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By Kevin Hilgers | March 23

Lacrosse loses close match at Richmond No. 9 Richmond clipped the visiting AU women's lacrosse team Wednesday, 10-8. The Eagles led 8-7 midway through the second half when sophomore midfielder Chelsea Kapp scored her third goal of the match. But the Spiders (6-2) rattled off three unanswered goals to secure the win.

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Lacrosse is young, optimistic

By Erin Keaveney | March 23

After coming off its worst season since joining the Patriot League four years ago, the AU women's lacrosse team is looking to make 2006 a banner year for the program. And so far, they're making a pretty good case. They finished a disappointing 6-11 last season, but the Eagles have bounced back this year, maintaining a perfect record in league play and an overall record of 3-5.

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March Madness for wrestlers, Thiel

By Dan Jacobson | March 23

Senior Muzaffar Aburakhmanov and sophomore Josh Glenn made AU history last weekend in Oklahoma City, earning All-American honors and finishing third and fourth, respectively, at the NCAA championships. The duo capped off the greatest season in AU wrestling history.

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By George! D.C.'s own make most of NCAAs

By Simone Echeverri-Gent | March 23

The result of this year's March Madness certainly brought pride to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The name to remember is "George." George Mason, Georgetown and George Washington all made it to second round of play in the NCAA tournament. Although George Washington fell to Duke in the second round (and there's nothing shameful about losing to Duke), George Mason's and Georgetown's success offers hope for AU's future prospects for the NCAA tournament.

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First AU woman in NCAAs since 1994 is a top 40 hit

By Justin Hall | March 23

Sophomore swimmer Meghan Thiel competed at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships last weekend, finishing in the top 40 in both the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles. Thiel was the only PL swimmer selected to go to the meet and the first AU swimmer to qualify since Gabriella Csepe in 1994.

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Here's the truth about Final Four

By Jesse Epstein | March 23

What would the third week of March be without a Final Four projection? Instead of the normal "Two Truths and a Lie," we're going to switch it up and go with simply the "Final Four Truths." Truth: Duke will beat Texas to advance to the Final Four. Maybe it's the easy way out, but the Dukies are playing well again after a couple rough games.

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By Kevin Hilgers | March 9

Thiel will swim at NCAA championships Sophomore Meghan Thiel of the AU women's swimming team will compete at the NCAA championships March 16-18 in Atlanta. She will be the Patriot League's lone female representative there after winning conference titles in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles.

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Any takers for Nats?

By Erin Keaveney | March 9

I don't know if anyone's interested, but there's a baseball team for sale. They're potentially pretty good, they're local and they've just cleared a plan to build a brand-new park. Any takers? OK, so maybe it's not that easy. It's not like Major League Baseball can just take out a want ad.

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AU tries to make great year greater

By Dan Jacobson | March 9

When AU wrestling coach Mark Cody was hired four years ago to resurrect the program, his expectations weren't exactly low. "To be honest, I wanted to make the quickest turnaround in college wrestling history," he said with a laugh. Cody was hired to bring a wrestling program that was being threatened with elimination to a program with possibly three wrestlers taking down NCAA titles.

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Now's baseball's time to ban Bonds

By Jesse Epstein | March 9

This week was all about shattered images. From Barry Bonds to Daunte Culpepper to Alfonso Soriano and the National Football League, professional and college sports are not having their finest day. Truth: Barry Bonds should have all his records stricken from the books and be banned from baseball.

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Madness nears for PL, D.C.

By Patrick Ambrosio | March 9

Although the AU men's basketball team's season ended last weekend with a loss to Bucknell in the Patriot League semifinals, for 65 teams, Sunday will mark the beginning of a new season as the brackets for the NCAA tournament will be released. Although the recipient of the PL's automatic bid will not be decided until Friday's tournament final, it is possible the league PL will have more than one team in the tournament.

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AU tennis driven in final year

By Janel Knight | March 9

Despite this year being its last, the AUs women's tennis team is striving for a winning season. "We have a much stronger and deeper team then last year and we should be able to be competitive with many of the teams in the Patriot League," said junior co-captain Julie Colarusso.

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AU has all the right moves in early tourney exit

By Jesse Epstein | March 6

Trekking up to Worcester, Mass., for her team's Patriot League tournament game against Holy Cross, AU coach Melissa McFerrin knew exactly what her seventh-seeded Eagles needed to do to have any hope of scoring an upset: Hustle, play defense and keep the game in the 50s.

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For Eagles, it's over and out

By Patrick Ambrosio | March 6

LEWISBURG, Pa. - Facing a deafening Sojka Pavilion home court and an undefeated Bucknell for its Patriot League turnament semifinal, the AU men's basketball trailed from the beginning and lost, 64-50.? The Eagles' failure to score ultimately ended their season, a problem that's plagued them throughout the year.

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AU has big work ahead if it wants to win PL

By Patrick Ambrosio | March 6

The future for the AU men's basketball team should be bright, with all five starters returning next year and a freshman class that contributed significantly to the team. However, Sunday's 64-50 loss at Bucknell exposed some problems that the Eagles need to fix if they are to be one of the elite teams in the Patriot League next season.

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Second-half buries AU lacrosse

By Erin Keaveney | March 6

The AU women's lacrosse team fell to Old Dominion on Saturday, losing to the Lady Monarchs, 14-12, in a home contest at the William I Jacobs Recreational Complex. The loss marks the Eagles' second in their first two games after losing to Towson last Wednesday in their season opener.

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March 6

Howard spoils home opener for women's tennis The AU women's tennis team was defeated by Howard Sunday, 4-3. The doubles matches were tight, with Howard winning two of them by an 8-4 margin to capture the doubles point. The AU tandem of Julia Colarusso and Malvina DeLaCanal won the third doubles match for the Eagles Things were going well at first for AU in singles play, as Colarusso's opponent, Aja Wright, retired because of an injury in the beginning of the first set.

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