition from a high school mat to one of the top Division I college wrestling programs on the East Coast would intimidate even the most talented freshman recruit. But rather than getting pinned under pressure, AU's Mike Cannon was able to take on the challenge.

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Women's hoops loses third in a row

By Justin Hall | February 8

The AU women's basketball team lost its third game in a row Tuesday night, falling behind early in an eventual 70-57 loss to the Bucknell Bison. The defeat drops the Eagles to 4-5 in the Patriot League and 9-15 overall. The Bison scored the game's first basket only 24 seconds into the game and built an 8-0 lead before the Eagles could score their first hoop almost four minutes into the game.

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Woes continue as men's basketball drops another close one

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 8

Andre Ingram led all scorers with 23 points, but was unable to connect on a game-tying three-pointer as Bucknell defeated AU, 69-66, on Tuesday night at Bender Arena. The game featured 19 lead changes, including four in the last 1:36. With AU down by two, Arvydas Eitutavicius was fouled while attempting a three-pointer and hit all three foul shots to put AU up 64-63.

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Men's basketball loses pivotal PL game to Lehigh

By Patrick Ambrosio | February 5

Jose Olivero scored 14 points and hit two free throws with four seconds remaining to lead Lehigh to a 56-54 victory on Saturday night at Bender Arena. Lehigh (10-14, 5-3 PL) was up four points with 50 seconds remaining, but Derrick Mercer hit a lay-up to make the score 54-52.

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