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Hadavi-less Eagles felled by Colgate

By Jesse Epstein | February 13

What it rains, it pours. And on Sunday, it poured for the AU women's basketball team against the Colgate Raiders, as it lost, 72-63, at Bender Arena. Playing without leading scorer, senior guard Tala Hadavi, who injured her knee in practice this week, the Eagles struggled defensively against Colgate.

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No luck for Eagle men either

February 9

The AU men's basketball team headed to Patriot League-leading Bucknell (19-3, 10-0 PL) Wednesday searching for its first win there since 2002. But Bucknell, poised for a second-straight PL regular-season title, cruised to a 74-57 win over the Eagles (7-15, 3-6).

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PL-leading Bison thrash Eagle women

By Jesse Epstein | February 9

The AU women's basketball team lost, 73-38, to the Bucknell Bison at Sojka Pavilion Tuesday night to fall to 3-6 in the Patriot League. Coming off an emotional win at Lehigh over the weekend, the Eagles never got on track against the Bison, falling behind early and never getting back in the game.

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Something was missing on this Super Sunday

By Jordan Beane | February 9

A few years ago I played in an indoor soccer league where my games were on Sunday nights during the winter. As I gazed at my schedule when it was passed out at the end of a team practice, I noticed one of our games was on Martin Luther King Day. I asked a friend why we weren't playing the game on the previous Sunday, to which he replied, "Come on man, that's Super Bowl Sunday.

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Is it really time for the Olympics?

By Jesse Epstein | February 9

Right after the Super Bowl, every sports fan goes into hibernation until March Madness starts in about a month. For college students, it's much the same. We have one month of boredom before the thrill of spring break and the end of the year right after that.

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Sports Briefs

By Kevin Hilgers | February 6

Track sets school records at Armory Collegiate Invitational Three runners from AU's indoor men's and women's track and field teams set records at the Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York last weekend. Junior Brendan Fennell smashed a 32-year-old record in the 5,000 meters Saturday, crossing the finish line at 14:23.

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Hadavi lifts AU to two-game win streak

By Jesse Epstein | February 6

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Some days will go down in history as program-changing days. On Saturday, the AU women's basketball team may have had one of them as it beat the Lehigh Mountain Hawks, 75-68, at Stabler Arena for its second road victory of the Patriot League season.

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AU can't hang close enough at Lehigh

By Jesse Epstein | February 6

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Eagles' men's basketball team walked into Lehigh with a swagger that would be unexpected from a middle-of-the-pack team set to face one of the league leaders. The Eagles looked like they knew they could hang with the Mountain Hawks, which they.

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What's good for Bucknell is just as good for AU

By Dan Jacobson | February 6

Last March, Bucknell, seeded No. 14 , was in the process of upsetting Kansas, seeded No. 3, in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. My friends and I got into a debate over whether or not we should root for Bucknell. Some people were rooting for Kansas because they saw Bucknell as a Patriot League rival and didn't want to see a rival of AU win in the NCAA Tournament.

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Tiger has it all to win Slam

By Jesse Epstein | February 2

Truth: Tiger Woods will enter this year's PGA Championship with a chance to win the Grand Slam. I won't say that he's going to win it, because quite frankly, I think he'll buckle under the pressure. But, after skipping the year-end Mercedes Championship to rest up for the 2006 season and opening with a flurry at last week's Buick, Tiger has positioned himself for his best year yet.

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Hot stove league takes baffling turn

By Pat Ambrosio | February 2

After a lull in dealing following the winter meetings, baseball's off-season briefly heated up this week as teams tried to fill their rosters before the start of spring training. Two major moves were made: a Red-Sox-Indians trade and the Padres' signing of Mike Piazza.

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Sports briefs

By Kevin Hilgers | February 2

AU three wins scholar athlete awards Cross country's Steve Hallinan and Keira Carstrom and field hockey's Maureen Daniel were named the Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the year in their respective sports, the league announced this week. Daniel, a senior, became the third AU field hockey player to win the award in the last four years.

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Nike deal will help finances, boost image

By Kevin Hilgers | February 2

In the past, AU's athletes had been outfitted with Adidas shorts, Reebok shoes and Mizuno volleyballs. But soon, every athlete and every team will be united under one symbol: the swoosh. The athletics department signed a two-year deal with Nike through Buffalo, N.

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You'll need to know wrestling's Josh Glenn

By Kevin Hilgers | January 30

There's a Frank Sinatra song my mom used to sing when I was a kid that could be a pretty apt analogy to what's going on with AU wrestler Josh Glenn these days. It goes like this: Just what makes that little old ant think he'll move that rubber tree plant? Anyone knows an ant can't move a rubber tree plant.

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Home showcase for wrestlers

By Dan Jacobson | January 30

Heavyweight wrestler Adam LoPiccolo avenged an earlier loss and won his match by pinning his ranked opponent as AU won all but one of its matches to beat Sacred Heart Sunday, 37-6 The sophomore, who was ranked 13th in his class by the National Wrestling Coaches Association, faced off against Payam Zarrinpour, who was ranked 11th among heavyweights.

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Put-back gets women past 'Pards

By Jesse Epstein | January 30

It hasn't been at all pretty for the 2005-06 AU women's basketball team and Saturday was just that, but the Eagles posted a much-needed 75-74 victory over the Lafayette Leopards at Bender Arena. Freshman Sahar Nusseibeh led the Eagles with a career-high 22 points and 11 rebounds, including seven offensive.

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Men's hoops rebounds against Leopards

January 30

The AU men's basketball team will take a win any way they can get it, but after a dominating 74-56 performance against Lafayette Saturday, winning big is always more fun. "That was great," junior Brayden Billbe said. "We really needed that." The Eagles (7-13, 3-4 Patriot League) saw various bright spots, including some assertiveness from freshman Brian Gilmore.

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